Rory headed back to her moms house. Thinking "Man why did he have to come back? And why did I have to agree to meet him tonight? What else could happen?" She walks inside and plops on the couch. Just then her cell starts to ring. "Hello?"

Mystery person: "Hey. How are you?"

Rory: "Hey Lane. I'm doing good and you?"

Lane: "Really well. I uh... have some news."

Rory: "Really? What is it?"

Lane: " Uh… Jess is back in town."

Rory: "Yeah. I know. I saw him earlier."

Lane: "Really? Where?"

Rory: "By Luke's."

Lane: " Wait you're in Stars Hallow and you didn't tell me."

Rory: " Oh I'm sorry. I meant to call you, but I saw Jess and I was just in complete shock. I'm sorry."

Lane: " No its totally understandable. I wonder why he's here."

Rory: "I have no idea."

Lane: "Well I better go back to work. Call me later?"

Rory: "Yeah totally."

Rory decided to take another trip to the Dragon Fly to see if her mom was back. She hoped in her car and drove to the Dragon Fly. She saw her mom pull up to the Dragon Fly so she pulled up beside her. She jumped out of her car and said," Hey Mom."

Lorelei: "Hey. When did you get here?"

Rory: "A couple of hours ago. I came by earlier but you weren't here. You were running errands or something."

Lor: "Yeah. Well how long are you here for?"

Rory: "A couple of weeks if that's okay with you."

Lor: "Of course. Why so long? What happened?"

Rory: "Well Logan went to London with his dad and I didn't want to be left alone in that big apartment. Besides I thought it was time for me to come back for a while."

Lor: "Well I'm happy to have you. I'm sure your dad will be glad to see you too. Have you called him yet?"

Rory: "No not yet. I figured I'd see him at dinner right?"

Lor: "Yeah just about every night."

Rory: "Uh…Mom? I kinda went and saw Luke today."

Lor: "Oh… Well how is he doing?"

Rory: "Good I guess. He told me to keep in touch."

Lor: " Oh well that's good."

Rory: "There's something else."

Lor: "What?"

Rory: "Jess is back."

Lor: "What? Why?"

Rory: "I don't know? He wants to meet with me tonight. To talk."

Lor: "You said no right?"

Rory: " Not really. I told him I'd meet him tonight at Luke's."

Lor: "ok well hopefully it goes ok."

Rory: "Yeah."

It was 9 time for Rory to go meet Jess. She couldn't believe how fast the day went and still no calls from Logan. She walked into Luke's but didn't see Jess. She sat at a table in the corner and waited for him. Luke walked up to her and asked, "Hey back so soon."

Rory: "Yeah. I'm supposed to meet Jess."

Luke: "Oh really. Well he should be down in a minute. He's helping April with her English homework. I was wondering why he changed."

Rory: "Really he's helping April. That's really sweet of him."

Luke: "He's changed a lot. I'll go tell him you're here."

Luke walks upstairs. "Hey Jess. Rory's here for you."

Jess: "Oh its 9 already. Well April I'm going to go talk to an old friend, but if you get stuck just come down stairs and I'll help you ok?"

April: "Ok. Thanks for the help."

Jess walks down stairs and sees Rory. "Man I forgot how beautiful she was. Why was I so stupid?" He walked toward the table. "Hey. Wow you made it. I wasn't sure you were going to come. I'm glad."

Rory: "Well you said you wanted to talk so…"

Jess: "Well you get right down to business don't you. I know I left things on really bad terms and I'm sorry. Things just got really bad for me. I was going to have to repeat my senior year which sucks. If I didn't graduate Luke wasn't going to let me stay with him. Those were our terms. I had to go to school and graduate otherwise I had to leave."

Rory: " I'm sure he wouldn't have kicked you out. He would've understood. I would've understood. You didn't even try to explain anything to me. You just acted like nothing was wrong. Then at Lane's first gig you really hurt me and you just left."

Jess: "I know. I'm really sorry. I was jerk and I was being stupid. I didn't realize how much I was hurting you. You deserved better. I think that's partly why I left. You deserved better. You going to be starting Yale and I was stuck in High School. I wanted you to be happy and it wasn't going to be with me."

Rory: "How did you know I wasn't already happy? I loved you. It didn't matter whether or not you were going to graduate. I loved you and that was all that mattered."

Jess: "I don't know I guess I was confused. I mean I had just met my dad, a man that I had never seen in my life. Things were just going bad. I am truly sorry. I've changed. I really have. I just hope you'll let me show you."

Rory: "I don't know Jess. I'm with Logan and things are going really good for us. (a total lie)"

Jess: "If anything I want us to be friends. I'm not expecting anything more."

Rory: "I don't know if I can do that."

Jess: "Well just think about it. Please?"

Rory: "Okay."

Jess: "Oh and here." He handed her a copy of his book.

Rory: "What's this? I didn't know you wrote a book."

Jess: "Uh.. Yeah."

Rory: "Thanks. Well I guess I better be going."

Jess: "Oh…yeah. Maybe we can do this again? I'll be staying here. At Luke's."

Rory: "Yeah maybe." And she walks out the door.

Rory drove back to her mom's thinking "Well that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. He does seem to have changed a lot. But it's Jess. I just can't forget how things ended." She walked inside with her mom and dad waiting for her. Lor: "So how did it go?"

Rory: "Actually pretty good. It was strange. Well I'm going to bed. Long drive and I'm beat. Good night."

Lor and Chris: "Good night."

Rory got changed and ready for bed when her phone started to ring. She looked to see who it was… Logan. "Hello?"

Logan: "Hey Ace."

Rory: "Hey Logan. I've been waiting to hear from you all day. How was your flight?"

Logan: "It was long and very tiring. So what did you do today?"

Rory: "Well I came to Stars Hollow to see my mom. I haven't been here in a while. I'm probably going to stay here for a while. Until you come back anyways."

Logan: "Why?"

Rory: "I don't know. I just felt weird being in our apartment by myself."

Logan: "Aww…Ace. I love you and I miss you."

Rory: "I miss you too."

Logan: "Well it's probably late over there so I'll let you get to sleep. Ok. Good Night."

Rory: "Good Night. Call me tomorrow?"

Logan: "I will." And they hung up.

Rory was about to go to bed when she saw Jess' book on her nightstand. She picked it and began to read it. She read the liner and it read : This book is dedicated to the first real love in my life Rory. Her jaw dropped. "What? No I had to have imagined that. I'm just really tired." But she looked again and sure enough it was dedicated to her. Could he really have still been thinking about her after all these years? "No" she thought, but she continued to read the book. It was a mixture of short stories and poems. "wow" she thought "He's really good." Before she knew it she finished the entire book. She looked at the clock and it was already 3 am. "I better get to bed." She thought. She turned off the light and went to sleep.