Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. If I did, Jess would not exist...but anyway, I'm just a zealot of the show, drawn to come back to it each week to watch the plots unfurl.

A/N: I hope you enjoy my fic. I will let you find out what the pairing is as you read. I guess this is the first fanfiction I'll have actually stuck to writing. Please R&R!

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Prologue

The sky became dark as he looked out the window. According to the weather reports, this was just the beginning of a week filled with thunderstorms. He turned around as the sound of the closing door flooded the room, seeming a sign of the weather to come.

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Chapter 1

She ran into the front door, finally finding protection from the dreaded rain, incessantly falling from the sky, too dark for it to still be barely past noon. Grabbing the ringing phone before it stopped, she pressed the button to answer it.

"Hello?" Lorelai said, setting down the bag of groceries filling her arms.

"Hey sweetie. I was wondering if you were going to answer it. Thought you might still be at the store."

"I was. You almost missed me. Hey, how are you? Are you going to make it here for dinner?"

"I hope. Business is starting to settle down more as the weather becomes gloomier. I might be able to talk your dad into letting me out early," Jason said, grinning at the thought of spending another wonderful night with his gorgeous girlfriend.

"Okay. I'll see you then I guess. Love you, Jace."

"Love you, Lore."

She held onto the phone, even as she heard the click on the other end. She hadn't seen Jason for almost a week, and she hadn't been alone with him in over two. Dinner with her parents was softened by his presence, but dinner with Jason was almost brought to ruin by the presence of her parents. Tonight, both Richard and the pounding storm were threatening their perfect evening, alone in her house, with Rory staying at Yale for the weekend.

She hung up the phone with dismay and began unpacking the groceries. In this perfectly planned dinner, she would cook the instant dinners, followed by a gallon of ice cream to share while cuddling up to the classic Hardbodies. She slowly pulled each of the ingredients of the night from the bag; all the ingredients except Jason.

Suddenly the phone rang, and then the power went out. Still hearing the ringing phone, Lorelai ran up the stairs, wishing she had more than just a cordless downstairs.