A/N: Another update for you, this is the pivotal break up with Dean chapter…see what happens,

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"Rory what is this?" Dean asked when he was finished reading the letter.

"You know what it is, I said what this is in the letter, I thought it was pretty self explanatory," Rory said pulling at her sleeves self consciously.

"But…but I love you," Dean argued quietly, half giving up already.

"No you don't…" Rory replied sadly, hating having to break this guy's heart.

"Yes, I do," Dean said adamantly.

"Why?"

"What?"

"If you really do love me then I want to know why…"

"Because you're great, and…I just love you I don't need a reason," Dean said not getting what she was getting at.

"Yeah you do, when you really love someone you can list a hundred things that you love about them, because when you love someone you get to know all of there faults and virtues, and you know exactly why you love someone…and you don't really love me, because if you did then you would be able to tell me why…so if you really think you love me tell me why,"

"But I love you."

"Dean, I hate the Lord of the Rings, I don't get hockey at all, I'm not sure why you have this idea of perfection for everything, because life is messy…we are 100 different and I know they say that opposites attract but were just…different, Jess and I, we're better, we like all the same things but in a different way so I get to experience them in a new way, but it's still what I like to do…I can't really explain it to you all I know is that it wasn't fair to you, Jess, or me…we were pretending…" Rory said still looking sadly at Dean, but kind of the way you feel sad for stupid people that don't know what's going on.

"I wasn't pretending," Dean shouted.

"I was…listen, even if you weren't pretending, you thought what we had was something that it just wasn't. It wasn't me and it wasn't you, we could never do something that we both wanted to do, and we were forcing it…we shouldn't have to force it."

"Relationships take work…" Dean tried hoping to convince her that this was a bad idea.

"Yes, and I know that, but it was more than getting through fights and compromising. We had to force the good times too. We couldn't talk; we're just not right for each other okay?" Rory said picking up her bag from the side walk.

"Rory don't do this…" Dean shouted making her shake slightly.

"Dean, I won't pretend anymore I'm sick of being something I'm not and I won't let you be either," Rory said quietly still in that sad way.

And with that, Rory walked off. She wasn't ready to go home, but she wasn't quite sure where she wanted to go either. Eventually, she ended up just walking around. Now normally she wouldn't walk around at night, but this was Stars Hollow. Just exactly what was going to happen?

Did I just break up with Dean? He was great why did I break up with him?

…

Jess…that's why I broke up with Dean. Dean was great but he tried too hard, it was all big gestures and awkward moments. Jess is different…he showed me how it could be different. Why anyone would choose the whole romantic thing is beyond me…I mean a girl likes to be wooed every once in a while but I want to get to know a guy, I want to be able to know what he's thinking. Maybe that's why Jess doesn't talk that much, he wants to know someone. That's why I love Jess, he's…real. I can talk to him and actually have a functioning relationship and not worry about hurting his feelings, because he knows me and won't take it the wrong way when I trip over my words…which is a good thing considering how often that happens. Jess…

Rory was thinking all of this as she was walking around, not knowing that she stopped to look into Andrew's empty store front, over the bridge, and other memorable places.

Jess…it was almost like he understood, like he knew what I was thinking even when I didn't. He knew what I was thinking during the bid-a-basket incident. The entire time I was sitting waiting, all I was thinking was God, let me be the last basket so this can be as quick as possible. How am I supposed to spend the whole day with someone that can't even get a 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' reference? Jess would have gotten it, but then again, Jess is smart. So smart, one thing that Dean could never be, no matter how hard he tried…witty. Jess how ever, even his sarcasm is smart. If she had just broken up with Jess he would have said something witty still at the very end, probably a 'Gone with the Wind' 'frankly my dear I don't give a damn' quote. That seems like him, not 'Gone With the Wind'…but that's partly why it seems like him, because Jess doesn't seem like the 'Gone with the Wind' type and yet he could probably still quote it…

Just as she finished her last thought she was walking up to the diner. She didn't even really mean to come here, her feet did it all on their own. She walked up, opened the unlocked door, and saw him standing there wiping down a table. He probably just closed up.

"You can kiss me now," she said in a whisper, but in the dead quite of the diner it was crystal clear.

He looked up at her and just smiled, not a smirk or a grin… just a smile. He walked forward leaving is rag on the table, and grabbed her face. For the longest time he just looked at her, maybe trying to memorize every line, or maybe trying to see if she looked different as a free woman, but the look sent shivers down her spine none the less.

Then finally after waiting several minutes, or maybe after waiting the almost year in which they'd known each other, he leaned down and drowned her in one, if not the best kiss she had ever experienced. Maybe, she just loved him…

Well she knew that for sure…