Chapter 1

Jess and Rory are walking around the town square aimlessly.

"Hey, what day's the twenty-third?" Jess asks abruptly, shattering the silence.

"Uh…this Saturday. Why?"

"No reason," he says quickly.

"Come on, spill," Rory commands smiling.

"It's…uh…it's my birthday," he mutters so quietly that she doesn't think she's heard correctly.

"Huh?"

"My birthday," he says again.

"Seriously? No joke?" Jess nods and Rory smacks him in the back of the head (lightly), "Jess Alexander Mariano, why was I not informed of this? Now I only have three days to get you a present!"

Jess scowls, "See, this is why I, a) don't tell people my full name and b) don't tell people it's my birthday, cuz then they wanna celebrate it," Jess says darkly.

Rory gasps, "Why wouldn't you want to celebrate your birthday?"

"Because it's stupid," he says.

"I am going to pretend you didn't just say that, now, what do you want to do? A Party? It can be really small. My mom loves planning parties, the cops shut down my eighth birthday party," Rory said.

"They what?" Jess asks in shock.

"And arrested the clown," she added, "Point is, me and my mom could throw you a very small, tiny party."

"You're mom hates me," Jess points out.

"Yes, but her love of planning parties will cancel that out, she doesn't care what we're throwing it for as long as she gets to plan it however she wants."

"Rory, no party. Promise?"

"But…but…what'll we do to celebrate it?" She asks.

"I was kinda thinking of going up to New York for the day…and maybe you going with me…" Jess says nervously.

Rory grins from ear to ear and kisses him hard for a long moment.

"I take that as a yes then?" Jess asks smirking after they resurfaced.

"Take it mister," Rory says, "What'll we do there?"

"I got a couple ideas…" Jess relays vaguely.

"Jess…" Rory whines.

"Nope," Jess replies flatly.

"I can think of ways to make you tell me…" Rory says raising her eyebrow.

"Not gonn…" Jess is cut off by Rory's lips crashing onto his.

They kiss deeply for a few moments until they both need air and they broke apart resting their foreheads together.

"Still not telling," Jess says smugly and Rory pouts. "But it wouldn't hurt to keeping trying though…" He continued suggestively and leaned in to kiss her again.

"Hey…Jess…" Rory says while Jess attacks her neck, "Mmm…Jess, can we…mmm…go somewhere…mmm…else?"

Jess stops and looks up, showing off his trademark smirk.

"Like…?" He prompts.

"Uh…yours and Luke's apartment? We can sneak up so he won't know we're there, which saves us the annoyance of being interrupted every ten minutes…" Rory trails off.

"'Kay," he replies and grabs her hand leading her towards the diner. "Okay, the trick is, to not attract any attention, so when he goes into the kitchen, casually go in and go upstairs. Wait for me, and I'll be up a little after you, then I can pick the lock," Jess says.

Rory is stunned.

"Don't you have a key? Why not use that?"

"It adds to the illusion that we're sneaking in, besides, my key is on my bed,"

Rory giggles, "Figures," she says and goes inside.

She casually walks towards the curtain and makes it up the stairs without seeming to attract too much attention. She sits by the door and two minutes later Jess is coming up the stairs and grins when he sees her.

"Looks like we made it Dodger," Rory says as she gets up.

"That we did," Jess replies. He closes the space between them and kisses her softly. She deepens the kiss, which took him by surprise, but he quickly responds. Suddenly she pulls away.

"Please?" she asked with big eyes.

Jess laughed, "Nope," he replies and kisses her again.

A/N: So………..did ya like it? Good? Bad? Horrible? Well, next chapter up in a few days, faster if you review………hint hint