"I have never even heard of this road before!" Rory cried sitting up a little. They had been driving for over an hour now. Rory had forgotten how much fun it was just to talk to Jess like old times. She hated these barriers they had built between each other. She was beginning to think they could truly get past it all and just talk.

Jess shrugged, "Were talking a... shortcut."

Rory laughed, "I think you have to know you're taking a shortcut for it to be called one."

"Are you saying I'm lost?"

"What do you call it when you have no idea where you're going?"

"I know where I'm going! I told you, it's a shortcut."

Rory sighed, "That's it! I can't take this anymore." Rory opened up her purse and pulled out a small bag of chips. She smirked to herself as she threw a few chips into her mouth.

Jess looked over at her, "What are you doing?"

"Always be prepared!"

A surprise look spread across Jess's face. "You were prepared for me to get lost?"

Rory laughed, "You're a guy! It's what guys do, they get lost." Rory titled the bag towards Jess. "Do you want any?"

Jess rolled his eyes, "No! I don't want any because I'm going to be eating at the party."

"Admit it Jess! We are never getting to that party."

"We will get there and I will eat. Gee Rory; it will be such a shame when you're too full to eat." Jess said jokingly.

"Do you even know me? I will never be too full"

Jess shrugged, "Hey! All I'm saying is that don't complain to me when you can only eat two bites because you stuffed yourself in the car."

"There are many reasons that will not happen. I'd say the most important being you have to get to the party before you can eat the party food."

"We will get there!"

Rory laughed, "I wouldn't bet on it. Why did you even come to this thing in the first place? I would have never thought you would jump at a chance to attend a party with a bunch of your old town buddies."

"Luke wanted me to go so, here I am."

"So that's why you came? Because Luke wanted you to?"

"Now where have I heard those words before?" Jess asked sarcastically

"I still think there's more to you coming."

"Why else would I come?"

Rory shook her head, "That's what I'm trying to figure out!"

Jess smirked, "Your going way too deep with this. New subject anyone?"

"I like the old subject!"

"What a shame! How's school going?"

"Good, really good actually. It gets a little stressful at times but, that's just school I guess."

Jess nodded, "What about life?"

"Fine. You?"

"It's alright."

Rory looked over a little concerned, "Just alright? Not good? Not bad? Just… alright?"

Jess shrugged, "There's things that I wish would've turned out differently but I can't really help that."

"Like what?"

"Well, things."

"That really narrows it down."

"I thought men were supposed to be mysterious or some other loads of crap like that."

Rory laughed, "Something like that"

-An hour later, Markers Hall-

Jess parked his car and they both stepped out. Jess is smiling proudly. "Told you!" Jess nagged as Rory led the way to the door.

"Shut up!" Rory snapped back playfully

"Next time, don't underestimate me. I told you we would get here! The best part is we are right on schedule!"

"I stopped listening long ago Jess." Rory said rolling her eyes

"Any room in that stomach of yours for the food? You sure did eat a lot on the way up here."

Rory opened the door, "Do you ever close your mouth?" Jess just smiled in response. Lorelai saw them and waved them over to her table. Luke was sitting next to her at the small round table. There were two empty seats.

"Hey guys! You're right on time!"

Rory sighed, "Thanks mom! Now I have to listen to him brag for another half hour."

Lorelai nodded, "Oh but that will be highly entertaining for the rest of us kid!"

"Can't wait! So, how's Sookie?"

"I haven't talked to her since we got here. She's hasn't left the kitchen for hours! I don't even know if she's alive to tell you the truth."

"It's almost noon so I say if she doesn't show herself in the next half-hour, we should start to worry." Rory took her seat and Jess followed by also sitting down next to her.

Jess looked across the table at Luke. His eyes were glued to a white slip of paper and he wore a look of confusion. Luke leaned over to Lorelai, "Are you sure she wasn't on something when she thought of these little meals?"

"God only knows! It was a dream; most things that look amazing in dreams are not too pretty in real life. I hope she realizes that." Lorelai turned to Rory, "Hey did you bring your camera? I feel really photographer-y right now."

Rory nodded, "Yeah it's in my purse." Rory looked around for a moment, "Which I left in the car. Jess?" He handed her the keys and she thanked him before heading outside. She unlocked the door and grabbed her purse from under the seat. As she picked it up, she noticed something else under the seat. It was a white envelope with her name written across the front neatly in pen. Rory gasped. Why was their a letter for her in Jess's car? Rory picked up the letter and held it in her slightly shaking hands. Rory knew what she should do. She should just put it down and ignore it; Jess would give it to Rory if he wanted her to have it. She was torn between what was right and what was she wanted to do, which was open up the letter.

What if Rory took the letter and Jess went looking for it later? He would know she had taken it. That would make Rory a thief and she was almost positive it would put her in a weird place with Jess again. She also couldn't just read it and then stick it back in the envelope. He would know it had been opened. Maybe Rory could casually bring it up on the way home; ask him what the letter was and why it was addressed to her. Of course that plan could go horribly wrong if the letter was something bad.

Rory stood there for a few moments not knowing what to really do. She ran her fingers over the smooth envelope and sighed. She couldn't read it, it would be totally wrong. Rory sat the letter back in the same place she found it and shut the door before running back inside.

She went back over to their table and took her seat. Jess gave Rory a weird look, "What took you so long to get your purse?"

"Oh well, I couldn't… I couldn't open the car door."

Jess nodded slowly, "Right. Okay then well, Sookie just brought out the food. We can go eat now." Rory gave him a small smile and stood up to get in line. Her heart was racing. She should not be getting so hyped up over a letter. She had to forget about it, for right now at least. Rory wanted to have fun tonight. She wasn't going to be having very much fun if she was worried all night about a stupid letter.

Jess grabbed two plates and handed one to Rory, "Now, don't eat too much just to prove to me you're not too full."

Rory nodded, "I didn't plan on it! I will eat as much as I can handle but trust me; a little bag of chips didn't affect my stomach all that much."

"I'm sure it didn't but I got a feeling that the gummy warms, cookies, and three cups of coffee you forced me to get you might have an effect on you."

"I'm sorry but you can't really blame me! I thought we were never going to see any form of human life for days. I don't even know if half those roads you took were in the English language."

They got their plates full and went back over to the table. Luke was still back in line with Lorelai. Rory didn't listen to Jess though. Her plate was covered with food and she wasn't even remotely hungry. Jess looked over and sighed when he noticed her plate. "Rory, seriously, don't eat all of that. I won't hold it against you I swear."

Rory pushed the plate away slowly, "Not another word! Got it?"

"Got it." Jess said smiling over at her. Rory smiled back and even found her self blushing. She turned away quickly. You gotta stop doing that Gilmore.

A/N: Alright, I promise you I will never take that long to update again. I'm really sorry about that! I had exams, family vacations, and so much other crap! I'm so sorry though! I hope you like this chapter, a lot of flirty little R/J moments :) Okay.. review time!

roryxjess- Hey thanks for pointing out the OOC but I hope I cleared up the whole, "Jess going to the party" thing. I hinted at it pretty well in the story about him coming for Rory. I hope everybody got that :) The luke/Jess phone conversation was a bit out of character and I'm sorry about that. I'll try my best to stay on top of these guys. Thanks for the review!

Dreams-of-Oompa-Loompas- Hey thanks for pointing out the Michel thing. I swear I looked it up but, I guess not :) I thought your review was a very nice length! No need to make them longer, of course I would LOVE that but its kind of annoying for the person writing the review so, you can stay away from it if you please :)

I'm glad your all happy with Tessa's not being preggers. I hate Tessa and she's so hard to write because I hate her:)

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