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The last few days had almost killed Rory. Jess had been keeping out of sight and she almost couldn't stand it. Questions just kept popping into her head. She barely could focus on what Lorelai was saying, and when she was, she rarely got Lorelai's references.
Jess had arrived on Wednesday and it was now Friday. Lorelai and Rory were at Luke's. Rory just kept glancing at the stairs expecting Jess to come out from behind the curtain any second. Wishing Jess would come out.
"Rory… Earth to Rory!" Lorelai waving her hands in front of Rory's face and repeatedly saying her name broke Rory out of her trance.
"Huh?"
"Kid, just go up and talk to him. You haven't been Rory lately. You're no fun."
"I'm fine really. The wedding is just coming so quickly, I'm excited."
"Right. Okay well I have to get to the Inn. I'll see you tonight?"
"Of course." Lorelai got up and kissed Rory on the top of her head before heading out the door.
"Bye Sweets!" Lorelai called before leaving the Diner.
Rory was sitting thinking about Jess until before she knew it, she was knocking on the door upstairs. After a few seconds Jess opened the door.
"Rory." Jess was shocked. For some reason it had never occurred to him that it would be Rory at the door.
"Hi Jess. Can I…?" Rory gestured past Jess.
"Oh yeah, of course." Jess opened the door wider to let Rory in.
"Wow, I haven't seen the place without all of Luke's things here."
"Yeah."
"It's bigger."
"A grown man moving out of a place can have that effect." This was reminding Jess way too much about when Rory and he had just started dating, and he took her up to the apartment to "look at a book."
"So… How have you been?" Rory smiled at Jess to try and make the situation a bit more comfortable, but it wasn't working very well.
"Good. You?"
"Good." There were a few uncomfortable minutes of silence before Jess decided to break it.
"Rory, you came up here for a reason. What is it?" Jess knew he was being blunt, but it was driving him crazy to have her grown up and looking beautiful right in front of him, and not knowing why she was there in the first place.
"I don't know. I wanted to talk. We haven't talked since…" Rory knew he knew what she was talking about and didn't feel a need to finish the sentence.
"So how is the blonde Jack-ass?" Jess started to get angry just thinking about Logan. Logan got to have Rory, and he didn't even deserve her.
"Jess… He's not a jack-ass, he was just having a bad night. Yes, I'm sorry it happened, I would've much rather it be just you and me talking. I didn't want him to come. He wasn't even supposed to be in town. But he was, and it happened."
"So if you would've known he was in town you wouldn't have gone to dinner with me?"
"I never said that! Jess, we're doing it again. We can't see each other without fighting. I don't even know why I came up here. I thought since last time, we might be able to act like adults, but I guess I was wrong." Rory did not expect it to go like this. She didn't like Jess ragging on Logan. I'm sure since the way Logan treated Jess he deserved it, but that didn't mean she was just going to let Jess walk all over him. Rory turned to leave.
"Rory-" Jess was quickly cut off by Rory.
"I'll see you at the wedding." And with that Rory was out of the apartment and the door was slamming behind her. Jess sighed and collapsed onto the bed. He didn't mean to get so mad, but he couldn't help how he felt about Rory being with Logan and not him. He loved Rory. He told her that, and it always seemed like she didn't give a damn about his feelings.
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Rory was power walking down the street on the verge of tears. 'Why am I about to cry? It's just Jess being an ass.' Rory came to an abrupt stop. She had to talk to someone about this. But who? Lane was busy with her own things. Paris didn't care. Her mom wouldn't be any help. Rory didn't have anyone to talk about this with, so she chose the next best thing.
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"Hey Ace, I thought you were busy all week." Rory had decided to go to Yale. She was going to escape all of her thoughts about Jess with Logan. Now she was outside of their apartment.
"Yeah well, I got some time and I missed you. So I thought 'Hey, how about I go see Logan.' And now here I am."
"I think I get the picture." Logan wrapped his arms around Rory's waist and kissed her sweetly on the lips while he pulled her into the expensive apartment. Once they were inside and done with the kissing portion of their greeting Rory decided to start talking.
"Logan, you remember Jess right?"
Logan sighed deeply before answering. "Yeah. How could I forget? Why?"
"Well, He's Luke's nephew. You know Luke? The Luke that's marrying my mom this weekend?"
"Yeah, I know who he is. Would you just get to the point?"
"Well, since he's Luke's nephew, he's going to be at the wedding. In fact, he's going to be the Best Man."
"You're kidding." Logan released his grasp on Rory's waist and stepped back.
"I only wish I were. But I can stay away from him. It'll just be you, me, and of course on occasion my mom. I don't even have to glance at him." Rory was now desperately trying to avoid another fight with Logan.
"You can't. It's tradition that the Best Man and Maid of Honor have to share at least one dance. It'll be a little hard not to even glance at him while you're dancing together."
"It's possible. You obviously don't know my capabilities." Rory was desperately trying not to smile. The idea of her dancing with Jess was just making her happy. She actually didn't want to avoid Jess. Sure she was mad at him right now, but she never stayed mad at him for long.
"Yeah. Look, I have a lot of studying to do, and I'm sure you have to get back to your mom."
"Yeah, I guess I should. So I'll see you in two days?"
"Sure." Logan quickly gave Rory a peck on the lips before opening the door for her to leave.
A/N: You know what to do. Press the pretty purple button and review. (that rhymed!) Tell me if you love it, hate it. What you like, what you didn't. And don't worry, I am a HUGE Rory/Jess fan so just let me get to the wedding and we'll have some good Rory/Jess scenes. I have it all planned out in my head, but it's not written yet, so I can make changes based on your opinions. Ah, this is turning into a long authors note. I'm sorry. Well Review!
