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Chapter Five: Last Chance Gilmore

'Rory?' Dean yelled, he stood still on the spot where he'd first noticed them, Rory looked up at Jess and then moved forward to face Dean, Jess standing a few inches behind her.

'I'm so sorry Dean, I never meant…' Rory started but Dean cut her off before she could finish.

'What Rory? Never meant to kiss him, or get caught?' Dean snapped.

'I didn't mean for you to find out like this, please can we just go somewhere and talk about this, I don't want to stand here yelling on the street.' Rory said aware that they were starting to draw a crowd.

'I don't deserve this Rory, I've always been good to you, I love you, I thought you loved me too.' Dean yelled 'I don't deserve you going behind my back like this, so tell me why you did it?'

'Dean you have to understand I didn't do this to hurt you because that's the last thing I wanted, but you have to admit things haven't been right with us for a while.' Rory replied.

'Not since he arrived! Do you see the connection there because I do, Rory we were good together, we could be again just stop hanging out with him, once he's out of the picture things will go back to how they were, it's just because you see him all the time that he gets to you, it's his little mind games, but if you didn't see him then you'd stop thinking about him.' Dean stepped forward. 'I'm willing to look past this and give us another chance, but Rory this is our last chance.' He added, Rory looked up at him, then heard Jess start to move away, presuming she'd accept Dean's offer. Panic rose up in Rory like it never has before, she stepped back almost knocking into Jess.

'I don't want another chance Dean, I can't keep pretending in a relationship with you, because it hasn't been right in a long time and it's not just because I see Jess, because I couldn't stop thinking about him when I was in Washington, I get anxious if I don't see him, and when I don't hear from him I feel like I can't breath. When I was in Washington I realised that for the first time, because I didn't have any contact with him and I felt like I was falling apart.' She paused and saw the hurt look on Dean's face. 'I didn't want you to find out like this but it doesn't change anything, I don't love you anymore, I did once, but not anymore.'

'So that's it! Me and you over just like that, and I'm suppose to what? Move on? Be ok with it all? Wish you and Jess a happy time together. I'm suppose to stand by and watch as he takes you away from me.' Dean yelled.

'You're suppose to let go…' Rory said tears pricking her eyes. 'Nobody expects you to do anything else, you just have to accept it, because you can't change this, and it's nothing to do with you, you were a good boyfriend and I did love you, please believe that, but I've changed, what we had before it isn't there anymore and I know if you're honest with yourself that you know that's the truth.' Rory stepped toward Dean, taking off the bracelet he'd given her, pressing it into his hand.

'Rory, can't we make this work?' Dean asked, holding her gaze for a few seconds before she looked away.

'No, there's nothing to make work, we can't fix something that isn't there.' Rory shook her head, backing away again. 'I'm sorry.'

With these last parting words, Dean looks at her and walks away defeated. Rory lets out a shaky breath and turns to Jess who is standing in shock, he'd never known that Rory felt so strongly about him, he'd always hoped, but never had he believed it would be true.

'Uh can we go somewhere and talk, you know somewhere quiet.' She indicated the people who had gathered to watch the fight, Jess nodded numbly and followed her over to her house.

'So uh…that was quite a speech you made.' Jess said nervously.

'Yeah,' Rory blushed not knowing what to say, she leaned her back against the door, watching Jess from where he stood a few foot away. 'I meant it all, I know you probably don't feel the same.' She looked away from him, but looked back when she heard him speak.

'Rory…When you went away I spent so long just waiting for you to call, I was a mess without you, if you don't believe me ask Luke how I dealt with you being away. Do you know how much I've hated seeing you everyday and thinking that I'd never be able to be with you.' Jess said in a moment of pure honesty, because he needed her to know that he felt the same. 'It's like you said, I grow anxious when I don't see you.'

Rory smiled at him brightly, her eyes shining with tears, not quite believing this was happening.

'So?' She smiled at him shyly. 'What happens now?'

'Well…I need to break up with Shane.' Jess replied. Rory nodded her head in agreement.

'And I need to tell my mum, I don't want her hearing this second hand, and you should tell Luke.' Rory replied.

'Jeez, do I have to?'

'Yes, so uh…I guess we should go do that.' Rory said opening the door to let them back outside.

'I'll call you tonight then and we can make plans to go out or something.' Jess said as they walked down towards where Rory's car was parked.

'Ok.' Rory said unsure of how to act around him now they both knew how they both felt, but not wanting to do anything more before Jess was officially broken up. They both smiled, Rory's bright and happy, Jess' a typical half smile and half smirk, before they both parted company. Jess walked towards the diner in hopes of finding Shane, and Rory drove to the Inn to see her mum.

'Mum? Mum?' Rory called going over to the main desk of the inn where Michel was standing looking annoyed. 'Hey Michel have you seen my mum around?'

'She is in the kitchens with Sookie, leaving me to deal with all the customers.' Michel complained. 'I am sure she is having a good time gossiping while I am left out here to deal with everything.'

'Michel the place looks pretty empty.' Rory smiled, going into the kitchen.

'Aw child this is a nice surprise, did I know you were coming?' Lorelai greeted her daughter, who shook her head, she felt nervous now the time had come to tell her mother the events of the morning, unsure how Lorelai would react.

'No I just needed to talk to you about something, I just need you to promise me you'll let me get to the end first, and that you won't flip out ok?' Rory replied.

'Uh…I guess so, come on spill you've got me all interested.' Lorelai answered her, Rory gave her a stern look. 'I promise I won't say a word until you're done.'

'Ok well…Me and Dean broke up.' Rory began.

'What? Why?'

'Mum, you promised.'

'Sorry, carry on.' Lorelai apologised, though she was in shock over this announcement.

'See, I went over to water that guys lawn and the sprinklers wouldn't turn off and the lawn was going to drown, so I panicked and I paged Dean to help but he didn't answer so I went in search of help from Luke or Taylor or someone and I ran into Jess…' Rory gave her mum another look as she was about to speak, Lorelai pressed a hand to her mount to indicated that she was going to be quite, so Rory carried on. 'Anyway Jess came over and he helped me turn it off and he made it look so easy, and then we got to talking and I forgot how much I love to talk to him, so anyway then Dean paged me back and said he was on his way over and so Jess turned the sprinklers back on, and that was just so sweet of him, and he was just walking away and I suddenly couldn't think straight, so I kissed him.' Rory stopped for a breath, before carrying on, aware that her mum's eyes had grown wide and she really wanted to talk. 'Dean saw us and we got into a fight and then Dean said he was willing to forget it and give us another chance and I just got to thinking, I didn't want that, I didn't love him anymore, so we broke up and I gave his bracelet back, and then me and Jess talked it over and he feels the same about me and so he's gone to break up with Shane and then tell Luke. Ok you can talk now.'

'Rory! This is big, you should have warned me to sit down first or something. You really broke up with Dean? Honey are you sure? Are you ok?' Lorelai asked, leaning against one of the kitchen counters.

'I know it is big, but yes I really broke up with him, I am very sure and I'm fine, I mean I feel a little sad, Dean was my first boyfriend so of course I feel a little sad, but I do have feelings for Jess and I've been trying for a really long time to ignore them, but that isn't working anymore. I want to be with him, and he wants to be with me.'

'Wow. I don't know what to say, you know my feelings about Jess, but if you want to date him then that's your choice, I guess…'

'Mum are you good with this?' Rory asked, concern written across her face.

'I don't like him, and I don't like how fast this is all happening, but if you really like him and say he's a good guy then I have to trust that, and I guess that I'm good with it. Just promise me you'll be careful.' Lorelai replied, still trying to wrap her head around it all.

'I will be.'

'I'm talking boy in a plastic bubble careful.'

'I know, and I will be, but I promise you Jess is a good guy.'

'What is it Jess? You've been hovering for the past ten minutes, either say what you want to say or get downstairs and help out in the diner.' Luke snapped irritably.

'Just thought I'd tell you I broke up with Shane.' Jess shrugged his shoulders, he really wasn't good at these heart to heart moments, revealing his thoughts and feelings, usually he didn't even tell Luke when he was going out let alone give him updates on his relationship status. By the look on Luke's face it was obvious that this statement had shocked him, he stared at Jess, unable to form words. It took him a minute until he could talk again.

'Gee and I thought you two would last forever.' Luke remarked sarcastically, 'So what happened, she find someone better?'

'No, I did.' Jess said, this caught Luke's attention, and he looked at Jess willing him to continue. 'Me and Rory are together now.'

'Rory? You must mean a different Rory than I'm thinking of, because the Rory I know has a boyfriend, maybe you heard of him, his names Dean.' Luke shook his head.

'Correction, she used to have a boyfriend called Dean, she broke up with him.'

'You're sure?' Luke asked.

'I was there.' Jess said by way of an answer.

'Why? What did you do?' Luke was now standing, trying to take in this new information.

'Nothing, well…almost nothing.' Jess smirked.

'What's that meant to mean, almost nothing? You either did something or you didn't.'

'I kissed her, and before you start yelling at me she kissed me first, I just…didn't stop her.' Jess said laughing slightly. 'Dean saw and she broke up with him because she wants to be with me.'

'Just like that? She's been with him for a long time, way before you arrived and now just like that she wants to be with you?' Luke asked, Jess nodded.

'Guess so.'

'You'd better treat her right Jess, you hear me, you do anything to hurt her and I swear you'll be out of here so fast.' Luke warned him.

'I know, believe me. I don't have the best track record with girls, but trust me, Rory's different.' Jess replied, already annoyed he'd said so much. Luke simply nodded and let Jess leave. Once Jess was gone, Luke shook his head in disbelief, he hadn't seen that coming.

A/N- I cannot believe it took me so long to write this, I have been neglecting all my fics recently, so I hope you like this, please review and let me know, and check out my new Rory/Jess story called 'Butterfly Effect'