Hey guys! Well this is my new story, some of you may know that I wrote the fa fiction "I will follow you into the dark." well that's complete now, so I started a new one.

Summary: It takes place in season 2, and it is a Rory and Jess based fan fiction. Jess is just moving to Stars Hollow, and Rory and him haven't met yet. Rory is with Dean, but throughout the story, she starts to question her feelings for him.

disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, what a shame...

Jess has gotten in trouble for the last time. enough times for his mother Liz to go ballistic. She wasn't the mother type to begin with, and to not be the mother type and have to deal with a troublesome kid like Jess, was impossible. This was the last straw. Jess had stolen cigarettes from a local gas station, and to make things worse, he was arrested. For a night at least only because Liz's current boyfriend bailed him out, he had some money I guess. Liz's mind was boggling... filled with ideas of where to send him and what to do with him. She loved him... she did. but she wasn't good for him, and this place wasn't good for him. She had to send him somewhere, somewhere better for him. She thought for days, went through many bottles of vodka, while her son was god knows here. And then a thought popped into her mind. she grabbed the phone and dialed the not so familiar number.. the number connecting her to the brother that she hadn't seen for years.

"Yeah." answered Luke after the phone rang multiple times.

Liz took a breath "Hey big bro, how's it goin'?" she asked him, knowing that he was going to question her reason for calling.

"How much?" he asked her, knowing that she either needed money or a place to stay. That seemed to always be the culprit.

Liz laughed jokingly "no money big bro." She answered playfully. "but I do need a tiny little favor."

Luke rolled his eyes "What do you need? to be bailed out of jail? current boyfriend not good to you? do I need to pick you up off the side of the street?" he asked her, knowing that the little favor that she was talking about was bound to be a big one.

"Nah, that stage of my life is done. Im still in the midst of taking my good old friend alcohol out of my life though... hard thing to do let me tell you.. but im fine none the less. I have a good boyfriend, decent at least. He has money, a lot of money." There was a pause and Liz took a breath almost as if she were about to cry. But then laughed at herself pathetically trying to play it off.

Luke sighed "Liz..." he said, he wasn't good with this kind of stuff.

"It's Jess, he's not doing so good... kid from hell let me tell you. He needs someone who can take care of him. Discipline him... He needs to be in a place other than here. He needs to live with someone who doesn't set horrible examples for him. I swear I don't know how many times I've tried to play the Barney card. you know... sharing, kindness, don't do drugs, vandalize or steal. you know Barney. always pressing those kind of things on a kid. But I recently played the "Barney" card.. and he just looked at me strangely and walked away. Maybe he's too old for it... I don't know, I thought everyone likes Barney. Good old Barney... who doesn't like a purple dinosaur? I know I wouldn't turn him down." She said rambling. She was obviously in desperate need for some help.

Luke sighed half at her rant, and half at the decision he has to make. "So you want him to stay here." he stated, not as a question.. knowing that question format wasn't needed because that was definitely what she was aiming at.

"You're a life saver big bro, really. Your picture is going on the wall as we speak right under the portrait of Jesus above my mantle sill. Good man that Jesus." She said, just being Liz.

"When should I expect him?" Luke asked, trying to ignore how ditsy she was.

"Oh, well I still have to run it past him. Next week sometime though..." She stated, almost as if it didn't matter that Jess didnt know.

"Jess doesnt know about this?" Asked Luke curious and confused.

"eh, he hasnt been home much. I didn't get a chance to... he should be home between 2 or 3 this morning though. that's usually the time he gets home." She said casually, as if she didn't care.

"two or three in the morning?" said luke more to himself that to his sister.

"well Stars Hollow should be good for him... no bars for him to go to, curfew's something like nine right?" she asked him.

Luke sighed "Something like that."

"Good, well I've gotta run big bro. I'll call ya when I get a hold of Jess. Thanks again by the way.. it means a lot." She said to him sincerely.

Luke smiled... through everything they've been through, everything that he's had to bail her out of. He can never fail to dismiss her "No problem Liz. I'll talk to you later." As they hung up Luke sighed as he plopped down onto the chair and sat their thinking aimlessly about how on earth he was going to do this. A 17 year old kid.. in the hands of Luke Danes? almost sounds earth shattering.

but it was worth a shot...

So that was my first chapter.. Short and kind of slow. But it was basically an introduction to what's going on with Jess. I hope you liked it.