A/N: Surprise, I'm back! Not for a one shot but as an update! I'm gonna finally unmark this story as complete as originally intended. I don't know how often I will update but know I plan to at some time and I have the story in my head. Its gonna veer off from show canon slightly since Jess is involved with the storyline but I hope you like it.

Rory closed the door behind her and sat on the hotel room bed. She smiled to herself as she thought about Jess and the previous night's events.

She didn't even notice Paris was there until she spoke. "Get lucky?"

"Huh?" Rory's head looked over at her friend. "Paris. I didn't even see you there."

Paris half-smirked. "Probably because youre daydreaming about James Dean."

"I was not -" she opened and closed her mouth to deny it but she knew it was a lie. "Okay, maybe I was."

"I knew it," the blonde replied. "So again, I ask, get lucky?"

"Paris!" She exclaimed and stood up.

"What?" Paris followed Rory to her suitcase where she searched through her clothes. "Did you?"

"It's private," she said.

Paris nodded. "So Mary is still a Mary?"

Rory turned to her after she grabbed a shirt out of her stuff. "As a matter of fact, no. Mary isn't a Mary."

"Wow," Paris said. "I honestly didn't expect that."

"You asked," Rory sighed and continued her search. "You expected something."

"I expected some teasing," she agreed. "I didn't expect my best friend to be the kind of girl to fall for a spring break hookup."

"Its not a spring break hookup," she closed her suitcase. "There are...there's feelings."

"I bet he's all warm and tingly now," Paris remarked.

Rory shook her head. "Jess likes me. I like him. Its not just about that."

"Okay," she said in a defeated tone. "If you say that, then I believe you. I just don't want you to get hurt, you know that, right?"

"I know," she said softly. It took a lot for Paris to admit stuff like that so she knew she meant it.

Paris walked away with a nod and left out the door. Rory grabbed the stuff she took out of suitcase and went into the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out and towel dried her hair, she took out her phone.

Suddenly she began to feel panic rise in her. She and Jess had never traded numbers. What if Paris had been right? She shook her head. No, she wasn't. He cared about her and she cared about him too. She'd call her mom then go see him in his room later. A new blush formed on her cheeks as she thought of what happened in that room.

Her mother's phone had a busy signal. Rory frowned at her phone and hung up. Wasn't she at work? Who would she be talking to on her phone? She shrugged it off. Maybe her grandmother had called with an emergency so Lorelai was unable to answer.

Instead of thinking too much into it, Rory grabbed her phone and key and walked out the door. She searched for the nearest coffee place and when she found it, she felt instantly calmer. The hot liquid felt good on her tongue and she closed her eyes in contentment.

When she was about to get a second cup of coffee, her phone rang. She didn't even check who it was and answered. "You're interrupting my coffee time."

"Oh I wouldn't want to do that," Lorelai replied on the other end.

"Mom," she smiled. "I called you."

"I know," she said. "I'm sorry. I actually got the weirdest phone call a little while ago."

"Weird?" She made a face. "Weird how?"

Lorelai chuckled. "Weird as in did you know Luke has a sister?"

"What?" Rory almost laughed. "I can't picture Luke with a sister. What's she like?"

"Oh no, I didn't talk to the sister," she said. "This is the even weirder part."

Rory held her cup close to her. "It gets weirder than Luke having a sibling?"

"Oh yes," she said. "Because apparently, his sister has a son."

"No!" Rory gasped. "Luke is an uncle?"

"Oh, yes he is," Lorelai answered. "And his nephew is on his way."

"His nephew is coming to Stars Hollow?" She questioned.

"Yes," Lorelai told her. "Wanna hear why?"

"There's more to the story?" Rory wondered in awe.

Lorelai laughed once but then replied. "Luke got arrested last night."

"No!" Rory gasped. "What happened?"

"Remember the sock thing?" Her mother asked.

Rory frowned confusedly. "He got arrested over socks?"

"Oh, no," Lorelai explained. "He got arrested because he went over to his house with Nicole and saw her go inside with some guy. They didn't come out so Luke ending up beating the guy's car."

"Oh, Luke," Rory half-groaned.

"So now I had to bail him out and the nephew is coming," she ended it.

"But why does the nephew need to come?" She asked. "I mean, he'll be bailed out."

"I don't know," she probably shook her head. "I guess to make sure he doesn't beat up any more cars?"

Rory smiled to herself. "I can't believe Luke beat up a car."

They laughed together for a moment before Lorelai realized something. "Hey, you called me."

"No, you did, remember?" Rory laughed.

"Not this time," she said. "Earlier. Much earlier than usual check-in time."

"Oh yeah, I did," she tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Any reason for it or...?"

"Mom..."

"Yes?"

"I slept with him."

"Excuse me I don't think I heard you right," Lorelai said.

Rory covered her mouth so only the phone could hear. "I slept with him."

"Him who?" She wondered then gasped. "Rory!"

"I know," she said. "Paris already read me the riot act."

"Paris knows?" She asked.

Rory nodded. "She caught me coming in."

"So you stayed in his hotel room," Lorelai said slowly. "You stayed in his hotel room and you slept with him and you've known him for how long now?"

"Three days," Rory answered, almost wishing she didn't.

"Three days," Lorelai repeated. "And you slept with him."

"Yes," she said.

Her mother sighed. "Were you safe?"

"Yes," she nodded.

"No regrets?"

"No."

"Well," Lorelai let out another sigh. "I'm just a little speechless right now."

"Just say anything," Rory urged. "Even if you don't approve, tell me."

"You're nineteen," she said. "If I don't approve, it doesn't matter."

"It matters to me," she told her. "Just tell me, mom."

"Its not that I don't approve, per se," Lorelai admitted. "Its just...you barely know the guy and its spring break."

"I feel like I know him," she confessed. "I don't know. Its something about him. I feel this connection to him, like I've known him for years."

"Still, its only been three days," Lorelai replied. "I don't want you hurt, sweets, and this is the vacation of all student vacations we're talking about."

"I know what it is," Rory leaned back in her chair. She hoped no other fellow coffee drinkers listened. "It, it just doesn't feel like a random hookup."

"Okay," she sighed. "I trust you, honey and I don't think you'd fall for any cheap lines or bad moves or whatever else there is. I just want you to be careful, okay?"

"I know," Rory smiled. "And it'll be fine. I'm going to go see him later, actually."

"Tell me how it goes," Lorelai said then paused. "Unless something happens. Don't tell me that."

She blushed a dark shade of red. "I promise."

"Love you, sweets," she said.

"Love you, too, mom," Rory replied and they hung up.

...

Jess got out of his car and walked into the small diner. He was starving and after hours on the road and how he hadn't eaten breakfast this morning before he packed, he needed a burger.

It wasn't long before he was seated and he ordered coke and a plain burger. The waitress flirted with him but he didn't flirt back. His thoughts went back and forth to what was waiting in this Stars Hollow versus Rory.

He hated that he had to leave her. On the phone, he told this Lorelai Gilmore that he'd be coming down to help out Luke. Luke hadn't asked but he knew enough of what was going on with his uncle and with the arrest on top of it, he needed help.

Luke had always been there for Jess. He visited not only on holidays but every month he closed down the diner and drove to New York. It was Luke that was the reason Liz hadn't screwed him up. Luke had even tried to get his sister help. Jess couldn't help but feel he owed the guy.

He stared at his phone. He could call Luke, he thought. Tell him himself that he's coming down but he was also sure Lorelai had told him.

The thing he wanted most to do was call Rory. He cursed himself for not trading numbers with her. He had no way to contact her other than he knew she actually lived in Connecticut. He was glad that was the state he was headed for but he also had no clue where in the state she lived. He didn't even know if she was in college. That'd at least narrow it down some.

The waitress returned with his burger and soda. He gratefully took it, glad to have real food. It was the problem wth a long road trip, more time on the road than you'd want especially if you're alone.

Jess had wished he asked Rory to come with him. The reason he didn't was because maybe it was too soon to test their tolerance for each other with a road trip. But he missed her, he admitted to himself. It had only been a few days and the previous night had been amazing. He had never met anyone like her.

He ate his food in silence and paid as fast as he could. The waitress slipped him her phone number but Jess waited until he was outside to throw it out. He knew he wouldn't use it and the chances he'd ever be here again were slim.

Once he got back into his car, he headed right back onto the road with a few more snacks out of machines. The plan was to get to Stars Hollow and he hoped to only stop when necessary.

...

"I don't want to seem too eager!" Rory exclaimed at Madeline and Louise. They were seated in lounge chairs down near the water. The breeze felt nice and there was a cooler beside them.

Paris replied under her breath. "You had no problem with seeming too eager last night."

The brunette glared at her friend. "Since when do you comment on my love life, Paris?"

"Since I know you have one," she answered.

"I had one before," she defended. "Dean, remember?"

"Please," Paris snickered. "You two were as chaste as parents on tv in the 50's. Separate beds and all."

"You never slept with Dean?" Madeline asked.

Louise gasped. "So your first time, it was a spring break hookup?"

"Gee, a little louder," she murmered.

Louise opened her mouth and Madeline covered it. "I don't think she actually meant it."

"When are you going to see him again?" Louise asked when her mouth was uncovered.

"I don't know," Rory said. "I was gonna stop by his room later."

"Were you?" Madeline asked mischievously.

"Not for that!" She flushed. "Well..."

"Mary is so definitely not Mary," Paris said into her cup.

"Finally!" Louise smiled brightly. "What was it like?"

"You know what its like," Rory told her.

"Not with him," she shook her head. "He looked like he knew a thing or two."

Rory flushed even more and Madeline's jaw dropped. "He did know a thing or two."

"Details," Louise requested.

"No, thank you," Rory said. "I'm not going into detail."

"Come on!" Louise pouted. "We'll tell you about our experiences."

"The difference is no one wants to hear them, Louise," Paris said.

"And I'm sure people are banging down the door for professor antidotes?" She countered.

"She may not be Mary anymore but she's not suddenly you, either," Paris said.

"Ouch," Madeline pretended to be zapped.

"Whatever," Louise walked out of her chair and away.

"Paris," Rory said.

"I know," she got out of her seat and followed the path Louise took.

"So..." Madeline said to Rory now that they were alone.

"I'm not giving details!" She exclaimed.

A half hour later, she found herself walking back to the hotel. She excused herself while Madeline and Louise glanced knowingly at her. Louise and Paris seemed better after they talked, at least.

Rory took a deep breath as she stood outside the door of the room that she had woke up in this morning. She knocked a couple of times before the door swung open. It wasn't Jess.

"I remember you," the guy in front of her stated.

"You were in the band, right?" She asked. "Caleb, was it?"

Caleb laughed. "I'm actually surprised you remember. You and Jess were kind of in your own world."

"Yeah," she hoped her blush didn't show. "Is he here, actually? I was hoping to find him."

"Nah, he's gone," he told her.

"What?" She froze.

"Jess is gone," Caleb explained. "Left hours ago."

"Well, where did he go?" She asked, a fear stuck in her throat that Paris and her mother had been right.

"Up north," he shrugged. "To some place I never heard of."

Rory felt defeated. "Oh. Did he say anything or...?"

"I don't think so," Caleb replied. "If I find anything, I'll let you know."

"Thanks," she nodded and waved as she backed out of the room and headed back for hers.

Once back in her own hotel room, Rory say in silence as she tried her best to not cry about this.

A/N: I hope you like this! This chapter was actually originally with more Jess. But then I decided to spilt it because the next time you see Jess, he will be in Stars Hollow and the drive is long. It made good sense to separate it I think. And this is also good news! I have a nice chunk of chapter three already started! I hope its worth the long wait :)