Gilmore Girls - "Frustrating"

Authors Note: All right, I know, I have so many unfinished stories, but I have MAJOR writers block for all them. Except this one. I better say what this story is about. Well, Jess is in Venice, Rory's home for college, and Jess's step-cousin shows up, who is basically the closest thing he had in New York, because they're the same age and all. Well, her name is Jordan, and she's almost just like Jess. Anyway, Jess comes back and Rory freaks out, because she fantasized about him coming back, but she never really thought it would happen. So, Jess is back and Rory's all freaked, and Jordan decides to do the best she can to get them back together, but as you know they're both very stubborn, so the job is frustrating, hence the title. But that is not this entire story offers, there will be many things, I promise. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Jess or Rory, but I do own Jordan. Yay hooray for me.

Rating: PG-13

Chapter One: Will You Do It For Love?

Rory Gilmore stared at the ceiling. For no particular reason, she just decided to stare at it. The ceiling in Rory Gilmore's bedroom is not very interesting, but she refused to give up trying to find unusual shapes on a blank wall. First year of college was over, and as much as she loved it, she couldn't help but be extremely excited about the summer in Stars Hollow. The only thing missing, and even though she hated to say it, was Jess. She knew it was fair for him, to find out about his own father, but she still couldn't help feel betrayed in some way. As she had told him on the phone, "she could've loved him."

But she had Jordan, and Jordan was a nineteen-year-old semi-alcoholic. Now, Rory wasn't sure how a person could be a semi-alcoholic, but Jordan seemed to pull it off. She didn't even have hang over anymore, and on some level Rory admired her for that. Of course, there were many other aspects of Jordan that were great; she was funny, extremely out-going, and a lot different from Jess. That was probably the part Rory liked the most. But she smoked like a chimney, which wasn't great.

The phone rang, when Rory was just about to discover an upside-down triangle on the ceiling, and Rory groaned, but picked up the phone anyway.

"Hello?" Rory frowned as she heard the dial tone. She sat there staring at the phone, waiting for it to ring again. After a good five minutes, she gave up and focused her attention back on the ceiling.

***

"Ok, for the last time, Mr. Sherman, what do you want?" Jordan Patterson asked, drumming her fingers on the counter.

Mr. Sherman paused for a second, and then said, "Stop that! I'm trying to concentrate!"

Jordan sighed as Rory entered the diner and Jordan ran over to her, "Rory! Mr. Sherman."

Rory nodded, and walked behind the counter. "Hello, my name is Rory. Welcome to Luke's Diner, how may I help you today?"

"May I please have a veggie burger?" Mr. Sherman asked, as polite as Rory.

"Coming right up, sir," Rory said, and then muttered to Jordan. "Luke would love him."

"Sorry, he's already taken," Jordan said nodding in the direction of the storeroom.

The two girls looked in there, only to see the usual sights. Luke and Lorelai making out. Their grins slightly faded as Jordan said, "It's kind of cute."

"In an oddly disturbing way," Rory replied. "Luke! Order!"

Luke and Lorelai jumped apart, and Luke bit his lip, thinking. "Well, your tonsils to be working fine."

"Thanks." Lorelai said, grinning. "Did you see our little show?"

"The whole spit swapping and everything," Jordan replied.

"Ew!" Rory said, slapping her arm.

"So, Jord," Lorelai said, "I saw you with that cutie outside Doose's the other day. What's the story?"

"He's my brother who was coming for a visit." Jordan said, without looking up.

Rory grinned at Lorelai as Jordan headed into the storeroom. "Don't worry, Mom. She gave up on men a long time ago."

"I heard that!" Jordan yelled. Lorelai and Rory giggled. "And I haven't given up on men, I haven't had any men to give up on. I've only dated - what three guys my entire life? Men are my next obstacle, my friends." She said, coming out of the storeroom.

"Well, I guess that's not too bad, Rory's only had three guys in her life." Lorelai said.

"Dean, Jess..." Rory trailed off.

"And three-week Will," Lorelai added.

"Oh, right, three-week Will. He was nice." Rory said. Lorelai nodded in agreement.

"What about that Tristan I heard about? He sounded cute." Jordan said.

"How can a person sound cute?" Rory asked.

"Tristan can," Lorelai nodded.

"So, what happened?" Jordan prodded.

"Big jerk. I kissed him. End of story." Rory said, quickly.

"Well, I'm not one to talk, but how can you kiss a big jerk?" Jordan asked.

"Jordan, this is the guy who can sound cute," Lorelai answered.

"Point taken." Jordan smiled. Then she looked around the diner for Luke, and pulled out a cigarette and put it in her mouth before pulling out a lighter.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" The Gilmore's exclaimed.

Lorelai reached forward and took the cigarette out of Jordan's mouth and threw it on the floor.

"See, yeah, you can do that many times but I still have a spare," Jordan said, before pulling out another cigarette and putting it in her mouth.

"I thought you quit," Lorelai said, pulling out the second and throwing it to the floor.

"Nope, sorry, still a chimney," Jordan said.

"Will you quit if there's money involved?" Lorelai asked.

Jordan considered it, and then said, "No."

"Chocolate?"

"No."

"Beer?"
"Mom!" Rory said. "We bribe her to quit smoking with beer? Not to mention she's underage and you could get arrested."
Lorelai mulled over it for a second then said, "Will you quit for love?"

"No," Jordan laughed as the diner bells chimed announcing someone's entrance. Neither Rory, Lorelai nor Jordan paid any attention to it until the diner was filled with silence. "God, I bet someone walked in here in a tank top," Jordan muttered. Then she saw him, and her green eyes widened in shock. Lorelai saw him next, and silently considered blocking Rory's view and walking her right out of the diner and driving her very far away, but instead she just looked helplessly at her.

Rory just stared, it was like he had never left, and he was just standing there, motionless, almost happy to be back in Stars Hollow. He dropped his bags, and shook his head at how little the place had changed. It was him, all right.

Jess Mariano was back in town.