Author: Blackcherrymeg16

Title: Take a chance for me

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls nor anything associated with it.

Chapter 1

Summary: Rory is at Chilton, her junior year. Stars Hollow… same old boring hometown, that is before Jess Mariano.

-Rory's POV-

"Mom we have to go if we are going to stop by Luke's before school!" Mother was never on time for the first day of school.

"Alright fine I'm coming, but only for the sake of coffee!"

--Luke's--

"And here I thought I would have a peaceful morning." Luke joked from behind the counter as we entered.

"Oh but Lukey… you know you love giving us sweet caffeine in the morning!" Mom sat at our usual morning spot at the counter.

"Please Luke just give us our coffee and we'll be on our way. I have to get back to Hell today."

"Ah another year at Chilton."

"Exactly, so on with the coffee!" Mother cheered.

Luke gave in as usual, since he so obviously can't resist my mother anymore. I sat in my own silence while they talked and observed the diner. Everything in Stars Hollow stayed the same, and it was actually becoming quite sad.

Yet again I watched as Taylor argued with Kirk at the table by the window. And at exactly 7:30 I watched Luke run upstairs for a break. 'Yeah there he-'but my mind stopped. A boy my age passed Luke and exited the staircase. He was about my age I think.

"Are you guys good or do you need more coffee?" The boy stood in front of me and my mother now with a coffee pot.

"Oh my I think you may now be my favorite diner guy now. Yes! Pour me coffee!" My mother took an instant liking to him.

"I'll have a refill too thanks." I kept my head down the whole time he poured. 'Wow he's really cute.' I thought to myself. "Thanks." I said, barely audible when he was finished.

"So that boy is definitely a keeper here in the diner. I suppose Luke hasn't told him not to serve us yet. We shall take full advantage; let me call him over again."

Mom was about to call him back over and I knew I would blush. "No! Mom let's just uh… take me to school now. Don't want to be late!" I threw down a five as a tip and we made our way; mother was reluctant to leave the new diner boy and her coffee.

--Chilton--

"Hello Rory, good to see you joined us for another year."

"Hello Paris. So can we start off on the right terms this year?" She looked over at me, one eyebrow raised suspiciously.

"I suppose there could be a certain peace amongst us. But one thing will be made known, I'm getting into Harvard and I will knock you out of competition if it comes down to it."

I held out my hand and Paris stood examining it in wonder. "Deal." We shook on our new understanding.

"So are you still with Dean?"

I was a bit surprised at such the friendly and curious question she presented. "Actually, I'm not sure. He gets back today from Chicago and we had a huge fight before he left."

"Well let me know how that goes. See you at the newspaper meeting."

We went our separate ways and I barely enjoyed the rest of my day at Chilton. There was nothing good here.

--Stars Hollow Bus Stop--

I stepped off the bus, my nose stuck in my favorite book by Jane Austen. Then I came to a sudden stop as I bumped into something. "Watch where you're going!"

My heart did a little beat as I recognized the voice… the voice of the new diner boy. "I'm sorry I didn't mean-"

"Hey is that Pride and Prejudice?"

'Wow so he totally changes the subject, how annoying!' I thought, but quickly forgave him in my mind. "Yeah, it's like my tenth time reading it though. You like Jane Austen?"

Our eyes connected for a slight second. "Only an idiot wouldn't get lost in her writing. But nobody could beat Hemmingway."

"Ah a Hemmingway reader… well then I must be on my way." I started to walk off into the direction of Luke's and his footsteps were right behind me.

"Are you bashing Hemmingway?"

I quickly turned around and gave a quick smile. "Hardly, I just… okay I was. How could you stand him?"

He caught up with me and we walked together. "I don't know… one day I just started reading one of his books and they get me so lost in a different world."

Continuing our walk we found a comfortable silence. "So you work there now?"

"Excuse me?"

I soon realized my lack of detail. "At Luke's… do you work there now?"

"Well I wasn't planning on working, but he made me since I moved in with him for free."

"Luke? Why are you living with Luke?"

His eyebrows furrowed a bit in confusion. "Well I am his nephew and all."

"Luke has a nephew! He never mentioned that to me or mom." I gave him a curious look. "By the way my name is Rory Gilmore."

"I'm Jess Mariano; you headed to Luke's right now?"

I gave a huge smile. "Of course, I haven't had my third cup of coffee yet."

He looked confused as we entered Luke's. Mother was already begging Luke for coffee. "But Luke you have to give me coffee! Why Luke! Why would you cut me off like this?" She cried loudly in a joking manner.

"Lorelei people can hear you!" he whispered. "Fine, take your coffee." And he refilled her mug to the top.

"Oh Rory you're home. How was Chilton and who is that?"

"Chilton was stupid and this is-"

"I'm Luke's nephew Jess, remember? I'm your new favorite diner boy." He gave a smirk and went behind the counter.

"Yeah Liz sent Jess down to straighten out a bit. She said she couldn't handle him anymore."

Lorelei nodded in satisfaction as she sipped her coffee. "Well Rory I have to get back to the Inn, you going to head home right now?"

I sat thinking for a moment. "No, but probably in a little while."

Luke gave me an odd look like he just got an idea. "Hey Rory why don't you show Jess around Stars Hollow?"

I gave out a small laugh. They looked at me weird. "That will take all of five minutes, what do you want me to show him?"

Jess was then by my side. "Well Rory, I'm ready to go."

I could no longer resist his smirk. I held out my arm and he linked his own to mine. "So I guess you already know where Luke's diner is. I want to show you a favorite place of mine."

We were walking passed Doose's when Dean walked out. "Rory you're… who is that?"

"This is Luke's nephew Jess I was just-"

"Just moving on? We have one fight before I leave and you do this? I always knew I had a reason to worry with you. Somehow I knew you'd be messing around, what I expect when Lorelei is your mother! We are so over Rory."

"Dean?" I just watched in awe as he walked away. Somehow through this misunderstanding of his I found relief. 'Did I even like him anymore? Of course I did.' And then I felt that familiar sting. The hot tears pouring down my face.

"Rory…?"

And I remembered Jess was standing right there. 'Of course he is, Dean thought you were with Jess.' I wiped away the tears and tried to be ok. "So how about I show you that favorite place of mine?" I asked through quieted sobs.

"If you don't feel up to taking me today I would totally understand."

"What? No I'll uh… I'll be alright. Let's go." We no longer linked arms, and our comfortable silence disappeared as tears made their way down my face. It took only about twenty minutes to get to the bridge I so often sat on reading. "So here we are. This bridge is where I always come just whenever."

"It seems nice… somehow relaxing."

I kicked my shoes off before sitting and dangling my feet in the water. Now I let the tears come hot and fast. I buried my face in my hands. 'God Dean didn't even let me explain.' Jess sat beside me and I felt his hand brush back some of my hair.

I lifted my face up for a second from my hands and he was looking at me. "He's not worth crying over."

And for some reason I just wanted to kiss him, so I did. I believe I caught him off guard because it took him a minute to respond. Then I felt his tongue trying to part my lips I gladly allowed him to.

It soon became necessary to break for air. As we parted I rested my forehead against his. "I'm sorry…I-I uh don't know what I was thinking."

"Well if you noticed I wasn't really complaining. But why did you just kiss me?"

I bit my lip hard as I thought. "I don't really know."

He scooted away from me. "Because that guy just broke up with you right? I really don't care I expected it."

I shook my head. "No that's not it at all. I just wanted to." I smiled and wiped a stray tear. "Did you even want to kiss me?"

He smirked. "Well you are hot so it's not really a loss either way."

My heart sank a little. 'Great I'm just some hot girl to him.' I stood up and put on my shoes. "I think I should head home now. Mom wanted me to go home soon."

"Was that wrong of me to say?"

"Don't worry about it, I don't care. So are you going to get up so we can leave?" I held a hand out and pulled him up.

"I'll walk you home, is that alright?"

I nodded yes and started walking off the bridge. "Rory?"

I turned around. "Yeah Jess?"

"Never mind… you don't live far do you?"

"How far can I live? This is Stars Hollow."

TBC

So there's my first chapter. Hope you enjoy. Reviews are always welcome.