I decided since I would be down here for the week I might as well help Luke in the diner. I changed into a pair of jeans and a plain blue t-shirt and walked downstairs. Luke had already opened an hour ago but there wasn't many people yet. The breakfast rush was bound to walk in any minute now. I went to make a pot of coffee well Luke wiped down the tables. "What are you doing down here?" Luke asked as he watched me walk behind the counter

"I thought I would help out since I'm here for the week." I shrugged. I turned on the coffee maker and just leaned on the counter looking at Luke.

His eyes opened wide in mock shock. "You want to help out of your own free will?"

"Consider it my wedding gift to you." I smirked.

Luke chuckled. "Alright. Thanks for your generosity." He went back to wiping the tables and I waited for the coffee to finish making it. Finally the coffee was done so I served myself a cup. Luke finished wiping the tables and moved to the counters. He cleared his throat. "So Jess how are you?" Luke asked.

I narrowed my eyes at him suspiciously. "Luke is there something you need to tell me?"

"I just want to see how are you." Luke said not looking at me.

"Luke what is it?" I asked him.

He sighed. "Alright well as you know I'm marrying Lorelai."

"Oh is that who you are marrying. I thought it was Crazy Carrie." I joked with him.

" Rory is going to be here." He said getting straight to the point.

Oh so that's where this was heading. "Luke I know she's going to be there." I told him.

"And are you alright with that?" He asked finally looking directly at me.

"Uncle Luke I'm good." I assured him.

"Are you sure? You haven't really seen her since Philadelphia." I busied myself with drinking my cup of coffee. "Have you seen her?" He asked me after not hearing me answer.

"No I haven't seen her." I answered truthfully. He must have heard what was implied behind that.

"But you have talked to her?" He asked surprised.

"Well yeah we talk." I answer trying to be nonchalant.

"What do you mean talk?" Luke asked glaring at me.

"You know talk, make conversation, put words together." I told him sarcastically. I know what he's actually asking but I hoped he would drop it if I avoided the question.

"You know what I mean Jess." He told me sternly.

"We talk from time to time. We've been talking since she came to Philadelphia on the campaign tour."

The bell that let's us know when someone comes in or leaves the store rang. "We're closed." I said not bothering to look up from my notebook. I heard footsteps walking until they were behind me. "Hey I said we're clos…." I turned around and was shocked to see who was standing behind me.

"Hey Jess." Rory Gilmore said.

"Umm hi." I said still dazed. Here was Rory standing in front of me in Truncheon. Her was in a bun with two pencils holding them together. A long strand of hair had come loose from her bun and hung on the right side of her face. She had on a nice skirt and dress shirt that went with it. I wanted to drink everything about her. I didn't want to forget anything about her. This is how I had always been since we were teenagers.

"Hi." She said again. This broke me out of my daze. I smiled the smile I only ever had for her.

"I think you already said that." I joked.

"Oh yeah right." She blushed. We just stood there drinking each other in.

After a few minutes I decided to break the silence. "I think this is the part when one of us says something again." I smirked. She laughed her wonderful, beautiful laugh.

"Yeah you're probably right. Well how have you been?" She asked.

"I've been alright. How about you?" I said continuing to make awkward conversation.

"I've been alright. Graduated Yale." She said nervously.

"Yeah I've heard." I said. Again we were immersed in silence.

"Why are you-?"

"I'm sor-." We both said at the same time. Rory laughed nervously.

"Why don't you go first." I told her.

She cleared her throat and started to looking uncomfortable. "I was just saying that I'm sorry." She didn't add anything else to that. We both knew what she was talking about.

"Alright." I said stiffly.

"I really didn't mean to come in like that. I didn't mean to hurt you." She said simply.

I started to loosen up as I saw the look of pain go across her face. "I know you didn't. And lord knows that I've done worse."

"That doesn't excuse what I did. I shouldn't have did that to you. I don't even know why I did that." Rory said talking very fast.

"Rory I know that wasn't you." I didn't want to add the reason I knew that wasn't Rory.

"You're right that was the alternate universe Rory. The Rory who probably would have been referred to Lorelai and would have had a million coming out parties. That was the rich snob Rory who dated rich snobs." She said finally finishing her rant.

"Well I'm just glad that I didn't have to say." I said joking. I looked at her and could tell she was on the edge of another rant or worse a break down. I walked up to her and put my hands on the side of her arms. "Hey it's alright. I know you would never try to hurt m- anyone on purpose." I hugged her quickly and then backed away after thirty seconds. "Come on let's go sit on the couch."

"Alright." She said as I led her to the couch.

"So what's new with you, Yale graduate." I said smiling slightly at her.

He face broke into a hug smile. "That's actually part of the reason why I'm here so late. I'm on the journalist group following the Obama campaign."

"Wow Rory that's amazing. I always knew you would do something big." My smile probably matched hers.

"Yeah I got the job less than a week out of school." Rory said proudly.

"Of course you did. I'm surprised you didn't get one the same day as your graduation." I joked with her.

"Yeah but that's been it. It's been amazing and a dream come true. I just can't believe that I was able to get this opportunity at such a young age." She stopped after noticing me watching her.

"I'm sorry when I start talking about the campaign trail I just can't stop." She smiled looking slightly embarrassed.

"You wouldn't be you if you didn't." I told her. We kept talking for hours about what had been happening with us the past year. I let her know about the new book I was writing and she demanded to see it, which I declined. She also let it slip that her and blonde dick had broken up after he proposed to her. I tried to not let my smile that first visit we called each other every other night.

"Alright. Well as long as you know she's going to be here and you're okay with it." Luke said.

"Honest Uncle Luke I'm good." Before he could continue Luke's favorite customers came in.

"Hi." She said.