Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters though I wish I did.

A/N: So I decided that didn't like the first version of the story that I put up so I decided to rewrite it. Some thing will remain the same and other things will change. I hope you enjoy

Chapter 1

It had been a long time since Jess had set foot in Stars Hollow and the only reason he had decided to come now was because his Uncle finally was getting married to the women he had loved for years. Despite being in this town again, he was truly happy that his Uncle was finally getting his happy ending. To say he was shocked when Luke asked him to be his best man was an understatement. He was a little reluctant to his best man but he thought back to all Luke had done for him and he realized that this was the least he could do for him.

It wasn't just being back in the town that had Jess getting nervous it was also the fact that he would be seeing Rory again. After the incident in Philadelphia Jess spent weeks in a drunken haze. It took Luke coming to see him and telling him that he could do better with his life that got him out of the funk that he had been in. After his talk with Luke he began to focus more on work to get his mind off what happened with Rory. A year later he released his second book entitled "Little Boy Lost". The book told the story of a boy who overcame a turbulent past and slowly created a better life for himself. His second book was a huge success spending several months on the New York Times Best Seller list.

During one of the local signing for the book Jess meet a local photographer who was covering the event. Sara and Jess hit it off immediately. After dating for seven months Sara found out she was pregnant. The pregnancy came as a surprise to both but they were excited. As the pregnancy progressed Sara's enthusiasm began to fade and the nerves began to set in. Sara kept her fears of being a mother to herself rather than talking them out with Jess. Two days after the birth of their daughter Jess arrived at the hospital to bring both of them home but as he arrived Sara's room he found it empty accept a note. The note was simple and to the point she told Jess that she couldn't do it anymore and that she was leaving the baby with him.

Jess crumpled the note and through it in the near by trash. He made his way down to the nursery and held his daughter and said, "I guess it's just you and me kid." While Sara was pregnant they couldn't decided on a name but as he stood there holding his daughter the perfect name came to him. He named her Brett Leigh Mariano. Brett came from his love of Hemingway and Leigh came from Rory. He wanted is daughter to be named after a strong women and Rory was one of the strongest women he knew.

After a couple of days alone with a newborn Jess called the one person he knew who could help him and that was his Uncle Luke. Luke made up and excuse to Lorelei saying he needed to go out of town and help Liz with one of her Renaissance Fairs. Luke came and helped Jess find a good babysitter for when he was at work and settle into a routine with Brett. After spending a couple of weeks with them Luke headed home to Stars Hollow. Luke called and visited Jess and Brett as often as he could without raising Lorelei suspensions.

Now here he was four years after Brett's birth on his way to Stars Hollow for the rehearsal dinner of Uncle Luke and his fiancé Lorelei. As he drove passed the sign that said Welcome to Stars Hollow he hoped he made the right decision about coming back to this town.