5. Seeking Solace
There were times he always wanted to be alone. He would always go to that bridge. The only place in Stars Hollow that would accept him. He was walking to this place now, after having a fight with Luke over leaving again. He walked slowly, deliberately trying to prolong his solitude.
His breath was coming out in puffs of mist, circling around him in the cold night air. His eyes were watering and stinging from frustration. He wanted nothing more to be alone and drown himself in his own self-pity.
But, upon arriving to his special bridge, he found he was not alone. There, shivering in the darkness, was Rory. She was crying and unaware he had joined her.
"Rory?" he asked. She gasped, jumped, then made a furious attempt to wipe away the tears.
"Seeking Solitude?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah," she sniffled.
"Can I be alone with you?"