Mom didn't ask me anything when I got home last night, but I knew it wouldn't last much longer, so I decided to tell her everything at Luke's during our breakfast.

"I got it. But there's only one thing still missing: why were you crying when you called me?" she asked me after I finished my story.

I never answered her; especially because I wasn't sure of the reason myself.

When I woke up this morning I was feeling much better, relieved. Actually, I was feeling so fine I didn't mind at all my mother going out with Luke and leaving me all by myself at home that night. She and Luke have had a lot of problems since she found out he had a daughter and never told her. Now things between them were starting to get better and I really didn't want to mess up their relationship any more.

She asked once more if it was really ok for her to go out with Luke, kissed my forehead and left. I grabbed a book from my shelf and started to read it to Paul Anka, the dog. Less than two hours later, the telephone rang, scaring me.

"H-hello" I picked up. No one responded "Mom, stop it. I admit: 'The Shinning' scares me sometimes, ok? You won"

"Hey, Rory, how are you?" a known voice asked suddenly. It wasn't my mother.

"Oh, sorry.. I thought it was..." My heart started beating so fast, I was having trouble thinking properly.

"Lorelai. Yeah, I know. I didn't mean to scare you. I just needed to make sure it was you and not... well... Lorelai. So, how are you?"

"Good... Good!" I was having trouble trying to recompose myself. "I'm doing good. And you, Jess?" I smiled, even though I knew he couldn't see me.

"I'm ok. So... 'The Shinning' scares you, huh?" he mocked.

"Only when I'm reading it with no one around," I replied, defending myself.

"I see."

It might be just my imagination, but he was sounding excited about something. We were quiet for a while.

"I guess you're wondering why I called you, right?" he said, finally breaking the silence.

"Actually, I'm still trying to figure how you knew I was here."

"The spy I hired told me," he joked.

"Luke. I should have guessed." I was happy, and I'm a hundred percent sure that he was happy too; I could see his smirk while we were talking. "Ok, now we can go for the next question"

"It's no big deal. The place I work is going to have an open house..."

"How this could not be considered a big deal Jess? This is great!" I started jumping in the couch. Paul Anka gave me a scared look and ran away to the kitchen "I'll be there. When is it?"

"This Monday. I know it's kind of inconvenient, but..." he sounded disappointed.

"It's not inconvenient at all. I'm on vacation."

Sure, I know I shouldn't lie, but he got so excited after I said that. And, I could miss one day at Yale; people do it all the time. He gave me the address, and then we hung up.

I went to my bedroom, opened my bag and took out my copy of "The Subsect". I was staring at it's cover, passing my fingers over the "written by Jess Mariano" letters. I missed him. I missed him so bad. More than that; I was still in love with him. How could I only realize it now?

I heard my mom opening the front door; I went to meet her and asked her about her date with Luke. After hearing that it was great, I announced:

"I'm going to Philadelphia tomorrow morning"

'And no one can stop me,' I added, to myself.

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