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Chapter 10: Make New Friends, But Keep The Old

Jess looked at Rory with a huge smile on his face. He pulled her in for a hug, and the two just stood there, holding each other, Jess tracing circles on her back.

"I can't believe I went almost two years without talking to you.. I really missed you Jess."

"I missed you too Rory, so much."

"So how have you been lately?"

"I've been good aside from the minor setback of losing my best friend."

Rory stopped to look at him with a huge smile on her face. Hearing him say that made her so incredibly happy. She really had missed him. She was beginning to wonder how she functioned without him. She must've gotten very good at pretending it didn't bother her.

"So you missed me that much, huh?"

"You know, you Gilmores think very highly of yourselves. I never said it was you."

"Oh please, you know you missed me." Rory looked at him with those irresistible eyes and before long, he caved.

"You bet I did." Jess just looked at her. He couldn't believe he had gone so long without her. He missed being able to see her every day and talk to her. They were always able to talk about anything. Jess had never trusted anyone more than he had trusted Rory. He always felt like no matter what he told her, she would listen and never judge him.

"Jess" Rory had pulled him out of his daze. "You ok?" Rory looked at him with confusion.

"Yeah, sorry what did you say?"

"I'm so glad I'm here, you know?"

"You mean New York? It's amazing here..there's not another place like it."

"No, well yeah I love New York, but I meant I'm so glad I'm here.. with you. Every time I read a book or watch a movie that we used to watch together, I can't help but wish we had remained friends. Promise we'll make the friends thing work this time, because I don't think I can loose you again. It hurts too much."

Jess looked at her with sincerity in his eyes. Something Rory hadn't seen from him in a long time. "I promise, I'm not going anywhere this time."

Time had passed and Rory and Jess had talked about everything under the sun: birthdays, Stars Hollows' crazy festivals Jess had missed, school, jobs, everything but what they had both secretly wanted to know. Rory had decided they did enough stalling and it was time for them to ask what had been on their minds since they'd seen each other again. "So I guess you have a girlfriend..?"

Jess looked up to meet her eyes where he could tell she didn't quite know if she was prepared for his answer. "Actually, no, no girlfriend, not since you. What about you?"

"No I haven't had a boyfriend either."

"Now that I don't believe, why wouldn't a beautiful girl like you have a boyfriend?"

"Maybe because they don't think I'm beautiful.."

Rory knew that wasn't the reason, because she was fully aware that she was the reason she hadn't had a boyfriend since Jess.

"Rory any guy who doesn't think you're beautiful is seriously ill." Rory looked down and blushed.

"Ok, so maybe that's not the reason, maybe I've been comparing any guy that's asked me out to someone who I really liked.."

"And who would that be?"

"No, I'm not going to tell you, you wouldn't care."

"C'mon Rory, you can tell me anything."

"You." Rory looked away real fast, nervous to see his expression.

"Oh. Rory look at me, I'm still here, not mad, mood hasn't changed, it's ok."

"How could it possibly be ok, we just started being friends again and then I tell you that I've been comparing every guy I've come in contact with to you."

"Rory, stop.. It's ok because I was doing the same thing."

Rory was too shocked to say anything resembling something intellectual. "Why would you compare girls to yourself?"

"Not to myself Rory, to you."

"Why would you do that?"

"You want to know why, because you're perfect. You're beautiful, intelligent, witty, and full of surprises. Rory, I still love you." At this point, Rory was in tears. He just sat there patiently awaiting her response.

"Jess, I still love you too. But before we do anything careless, I think we should take it slow. We wouldn't want to rush it and end up losing each other. I don't think I could do that again."

"Me neither." Jess pulled Rory in and rested his head on hers, which was resting on his chest, after placing a soft kiss on her forehead. The two sat there enveloped in the feeling of calm they experienced whenever they were together. Rory didn't want to let go, even though she had just finished telling him how they needed to take it slow. She couldn't bear to release herself from him, it just felt too perfect. She couldn't help but think how perfectly she fit in his arms. Neither of them wanted the moment to end, but Jess knew if this thing they wanted so badly to try, actually had a chance at working, he had to tell her about Tye, before she found out some other way.

"Rory.. as amazingly perfect as this moment is, I really have to tell you something and I don't think you're going to like it, but I want you to hear me out and know that I'm here for you."

"Jess just tell me, you're making me nervous."

"You remember how you told me that the guy that hurt you was a guy named Tye?"

"Yeah, what about him?"

"I.. know him, but Rory listen to me.."

Rory didn't know what to take from this. Had Jess ever done anything like that? Had they laughed about other girls Tye had more than likely pulled the same crap on? Her mind was reeling, but then she remembered Jess' request and decided to hear him out.

"I never really liked Tye, a bunch of my friends were friends with him but I always hated him because of how he treated the girls he'd been with. But when I found out he tried it on you, I lost it. I won't be talking to him ever again, and he definitely won't be talking to you again either. I took care of it."

"Jess, you didn't have to do that, thank you so much."

"Don't worry about it Rory. It's all in the past now."

"Jess .. do you want to maybe have a movie night Friday? We can watch all the old movies we used to watch and just hang out.."

"I'd love to."

"Great. How about over here, around 7?"

"Sure do you want me to bring anything?"

"Just yourself." Rory looked at him with a big smile.

"I should probably get going, but I'll call you tomorrow and I'll see you Friday."

"Alright, bye Jess!"

Jess left Rory's apartment that day with the biggest smile on his face. To know that Rory had thought of him just as he had thought of her made him smile from ear to ear. He couldn't wait until Friday. He was finally ready to prove to her that he was good enough. He just hoped it would all go well. He was determined to make it work this time, and that gave him all the confidence he needed.

A/N: Ok, so there's the 10th chapter. I know it took a long time to get up, and I apologize. I hope you all like it. Make sure to hit the little button down there and let me know what you thought. Review and you just might get a review sooner. I'm sorry I'm so horrible at being consistent with my updates. I'm trying to work on it. Don't forget, getting reviews makes me want to write more, so give me some!