A/N i am sorry it has taken me so long to update! I've been busy on other stories and h/w and other crap like that. Anyway, here's the real second chapter, so enjoy

Chapter Two-
Hemmingway Talk and Silences

They sat silently on the bridge for a while. Rory kicked her feet as she stared into the water. Her hair was beginning to dry as she baked under the sun. Jess, who hadn't changed his clothes, was goign from soaked to just damp.

"What book do you wnat to read?" Jess finally asked, breaking the growing-to-be-uncomfortable silence

"None," Rory replied, grinning. Jess rolled his eyes."Come on. Let's go pick one," he said, smirking. He pushed himself up, then grabbe drory by the elbow and pulled her up off of he rbototm and onto her feet.

There was a nice, comfortable silence where they stared at each other. Rory was unconsiously smiling, and Jess smirking. "We should go get that book, huh?" Jess croaked out. Rory nodded, breaking her penetrating stare. Jess turned around and began wlaking. Rory followed.

They passed Doose's market, where neither knew Deanwas wathcing as the two walked into the diner. He saw the look in Rory's eyes as she stared at the back of Jess's head. He absent mindedly began squeezing a bag of marshmallows, obviously angry at how much attention Rory-HIS girlfriend-was giving Jess. And what was with the two hanging out so much, anyway?

Jess walked up into the apartment, and Rory nervously followed. She knew how she felt about Jess, and knew it would be harder for her to control herself around him. He gave her a feeling Dean had never given her before.

Dean...

She felt bad about stringing him along like this, but she didn't know what to do. Jess was with that idiotic Barbie Doll with no personality, Shane. He could do better than her. So much better. But for all Rory knew, Jess didn't share her feelings towards him.

"Rory? You going to come in?" Jess asked, smirking. He was also laughing a wonderful laugh that brought chills to Rory on the rare occassion that she actually got to hear it. She blushed and walked isnide. "My books are over here." And as he pointed to the shelf, she remembered the day they met.

'Well arne't we hooke don phonics' he had said sarcastically. It ha dmade her grin then, and it made her grin now. Then she began thinking about how she hadn't sene the apartment since it was redone, but decided not to voice it, instead she continued smiling at that fond memory of their meeting.

"Finally getitng into the spirit of Hemmingway?" he asked jokingly. Rory laughed and shook het head. "No. not even close," she said and walked over to his shelf. She touched the books carefully, as if they were magic. Jess pulle dout a Hemmingway. "Here. This one's good. Try it," he said, trying to give it to her

Rory laughed again. He rhoney sickle laugh that Jess loved and longed to hear. "Jess. You think all of his books are goo!" she exclaimed, grinning. "That's fair. But just try it. I think you'll like it."

Rory let out a long sigh. "Fine. But only because you save dme back there. And I hope you know that the whole point of this, besides th repaying you, was for me to pick out a book that I thought I'd be interested in." She flashed him a quick half smile.

It was silent. Rory loosely held the book in her hands as she stared into Jess's fabulous hazel eyes.

But the moment was ruined when the apartment door flew open. Rorywas so startled that she dropped the book and fell into Jess, who had also flinched when the door opened. But he caught her in his damp arms. "Just needed to get something," cam eLuke's gruff voice. H epointed to the kitchen. Jess nodded as he gave his uncle a strange look.

He was still holding Rory, and she wasn't objecting.

Luke walked out, holding a waflfe iron. " I thought he had one of those downstairs," Rory said as she gently released herself from Jess's arms. Her eyebrows were knitted toegther.

"He does," Jess replie,d nodded. Rory's eyes widened. "Okay. I'm not going to question that." She was nodded, and er eyebrows were raised high up. Jess let out a weak laugh, and they were once again silent.

"I shoudl probably be going..." Rory said as she pointed behind her. Jess nodded. "Right."

They both bent down to pick up the book, and not only did they cras heads as they both lifted their heads, bending over, one hand on the book, their lips also crashed lightly against each other.

Rory stood up abruptyl, blushing and holding the book. Jess was looking anywhere but at her, and his strong hand wa son the back of his neck."Right! Well I'll se eyou around!" Rory said and dahse dout of the apartment. "See you," Jess said softly, then dropped down in a chair.

a/n short? I think so. well, drop a comment!