Ok so I said tomorrow but I still had an urge to write so this is a small gift, enjoy.
Note: Btw, I didn't know the name of Jess other friend with whom he talked at Truncheon Books, the black guys, so I named him Wallace.
Chapter 2 Mariano's tale part 1
"So it all started with a phone call…" Matthew told Rory once they sat down in a waiting room.Flashback
"So what happened to you last night Mariano? Did you get lucky with that girl you were starring at last night?" Matt asked.
Jess gave him a look which told him not to talk about it, but his friends knew Jess and that although Jess didn't often talk about his life before Truncheon Books they knew when to stop asking about it and when they could continue asking.
"Come on Jess, who was she?" Wallace asked him.
"A reporter for Yale Daily news" Jess said then changed to subject "So Matthew did you talk to your poet about presenting new work?"
"Yes, and why was a reporter from Yale Daily News here in Philadelphia. Isn't New Haven like a 3½ hour drive?" Matthew said then added "You know her Jess, just admit it and tell us who she is and how you know her."
"Here is an idea, how about we stop prying into my personal life and get some work done." Jess said.
"Ah, she hurt you didn't she?" Wallace asked him.
Jess looked at him then sighted "Her name is Rory Gilmore, she's the girl whom I met when my mom sent me to Stars Hollow to live with my uncle. We dated, I left her, came back I told her I loved her, left again, came back asked her to run away with me, she said no. We then caught up a few months back and she is dating a rich blond jerk that treats her like crap but she still loves him. She was here because I invited here and she wanted to see the place. Now can we get to work?"
"You still love this Rory, don't you?" Matt asked.
"Does it matter, she's with someone else." Jess said.
"Ok, so about the bar…" Wallace started when the phone rang.
"Truncheon Books" Jess answered then he went quiet when he heard who it was.
"What do you want?" Jess asked obviously not pleased to be speaking to whomever he was speaking to.
"No, forget it." Jess continued his conversation glancing at his friends before back at the phone
"What? What about Johnny? Can't you call him?" Jess asked.
"It's not that" Jess sighted "I do want to help; I just don't want to get back to all of that. I left that life behind."
"Fine, I'm on my way. But this had better be the last time." Jess said annoyed as he put the receiver down. "I have to take care of something in New York." He told his friends.
"Exactly what are you going to take care off?" Matthew asked him.
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Jess replied.
"Whatever it is it doesn't sound very safe." Wallace said.
"I'll be fine" Jess said not denying it but trying to reassure his friends nonetheless.
"Oh sure, you're going to do something stupid and dangerous in New York and we're supposed to just let you go." Matthew told Jess.
"If you think you can stop-" Jess started but Matthew interrupted.
"Not stopping, I know better then that. But I am tagging along."
Jess was about to protest but stopped knowing he could either let his friend go along with him and keep an eye on him or let him follow him to New York and get himself into trouble "Fine." He said, let's go.
End Flashback
"And so we left Philadelphia and drove to New York where-"
"Rory?" a voice asked.
"Honor" Rory said as Logan's sister walked up to them.
"What are you doing here? Logan is out of surgery and is asking for you." Honor said to Rory.
"Uhm…well…another friend of mine got shot and is here in the hospital as well." Rory tried to explain. "The nurse told me to wait here, I was just about to check if there was any more information about Logan" she lied.
"Oh, I'm sorry. The doctor said Logan was going to be ok. He's got a few broken bones, had some internal bleeding but they managed to stop it and repair the damage." Honor filled Rory in.
"That's good, tell Logan I'll be there soon, I just want to wait on an update on my friend." Rory told her.
"Of course, I hope he'll be ok as well." Honor told Rory.
"He's tough. He'll make it." Rory said trying to convince Honor and herself by those words.
Honor left and Rory turned back to Matthew "So what happened in New York?"
Isn't everone just so happy Logan is going to ok? review please.