Chapter 3: First Day of the Rest of Our Lives

"I don't want to spend the rest of my life alone. Where's life taking me? I don't want to spend the rest of my life alone. Always traveling… I'm going to chase my dreams and catch up to them. I'm going to find you some how, some way, somewhere, some day…" Lucy sings along, slight off pitch, but having fun anyways.

Rory sits moodily in her seat leaning back, and taps on the window, just to have something to do. In truth, she was nervous. She had never been on a blind date before, nor had she met Lucy's current boyfriend. Rory wanted to believe she could trust Lucy's judgment, but she wasn't quite sure. She then realized that Lucy had stopped singing, and she was uncharacteristically silent.

"What's up?"

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Nothing at all…"

"What? Did I do something?"

"No! I was just thinking," Lucy laughs, "I was actually wondering whether or not Matt would be able to get his friend to go along with this date… Matt said he could be kind of stubborn."

"Yeah, well, if he doesn't, I'm going back home to wallow!" And with that, Rory turns her back to Lucy and drifts to sleep. Lucy, being bored, decides to do the same.

"Lucy's just been so great." Matt chatted happily; oblivious to the death glares Jess was sending his way. "She's been really good about the distance thing, too. Well, she said her friend actually helps her because she recently got out of a long distance relationship. I think her boyfriend lived in-"

"Matt!" Jess cut him off, "I'm trying to read!"

"Jess, lighten up man. You're going on a date, not to a funeral."

Jess opened his mouth to respond, but Matt's ring tone interrupted.

Mama,just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger,now hes dead, Mama,life had just begun, But now Ive gone and thrown it all away-Mama ooo-

"Hello?" Matt answered hurriedly, avoiding Jess's confused stare. "What? You missed it? Well, just try and hurry… yes, I know you can't control the train schedual. Ok, it's just that… ok sure… Jess will probably bail if this takes too long… I won't… yes, dear, I will… ok, see you soon… Bye Luce."

"What's going to take too long?" Jess demanded, escape routes from the station already whirring through his mind.

"Oh, nothing! They just…" Matt looks at the ground and mumbles, "missed their stop, that's all."

"Great. That's just perfect. Remind me again, why on earth did I let you talk me into coming with you? And did I mention that you owe me for life? Because if I didn't, I just wanted to let you know… YOU OWE ME FOR LIFE!!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's go find some food. Look, you can even buy a new book to destroy, writing all over it!"

They walk off in the direction of a souvenir shop, hoping to find some books to keep them occupied.

"Okay, let's just hope that Jess isn't going to bail before we get there. Apparently he hasn't been too pleasant on the ride from Philly."

"Jess?" Rory swallowed, her eyes wide.

A/N: sooooo sorry it took so long to update!!! Its just been so crazy with the year coming to an end and whatnot… by the way tell us if you think we should continue… like if you like the plot, etc. thanks!!

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