A/N: omg guys i'm so sorry! this took me forever because i've been sooo busy!! i'm sorry! okay well enjoy!
Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is not mine. The end.
The rest of that night, Rory spent tossing and turning. Thanks to her lack of sleep, the next day was sure to be a long one.
She woke up the next morning to Stephanie shaking her awake.
"Lorelai Gilmore the third. Young lady, get up!" she said, in perfect mock imitation of Rory's grandmother, Emily.
"Hmmmm…too early. Five more minutes." Rory groaned back.
"I have coffee!" Stephanie exclaimed, wafting the warm scent of freshly ground beans in her direction.
"Okay okay I'm up," she muttered grumpily, "now hand over the caffeine."
Rory grabbed the large mug of coffee and inhaled deeply. The scent reminded her of home. She really missed her mom and Luke. 'First day down, thirteen more to go.' She reminded herself.
She walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her and turning the hot water on. After showering she walked out to find Stephanie gone and a post-it note stuck to her suitcase. 'Meet me in the lobby in 10 minutes.' It said in Steph's neat cursive.
After toweling her hair off and haphazardly throwing on some clothes she picked up her purse and phone and scurried out the door.
She had barely reached the lobby when she was grabbed by the waist with hands that felt vaguely familiar to her. Steering herself around her eyes locked with his and she felt her jaw drop. "Jess?"
"Rory." He stated, looking at her and taking in the site before him.
"What are you doing here?" she asked dumbfound.
"I live here, remember Ror?"
"Oh yeah! How are you?"
They walked further into the lobby engaged in deep conversation. Rory was very surprised to see her ex-boyfriend who, had been a complete ass to her at times, but she was eager to get to know this seemingly new side of him.
'who is that?' Logan thought to himself from the corner of the lobby where he and Stephanie were standing. He felt the unfamiliar pang of jealousy course through his body.
"Jess?" Stephanie questioned. 'Well I guess that answers my question.'
"Hey guys," Rory cautiously approached Logan and Stephanie, "Steph, you remember Jess, and Logan, this is my friend Jess."
"Nice to meet you man." Logan stuck out his hand, being polite. The title 'friend' had put him at ease.
"Yeah, you too." Jess responded, giving Logan a quick once-over and a stiff handshake.
"So…food? Coffee?" Rory piped up, glad that Logan and Jess seemed to like each other.
"yeah" Logan nodded his head and started out the door.
Breakfast was an enjoyable affair. Rory and Jess had the opportunity to catch up, as did Stephanie, and Logan got to spend time with his new friends.
Logan wasn't quite sure how he felt about Jess just yet. He had watched him at breakfast, how he always seemed to be touching Rory, and how he obviously flirted with her. Rory didn't seem to notice and actually preferred to turn her attention to Logan.
This pleased Logan greatly, he felt happy that Rory was paying more attention to him than her long lost friend.
Jess on the other hand was trying his hardest to get Rory back. When he had phoned Stars Hallow, Luke had told him that Rory was in LA at some sort of journalism program. He was still deeply in love with her and things had ended badly between them. It needed to be fixed.
Unfortunately for Jess, Rory seemed to have her eyes on Logan, and Jess noticed. No matter how hard he had tried at breakfast, Logan always seemed to be the one basking in Rory's attention.
Stephanie knew exactly what was going on, although Rory was too blind to see it her self. An obvious love triangle was budding, and Steph didn't want her best friend to get hurt. Jess was still desperately in love with Rory, but Logan liked her as well.
The way Jess had treated her previously was completely unacceptable and Steph didn't want her to go back to him, even with his new 'image.' Logan on the other hand was a great guy, the little that she did know of him anyway.
These three pondered their thoughts as they strolled back to the program center for the first discussion, while Rory chatted openly, oblivious to the way her friends were acting.
As they approached the building Rory walked inside, closely followed by Logan. Jess was about to step in as well when Steph reached out and grabbed the back of his shirt.
"Hold on a sec." she said. She poked her head through the door and said to Rory and Logan, "You two go ahead, we're not signed up for the program anyway. We'll catch up with you later."
"Okay Steph, thanks!" Rory said. Logan grinned at her appreciatively. Finally he could hang out with Rory without Jess' company.
"Why can't we go in there?" Jess asked Stephanie, looking down at her.
"We're not signed up for the program." She stated simply, biting her pinky nail.
"But," Jess started, but Steph cut him off, "Nah, I'm not either, I just showed up because I was bored." She explained.
Stephanie led him up to the girl's suite and sat down on the couch with him.
"Okay Jess, what are your intentions?" Stephanie started.
"What?" he asked.
"Oh, you know what I'm talking about. What are you doing here around Rory? After everything you put her through?"
"It's none of your business." Jess stood up and walked over to the mini bar and pulled out a water bottle.
"It is so my business. She's my best friend and I'm not going to let you treat her like crap again."
"So maybe I'm here to get her back. But she's more than just that Steph, I miss her. You know how much she means to me and although I didn't show it very well I love her." He said, sitting back down and staring at the ceiling.
"No. I'm not going to let you do this to her! She and Logan aren't officially together but when I see them it's so obvious that they're meant to be and I'm not going to let you ruin this."
Jess cringed at the thought of Rory, his Rory, being with anyone other than him. "I can't let her go Steph."
"You need to. This is the happiest I've seen her in awhile, and take it, she's oblivious, but I can still see it."
"You don't get it Stephanie! I love her. I can't let her go." And with that final confession Jess stood up and left.
Stephanie sat on the couch, biting off the remainder of her finger nails. 'Jess, don't do anything.' She thought, now worried. 'What are we getting into?'
Rory and Logan sat in their seminar listening to various newspaper moguls talk. Logan looked over at Rory to see her avidly taking notes.
"Got it all Ace?" he laughed at her sarcastically.
"I think so." She said, grinning up at him.
They had a fifteen minute break before the next speaker so Rory and Logan grabbed coffee and sat in the corner.
"So, what do you think of Jess?" Rory asked, interested in his opinion.
"Your friend? I think he's a cool guy, why?" Logan responded.
"Just wondering." She said quietly.
"He seems like he likes you." He informed her.
"We went out for a little bit last year but then he had to move out here and he wasn't exactly the best guy for me."
"What do you mean?" He inquired.
"Well, things were good, but he was always kind of a rebel. And then when he left he didn't even say goodbye. He just disappeared. Then a few months later he shows up, proclaiming his love for me and then takes off again. Things are finally getting better between us and I'm glad we're able to be friends." She explained.
"Oh, well how do you feel about him?" Deep inside he knew he was desperately hoping that she wasn't interested in him romantically whatsoever.
"I honestly want nothing to do with him and a relationship. I just want to be his friend, I'm afraid he won't be able to see that." She looked genuinely sad as she said this. It was obvious how sorry she felt but she really didn't want to be anything more than friends with him.
"Well, I'm sure he can understand. Any guy would be lucky to have you as a friend." Logan smiled at her.
"Thanks. That was sweet." She said, smiling back.
Their moment was interrupted by Ms. Mullins' announcing into the microphone, "Please take your seats so our next session can begin."
They quickly took their seats and began taking notes.
After the session was over Rory and Logan wandered out of the room and towards the elevator. The doors slid open and out stepped Jess.
"Oh, hi Jess." Rory said, her eyes flicking up to Logan's and then back to Jess.
"Rory, we need to talk." He said urgently.
"Okay, well why don't we go get Steph and then we can all grab dinner together? We can talk then, I'm starved." She said to him, stepping toward the elevator.
His hand reached out and stopped her from entering the elevator. "No, Rory. We need to talk right now. This can't wait." He said, forcefully grabbing her wrist.
"Hey man, loosen your grip. She said you can talk later and that looks painful." Logan said, stepping up to Rory's defense.
"Just step off pretty boy." Jess said, swinging around and punching Logan hard in the face.
"Logan!" Rory exclaimed trying to loosen Jess' grip on her. Before she knew it Jess was pulling her down the hallway and Logan was regaining his composure on the opposite side of the hallway. "Rory!" he called after her, running to catch up.
A/N: okay well i hope you all enjoyed! a little bit of drama! oooo what is going to happen? haha. i have some ideas for the next chapter but it needs some work! and a special thanks to rawrrry for the idea of bringing Jess in. Thank you so much! I totally needed the help. Okay thanks! and review if you want!