Do over take seven: I don't know somewhere between the words I have a boyfriend

Rory began walking out of the Standford paper feeling defeated. She thought she had been working so hard, as the days passed she felt she belonged. That this was the start of something. This was her big lucky break but it seemed liked the Huntzbergers yet again had lifted her spirits to only crush them again. Except this time it wasn't Logan is was his father. She should've seen this coming, her mom found the internship fishy she should've stayed with her original answer which was no thank you. Ugh she felt this black cloud loom over her. The thought of driving to yet another Huntzberger function, Honors engagement party made her stomach flop. She didn't feel in the proper mood to be celebrating. As she continued to walk towards her car. She bumped into a man instructing two others moving a couch she didn't even look up, afraid the tears might show in her eyes. She just said a small low apology. Which he responded

"Well if you looked up it might make the whole walking thing simpler"

The voice..she had hear it before so familiar, it was a voice she knew. It was Jess's voice. She begins to lift her head, and she already feels the heartache sink lower and tears wanting to explode. He smirked at her, she guessed trying to win some appeal with her. But she was too mad that his usually charms weren't going to work. She finally speaks

"Oh great I would bump into YOU today"

"Well where's that Stars Hollow neighborly charm" he asks sarcastically

She shrugs "I don't know in Stars Hollow"

Hre crocks his head "Is something wrong?"

"What does it matter to you?"

"Your right it doesn't" he turns to begins to walk away towards the building door. She runs up to him and begins punching his back. He yells out "Hey!" turns back around facing her and grabs her by the wrists. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"You don't get to walk away this time! I do! You always do that! You always come and tear me up with words and walk away. Well hit me with your best shot cause someone already said the words they needed to crush me" her voice begins to crack and tears begin to fall "Everything...everything is falling apart. I...don't know what to do"

He sighs and grabs her hand "Come here" they walk into the building. "Hey why don't you guys check out that bar we passed earlier" he says towards the guys.

"Oh thank god" Matt responded. Both men seemed to completely not notice the woman in tears and leave.

"Rory what's wrong?"

"Nothing...ugh everything! I'm not going to be a writer so I've just been wasting my time working towards something that I apparently have no talent in"

"What? That's crazy."

"How? You didn't think I had it. Everyone says I'm so sheltered and they're right. My first night at Yale my mommy had to stay with me"

"Rory..."

"I don't have it. I'd make a lovely assistant but i...I don't have it. Guess I'm ready now Jess take me away. I don't need school."

"Rory who said all this?"

"Mitchum Huntzberger"

"One guy? One guy cause all this self pitying?"

"It's not just any guy. He is a newspaper mogul." she sniffles and scoffs " though I shouldve known better my mom thought it was fishy but I went with it because it was handed to me."

"What? What was handed to you?"

"The internship. He just showed up at the Dailey news feeling bad about how his family treated me and offered it to me. You know none of this was supposed to happen. This is all your fault"

"My fault?!"

"If you wouldn't have left. We would've still been dating. I would've never even given Logan a second glance."

"Who's Logan?"

"Wow your slow today. Logan is my boyfriend. Mitchums son. The reason I'm involved with the Huntzberger family at all!"

"Hey your rambling is usually a little better. And so who gives a crap on what this guy said. Did he even read your stuff?"

"No but he has a gut feeling"

"Well if he has a gut feeling then yes drop out of school. I mean wow a gut feeling" he says sarcastically.

"You just don't understand. Ugh I need to do something."

"Like What?"

"Anything. Let's go"

"Where?"

"Anywhere. What does it matter? Wheres your sense of adventure?"

"I don't know somewhere between the words I have a boyfriend"

"Your right. I'll just go to yacht club to him and we'll take a spin."

"Who's yacht?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yeah especially if your trying to steal it"

"What happened to the guy who would draw a fake murder?"

"That was a prank not an illegal activity"

She sighs.

"Hey how bout you stay here. I'll get us some food. You like food remember?" she nods "and you can read anything you like on the house. You still read right?" she nods. He smirks begins to walk out to get food.

Rory looks around at all the books in the bookshelves finally taking in her surroundings where were they? She takes a dark black book. And reads over the lettering The Subsect written by...Jess Mariano. Her heart seemed to stop he wrote a book. She sat down on the newly couch that had been moved in and wants to start reading it but she was uneasy on what it would contain. She did one her pet peeves about other people reading the last page first. It always ruins the book and she knew she shouldn't but she needing to know what to expect.

She looked at me with her big blue eyes and I stared back at her knowing that this would be the last time I would ever bother her. I curl my hands into a fist frustrated at myself and with one last look at her taking in the last time I would see her, I turn to walk away. From Yale, from her, from us forever...

She felt tears wanting to return onto her eyes. She felt her throat and her heart tighten. Like she couldn't breath. She turned the page back to the beginning and it landed on the dedication page

To book tease the only person who thought I could make this happen.

Before she could read or even think more, she hears the door open.

"So even though it's going to stink up the place and I'll probably have to burn it. I bought you Indian food. Don't expect it again"

"You wrote a book?"

He rubs behind his neck "Oh that thing. Yeah it was one of the first things we published the guys and I."

"Publish? Your a publisher?"

"Something like that. Trying to be. Um..I guess welcome to the soon to be Truncheon Books"

"I can't belive you wrote a book. I mean I can believe it. I knew you could do this"

"I know you did. "

They stood there staring at each other for what seem a good moment. This was the first time in a long time that Rory felt she was somewhere she belonged, somewhere she fit. Indian food and books. Unlike party's and stuffy restaurants. And for a moment the memories of the last couple of months hit and she felt a twinge of guilt for ditching Logan. Causing her to look away, she hears him say "Come on let's eat"

They sat on the couch and began eating out of the containers. It was the first silence that had drown out the room. Rory finally interrupts it

"So the book...it's about us?"

"You read that fast? Your not mentioned till the third chapter"

"I read the end" she says burying herself in her container.

"What? That's sacred. You really have changed"

And the words kind of rung in her ears. Had she changed or had she grown up? If he couldn't recognize her could she recognize herself.

He clears his throat "So this Logan guy how long have you guys..."

"I don't know. Should I count it from when we first tried to sleep together or when we finally decided to be exclusive"

"Huh"

Everything she was saying she was starting to hate herself. This wasn't her at all. It felt like she was watching her life and thinking who was this person that took over. She needed to fix things. Starting with Logan. She needed to detox. She stood up.

"Um thank you for the food"

"Yeah anytime"

She walked towards the door "So your going to work here?"

"Yeah"

"I'll be back then. Maybe...maybe we can give a better ending for the subsect sequel"

He smiled. And that was a rare sight. She melted. And walked out towards the Yacht club. And she felt happy she had seen Jess.