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Defeat

Dean walked her home.

"Good night."

"Night."

They kissed until they were out of breath. Then he walked away.

"Mom! I am home!"

"Daughter of mine, my offspring, my, my…"

"Mom, what do you want?"

"What makes you think that?"

"Mom…"

Okay, okay. Remember that Dance Marathon in a month? Well, I haven't found a partner yet…"

"No, no! I promised Dean that I would show him what happened at those dances."

"Please, do it for the nice woman that gave birth to you. You are the perfect dance partner, you are light, so if you get tired…"

"Fine, but you owe me."

"Yay!" Lorelei chirped as she jumped up and hugged her.

"Well, I am going to go to the bridge. Later."

"Okay, hun, don't stay out too late."

"Don't worry, I won't. I still have to finish my homework."

When Rory got to the bridge, guess who was there? None other than the James Dean Wanna-Be himself!

"Hey," she said and sat down.

"Hey," he replied. "Where were you all day?"

"With Dean."

"Bagboy?"

"His name is Dean. And I can't hang out with you everyday, you know! I have a boyfriend. I just don't get why you guys don't get along."

"I don't get why you like him. You guys don't have anything in common like we do."

"What?"

Rory was confused. Did he just say that I am supposed to like him because he likes me?

"I mean, I don't have anything in common with him, that's why I don't like him and you don't have anything in common either." Jess said, trying to cover up that last comment.

"Oh, okay." Rory said unsure. "We do too have a lot in common."

"Huh. What then?"

Rory sat there thinking.

When he didn't hear a response after a while he said, "See?"

"We do! I just can't think of one right now."

"Uh-huh, keep telling yourself that"

"Shut-up." Rory said annoyed for the fact that he was right.

He smirked.

"I have to go." she said getting up.

As he got up, he said, "Yeah, me too. Luke's gonna kil-"

Suddenly Rory interrupted him and pushed him into the water.

"Ha! Ha! Just like the good old days." Rory said laughing when he had that surprised look.

That was unexpected. He would of thought that Rory might of grown up after all these years.

"We are not kids anymore Rory."

"I know, that's why I am not going to fall for that 'help me up then get pulled in' joke."

He sighed and got himself up.

"You do know that you are going to pay?" he said as he tried to hug her, but failed when she quickly ran away.

"Ah!" she screamed as he ran after her threatening to hug her.

He finally caught up to her at her house. This time he got her.

"Eww. Gross. Get off. Let go!" Rory said trying to squirm away.

He then remember that this was wrong because she had a boyfriend. It wasn't like they were kids anymore. He let go.

"Now, I have to take a shower. Thanks a lot."

He smirked and said, "You're welcome. See you tomorrow."

"I'm going to school, unlike you, I'm-Too-Cool-For-School"

He rolled his eyes and said, "Later."

He walked back to the diner.

When he got there, Luke said, "What happened?"

"Rory pushed me into the lake."

"Okay, I am not even going to ask why. Remind me to thank her when she comes by." he pauses and takes a look at him, "And take a shower before you get sick."

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When Rory got in, Lorelei was puzzled why her daughter was wet.

"Why are you wet?"

"I pushed Jess into the lake. Then he chased after me vowing revenge and he got it."

"Okay, just make sure you take a shower or at least get into some dry clothes." she said remembering the times when she got pulled in after she pushed him in.

As if Rory was reading her thoughts, she said, "Don't worry Mom. I didn't fall for any of his tricks."

"Good."

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The next day at Chilton went by like a blur. She was hardly paying attention in any of the classes, taking notes. She was lucky to be in the right class. Her thoughts were about Jess and her. She also thought about what they did together and when they kissed when he left. She smiled.

She was then interrupted when Paris waved her hand in front of her face.

"Earth to Rory. We have a paper to discuss. If you are going to be day dreaming you can just leave."

"Oh, sorry" Rory said and focused really hard to not let her mind slip.

It seemed like forever, but she was finally out of Paris' clutches. She got on her bus to Stars Hollow. When she got there, she headed towards Luke's and saw a blonde girl checking Jess out. She froze and watched from a place she was sure he wouldn't see. Rory suddenly felt angry. She was flirting and wrote something on a napkin then slipped it in his pockets. She said a few more words to him before getting up. Rory thought it was safe, so she walked in. As she did, she bumped into that blonde girl.

"Watch it." she growled.

"Sorry," Rory said in the same tone.

She ordered trying to ignore Jess. When he poured her coffee and didn't say anything to him, he could tell something was up. He stared at her confused.

"What?" Rory shot.

"Are you mad at me?"

"No, why would I be?"

"Because I pour you coffee and no 'hello' to your good old pal?"

"Sorry, I just had a rough day okay?" she said defensively as she hurried to finish her coffee.

"Okay," he said not believing a word she was saying.

"Look, I have to go." she said as she got up and left.

"I'm taking a break." he said and dashed after her.

"No, you-" he had already left before Luke could finish, "can't." He signed

"Stop following me." Rory said annoyed.

"I'm not, I'm just going to the bridge."

"No, you aren't."

"You can't stop me. You don't own it and it doesn't have your name on it."

"Yeah, it does." she said pointing to the wooden plank.

"Oh, yeah. I remember this. It has my name on it too." he said examining it.

Flashback

"You think we will get in trouble?"

"No, no one is going to find out."

"You never know if Taylor hid cameras behind these plants."

He stopped and looked at her.

"Rory, are you in or not?"

She sighed.

"Okay, I'm in. I feel like I am vandalizing property." she said as she took the knife from his hands and wrote her initials.

"Why didn't you write your whole name?"

Rory looked down. He shook his head.

"Nevermind, I am not even going to ask." he said as he wrote his initials.

They both stared at it.

It said, "R.G. + J.M."

Then Rory spoke, "Can we put a heart around it?"

"No, it would mean we were in love."

"A circle?"

"No."

"A square?"

"No, Rory it looks fine the way it is."

She pouted, "Fine."

End of Flashback

"So what if it has your name on it?"

"That means I can sit here."

She gave up. She had a bad day already. Jess smirked. Through the years, he learned how to defeat a Gilmore girl 5 years ago, and he could still do the job right.

"Tell me, how fun was your day?" he said semi-sarcastically.

"Paris."

"Who's she?"

"She is the evil girl who can't accept that I am just as good as her."

"Huh."

"Also, that blonde girl I bumped into was rude. I don't like her."

"I don't like her much either. Then again, you don't even know her and you're judging her on her first impression."

"Kinda like with Dean?"

"No, that was different. Look, my break it over. I have to get back to Luke's."

She smiled to herself. He was proven wrong.

That night, Jess took the number out from his pocket and dialed it. He was not about to admit defeat.

"Hey. Shane? Right?"

"Yeah, hi, Jess. I'm so happy you called."