A Second Chance
Chapter four: Who was at the door?
Disclaimer: I only own the shady mysterious guy who was at the door. And no, I don't mean Jess. ;)
A/N: Hey guys sorry for the long wait but high school SUCKS! I've had five tests in the past 3 days, no joke. So I've been a little bit busy. But anyway, here is this chapter! I wanted to get it up soon, so it's not very long. But I hope you like it! Next chapter is going to be a big one, it's going to answer a lot of questions you guys probably have. So, if you want me to update soon, then reveiw!
A/N2: I just wanted to tell you all that I will probably have another chapter of A lot like Fate up by next weekend. Hopefully. Anyway, enjoy and reveiw!
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As Rory stood outside the door to Jess's apartment, Luke standing invisibly next to her, she found herself much more nervous that she thought she was going to be. Sure he had told her he loved her, but that was ancient history. She hadn't seen him in about a year, and yet standing in front of this door was one of the hardest things she had ever done in her life. She glanced over at Luke and saw him looking at her expectantly.
"I'll, uh, knock now..." Rory said. She reached a hand forward to knock, but before she could make contact with the door it swung open of it's own accord. And standing there, was Jess Mariano.
Rory felt her breath leave her chest a little bit as she looked at him. He seemed to have not changed at all. He looked the same, anyway. He was wearing the same leather jacket he had always had, and was wearing jeans as always. There was a book in his hand too, and upon closer inspection she saw it was by Hemingway.
Of course, leave it to Jess to be reading an Ernest Hemingway book. The only thing that seems to have changed about him is that he is parting his hair differently, Rory thought. (A/N: Sorry guys I couldn't resist. I HATE how he started like parting his hair instead of spiking it... It makes him look like a good little boy...). And when he spoke, his words seemed to float through the air, as his voice always seemed to.
"Rory?" Jess said. Rory noticed that when he answered the door he seemed kind of tense, but when he saw who it was, he relaxed. Rory wondered if this was because it was her at the door, or because it wasn't someone he didn't want to see.
"Hi," Rory said. She was worried that she would have trouble speaking with him standing there like that... and she did.
"What are you doing here?" Jess asked. Rory tried to avoid answering his question as long as she could.
"Um, how did you know I was here? I hadn't knocked yet," Rory said.
"I thought I heard a voice," Jess answered smoothly, "You want to come in?" He asked, gesturing into the apartment.
When Luke stepped in he noticed that this apartment was much nicer than the last one Jess had, with mold on the walls and only a mattress for each of the guys.
"So what brings you here to NYC?" Jess asked, turning around to look at Rory.
"Well, uh," Rory said, not sure how to begin. However, she was saved the trouble of forming a sentence by a sharp knock at the door
Jess stiffened and turned slowly to look at the door. Then, without warning, he put a hand over Rory's mouth to make sure that she wouldn't talk and began whispering in her ear.
"Rory. I need you to listen to me and listen carefully. Behind me is a door to a closet. I need you to go to that door and get in the closet. I need you to hide there until I come and get you. Can you do that?" Jess said softly. Rory nodded and Jess removed his hand and pointed to the door. Just as Rory quietly hurried to the closet, having absolutely no idea what was going on, there was more knocking at the door, this time more impatient.
A few seconds after Rory closed the door to the closet she heard the door to the apartment open and heard a rumble of voices. Rory put her ear to the door to try to hear what was going on. She caught a little snippet of the conversation.
"Hey man. I thought you were..." Came the voice of Jess.
"Nah. I couldn't... them but... your guard..." came the voice of another guy, the person who Rory suspected was at the door. Rory pressed her ear closer to the door so she could hear more.
"I... now because... over... but call me... and we'll go...them," Jess said.
Rory strained her ears and was able to catch the last thing the other guys said.
"Okay, keep it safe," What on earth does that mean? Is that a way to tell Jess to stay sage, or was there something Jess had that needed to be kept safe? And who was that guy? Does this have anything to do with Luke? And why on Earth was I forced into a closet? So many questions swam around Rory's mind, and when she turned around she almost screamed out to see Luke a little bit farther back in the closet. Once again she had forgotten that he was there.
"Who was that?" Luke said, hoping that Rory had heard enough to know who it was.
"I don't know, I..." Rory said, but was cut off by the closet door opening. Rory squinted at the blinding light and saw that Jess was standing there, holding a hand out to her. Rory took it and stood up.
"Who were you talking to just now?" Jess asked, gesturing to the closet, and Rory realized it must have looked odd for Jess to open the door to Rory seemingly talking to no one.
"Oh, uh, no one. Who was that at the door? And why was I shoved in the closet?" Rory asked. Jess sighed.
"It's a really long story, and I really don't want to get into it. But basically I told you to hide in the closet because I didn't know who it was. I thought it was going to be someone else," Jess said. Rory frowned.
"Well, tell me who it was," she said. Jess just shook his head and sat down on the couch. Rory sat down in a chair and looked at Jess, still feeling a little flutter in her stomach.
"So. I don't mean to be rude but um, what are you doing here Rory?" Jess said. There were a million questions running through his mind as well. Was she here to get back together with him? To beg his forgiveness? Or was it something else entirely?
"That's kind of a long story too. A really long story. And one you probably won't even believe," Rory said.
"How about this," Jess said, "I'll tell you anything you want to know about who was at the door, if you tell me anything I want to know about why you came here," Jess finished. Rory frowned, thinking it over. She looked to her left and saw Luke looking at her and nodding his head. Rory turned to Jess.
"Deal," she said, reaching out a hand over the table and shaking Jess's . They then both settled back into their seats and soon the whole story was spilling out.
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Hey guys! I know that this was kind of short, but I had to spit this chapter into two or else I would never finish it and get it up in time. So, who do you guys think was at the door? Answer me in a review and if you are right I'll put your name in the next chapter. And let me tell you, it's a primo character. You could be the name of the PIZZA GUY! OOOH! So tell me who you think it was and REVIEW!
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