Thanks to all of those who reviewed. I decided to move this one shot into a tad more. I think I'm going to do some stuff with Rory falling in love again, Lorelai finding out and whatnot. Please let me know if it's crap or not. Enjoy.
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The condition in which Ms. Rory Gilmore fell for a certain Jess Mariano. Again.
Rory sat once again in her small cubicle but this time she wasn't filing away mercilessly. She sat with her face cupped in her palm staring at the opposite wall, totally oblivious to everything around her.
Veronica walked up to the cubicle and watched as her friend day dreamed about god knows what. She smiled slightly and reached forward, dropping the stack of files she held in front of Rory's head. Rory jumped up and her face angered as she turned and saw Veronica.
"Veronica! God, if you don't stop sneaking up on me, I'm gonna die at an early age."
Veronica just smiled at the smoldering Rory.
"Hey, I can't help it if someone is off in la la land." She leaned on the desk, hoping it would support her weight. "So, how'd it go?"
Rory visibly blushed at this and looked down at her files, hoping to find something to bury herself in.
"Fine."
"Fine? Come on, honey. You're blushing like a two year old. How'd it go?"
Rory finally gave in and looked up at her friend. She smiled, flashing her pearly white teeth.
"It was great."
Veronica smiled and slid so that she was sitting on the edge of Rory's desk. "See, didn't I tell you babe. This guy was different then the others."
"Well, I already knew who he was."
Veronica grew confused. "What? How?"
"It was Jess."
Veronica covered her mouth and her eyes widened. "The Jess! The Jess that you dated for a while back in Stars Hollow? The Jess that came back and told you he loved you then ran? The Jess that wanted you to run away with him?"
Rory merely nodded and Veronica's eyes bugged out even more. "Holy crap. So what happened?"
Rory smiled at her friend's reaction. "We talked. A lot. He's changed so much." Her eyes glazed over slightly. "I told him I was sorry about refusing him. It was a point of my life where I needed to stay where I was. I just wasn't ready. He told me he shouldn't have offered something like that and he apologized for leaving all those times."
Veronica stared at her friend, her expression neutral. "Wow."
Rory jumped a little and looked up at Veronica smiling slightly. "What?"
"You like him again don't you?"
Rory blushed and once again tried to bury herself in work. "No."
"Yes, you do."
"No, I don't."
"Rory, look at me."
Rory looked up reluctantly, meeting Veronica's eyes.
"It's okay to."
They were momentarily interrupted by a man standing outside the cubicle holding something in his hand. Veronica turned her head and acknowledged the man.
"Hey Bob, what can we do for you?"
He smiled slightly and leaned over the impromptu wall, holding a package out to Rory.
"Guy at the front desk said to give this to you."
He handed to package over, then turned, nodding at both ladies, walking back to his own office. Rory held the package in her hand looking at it with a smile creeping at her lips. Veronica punched her gently in the arm.
"Open it up, you're killing me here."
Rory turned it over and gently pealed back the plain paper that covered it. When enough was pealed back so that the thing inside was exposed, she smiled. A big smile that exposed all her teeth.
Veronica tried to look over her shoulder, see what was inside, but the paper was hiding it from view.
"What is it?"
Rory showed her the book that lay inside and Veronica frowned.
"I don't get it."
Rory just smiled and held the copy of Oliver Twist that lay in her lap. He remembered.
