Yes, ok, I know what you're all thinking! Why is she starting yet another story? I promise you I am continuing with Family Adventures but I suddenly got inspiration for this story and I feel like it could be good. So I hope you like it as well! :)

So I'm going to do my version of A Year in the Life but with quite a few big rewrites! So it will be set the same time as the revival and sadly Richard won't be around anymore but those are the only things that are really the same. I will fill in the gaps as I go. :)

Chapter 1

"That's how you look when you get off a plane?" Lorelai exclaimed.

"That's how you say hello?" Rory laughed as she sat down next to her mom on the stairs of the gazebo.

Lorelai grinned and pulled her daughter into a big hug. "I've missed you kid!"

"I've missed you too!" Rory said. "And I've missed Stars Hollow." She said looking round at the very familiar surroundings.

"Stars Hollow has missed you too. Come on, Luke's waiting at home to spoil you rotten. He's already got started on the lasagne." Lorelai said.

"I'm so glad you married him." Rory grinned.

"He is the best." Lorelai grinned. "Although I am a bit biased. But I'm also a bit put out that he still won't make me chilli fries but as soon as you ring and request lasagne, he's leaving work and cooking it without hesitation."

"Well he does love me best." Rory teased.

"Hmm...I sometimes fear that's true." Lorelai joked. "Come on! Oh and just to warn you, he's super proud of that article you did."

"Aw that's sweet." She smiled.

"Oh and another thing...Jess might be there..." Lorelai said hesitantly.

"Oh cool!" Rory said.

"Cool?" Lorelai questioned.

Rory glanced at her mom and rolled her eyes. "Mom, you know Jess and I have moved past everything. You know we've been in touch through the years."

"Yeah I know that, I just didn't realise you were that close again." She said.

"Well...he was...well, Jess was there when I really needed someone. You remember that day you rang me about Grandpa..." She said quietly.

"Yeah..."

"I was devastated and I was more devastated that I couldn't get home straight away. You know how upset I was." Rory said.

"Yeah I remember." Lorelai said quietly.

"The next day, Jess showed up at my door." Rory admitted.

"He did?" She said surprised.

"Luke must have told him what had happened and that I was still in New York. He showed up with some ice cream and all the classic movies." Rory smiled softly. She saw her mom looking at her. "It wasn't what you think. We just stayed up talking all night. He made me smile again. It was just nice to have someone familiar there. It was nice to be with family. Because that's what Jess is now. Family. He really helped me that night and I will never forget it. We've been talking more since then and it's...well, it's just not awkward anymore."

Lorelai smiled softly. "Well, then that's good. And that was sweet of him to do that. He never said."

Rory gave her a small smile. "And anyway, he has that secret new girlfriend doesn't he?" She smirked.

"Oh yes! The girlfriend he won't tell us anything about! I've tried, trust me!" Lorelai said.

"I'm sure you have." Rory smirked.

The two of them walked back to the Crap Shack. Rory smiled as she saw the familiar jeep and the familiar green truck parked in the driveway.

"It's good to be home." She smiled.

"It's good to have you home." Lorelai smiled.

They headed up the porch and headed inside.

"We're home!" Lorelai called.

"Rory!" A voice called excitedly and suddenly an excited eight year old boy came hurtling towards them and threw his arms round Rory's waist.

"Hey little bro." Rory smiled fondly at him.

"Someone's been counting down the days until you came home." Lorelai laughed.

"Aw, I've missed you too, Josh." She smiled at her brother.

"Ok and now prepare yourself." Lorelai smirked.

"For what?" Rory asked.

"Super proud Luke!" She grinned as she led her into the kitchen.

"Hey Luke!" Rory smiled.

"Rory, hey!" Luke smiled pulling her into a hug. "It's good to see you."

"You too!"

"I still can't get over how good that article was. It was amazing!" Luke gushed.

"Aw thanks Luke." Rory smiled. "And I smell something delicious!"

"The lasagne will be ready soon." He nodded. He then eyed them suspiciously. "Please don't tell me you two have eaten some junk food already?"

"Only some doughnuts." Lorelai said.

"And some danishes." Rory grinned.

"I had to ask." He said shaking his head just as Jess came through the back door.

"Ah the golden girl has returned." Jess said with his trademark smirk.

"And I see the golden boy has as well." Rory smirked, getting up from the table.

"Hey cuz." He grinned.

"Hey Dodger." Rory smiled softly, giving him a hug.

Rory woke up early the next morning and heard sounds coming from the kitchen. She wandered over to the door to her bedroom to see what was going on when she heard some voices. She opened her door a tiny bit and peeked out to see Jess and Josh in the kitchen.

"Ok, ready to flip?" Jess asked Josh.

"Yeah!" Josh said eagerly.

"Now remember what I told you, you have to be careful because..."

"Because the pan is hot. I'm 8! I do know that it's hot!" Josh exclaimed.

Rory smiled slightly as she saw the signature Gilmore pout on the face of her younger brother.

Jess smirked slightly. "Alright brainbox, it's all yours." He said.

Josh grinned, taking the pan, and then with the utmost concentration on his face, he flipped the pancake perfectly. "I did it!" He exclaimed.

"You did!" Jess nodded impressed, putting the pan back on the stove. "Good job!" He said giving Josh a high five.

Rory smiled and decided to make her presence know. "Trying to make my brother into a cook huh?" She said.

Jess turned to smirk at her. "Well we need someone to carry on the family tradition."

"I'm offended. I'll have you know that I can actually cook a bit now." Rory said dramatically.

"You can make toast." Josh giggled.

"Hey, you're meant to be on my side!" She exclaimed.

"Jess makes me pancakes." He shrugged.

"Huh, it was that easy huh?" Rory shook her head at Jess.

"Not my fault, I'm so likeable." Jess smirked.

"Well, I hope there are pancakes for me." Rory retorted.

"As if I wouldn't make enough. You and your mom would kill me." Jess joked plating some up for her.

"Yes we would." Rory grinned. "Thanks!" She said sitting down and starting to eat them as Josh followed suit. She glanced up as Jess started to wash up and she couldn't help but notice how at home he looked. "So, you here for a visit or...?" She asked.

"Not sure yet." Jess said. "Just finished my book tour so taking a bit of a break."

"Oh yeah, Luke mentioned that! How did it go?" She asked interested.

"Good. Really good. My book seems to be going down well which is still weird for me but yeah..." He said.

"That's because it was amazing! Seriously Jess, I always knew you could do something like this." Rory smiled sincerely.

"I know you did." Jess gave her a small smile.

"So does this time out mean you can see this secret girlfriend of yours?" She asked innocently.

"I knew you'd start to grill me about this at some point. Your mom has been trying for months." Jess smirked. "How's your love life?" He said.

"Non existent." Rory said. She then grinned. "Well?" She said.

Jess glanced at her. "I need to go run an errand but later." He said. "I'll tell you all later, I promise."

"You better!" She joked.

"Come on, Josh. I'll walk you to school on my way." Jess said ruffling his hair.

"I'm old enough to walk there myself." Josh mumbled but got up and grabbed his bag before heading towards the door.

"Yes I know but your dad would particularly kill me if something happened to you so you're stuck with me, I'm afraid." Jess smirked. He glanced at Rory. "See ya."

"See you later." Rory smiled taking note of how natural it was to see Jess doing the school run with her brother.

"Was that Jess and Josh?" Lorelai asked appearing in the kitchen.

"Yeah." Rory nodded. "So you've got Jess doing the school run now?"

"It's the only way Josh will let someone go with him. I know he's probably old enough to go by himself now but you know what Luke's like. So this is a good compromise." Lorelai said. "Plus Jess always makes breakfast for him so there's always food when I get up!" She grinned.

"Ah we find the real reason now." Rory laughed.

"So what's your plan for today?" She asked.

"I'll probably pop by Lane's to catch up and then I need to ring Paris at some point as she's demanding we confer before this Chilton reunion." Rory smiled slightly. "I was then thinking we could meet up for dinner at the diner?" Rory said.

"Sounds good." Lorelai nodded.

"Cool! I'll see you later then." She smiled. "Bye mom!"

"Bye hon." Lorelai smiled.

Rory walked through Stars Hollow, smiling as she took in the familiar surroundings. It really was good to be back. She had enjoyed being part of Obama's campaign trail and then her subsequent years writing for the New York Times. But being back in Stars Hollow made her realise how much she had missed being here and how much she had missed her family. She was yet to tell her mom that she had given her notice to the New York Times. She had loved her time there but she had missed home as well. She didn't know exactly what she was going to do with herself now but she was hoping she would get some inspiration at some point. In the meantime, she was just going to enjoy being home. She smiled as she reached her best friend's house. She walked up the stairs to the house and opened the door, knowing no one ever locked their front doors around here.

"God it's so good to be back! Hey!" Rory exclaimed as she took off her jacket but suddenly froze as she saw her best friend kissing a very familiar figure in the living room. "Lane?" She said stunned.

"Rory!" Lane exclaimed, shocked to see her best friend standing there.

"You? You're the secret girlfriend..." Rory said stunned glancing between Jess and Lane as they stood there looking very sheepish and guilty.

"Hi..." Lane said hesitantly.

"Uh..hi..." Rory said, not really knowing what else to say.

So as I said, quite a few changes! I will continue to fill in the gaps as I continue with this story! Let me know what you think by leaving me a review! Would you like me to continue? What do you think about the changes I've made? I hope you enjoyed it. And thank you for all your continued support! :)