Rory POV

I looked out at the field surrounding my childhood home one last time as I sat on the steps of my front porch. My bags were already in the truck, everything I owned was there. On my passengers seat there was a map that would take me up to Connecticut. I looked up at the bright blue Tennessee sky one last time before I drew my eyes to my father who was leaning up against the truck to hug me goodbye. I tried to ignore the fact he was dressed in his service uniform. They were moving him to Texas for the rest of the year before shipping him overseas. Every time he left before I stayed with my aunt here, but she passed away last year. So, I am going to go and stay with my mother for a while. I wasn't sure how that was going to go. For the last sixteen years she has been nothing more than once in a while phone calls and Fed Exed presents. "I am going to miss you." I said as I ran over to him. I tried to hide the tears as I hugged him.

"I promise I am going to write and call so much you won't even know I am gone." He said as he smiled at me. "And I know Lore is really excited to have you staying with her." He said as he hugged me again. I was about to get in the truck when his girlfriend Meghan came running out of the house.

"Chris what are you doing?" She asked him as she ran over to her car. "The present?" She asked him.

"Oh right." He said as he looked at her. "We got you something." He said as he looked at me as Meghan motioned us over to her little car. I watched as dad pulled out a guitar case from the trunk.

"No way!" I squealed as I opened up the case. My dad had got my beautiful acoustic three years ago for my birthday. Since then I had been bugging him for an electric. I was in shock that he actually got me one as I looked at the beautiful black guitar.

"It's a Les Paul." Meghan added in as she smiled at me. She had met my dad when I was elven and they have been together ever since. If only he would pull the trigger and marry her. But, what's there to say besides my dad is clueless.

"You guys are the best." I said as I wrapped an arm around each one of them.

"You need to get going baby girl." My dad said as he looked at me. "Don't worry about me I will be fine." He said softly.

"And don't worry about the house me and Hickory will watch it." Meghan said with a laugh as she pointed up to her dog Hickory who was asleep on the porch.

"Call me a lot. Both of you." I said as they walked me to the truck. Better I knew it I was off to the land of the unknown. I tried to play it cool by turning up the radio and putting on my sunglasses, but I cried the whole way to the highway.

Jess POV

It was hard to believe that I had been in the hell that was Stars Hollow for almost three months. It was unpleasant to wonder what crazy thing the townspeople would be doing when I walked outside. Yesterday Taylor Doose was chasing some poor dude trying to sell vegetables with a boom. Today Uncle Luke has me covering the diner was he helps his friend Lorelai get ready for her daughter to come stay with her. I would have never pegged Lorelai as the mother type she is too helpless, but hey they don't screen people to have children. Maybe they should. "Where's Luke?" Taylor asked as he came in the empty diner.

"Out, why?" I asked as I looked at the man. He was a lot less scary than he thought he was.

"He has been dumping his trash in my bins again." He said as he looked at me.

"And it's all going the same place." I said as a young girl walked through the front door. "I will be with you in a second." I said as she sat down at the counter. "Do want something to eat or are we done here?" I asked Taylor.

"I don't like your attitude. I will be back later to talk to Luke." He said before he walked out.

"Sorry about that this town is full of nut jobs." I said as I walked over to the girl. She was about my age. She was dressed like Luke: blue jeans, flannel shirt, t-shirt underneath, long brown hair pulled up in a ponytail that stuck out of the back of a baseball cap.

"I wouldn't know." She said as she looked at one of our menus.

"Passing through?" I asked.

"Nope, just my first day here." She said as she looked up at me. "I will have a cheeseburger and chili fries." She said with a smile.

"Ceaser I need a burger and chili fires." I said as I peaked in the back. "It shouldn't be long; we aren't busy as you can tell." I said.

"It's probably because there is a mob of people out by the high school." She said softly.

"It's always something in this town." I mumbled as I looked out the window. "So what brings you here anyways?" I asked trying to make things less awkward.

"I am going to be staying with my mom." She said softly.

"You're Lorelai's daughter." I said as I looked at her. She definitely wasn't what I pictured Lorelai Gilmore's daughter looking like.

"Yeah that's me but I prefer to go by Rory." She said with a weak smile as Caser came out with her order. "Do you know how to get to Silver Oak from here?" She asked me as she paid for her food.

"Yeah sure." I said as I looked at her. "Here I will just go with you. Ceaser cover the diner." She just gave me a weird look. "I promise I am not a serial killer and you will never find your way back to Lorelai's without my help." I said as I held the front door open for her.

"So you know your way this town pretty well?" She asked as she led me out to a beat up old pick-up truck.

"No, but I know how to get to Lorelai's pretty damn well." I replied with a laugh. She just nodded as we got in the truck. I just led her turn by turn to the little white house that sat between some woods and a barn house.

"So, this is it." She said as she looked out the window before getting out of the truck.

"Look who I found." I said as I walked into the living room where Lorelai and Luke were talking.

"Rory!" Lorelai yelled as she jumped up and ran over to hug her daughter.

"Who is watching the diner?" Luke asked me.

"Ceaser." I answered. He just mumbled something before volunteering us to bring in the boxes from her truck.

"Stop looking at her like that." He scolded me when we got out to the truck.

"Like what?" I asked him.

"Like you're going to fall in love with her. Jess you cannot hurt this girl, so just keep some space." He said as he looked at me.

"Right, whatever." I said as I grabbed a box and walked towards the house.

Rory POV

I was finishing up unpacking my things as Lorelai ordered a pizza. I just smiled listening to Luke yell at her it was entertaining. I could tell I was going to like him. His nephew I was unsure about. He seemed nice at the diner, but now he has himself glued to the television. "Kiddo its for you." Lorelai said as she walked into the room she gave to me. I just took the phone from her.

"Hello." I said as I looked out the window.

"You know I was worried about you. I called your cell four times." My dad said on the other line. I thought for a minute before realizing I left my phone out in the truck.

"Sorry I left it out in the car." I said softly. "How Texas treating you?" I asked him.

"It's not home." Really that's all he could say. That was so him.

"Of course it's not." I replied.

"How's Connecticut?" He asked.

"Cold." I replied as I looked out the window. "November is definitely more noticeable up here."

"You'll get used to it." He said. "I miss you."

"I miss you too." I said as the tears started rolling down my face. I knew that he was about to hang up when he says that.

"Well, I have to go. I love you." He said before the phone clicked.

"I love you too." I whispered.

"Boyfriend?" I heard someone ask from behind me. I just turned around to see Jess standing there in the door way. I just shook my head as the whipped my eyes.

"It was my dad." I replied as I sat on the bed.

"Want to talk about it?" He asked as he walked in the room. I just shook my head again.

"Sookie and Jackson are on their way." Luke said as he stood in the doorway.

"Who?" I asked as I looked at Jess.

"Food freaks." He said as he moved over to the window and pushed it open. "Come on."

"What?" I asked.

"Trust me here. Unless you want to listen to a weird guy sound like he is having sex while eating a lemon. Come on." He said as he looked at me.

"You are taking the fall for this one." I said as I walked over to the window.

"I am fine with that." He said as I made my way out of the window.

Lorelai POV

"Kids, the food is here." I said as I walked into Rory's room to see it empty. Great four hours and she already went a wall. Chris is going to hate me. "LUKE!" I yelled as I walked out into the hallway.

"What's wrong?" He asked I just pointed to the empty room. "Damnit, I told him to keep space this isn't space!" Luke yelled.

"I have had this girl in my care for less than a day and I already lost her. Chris is going to take her away from me. Ship her off to live with Francis." I said as I sat down on her bed.

"No, he won't find out about this. Now get your coat on its Stars Hollow on a Tuesday they couldn't have gotten far." He said as he looked at me.

Rory POV

"I have to admit I like it out here." I said as I looked out at the lake from our seat on the dock. It almost felt like home out here.

"I figured … you like some farm chick aren't you?" He asked.

"How did you know?" I asked him with a smile.

"You had a dozen pictures of corn fields in your room." He replied with a laugh. "So what's the deal with your dad?"

"He is in the military." I said softly. "He got reassigned."

"What branch?"

"Air Force." I replied softly. He always told me it was the safest branch so I shouldn't worry about him. I knew he was just trying to keep me at peace, but it didn't help.

"JESS!" I turned around to see Luke running towards us. "What the hell do you think you are doing? I told you to keep space! This is not space!"

"Oh. I didn't mean to get you in trouble." I said as I got up. "I am sorry Luke. I was just getting too overwhelming in there." He just relaxed a little. "First night in town and I am not quite ready to meet the whole town."

"Well, let's just get you back home to your mother." He said as he looked at me. "Jess now." He replied.

"You didn't have to do that." Jess said later as we sat out on the front porch.

"I wanted to." I said as I smiled at him.

"Why?" He asked.

"You're no good to me dead." I replied as I got up. "Goodnight Jess."

"Goodnight Rory." He replied as I walked into the house.