The great stories that take place in our lives don't always have an ending. That's what separates them from the fairytales we read as children. That's how we know that they are real. They are without ending. They are endless.
Rory reads the last sentences of Jess' book again. Endless. A story without an ending. Not a never ending story, not a story throughout eternity, just a story without an ending.
He had wished a happy ending for her and Logan. "I hope this fairytale will give you the happy ending you deserve", she doesn't have to look at the letter, every word is imprinted in her mind. What did he mean by that? In his book he writes that the absence of an ending is what separates a real story from a fairy tale, still he wishes her and Logan a happy ending. Is he saying that her story with Logan isn't real? That it's just a fairytale?
Her heart races as she picks up the letter and starts reading it again. Maybe he tried to tell her something, maybe he wanted her to read between the lines, maybe it isn't over.
Don't search me up. No, no reading between the lines there.
You and I, we were just not meant to be. Meant to be. Has Jess ever said anything about fate, about being destined for something or someone? What's his take on that? Does he believe in it? If he does, then there's no reading between the lines, but if he doesn't if he considers it being nothing more than mumbo jumbo, then it could mean something, or rather, then that sentence would mean nothing.
She can't remember him ever saying anything on the matter so with a frustrated grunt she moves on to the next sentence.
We were a fairytale without a happy ending. This sentence throws her off. He refers to them as a fairytale. A fairytale without an ending, contradicting what he wrote in the book, but a fairytale nonetheless. What does that mean? Fairytales have endings, he said so in his book. That's what separates them from the real stories. Fairytales have endings, real life stories do not. They are a fairytale, but they don't have an ending.
She sighs and puts the letter down in front of her. If she's going to do this, she has to do it the right way. She can't let herself get swooped away by what she wishes to find in the letter. She has to look at the words as if her future happiness didn't depend on them. He didn't write 'a fairytale without an ending', he wrote 'a fairytale without a happy ending', thus not contradicting himself.
As a matter of fact, he's even saying that their story wasn't real. Their story was as unreal as hers and Logan's; they were both fairytales.
Now you're embarking on the next chapter in this new fairytale. Okay, so…she's in the middle of a new fairytale. Are all her relationships fairytales? Is that what he's saying? Is she not capable of having real life stories? No, the book was about her, and that was a real life story, it didn't have an ending. But the book was about their story, their fairytale as he put it in the letter. She sighs and moves on.
From the bottom of my heart I hope that this fairytale will give you the happy ending you deserve. He wants her to live in a fairytale? She deserves to live in a fairytale? She chose to be with Logan and therefore she has no right to a real story?
She resigns. Keeping this up will surely drive her crazy. There are no hidden meanings in the letter. He didn't secretly want to her to leave Logan at the altar and come rushing into his arms. All he wanted to do was to tell her that he moved and send her his best wishes for a happy future with Logan.
She attempts to throw the letter away, but the air catches the light letter and instead it slowly floats down and lands on the foot of the bed. She stares at the letter and the letter stares back at her, mocking her.