It was the day of the Dance Marathon and Taylor was instructing everybody to set up the hall. Rory was picking up last minute things in the shop. The dance would be going on for a full day, so she had to be prepared.
As it was getting late, Paris and Lane arrived at Rory's house. She greeted them and invited them in
They ran to Rory's room with their hands full of things. They all helped each other to get ready. When they eventually were ready, they left.
They laugh about the thought of Kirk being competitive about the dance marathon.
The hall is decorated like a 90s dance like something you see if a film.
Lane sees Zach and she grabs his hand and goes to the dance floor. Paris also sees her boyfriend and they go dancing to. Rory looked at her 2 friends and were happy for them. Even though she didn't have someone to dance with, she didn't want it to make her feel down. She sat down at the side and watched her friends having fun. She also Kirk eyeing up the competition .She laughed and Kirk noticed her laughing and he gave her a dirty look. She looks away and when she did she saw Jess coming in. What was Jess doing here, she wondered why he came. He was alone.
Rory hoped he wouldn't come over to her, she pretended she didn't notice that he came in. Jess walked over to her, he smiled, and she didn't look at him.
Jess: Someone on their own tonight. I bet you turning down all the offers you got. Why so glum?
Rory: Jess….What are you doing here? What about you, no one either.
Jess: I got lots of offers. He said sarcastically. But I thought I might as well come here.
They both sat quietly. Taylor announced for all couples to go to the dance floor, and to make sure they have their numbers securely on. Taylor looked at Rory and Jess and he smiled. They wondered what he was smiling at.
He walked over to them and grabbed both of them and gave them numbers, and dragged them to the dance floor.
Rory's heart was pounding. Lane looked over and noticed her on the dance floor with Jess and she smiled. Rory and jess looked at each other nervously. Taylor went back to the stage and announced to everybody to start.
At first Rory didn't know what to do, she felt like she was going to run out the door. Then jess looked at her and he made her feel like she could do this. She wasn't the best dancer, but jess guided her when she made mistakes.
As the hours went pass, the more Jess and Rory talked. After a lot of coffee they decided after 10 hours that they would stop dancing .Their legs were getting sore, they couldn't keep each other awake.
It was early in the morning when finished the dance. The sun was about to rise and they decided to go to Luke for something to eat. The food at the dance wasn't editable for them. They noticed that the sandwiches that Ms Kim made look gone of. Luke s was open for the people who were finished with the dance. They both sat down and ordered food, as they waited they kept talking and when they were eventually done their food arrived at the right time.
When they were done Jess walked Rory home and when they were at her front door, Rory thanked him. There was a silence. Jess broke the silence by saying how much fun he had. They both looked at each other and they leaned in and kissed for the first time.