Title: All Things Considered- Chapter 3- Confrontation…

Disclaimer: If I owned GG I wouldn't be writing this, now would I? The characters belong to the WB.

Summary: Two and a half years after Jess walks away from her life, for what he thought would be for the last time, Rory's moving on with Logan, and She now has to realize what, or who, she truly wants. Luke and Lorelai are engaged, and waiting for Rory to reconcile with Lorelai before they make a wedding date, but there has been serious planning for it already. Logan proposed to Rory on their Year and a Half anniversary.

A/N: Chapter three for my lovely, lovely fans. I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, to all my faithful reviewers. I love you guys. Here is the much wanted…Jess/Rory dialogue, and the confrontation. Its full of ups and downs, and I like it. Hope everyone else does too.
As for Chapter four…well, I have no inspiration right now, my muse has abandoned me, and I'm finding it hard to even think about writing. I swear, as soon as chapter four is written, it will be up. I promise you all that. If anyone has any suggestions as to where to go with this story, or what you would like to see in the next chapter, go ahead and leave a review and I'll get back to you, and if I like the idea, I'll add it in!

Reviewers- Thank you all so much, I thank you all for your considerate reviews, and kind words. Thanks so much.

On with the story...

The next day, Rory patiently walked down a crowded New York City street in her faded blue jeans, grey t-shirt and tennis shoes. She stopped as she looked at the old, but sturdy, building in front of her.

"This is where he lives," she said to herself. She stepped inside the dully lit lobby and made her way slowly to his floor. She stopped in front of his door and took a deep breath. She raised her hand to knock on the door but froze. She couldn't do this. She wasn't ready. She pulled her hand down, and fixed the door with a glare. She sighed, five minutes later, before working up her courage. She knocked three times on the door before her hand dropped. There was a faint noise of feet padding across the floor before the door swung open.

Jess' eyes widened in shock as he saw her. He looked almost the same. His hair like it had in high school, but there was no gel and it stuck up every which way, as if he had just awoke. He looked fit and healthy, in black pajama bottoms and a thin grey t-shirt, his brown eyes wide and filled with many different emotions, a five o'clock shadow across his face. He crossed his arms over his chest as she smiled at him.

"Hi," she whispered.

Jess just stared at her for only a moment, before he recovered from his shock and his eyes narrowed at her. "So would you have gone straight to the bottom?" he asked, his voice cold, yet still Rory could hear the anger. He watched as her eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Rory asked, biting her lip.

Jess sighed. "Is your ring as huge as the one Rose wore in Titanic?" He said, nonchalantly, "As in, if you had been hanging off the rail and jumped, would you have sunk?"

Rory gazed into his eyes for a moment, before breaking their contact. It hurt her that he had so much passion about them, not all of it good. "Yeah, I would've, but… if I jumped now, I wouldn't," she finally answered, now staring at the doorjamb.

Jess frowned momentarily, trying to figure out what she meant. "What are you doing here, Rory? Shouldn't you be off gallivanting with your rich fiancé?" Jess asked, heatedly.

"I came to talk to you," Rory whispered, looking at the floor, "I really need to talk to you."

"We have nothing to talk about, Rory. We ended two years ago, when you were basically shoving me out of your dorm," Jess stated, leaning against the door frame. He kept repeating her name, as if it made her real.

"Jess… Please," Rory whispered, looking at him with tears in her eyes.

Jess sighed, his features softening as he saw her tears. He moved out of the doorway and back into the room. "Come on in," he stated softly and she nodded and slid into the room.

She stood awkwardly in the living room as he walked into the kitchen. "Want some coffee?" Jess called.

Rory smiled, though he couldn't see it, "Do you have to ask?" she called back. Jess smiled, as he put on a pot.

He walked back into the living room, looking her over. "Okay, so, you needed to talk to me." Jess stated patiently.

"Yeah. Um. I take it since you know about Logan than you still talk to Luke?" Rory asked.

Jess frowned, "Yeah, I have. I've heard some particular interesting things about your life. And he called me up yesterday saying I would be receiving a invitation to your engagement party." Jess stated, quickly.

Rory frowned. "You've heard everything?" Rory whispered.

"The dropping out of Yale because of some jackass, who told you that you weren't good enough, whose wife thinks you aren't suitable for her son because you were a career woman. The moving in with your grandparents, stealing a boat…the um… getting engaged to Richie Rich, fighting with you mom, which for a year that's longest time I've ever heard of you fighting with her, joining the DAR and working there for a year. Then before all of that, sleeping with Dean and breaking up a marriage…I don't believe I missed anything, correct?" Jess asked, raising an eyebrow.

Rory's eyes widened. "That's everything," she whispered, looking at him quickly before looking at the ground.

Jess looked back into the kitchen. "Coffee's done, do you still take it black?" he asked, before walking slowly into the kitchen.

"Yeah." Rory stated, following him. He filled a coffee mug for her and handed it to her, before reaching for a bottle of water in the fridge.

"So. Talk." Jess stated, gesturing to her.

"I had a dream two nights ago," Rory whispered, taking a sip of the coffee, 'Almost as good as Luke's,' she thought with a slight smile.

"So?" Jess asked, trying to figure out what the hell it had to do with anything.

She took a deep breath. "It was about you. And me. Us," Rory said looking at him. "I broke off my engagement with Logan," she added. She watched as the shock quickly fled across his face before it was replaced with wonder.

"Hmm. So you come running to me? As if I'm Jack, leaning at the rail, staring out at the endless sea as Titanic sails further and further towards America and you're Rose, coming to tell me that you changed your mind? You know, I never did like that movie… How do you know I don't have a girlfriend, or a wife, or a fiancée of my own, Rory?" Jess asked angrily, his voice slightly louder than before. He had to strike back, she had hurt him when she told him she didn't want to be with him years before.

"Oh god. I hadn't even thought-" Rory whispered her eyes widening in shock. She placed the mug on the counter and slowly backed out of the room. "This was a stupid idea. I shouldn't have done this. God, I'm such an idiot…" she muttered, moving towards the door.

"Rory!" Jess called out to her.

She turned slowly. "Yeah?" she whispered.

"I don't." Jess stated and she shot him a confused look. "I don't have a girlfriend," he elaborated, "Rose was the only one who moved on with someone else," he smirked, watching the small smile flit across her face.

Rory took a few steps forward. "I don't know where you're getting at with all these Titanic references, but that isn't the point," Rory stated calmly. "I may have moved on, but that was when I thought I was over you. My heart now tells me otherwise, Jess."
Jess sighed, looking her over. "What are you trying to imply with this whole conversation, Rory? Two and a half years. That's how long its been since the last time I saw you, the last time I talked to you. The time when you, the girl I so desperately loved, told me that she didn't want to be with me," Jess said, his voice calm, but his eyes focused on anything but her. He took a deep breath before looking down at her.

"Jess…" Rory voiced, her voice cracking with emotion. She was trying not to cry. "I couldn't just give up Yale. I couldn't leave my life behind for you. I didn't even know if I could rely on you," Rory stated, her throat closing up as she stopped talking.
"And what's so different now?" Jess shot at her, "Oh, lets think; You don't have Yale anymore, and you don't have that same life. You still don't know if you can rely on me, but now is the perfect time to take the fuckin' chance, because you already screwed up your life!" Jess paused, glaring at her, "I don't even see why you bothered coming here today, Rory, if all I am is your back-up plan. You know that isn't true love."

Rory stared at him, a tear finally finding its way down her cheek. "I wanted to go with you. I really did. But I was confused and I was still hurt. And you just kept coming back with these confessions and offers. And I didn't know what to do, and you didn't give me time to think, you gave me five seconds to answer you. What was I supposed to say?" Rory said, trying to hold back the tears that were soon to start falling.

"Something other than screaming 'No!' at me seems to come to mind." Jess said, his voice calmer than before.

"I'm sorry," she whispered softly, her right hand reaching up and brushing her tears away. "I never meant to hurt you, Jess."

"I could say the same thing to you, Ror," Jess whispered, softly. "I hurt you more than once. I never meant to. I couldn't be with you when I didn't know what I was doing with my life."

"I'm still in love with you." Rory confessed softly, glancing nervously at the floor.

Jess smirked. "Are you now? Huh, very interesting," Jess whispered, brushing a lock of hair away from her face and tucking it behind her ear. Rory blushed, slightly, knowing that what he had just said was his sense of humor trying to show through. His hand touched her cheek briefly before he dropped it. Jess realized just how close they actually were and stepped back, and cleared his throat. Looking her over, he paused, choosing his next words carefully.

Rory shifted on one foot to the other. Jess was starting to scare her, she didn't know what he was thinking, he wasn't saying anything and she was waiting for his real response. She bit the inside of her lip, waiting for him to say something. "I never stopped loving you, Jess." Rory whispered, looking at him through hopeful eyes.

Jess sighed, breaking their eye contact. "What do you want me to say, Rory? I mean, honestly, right now, you don't seem like the same woman I fell in love with in high school." Jess paused, looking at her again, Rory's face fell. "I mean, before you came here today, I thought, you were engaged… I don't know if you are just doing this because you got in a fight with him, or if you just want to get back at your grandparents… or something to that extent. I don't know what I'm supposed to think."

Rory looked up at him, shock filling her eyes. "I would never do this, unless I was absolutely sure that I truly loved you. I grew up, Jess. I doubt that I'm the same, I know I'm not the same. But I want to be with you. I want us. I may have changed some, but I would never, ever intentionally come here just to get back at someone."

Jess glared, stepping away from her and walking over to the window. "Changed some, eh?" he mumbled, "You didn't just change some, Rory. You changed, completely, totally. I don't even know you anymore. And I knew you better than anyone did." He sighed, turning to face her again. "Why are you doing this?" he asked softly.

Rory looked him over and sighed. "Because I want to be with you now. I want to live here, work here and be with you," Rory whispered, walking over to him to stand directly in front of him.

"You're running away from your issues!" Jess said loudly, "You wouldn't have done this two years ago, Ror. Look at yourself, is this where you imagined yourself two years ago?"

"I-" Rory whispered, biting her lip. "No. But right now, right this second, this is where I want to be," Rory stated gently.

"Rory…" Jess started, his features softening. "I don't want you resenting me a couple years down the line. I don't want this to escalade and then have you realize what a mistake it is. I don't want you to wonder why you never went back to school, when you were made out to be a reporter."

Rory smiled at him shyly, "I won't resent you and I wont leave unless you want me to." She looked up at him, pondering who would make the next move.

"I… Don't. At least not right now," Jess mumbled inaudibly.

Rory smiled widely and leaned forward, catching him off guard as she kissed him softly.

Jess broke away after a few seconds. "Don't run away," he whispered, remembering their first kiss. "I won't if you won't, Dodger," she mumbled, before reaching up and pulling his head down, his lips meeting hers in another kiss.

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