Okay, this story is not a LIT. It is in the Rory/Jess catagory because 1. it is a romatic story 2. the two main characters are Rory and Jess and 3. Just because a story is in the Rory/Jess Romantic catagory DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE RORY AND JESS TOGETHER ROMANTICALLY. If you are completely against any other paring other than Rory and Jess then I suggest you do not read this story, in fact you might want to cease watching the show because it's not going there.

Set on the day of Lorelai and Luke's wedding, we're pretending the two of them made up and had the wedding in August. Rory and Logan have decided to take a break, but Rory hasn't gone out with anyone since Logan left. Luke has moved completely into Lorelai's house, but there are still a few things up there…

Oh yeah, I don't own Gilmore Girls.

Lorelai walked to Luke's diner to meet her daughter and have her usual morning coffee fix. She passed my many of the town folk and they all acknowledged her warmly. Lorelai spotted Mrs. Patty walking towards her; she stopped.

"Hi, Patty," Lorelai greeted her friend.

"Hello, Lorelai, big day huh?" Patty smiled at Lorelai.

"Big as any other day," Lorelai said. She watched a short, skinny girl sprinting through the town square bedecked with runner's gear.

"Patty, who is that?" Lorelai asked pointing at the speedy newcomer.

"I don't know this is the first time I've seen her, maybe she's a distant relative of Luke's or something," Patty replied mysteriously.

Lorelai entered the diner after stopping by Sookie's house to make sure everything was on schedule. She sat down at a table next to Rory.

"Hey, did you see that girl running in the square?" Rory asked.

"Yeah, weird, huh? I've never seen her before, neither has Mrs. Patty," Lorelai said looking around for Luke.

"Mrs. Patty's never seen her?" Rory was surprised. "She was running when I was walking here, and then I went into Mrs. Kim's for like a minute, and then she was gone."

"Hm," Lorelai said.

Lane walked up with two cups and a pot of coffee. "Hi, girls, how about some coffee?" Lane poured them cups and walked away quickly.

"What was that about?" Lorelai asked.

"I don't know…" Rory said.

Luke appeared at their table.

"Hey, I thought I told you not to come this morning. The bride and groom are not supposed to see each other on the day of the wedding until the wedding," Luke said after giving Lorelai a kiss.

"And miss your coffee? Are you crazy?" Lorelai said. "Hey, I can't find my Hello Kitty socks, are they upstairs?"

"You can go look, but most of the stuff is gone." Luke walked away.

"You know, he's right about the bride and groom thing, it's tradition," Rory said.

"Well I say, to hell with tradition!" Lorelai stood up to go up to Luke's old apartment, then turned back around, drank the rest of her coffee and continued up to the apartment.

She opened the door and gasped. The running girl from the square was on the floor of Luke's old apartment, doing crunches.

"Oh my god!" She gasped.

"Hey, Lorelai," a deep, familiar voice said. Lorelai looked up to see Jess sitting on the old couch reading a book.

"Jess! What are you doing here?" Lorelai asked.

"Well, we're here for the wedding."

"My wedding?"

"Are there any other weddings going on that I should know about?" Jess smirked. "This is Lenny," he indicated the girl now doing a backbend stretch.

Lenny stood up gracefully and smiled. "Hi, you must be Lorelai!" Lenny extended her hand for Lorelai to shake, which Lorelai did. "It's really nice to meet you."

"Yeah, uh, same here…" Lorelai turned back to Jess. "You know, it's the funniest thing, Luke didn't tell me you were up here, so… I'll just… go," Lorelai turned towards the door.

"Great seeing you again." Jess called after her.

Lorelai made her way back down to the diner.

"Did you find them?" Rory asked.

"Huh? Wha – oh uh yeah, I found them…" Lorelai said.

Jess looked over at his girlfriend. He was lucky to have found her. She was so wonderful; smart, beautiful, and amazing. He felt a little bad about coming to Lorelai's wedding with her, especially since he had heard everything that had happened with Rory and that jerk of an ex-boyfriend she had. Lenny noticed him looking at her, and stood up.

"Hey, what's goin' on stud?" Jess loved her slight southern accent; she punched him softly on the shoulder, and then sat in his lap.

"Nothing much." Jess replied before kissing her full on the lips.

Lenny broke away from Jess and smiled at him. "I'm gonna take a shower, mm'kay?" She rubbed her nose against his and stood up and walked over to the bathroom. He watched her go, and remembered something significant.

"Hey," The dark haired girl sitting at her desk said, turning around.

"Hey," He said back, keeping cool, damn, she was very pretty.

"I'm Rory," Rory said

"Yeah, I figured." Jess said trying to find something to occupy his eyes other than her face.

"Nice to meet you," she said.

His eyes found the stuffed bookshelf. "Wow, aren't we hooked on phonics," he said sarcastically.

"Oh, I read a lot," she said unnecessarily. "Do you read?"

"Not much," Jess said still keeping his cool. He picked up one of his favorite books from one of her shelves.

"I could loan you that if you want. It's great," she said.

"No thanks," he had an interesting idea. He put the book down for now.

"Well, if you change your mind…" she seemed almost disappointed.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" Jess had bumped into and almost knocked over a short girl with long curly brown hair. "I wasn't watching where I was goin'!" Jess bent down to help her pick up her fallen books.

"Political Science, huh?" he examined one of the many thick books she had dropped before handing it to her. She had a nice body, toned muscles and freckly tan skin. She was wearing old-looking shorts and a tank top with a button down shirt. He noticed one of her hands was tanner than the other. Odd.

"Yeah, I think politics are really interesting," she took her book from him and looked right into his eyes. Jess paused for a second, mesmerized by her bright green eyes.

"I'm Jess," he said handing her the rest of her things, standing up, and offering her his hand to help her up. "Jess Mariano." She took his hand and stood up, then shook it.

"Lenny Michie. Well, Belinda, but I hate that, I mean, I'm not from a Charles Dickens novel." She had a kind of sexy alto voice and she spoke with a slight southern accent.

"Ah, you hate your name, but do you also hate Charles Dickens?" Jess asked.

"Are you kidding? Tale of Two Cities is my absolute favorite book ever," Lenny said, relaxing some. Jess smiled at her.

"So are you a student here?" She asked him as they started walking together. Penn State, he was on the campus of Penn State, but what for again?

"No… I had a meeting with the book store owner," Jess said.

"For a job?"

"Not exactly, I was trying to get him to stock my book."

"Wow, you wrote a book?" Lenny said, looking at her watch.

"Yeah, uh, do you have to go somewhere?" Jess asked. "I was about to ask you to get a cup of coffee with me."

"No, I mean, that'd be great," Lenny said, beckoning for him to follow her.

"Okay…"

The shower stopped. Jess shook his head from his reminiscing. He looked up to see Lenny combing her hair in the bathroom mirror. He walked over to her, wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed her cheek.

"I'm going to go get some breakfast," Jess told her.

"I'll meet you there in a couple of minutes," she said.

Jess descended the stairs down to his uncle's diner. Figuring he'd help out a little until Lenny came down, he turned immediately behind the counter and grabbed the coffee pot. Jess walked the length of the counter without looking at the crowd. He knew she was there, he'd been a little afraid how he'd feel seeing Rory again. Jess hadn't seen his old flame since she had come to his bookstore. He remembered thinking she had broken up with The Jerk. He had kissed her, and then she told him she was still with him. He had been mad, but he hadn't shown it. Only two weeks after the incident, he had met Lenny. He finally turned in Rory's direction, and, only stopping to fill people's cups, he walked over to her and her mom. She looked up at him, slightly surprised. He looked right into her eyes. Yes. He felt nothing. That old rising feeling in his chest he used to feel when he saw her was gone. That particular feeling was now reserved specifically for Lenny. Good. He knew he loved her. This was just what he needed as complete proof.

"Hi," she said.

"Hey," he said. Jess filled Rory's coffee cup and walked away without another word. Rory turned to her mother.

"Mom! Were you going to tell me?" Rory whispered.

"Sorry! I was just trying to find the right time to tell you," Lorelai exclaimed. "But I guess I should probably tell you something else."

"What?" Rory asked.

"Well, um, Jess isn't alone."

Rory whirled around to look towards the curtain that separated Luke's diner with Luke's apartment. The running girl emerged. She looked like she wasn't sure what she should do until Jess went over to her and pecked her on the cheek and spoke to her quietly.

"Jess!" Lorelai called out.

"Mom!" Rory whispered as Jess looked over to them. Lorelai waved Jess and his girl over.

"Do you guys want to join us?" Lorelai asked, kicking Rory under the table.

"Sure, thanks," the girl said and she and Jess sat down. "I'm Lenny," Lenny said to Rory.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Rory," Rory sipped her coffee then stood up suddenly. "Uh, I have to go talk to Sookie." She left quickly. Rory let the door slam behind her. What is he doing? Who was that? What kind of name is Lenny? He's just flaunting her. He probably paid her. No, that's crazy, that poor girl must have no idea what's going on. Is he doing this on purpose? Does he know about her and Logan? That jackass…

Rory walked around the town a half an hour before arriving at the Dragonfly Inn.