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Chapter one: Primping eggs and thoughts on Mars

As Rory walked into Luke's diner she noticed that something strange was going on, Lorelai was talking to Jess and she didn't have a 'I am so mocking you' look on her face. And she already had a huge cup of coffee in front of her, so she couldn't be arguing about that.

Rory sat down next to Lorelai, but she didn't take her eyes off Jess, he was looking really good today with his grey sweater that was a little tight so you could see his muscles.

He was standing next to Lorelai who was holding a menu (Rory had no idea why she had the menu, since she already knew it by heart) and was now ordering. Or at least trying to.

Lorelai: 'I think I'll have pancakes today'

Jess: 'Pancakes it is'

Lorelai: 'No wait, I think I'll have a bacon sandwich'

Jess:' That can be arranged'

Lorelai: 'But those donuts with jam sure look good today. Could you come back later, I need some more time.'

Jess: 'Alright. What can I get you Rory?'

Lorelai:' Hey honey, did you sleep well?

Lorelai was finally noticing Rory, who looked a bit tired. She was tired actually, but she had fun watching her mother decide what she'd have for breakfast.

Last night she had spent the whole time thinking about Jess and the kiss at Sookie's wedding. She still had no idea why on earth she had kissed him so unexpectedly. Not that she didn't like it, but she was still with Dean and cheating wasn't really her style.

Seeing Jess didn't make it easier, she wanted to kiss him again, but of course couldn't do that in the middle of Luke's diner. And where was Luke anyway?

Rory: 'No, not really'

Lorelai: 'How come?

Rory: 'Well, I was reading this book and it was so fascinating that I just couldn't put it down and read almost all night long. So I could really use some coffee right now'.

Jess smirked, he still had to get used to that coffee- things the Gilmore girls had going on, but he scribbled it down on his notepad.

Jess: 'Is that all?'

Damn, Rory looked really good this morning. You could see that she didn't really sleep that long, but somehow it made her seem even sweeter. He really didn't like the fact that they didn't get the chance to talk since Sookie's wedding. Every time he wanted to talk to Rory Lorelai was there, or she was with Lane, or even worse, with Dean.

Jess really didn't want to think about Dean; it hurt a little that Rory was Dean's girlfriend when he wanted her all for himself. But he reminded himself that Rory kissed him, and the thought of that kiss made him smile.

Rory:' I guess I'll have some eggs to go with that coffee.'

Lorelai: 'Hey, eggs sound nice, make that two'.

Jess: 'Do you guys want some salad with that?'.

Both Lorelai and Rory were giving him a foul look, just like he had expected. He really didn't think he could convince them to eat healthy food. But no matter what Rory ate, she still would look good, even if she ate Ben&Jerry's for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Lorelai: 'So, what book where you reading?'

Rory: 'Ehm, "Agnes Grey", by Anne Brontë.

Jess smirked, he had read the book too, but he didn't think that book was so fascinating you could read it all night long. It was a rather dull book. But then again, he had never really cared for the Brontë sisters.

He put the pencil behind his ear and went back to the counter to give the orders to Ceasar.

Rory watched him as he walked away and she had the urge to follow him, she really wanted to talk to him, but somehow there was always someone around.

Lorelai: 'Earth to Rory, come in Rory'.

But Rory didn't hear her mother, she was figuring out a way to tell Dean that maybe they shouldn't be together anymore, but Dean would not let Rory get away with that. If she really wanted to get rid of Dean she had to figure out a way to dump him without causing too much of an uproar.

Lorelai: 'Houston, we have a problem. It seems that one of our hydro-technological-really-complicated to control-aircrafts has lost the ability to communicate. Please inform the Pentagon and the White House, and also inform the pre-.'

Luke:' What on earth are you talking about Lorelai? No more coffee for you.'

Luke just walked into the diner and saw that Lorelai was talking to herself again while Rory had an absent look on her face. Strange actually, he had never seen Rory like this before.

Lorelai: 'Well Luke, it so happens that my 'weird behavior', as you so nicely call it, is this time not caused by an overdoses coffee, eventhough I'm not even sure that exists, but by my daughter, who is with her thoughts on Mars, possibly even further away.'

Jess:' Maybe some coffee will help to bring her back to reality'.

Rory looked up the moment Jess arrived with the coffee, although the coffee wasn't what made her come to her senses again, it was the nice waiter she was falling in love with.

Jess:' Here you go Rory, your coffee. The eggs will be ready in a minute'

Lorelai:' Excuse me Jess, but how can eggs get ready, and what exactly do they have to get ready for. Do the eggs have dates and they are meeting them any moment now so the eggs are primping, or do they have to go to one of these events and they don't have clothes to match the occasion and can eggs even have a clothing-crisis? Or perhaps they happen to-'

Luke: 'Here Lorelai, your eggs, and yours Rory.'

Jess was happy to be saved by Luke, he really didn't know if Lorelai was sometimes just mocking him or if she really was wondering if eggs could have dates.

Anyway he had to get back to the other customers; he couldn't stay and stand next to their table all the time. Not that he didn't want to, he could watch Rory eat all day long.

Lorelai: 'Thank you Luke.'

Rory: 'Thanks Luke.'

Lorelai: 'Oh my, these eggs really look nice, are you sure they didn't have dates, mine has a little lipstick on them?'

Luke: 'Just eat the damn eggs, Lorelai.'

Luke walked back to the counter where Jess was giving a customer his change.

Luke: 'Hey Jess, we're running out of napkins, could you go to Doose's for a minute and get some for me, please'.

Jess: 'Sure uncle Luke, I would be more than happy to do that for you. After all, I am only your humble servant who gets all warm and fuzzy on the inside when his master has a task for him. Please, is there anything else I can do for you, perhaps throw that baseball cap in the washing machine since it hasn't been washed in decades?'

Luke: 'Don't mock me Jess, just go.'

Jess took his coat that was hanging next to the counter and looked if Rory was watching, but she was focussing on her eggs while Lorelai was babbling about some stupid subject again. He thought he heard the words 'chicken' and 'fancy restaurant'.

He walked to the door and gave Rory one last stare. Although he knew she was sitting with her back towards the door, he couldn't help wondering if she noticed that he was going out to run an errand. This would be the perfect time for them to talk.

Well, guess not, and he slammed the door harder than he intended to, but he didn't care actually.

Rory shrieked when she heard the door slam. Her mind had been wondering off again and she was looking outside, but not paying attention to what was happening there. Now that she was back to reality, she saw Jess crossing the street, heading for Doose's.  Alone…

She didn't waste any more time and ran outside, leaving Lorelai perplexed by the weird behavior of her daughter.

Rory saw Jess heading around the corner and started to run.

Jess heard some quick footsteps behind him and was willing to bet that it was Rory.

Rory:' Jess, wait up, I want to talk to you.'

Jess smirked, now he was finally going to talk to her…