A/N – Sorry about the delay. I get swept up in a whole heap of stuff. I have chapter 5 all planned out, so hopefully I can write it when I get home from work tonight.

Disclaimer – I own two mobile phones, one with pictures of Milo as my wallpaper. Sadly, that's the closest I'm ever going to get to owning Gilmore Girls. /3

- Chapter Four -

- Should I Stay or Should I Go? -

Lorelai awoke to the sound of a slamming door, loud footsteps, and another slamming door. She felt something stuck to her forehead and pulled off a post it note that read "Luke's".

She put two and two together, the slamming doors, and the post-it note.

Rory must have seen Jess.

She climbed out of bed and got dressed quickly, than walked downstairs to her daughter's room.

"Rory?" She called softly as she knocked on the door. All she heard was a muffled sob in reply.

"I'm coming in, so now would be a good time to hide all your drug paraphernalia." She joked, opening the door.

Rory was curled up in a little ball on her bed crying.

"Honey, are you okay? What happened?" Lorelai asked, rubbing her daughters back gently.

"He's still here. He said it again. And I couldn't say it back."

"Jess said he love's you again?"

"Yeah."

"Why couldn't you say it back?"

"At first it was because I wanted to hurt him like he hurt me, and then I just froze up, and I couldn't have said it back even if my life depended on it."

"Aw, honey!"

"I really wanted to tell him! And now he is going to leave thinking that I absolutely hate him, and I'll never see him again, and, and –" She stopped talking because she was interrupted by fresh sobs rising up out of her chest.

Lorelai didn't say anything, not wanting to disturb Rory's train of thought. She knew it was best for her to get it all out of her system.

"And I'm really hungry. I left my food on the bridge." Rory finished when the sobbing had subsided.

"Now that just won't do! Do you want me to go get you something from Luke's?"

"Yes please." Rory replied, wiping the last of the tears from her eyes.

"Gah! I hate being like this! I'm not the kind of girl who cries over boys."

"I know sweetie." Lorelai agreed. "What do you want me to get you for breakfast?" She continued.

"Blueberry Pancakes, French toast, and lots and lots of coffee."

"You got it. I'll be back soon."

XXX

Rory climbed off her bed when she heard the front door close and went into the bathroom. She got a flannel from the cupboard and ran it under the cold tap.

She looked into the mirror and saw her tearstained face briefly before she wiped it with the cold flannel. She held it over her eyes, a feeling akin to relaxation coming over her.

After standing there for about five minutes with the flannel over her eyes she took it off, and brushed her hair, briefly considering putting on mascara, but figured there was a very high chance that she would burst into tears again before the day was over.

She went back into her room and snuggled up on her bed with her copy of Oliver Twist and continued reading.

XXX

Meanwhile, Lorelai had just opened the door to the diner, yelling "Luke!" as she did so.

"I didn't do anything! You were meant to warn her!" He cried in defence.

"I'm not here about that. Even though part of me wants to kick Jess's butt from here to next Friday, food is currently more important."

"Uh, well, ok." Stuttered a confused Luke. "What'll it be then?"

Lorelai sat at the counter and listed everything she wanted to Luke, including, of course, a heck of a lot of coffee.

Luke walked into the kitchen to make Lorelai's order just as the diner door opened.

Jess walked straight towards the stairs that led to the apartment above. Just as he reached the counter Luke came out of the kitchen.

"Where do you think you're going? Your hour is up!" He asked Jess.

"Huh." Jess replied, in his typical fashion.

"You live here, you abide by my rules. My rules happen to include you helping me out at the diner. And would ya look at that, you're in the diner. I need help. Start clearing those tables."

"Well it looks like I'm not gonna be living here now anyway. She hates me. There's no point."

"What, you're leaving again?"

"I'll be outta your way by tomorrow morning." Jess finished, storming up the stairs and into the apartment.

He hated that she didn't love him, he hated that he was too late, he hated himself, because it was his own entire fault.

He grabbed a CD and put it in the stereo, and soon "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" by The Clash started blasting through the apartment.

He sighed in frustration, for the second time in twenty-four hour's a song that was totally perfect for his situation was playing.

He got up and changed the song. He really did not want to listen to that song right now. Instead, he skipped the track and "The Guns At Brixton" started playing.

He grabbed a book out of his bag and sat down on the couch reading.

XXX

"Food!" Lorelai proclaimed loudly as she entered through the front door of the house.

Rory marked her page in Oliver Twist and put the book down on her nightstand, walking out into the kitchen to meet her mother.

"Yuuuum! Pancakes!" Rory exclaimed as she opened the box containing the food.

"So, I saw Jess at the diner." Lorelai casually began.

"Oh –"

"He was pretty upset you know. He's going to leave tomorrow. So if you want to tell him anything I'd advise you do so soon."

"Okay. I'll keep that in mind."

They ate in silence for a while.

"Well, I had better go get my stuff ready cause I've gotta go back to Yale tonight." Rory said, heading towards her room.

"Yeah sure." Replied Lorelai.

XXX

Rory had packed all her gear and put it in the boot of her car. She gave Lorelai and hug and kiss goodbye and got into her car and pulled out of the driveway.

She decided to drive past the diner on her way out of town.

Jess was sitting at one of the tables reading.

She cursed as the only stop light in town turned red. She knew she would be waiting for a while.

She looked in the window while she was waiting, just as he looked up from the book he was reading. They looked at each other, eyes staring each other down.

There was definitely a moment shared between them.

A moment so strong that it made Rory grab her cell phone out of her bag and dialled the number for Luke's Diner.

Jess walked over to the phone when it rung, eyes still on Rory in her car.

"Luke's" he answered, knowing it was Rory.

"Jess. I – "

"You? You what?"

"I do love you too."

He was so shocked he nearly dropped the phone. The line went dead. Rory had hung up, the light had turned green, and in typical Rory fashion she was running away.

A/N – Sorry if it seems a bit rushed. I wanted to get it up before I left to go to work. If you think it needs it I'll edit it later. I'll update again when I get 10 reviews. (Since I got that many last time ;P)