RORY: I know, but now I just feel like everybody’s watching me … The whole town is watching.
Rory still does not feel comfortable kissing Jess in front of others, even at a private gathering where Dean cannot possibly see them. She feels as if everyone in town is scrutinising and judging her behaviour, and the fact that Jess was so unpopular in town that there was a secret meeting set up to get rid of him cannot have escaped her attention. She’s always been the town’s sweetheart, and now she’s made a choice that she fears will make her unpopular.
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