**Thanks Sirius 6! I followed what you told me to do and it works! Thanks for the reviews! It feels good to know that you guys like my stories. That's what inspires me to write more! Last chapter was kind of weird I felt a bit uneasy. Not much happened. But hope you like this one…**

Rory arrived at Luke's to pick up Jess. It was funny for her, she was picking him up. Usually the guy picked the girl up, but this worked too.

"Jess?" Rory knocked on the door.

"Hey." Jess smiled as he opened it. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a long sleeve black short sleeve shirt with a white button up shirt over it.

'He looks so cute!' "Ready to go?"

"Yep." Jess grabbed his gray jacket and put it on. "Let's go." They walked out of the door and into the cold night.

It was weird walking next to each other in a silent form. Jess walked with his hands behind his back and Rory walked with her hands in her coat pocket. They were both silent, shy to say anything.

"So what do you want to see?" Jess asked to start up a conversation.

"I don't care." Rory stared at the ground.

"How about Teletubbies?" Jess tested her. He had a feeling she wasn't paying attention.

"Sure." Rory simply said.

"Rory.." Jess pulled her arm and stopped her so they were now standing in the middle of the street.

"Sorry. I'm just a little zoned out." Rory exhaled.

"I noticed. Something the matter?" Jess looked into her eyes, trying to figure out her emotions.

"No, no. It's just that…" Rory sighed. "I can't believe this."

"You can't believe what?"

"That your here. Seriously, a week ago, this was the opposite of what I thought I would be doing right now." Rory said.

"Yeah, well same here." Jess sighed.

"No, tell me right now. What are you really doing here? I just wanna know." Rory looked into his eyes. She needed reassurance. She had been harping on this for a day or so. She needed to know before she could get close to him again. She needed to know the real reason why he was back.

"I'm going to ask you this again, could we sit down? I don't really want to talk about this in the middle of the street." Jess laughed a little.

"Yeah. Hey, is Luke working?"

"No, he went home to Nicole's. They were going out to dinner or something."

"Maybe we should just forget the movie and go to the diner and talk." Rory said uneasily.

"Yeah. I'll close it." Jess said. Rory nodded and they walked to the diner in silence. The place was empty. Caesar was the only person inside, cleaning off the counters.

"Hey, Caesar. You can take off the rest of the night." Jess instructed.

"Sure boss." Caesar smiled and walked out of the diner. Jess turned the sign on the door to tell the public the place was closed for the rest of the night.

"You sure about this, I mean it's only 6:15 and you are closing the diner? Won't Luke get mad?" Rory asked.

"Nah, he's not even here." Jess said as he went behind the counter and poured Rory a cup of coffee.

"Aw, you remembered." Rory smiled. She sat at the counter and gulped her coffee. Jess walked back from behind the counter and sat on the stool next to her.

"So…." Jess began. "What are we doing?"

"I don't know. It's just that, I see you and everything is fine. I'm happy that your back. But then I go back to Yale or I go somewhere and I just think I can't let it go like this. We need to talk about this stuff." Rory explained what was on her mind, which made it easier for Jess. Now he wouldn't have to guess. If only he did the same to Rory in return.

"What to you want to know?" Jess asked, staring at his hands.

"Where have you been? What have you been doing? Why did you go?............Why did you come back?" Rory asked the last question slowly.

"I was in California. I have been working on the boardwalk and living with my dad, basically exploring California. I went because I was confused and I wasn't graduating. I figured instead of dealing with my problems, I'd just leave." Jess said.

Rory just stared at him. "You didn't answer my last question."

Jess did the same as Rory. He just stared at her. It felt like a staring eye contest between the two. He couldn't tell her the real truth. He couldn't tell her how he couldn't stop thinking about her for a year. Every where he went reminded him of her. He bought books that she loved and he hated, just because she loved them.

"I-" Jess couldn't spit out the words. Rory just looked at him, trying to be patient and let him answer.

"I came back for you." He finally let out.

Rory smiled a half smile. "So the car was just a…."

"Excuse. The car was an excuse to come here so I could see you."

"But why did you want to see me?" Rory pried.

"Come on, Rory. Why else would I come back?" Jess asked.

"I don't know. You wanted a book?" Rory laughed a little.

"I would have emailed you." Jess winked.

"Right, right. But what made you come back after a year?" Rory was still a little confused about that.

"Well, I went there also to see my father. I hadn't seen him for 17 years so I went to see him. But after like, the first month I missed you. But I didn't have enough money. So I figured air fare and trying to get my car fixed, I had to work. So I worked and got money, and well, here I am." Jess explained as he took a doughnut out for the both of them.

"Oh." Rory smiled as she took a bit out of her chocolate sprinkled doughnut. "So what are your intentions?"

"Why am I being interrogated?" Jess smirked

"Because you're the one who left." Rory said only half serious.

"Ah. Well, I have an apartment, a job, and maybe a girlfriend."

Rory smiled. "Just maybe."

"Fair enough." Jess took a bite of his doughnut.

"So do you plan on staying for good? Like if someone said, where is your hometown, you would say…"

"Stars Hollow." Jess smirked.

"Ok. Good."

Jess and Rory both nodded at one another. "Ok, I still wanna take things slow, but I do wanna try this. I just feel better that now the truth comes out."

"Yeah, me too." Jess agreed.

"Ok." Rory smiled, not knowing what else to say.

"Do you need to go back to Yale?" Jess played with his fingers.

"Yeah." Rory said getting up. She hugged him and lightly pecked him very quickly on the lips. "Keep thinking what you're thinking." Rory winked and walked out of the diner and to her car.

Jess smiled to himself, remember she had said that to him once before. Everything was coming together. It's about time.

**This story is strange for me. I feel like I don't have a plot when I write but when I read and think it sounds good! I need Ideas! I really need ideas because I would like to know what you guys would have liked to have seen happen! Review and give Ideas please!!!!1**