So here it is, the sequel! :) Thank you so much for your lovely reviews of The Road to Happiness. I hope you all decide to give this a go. :) So this starts in the first episode of season 1. Rory and Jess are both 15 and Alice is now 5. Rory calls Luke dad now and Jess calls Lorelai mom.

Hope you enjoy! :)

Chapter 1

Lorelai breezed into the diner and went up to the counter. "Please, please, please!" She said.

Luke looked up at her. "Aren't you missing someone?" He asked.

Lorelai looked around jokingly. "Don't think so!" She grinned.

Luke rolled his eyes. "So not a girl with brown hair and a ponytail?" He said.

Lorelai pretended to think. "Doesn't ring a bell." She said.

"Lorelai..." Luke said.

"Relax, she's with Rory and Jess! She wanted a piggy back ride off Jess." She grinned.

Luke had to smirk at that. He got her some coffee and gave her some. "Only one cup today." He warned.

"Thanks!" She grinned and sat down on one of the stools.

Just then the door opened and they heard a squeal. "Daddy!" Alice beamed and ran round and launched into Luke's arms.

"Nice to see where I rank." Jess said. "I give her a piggy back all the way here and then she just wants Luke."

Rory laughed. "Aw she loves you really."

"Yeh yeh.." Jess said and they walked over over Lorelai and sat next to her.

"You feeling unloved Jess?" Lorelai joked.

"She uses me!" Jess defended himself.

Lorelai smirked and looked over at Alice in Luke's arms. "Ok my turn. Come say hello to mommy." She said.

Alice grinned and jumped down from her dad's arm and ran round to Lorelai and climbed onto her lap.

"You want your usual?" Luke asked Rory and Jess.

"Yes please!" Rory said.

"Yeh." Jess said.

Luke went off to prepare their food.

Later that day, Lorelai ran through the inn holding two pieces of paper and ran into the kitchen. "Sook, they did it! They got in!" She exclaimed.

"What? Into Chilton?" Sookie asked getting excited.

"Yeh! I just got the letters. There are two places! They can start on Monday!" Lorelai beamed.

"Aw that's great!" Sookie said enthusiastically. "Have you told Luke?"

"Yeh I've just come from his! I can't wait to tell the kids! They'll be so happy!" Lorelai grinned.

"They deserve it." Sookie smiled.

"They really do. I'm so happy for them. This will be so good for when they're looking at colleges." Lorelai smiled. She sighed. "I'm so proud of them."

Just then Rory and Jess walked in, having finished at school. "Hi mom!" Rory smiled.

"Hey!" Lorelai grinned.

Rory and Jess stopped when they saw Lorelai and Sookie's grinning faces. "Is it me or do you think mom did something slutty?" Jess smirked at Rory.

Rory laughed. "I wouldn't be surprised." She looked over at them. "Ok what's up?"

Lorelai handed them both a bag and watched as they looked in their.

"I'm going to be in a Britney Spears video?" Rory asked pulling out a skirt.

Jess took out what was in his bag and he suddenly understood. He looked up at Lorelai. "We got in?"

Lorelai smiled and nodded. "You both did. You got into Chilton."

"Seriously?" Rory asked excitedly.

"Got the confirmation here." Lorelai said holding up the letters. "You can start on Monday."

"Oh my god! We got in! Jess, we got in!" Rory exclaimed and hugged him.

Jess smiled. "Yeh.." He said not quite believing it.

"I have to go tell Lane! Does dad know?" Rory asked.

"Yeh I told him." Lorelai smiled.

Rory beamed and ran and hugged her mom. "I love you."

"I love you too." Lorelai smiled, hugging her back. She looked at Jess. "Do I get a hug from you too?"

Jess smiled and went and hugged her too. "I should get to the diner for my shift." He said. "See you later mom."

"See you later." Lorelai smiled and watched them both leave.

The following day, Lorelai rushed into the diner. "We have to pay a deposit!" She exclaimed.

"What?" Luke frowned.

"I got another letter. They need a deposit or else they lose their places!" Lorelai exclaimed and handed him the letter.

Luke read it. "Whoa..." He said seeing all the zeros.

"Yeh..." Lorelai said quietly. "What are we going to do? They're so excited about it."

Luke sighed and adjusted his cap. "Well we do have those savings..."

"Yeh but this would use most of them, then we'd have none left for Alice." Lorelai said.

Luke was quiet for a moment thinking. He looked up at her. "What about your parents?" He asked cautiously.

Lorelai's head shot up. "What about them?"

"Could they..uh..help?" He asked.

Lorelai shook her head. "I'm not going to them. I can't." She said.

"Lorelai..."

"No we will have to find another way." She said adamantly.

"Ok." Luke said.

Later though, after going through all the different options, Lorelai knew Luke was right. She drove her jeep to the house where she had grown up. She hesitated before ringing the doorbell of the front door. She was surprised when her mother herself opened the door. "Mom. Hi." Lorelai said.

"Well this is a surprise." Emily said.

"Um may I come in?" Lorelai asked.

"Ok." Emily said holding the door open for her. She then took her through to the living room where they sat awkwardly. "So how's the family? You're still married, aren't you?" She said snidely.

Lorelai took a deep breath. "Yes I am. They're good." She gritted her teeth.

Emily just nodded.

"Is dad around? I need to ask you both something." She said.

"You need money." A voice from the doorway said.

Lorelai turned to see her dad walk in with a newspaper in his hand. "Hi Dad."

"You need money." He repeated.

"Can I just get this out please?" Lorelai said. When her parents were quiet, she took another deep breath. "Rory and Jess have been accepted into Chilton."

"Both of them?" Emily asked surprised.

"Yes." Lorelai said holding back her anger about Emily's obvious surprise at Jess. "The thing is, they can start on Monday but they need a deposit unless they lose their places."

"So you need money." Richard said with a small smile.

Lorelai sighed. "Yeh..." She said quietly.

"I'll go get the chequebook." Richard said.

"Thank you." Lorelai said gratefully.

"Hang on." Emily said.

"So close." Lorelai muttered.

"If we're going to be financially involved in your life, we want to be physically involved in your life." She said.

"What?" Lorelai asked, dreading what she was going to say.

"I want a dinner. Every Friday. With you and Rory." Emily said.

Lorelai shook her head. "If you want a family dinner, you invite the whole family. You have a grandson and another granddaughter, you know." She said.

"He's not our grandson." Emily said.

"What, so you aren't going to pay for him?" Lorelai asked.

Emily made a face.

"That's real nice, mom. Real nice!" She said angrily.

"Calm down, Lorelai. We didn't say we wouldn't pay for him." Richard intervened. "Now if we're having a weekly family dinner, you should bring the whole family." He said.

Lorelai just nodded at Richard. "Ok. Well I should go."

She left and let out a big breath. She couldn't believe she agreed to this but this was for Rory and Jess. They had to go to Chilton.

Friday evening, the five of them were all stood outside the Gilmore Mansion. "Why do we have to be here?" Jess grumbled.

"Oi, you'll be nice and polite. Got it?" Luke said sternly.

"Fine." Jess mumbled.

"So are these my Grandma and Grandpa?" Alice asked her mom.

"Yes hon. They're my parents." Lorelai said. Her parents had come to see Alice when she was born but after that, they rarely came.

A maid answered the door and they went inside. Emily came through to the foyer. "You're here." She said.

"Yep we're here." Lorelai said.

"Rory! It's so good to see you!" Emily smiled. "Now you have to tell me all about Chilton." She said putting her arm around her and leading her into the living room, ignoring the others.

"And here we go..." Lorelai muttered angrily.

"Mommy?" Alice said confused.

Lorelai sighed and took her hand. "Come on, let's go through." She said heading into the living room with Luke and Jess following them. "Hi dad." She said spotting him on the couch.

"Good evening Lorelai." He said looking up.

"I know you haven't seen her in a while but this is Alice." She said trying to get them to acknowledge her.

Richard looked at Alice who shyly held onto her mom's hand. He gave her a small smile. "Good evening Alice." He said kindly.

"Hello." Alice said quietly.

"What is she wearing, Lorelai?" Emily said disapprovingly, looking over Alice's outfit which consisted of jeans, a t-shirt and she was holding her treasured baseball cap.

"What she normally wears." Lorelai said shortly.

"Let's get some drinks." Richard said trying to change the subject.

They all sat down and took the drinks Richard prepared for them.

"So Jess, I hear you got into Chilton as well?" Richard said.

"Uh yeh...mo..I mean Lorelai wanted us both to go to a good school so we looked into Chilton." He said. He wasn't sure whether to call Lorelai mom infront of them.

"Mommy?" Alice whispered. "Why is Jessie calling you Lorelai?" She asked.

"What's that Alice?" Emily asked. "You know whispering is very rude."

Alice shrunk back on the couch.

"Well?" Emily said annoyed.

Alice looked at her mom. "Why is Jessie calling you Lorelai?" She said a bit louder.

Lorelai sighed and glanced at Jess.

"Why wouldn't Jess call her Lorelai?" Emily asked.

"He normally calls her mom." Alice said innocently.

Emily stiffened. "Well he shouldn't."

"Mom." Lorelai said.

"Why not?" Alice asked.

"Because she's not his mother." Emily said.

Alice was confused. "You're not his mom?" She asked.

"Technically I am." She said to her daughter.

"But daddy is Rory's daddy, isn't he?" Alice asked.

"Yes he is." Rory interrupted, glancing at Luke.

"Seriously Lorelai, you let Rory call Luke dad as well?" Emily asked shocked.

Lorelai sighed. This was going horribly wrong and she could see Alice getting really confused. They hadn't explained the family dynamic to her. "Mom, can we leave it please?"

"Why? Alice should know the truth." Emily said snidely. "Alice, Rory and Jess aren't your sister and brother." She said.

"They're not?" Alice said quietly, getting upset.

"Mom!" Lorelai said angrily.

"Rory, Jess, why don't you take Alice into the other room?" Luke suggested.

They nodded. "Come on munchkin." Jess said holding his hand out to her.

Alice took it and followed them out. Rory and Jess glanced at each other when they heard Lorelai start to raise her voice. They decided to take Alice upstairs so she wouldn't hear them. They went into what looked like Lorelai's old bedroom.

"Come on, let's sit up here." Rory smiled at Alice.

Alice did without saying something. Rory and Jess then sat down either side of her.

"Now I know you heard Grandma say some things." Rory said softly.

"Are you not my sister and brother?" Alice asked quietly.

Rory sighed. "Technically I'm your half sister so I am basically your sister. Your daddy isn't my real daddy but he is as good as. That's why I call him dad." She explained.

"Who's your daddy?" She asked.

"Someone called Christopher. Mommy met him when she was my age. He was her first boyfriend. But he did some bad things and I haven't spoken to him for years. Your daddy adopted me." Rory said. "Do you understand?" She asked softly.

Alice nodded slowly.

"It's a bit more complicated for me." Jess said. "Your daddy is actually my uncle. You know I call him Luke, right?" He asked.

Alice nodded.

"That's why. He's my uncle. His sister is my biological mom but she sent me to live with him when I was younger. Him and your mommy got joint custody of me so they're responsible for me. I've lived with them since I was 9." Jess explained.

"But you call mommy mom." Alice said.

"I do. She's a good mommy to you, isn't she?" Jess said.

Alice nodded.

"When I was 9, I wanted that. My mom wasn't a really good mom so your mommy stepped up and looked after me like a mommy should. I started calling her mom after they got married." He explained.

"So you see, I see Luke as my dad and Jess sees mommy as his mom. So technically that makes us siblings. The biology may be a bit complicated but we're a family and that's what matters. We love you just the same and we'll always be here for you, ok?" Rory said.

Alice nodded. "Ok." She said quietly.

"So don't be upset, ok? Your Grandma just doesn't understand our family. You listen to us ok. What Rory said is right. In our eyes, you're our baby sister and we love you." Jess said.

"I'm not a baby." Alice said.

Jess smirked. "Ok, our younger sister then." He chuckled.

Alice giggled a bit.

"So can you give your big brother a hug?" Jess smiled.

Alice smiled and threw her arms around him. She then did the same with Rory.

Luke smiled from the doorway. "Come on, you three. We're leaving." He said.

"Without having dinner?" Rory asked.

"We've agreed that it would be for the best." Luke said.

Alice ran over and jumped into his arms.

"You ok sweetheart?" He asked.

She nodded.

"Good. Come on then." He smiled and they all headed downstairs. As they were though, they heard the end of the argument.

"Well I wasn't too proud to come here and beg you for money for their school, was I?" Lorelai exclaimed angrily.

"Yes well you get your money and we get our weekly dinners. We both win." Emily said.

Jess and Rory exchanged glances in surprise. They looked at Luke who grudgingly nodded to tell them it was true.

"God, everything makes sense now." Rory said.

Jess looked at Luke. "So this is going to be a weekly thing?" He asked.

"Yep." Luke said.

"Great." Jess grumbled.

On Monday, Jess and Rory sat in the back of the jeep as Lorelai and Luke went with them to their first day at Chilton. Rory glanced across at Jess. "We stick together right?" She said.

Jess nodded. "Definitely."

After a visit to the Headmaster's office and another awkward encounter with Emily, they headed off to their first lesson. They ran into an intense brown haired girl after the lesson who vowed she would be the top of the school and not them. They then went off to find their lockers together.

"Hey Mary!" A blonde haired guy came up to her.

Rory frowned. "Me?" She asked.

He nodded with a smirk.

"My name's Rory." She said.

"Tristan." He said.

Rory went back to trying to open her locker while Jess opened his easily. "How did you do that?" She asked.

"It wasn't that hard." Jess smirked.

"I swear mine's stuck!" Rory exclaimed. She started tugging it and suddenly it flung open and it sent her backwards bumping into Paris who dropped her project. "Oh my god, Paris, I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed.

"Just stay away from me!" She growled picking up the pieces of her project and storming off.

"Well today's going well." Rory grumbled. "You got history next?" She asked Jess.

He shook his head. "English, sorry."

"And what's the likelihood that Paris is in my history lesson?" Rory said.

"It would just be your luck." Jess smirked.

Rory sighed. "See you at lunch?"

He nodded. "Good luck."

"Thanks." She said.

"Hey Mary, if you need any help keeping Paris in place, just ask." Tristan smirked.

"I can look after myself thanks." Rory retorted and walked off.

Tristan saw Jess looking at him. "What?" He chuckled.

"Nothing." Jess said.

"She your sister?" Tristan asked.

"As good as." He said.

"Jess right?" He asked.

Jess nodded.

"Good to meet you. I've got English next too. You know where to go?" He asked.

Jess shook his head.

"I'll show you." He said.

"Thanks." Jess said and followed him.

"I can show you how to survive this school. You've come to the right guy." Tristan smirked.

"We didn't technically come to you though." Jess smirked. "You ambushed us."

"Ah the technicalities don't matter." Tristan smirked. "Stick with me. I'll show you all there is."

"Sounds intriguing." Jess smirked and followed Tristan to the right classroom.

At the end of the day, Jess and Rory were walking out together when Tristan ran up to them. "Going without saying goodbye?" He joked.

Rory rolled her eyes. "Why would I want to say goodbye to someone who can't even remember my name?"

Tristan shrugged. "Common courtesy." He grinned. "I sat with you guys at lunch."

"Oh yeh, lucky us." Rory said sarcastically.

"Rory!" Alice shouted from across the courtyard.

Rory smiled when she saw her younger sister and mom waiting by the jeep. "I'm being summoned. I'll leave you to say goodbye to your new best friend." She said to Jess and ran off towards Alice and Lorelai.

"Was it something I said?" Tristan grinned cheekily.

Jess smirked. "Word of advice. If you want her to like you, stop winding her up and learn her name."

"What would be the fun of that?" Tristan smirked.

Jess just shook her head. "See you tomorrow Dugrey."

"See ya." Tristan chuckled and watched as Jess walked off towards and watched as the young girl gave him a big hug. He watched them all get in the jeep and then drive off. He then headed off to his car thinking about what a good day it had been for a change.

"So good day?" Lorelai asked as they drove home.

"No, it sucked." Rory said. "This girl already hates me and all the guys are calling me Mary."

"No way!" Lorelai laughed.

Rory saw Jess smirking as well. "Hey, it was your new annoying best friend who started it!"

Jess chuckled. "Just ignore them. They'll soon get bored."

"What do you see in Tristan anything? He's so frustrating!" Rory said.

Jess shrugged. "He's alright. He actually took an interest in me. That's more than anyone else did."

"So did your day go any better?" Lorelai asked him.

"Yeh it was ok." Jess said.

"Good. Anyway, I think we're having lasagne for dinner so I hope you're hungry!" She grinned.

"Always!" Rory grinned, brightening up.

Jess chuckled. "Yeh I could eat."

"Me too!" Alice giggled.

So what did you think? I decided to merge the first two episodes because otherwise it wouldn't have been long enough. I hope you liked it! :) Please review and let me know what you think! I'd love it if you could get behind this like you did with The Road to Happiness. Thanks! :)