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A different way things could have happened. A different way her life could be.
Just a little something that popped into my head.
A Different Way
"What are you doing here?" Rory said looking, wide eyed, at the man in front of her.
"Hey Rory."
This was it. She was loosing all control of herself. She was loosing everything. She was loosing her virginity. She was old enough, she thought. She was in college. She should be able to make her own decisions concerning her love life. And this was the choice she was making; To sleep with Jess.
It wasn't like they were 17 and uncontrollable teenaged hormonal sexual beings. They were adults and they were mature and starting a mature adult relationship.
That mature adult relationship didn't last long. Two months, give or take. Before he left, before he told her he was sorry and couldn't stay. It was the week Rory was going to go back to Yale for her third year. She was devastated, so she went to her mother, who had been right again.
When Lorelai found out about the new relationship between Rory and Jess she was strongly against it. She made her feelings known to Rory; "He's just gonna hurt you again. He's gonna leave you again!"; which prompted her to move out of the house and in with Jess for the summer. When Jess left she went back to her mother.
She never really knew why he did leave. She was never told and she never cared to find out. When he left she was done. She told herself over and over, every night she was done with being in love with him. She told herself that she was done waiting and pining. She told herself all these things just before falling asleep and dreaming about him.
And now here she stood, one year and eight months later, in front of Jess. The person she had tried so hard to forget. The person she was still very much in love with.
"What are you doing here?" She asked again.
"I came to see you."
"Oh. Oh. Oh." She said shaking her head, "You came to see me. Well hey that's great. You came to see me." she said slightly hysteric.
"Ror. Stop."
"No. You came to see me. Well what if I don't see you!" She said before turning to leave.
"Rory. Stop!" Jess said grabbing her arm and spinning her around to face him.
"You cant tell me what to do!" She said trying to shake her arm from his grasp, she failed.
"Rory. Please." He plead, staring down into her deep blue eyes.
"No." She said quietly.
"Only say no if you really want me to leave."
Rory closed her eyes remembering the conversation they had one year and ten months ago.
"Only say no if you really mean it."
Rory looked into his eyes. "I don't." She admitted.
She was so stupid she thought, before she yelled out, "No!"
"Rory. I know you still love me and I still love you. We can be together now, Rory."
"No!" She screamed. "We cant be together! We will never be together! We had our chance! Hell we had our chances! And it still hurt in the end! We don't belong together! That much is obvious! And I don't love you anymore!" She flat out lied.
Jess released her arm and stepped back. She watched as his eyes darkened. She watched as he left her life again. She nearly doubled over from the pain in her stomach. She was trying to keep from crying. Her eyes burned and she gave in, and let her tears stream down her face.
Lorelai approached her, a child in her arms. "Rory? What's wrong!"
"He was here. I yelled at him. I told him I didn't love him. I lied to him."
Lorelai knew who he was. She pulled Rory into a hug and held her as she began to cry uncontrollably.
"Did you tell him?" Lorelai asked.
"No." She shook her head looking at the small boy in her mother's arms.
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It had been a little over three years. Rory was writing for The Stanford Gazette. She was doing well.
She was now on her way to pick up Will from day care. Will was her four year old son. She was going to pick him up and take him to the book store, like she had promised.
She stopped the car, took the key from the ignition and silenced the engine. She jumped out of the car and headed for the front entrance of Children's World Learning Center.
She walked inside towards Will's classroom.
"Elizabeth." Rory greeted Will's teacher.
"Hey Rory." She turned her attention to the gang of children running wildly around the room, "Will, your mother is here. Please get your things."
"Was he behaved today?" Rory asked as Will got his stuff together.
"Just as behaved as he can be."
Rory smiled. "That's his father coming to the surface."
"His father a wild one?"
"Oh definitely." Rory smiled thinking about Jess.
"I'm ready!" Will shouted coming to stand in front of his mother.
"Alright lets go." Rory said taking his hand.
They got to the book store and greeted the man behind the counter.
"Hey John." Rory smiled at him before directing her attention to Will, "Sweetie why don't you go in the back and see which book you wanna get."
"Okay!" He said before running off to the kids section.
"So John, got anything new that I might like?"
"Yep. I just got these in." He said pulling a box out. He took a book from the top and handed it to her.
"The Sub-Sect." She read aloud, "Written By..." She froze, "Jess Mariano."
She didn't remember opening the book, but obviously she had, as she was now staring at the dedication page.
Rory Gilmore.
I love you.
I will always love you.
And without you I never could have done this.
"How much?" She asked.
"Seven Fifty." He said.
Rory pulled her wallet out of her purse.
"The author's coming in later on in the week. If you want to meet the guy." John said taking the money, completing the transaction.
Rory nodded. She took the book to the back where Will was looking at books.
This was intended to be a one shot but if you would like I could add on.