A/N: This chapter is following Jess home from visiting Rory. So here you go guys chapter 3! Thank you for the reviews and I hope you guys like it. And no, I don't own anything but the plot and Seasons 4 and 5. Oh yeah, and thoughts are in italics.
The drive from Hartford to Stars Hallow seemed long to Jess. From the moment he saw Rory in the hospital bed pale and weak, till he was driving into Stars Hallow, all he felt was guilt.
He parked in front of Luke's Diner and got out of his car. The bell above the door rang when he came in and a few heads turned. Babette looked shocked to see him here; Lane nodded her head in acknowledgment and Kirk, well he had a face of pure terror on. He was so scared of Jess that he ran out of the diner even forgetting to pay. No one knew about Rory except Luke he supposed. If they did they would kill him, Jess quickly shook the thought from his head.
"What're you doing back here?!" Babette asked fiercely.
"Some business I need to take care of." He snapped back.
Why the hell does everyone want to know my business in this town?!
"Luke!?" He shouted.
"He's upstairs on his break." Lane said, pouring more coffee into a customers cup.
Jess walked behind the counter and upstairs to the apartment. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he needed to talk to Luke. When he walked in Luke was standing by the Kitchen window looking out it, dazed in thought.
"Um….Luke can I ask you a favor?" He said quietly. Luke turned around at the sound of Jess's voice.
"What?" Luke asked obviously annoyed.
"Can I stay here while Rory's in the hospital? I need to stay close so I can be with her, but I have no money." Jess asked.
"Oh, so now you want to stay close to her? After she tried to kill herself because of you!? You could have stayed if you retook your senior year! But you didn't you left to live with your slob of a dad in California!" Luke yelled. He had probably been waiting for the chance to yell at Jess for his rash actions.
"Don't you dare turn this around to be entirely my fault because if I remember right Uncle Luke, you were the one who kicked me out! Where was I supposed to go? I had no job and I barley had enough money to get me by." Jess matched Luke's tone.
"At least I'm trying to help, trying to correct my mistakes." He said in a lower more serious tone.
"Fine! You can stay. But if you do anything to hurt her again-" Luke warned.
Jess turned around and started walking away while Luke was talking.
"Where are you going I'm not done talking to you!?" Luke shouted after him.
"I'm going out!" he said loudly and slammed the apartment door shut.
If the people of Starts Hallow didn't know about Rory's condition yet they sure did now. When Jess walked through the diner everyone was staring at him. Some looked angry, and some looked sad. But Babette looked like she was going to kill him.
"What are you freaks lookin' at? Jess practically spat and walked out the door slamming it behind him.
He reached into his pocket and took out a box of cigarettes put one in his mouth and lit it. He hated this town so much, and they hated him for what he had done. His feet guided him to the only spot in Stars Hallow that made him feel, good. He found himself at the bridge and sat down on the edge. He felt so bad about where his bad decisions landed Rory. Jess wanted to tell her how much he missed her in those months he was gone, he wanted to tell her that he loved her so much, he wanted to be with her till they day he died, that he was sure of.