I am so sorry that this took so long to get out. School has been crazy so therefore, on the weekends I am exhausted. That means no time to write. Hopefully this chapter will make up for it. It's a filler, but it sets up for some drama and it is the longest chapter I have ever written!

I also want to say thank you guys so much for all your amazing reviews on the last chapter. You guys never cease to amaze me with all your support. And for everyone who doesn't review, thanks for reading! It really means a lot to me...

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or anything affiliated with the show. I also don't own Hard Rock Cafe...too bad for me.

The next morning, Danielle was running frantically about the hotel room searching for her cell phone. She had used it to call her partners back in Los Angeles the previous night. After that, she could not remember where she had put it down.

"Jess!" she called, "Have you seen my phone?"

He walked out of the bedroom and shrugged, "Not since last night."

"Ugh..." Danielle groaned while throwing the couch pillows every which way. She was hoping that it had slipped through the cracks of the couch.

"What's the rush? You look like you are going insane."

"I am supposed to meet the girls in the lobby in ten minutes. I really don't want to be late, but you know I hate leaving without my phone," she said quickly, still searching for her lost item.

Jess sighed, "Do you really have to go with them today?"

"What else am I going to do?"

"You could come to the book signing instead."

Danielle was on her hands and knees looking under the couch.

"Ha! I found it!" she exclaimed, then she turned and glanced up at Jess, "You want me to stand around and watch you sign books all day?"

"Well why not? We could spend some more time together. After all, that's why you're here."

She scoffed, "My idea of spending time together is not watching you sign millions of books. Plus, we will spend time together. That's what the rest of the week is for."

Danielle dropped her phone into her purse and walked over to Jess.

"Hey...what's this about?"

He sighed again, "Do you really have to hang out with them? I mean, what's so great about them anyway?"

"What's so great about them is that they are willing to hang out with me while my boyfriend is working," she emphasized the word 'working'.

"I guess..." Jess said begrudgingly.

Danielle clapped her hands together, "Cheer up! Go to your signing and be famous and then I will see you tonight."

"Okay," he finally agreed, "You better get going. You don't want to be late."

"Oh!" she exclaimed, "See, what would I do without you?"

She gave Jess a quick peck on the lips after grabbing her purse, "Bye babe!"

He was going to reply, but she was out the door before he got the chance.

"Bye..." he said to the empty room.

All of a sudden he felt very alone. To shake off the feeling, he padded around the room trying to find something to occupy his time. Finally, he settled in front of TV, letting whatever game was on block out all of his worries.

F O L L O W I N G F A T E

Meanwhile, Danielle was in an elevator, on her way down to the lobby. When the elevator dinged, signaling that they were at their destination, she stepped out through the open doors. She glanced around the lobby quickly, hoping to find her new friends. Danielle spotted them standing by the fountain, chatting animatedly among themselves.

"Hey!" she called out when she got close enough.

"Danielle! I'm so glad that you could make it!" Rory greeted her.

She smiled, "Me too. I can't remember the last time I just spent the shopping."

"I know!" Stephanie exclaimed, "Between our kids and jobs, all the clothes in my closet are from last season!"

The girls started their walk to the nearest boutique.

"I didn't know you had kids, Steph," Danielle commented curiously.

"Well, it's kid. We have not gotten to the point where it's plural...yet."

"Boy or girl?"

A grin spread across the blond's face, "Girl. Her name is Rebecca Anne McCrea, but she goes by Becca. She's five."

"I really wish I had kids. I don't know how Jess would feel about that though," Danielle sighed, suddenly wishing that she hadn't brought him up.

"My older sister was in the same situation," Shannon piped up, "She had a boyfriend who was kind of like Jess, flighty and never staying the same place. He was restless. Megan loved him though, but she really wanted kids. One day she sat him down and told him what she wanted. It turns out that he wanted the same things and now I have two nephews and a niece."

"Are they still together?" Dani questioned.

She smiled, "Yeah, they are. They have been happily married for six years."

"Sometimes you just have to say what is on your mind. Don't let your fear of the possibilities stop you from living your life," Rory said gently.

"Rory and Shannon are right, girlie Just tell him- oh my god!" Stephanie exclaimed, causing everyone to stop abruptly.

"What?" Rory asked, a little annoyed.

"Look at that purse!" she stood there, staring in the window of the little shop, "I'm getting it!"

The other girls watched as the blond ran into the store.

"That's Steph for you," Rory sighed and glanced at Danielle, "Everything is going to turn out okay, you'll see."

"Thanks for saying that."

The brunette smiled and looked through the window where she could see Stephanie chatting with the salesgirl, "Well, we better follow her inside or she just might buy the entire store."

The rest of the group chuckled, but they walked into the boutique anyway, marking the beginning of an amazing shopping spree.

F O L L O W I N G F A T E

He heard a loud knocking at the door and he wondered who it could be. It wasn't like her had any friends here. He opened the door to see Olivia on the other side.

"Jess! Good, you're here," she said, breathing a sigh of relief, "I've got some news for you."

"Oh, um...come in," Jess said quickly. He was glad that he had decided to pick up the room earlier.

"So, what's up?"

"I got a call from your editor this morning. He has decided to push your second signing to tomorrow. He said something about creating anticipation."

"Wait, the signing isn't today?" Jess asked while thinking of Danielle.

"No, it's not," Olivia shrugged, "Sorry, but I take orders from my boss and, at the moment, my boss takes orders from your editor."

He groaned, "I'm getting a new editor."

She laughed, "Oh come on, you should be happy right now! You are in beautiful city with the day off! Where's the excitement?"

"No, I am glad that I don't have to 'work' today, it's just that my girlfriend isn't here right now. She went shopping or something."

"Oh...well, why don't you call her? She might come back to the hotel to spend the day with you. And if not, then you can spend the day with me! You can see how the job of the Montecito Events Director works."

He grinned, "I'll go call her, but stay here, okay? Just in case..."

"I'll be here," she smiled, causing Jess to notice how beautiful she really was. With long, flowing blond hair, bright blue eyes, and a damn good figure, she looked like she just walked off the cover of a magazine.

He gulped and walked into the bedroom. Jess pulled out his cell phone and quickly dialed Danielle's number. It rang a couple times before she picked up.

"Hello?" she answered. Jess found it hard to hear her over the noise in the background.

"Hey. It's me."

"Oh! Hi babe! What's up?"

"I just have to tell you something," he paused, still finding it difficult to hear, "Where are you?"

"Hard Rock Cafe. We shopped for a couple hours, but then we got hungry. The food here is amazing," she gushed.

"Well, that's cool."

Danielle heard the uneasiness in his voice, "So, what did you want to tell me?"

"It turns out that I don't have a signing today. My editor changed it to tomorrow."

"Oh..." she hesitated, "So, what are you going to do instead?"

"I was hoping that you could come back and we could hang out."

"Jess...I can't leave right now. Tell you what, tonight we'll have dinner, just the two of us."

"Okay," he said with fake cheerfulness, "I'll um...see you tonight."

"Do something fun today, okay?" she asked softly, "Please don't stay cooped up in the hotel room."

"I'll go check out the casino or something."

Danielle smiled, "Good. Look, I have to go, but I'll see you tonight. I love you."

"Sure. I love you too. Bye."

Jess sighed as he hung up. He knew he was being irrational in asking her to come back, but he couldn't help but feel disappointed that she didn't. Why did everyone seem to choose Rory over him?

All of a sudden, he remembered that Olivia was still in his living room. Some of the disappointment that he felt melted away at the prospect of spending of spending the day with the blond.

Jess quickly shook off the phone conversation with Danielle and went into the other room. Olivia was sitting on the couch, typing something into her phone.

She looked up when Jess entered the room, "So, what's the verdict?"

"You know, I think seeing you work sounds like a lot of fun to me."

Her face lit up, "Great! Today just got a whole lot better. Maybe my clients will be more cooperative if you are there to be a buffer."

"Hey!" he exclaimed, faking offense, "I'm one of your clients. Does that make me uncooperative?"

"Oh no, you are plenty cooperative. In fact, you're one of my favorites."

"One of your favorites, huh?"

"Yep," Olivia glanced down at her cell phone, "Duty calls. Ready to go?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Jess answered.

He followed her out the door, his thoughts never straying to his girlfriend.

F O L L O W I N G F A T E

Later that day, Jess and Olivia were standing in the lobby. The two of them were laughing at the expense of one of her clients whom they had watched over that afternoon.

"'I want an ice sculpture of all the Disney princesses at my daughter's birthday party!'" mimicked Olivia.

"I know! Who asks for that?" Jess laughed.

"I have no idea."

He looked at her, really looked at her. Her laughter made her eyes light up and she looked so care free.

Olivia, noticing that Jess was staring at her, cleared her throat, "Do you maybe want to grab dinner or something?"

"Oh, I'd love to but I promised Danielle that I would have dinner with her."

Her face fell, but she tried to mask it with indifference, "Of course! Go have dinner and I'll see you tomorrow at the signing. One o'clock sharp."

Jess reached for her hand, "Olivia-,"

She pulled her hand away, "One o'clock sharp."

"One o'clock," he nodded, getting the message.

Olivia turned around and walked back towards the casino to tend to her other clients. Jess sighed as he watched her go. Then he made his way to the elevator so he could go back up to the room to meet Danielle.

She showed up a half hour later with a smile on her face, "I'm back!"

"Hey honey," Jess called, "Did you have fun today?"

"Oh yeah. It was such a good day."

"I'm glad that you had a nice time."

Dani grinned, "What about you? What did you do today?"

"Oh, you know," he stuttered, "I just explored the hotel. It's huge!"

"That's what I've been saying!" she leaned in to kiss him.

Jess responded to the sweet kiss and tried to focus on his girlfriend, but he couldn't help but let his thoughts linger on a certain blond.

F O L L O W I N G F A T E

Meanwhile, in suite 6012, Rory was greeting Logan in the same manner. They were in the middle of a particularly passionate kiss, when Logan pulled away.

"What's wrong?" Rory asked.

"There is something that I think I should tell you, but I don't know it it's even my business or your business."

"Well, if you think you should tell me, then maybe you should," she said cheekily.

Logan looked away for a second, "It's about Jess."

Rory groaned, "What about him?"

"I saw him today in the casino."

"Yeah, Danielle said that his book signing got canceled. She told him to go have fun."

"But he wasn't alone. He was with that events director, the blond one. They looked really comfortable together."

"Well, she is helping him with his signing, so they were probably just hanging out."

"I don't know Ror," he sighed, "They seemed to be really...cozy together."

Rory scowled at this information. She hoped for Danielle's sake that Logan was wrong. Although, something in her gut told her that he wasn't.

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