the only exception → jess mariano
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"you are the only exception"
growing up, riley gilmore watched her parents relationship and made a decision that love didn't exist, that love was a myth that people were foolish enough to believe in for a brief period of time to distract themselves from reality. riley promised herself that she would never be foolish enough to ever fall in love.
But then jess mariano came into town and consequently, into riley gilmore's heart. maybe he was her only exception.
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