I know I've not finished several stories but this is going to be my main one so please give it a read! I will try and update it regularly! :)

Basically, Lorelai and Rory have known Jess as long as they've known Luke. Just to warn the Literati fans though, there will be no romantic feelings between Rory and Jess but they are best friends like Lorelai and Luke are. However, this is going to be a javajunkie story so Luke and Lorelai will get together. Oh and Lorelai likes Jess and they get along well. Also, both Rory and Jess go to Chilton. This will be set during Dead Uncles and Vegetables. Rory's not seeing anyone at the moment in this story but she will at a later date, just note sure who yet.

Chapter 1

Jess let himself into the Crap Shack at 8:30 in the morning on this particular Saturday. He had been given a spare key a few years ago now as he was basically there everyday anyway. He bumped into Lorelai coming out of the kitchen.

"Woah!" Lorelai jumped seeing him. "I'm so going to regret giving you that key one of these days!" She said.

Jess smirked. "Sorry. I brought coffee and breakfast though." He said holding out a Luke's bag.

"Oooh in that case, you're excused." Lorelai grinned grabbing the bag, taking it back to the kitchen. "So what are you doing up so early on a Saturday?"

"Oh well, I couldn't lie in as Luke has been on the phone constantly. His uncle died last night and he's in charge of the funeral." Jess said.

"Aw his uncle died? Is he ok?" Lorelai asked concerned.

"Yeh he seems ok. I think it was sort of expected. I just came to give you coffee and food before I go back and help him out at the diner." He said. "I'm assuming Rory's still asleep?"

"Yep you assume correctly!" Lorelai said, still thinking about Luke. "I'll leave the food and coffee for her."

"Really? You're going to voluntarily leave coffee and food on the table and not eat it?" Jess smirked.

"Hey!" Lorelai said but took the joke in good humour. "Tell Luke I'm sorry about his uncle and I'll pop in to see him at lunch." She then said.

"Will do." Jess smiled. "See ya! Tell Rory I'll probably be in the diner all day."

"I will. See you Jess." Lorelai smiled.

Jess then left and Lorelai stood there thinking about Luke, hoping he was ok. Rory appeared from her room a few minutes later. "Did I hear Jess?" She asked.

"Yeh he brought us coffee and breakfast!" Lorelai grinned.

"Oooh yum!" Rory grinned and sat at the table and started eating. "So how come he was here so early? He's never up early on a Saturday."

"Luke's uncle died last night so Luke's been making calls in the apartment as he's arranging the funeral." Lorelai explained.

"Aw poor Luke. Is he ok?" Rory asked concerned.

Lorelai smiled at her daughter's concern. "Jess said he seemed ok but I may pop over at lunch to make sure. Oh and he said that he will probably be helping out at the diner all day today."

"Ok, I'll go over there in a bit to see him then." Rory said. "It's nice that he's helping Luke out. You would never guess that those two couldn't stand each other when Jess first arrived here." She smirked.

Lorelai chuckled. "Yeh! Anyway I need to head to work but I'll meet you for lunch?" She said.

"Sure! I'll probably be there anyway!" Rory smiled.

Lorelai gave her a kiss. "Bye sweets. Have a nice day!" She said before leaving.

After Rory had showered and had gotten changed, she headed over to the diner to see her best friend. She walked in and was surprised by how busy it was and saw Jess struggling to keep up with the amount of orders. She walked over to him where he was carrying too many plates and looking extremely stressed. "Hey!" She said.

"Oh hey!" He said, smiling briefly at her.

"Need some help?" She offered.

"God yes, thank you!" He said looking grateful and handing her some plates. "These go to those two tables by the window." He told her.

"On it!" She said and took the plates over. She then went behind the counter and started making some more coffee having seen there was hardly any left.

After a few minutes, Jess joined her. "Sorry about this!" He said.

"It's ok. What's going on? How come it's so busy?" Rory asked.

"Urghh because everyone in this whole damn town has decided to come in and eat every damn thing on the menu!" He ranted.

"Luke still upstairs sorting out arrangements then?" She asked.

"Yeh, I didn't want to bother him. He was pretty stressed." Jess said. "It's just been hard. The diner's never been this busy and if it has, Luke's always been here so we've handled it."

"I can help if you want?" Rory offered.

"You don't need to. I know you spend every Saturday reading." Jess said,

"I don't mind, honest. And I don't spend every Saturday reading, I spend every Saturday with you and this way I can spend time with you." She said.

Jess smiled at her. "Thanks. It would be a huge help." He admitted.

"Well I'm meeting mom here for lunch anyway. And I want to do something for Luke too. He's helped me and mom out god knows how many times and I want to repay the favour." Rory said.

Jess nodded.

Just then Luke came down, looking extremely frustrated. "Why are family so damn frustrating?" He ranted. "If there's a family funeral, you go and pay your respects. Why is that so hard to do?"

"Are some of the family not coming?" Jess guessed.

"No. None of the family's coming!" Luke ranted.

"Wow, that sucks." Rory said, which alerted Luke to the fact that Rory was there.

"Oh hey Rory. Sorry, I didn't see you." He said, calming down a bit.

"Hey. Sorry about your uncle." She said sincerely.

"Thanks." He said and then noticed the apron she was wearing. "You're helping out?" He asked.

"Yeh I came in to see Jess but it was packed so I offered to help." She smiled. "Mom's coming in at lunch so I'm happy to help until then."

Luke smiled gratefully at her. "Thanks Rory. And you, Jess." He said looking at Jess too. "I need to go out for a couple of hours. Don't burn down the place." He said before leaving.

"So much faith!" Jess said.

Rory laughed.

Lorelai came in at lunchtime, surprised to see Rory wearing an apron and delivering food. "Hey hon! You got a new job?" She joked.

"Hey mom!" Rory smiled hugging her and walking to the counter with her. "Nah Jess couldn't hack it on his own so I saved his bacon." She smirked.

"Hey!" Jess said. "I could have hacked it!"

"Oh really? Because you were about to have a nervous breakdown when I came in." She smirked.

Jess rolled his eyes. "Yeh whatever!"

Rory grinned. "Mom, I'm just helping out as Jess is on his own. Luke's pretty stressed about everything. None of his family's coming to the funeral and he's arranging it all by himself." She explained.

"Aw that sucks. Is he here?" She said.

"Yeh he arrived a few minutes ago and went upstairs." Jess said. "Go up if you want."

Lorelai nodded and went up to the apartment and knocked on the door. Luke answered and smiled when he saw who it was. "Hey." He said.

"Hey, how are you? I'm sorry about your uncle." She said going in.

"Thanks. I'm fine. This funeral is just stressing me out. My dad wanted him to have a proper send off but nothing's going to plan. None of the family's coming, Taylor and everyone aren't coming because they hated him, his coffin won't close..." He ranted.

"Woah slow down!" Lorelai said, sitting down at the table with him. "It will work itself out. Who cares if noone's going! You'll be there." She said.

Luke sighed. "My dad would care." He said sadly. "He wanted a proper send off for him and I'm letting him down."

"Oh Luke, you could never let your dad down." Lorelai said softly. "It's not your fault."

"Yeh I guess..." He sighed.

"Luke, you're great. I'm sure your dad would be proud of you." She smiled.

Luke looked at her and smiled. "Thanks. I hope so."

Lorelai smiled back. "I'll come if you want. You shouldn't have to be alone."

"Really? You'd come to a guy's funeral who you didn't even know?" He said surprised.

"Yeh, it means a lot to you." She said.

Luke smiled and nodded. "Thanks."

Just then Rory and Jess came up with some food for them.

"It's quiet down there now so we've left Caesar in charge. Thought we could have some lunch up here." Jess said handing them plates of food.

"Thanks." Luke said. "And thanks for helping out, you two. I do appreciate it."

The funeral soon came and Taylor and everyone ended up coming to give Uncle Louie the proper veteran's send off. Luke looked at Lorelai. "Did you do this?"

"It's what your dad wanted." She smiled at him.

Luke smiled. "Thank you."

Lorelai smiled and linked her arm through his and rested her head on his shoulder.

After the funeral was over, Luke and Lorelai were walking back to the diner. Luke stopped before they reached it though and turned to face Lorelai. "Thank you for today. I liked having you there." He said.

"It was nothing Luke. You've done so much for me over the years. I'd do anything for you." She smiled.

"Well thank you." He said.

They locked eyes for a few moments and smiled, lost in the moment, when suddenly Luke leant forward. Lorelai stepped back. "What are you doing?" She asked surprised.

"Will you just stand still?" He said and then leant in and kissed her.

They pulled apart and stood facing each other. "Wow..." Lorelai said, stunned.

"I'm sorry." Luke said, suddenly doubting his courage to make a move after all these years. "I shouldn't have done that. I'm so stupid!" He ranted before Lorelai interrupted him.

"Luke..." She said softly.

"What?"

"Would you like to go for dinner some time?" She asked.

Luke smiled. "Dinner would be nice."

Lorelai smiled back. She then spotted people going into the diner. "What's going on at the diner?" She asked.

Luke turned round. "I don't know." He said confused and they started walking towards it.

They walked in and were greeted by Rory. "Hey!" She smiled.

"Hey, what's going on?" Luke asked.

"It's sort of a wake." Rory said. "I thought you set it up?" She said turning to her mom.

"No I had nothing to do with it." Lorelai said equally confused.

"Oh well, there's lots of food and stuff." She smiled and went off to Jess.

Luke and Lorelai went and stood with a group of people all telling stories about Louie. Jess and Rory soon joined the group. Rory spotted her mom resting her head on Luke's shoulder and then noticed them subtly holding hands. She looked over at Jess. "Hey, do mom and Luke look different to you?"

"How do you mean?" Jess asked.

"They just seem very friendly. I know it sounds odd but they're holding hands. They never hold hands." She said.

Jess looked over. "Yeh I guess that is weird." He then smirked. "It's about time though, don't you think?"

Rory smiled back. "Yeh it's about time." She said quietly. She then rested her head on Jess' shoulder. "I know it was you by the way." She whispered.

"It was me what?" Jess said.

"You who arranged this wake. I thought it was mom but she said it wasn't." She said.

"Well it was my great uncle..." Jess said.

Rory smirked. "You're going soft, Jess Mariano."

Jess just smirked and went back to listening to stories about his great uncle.

Hope you like it! :) Please let me know what you think and if you want me to continue with this! I've got lots of ideas! :)