A/N- I'm sorry it's taken so long to get this up. I've decided I'm not writing the rest of their trip to New York. I've been trying to do it for like three weeks now, and it's not coming out right. So, they're back in Stars Hollow.

Rory's POV

"Rory!" Miss Patty waved me over to her. I approached her and slowly climbed the steps of her studio.

"Hey, Patty."

"Honey, what is that boy doing back here?"

"Who?"

"Adam, dear."

"Oh, I don't know. I guess he wanted to come back. I haven't really talked to him."

"That's good, honey, freeze him out." She blew out a ring of smoke. "Has he met Jess yet?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Really? How did that go?"

"I don't really know. I wasn't there."

"Oh, well, remember we're all behind you. That boy broke your heart, if he bothers you at all just tell us and we'll take care of it."

"Okay, thanks Patty." I hugged the woman before turning and jogging down the stairs. I headed in the opposite direction towards the Kim household.

"Rory!" I groaned. I turned slowly towards the voice. Adam jogged towards me. "Hey." He smiled weakly.

"What do you want?" I crossed my arms over my chest.

"To talk."

"About what?"

"Us."

"There isn't an us, Adam!"

"Why not? Because of that guy?"

"Because you left me! Jess has nothing to do with it. You broke my heart, Adam! Numerous times!" I yelled at him. He took a step back.

"But I'm sorry."

"That doesn't change what you did! I can't keep giving you chances." I sighed and dropped my arms to my sides. "Look Adam, I really did love you and I always will, in a way. But I'm happy now. I've moved on, you need to too." I turned on my heel and walked into Lane's. She was at the top of the stairs waving me up. She dragged me into her room and after blocking the door she turned to face me.

"What did Adam want?" she asked jumping onto the bed next to me.

"To talk about us."

"What did you say?"

"I yelled at him and told him there wasn't an us and that I had moved on and he needed to as well."

"Your life is so much more interesting than mine." She sighed. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you all weekend."

"I was in New York with Jess. He took me there for our first date."

"Oh my god! That's so sweet! What did you guys do?"

"The first night we went to dinner at this great Indian restaurant and we went to this amazing bookstore. And the next day I met his best friend, Ricky. And they took me to the coolest record store I've ever seen. You would want to live there. The guy that owns it is like a walking encyclopedia for every punk and garage-band record ever made, it's insane."

"It sounds like heaven." Lane sighed.

"Then we went dress shopping for my debutante ball. And I got a really great dress. Then we came home."

"Lane!" Lane jumped off the bed and opened the door.

"Yes Mama?"

"It's time for church. Are you ready?"

"Yes Mama."

"Well I guess I'm leaving. I'll talk to you later." I hugged Lane at the bottom of the stairs. I left through the front door and headed for the diner. Jess passed the door as I walked in. "Hey." I stopped him to kiss his cheek. He delivered the two plates in his hand and gave me a hug.

"Hey. You want coffee?"

"Do you have to ask?" I sat at the counter. "Are you excited about school tomorrow?"

"No. Your lovely mother took my uncle shopping for my uniform while we were gone."

"Hey, at least you don't have to wear plaid."

"Yeah." He slid a cup of coffee towards me. "Do you want to ride with me and Luke tomorrow? Apparently he has to come with."

"Okay. What time do you get off today?"

"I'm closing up."

"That sucks."

"Luke's letting me have the week off to prepare for the ball, so he's making me work all day today."

"We have dance lessons tomorrow after school." I reminded him.

"We don't need dance lessons."

"Yes we do." I leaned closer to him. "You can't tell him but Mom's going to drag Luke there with us."

"Remind me to get a camera before we go."

"Mom already has one."

"Of course she does."

"Jess get to work." Luke handed Jess a coffee pot and pushed him towards a table. "Hey Rory!"

"Hi Luke."

"Do you want something to eat?"

"No. It's grab bag night at Al's."

Luke frowned. "Good luck with that."

"Bye Luke!" I waved. "Bye Jess!" I pulled him closer to me by his collar and kissed him before exiting the diner. I looked over my shoulder to see Jess staring after me through the window. I laughed and winked at him before continuing home.

A/N- Review, please.