A/N: This is my first attempt at Gilmore Girls fic, so any feed back, positive or negative, is welcome. Also, this will be a Jess/OC fic, and there will be a teensie bit of Dean hate. He was my least favorite character. Thanks ahead of time to any and all who read!

Jess walked into the small apartment and tossed his jacket onto the worn old sofa and turned and headed for the kitchen. He glanced at the dining room table as he passed by and saw a pile of papers sitting there. He stopped as he just got into the kitchen, and backed back out and looked more closely at the papers. Real estate flyers. Connecticut. More precisely, Stars Hollow. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

"Hey, Cal?" he called out as he picked up one of the listings.

"Yeah?" a dark haired head popped out from around the door to the bedroom.

"What's all this?" he asked, holding up the paper.

"Oh, that." she said with a coy smile as she walked out and took the paper from him. "Just some stuff I printed off the net." she shrugged.

"They're all Stars Hollow listings." he pointed out.

"Are they?" she asked, feigning surprise. "Well, look at that."

"Why are you looking at houses in Stars Hollow?" he asked.

"Because, Jess, with my parents moving down to Mexico, and my brother going off to Seattle, I think we should have some family near by." she said as she looked over the houses again.

"My family is in Stars Hollow."

"Yes, this I already knew." she said slowly, looking up from the listing. "You owe me."

"What?"

"I moved here all the way from Michigan just to be with you." she reminded him.

How could he forget? She'd been the only steady girl since Rory. They'd met when she was visiting Philly with some friends, they'd hit it off, she moved there from some tiny little town, and there they were, two years later.

"I know." he sighed.

"And you remember what you told me?" she asked as she sat on the edge of the dining room table.

"That after a bit, I might consider moving away from Philly." he groaned.

"Exactly." she smiled. "You also said that since I'd made the sacrifice of leaving my family, that when we moved, I'd get to choose." she chirped.

"And now you want to move to Stars Hollow?" he asked. "Come on, Cal, there are a lot of other cities."

"Not where one of our families lives." she pointed out. "I want us to be near at least one of our families."

"I don't know about this." he said as he leaned against the table, staring at one of the listings. "I've got my store here..."

"And you know the guys could take care of it." she said. "And, its not too much of a trip by train once a week or so. Besides, the bookstore in Stars Hollow is for sale."

"First of all, I probably couldn't afford the place, besides, it's not really a literary mecca there." he argued.

"Well, as to whether or not you could afford it, my dad..."

"No, I'm not gonna let your dad buy anything." he said, shaking his head.

"He meant it as a gift." she reminded him.

"I know, he wants to make sure his only daughter is well looked after." he said. "But, I don't want to be indebted to your dad."

"Okay." she said, hopping down from the table. "How about we make a deal." she added, looking up at him with her dark green eyes.

"What kind of deal?" he asked warily.

"We're going there next week to tell your mom and uncle the good news, right?" she said, smiling as he nodded.

"Okay then, while we're there, we can see a house or two, an apartment or two, and see if the place still gives you the heebie jeebies. Deal?"

"Fine." he sighed. "You know, batting your eyelashes shouldn't work on me."

"But, it does." she said with a big smile. "Thank you!" she added hugging him.

"I'm so nervous." Liz said as she paced back and forth in front of the counter at Luke's.

"Yeah, I see that." Luke remarked dryly. "Will ya please just sit down?"

"What do you think he wants to tell us?" she asked, sitting down on one of the stools.

"I don't know." he replied. "We'll find out when he gets here."

Luke wasn't about to admit to his younger sister that he had been driving himself crazy trying to figure out what Jess wanted to talk to them about. Lorelai had jokingly mentioned Jess getting married, but he had laughed at the idea. Granted Jess had been with the same girl for two years, they lived together, but to this day neither he nor his sister had ever set eyes on the girl. No, he could not see Jess getting married.

"What time is he supposed to be here?" he asked as he wiped down the counter.

"Around two." she said as she bit her nails. "You don't think he got her pregnant, do you?"

"What?"

"This girl." she said impatiently. "I mean, you don't think that's why he wants to see us, do you?"

"She's not ready to be a grandma yet." T.J. said as he walked in just in time to hear his wife's last question. "She's been freakin' out since the kid called and said he wanted to talk to you two."

"Its almost two." Liz said as she glared at her husband. "He should be here soon."

"What kind of car does he drive?" Luke asked as he watched outside the diner.

"I don't know." she shrugged. "I never thought to ask."

"Well, I'd guess he's driving a silver Accord." T.J. said, turning and following Luke's gaze.

"What?" Liz said, swinging around on her stool. "Oh God, he's here."

"Is that the girl he's shackin' up with?" T.J. asked as Jess stepped around the front of the car and waited for a short brunette to get out.

"I guess so." Liz shrugged. "She's cute." she said, looking closely at the girl. "She kinda looks like Lorelai's girl."

"Yeah, she does." Luke said as he watched the pair walk through the door.

"Hey, baby." Liz said as she got to her feet and hugged her son.

"Hey." he replied as he stepped back, glaring at the laughing girl at his side. "This is Callie, Callie, this is everyone."

"Okay, looks like I'm playing a game guessing who you all are." Callie said. "Well, obviously, you're Liz." she said with a smile. "And, you must be T.J., the step father, which makes you Luke." she looked at all of them. "Am I right?" she asked with a smile.

"Yeah, you are." Liz nodded.

"Why are you in such a mood?" T.J. asked Jess.

"He got lost and I made him stop and buy a map." Callie answered.

"You got lost?" Luke asked. "You've done that drive a few times at least."

"Well, with all of that stupid construction." Jess explained. "They have detours going all over the place."

"And you don't have at least one map in the car?" Luke asked.

"No, I don't usually have to, because I know where I'm going." Jess replied.

"I think the drives made him cranky." Callie said, jabbing Jess in the ribs.

"Oh yeah, long drive." Liz said. "Have you eaten yet?"

"Nope." both Jess and Callie replied.

"Sit down, and order something then." Luke said.

"You're the health food junkie, right?" Callie asked as she looked over the menu.

"I like to eat well." he nodded.

"Not me." she said. "I'll take the bacon cheeseburger and fries, with a coke." she decided.

"Another one?" Luke asked Jess.

"They seem to like me." he shrugged.

"What?" Liz asked in confusion.

"I think they're talking about Jess's ex, she ate like crazy too, I've heard." Callie informed her.

"Oh, you know about his exes?" T.J. asked after he ordered.

"Yeah." she nodded. "Apparently we look a bit alike too."

"You do." Liz said with a laugh. "That's what I thought when I saw you get out of the car."

Jess sat in his seat and listened as his mother and Callie talked and talked. He excused himself and joined Luke behind the counter, eager to be away from the girl talk that he knew was coming.

"She's nice." Luke said.

"Yeah, so I've noticed." Jess nodded as he watched the two women.

"Your mom was afraid that your visit is to tell her she's gonna be a grandma." Luke informed him.

"Not yet." Jess chuckled.

"What?" Luke asked in surprise.

"We're getting married." Jess said after taking a deep breath.

"Not because she's..."

"She's not pregnant." he sighed.

"You're getting married." Luke smiled.

"Two years, living together, a few fights, practically married as it is." he shrugged. "Why not add the piece of paper?"

"Wow." Luke said, still smiling. "You're getting married."

"You're not gonna hug me, are you?" Jess asked, moving back a bit. "Because, I might have changed some, but not that much."

"No, don't worry." Luke assured him. "You've come a long way, that's all."

"No good punk that everyone hated, to a business man and soon to be husband." he nodded.

"You're sure, right?" Luke asked as he filled glasses with ice. "You're not trying to replace..."

"I'm over Rory." he assured him. "Have been for a while, we're even friends. Any resemblance between Rory and Cal is completely coincidental."

"Good." Luke smiled. "I'm proud of you, I don't mean to sound corny, but, I am, I really am."

"Thanks." Jess smiled.

"Oh my God!" Liz shouted. "My baby's getting married!" she said as she rushed behind the counter and grabbed him into a bear hug.

"I thought we weren't going to say anything til later, Cal." Jess said as he tried to pry his mother off.

"I forgot to take my ring off." she shrugged.

"I'm not going to be a grandmother right, that's not why..."

"No, no babies for now." he promised.

"You turned out so well." she said, tears beginning to fall. "Thank goodness, I was afraid for a while I'd really screwed you up and you were gonna end up in prison somewhere."

"Gee, thanks." he remarked.

"What you should do now is move here, that way when you have kids, we can see them all the time." T.J. said.

"Yeah, that's a thought." Jess said.

"Actually," Callie said as she opened her purse. "We have an appointment or two over the next week."

"Oh, are you moving here?" Liz asked, unable to contain her tears at all at that point.

"Maybe, we don't really know." Jess said.

"Oh, what a day." Liz smiled. "I learn that I'm getting a daughter-in-law and now, my boy is gonna be moving here, so we can all be together."

"Welcome home." Luke whispered to Jess as Liz moved back to the table to inspect the ring and look over some of the places Jess and Callie would be looking at.

"Thanks." he replied as he watched the scene before him with dread.

Callie looked up and smiled and he knew he was screwed. He knew that smile and he knew he was powerless to deny her anything when she brought out that smile. He was thankful she did it only once in a very great while. He sighed as he realized, he was going to be back in Stars Hollow.