**It's Pay Back Time **
Genre: Drama/Comedy/Alternative Universe/Spoof
Pairings: Rory/Jess, Lorelai/Luke
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Rory, Jess, Dean, Lorelai and Luke and and all other recognizable "Gilmore Girls" characters belong to Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, and the WB. There is no profit from the copyrighted characters or infringement intended.
A/N I recently saw the "Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving" episode and was shocked to see that when Dean confronted Jess in the street and threatened to open a can of whup ass on him, that Jess did absolutely nothing. I think the Jess we all know would have gotten even quick. Anyway, that's the inspiration for this spoof I wrote.
It was the first time Jess had seen Dean since the big breakup at the dance marathon and Dean's anger had just been fueled to the stratosphere after witnessing Rory kiss Jess. Dean confronted Jess as he was taking trash the out from the diner and warned him that he'd better watch his step from now because he wasn't holding back anymore for Rory's sake.
Jess angrily threw the garbage from the diner into Taylor's trash dumpster and made his way to the nearest pay phone. No one, not even Mr. Frankenstein, was going to make a fool out of Jess Mariano.
"Yeah, Uncle Pauley, it's Jess. I got a favor to ask you. There's some one here I need you to take care of. I'm coming to Brooklyn tomorrow to see my mom. I'll stop by your restaurant on Saturday and fill you in on the rest when I get there."
Little had Jess known, when he'd made that call, that there was someone lurking nearby in the shadows.
That Saturday, Jess strolled into his Uncle Pauley's pizza parlor in Brooklyn and showed him a picture of Dean that he'd stolen from Rory's bedroom and gave him a description of Dean's Thanksgiving night threat.
"Don't worry about it, Jess. I got you covered. You can rest assured, Doose's Market will have one less bag boy come next Saturday."
"Cool, Uncle Pauley, I owe you one."
"Fuhgeddah 'bout it. You're family – even if you are only ½ Italian. You don't owe old Pauley nothin'."