Title: All's well in the world (don't ask me why, it's all I could come up with)

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Just another one of those crazy Rory+Jess fans!

This story takes places somewhere in the beginning of season 3, where Rory is still with Dean, and Jess is with Shane. I hope you like it, and please R&R :D, this is my first GG story on my own, so be gentle...

Chapter One

"So the number is on the counter. Be sure not to eat too much take-out from Al's, but go to Luke's for some social contact every once in a while." Lorelai says while packing the last few things she needs for the business conference she was forced to go to.

"Will do." Rory nods.

"Not too much book-reading, stay away from strange men with candy luring you into dark alleys, and go to Luke's if you need any help with anything. And of course if you're suddenly struck by a horrible disease and I just have to leave the conference it won't be an entire disaster." Lorelai says with a smile.

Rory laughs. "I'll be sure to remember that."

They walk to the front door. Lorelai sighs. "Well, I'd better go."

"Yup."

"Try not to burn the house down. Oh, and no parties that last the entire weekend. A one-nighter is just fine though."

"Go!"

"Okay." They hug once more before she finally walks outside and steps into the car. "Miss you already!" She yells through the window.

"Me too!" Rory chuckles, and she gets back inside. She stands in the living room, figuring out what to do. Then she decides to, as always, read a book. So she sits down and grabs the book lying on the coffee-table.


Rory enters Luke's in her school uniform, sits down at the counter, and puts her yellow backpack on the ground.

"Hey Rory." Luke says.

"Hey." She replies.
"What can I get you besides coffee?" He asks, taking his writing block and pen ready.

"Uhm, I guess I'll have some pancakes." She says.

Jess comes down, looking kinda sleepy.

"Jess, coffee." Luke tells him, while he points at Rory's spot, and goes to the kitchen

Jess grabs the coffeepot and a cup, and pours Rory a cup of coffee. "Hey." He says while he glances at her.

"Hi." She says with a light smile, her heart skipping a beat as she looks into his eyes.

"Where's your mom? She's usually here with you for her daily load of caffeine." He says.

"She had to go to some kind of hotel-inn meeting, and she's gone 'til Sunday."

Jess nods. "So you got the house all for yourself this weekend. I'm sure you and Dean would love that." He says sarcastically, and with a bitter undertone.

Rory is about to reply, when Luke comes to her with her order. "Thanks." She says.

Jess glares at Rory. "I gotta get ready for school." He says, and disappears upstairs. She watches him leave, as she pricks in her pancakes.


"So you got the house for yourself for the entire weekend?" Lane asks unbelieving, they're sitting on the floor of her room, listening to Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones. Rory nods.

"Wow! I wish mama would ever go away for longer period of time than 2 hours."

"Yeah, speaking of which, where is she?" Rory asks.

"Oh, right now she's at Korean cooking class, and right after that she goes grocery shopping and tries out some of the recipes she's learned."

They stay silent for a while, nodding their heads to the music.

"So this must mean a lot of Dean-action this weekend huh?" Lane then asks.

"Eh…sure, but mostly I think I'm just gonna catch up on my studying, and do some laundry…you know, stuff I can't do when my mom's home."

Lane chuckles. "You do know how to party, don't you?"

With a grin Rory playfully slaps Lane on the arm. "Well what would you do?"

"Oh Ror, don't get me all worked up about that subject! You know I get all excited over the idea of no Mrs. Kim!"

"I'm sorry." Rory says with a teasing smile.


That night Rory is on the couch reading. She gets up and goes to the kitchen where she grabs the coffeepot and puts it under the tap for water. She swirls the knob open, but suddenly the tap falls off, and water squirts all over, making Rory soaked. Rory tries with one hand to keep the water from coming out, and with the other she tries to put the tap back on. "Damn it!" She exclaims when she fails, and she runs to the phone and dials a number.

The doorbell rings and Rory opens. "Jess." She says surprised.

"The diner was swamped, so Luke asked me to go." Jess says with a shrug.

"Oh." She says somewhat flushed, and steps back to let him in.

"So what's the problem, Luke mentioned something about water wading up to your knees and needing to build a raft?" Jess asks, and notices her wet hair and clothes, and he feels more attracted to her than ever.

Rory leads him into the kitchen, which by now has turned into a water-ballet. Jess puts the toolbox he was carrying on the table, and takes some tools out. He goes to the sink, puts the tap on it's place, gives it a few screws, and it's fixed. Then he closes the knob to keep the water from running. "Wow, that seemed so easy." Rory says, feeling kinda stupid. Jess nods, and they look at each other for a while, both with water dripping out their hair.

"So…why isn't Dean here doing this for you?" Jess asks.

"Oh he's visiting his grandmother in Chicago, and he doesn't come back 'til tomorrow."

"Aw, isn't that cute, bagboy is seeing granny, where he'll probably get lots of kisses and cookies with milk!" Jess says mockingly.

"Well aren't you supposed to be sucking faces with Shane, instead of running errands for your uncle?" Rory bites back.

Jess sighs frustrated. "Okay, this was real great again, I say something about Dean, you make a 'snappy' comeback about Shane, and that's how it goes every time. But can we just cut the crap here Rory?" Jess snaps.

Rory looks confused.

"Coz, frankly, I don't think you want to be with Dean that much any more these days, and that's because I think you like me, and I'm not just saying this to flatter myself, but I know for a fact that the only reason I'm with Shane is to make you jealous. Or am I completely wrong in this, because if so, feel free to step in!"

Rory doesn't say anything, and she crosses her arms, not knowing where this is going.

"Okay, fine, don't say anything… You want me to spell it out for you? I'm in love with you Rory, there you go, I've said it!"

Rory looks thrown by this. She looks at Jess waiting for a response, and instead of telling him how she's in love with him too, how she has been just about since they met, she just skips that part and kisses him, first a little insecure, but when he returns the kiss it becomes more passionate.

When Rory steps away she smiles.

"Huh." Jess says. "See now, ain't this much better than fighting?"

Rory takes his hand and nods. Then she remember something. "Oh there's something I wanted to show you." She says, and pulls him into her room. She searches through her bookcase, and pulls out two thick books, and hands them to Jess. "I've been wanting to lend these to you ever since I was in Washington, but I never really got the chance coz…you know."

Jess looks at the covers. "Thanks." He says. "These are great."

"You read them already?" Rory asks slightly disappointed.

"No I just heard of 'em." He says, and he puts the books on Rory's desk. He takes her head between his hands, and kisses her. She places her arms on his back as the kiss deepens. She slowly starts leading him to the bed, and they sit down, still kissing. Her hands slowly reach down to his army-colored shirt, and starts pulling it up. Jess pulls his head away from Rory with a surprised look on his face. "Ror, you sure y –" He is cut off by Rory kissing him, thus way assuring him of her being sure. Jess leans a bit forward, softly pushing Rory so they lie down with him on top of her. Jess's hands reach down for her belt, and without even thinking about hesitating she just lets him undo it.


Then next morning when Rory starts to wake up she feels someone is holding her. She opens her eyes. Jess is holding her. Naked. In her bed. She closes her eyes again and smiles.

He'd been awake for a while now. Just lying there, holding her. He still couldn't believe this happened. Yet there was something he'd been wondering ever since she started to take his shirt off. He feels her waking up, and opens his eyes, looking directly into her bright blue ones. "Hey." He says softly.

She smiles. "Hey." She returns, and he softly kisses her lips.

"How are you today?" He asks.

"Couldn't be better." She answers with a bright smile.

The doorbell rings. Rory tilts her head. "Who's here? It's really early!...what time is it?" She says. She looks on her alarm-clock and sees it's 10:30. "Oh my god!" She cries, jumping out of bed and quickly slipping into her pajama's.

"What?" Jess asks, sitting up.

"Dean! H-He was coming back this morning and I was supposed to be at the bus station waiting for him, which I wasn't, and now he's here!"

"Huh." Is all Jess says.

"Get up, get dressed, hide, do something!" Rory says panicking.

"Why?" Jess asks with a smirk.

"Oh, do you want Dean to kill you?"

Jess sighs and gets out of bed, and starts to get dressed.

"Just, make sure he doesn't see or hear you 'kay?" Rory says, and she opens the door of her room, heading out. Jess grabs her hand and pulls her to him into a deep kiss.

"Okay, now you can go." He says, and Rory smiles before hurrying out, and closing the door of her room behind her. She opens the front door. "Hey Dean." She says.

"Hey."

"I'm so sorry I wasn't at the bus station to meet you, but I overslept!" Rory pleads.

"I can see that." Dean smiles, as he looks at her pajama's and messy hair. He takes a step closer and hugs her lovingly. "I missed you." He says.

Rory hugs back. "I…missed you too." She lies.

Jess glances at them hugging and feels like 'accidentally' stumbling over something, revealing his presence and breaking them up, but he restrains himself, and leaves out the backdoor without making a sound.


That's it for Chapter one! Hope you liked it, and again, feel free to review!

Chapter two is already written, as are the next few chapters, but all that typing it from my hand-written story onto my computer is a real bitch! So just be patient, because the next chapter WILL come! eventually...