I know you'll probably hate me but I've been rewatching Gilmore Girls on Netflix and I can't believe how much I'm actually shipping Rory and Jess this time round so I figured since I haven't written a Literati, that I might give it a go. Of course there will be javajunkie as well because I just can't help that! :P I will continue with Found, Now Home but I've got a bit of writer's block with that at the moment but I promise I will update that soon! :)

So this will start during There's the Rub but with the twist that Rory actually stands up to Dean this time and doesn't force Jess to leave.

Sorry this has been uploaded a couple of times. It seems there's been a glitch with it actually showing up which is really annoying!

Chapter 1

Rory cringed as she stood awkwardly in the kitchen with her boyfriend glaring at Jess. When she had answered the front door, she thought it was the Indian food that she had ordered but instead it was Dean standing there looking sheepish. He told her how he knew she had wanted a quiet night in but he just wanted to spend some time with her. It was then that he had heard noises from the kitchen and looking confused, he went through to the kitchen while Rory followed awkwardly.

"What is he doing here?" Dean said angrily.

"Look he just came and brought over a food package that Luke made for me." Rory tried to explain.

"Then why did he stay?" Dean demanded. "You know what, I know why! Just get out, will you?" He glared at Jess.

"It's not your house so you can't tell me to leave." Jess retorted. "Look we were just eating, what's wrong with that?" He said with a smirk.

Dean turned to Rory angrily. "Tell him to leave." He demanded.

"What? Dean, this is crazy! We were just eating! I didn't know he was even going to come over. I didn't even know Paris was coming over." Rory exclaimed. "Just calm down for a minute, please!" She begged.

"I will calm down when he's gone! Are you seriously not going to ask him to leave?" Dean exclaimed.

Rory glanced at Jess who was looking at her but surprisingly not saying anything. She turned back to Dean. "No I'm not." She said quietly.

For a moment you could probably have heard a pin drop in the room.

"What?" Dean said angrily, not believing he had heard her right.

"He's my friend, Dean. He brought food over. It would have been rude to just ask him to leave." Rory said.

"He's not just a friend though! God Rory, how are you so stupid?!" He exclaimed but regretted it when he saw the flash of hurt appear on Rory's face. He tried to take a deep breath. "Look, you know I didn't mean that but can't you see how this looks? You tell me you want a quiet night in and ask me not to come round and then I come and found you here with him."

"It's not just me and him though is it?" Rory exclaimed. "Paris is here as well and to be honest it's been those two who have been doing all the talking anyway!"

"Rory..." Dean said.

"No! I'm sick of this!" Rory exclaimed. "You don't see me complaining about you having friends who are girls. I know you do, Dean. But the moment I become friends with a guy, you get jealous. It happened with Tristan even though we weren't even friends and now with Jess. Me and Jess are friends! I'm allowed to have guy friends!"

"I'm not saying you're not allowed to have guy friends. Just not guys who want to get into your pants!" He snapped.

Rory looked like she had just been slapped. "Don't you trust me?" She said quietly.

Dean sighed. "Of course I trust you. It's him I don't trust." He said glaring at Jess.

"This doesn't feel like trust though, Dean. If you trusted me, you wouldn't react like this every time you see me with Jess." Rory said.

"Rory please! Can't you just do this for me?" Dean pleaded.

Rory shook her head. "I don't think this is going to work, Dean. This isn't healthy for us. I shouldn't be afraid to hang out with other guys because I'm scared aout how you will react. Maybe we should just call it a day." She felt a bit of guilt when she saw Dean's crushed face. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. "But this isn't healthy for either of us. You can't dictate who I can and can't be friends with. That's not fair."

"Rory please..." Dean said. "I'm sorry I yelled but you have to see this from my point of view..." He tried.

"I've tried, Dean! I really have and I've even been spending more time with you recently but it's still not working." Rory said quietly. "I think you should go."

"Rory..." He said quietly.

"I'm sorry." She said feeling tears well up in her eyes. "Please, just go. I don't want this to be harder than it has to be. I just can't carry on like this. Please."

Dean stood there for a moment before glaring at Jess and then storming out of the house.

Rory let out a big breath before collapsing down on one of the chairs and putting her head in her hands.

"Are you ok?" Paris asked breaking the silence.

Rory glanced up at her and sighed. "I...think so." She said quietly.

"Well personally I think he's a jerk. You're lucky to be rid of him." Paris said bluntly.

"Paris..." Rory said not in the mood.

"No I'm serious. He shouldn't talk to you like that." Paris said.

Rory sighed. "I didn't want things to end like this but I just couldn't take it anymore."

"Do you want me to leave?" Jess asked.

Rory was surprised by the offer. "What?"

"Well you've just broken up with your boyfriend who hates me. I figured you might not want me around." He shrugged.

Rory was surprised by the sincerity in his voice. "No. Stay. We haven't finished eating yet." She said quietly.

"Are you sure?" Jess asked surprised.

Rory forced a smile. "Yeah stay. We can watch a movie after or something. I'd rather not be by myself right now anyway." She admitted.

They both nodded and started eating again.

"So...uh...I heard you had some sort of slumber party last night?" Lorelai said casually as her and Rory walked to Luke's the following day.

"Um yeah..." Rory said. "Paris came over wanting to study and then Jess came with a food package from Luke and we got watching a movie. Before we knew it, it had gotten late so I suggested they stay over."

"Jess? As in Luke's nephew Jess?" Lorelai asked surprised. She hadn't heard that part from the gossip mill.

"Uh yeah." Rory said awkwardly. "We all slept in the living room though. Jess didn't want to wake Luke so it made sense."

Lorelai snorted. "Since when does he care about Luke?" She muttered.

"Well I thought he was being thoughtful." Rory muttered.

"So I'm guessing you've told Dean about it?" Lorelai asked.

Rory cringed. Guess not everything got around town. She thought. "Dean and I...well we sort of broke up last night." She admitted quietly.

"Wait, what?" Lorelai asked stopping and turning to face her daughter.

"He came and saw Jess there and we got into a fight and I...I suggested maybe we should break up." Rory said quietly.

Lorelai sighed. "Oh hon, but why?"

"I was just sick of all the fighting. He was getting jealous all the time and it made me feel uncomfortable whenever I talked to Jess because I was worried he'd find out. It just...It wasn't working anymore." She said.

Lorelai tried to get her head round everything. "Don't you think you're being a bit rash?" She asked cautiously. "I thought...I thought you loved Dean..."

"I did but the relationship was getting too stifling. I felt I couldn't do anything without getting his ok about it first." Rory said. "Mom, I'm fine. Honestly."

"Well...ok. Well if you're ok...that's the main thing I guess..." Lorelai said, although she couldn't help to think this could have something to do with Jess which made her feel uncomfortable that maybe her daughter was falling for him.

"I am." Rory assured her. "Now can we go eat? I'm starving." She said.

Lorelai smiled. "Yeah ok, come on." She said.

"Anyway, you didn't tell me how the spa was. Did you have a nice time?" Rory asked as they entered the diner.

Later that day, both Lorelai and Rory were back at home. They had agreed to have a movie night but Lorelai couldn't stop thinking about what Rory had told her ealier. She kept glancing at her daughter who was actually looking relaxed and not at all like she'd just broken up with her long-term boyfriend. Suddenly the movie paused.

"Ok what is it?" Rory asked.

"What?" Lorelai asked turning to her.

"You keep looking at me! You didn't even swoon over the Oompa Loompas and when you don't, I know there's something wrong." Rory said. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Nothing's wrong." Lorelai lied.

"Mom..." Rory said, seeing right through her.

"I just...you don't seem that upset about Dean." Lorelai said cautiously.

Rory hesitated but then shrugged. "I guess I just feel a bit relieved. It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I mean, if I feel like that, surely it's a good thing we broke up right?"

"I guess..." Lorelai said. "But I just don't understand. Dean was great. He loved you and I thought you loved him. It just ended so abruptly."

Rory shrugged. "It wasn't right. He was dictating who I could be friends with."

"Ah...we're talking about Jess here..." She said.

"Not just Jess. He was like this with Tristan and I wasn't even friends with Tristan!" Rory said. "I didn't complain when he hung out with girls from school."

"Come on Rory. We all know why he had a problem with Jess. Jess isn't exactly popular in this town." She pointed out.

Rory frowned. "Well the town don't know him."

"Everyone knows it was him who did that phoney murder and he stole the bridge money and Babette's gnome." Lorelai said trying to get through to her daughter.

Rory frowned. "He had just moved here! He was angry. And now the town won't even give him a chance."

"Rory, I'm just saying he's not exactly the best influence. I'm just looking out for you." Lorelai said not wanting to get into a fight.

"Well you don't need to!" Rory snapped. "If you actually got to know him, you'd know he wasn't really like that. Why can't you just give him a chance?"

"I already gave him a chance." Lorelai said.

"Yeah for one day." Rory rolled her eyes.

"Rory..."

"You know you're being hypocritical right?" Rory snapped.

"What?" Lorelai frowned.

"You always say people judged you when you got pregnant with me and didn't even give you a chance to prove them wrong. Well you're doing the exact same thing to Jess." Rory said. "I'm going to study." She mumbled getting up.

"Rory wait..."

"No! I'm sick of all of this. If I want to be friends with Jess then I should be able to." Rory snapped.

Lorelai sighed as she watched her daughter go to her room and slam the door behind her.

Rory collapsed onto her bed and let out a big breath. She grabbed her cell phone from her bedside table and dialled a number.

"Hello?"

"So a little bird told me that Luke wasn't actually the sender of that food package yesterday." Rory smirked.

"Huh. I wonder who was then." Jess played along.

"Oh I don't know but I think his name begins with J." Rory joked.

"Nope. No names coming to mind." Jess smirked.

"It will just have to stay a mystery then."

"I guess so." Jess agreed.

Rory smiled. "So have you started that book yet?" She asked.

So I hope you liked it! I know it's probably rubbish but I have ideas for it so I hope you keep with it! :) Let me know what you think by leaving a review, thanks! :)