A/N: Hey guys!! I'm tryna work on the next chappie for 'Drunk Or Not' but here's something to tide you over until then. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned it--which means that I don't!

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"Are you two ready to order?" The waitress asks Lorelai and Rory as they look at their menus.

"Ah, yea…I'll have the 'No Rules Burger' minus the onions and pickles," Lorelai starts. "…the cheese fries and some coffee." She finishes.

The waitress nods and turns to Rory who doesn't notice. She continues to stare at her menu.

"Hun."

"Huh?" She looks up and notices the waitress hovering over her. "Oh, sorry. Um…" She looks back at the menu as if seeing it for the first time. "I'll just have…what she ordered." She signals to Lorelai. The waitress saunters off.

"Hun, are you okay?" Rory nods. Lorelai closes her menu ad places it back on the table. "Okay, what's wrong?"

Rory looks up startled. "What?"

"I know something's up, what is it?"

"Nothing." She looks at her menu again just to avoid Lor's gaze. Lorelai takes the menu out of her hand and looks expectantly at her. "I said it's nothing."

Lor looks on disbelievingly before Rory snatches her menu back and holds it up. "What?" Rory doesn't respond. She only peers over the top every so often. Lorelai sighs and stands. "I'm off to the bathroom." She walks around the corner. Rory doesn't notice. She only jumps a few minutes later when the waitress places the order o the table and Lor retakes her seat. She waits for the waitress to leave before speaking. "Could the fact that Jess is over at that table with a girl be what's wrong?"

"What?" Rory jumps. "No." She sighs and leans back against the booth. "Maybe."

"Aw, hun. Did something happen?"

Rory hesitates before starting. "Jess came by a few days ago."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because," She explains. "It didn't go well. At all." Lorelai looks confused so she continues. "Logan was there," Lor goes to say something but closes her mouth when Rory continues. "Lane invited him. Apparently she had talked to him at the awards. Jess saw him and of course he didn't see Lane so he assumed that we had slept together." She sighs reminiscing.

"What?" Lorelai laughs. "That's ridiculous. "Doesn't he know that you hate him?"

Rory shrugs. "Apparently not enough to assume the worse. He started saying all sorts of things like the only reason that we didn't get along was because of some sort of attraction we were harboring towards each other and that Logan only wanted to get in my pants." Lorelai looks incredulous. "I told him that it wasn't true and that it shouldn't matter who I slept with anyway because we weren't together. That was the last time I've seen him since." Rory finishes.

"Aw, hun. He was just upset." Lorelai tells her. "Maybe he saw Logan and freaked." She suggests. "Or he couldn't stand the thought of you being with someone else." Pause. "It's nice to have someone to be jealous over you."

"It's not nice." Rory blows up. "He really thinks that I would've slept with Logan had I gotten the chance to." She sighs again. "I didn't even tell Lane because of course she thinks he's a god or something and she'd probably be insulted." Lorelai smiles reassuringly. "God, he's such a jerk!"

"Not talking about me are you?"

Rory recognizes the voice immediately as Jess' and wonders how she missed his approach. She tucks her hair behind her ear and looks down at the table. He continues to watch her and she continues to ignore him. Lorelai watching notices the tensions and comes to Rory's aid and greets Jess.

"Hi, Jess. How are you?"

"I'm okay." He responds but doesn't look away from Rory. "You doing okay I hope." He directs it to Lorelai but even she knows its for Rory.

"Yea, great actually. Excuse me." She moves to get up but Rory hooks her leg around hers under the table. Lor shakes it off and gets up and heads towards the exit. Jess stands there a few seconds later.

"Can I sit down?"

Rory sighs. "You can do whatever you like." She shrugs nonchalantly.

He sits in the seat vacated by Lorelai. "You're not expecting anyone are you?"

Rory looks up suddenly. "If you mean Logan then—"

He cuts her off. "That was a joke."

"Was it?" She says harshly. "There's a surprise."

Jess clenches his jaw and sits back in the booth. "Okay," He shakes his head. "I deserved that." She doesn't respond. "Listen," He reaches across the table for her hand, but she pulls it back, folding her arms. He sighs. "I know that I screwed up and I said some things that were hypocritical and…uncalled for and I wish that I could undo it and take it back, but…I can't."

"Why?" Rory speaks up.

"Why can't I take it back?" He asks sarcastically.

Rory rolls her eyes. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

For the first time he hesitates. "I…talked to Logan…"

"Right." Rory grabs her bag and heads for the exit. "I should've guessed."

He quickly follows. "Wait. Rory." He catches her outside the door and turns her by the elbow. "Just wait a second, okay? Look, I know that I don't have any excuse, but I didn't know what else to do." He tugs on her hand after she attempts to pull away.

"You could've just believed me when I said that nothing happened," She suggests. "No, wait, that would've been way too easy."

Jess sighs. "Look I know that I messed up and that you don't want to talk to me right now—"

"Or ever." Rory mumbles.

He smirks. "Or ever." He repeats. "I just feaked when I saw him there, ya know? He's a jerk and—"

"You're not? I mean you're not exactly chivalrous or…Mr. Perfect despite what the magazines might say and—"

"Rory, listen—"

"No," She holds her hands up. "I've listened and I don't exactly like what I'm hearing."

"How about feeling?" He counters, sliding his hand up her arm as his other hand moves to the side of her jaw. "Do you like what you're feeling?" He takes another step toward her and she's too surprised to move back or do anything else. His hand continues to slide from her arm to her waist. She can feel tingles all her over body and her heart is pounding somewhere inside her throat. His lips brush over hers and her heart rate increases ten fold. Her hands hover in a limbo as she contemplates what to do. When his hand reaches her lower back he slides his palm up and down reassuringly, she finds her hands resting on his chest and herself slowly responding. His thumb moves to the corner of her mouth as his tongue trails over her lips. Unconsciously she finds her mouth opening and herself slowly surrendering. His other hand cradles the next side of her face as he pushes his tongue inside her mouth and gently probes hers, nipping gently at her lower lip then the upper one. She finds her knees growing weaker by the second and her toes curling inside her shoes. Startled at the sensation she pulls away and notices her hand tightly gripping at his tee shirt. She quickly releases her grip and hastily backs away. In her haste she bumps into an oncoming passerby and turns and mumbles an apology. They continue walking. She turns back and faces Jess again.

"I have to go." She picks up her bag briefly wondering how and when it got there before walking off. He calls after her. She stops and hurries back towards the café and enters and puts her and Lor's bill on the table. When she walks past again he turns her by the elbow. She pulls away and mumbles an "I have to go" and walks off again.

A/N: Review guys!! Thanks for reading! :D