A/N: Sorry this update's so short. It's fast though, there's a plus, right? Review, please!
They'd been driving for 2 hours now, and still there was no sign that they'd get where they were going in this lifetime - wherever they were going. For a little while, at least, they had talked, laughed, and played the license plate game, but now no one had said anything for what seemed like centuries.
What broke the silence, however, was much worse, horribly dreaded, but all the while expected. Rory's cell phone rang to the tune of Yellow Submarine and Jess laughed.
"Good song", he said.
"Thank you", was Rory's sarcastic reply.
"But her face froze again when she looked down at the caller ID. No, she didn't want to answer, but if she didn't, Jess might wonder why.
Reluctantly, she flipped her phone open extra fast, hoping maybe it would break in half.
"Hello?"
"Hey, are we still mad at each other?" Logan asked.
"Yes", Rory said bluntly. She closed the phone.
Jess gave her a weird look, but he didn't say anything. Rory hoped and prayed that Logan wouldn't call back, but no luck.
"Hello?" she said again.
"Rory, come on", Logan pleaded quite desperately.
"Come on, what? I'm sick of you and the things you do, Logan!"
Jess's eyebrows perked up now.
"What things?" Logan demanded.
"Getting drunk everyday…"
"It's not everyday, is it Ace?"
"Calling me Ace! I have a name, you know!"
"I thought you liked that."
"How do you know? Did I tell you I liked that?"
"No…"
"And why is it that I avoided parties until I met you? I hated parties and then suddenly they became my life."
"That's who I am. You becoming a party girl is not my fault!"
"Whatever! We've had this fight before. I don't want to have it again! I don't even want to hear your voice at a normal level let alone screaming again! Good bye!"
She hung up the phone. The tears were already welling up around her eyes. Before they started rolling down her cheeks, Jess's warm embrace filled her heart with something she'd only felt three times before - with Dean, with Jess when he left for California, and most recently with Logan. But with Logan, that feeling had faded a very long time ago…but she realized now with Jess, it was always there. It had never faded. She was in love with Jess. She was always in love with Jess. She'd always be in love with Jess.
Her tears began to sink into the sleeve of Jess's shirt, where her face was buried. The red light changed, but Jess pulled over. Rory cried on, and even though Jess was thinking "He's not worth her tears", he let her soak his shirt all the way through.