Starting from this episode in Season Two, Nick and Nora/Sid and Nancy...I'm going through and inserting Literati scenes that they SHOULD have shown on the show, in order to give fans a peek into the Rory/Jess dynamic and hopefully further emphasize just how amazing they were together. Sadly this will be following the storyline of the show, but still, I think it's worth reading. Enjoy!

THE SHIT THEY SHOULD HAVE SHOWN:

Part One: Nick & Nora/Sid and Nancy
Backstory: Jess-One, Murphy's Law-Nil, Dean-MIA

(The morning after the ending scene where Rory calls Jess Dodger)

Rory was sitting impatiently at her bus stop, growing increasingly furious with herself for not timing her morning accurately. Her bus came at exactly seven thirty five, which meant that in order to even consider getting coffee from Luke's, she had to be at the diner by seven fifteen at the latest, seven if she wanted breakfast. On this particular morning, her mother had taken off from work to cram for a business exam and Rory spent so much time talking to her that she left twelve minutes behind schedule. She arrived at the bus stop at seven twenty nine and had been debating rushing over to Luke's for the past two minutes. However, she knew Murphy's Law. She knew what would happen the second she stepped foot into the street.

Damn school systems and their furious attempts to keep kids off drugs. It was only caffeine! It's not like it was leading to harder stuff.

So, she took the more embarrassing route of standing up, walking two feet, turning around, sitting down, and then repeating the process. She scowled. Where the hell was Dean when she needed him?

That was precisely when the most unsettling thing about the entire morning happened. She spotted Jess, Luke's nephew standing across the street, cup of coffee in hand. She squinted. Was he actually waving it for her to see? She shook the thought from her head. She had to be imagining this.

She glanced up again. No. He was definitely standing there. It wasn't a hallucination or side effect of the caffeine imbalance currently messing with her system. There he was, approximately twelve feet away, grinning like a hyaena at her while he motioned to the steaming styrofoam cup.

For the millionth time since reaching the bus stop, she stood up. Still uncertain as to what was going on, she began crossing the street to find out. As she walked, Jess mirrored her actions, meeting her in the middle of the street. He still had that mischievous smile on his face, but the familiar smell of coffee wafted into Rory's nose, cancelling out any ideas she may have had about him pranking her.

Jess pushed the cup in front of her face and then pulled it away rapidly, teasing her. He grinned. "Too cool for us lowly blue collars at Luke's?"

Rory thought about scowling. She thought about walking away and forgetting the matter all together, because Jess was not an easy person to manage. In fact, he could sometimes make her miss Paris. She scratched that last thought. She'd certainly take Jess over Paris. Yes, that was better.

However, Jess was in the unique position of possessing something that Rory desperately wanted. So, she played nice.

"I was running late and I didn't think I'd make it in time," she explained.

"Ah," Jess nodded. "See, I saw you doing your little sit down, start to walk, sit down again routine, so I figured it was either Restless Leg Syndrome or an emergency."

Rory was slightly embarrassed. He had been watching her, and that was an unsettling thought, though she couldn't quite grasp why. She faced him coolly. "I figured the second I crossed the street..."

"Your bus would come plowing through?"

Rory nodded.

"Must really love that school of yours," Jess smirked.

Rory didn't respond.

"Well, I should be going," Jess began, pushing past her.

Rory's mouth dropped open. He had been messing with her? He allowed her to get her hopes up, to think that maybe, just maybe, her day could be salvaged, and then he started to walk away and...

"Relax," Jess grinned, amused by her astonishment. "It's for you." He pressed the warm beverage into her hands and her eyes immediately lit up.

"I think this means I owe you my life," she replied, taking a sip of the heavenly elixir.

Jess shrugged. "I just noticed you acting all crazy, Luke mentioned your bus came soon, and he asked me to bring it to you."

"Oh," Rory nodded. "That's very un-Luke like."

"Well, I'll tell him you said that," Jess nodded.

"No, just tell him thank you for me," Rory insisted.

Jess looked over her shoulder as a blue and white vehicle emerged in the distance. He pulled her by the arm, dragging her back to the curb.

"Apparently you're only smart once you've had your coffee," he muttered.

Rory grabbed her backpack and hurried to the bus. "You saved my life again!" she commented, as the doors opened.

"Don't tell anyone," Jess called. "They might get the impression that I'm a decent guy or something...and then where would we be?"

Rory smiled at him as she stepped onto the bus, clutching her coffee cup to her chest.