Disclaimer: I own a few things… Jessica, the helpers at the home.. and that's about it.

Things you need to know:

Lorelai runs a troubled teens home. Sookie helps her, and his a helper chef.

Rory helps at the Teen home in the afternoons and on weekends.

Jess gets sent to the Troubled Teen Home for different reasons, and that's how he and Rory meet.

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Rory Gilmore Hayden was a good kid. She had a family who loved her, and a mom and a dad at home to care for her. She always dreamed of being a princess ever since she could walk. She'd dress in purple dresses, and wait for her prince to come take her away on his white noble steed. When she was five years old her father left her and her mother for some petite beautiful blonde, named Sherri. Rory stopped dressing up and believing in happily ever afters. She stopped wanting to be a princess, and instead focused on fairies. They made wishes come true so Rory loved them. When she was 10 she realized her daddy was never coming back. She took off her last name and just used Gilmore, with the permission of her mother. She started focusing more on books and school, and less on fairytales. Her mom started to run a home for troubled teenagers. Rory found a liking to it, and went there everyday. She helped as much as she could. Now that she is sixteen she understands more about life. Even though she doesn't believe in fairytales and happy endings anymore, she's still as innocent as Alice in Wonderland, and naïve to the world around her.

Sixteen-year-old Rory Gilmore walked into the kitchen, "Mom… you're not gone yet?"

Lorelai looked up from the coffee maker, "Uh… no.. I haven't. You coming after school?"

Rory smiled, "Yea. Well, see you after school, I love you."

Lorelai smiled and kissed her forehead, "Bye sweetie, love you." She grabbed her coffee mug, and walked down to the troubled teens home, that she ran.

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The school day went by fast, and Rory hurried to the Home. Rory smiled when the bus pulled up to the place she was so fond of. She got off the bus with "We The Living" by Ayn Rand in her hand. When she walked into the big wooden doors, she smiled at the sight of her mother putting up Christmas decorations.

Rory shook off her yellow backpack and laid it on the couch, then put her book down, "Need any help?"

Lorelai jumped in surprise, and turned her head, "No… I need you to do me a favor though."

Rory took off her hat, and gloves, "O yea? What?"

Lorelai put up the mistletoe and smiled, "We have a new kid here… he's seventeen, and his name is Jess Mariano. He won't talk to anyone… you think you could try?"

Rory shrugs, "Sure. Why not?"

Lorelai smiles, "Thank you, kiddo… he's in room 14."

Rory smiles, and walks towards that room, she was used to this… used to communicating with kids her mom couldn't get through to. She came upon that room, and immediately heard the radio blasting "Police and Thieves" by The Clash.

'Well he has a good taste in music, I'll give him that' she thought before knocking on the door.

Jess sighed; he didn't want to be here. His mom's stupid boyfriend sent him here, against his mother's will. He heard knocking at the door, and turned down the music, thinking it was either the crazy lady who sang stuff by the Spice Girls to have you cheer up. Or it was the crazy chef who chased you with her food.

He opened the door, and looked at the teen standing in front of him, she had the most gorgeous eyes, like an ocean. Jess's face softened, "Hi."

Rory smiled, he wasn't half bad looking, his hair attracted her attention, "Hi."

Jess opens his door wider, "Uh… want to come in?"

Rory smiles, and nods, "Sure… thanks."

Jess lets her in and closes the door behind her, "So… why are you here?"

Rory sits down on his bed, and plays the hem of her skirt, "Oh, well my mom runs this. My name is Rory Gilmore by the way."

Jess sat down on a chair in front of her, "I feel for you… Your mom is a nut case."

Rory laughs, "I know… she can make you smile though."

Jess shrugs and smirks, "Or make you nauseated."

Rory smiles, "She's just trying to make you feel more at ease."

Jess shrugs, "I know… I just don't really want to be here."

Rory sighs, "I can understand that… don't worry, it'll get better."

Jess laughs, bitterly, "I bet you say that to everyone…"

Rory looks him dead in the eye, "Must you be so negative?"

Jess's face turns serious, "Why do you care so much? You have a good life… a mother who is always frightfully cheery… You wouldn't know what it's like to be me."

Rory shakes her head, "I might not have a horrible life, but I've seen people come in and out of here with just as horrible lives as you… I might not can relate… but I do understand."

Jess nods, trying to change the subject, because he already grew an attraction to this girl and didn't want to scare her away with his problems, "Do you read?"

Rory's face lit up, that's all he had to ask, she was hooked.