A/N: Okay, so I did almost the whole outline for this story during 4th period Government and the rest during 7th period Math. I hope you like it and this WILL be a multi-chapter story. Characters may be OOC and it's AU, but not like my other ones. Most of the characters will be from the show. The situations and background will be different.
Background:
Okay, Liz and Jimmy gave Jess to Luke when he was born. They stayed together, but no one knows where they are and Jess knows that Luke is his uncle and the basics of his parents. Luke also had another sister, Julia who married a rich man, Ted Dugrey.
Paris' mom, Dana, also got pregnant at 16 with Paris and she and Lorelai helped each other out. Lorelai didn't marry Rory's father, Christopher, however Dana did marry Paris' father. They were best friends until they lost touch when Dana started to travel more. Rory and Paris however, didn't meet until they were 11 at a Gilmore Christmas party. They have been best friends ever since. Rory started Chilton her freshman year. Paris is in Stars Hollow almost all the time because her parents travel for business a lot.
I think that's it, so let's actually start this party!!
Disclaimer: Don't own…
On with the story…
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Chapter 1: Lap Love & Being Gilmored
It was mid afternoon at Luke's Diner when the phone started to ring.
"Luke, phone," Jess called across the diner to his uncle who was taking an order by the window, closer to the phone than Jess.
"You get it!" Luke grunted.
"You're closer!" Jess yelled back as he skipped over to the next table.
Luke gave up and went to the phone, "Luke's," he said gruffly into the phone.
"May I please speak to Lucas Danes?" a professional voice said over the phone.
"This is he," Luke answered.
"I am sorry to inform you that your sister and her husband have died in a plane crash," the voice said with no sincerity.
"Wait – What?" Luke said, overwhelmed, "Which sister?"
"Julia and Ted Dugrey," the voice answered.
"I see," Luke said emotionlessly.
"Yes, and as their lawyer, I'm going to need you to come to Hartford Law Firm at 3 to discuss Julia's will," the lawyer informed him.
"Okay, I'll be there, thanks so much, bye," Luke said and hung up the phone, then went back to work.
"Who was it?" Jess asked as he whizzed past Luke to get the food that Caesar had just finished making.
"My sister Julia died," Luke said without emotion and without a glance towards Jess.
Jess didn't say a word and they silently finished the lunch rush. At 2:30 Luke left and went to Hartford to discuss his sister's will.
Luke's Diner 7:45PM
"So, when is this guy coming?" Jess asked form his spot on the couch where he was reading as Luke set up an extra cot in Jess' room.
"Should be here soon," Luke answered.
"Okay," Jess went back to reading. The only noise in the apartment was Luke wrestling with the cot or Jess' pencil in his book.
10 minutes later there was a knock on the door. Luke, who had been doing bills at the table, got up to answer it. He opened the door to find a handsome young man around Jess' age with blonde hair and icy blue eyes.
"You must be Tristan," Luke said and opened the door wider to let him in.
"That's me," Tristan said sarcastically and walked into the apartment. Jess had yet to look up from his book. "Who's the reader?"
"That's your cousin Jess," Luke answered.
Jess put his hand up in recognition.
"His parents dead too?" Tristan said nonchalantly.
"What? Uh, no, they gave him to me at birth," Luke explained.
"Oh, so he had deadbeat parents," Tristan smirked and nodded his head. You could tell he was trying to get to Jess. Jess simply kept reading with smirk plastered to his face as he shook his head, not at all fazed.
After a few awkward moments of silence Luke spoke up, "So! You're room is through that door and you're going to share it with Jess. You're bed is to the left of the door."
"Thanks," Tristan said and walked into the tiny room to throw his stuff on his cot-like bed.
"I'm going to bed," Jess announced and walked into the room. He stripped down to his boxers and hopped in bed. He rolled over to face the wall that his bed was pushed against and closed his eyes.
"Not a night owl, Jess?" Tristan asked.
"No, it's just that I know for a fact that a very perky girl will be bursting through that door," he lifted his arm from under the covers and pointed to the door that led to the main room of the apartment, "at around 6:05 and I do not want to be too tired when she does."
"I see. Girlfriend?" Tristan asked.
"No," Jess answered before falling asleep.
"Jeez, he's just too talkative for my taste," Tristan mumbled to himself as he started to unpack his clothes. By 11 he had finished and finally went to bed.
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Next Day; Crap Shack
"Mom! Let's go!" Rory yelled up the stairs, "Paris and I have to be to school a little early to get a book from the library."
"I'm coming!" Lorelai yelled back.
Lorelai stumbled down the stairs trying to put on her heals and finally the Gilmore girls were off to Luke's Diner as per usual.
"So, where is Aunt Dana going this month?" Rory asked. She knew that Paris, her best friend, was coming to stay with them, as usual, while her parents went traveling somewhere exotic for business.
"Um, I think they're going to…Korea? Yeah, I think they're going to Korea," Lorelai said decisively with a nod of her head.
"Oh cool, when are they leaving?" Rory pondered.
"This Friday, so Paris is just going to say goodbye in the morning and come home after school," Lorelai explained.
"Alright," Rory replied and by that time they had arrived at the diner and were on their way in. "Luke?"
"Upstairs," Luke answered.
This was the routine. Luke would make coffee and breakfast upstairs for Rory and when she came in she would say 'Luke?' then he would say 'Upstairs' so she would go up, wake up Jess, then they would eat while they waited for Paris to arrive. When Paris got there she either joined them upstairs or they were already downstairs when she got there. The only problem with this routine today was that it had slipped Luke's mind that there was an extra body in Jess' room. It had been late when Tristan arrived and Luke had been too shocked to call the Gilmores and tell them his news.
"Thanks Luke," Rory smiled and trotted up the stairs. She entered the apartment without knocking and immediately went to the coffee maker. She drank a cup of coffee giving Jess a few more moments of peace and then went to his room.
She quietly opened the door and as she backed in closing the door with her she backed into a bed and the body in the bed groaned. Rory realized that it wasn't Jess and yelped in surprise. Both boys groaned which caused Rory to yell again and jump into Jess' bed with a bounce.
"Jess! There's someone in your room!" Rory explained. She was curled up next to Jess with her arms around his bare chest and her face buried in his neck.
"What? Rory what are you talking about?" Jess asked sleepily.
"There is someone in your room! They have their own bed and everything," Rory hissed.
Jess chuckled some and sat them up so that Rory was sitting in his lap sideways with her arms tightly around his neck and her face in the crook of his neck.
"Ror, chill out. I know who it is," Jess said calmly as he rubbed her back soothingly. He knew exactly what to do to calm her down.
"Oh, okay, well who is it?" Rory asked as she picked her head up and looked over at the bed, keeping her arms in place. The room was slightly dark seeing as it had one small window with the blinds closed and the door was closed.
"Tristan, he' my cousin. Parents died in a plane crash and he was left to dear old Uncle Luke," Jess explained, still rubbing her back.
"I see," Rory said as she nodded her head.
Silence consumed them for a few moments as Jess continued his ministrations on her back and Rory laid her head on his shoulder in contentment.
"Ror, while I just love having you here on my lap, I'm not sure Dean would and we need to get up and eat and stuff," Jess broke the silence.
"Oh yeah," Rory said quietly and started to climb off of Jess. She pecked him on the cheek as her own turned a light shade of pink. She was going to go out the door then stopped and looked at the bed with the blonde in it. She stared at it for a few moments and finally made her decision.
"Alright Blondie, time to get up!" Rory ordered, snatched the blankets from him and promptly left the room to nurse a second cup of coffee and the chocolate-chip pancakes that were waiting for her on the table, still warm.
Jess laughed when Tristan groaned in discomfort and then Jess got up and went into the main room where Rory was holding a cup of coffee out to him.
"Thank you m'lady," Jess said and sat down at the table where his plate was also waiting for him. "So, when is Paris getting here?" Jess asked with a mouthful of pancakes.
Rory looked at her watch, "Riiiiight…now!" Rory said as Paris burst through the door.
"Gilmore! We have to go," Paris said as she went over to the coffee machine.
"Hey Pear," Jess said.
"Hey Jess," Paris said after she had gulped her coffee.
"Sorry, there was an extra body in Jess' room and it distracted my wake-up call," Rory explained as she ate the last of her pancakes and a groaning body came from the bed.
"Oh I heard. Aunt Lor is yelling at Luke about not telling her," Paris explained as she looked to the boy. As her eyes made contact with the face of the boy she nearly choked on her coffee, "Dugrey!" Paris exclaimed, coughing slightly.
"Huh?" Tristan said confusedly.
"Oh God, please tell me you are not talking about Bible boy, I can't believe I didn't make the connection earlier," Rory whined as she turned around to a half asleep Tristan, "and why didn't you tell me his last name?" she snapped her head to look at Jess.
"What is going on?" Tristan asked sleepily.
"This is Bible boy?" Jess asked, pointing a lazy arm to Tristan.
"Yes," Paris answered shortly.
"Hey! What is going on?" Tristan asked sharply, suddenly awake, "Where am I?"
"Dude, you're at our Uncle Luke's," Jess answered.
"Right, right, so why are Mary and Hitler here?" Tristan asked gesturing to Rory and Paris.
"Shut it Bible boy," Paris snapped.
"We live here," Rory answered snidely.
"What? You can't possibly all live here," Tristan said incredulously.
"No you idiot, here, in Stars Hollow," Paris bit.
"No Paris, you live in Hartford," Tristan countered.
"I'm here ninety percent of the time," Paris replied.
"While this is a lovely conversation, who took my covers off?" Tristan asked, "And screamed."
"That would be me," Rory answered.
"Why in the hell would you do that?"
"Dude, I told you last night that she would be in there at exactly 6:05. She even gave us an extra few minutes today," Jess answered.
"I didn't think you were serious," Tristan whined.
"Always," Jess smirked and turned back to his pancakes.
"We have to go to school," Paris said to Rory.
"Alright, let's go," Rory sighed, "Are you coming Jess?"
"Do I look ready?" Jess stood up and motioned to his boxer-clad self.
"No," Paris answered.
"Good job, so I'm going to go get dressed and then we'll go down stairs," Jess said and walked into the bedroom, closing the door.
"Are you guys up here every morning?" Tristan asked.
"Yup," Rory and Paris answered together as they sipped coffee.
"Great," Tristan muttered.
Downstairs
"I can't believe you didn't tell me!" Lorelai said for the 10th time since she had found out that his sister had died. Luke hadn't told Lorelai what her name was, just that it wasn't Liz.
"Lorelai, I'm sorry, but I had a lot on my plate yesterday!" Luke said back.
"You couldn't take 2 seconds to call your best friend, surrogate mother of your nephew, to tell her that your sister died?" Lorelai asked incredulously.
Rory, Paris, and Jess were on their way down the stairs right before Luke answered Lorelai.
"No! Lorelai, I couldn't because I had to go down to Hartford and go over my late sister's will! Then I had to come home and buy a cot for my nephew I never knew about to sleep on since he has to move in with us!" Luke yelled and went back into the kitchen.
Lorelai sat at the counter shocked and was about to retaliate when Jess jumped in.
"Lorelai," Jess said softly.
"What?" Lorelai asked shortly.
"Come on, you know what Luke's like. He was on autopilot yesterday. He didn't think to call anyone," Jess said.
Lorelai sighed dramatically, "Fine."
"Good," Jess smiled and sat down on the stool next to her.
Rory and Paris were walking to the counter when Dean came from out of nowhere, "Why were you upstairs, Rory?"
"You're kidding right bagboy?" Paris asked.
"No," Dean said.
"Dean, I go up there every morning. I go up, get coffee, wake up Jess, then we eat breakfast and come down here to leave for school. Where have you been?" Rory explained.
"Since when?" Dean asked.
"Since I was 6," Rory answered as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Just then Tristan came down the stairs in his Chilton uniform, "Can I bum a ride with you guys? My car is still at the house."
"Yeah sure, let's go," Rory said while looking at Dean. She tore her gaze from him to her mother, "Bye mom, give Luke a break okay?"
"Sure sweets, bye," Lorelai smiled and waved off the children.
"What just happened?" Dean asked confusedly.
"You've just been Gilmored," Jess answered.
Dean was new in the Gilmore lifestyle. He and Rory had just gotten together around 3 weeks ago so he wasn't used to everything yet.
"Right…," Dean trailed off and walked out of the diner to school, confused.
"So what does Rory see in that guy again?" Jess asked with mock confusion written on his face.
"Go to school," Lorelai and Luke said simultaneously.
"I'm going, I'm going," Jess muttered and walked out the door.
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A/N: Okay, there's the first chapter. Please tell me what you think. Oh, if you're reading 'Oh God! The Medical Channel' I will probably only update that, or put a new chapter rather, when I have writer's block for this, or when I'm bored since I wasn't planning on continue it. Anyway, press the pretty little button!
