CHAPTER 3: Best Man Mystery

PLACE: Lorelai's House

Rory sat there on her bed thinking, mainly about her life and the boys who are or were in it. She opened up her copy of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', but it was useless. Rory couldn't concentrate. One thought kept running through her mind-- why couldn't she get him out of her head and said to herself over and over again that she was happy with Logan.

Rory suddenly came out of this trance hearing the front door close and heard Lorelai yelling, "Rory…hunny, we need to talk."

"What's up?"

"Well remember how we've been wondering who Luke's best man was going to be…" Loralai said with a fake and forced smile on her face, hoping Rory would take the news well.

Eager to find out who the mystery best man was she enthusiastically said, "Yeah!"

"Well no need to wonder anymore…guess?" Lorelai said not wanting to tell Rory, she decided that she would give her a few chances to guess correctly.

"The timberland manager?"

"No umm.." still hesitating.

"Uh oh, serious tone…this must mean--" Rory quickly got cut-off by her mother.

"Yep, Jess."

"Wow." Rory knew that he was going to be Luke first choice and had given herself time to think about it and get used to it. "I haven't seen him since that whole come away with me thing." Rory said thinking what would've happened if she had said yes and gone with him. "I wonder how he's doing?"

"Well I can actually help you."

"Huh?"

"Well he got his life together, finished school, and has a job lined up in New York." Lorelai said this at an incredible speed which only took her a few seconds to finish her statement.

"Whoa! I can't believe that! Do you think he's changed?" hoping that Jess still had a little of that bad boy thing in him.

"I don't know. I guess we will find out in a couple of days cause he is coming down to help with the wedding."

Rory smiled. She was glad that she was going to see him soon and happy that he was helping with the wedding. " I can't wait. Hey listen, I just wanted to let you know that I start my job on Monday. So that mean I have to go to the apartment and unpack and all those lovely little things tomorrow. I will see you next weekend!"

""Ok love, bye!" Lorelai said in a sarcastic tone.

"Okay, I will. Bye"

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PLACE: The Grandparent's

Rory stepped out of her car and walked to the door of the pool house hearing the clickety-clack that her heels made when then hit the hard concrete. Rory pulled her key out of her pink purse and unlocked the door. She opened it and who was she to find on the other side of the door? None other then Logan…sitting there.

"Logan what are you doing here?" she said surprised at seeing her Yale boyfriend.

"Well, I thought you might be home, so I came. Then I thought you might be back soon , so I ended up waiting for 3 hours."

Rory looked at him, he looked exhausted, almost like he had not gotten any sleep for days. "Oh, I'm sorry, you poor thing…you should've just called me."

"It went straight to voicemail."

"Oh, I forgot to turn it back on." Remembering she had turned it off to read back in Stars Hollow.

"Okay, so what do you want to do?"

"What?…I can't, I have to go to New York tomorrow and then Monday, I start my job." Rory said this knowing that she could've done something with Logan, but her conscience said no and therefore decided she did not feel like doing anything with him.

"Geez Rory, I knew it was going to be like this. I hate not seeing ya ace."

"Hey, Yes you will… but just not tonight." Rory said feeling a little guilty for blowing him off.

"Okay, I'll call you later." saying this as though he missed her already.

"Bye." Rory leaned in for a kiss and his lips touched hers , but she felt nothing. She thought to herself -- this will sound cheesy but no sparks, no fireworks.