"Rory?"he asked
finally.
"Yep!"Lily answered cheerfully.
"Lily."Sasha
said.
"Who's that, dude?"the one with the longer hair
asked.
Jess ignored him."Rory?"
"Yeah."she stood up."I want to talk to you."
"Good idea. Sash, we're going to my room."
"Okay. I'll keep Lily and your friends occupied."she promised.
Rory followed Jess down the hall and into his room. He shut the door and turned to face her.
"Why are you here?"he asked softly.
"You called me."
"I know."
"You never said anything."
"Neither did you."
"I know."
"Why are you here?"he asked again.
"I just wanted to know."her eyes watered slightly.
HIs face softened."Know what?"
"Why you left and why you didn't say good-bye."she brushed away some tears but they kept coming, silently.
"I failed school Rory. I couldn't take you to prom. And Luke was mad at me. And then Jimmy came to town. I wanted to see him and see what he was like so after he left I followed him here. I just wanted to spend time with him."
"Why couldn't you tell me that? I would have understood Jess!"the tears were coming harder now but her voice was growing angry.
"You wouldn't have! You would have been mad about prom and about me leaving and you would have tried to stop me. Luke would have too! That's why I didn't write him till I got here!"he yelled back.
"I wouldn't have gotten mad Jess! I just wanted you to talk to me!"she yelled."Why did you never talk to me?"
"What did you want me to say Rory? What? What would be the perfect answer in your perfect world?"
"My world isn't perfect."
"Yeah right. You and your mom have a great relationship. You know your dad and your stepsister! You get good grades, you got into college and everyone loves you! Compare that to me Rory!"
"Jess! Why won't you just talk to me? Quit yelling at me and tell me what you're feeling! Quit accusing me of things because that won't give me the answers I need!"
"What am i supposed to say Rory? Maybe I never talked to you because I was afraid! I had never loved anyone before in my life, i don't even think I loved my own mother and suddenly there's you! And I'm feeling all these things i never felt before and it scared the crap out of me! I figured if I stayed quiet I wouldn't scare the one person I love in the entire world away!"his eyes watered over at this admittance.
