"So you'll call me as soon as you get back?"

"I promise, have fun with your mum analysing the movie night."

"I will, what time do you think you will make it back to Truncheon?"

"Well Matt told me he would kill me if I arrived any later than 10, so hopefully before then. At least he will be happy with the amount of writing I get down yesterday, should make up for coming back late."

"I'm glad you got some writing done, and that you stayed."

Jess kissed her gently again, they had been saying goodbye for the last ten minutes, but neither had wanted to pull away yet.

"Right, if you don't get back in there, your mum is going to come out here instead."

"Good point, go. Get some sleep and call me when you get back to Truncheon."

"I promise, and when we talk tomorrow night we will plan another visit."

He pulled her in for another quick kiss before pulling away. He looked back before turning the corner to see Rory still stood on the porch and her hand raised in a wave, he waved in return before he turned and was out of sight.

"All done with the goodbyes?"

"Yes mum, he's heading back to the diner now. He's got to leave early if his work partner is going to forgive him for staying an extra night."

"Oops, I didn't mean to get him in trouble by having my movie night, he could have said no."

"He wanted to come, and he said he wasn't in too much trouble over it."

"Good."

"So, what's your verdict, after spending the evening with him?"

"He's great kid, he's crazy about you and he took longer to break than we did tonight, ate his own body weight in junk food. He's a good fit, you seem great together, happy."

"That's a lot of positives, if someone told me years ago that you would be this happy about me being with Jess, I never would have believed them."

"Right there with you hun."

"But the past is being put behind us right?"

"Way behind us, we had a brief conversation and set things right with us."

"I'm glad you are getting along now."

"Right, I need sleep, I know you are heading out fairly early tomorrow too so you should sleep while you can too."

"Yeah, you're right. Goodnight mum."

"Night sweets."

Rory got back to her apartment before 9, she was greatful that Paris and Doyle both seemed to be out. She didn't have long but didn't want to deal with Paris right now. She knew she would get enough of that when she went to the paper later. She dropped off the bag she had taken with her for the weekend and lay on her bed for a while, she had sent Jess a quick text when she had arrived, she didn't expect to hear back as he would still be driving. She was surprised how much she missed him already, they'd had a really great time together at the weekend and she hadn't been ready for it to end.

They had a quick conversation once he arrived at Truncheon but he had been interrupted by Matt shouting in the background. She had laughed along with him and told him to call her that night when they could talk properly.

Rory was glad that the paper hadn't been completely distroyed in her absence and that the bunker wasn't back. Paris hadn't mellowed at all and definitely didn't like Bill any better than when she had left. The second she walked into the office she had both of them trying to fill in all the information that she had missed. She spent hours trying to get all caught up and working on the next issue, she hadn't realised how late it had become until her phone rang and Jess was able to talk. She was glad that she had managed to work the day away so she hadn't missed him too much, she knew it was going to be a hard time without him and hoped they would be able to get a visit in soon.