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"He better be up." Lorelai had repeated that sentence throughout their walk to Luke's.

"Tar and feathers, remember?" Rory rubbed her temples. A headache was forming.

"I think would rather take tar and feathers, than do anything according to the rules and regulations of Stars Hollow." Lorelai said.

"I guess we'll see." Rory said as they reached Luke's.

They knocked on the door several times, but no one came. The door remained annoyingly motionless.

Lorelai stomped her foot impatiently.

"Oh no! I won't do whatever the hell this is, sleep deprived and coffee deprived! One way or another, I'm going to get coffee." Lorelai's voice grew more shrill with each word. Rory sat down on the steps and put her head in her hands. Too early.

"And how exactly are you planning on getting coffee? Please, enlighten me."

Rory raised her head to see who it was, knowing it to be redundant. She could recognise his voice whenever. She could also imagine the smirk plastered on his face right now. He always smirked and it bothered her infinitely. He was a puzzle with a missing piece and she was unable to read him. Suddenly, someone else popped into her mind, someone who was predictable and safe. Perhaps too safe. Rory shook the thought out of her head.

"Jess! Could this night get any worse?" Lorelai cursed under her breath. Rory opted to quietly stare at him.

"Glad to be of service, ma'am." Jess smirked and tipped an invisible hat.

"What are you doing up, anyways?"

"Well, I was already asleep, when all of a sudden, I see Kirk beside my bed. Now that's scary."

"Wait a second! How did he get in?"

"Apparently, He's been watching me and knew where the spare key was. Of course, my uncle the hard worker, slept through all of this."

"Kirk's been spying on you? Creepy. And you just left Luke sleeping?"

"When Luke is asleep, there's no waking him up."

"So why don't you just walk off and leave us alone?"

"I still want to hear your master plan. How you're going to get coffee." Jess raised his eyebrows.

"Fine! I don't have a plan, but I need coffee, you little punk!" Lorelai yelled frustratedly.

"You shouldn't be so mean to the person in possession of the keys to the diner." Jess smiled and dangled the keys in front of Lorelai.

"Jess, could you perhaps give me the keys?" Lorelai asked and gave him the puppy eyes.

"You forgot please."

"Jess, the love of my life, the reason for my existence, could you please give me the keys?" Lorelai was practically on her knees, begging. Rory had to stifle a laugh, looking at how her mother was treating the town hoodlum.

"Aw jeez! You didn't have to take it that far! Fine, I'll give you the keys on the condition, that you never say anything like that again." Jess had backed away from Lorelai and looked absolutely terrified.

Lorelai and Rory burst out laughing. Jess rolled his eyes and started to open the door.

"Thank you darling", Lorelai cooed as they walked to the door, "I don't know what I'd do without you and your special abilities." Rory giggled.

Jess glared.

"Get in."

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"How the hell can someone sleep through Kirk?" Lorelai asked incredulously, looking at the sleeping form of Luke.

"And how can anyone snore that loud?" Rory added in amazement.

"My thoughts exactly." Jess finished for them.

"It's time for him to return to the living." Lorelai headed to the kitchen and poured ice cold water into a glass.

"Mom, that's just cruel!" Rory tried to stop her, but Lorelai quickly made it to the bed.

"Or genius." Jess suggested and smirked.

Lorelai threw the water on Luke, who rolled out of his bed on the floor. Luke grunted and opened his eyes.

"Lorelai? Rory? What are you doing here and why did you wake me up?" Luke asked and rubbed his eyes.

"Well, it's an interesting story. We were sleeping in our beds,when all of a sudden, Kirk-turkey came and told us, that there's a town meeting. Then we came here to get coffee and ran into this lovely, young man you call nephew." Lorelai rambled.

"Kirk-Turkey? Coffee? Town meeting?" Luke asked.

"Are you slow and turning into a copy of Jess? Okay, Kirk dressed as a turkey, heavenly liquid/necessity and Taylor's gone cuckoo! Savvy?"

'She's getting too much pleasure out of this', Rory thought.

"You expect me to make you coffee and attend a town meeting at 3.30? You're cracked." Luke remained where he was (on the floor), shaking his head repeteadly.

"Luke, if I'm going down then you're going down with me. And if this doesn't sound like something you'd like to do then I'll tell Taylor you refused to participate and kicked puppies!" Lorelai had her hands on her hips now.

Luke immediately jumped up.

"Milk, sugar or cream?"

They had coffee at Luke's and then headed off to Miss Patty's.

"How can you hate Grease? It's a classic!" Rory asked Jess. Jess rolled his eyes.

"It's childish! Everything is so jolly and they all have a happily ever after!" Jess complained.

"So you don't like it, because it's too happy? James Dean returns." Rory stated and shook her head.

"Real life isn't that happy."

"Well it's not as depressing as you make it out to be."

"I'm sorry, but you haven't really experienced the pain of living it yet."

Rory stuck out her tongue. Jess smiled at her. She couldn't help but smile back. Call it sleep deprivation or infatuation, either way, it was there.

They arrived at Miss Patty's.

"Rory!"

Rory, Lorelai, Jess and Luke turned to see who was shouting. It was Dean looking dumbfounded.

"Dean!" Rory tried to sound cheery. In fact, seeing Dean had only brought down her spirits.

"Why are you with him?" Dean asked, nodding at Jess.

"Kirk came and he had feathers. He wasn't carrying them, he was wearing them. Okay, that sounds like a giant bird swallowed Kirk. Well, then mom wanted coffee and Jess let us in, and we came here together."

"I don't get it." Dean said and looked even more confused than usual.

"And I'm not surprised." Jess said and smiled innocently.Rory was half expecting a fist fight to erupt. Luckily it didn't, but Dean tugged at her wrist.

"Rory Cmon, you can sit with me." Dean said, his eyes glaring at Jess.

"Okay!" Rory faked a smile and let him hold her hand. Dean led her farther away from her mom, Luke and most importantly, Jess. She had no idea why she craved his company so badly. He was like a drug to her; she could never get enough.

Jess waved at her and then turned away. She kept looking back.

"Okay people, I know you're curious about the happenings of this morning, but first I'm going to do a name call. If you don't hear your name called out, then raise your hand." Taylor said.

Taylor started the name call, calling out practically everyone in Stars Hollow. Actually, the only ones holding their hands up were Dean, Rory, Kirk, Lorelai, Luke and Jess.

Taylor looked at them, not saying a word.

"Oh.This is a surprise." Taylor muttered to himself and started scribbling something down on a notepad.

"Taylor! I have been very patient up to this point! Either you tell us what's going on or I'm out!" Luke yelled and received cheers from Lorelai.

"Don't be so fussy, Luke! It just turned out this way. You six are the chosen ones!" Taylor yelled back.

"What!" All six yelled back.

"Fine. I, Miss Patty, Babette and Kirk designed a new town gathering. It's called 'The Annual Stars Hollow Turkey Hunt'! The point of the turkey hunt is that we choose six contestants, four teams, that must find their own turkeys the fastest. The rest will bet on their favorite team. 10 of the winnings are used to restore the bridge."

Murmurs of shock rang out in the room.

"This is ridiculous! You can't just use people for your own sick entertainment!" Luke yelled and stood up, ready to leave.

"I wouldn't go as far as to call it sick...", Taylor muttered, "But why not?"

"Because...Because It's not fair!" Lorelai joined in, obviously grasping at straws.

"Tar and feathers, Lorelai." Taylor reminded.

"Ugh. Whatever." Lorelai huffed. She had obviously surrendered to her fate.

"So there's nothing we can do to stop this?" Luke asked.

"No, but it's not that bad. You get a trophy!" Taylor excitedly said and clapped his hands together.

Lorelai started grinning like the cheshire cat.

"Why didn't you just say so?", Lorelai walked over to Rory, "Come on offspring, we have a trophy to win!"

"Actually, Lorelai, you're with Luke." Taylor said and everyone in the room started giggling. They all knew about the denied attraction between the two and wanted to see what would happen now as they were paired up.

Dean stood up and put his arm around Rory, who was glancing around the room awkwardly. Jess rolled his eyes at the sight.

"Don't worry, Lorelai, I'll take good care of her." Dean said and flashed a winning smile at Lorelai.

"No, Dean, you won't." Taylor said as his cheeks turned deep crimson.

"What? Why?" Dean asked angrily, missing the sigh of relief coming from Rory.

"Well, because you're with Kirk." Taylor said as if it was obvious.

"What?" Dean asked, shaking his head.

"I chose you!", Kirk said, "I figured that you were athletic and tall, so you'd be the best! We're going to have so much fun!" Kirk clapped his hands together. Dean didn't look all that pleased.

"So if Lorelai's with Luke..." Dean started.

"And you're with Kirk..." Lorelai continued horrorstruck.

"Then I'm with Jess." Rory finished.

Jess looked at them from his seat and smirked. This morning was bound to be interesting.

A/N: There it is! I should tell you that this fic takes place somewhere near the end of the second season. This fic will be equally JJ as it is lit.Please review!