A/N: okay, here's chapter 2! Yay cuz I wasn't planning on ever writing a second chapter, so I wanna thank Just A Girl From The Hollow x3 for being my BETA and giving me ideas. Also; Curley, contygoldbarg, and moonlight123 for you're great reviews! Thanks so much!

Chapter 2

Ring Ring

Rory rolled over as the phone rang for the third time that morning. It was technically six o'clock in the morning and she had just gotten Jessie back to sleep an hour ago. Rory ignored it the first two times to let the answering machine pick up but whoever it was kept calling.

"Ugh…whoever it is, I'm gonna kill 'em…" She muttered as she slowly got up and made her way over to the phone.

"'Lo?" She muttered sleepily.

"Rory?"

"Jess?" Rory asked disbelievingly.

"Hey, whatcha ya doing?" He asked smirking.

"Jess you idiot," Rory said in mock anger.

"What I do now?" He asked in disbelief.

"You promised to write and call that's what. I haven't heard from you in three months!"

"Sorry, been a little busy," Jess was instantly a little relieved; he had thought for a minute that she was actually pissed off.

"Uh-huh…sure you were. So where is the infamous Jess Mariano?" Rory asked suppressing a laugh.

"Uh…about that…I kinda thought I'd come by and see you so…" Rory took a breath. Even thought they were friends and occasionally talked, Jess had no idea about Jessie, and Rory wanted to keep it that way. "I'm…kinda at the door to Luke's apartment…" He said carefully. He was hoping to surprise her for her birthday. Cause he was just that sappy.

Rory dropped the phone. "Shit," She muttered. She slowly walked towards the door and swung it open.

There he was, Stars Hollow's one and only bad boy, leaning against the door frame like he owned it.

"Shit, shit, shit," she thought to herself as she put on a fake smile and hugged him.

Jess hugged her back feeling a little confused. Why was she pretending to smile? Wasn't she happy to see him? God, what if she wasn't happy to see him? What if she was seeing someone else? "This is why I don't like spur of the moment road trips," he thought.

He pulled back and held her by the shoulders so he could look at her clearly.

"Hey, what's up? You don't look all that happy to see me. You did say when we broke up that I should come visit, right?" He asked.

"Uh…yeah…sorry, I just haven't seen you in forever, I'm a little shocked. Plus I've had absolutely no coffee at this god forsaken hour of six o'clock in the morning," she said, trying to joke around and make him believe nothing was weird with her.

"Ror, you suck at lying," Jess said, still holding her shoulders. "Can we just skip the lying and avoiding bit and go straight to the you telling me what's bothering you part?" Jess asked. She really did suck at lying. Lorelai was right; she always did the blinky thing.

"Uh…no?" She smiled hopefully.

"Uh-huh, you are so not getting off that easy," Jess said shaking his head and smirking.

"Ugh…fine. But can we at least go back to sleep for a couple hours?" She said, hoping to buy some time to think of what she'd say.

Jess shrugged. "Sure, I'll just go crash in my old room, the bed's still there right?" He asked as him crossed over to the door and threw it open.

"Jess! No! Wait!" Rory cried, but it was too late, Jess had seen the crib and everything else.

A/N: Thought I'd leave off with a little cliffhanger cuz I'm just that evil. Cliffhangers are wayyyyy more fun if you're the one doing it instead of the one left hanging! Until next chapter! Which, btw, I promise to be very soon!