Chapter 2-Just postponing the inevitable talk
"What's wrong with this door?" Paris's voice boomed from the hallway.
Jess and Rory realized they had been standing right in front of the door. They moved, not daring to look at each other. The moment was gone and now they didn't know what to do, what to say to each other.
"Here, Paris, let me try", Doyle said and opened the door. "See, it's easy"
"Well it wasn't as easy a few seconds ago. Something was blocking it. „Paris said as she entered the room. "Hey Rory, Jess".
"Sorry Paris, I was standing in front of the door trying to..."Rory said as she was trying to come up with a reason "Trying to...umm...lock it."
"Well that's a perfect place to stand. Amazing even."
"I said I was sorry." Rory was getting annoyed, but, at the same time, she was grateful to Paris. If she hadn't arrived when she had, she would have kissed Jess and that would have made everything so much more complicated. „Would it? Would it be so bad? Of course it would. I'm with Logan now. Oh my God, Honor's party! I can't leave now, Jess is here, I called him and he is here."
Rory's thoughts were interrupted by Paris's voice: "Doyle, this is Jess, Rory's ex-boyfriend. Jess, this is my boyfriend, Doyle."
"Hey, nice to meet you."
"Yeah, you too."
"So we'll leave you two alone. Come on, Doyle! "Paris said as she went into her room, followed by Doyle.
Rory and Jess were once again alone in the room. They were standing, looking down, waiting for the other one to speak. Jess was the one who decided to break the uncomfortable silence between them.
"So... You hungry?"
"Starved. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast."
"Do you want to go somewhere or order something?"
"We'd better go somewhere. If we stay here you'll probably have the pleasure of seeing Doyle in his underwear", she said laughing.
"That would be bad."
"You have no idea. Let me grab my coat and purse and we'll go".
Rory went into her room, took her things and fixed her hair a little.
"I'm ready."
"How about your cell?" Jess said pointing at her phone that was sitting on the coffee table.
Rory looked at it, then grabbed it and turned it off." I can't deal with Logan right now and he'll call soon to find out why I'm not at the party"
"I'll just leave it here. The battery's almost dead so it wouldn't be too useful anyway. Let's go. I know a nice place near here."
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At dinner...
The conversation was great. They talked mostly about books and movies, remembering how good it felt to be together.
"There's something I've been wanting to tell you for a while" Jess said looking up from his plate
"What?"
"I wrote a book. Some guys at a small publishing house read it, and they liked it so they published it and now I'm going around trying to get bookshops to sell it."
"Jess, that's amazing"
"It's nothing much. I wanted to send you a copy but I didn't know where to send it, I mean your mother probably never wants to hear my name again and I didn't know where you lived here at Yale so I just brought a copy with me to give it to Luke so he could give it to you."
"I'm so happy for you. I knew you could do something like this. I bet it's great"
"Read it first." Jess said and handed her a small package.
"I definitely will. Thanks. So you never told me what you're doing back in Stars Hollow..."
"I came to see Liz's new place. She called me after she bought it but I couldn't come until now."
"And how is it?"
"It's nice. TJ just destroyed a wall trying to put up a painting but from what Liz told me that's not the first time it's happened so I think it will be ok."
"Did you see Luke yet?" Rory asked wondering why her mom hadn't told her that Jess was back.
"No I just got there yesterday and didn't get a chance but Liz told me that him and your mom are dating."
"Yup, for quite a while now."
"It was meant to happen sooner or later."
"Yes it was..."
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After dinner...
"Want to go back to my place and watch a movie or something?" Rory asked as they walked out of the restaurant. She didn't want the evening to end, she wanted to talk to him, tell him everything that had happened and just have him there, next to her.
Jess looked at her as she played with the strap of her purse. He wasn't sure if he should say yes, but he wanted to know what had happened that had made Rory call him.
"Sure, let's go. But we're not watching anything cheesy."
"How about "Ice princess"?" Rory said with a devilish smile.
"How 'bout you let me pick?"
"Just as long as it's not "Almost famous"."
They both laughed and went into the shop to find a movie.
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Later, after the movie...
Jess and Rory were sitting on the couch when Paris and Doyle decided to come out of Paris's room to watch some late night show so they decide to move into Rory's room. After they got inside Rory sat on the bed and Jess pulled a chair closer to her and sat on it. They both remained silent for a few moments, just looking at each other.
"So, Rory why did you call me?"
A/N: Another cliffhanger…I like them. They make life interesting. I hope you like this chapter. I wanted to get the Rory/Jess talk in this one but it would have been to long so I decided to wait until the next one. The good news is that I'm almost done with the 3rd chapter so it should be up pretty soon. Thanks once again to everyone who reviewed. You made me really happy.