Rory groaned and threw the blanket out of her way. She had been lying in bed for hours trying to fall asleep but she couldn't. Rory yawned as she made her way to Lorelai's bedroom. "Mom!" Rory said banging on the door. There was no answer so Rory knocked again "Mom! Wake up!"

'Did someone die?" Rory heard her mother's faint voice call out

"No."

"Then shut up and go back to sleep!"

"Mom! I can't sleep; I need to talk to you."

"Oh but that's what mornings are for. Mornings are for talking and nights are for sleeping."

"If you love me you will get up!" Rory said teasingly

"Hating you is so worth the sleep."

"Mom!"

"I'm coming! I'm coming! Jeez." After a few moments, the door opened and the girls sat down at their living room couch. Lorelai got comfortable and turned to face her daughter. "Now what's so important that you had to drag me out of bed at three in the morning to tell me?"

"I have feelings for Jess."

"What? Are you sure?"

"Mom I caressed my hand for two hours after he accidentally touched it."

"Oh my god! I thought you were over him hun!"

"So did I but I'm not over him, I'm not over it."

"Well, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know but I don't think I can just let this one go though mom."

"Maybe you need to go talk to him."

"What?"

"You just said yourself you can't let it go! Tell him how you feel Rory."

Rory stood up and shook her head, "No way! He has a girlfriend mom."

"Yeah but he deserves to know!"

"Just like I deserved to see the letter? If he wouldn't even show me a letter he wrote for me then why would I tell him about my feelings?"

"Because you're Rory."

Rory crossed her arms over her chest, "So you think I should just show up at his door and tell him I still like him? Do you even know how much this could affect his relationship with Tessa?"

"Of course I do but I also know that…" Lorelai stopped and looked around the room nervously.

"You also know what?"

Lorelai looked at Rory carefully, wondering if she should say it or not, "I also know that in that screwed up tangled head of his he doesn't really want to be with her."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I see him when he's around you Rory. Now I obviously don't want you to go and wreck their relationship but I want you tell him how you feel and ask him how he feels. You two need to figure this thing out once and for all. No more of this back and forth, un-sure crap."

"What if he doesn't want what I want?"

Lorelai shrugged, "Then at least you tried."

Rory nodded, "Okay. I'm ganna go get dressed."

Lorelai stood up and grabbed Rory's arm, "Whoa, slow down cowgirl. You're going at three in the morning?"

"It's leave now or lay in bed for the next four hours thinking about leaving. I choose now."

Lorelai shrugged, "Whatever floats your boat. Just drive carefully. Oh and whatever happens, I love you."

"How long have you been waiting to use that last line?"

Lorelai smiled, "A long time! After I heard it on a movie, I could not wait! Didn't have the dramatic affect I thought it would though."

"Well, It would be more suited if I was going to kill dragons or some other exotic animal."

"Well lets both pretend I never said that and then I can use it some other time."

"Deal." Rory smiled and went off to her room to get ready.

Rory drove through the dark night. Second thoughts kept creeping into the back of her head. This is completely ridiculous. Rory knew it was beyond idiotic to just show up at his door in the middle of the night. She couldn't bring herself to turn around though. She needed to do this. No matter what the outcome, she needed to do this.

Welcome to Philadelphia. Rory felt her heart speed up at the sight of the sign. There was definitely no turning back now. Twenty minutes later, Rory found herself parking her car next to his publishing house. She turned off the car and took a deep breath. Was she really about to do this? Stepping out of the car, she made her way to the door. After another moment of hesitation, she knocked. Yeah. She was really about to do this.

She waited a few minutes for the door to open and concluded them to be the longest few minutes of her life. Rory looked down at her legs to see them shaking. When was the last time her legs were shaking over something? Rory looked back up at the sound of the door unlocking. All too soon, it opened and Jess stared at her speechless. "Rory." He said after a long painful silence.

Rory smiled nervously, "Hi."

"Wh- What are you doing here?"

She shook her head, "I have no idea."

"Uh. Okay."

Rory closed her eyes, "I'm a liar. I know why I'm here." He nodded waited for her to continue. "I came because; I need to talk to you."

"Oh. Well, do you want to come in?"

"No. No I don't. I need to just get it out. You put me through hell Jess. You put me through complete hell but for some reason, I still find my heart beating faster when you're near and I still find my mind being wrapped around you. I can't stop thinking about that kiss and I can't get my mind off of you. I want to hate you, I want to turn my back and move on but I can't. Your it Jess. You're the boy that no matter what you do or say, I still seem to be head over heels for you."

Jess stared at her for a long time, wondering if he was in one of his warped dreams. Was Rory Gilmore really standing in front of him right now saying all these things? He wanted to reach out and touch her to make sure it was real but he couldn't move. Jess couldn't even breathe.

Rory looked down at the ground, "Uh so basically I just wanted to say that." She forced herself to look up at him one last time. "I don't expect you to say anything in return. I know you're with Tessa and she's great and the two of you are great. I just needed you to know how I feel." She gave him a small smile, "Alright. So, bye Jess." She turned around and started walking back to her car.

This was happening way to fast for Jess to process. Rory was here. She talked. Now she's leaving. He swore to himself. He can't just let her walk away."Rory!" He called and ran down in front of her blocking Rory's way. Jess stood inches from Rory and could feel her body heat against his. "Don't leave."

"Why?" she asked quietly, "I said what I needed to say. There's nothing else to it."

"Don't you want to wait to hear my response?"

"You never did. You always just talked and left. Why should I do any different?

"Because you're not an idiot like I was."

Rory bit her lip, "Fine. What do you have to say?"

Jess put his hand up, "I'll be right back." he said before running off inside. He came back with a folded up letter. "This sort of speaks for itself."

A/N: Yay! Rory's got the letter!

I'm glad you all liked Lane in the last chapter! I will try to include her more often. I'm sorry because this is also kind of short. I had the next part written but then I realized I had to stop somewhere so, here it is.

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