A/N: Sorry it took longer than I expected, I kept trying to make it perfect!
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Throw it away
Forget yesterday
Well make the great escape
We wont hear a word they say
-Great Escape- by Boys Like Girls
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Rory awakes on top of Jess and feels his arms wrapped around her. She smiles and closes her eyes until she feels him shift.
"Morning," She whispers almost inaudibly, shifting so she isn't weighing him down.
"Morning," he replied sitting up.
She got up as well, "Thank You, for not making me sleep in the bedroom, and for letting me sleep with you, it meant a lot to me."
"It was nothing," he said before taking notice of how fidgety she was and realizing how tense she must be to still be in the apartment. "Do you want to head out?"
She nodded and turned to put the pillows back on the couch and straighten up.
"Ror, you don't have to do that," Jess said, "This is his stuff."
Rory turned and threw the pillows on the floor before smiling and waling over to him. "Come on," she said grabbing his hand and dragging him towards like a four year old would if she saw the candy aisle in a grocery store.
Jess smirked and followed her to the car.
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Rain.
Rain.
Rain.
That's all they saw.
Normally something Rory loved now made her angry.
"Rory, I need to pull over, I can't see anything," Jess said finally defeated by the rain that was pelting against the windshield. "We'll get in an accident."
"Hmph," Rory said slumping in her seat, "I want to see my mom," she whined.
"I know Ror," Jess said, realizing that the four-year old wasn't getting the candy aisle she wanted and that would make her grumpy. "As soon as it clears up a bit I will go."
Rory heaved a sigh and closed her eyes.
"I looove you Ace," Logan said ramming her into the headboard as he threw her onto the bed and hiked her skirt up past her chest. "I want to be in you, right now " he said aggressively before quickly taking his pants off.
"No," she replied crying out as he came closer to her and began his attack.
No.
"NO!" She screamed.
"Rory," Jess exclaimed quickly undoing his seat belt and reaching over to her.
She flinched.
Now that scared him.
That is when it hit him.
Rory, his Rory, had been beaten and raped by a man and it now caused her pain with everyone.
Her eyes snapped open and she registered that it was Jess next to her and not Logan.
She enveloped him in a hug and cried out.
"Shh, Rory, you're okay, it's going to be okay," Jess said holding her close.
His four-year old, who had been doing better, suddenly fell down and reopened the scab on her knee.
They sat holding one another for a while before she finally pulled away.
"Sorry," She said blushing. "I had a nightmare."
Jess sat deep in thought, "When?"
"What?"
"When did it start?"
"A year ago," Rory said, still sniffling from crying so hard. "One night, he came home and just, he just, did it."
"Rory?" Jess said. "Why… Why didn't you listen to your Mom? Why now? What changed your mind?"
"You," she answered simply.
Who knew one word could make a man feel numb.
Make a man shocked speechless.
Make a man blush so much, he looked like a ripe tomato.
He sat there dumbfounded at this discovery.
"Jess?" Rory asked after a minute.
"Hmm?"
"Thank you for it," Rory said before turning his head to face hers, millimeters away. "I wouldn't have been able to get out of it myself."
Jess tried.
He really tried hard.
It didn't work.
He closed the millimeters between them and kissed her gently.
He quickly pulled away and looked down. "I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking…"
He was cut off by Rory's lips crushing against his.
She pulled away and bit her lip.
She looked out the window.
"It stopped raining!" she said excitedly.
He sighed.
The four-year old had gotten a Care Bear and a Dora band-aid, cause how can you choose, and was now ready to go to her candy aisle.
"Alright," he said, looking over at her and smiling.
"Thank you!" she said, smiling and giving him a peck on the lips before settling into her seat, as he pulled away from the side of the road.
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"I'm hungry," Rory said, complaining.
Jess looked over at her and smiled.
His four-year old had decided she wanted something and there was no way he could say no to the face she was giving him.
"Where?" he said, pulling off on the exit. "I see Wendy's, Subway, McDonald's, oh and there's a diner.
"Let's go to the diner," Rory said.
Jess complied and pulled into the parking lot.
"Duke's."
Rory laughed, "You're kidding!"
"Nope," Jess said pointing to the sign.
She laughed and walked inside.
So not Luke's.
In fact, it was like the opposite of Luke's.
The waitress seated them and the owner walked over to take their order.
He was the same age as Luke.
The comparisons ended there.
"Hi, my name is Duke. What can I get you?" the man asked in a way too chipper voice.
He was blond, short and skinny and way too friendly.
"I'd like a coffee," Rory said, "And a burger with fries."
"I'll have the same except with a Coke instead."
"Alright, I'll just take the order to the kitchen and be back in a jiff with your drinks," Duke said walking away.
"Woah," Rory said.
"Yeah," Jess said smirking.
Rory began to laugh until they got there food.
"Eww," Rory said spitting her fry into her napkin. "SOOOO not Lukes!"
"McDonalds?"
"You read my mind," Rory said.
Jess quickly threw a 20.00 on the table and exited the diner, bursting into a fit of laughter with Rory.
Then they headed back to the car, hand in hand.
A/N: Alright, you know the drill please review!!!!!!