Summary: Inspired by The Notebook. Rory has two loves in her life: Jess and Logan. Who does she choose?

Background Info: Lorelai raised Rory but was very close to her parents and still is. Rory went to Chilton at the beginning of her high school education; therefore, she never dated Dean, he was only a friend.

A/N: I hope this fanfic has parallels between the show and the movie, while remaining original. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. If you think the characters are OOC or the story is not original, etc. let me know. Hope you enjoy!!

Rory and Lane walked down the street discussing their plans for the upcoming weekend. They were headed to Luke's but were distracted by a moving van sitting outside the diner. The two stopped in their tracks and looked at each other.

"Is Luke moving?" Lane asked Rory.

"No, I don't think so," Rory replied while shaking her head. They were walking inside the diner when Lorelai came rushing out and bumped into Rory.

"Oh Rory, sorry," Lorelai said gasping. "You do not want to go in there."

"Why? What's going on?"

"Luke's nephew Jess is moving in with him."

"Really?"

"Yea and believe me it's not a pretty site. Everything is a mess, Luke is yelling, and Jess is yelling back. It's chaos."

"Aw, I really wanted some coffee," Rory says pouting.

"Well, just remember that mommy warned you." Lorelai said as she turned around and left for the Inn.

Rory and Lane walked into the diner and to their surprise Lorelai was right. Luke and Jess were arguing over several things when they entered the diner. Luke momentarily stopped to talk to Rory. "Hi Rory coffee?"

"Yes please," she said as Luke walked away. She glanced at Jess and was instantly attracted to him. She didn't know what it was or why. "Hi, I'm Rory and this is Lane," she said introducing herself to Jess.

"Jess."

"Welcome to Stars Hollow."

"Yea, it's great," he said sarcastically. He then left the room and walked upstairs.

"He seems nice," Lane said jokingly.

Rory laughed as Luke handed her the coffee. Rory glanced upstairs one last time and then left with her best friend.

Things had seemed to have calmed down the next day. Luke and Jess were being civil to each other. Jess even seemed to be enjoying Stars Hollow. However, it was hard to tell since he barely said two words to anyone. That is anyone except Rory. He actually said full sentences around Rory. They held a brief conversation earlier. But now, Rory and Lorelai were talking and drinking coffee in a Jess-free diner.

"How are things with Jess?" Lorelai asked Luke as he poured her another cup of coffee.

"Uh, don't even ask."

"That bad huh."

"That kid is driving me insane. I don't know what to do," Luke said.

"Well, if you want, I can help out some," Lorelai said.

"Thanks."

Lorelai turned to Rory and said, "Jess seems like he is going to cause a lot of trouble around here."

"Huh, oh, yea," Rory replied a little distracted. She didn't see what was wrong with Jess. Yes, he didn't have the brightest attitude or personality but she didn't think he was that bad. She wanted to escape the conversation so she tried out her acting skills. She looked down at her watch. "Oh, jeez, it's getting pretty late. I got to go study." Rory grabbed her books and headed for the door. "I meet you at the house. Bye Luke!" she yelled.

Rory was in a hurry to leave her mom behind but not to study. In fact, she had already studied all the material that she needed to. Instead she didn't to take a walk and headed for the bridge. She sat on the edge of the bridge and started to read. It was a nice atmosphere. To her surprise she was interrupted by Jess.

"What are reading?" he asked.

"The Fountainhead."

"Oh god, I hate that book."

"It's not that bad," Rory replied. She continued to read without noticing Jess.

Jess was obviously upset that Rory was not paying attention to him. He grabbed her book out of her hands. "I was thinking, since you are so neighborly, that you could show me around and then we could go to dinner."

"I don't think so," Rory replied. Although she was slightly attracted to him, she barely knew him, so she didn't want to rush into any thing.

"Ok," he said as he stood up and began to leave.

"Wait! You still have my book!"

"You want it back?" Jess asked with a confused look on his face.

"Yes!" Rory was obviously irritated.

"I'll give it back if you agree to go to dinner."

"No!"

"Fine." Jess then pretended to drop the book into the lake.

Usually Rory wouldn't give into these antics but she only had one copy of the book and it was one of her favorites. "Fine! I'll go to dinner with you!" She now understood why Luke and Lorelai were upset with him. She now thought he was an ignorant jerk.

"As you wish," he replied while tossing the book back to her.