Disclaimer: I'd love to own Gilmore Girls, but sadly I don't.

A/N: See what happens when everyone reviews? You guys lift my spirits and I update really fast. I'm glad everyone liked the chapter, it put a smile upon my face knowing that your all so into the story.

Hope you like the chapter, it's not much. But, oh well?

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Ouch.

That was the thing that crossed through Rory's mind when she woke up the next morning. She lifted her head, which just caused her neck more pain. She rubbed the place where it hurt, and sighed. She had had her head resting on the end of the mattress and her body was rested on the floor, what surprised her was that she had a red blanket over her shoulders.

She winced, it was cold. She wrapped it around her tighter, and looked around at her surroundings. The light of the morning sun was shining through the window and when she looked over to the bed that she was leaned against, Jess wasn't located in it anymore. She furrowed a brow and sighed.

Her legs were failing her, as it had been an uncomfortable night, but she managed to get down the stairs. "Oh crap." She whispered to herself as she glanced at the clock at the bottom of the stairs. It was already 12 o'clock and she needed to be at Harvard soon. But, before she could put thought to this, she felt hands go over her eyes.

She furrowed a brow. "Hm?"

"Guess." Said a voice that she recognized so well, this instantly made her smile.

She sighed, faking to be thinking about it. "I don't know…it could be anyone. But, I think my best guess is…Jess." She stated, feeling confident in herself.

He took his hands off of her eyes and walked in front of her. "Wow. You guessed. I'm proud."

"Hm. Too early for sarcasm."

Jess smirked, shaking his head. "Well, then we should get you home, shouldn't we?"

Rory smiled, eyeing the bruise under his eye. "Jess, are you alright? I didn't get a chance to take care of that eye. It probably got worse."

He shook his head again, "Sarah came in and took care of it."

"Sarah?" She asked nervously.

"She also put the blanket over you so you wouldn't get cold."

"She's not mad?"

"She didn't seem mad. She kind of explained everything that happened after Micheal brought me to that room. It was late, and she had to wake me up because my eye was swollen."

She looked confused, "Micheal?"

"We fight, but we don't hold a grudge."

"But isn't it a tad weird that you get into a fight and then the next second you guys' are best buddies…?"

He sighed. "Micheal's a good guy."

"Yes, I know that, but--,"

Jess groaned, closing his eyes. "Can we not discuss this right now? You need to get back to the dorm so you can change and then your ride's going to be there." He pointed to his eye, "Plus, this hurts like hell."

Rory ran a hand through her messy-morning hair, and let go of the blanket. She ran a hand through her dress, and unstuck confetti that had stuck when she had been dancing. "Okay. Do you know where my purse might be?"

"Um, I don't think your going to find it in this mess."

"Then let's just go."

Before Rory could question how they would get there, when they reached outside, Sarah was waiting in the car. Jess explained that she had called in the morning, offering her driving services. Rory felt a little nervous seeing Sarah again, because of their fight, but she sucked it up and climbed in the car next to Sarah.

"Hey." Rory said meekly.

Sarah patted her lap. "Don't worry, chickadee, we're okay."

She smiled at her friend, all in all, she was glad how she could make her feel so much better just by speaking kind words. "I just wanted to make sure, you know. I don't want to--,"

"I get it. Don't worry about it."

Jess looked uncomfortable with the conversation as he looked at them from the back seat. "Sorry to disrupt the moment. But could we get out of here?"

They nodded, and Sarah started the car slowly. They talked all through the car ride, but Rory had other things in her mind. Like the crazy weekend. She had never had something like it, sure, she had been places, but it had been fun there for a while. She looked out the window the whole way, aside from the angst…college was for her.

When they reached the dorm, Rory just plopped herself on the bed, sighing.

"Long weekend, huh?" Jess sighed, looking at himself in the mirror. "At least you came out unscarred."

"Maybe that's a bad thing." Rory said in a smothered voice because of the pillows. She lifted her head, "It was fun, though."

He nodded, "Didn't get much studying done, though."

"Like you care." She scoffed.

"I may not care, but you do."

Rory sat up, smiling. "It's okay."

They sat in silence, looking at each other until Rory finally had to get dressed. She put the dress on the bed, and left a note for Sarah so she could take it with her since it was her dress. She was kind of relieved to go home, she had to admit. Maybe go back to some normality, or maybe weirdness again.

As they walked out of the dorm, and on to the rest of the campus. Jess seemed much more warmer, he actually put an arm around her. She looked up at him and smiled. She had no idea what this meant, but for her, it was a nice gesture.

They stopped in front of the building; Rory decided that she could go on from there.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded. "My dad's going to probably question me about you if he sees you dropping me off."

Jess ran a hand through his hair and nodded slowly. "So, what do we do now?"

Rory nodded at his awkwardness. She barely got to see that with Jess, and maybe it was a good thing. She leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. "You'll call me?"

He looked at her with sincerity. "Yeah. I'll call you."

With that word, she couldn't help but beam. Rory walked off, giving him a small wave. When she got to her father's car, she got a weird feeling in her stomach. She said hi to her father, and settled herself in the back seat. But, as she got out her cell phone, she felt uneasy.

"Hello?"

She had heard his voice a second ago, but now that they were on the road, it seemed farther away. "Jess. Hi. Okay, this may seem completely weird. But, I don't want you to call me. It's way too open; I want plans and a date with a time. I don't want to not see you for a year when we happen to bump into each other again. It's—I just, I don't want that."

"Okay."

"Okay? That's it. No sarcastic comment or a complete weird answer. No questioning my freaking out or anything?"

Jess smirked, "I know your weird, already. Don't need a refreshment course on that but… okay. When?"

Rory smiled to herself. "I'll call you."

Jess shook his head to himself and chuckled. "Okay."

She closed the call and held her cellphone to her chest. She'd call him.

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Jess closed the call also, leaning against the headboard of his bed, thinking of what had happened that weekend. But a knock on the door made him get up from his bed to answer the door.

"Liz." He greeted his mother breathlessly.

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A/N: Cliffhanger! How evil am I?

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