[irene]

JESS: Rory.

RORY: What do you want?

JESS: I don't know. I just wanted to see you, talk to you. I just...

RORY: What?

JESS: Come with me.

RORY: What?

JESS: Come with me.

RORY: Where?

JESS: I don't know...away!

RORY: Are you crazy?

JESS: Probably. Do it. Come with me. Don't think about it.

RORY: I can't do that. [opens the door and walks into her room]

JESS: You don't think you can do it but you can. You can do whatever you want.

RORY: It's not what I want.

JESS: It is. I know you.

RORY: You don't know me!

JESS: Look, we'll go to New York. We'll work, we'll live together, we'll be together. It's what I want. It's what you want, too.

RORY: No!

JESS: I want to be with you, but not here. Not this place, not Stars Hollow. We have to start new.

RORY: There's nothing to start!

JESS: You're packed. Your stuff is all in boxes. It's perfect. You're ready. And I'm ready. I'm ready for this. You can count on me now. I know you couldn't count on me before, but you can now. You can.

RORY: No!

JESS: Look, you know we're supposed to be together. I knew it the first time I saw you two years ago, and you know it, too. I know you do.

RORY: No, no, no, no, no!

JESS: Don't say "no" just to make me stop talking or make me go away. Only say "no" if you really don't want to be with me.

RORY: No!

[Jess backs away and leaves. Rory sits down on a box and puts her head in her hands.]

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