Ok another thought running through my head right now.

Rory has lived in LA most her life. Her mum owns various cafes, bars and restaurants on both coasts. Lorelia is Sasha's best friend and she is also Jimmy's business partner in the quaint restaurant called Dante's Inferno overlooking the beach, Rory helps at the restaurant and when Lorelia's away she stays at Jimmy's place because she never liked staying by herself. What would happen if Jess dressed in black got the Wizard of Oz bit from Rory rather than Sasha?

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1 welcome to the hell that is Dante's.

Jess wandered up to the gate and was attacked by a hundred odd dogs and seconds later there was a brunette standing behind them all "hi – um can I help you?"

"I'm looking for Jimmy?"

"I'm sorry what?"

"Jimmy – does Jimmy Mariano live here?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm….just does Jimmy live here?"

"hey you know that part in the Wizard of Oz where the gate keeper tells Dorothy and the others to go away and then they explain that she is the girl with the ruby slippers and the short guy with a beard goes well that's a horse of a different color?"

"Yeah?"

"Well I'm that gate keeper and as I'm not a bill payer here I need a pretty good reason to let the guy I've never seen in - so where are your ruby slippers."

"I'm jess."

"Now I know you're not Lilly's little friend Jessica so ill need more information."

"I'm…I'm his…I'm Jess Mariano. His son."

"oh. Well that there. That's a horse of a different colour. Like hot pink or something."

She paused mumbling "maybe even with purple polka dots" before continuing "Hummm. Come in." she began to turn back around. Before he stopped her

"Do they bite? Hey! Do they bite?"

"Oh only Oscar and Spot."

"And they are?"

She seemed to not hear and continued to walk towards the house.

Jess sighed and followed the girl towards the house soon catching up with her as he eyed the dogs.

She smiled slightly before opening the door putting him face to face with two women.

"Hummm Sash?"

Sasha and Lorelia were laughing at something as they entered "yes sweets?"

"Humm….this …this is Jess Mariano."

Sasha paused confused so Rory continued "he wants to see Jimmy….his father."

"Oh….um." Sasha looked so confused and lost so Rory ploughed on

"And so! I was thinking. He wants to see Jimmy right? Well one of you could check that his at the Inferno and then I will take him to work after I've had a shower and what not."

Sasha just smiled weakly and Rory turned to Jess "ok so why don't you just wander around while I go get ready." With that Rory disappeared.

Lorelia glanced at her watch "oh shot I'm going to be late. I have a meeting about the dragonfly in fifteen. Tell Rory ill see her when she gets home from work. Ill be the one with food."

"Ok ill tell her." Sasha looked around "humm I guess ill give Jimmy a call."

With that Sasha got up leaving Jess alone in a room he'd never been in before full of clowns. At least the dogs were outside the though as he tried to work out exactly what he and his father had in common.

"Oh! Rory!" Sasha called shortly after Rory walked out wrapping a host apron around her waist.

"Hmm?"

"can you give Ronnie his keys back and tell him to drop his jacket by tonight so I can sew his pockets for him."

"Sure thing sash."

"Oh and Lorelia said shed be home when you were and shed have food. Are you here for tea?"

"No actually – I was thinking of just wandering the board walk or something. Check out Laverne's new books."

When Jimmy was done at work he and Jess had walked back home to Sasha making a fair bit of noise in the kitchen.

Jimmy turned back around "why don't you give us a few minutes?"

"Sure. I'll be…here."

Jimmy nodded and took another step and turned again to another noise, "ohk maybe five or so?"

"You know what I'll go check out one of the book stores I saw earlier along the board walk ill be back."

"You'll remember how to get here?'

"Yeah I think so"

Jimmy nodded and Jess walked out.

A half hour or so after Jimmy found Jess in a bookstore.

When Rory walked by the two they were on the board walk nearby the record store she was headed to on her break she paused. Jimmy had just agreed to talk to Sash about Jess staying after Jess had explained that the possible soldier and voter didn't need a father figure anymore, he needed someone willing to take him in as he'd just dropped out and had nothing. After that Jess said he wanted to spend a few more minutes in the store and would see Jimmy in a few minutes.

After giving him a few seconds Rory thought shed go check on him.

"Uh hey – want an egg roll?"

"What?" he looked up having barely paid attention to anything since Jimmy left.

"Egg roll. There is this place down a few stores – my friend's dad – Mr. Kim –works there. Great egg rolls and rice cakes. However I've only got two of those so you'd have to fight me – and you cant hit a girl right – so egg roll?"

Jess silently took one with the smallest signs of a smirk forming at her rant.

After awhile Rory took a breath as she wiped her hands on her knees as she approached the subject "so I saw the end scene of the Jimmy thing."

"Huh."

"And well…you alright after that? Cause his not really the best at discussing stuff – specially not when he hasn't had the chance to prepare. And considering he wasn't ready for …well any of this. I was thinking he probably didn't handle it all that smoother than what I saw. Another egg roll?"

Jess took another as she took her first breath since she started

"So I thought I'd just …give you a few tips about the guy and the next bit. Hell talk to you after tea cause by the time our home the two of them would have talked it over – Sash will be cool considering this is the first she has heard of you because I think this is what she's been expecting most since you walked through the door. So then Jimmy will run the word dad through his head. Then whatever you guys talked about. Then the idea of getting to know you. He'll tell you to sleep on the couch. Sash will remind him there's my bed in the first's room or a mattress and then…you'll have the choice to stay so long as you want. Jimmy'll most probably take you down the beach sometime tomorrow. Lilly will stay in enclosed areas – however she may scare the crap out of you as she decides to take enclosed areas near you so she feels she's done something to get to know you – not overly sure how that works but its what she does. Sash will be cool – she always is. And she always is as odd as she probably seemed to you today. Shell want to get to know you – shell just try doing it on your terms – notice the try – it will be one of the hardest things for her cause she's so…out. The dogs are hers as well, she takes them in a lot were strays. While eccentric she's got a heart of gold – she'll try to help you whenever she can."

Rory began to open her first sweet rice cake "my mum will probably invite you to our dinner in a few days time…she's a caffeinated version of Sasha ...I think it'd be good for you to come if you decide to stay for awhile. And if you need help from someone a little less like our beloved hemp hat man Bob"

she indicated to a guy a bit up from them who was stoned with tattered hippy look that was aged by his beard "ill be happy to help you get to know your way around – tell you where and who to avoid."

She glanced at her watch and pulled out her second sweet rice cake "ok well I'm back on shift in three minutes so I'm Rory - I've been you're guide tonight and welcome to the hell that is Dante's Inferno Sacramento that you'll hopefully come to love. Buhbye now." She curtsied slightly to finish her tour guide Barbie bit and chuckled before taking another bite and nodding slightly before turning away. With that they both got up and went there separate ways, she to finish her shift and he to face Jimmy.

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