A/N: GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! jk! Anyways here it is chapter five (I know your just oozing with excitement!) hope you enjoy! Thanks so very much to all you reviewers and of course the best beta in all the land KCKGIRL!

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DISCLAIMER: I really am Alexis Bledel didn't you know? (jk I own nothing but this sad little jeep like computer and a bad report card)

Chapter 5 running and romance novels

"Are you going or not?"

"Hi Paris." Rory sighed, regretting she answered the phone

"Don't beat around the bush Gilmore!" Paris growled "Answer!"

"I don't know yet."

"How can you not know?" Paris cried exasperated "It's the chance of a lifetime!"

"I know." Rory sighed but she didn't want to spend her entire summer holed up in a dorm room in DC with Paris. It did have its perks though. The thought of escaping the love triangle she'd got herself entwined in was tempting...

"So you're going!" Paris pressed dragging Rory out of her thoughts

"I don't know."

"How can you not know? You know this is the kind of thing the stuffy admission directors at Harvard look for? What if you don't go to Washington and you don't get in? What will you think about not going then?"

"You need new material."

"Why? This works just fine. Are you going Gilmore?"

"Fine."

"Atta girl Rory! See you in Washington!" Paris cheered smugly and hung up. Rory dropped her head on the table.

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"I'm going!" Rory sighed plopping down next to her mother at Luke's.

"Now?" Lorelai asked confused "You just got here."

"No, Mom. I'm going to Washington."

"Finally decided then?"

"No, Paris forced me."

"She use that one about not getting into Harvard again?"

"Yeppers"

"Gosh that girl needs some new material." Suddenly a large noise burst out of the back room, quickly followed by a slur of curse words. Both Lorelais turned to watch Jess pick himself off the floor, gather his dignity, and head to take someone's order.

"Maybe he's drunk!" Lorelai guessed as Jess made his way to give Caesar the people's order.

"MOM!"

"What? James Dean got drunk in Rebel without a Cause!"

"Point?"

"He does try really hard to be like James Dean."

"I doubt he's drunk Mom."

"Why are you defending him? I thought you were mad at him."

"Kinda." Rory sighed "But not really. He's been acting ok since the whole Dean floppy hair thing."

"Oh Oh! Dean and Jess should have a chicken race for you!"

"MOM!"

"What? Think about it Jess can be Jim and Dean can be the other one...what is his name?"

"Unless its Richy Cunningham I don't think its going to work." Jess's smirking voice answered. Rory and Lorelai froze "And James Dean wins so unless you want Dean to die, I'd find a new game for us to play."

"Coffee and then go." Lorelai glared

"As you wish." Jess mocked filling their cups

"So Jess, still reading Gatsby?" Rory asked as he filled her cup

"Nope."

"Did you like it this time?" Rory asked hopefully

"Nope." Jess smiled

"What you reading now?"

"Farewell to Arms."

"Again?"

"Needed a pick me up after, Gatsby got killed. I was very sad."

"Your sarcasm is not appreciated."

"Well kids I hate to cut your sad little book banter short, but we Gilmore girls have some shopping to do!"

"Really!" Rory asked excited.

"If you're going to Washington, DC for six weeks you'll most definitely need new clothes!"

"Of course." Rory mocked

"You're really going then?" Jess asked Rory pointedly

"Yeah." Rory mumbled

"Huh." Jess sighed setting the coffee pitcher down and heading upstairs.

"What was that about?" Lorelai asked as the girls headed out the door.

"I have no idea." Rory lied looking back at the curtain Jess had just disappeared behind.

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Three hours and six new pairs of shoes later; Rory sat in the appallingly clean room of Lane Kim.

"So what are you in the mood for?" Lane asked scurrying around her room pulling up floor boards full of CD's.

"Chick Rock."

"Joplin?"

"No. More 90's chick rock."

"Um...Jewel!" Lane asked praying she was wrong.

"What! No! Do you have a Jewel CD!"

"No! Who do you want to listen to Rory?"

"Fiona Apple."

"Angst today?"

"A little."

"Ok." Lane sighed putting the CD on. "So you decide to go to Washington then?"

"Less decided more forced." Rory explained.

"How did Dean take it?"

"Really good. He told me to have fun.. Said he'd write."

"Gosh, Dean is so perfect."

"Yep, perfect."

"You seem less excited about that than me?"

"No its nothing about Dean. It's just Jess didn't take me leaving well." Rory explained wondering if she should tell her everything.

"What! Why would he care?" Lane blurted surprised.

"I don't know." Rory mumbled looking down.

"What he say when you told him?"

"He said 'huh'."

"And that's Jess taking it bad? Here I thought that was just Jess."

"We were in the middle of a conversation he just shut down and walked away."

"He's an Odd Bird that Jess."

"Oddest."

"Well Ror, I hate to cute this short but..."

"Bible study awaits you?"

"Correct."

"I've got a date anyways."

"With Dean."

"Yep with Mr. Perfect."

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"Well, that was an interesting movie." Dean quipped dryly after turning off the tape

"Yeah, transporting not the laugh riot, we hoped for." Rory smiled back

"That baby on the ceiling was crazy though."

"Very creepy and the drug use was great!"

"Very good drug use."

"Just not that funny."

"When does your mom get home?" Dean asked suddenly

"Um...I don't know." Rory panicked

"So we got some time?" Dean smiled slyly leaning over.

"Yep." Rory barley got out before Dean's lips descended on hers. She use to love kissing him but it was almost like a chore now. He wasn't bad at it or anything but it seemed all the passion had gone out of it. Just as Rory decided that she was going to give it her all the door opened. Rory and Dean sprung apart and tried to look casual.

"Oh am I interrupting something?" Lorelai mocked look at the teenagers at the opposite ends of the couch.

"No, I should be going anyways. Night Rory, Lorelai." Dean smiled heading out the door.

"You kids looked cozy."

"Mom."

"What want me to leave you alone so you can gather yourself?" Lorelai smirked

"What are we in a Romance novel now?"

"No I would have said burning loins if we were."

"MOM!" Rory yelped repulsed

"After seeing her naked glory..."

"I'm leaving!" Rory yelled grabbing her book off the table and heading out the door.

"HIS LOINS BURNED IN PASSION!" Lorelai yelled after her.

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The wind blew hard as Rory walked down the empty streets of Stars Hallow. She thought momentarily of going to Luke's for coffee but quickly pushed the idea away. She didn't want to run into the town's local brooding beatnik. The wind howled loudly and Rory hugged her arms closer, she knew it was about to storm but she didn't want to head home and talk about her date. It was a nice date but it almost felt like she was hanging out with a more masculine Lane. She didn't know how to explain this to herself yet let alone her mother. Not to mention that Lorelai was still unaware of the Jess events and Rory was terrified how she would take them, knowing that her mom hated him. Rory slowly made her way to the bridge; it was one of the only thinking spots in Stars Hallow. Rory just prayed that Jess wouldn't be there. ' I knew I should have never bought that book on Buddha." Rory thought to herself as the bridge and its occupant came into view.

"You better head home Rory, don't wanna get wet." Jess called to her, between drags of his cigarette. He didn't even look up from his book.

"It's not raining yet." Rory countered sitting down next to him.

"Oh but the future Hilary Clinton of America doesn't play in the rain." He said dryly, flipping the page of his book.

"Are you mad at me?" Rory asked calmly staring straight ahead

"Nope." He lied, refusing to look at her.

"Then why won't you look at me?"

"Well I'm not mad. Just disappointed." Jess mocked finally giving her a cold glare.

"Why do you care if I go to DC or not?"

"I don't."

"Then why are you acting this way?"

"What way?"

"Mad."

"How is me sitting here reading me acting mad?"

"You told me to leave!"

"I was being concerned, didn't want you to get all wet." Jess smirked

"Why do you care if I go or not!" Rory yelled leaping up.

"Why do you always run away!" he growled leaping up next to her.

"What?" Rory's voice was suddenly quiet

"When ever things get a little difficult in your perfect f'en world you run."

"I do not!"

"You fight with your mom, you ran away, Dean kissed you , you ran away. You kissed Tristan you ran away. You kissed me you ran away. And look you're having boy problems and you're running away!"

"I'm not running!" Rory suddenly regretted everything she ever told him.

"Excuse me flying."

"Paris is making me!"

"What are you? five! If you don't wanna go all you have to say is no."

"It's a really good opportunity Jess." Rory pleaded with him to understand.

"And it conveniently pulls you away from the source of all your problems?"

"Can't you just understand?"

"Like Dean?" Jess spat out the name like a curse word.

"Yes! Like Dean! He's understanding and caring. Unlike some." Rory glared.

"Really." Jess snarled suddenly stepping closer to her "I don't care at all." at these words the storm finally broke and the rain poured down around them.

"Jess, I didn't mean..." Rory began but suddenly stopped, noticing how close Jess had gotten.

"What did you mean?" Jess asked reaching out to her arm. Rory winced at the sensation of his hot hand on her cold arm, his eyes flashed with anger "Are you afraid of me Rory?"

"What? No!" Rory sighed, he'd misunderstood. She didn't fear him, she feared how he made her feel.

"Why did you wince then?" He asked, stepping closer. He was now mere inches away from her. He could feel the heat projecting off of her, counteracting the cold of the down pour.

"You warm, me cold." Rory mumbled

"Ah." he stepped closer and moved his hand slowly up her arm, resting it on her shoulder.

"Jess." she half moaned, pleading for him to stop.

"I don't want you to leave." Jess admitted his breath hot in Rory's ear.

"Why?" Rory asked, shaken

"You'll think too much without me around." He explained, stepping closer so their bodies were basically flush.

"And you being here affects my thinking?" Rory asked turning to face him.

"You may forget how hot I really am." Jess smirked.

"Hardly possible." Rory let slip. Her eyes widened as she realized what she said "I..."

"Don't worry, I'm going to let that slide." He muttered, leaning closer "Just remember you cold me warm." with that he captured her lips in a heated kiss as the rain poured down around them. Rory's hand flew to his hair tangling her fingers in it, he pulled her even closer then abruptly stopped. Rory was confused, then she backed away. She turned to run but stopped remembering his words ' You always run.", she froze and looked anywhere but at him. He stepped forward and tilted her face to look at him and lightly brushed his lips against hers. Looking her dead in the eyes with his trade mark smirk...

"Run away Rory." Rory didn't need anymore fuel, she took off running as fast as she could with one thought on her mind "Six weeks."

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A/N: There you go folks hope you enjoyed! Please Review! Flames welcome! anything welcome! lol