Disclaimer: I don't own GG and soon Amy won't either.

A/N: Let me start off by saying that I am so sorry I haven't written in a loooong time. I've been super busy and just kind of spaced. Also, this is the last chapter.

"He has a black eye."

"Who does? Kirk? Yeah, I saw it. He got it while walking over the bridge. He claims a goose gave it to him, how lame is that?" Lorelai answered, sitting up and muting the TV.

"No mom, not Kirk. Jess." Lorelai snorted

"Now why doesn't that surprise me? Did Dean give it to him?"

"Yeah. He was defending me."

"Who, Dean?"

"No, actually. It was Jess."

Lorelai tilted her head to the side and thought. She was intrigued. She studied Rory's face and noted how upset and confused she looked.

"You like him, don't you?"

"Like who?" Rory got up and headed to her room, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Jess. You like Jess."

Rory blushed a little.

"Oh my God. You do like him. You like Jess. I can't believe this. I thought you were over him."

Rory shrugged.

"So...what are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know. He's kind of mad at me. I got mad when he wouldn't tell me why he got in a fight with Dean."

"Oh. Well if you don't want to do anything about it, you know, that's fine with me, but I don't think you should keep your feelings to yourself."

"I know, I know."

Rory and Lorelai stood there in silences for a few moments, staring at each other.

"So a goose gave Kirk a black eye? How did that happen?"

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She saw him standing in the gazebo. His back was turned to her, but she knew it was him. She started walking towards him, fusing to let herself turn around and run away no matter how much she wanted to. She wouldn't let any hope they had of a relationship end like last time.

"Jess."

Her voice echoed through the darkness, but he didn't turn around. She took a step forward, carefully. Her mind was racing and she felt like she was about to explode.

"Jess."

He still chose to ignore her. She could turn around and leave and she was seriously considering that when he turned around to face her.

"Jess, I'm sorry."

She could see him nod, but he still wouldn't answer. Rory could tell he wasn't going to make this easy for her and why should he?

She walked until she was about a foot away from him and started talking. "I jumped to conclusions and I know I shouldn't have. It was wrong of me. It's just so hard for me to accept that you really have changed, but now I can tell you have. You've changed and it scares me."

"Why?" He asked, taking a step forward, his voice ringing out through the stillness of the night.

"Because it means that you're not the same person you were before." She took a step towards him. "It means that maybe now you can be the person I wanted you to be before. It means that maybe this time you won't break my heart and you won't run away and you can be in a relationship, really be in a relationship."

"Why does that scare you?"

"I don't want you to hurt me again. But I can't stay away from you. I tried, you tried, but it doesn't work Jess. We have something. You were right. When you came to my dorm and told me all that I didn't want to listen because I was scared. Of what you said that night because it might be true. And maybe I didn't know that we were meant to be together the first time I saw you or even then, but I know it now."

"Good."

"And I realized something else. I know why I can to your apartment."

"Why?"

"Because I need you."

There was no space left between them as she leaned over and kissed him. It felt like the first time they kissed, like the last time they kissed. The kiss said everything they both felt. His hand reached up to cup her face as her arms wrapped around him. As they broke apart they had the same thought.

This time, it would last, and it would be the most amazing experience of their lives.