A/N: Midterms are FINALLY over! Once again, thanks for all the reviews. The downside to midterms: no updates. The upside: tons of downtime in between tests. I got to work on this story a LOT! Expect updates much more often now.

She wasn't sure how she would get past the wall. The paneling was loose, but wasn't panel attached to the wall? So wasn't that really more of a decorating flaw than an escape? But then she spotted a place in the wall that wasn't the perfect blue as the rest was. It was one patch of white, probably peeled off, and written in black Sharpie were the words, 'Cause I want you. 'Cause I need you. 'Cause I can't deny it anymore. I'm nothing without you. Chris and Lorelai '83.

Rory set aside her anger towards her father for everything he'd done to her mother and put herself in a deep state of thought. Those words meant something to her, but she didn't know what or why. And then it hit her…Jess.

She looked up at the words again before she resumed searching for a way out. Finally, a spot in the wall where one part was shorter than the other stood out. In this place where she could barely sit without hitting her head let alone stand, she crawled over to that spot. There was a crack in the wall that Rory noticed with the sound of two voices. She peeped through the crack. What she saw made her heart skip a beat, not in a good way.

"Cuff him!" one cop shouted.

The other cop reached for the handcuffs in his back pocket. By this point, Rory was leaning into the wall so much to see Jess, whose hands were being restrained by a police officer who looked extremely familiar, that her body eventually build up to more pressure than the wall could withstand. As Rory came crashing through the wall, the cops were distracted enough to look up and let go of Jess's hands. Jess looked up to Rory, who was mouthing the words, "Car, now."

He nodded and ran out of the room, not bothering to look back at Rory, whom the cops ran over to, handcuffs ready, not realizing she lived there until the dust from the remnants of the wall cleared away.

"Ow!" she screamed as a cuff slammed shut around one of her wrists.

"Cal! That's the Gilmore kid! Take the cuff off."

Just then, Emily happened to be passing through the connecting room when Rory caught her eye.

"What on Earth are you doing?" she yelled.

"Hey Grandma."

"Calvin, Raymond, let go of her at once!"

The men released their grip. Rory began walking towards the vestibule to talk to Jess, but, and not to her surprise, Emily blocked the route.

"What happened to my wall, young lady?"

"I don't know Grandma."
"It just magically exploded into a million pieces, then?"

"Guess so."

"I want you to go upstairs right now and think about this!"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

"I have something to take care of."

She gave Emily an angry glance and walked past her.

"Rory!" Emily called out, but the front door had already slammed shut.

The air was crisp, cooler than it had been only 30 minutes ago. Rory brought her sweater closer to her face. She saw Jess's car still parked in the driveway and ran to it.

"I'm sorry, I'm just…I'm really sorry", she said as she climbed into the warm car.

"Look at all that can happen in one night", he responded still making no eye contact with her.

"Why'd you climb through the crawl space? You could've just stayed in the closet."

"I didn't want to get you in trouble."

"Yeah?"

"Why'd you go in after me?"

"I didn't want you to get arrested."

"Oh. Right."

"It was good seeing you again, Rory."

He looked over at her, but she wasn't looking at him. Her face was frozen; her eyes were glued to the windshield.

"Rory?"

"Wait. I'll, uh…I'll come too."

"What?"

"Is that offer to go away with you still good?"

"It's more than good."

The outline of two men and a woman pointing her finger at the front door appeared in the living room window.

Rory screamed, "Jess, go!" and the car sped off into the night just as the door opened. Rory peered out the car's back window to see Emily's angry face, fists clenched. She smiled.