Chapter 2

Rory went home very excitedly. She had to tell her mother before word got out around town and she found out from someone else.

She entered her house and didn't see her mother. "MARCO!" she yelled in attempt to find her.

"POLO!" Lorelai yelled in response from her bedroom upstairs. Rory ran upstairs to tell her mother the news.

When she finally found her, Lorelai asked, "Where is all the stuff you bought?"

Rory said, "Downstairs." She knew she had to tell her mother soon or she'd chicken out. "Mom, I have something to tell you." She said nervously.

"What is it Sweets?" Lorelai asked with much curiosity.

"Well, you have to promise not to freak out." Rory said.

"Okay, but I have a feeling I'm not going to like this." Lorelai said back.

"At the market, I ran into Jess and we had a fight and I stormed out, he ran in front of me said all this really sweet stuff and it really touched me and he started to walk away because I didn't say anything and I made him turn around and I kissed him and I said I wanted to be with him and he said he wanted to be with me and I think I might be in love with him." Rory rambled.

Lorelai just stood there in awe. After about five minutes of silence, Rory finally said something, "Mom?"

"Wow" was all she could say. "Rory, I guess I don't really know what to say. No, wait I do know what to say. One minute you are completely happy with Dean and the next you're off with Jess. What happened?"

"I don't know, I guess I just finally saw what I truly wanted. I'm not happy with Dean, I'm very bored, and we have nothing in common. We have nothing to talk about, and we always have to be doing something, which is usually making out because we can never agree on what we should do. With Jess, we can sit in silence and be comfortable. He makes me feel like Dean just, I don't know, can't." She took a breath after her rant.

"Okay hon, I guess I'm gonna have to support you on this. Far be it for me to stop you." Lorelai said.

"Thanks mom, I love you." Rory said.

"Your welcome, honey." Lorelai said.

"I'm going to bed, I need energy for what I'm gonna have to do tomorrow." Rory said.

Lorelai thought about it for a minute, "Oh. Well goodnight and good luck."

"Thanks, goodnight." Rory said and walked down to her room.

'I hope everything works out for her.' Lorelai thought to herself.

Rory woke up the next day with a lot on her mind. She didn't want to have to break Dean's heart but she knew she had to do it to make herself happy.

She got up and took a shower, making sure she looked good enough for a break up.

When she got to Dean's house, she got a little more nervous, she had never broken up with someone before.

She knocked and Dean answered the door. "Hey Rory" he said and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Dean, we have to talk." She said. "I don't think we are right for each other."

"Are you saying we should break up?" he asked a little to calm.

"Yes, and I understand if you're mad, it's just that we've been growing apart." She said.

"Well to be honest with you, I was going to break up with you too." He said back.

"Oh, that's good to know." She said a tad bit upset.

"Well, bye Rory." He told her.

"Goodbye, Dean." She said in response and walked away.

Rory then decided she really needed some coffee. She walked into the diner and sat at the counter. Luke came up to her and said, "Coffee?"

"Yes please." She gulped the hot coffee letting it burn all the way down her throat. "Hey Luke, is Jess upstairs?" she asked.

"I think I saw him go up there earlier." He said.

"Can I go up?" she asked eagerly.

"Sure" Luke said a little uneasy.

Rory practically ran upstairs to see him. She really needed to be near him right then. She knocked on the door and he answered. "Hey" he said nonchalantly.

"Hey" she said right back. "Can I come in?"

"Sure." She walked in and sat on the couch.

"I broke up with Dean, luckily the feeling was mutual." She said with a smile.

"I broke up with Shane, feelings weren't so mutual." He said with a smirk and she giggled.

He walked over to her and kissed her gently and she quickly responded. After the kiss, they just sat there in a comfortable silence, just like the feeling she had expressed to her mother.