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Chapter 4

Jamie went to school the Monday after their birthday party and immediately bumped into Dean. He glared at him but turned to go the other way, not wanting to deal with him.

"Hey! Got nothing to say? You always have something to say!" Dean shouted after him, baiting him.

Jamie turned round. "Nope nothing to say. Just leave me and my sister alone." He said.

"Well that's the thing. I'm going to get with your sister and we're going to do whatever we want. We don't need your permission." Dean smirked. "And isn't it Rory's choice anyway?"

"Yeh and if she sees sense, she'll stay far away from you." Jamie said.

Dean chuckled. "We'll see about that."

"Just leave me alone." Jamie snapped.

"Or what?"

Lane saw the commotion and ran towards Jamie. "Let's go Jay, don't give him the satisfaction." She said.

"Aw is your girlfriend saving you? Isn't that sweet?" Dean smirked.

Jamie just shook his head and turned to leave. "Jerk!" He shouted.


Meanwhile, Lorelai had gone into the diner later that day for lunch and sat at the counter. "Cheeseburger, chili fries and a big cup of coffee please!" She grinned.

"That stuff will kill you." Luke deadpanned.

"Well then a least it will be a nice death!"

Luke rolled his eyes and went to put in her order before going back to her.

"Hey Luke?"

"Yeh?"

"I just wanted to say thanks, for Saturday." She smiled.

"I didn't do anything." Luke said confused.

Lorelai smiled at his modesty. "You came. That was enough. And the presents you got Rory and Jamie. They were thrilled." She said softly.

Luke gave her a smile. "I'm glad."

They locked eyes for a minute before Luke went to get her order.


Later that day, Jamie was leaving school when he heard Dean shout his name. He turned round and saw Dean and a few of his mates walking towards him.

"Go away Dean! I have nothing more to say to you!" Jamie snapped.

"Well I have something to say to you! I am sick of your distain of me!" Dean said.

"Well stop being a jerk then!" Jamie retorted.

Suddenly Dean ran at him and punched him. Jamie retaliated by punching him back but then Dean's friends joined in and he was outnumbered. Luckily, Lane had seen and went to get a teacher and the teacher came and broke it off.

Jamie was the worst off though. He had a black eye and lots of cuts on his face and his body was aching and hurting. Dean and his friends had run off leaving Lane with Jamie.

"Let's get you home." Lane said.

"No!" Jamie said. "I can't let mom see me like this."

"Jamie, this isn't going to disappear over night. Just tell her Dean provoked you. I'll back you up."

"They'll just think I'm lying. Rory already thinks I hate Dean."

"Well what do you want to do then?"

"Luke's." Jamie said.


They headed to Luke and Lane helped Jamie in. Luke saw them immediately.

"What the hell happened to you?" Luke said.

Jamie just stared at the floor.

"He got into a fight." Lane explained.

"What?"

"It wasn't his fault." Lane added.

"Ok come on." Luke said, leading Jamie upstairs to his apartment. Lane left them to it.

They got into the apartment and Jamie sat down on the sofa.

"What happened?" Luke said.

"It was nothing." Jamie mumbled.

"It doesn't look like nothing." Luke pointed out.

Jamie sighed. "It was Dean."

"The new guy at Doose's?" Luke asked.

"Yeh and he's interested in Rory. He bought her a bracelet for her birthday." Jamie said. "He's a jerk!"

"Why, what happened?"

"He just kept baiting me. He'd said some things about mom another day and he said he'd get with Rory and that he didn't need my permission." Jamie said. "I was leaving school and then him and his friends followed me and then this happened."

Luke was trying to hold in his anger. He had never seen Jamie this upset and shaken before. This guy was obviously a jerk if he was saying things about Lorelai. There was no way he would let him get with Rory.

"Ok. Well we should get you cleaned up before you go home." Luke said softly.

Jamie just nodded. "I'm not going to be able to hide it from mom, am I?"

"I don't think so. Just tell her the truth. I'll come with you if you want and I'm sure Lane would back you up." He said.

Jamie nodded and gave him a small smile. "Thanks." He said. He could always rely on Luke.


Once Luke had got him cleaned up, he told Caesar to cover from him while he took Jamie home in his truck. Jamie went in with Luke following him.

"Mom?" He called hesitantly.

"About time! We're in here!" Lorelai called from the living room.

They went in to find Lorelai and Rory watching tv. Lorelai turned round and immediately gasped. "Oh my god! What happened?"

Rory's eyes widened at her brother's appearance as well.

"I got into a fight." Jamie said quietly.

"What?!" Lorelai said shocked.

"It wasn't my fault. These...um...guys set upon me. I was outnumbered." Jamie said.

"Lane brought him to me." Luke explained. "She saw everything. She was adamant Jamie didn't do anything."

Jamie looked at his mom. He was never one to cry but he could feel tears welling up in his eyes. "This guy was saying stuff about you mom and he's been baiting me for days."

"Oh come here hon." She said holding her arms out.

Jamie went and hugged her carefully.

"Who were these guys?" Lorelai asked.

Jamie glanced at Luke and he nodded at him, encouraging him to tell her the truth. He sighed. "It was Dean."

Rory gasped.

Jamie looked at her. "I'm sorry Rory. He's a jerk. He was saying horrible things about mom. You can ask Lane." He said.

Rory looked Jamie in his eyes and could see he was telling the truth. She went and hugged him too. "I believe you." She said quietly.

Jamie let out a breath he was holding.

"Well I should get going." Luke said.

Jamie looked up. "Thanks Luke." He said quietly.

Luke nodded and left.

"Mom, I want to transfer to Chilton." Jamie admitted. "I don't want to be in the same school as Dean."

Lorelai looked at him and nodded. "We'll talk about it, I promise. I just need to do something. I'll be right back." Lorelai told them and ran after Luke, catching up with him before he got to his truck.

"Hey! Luke!" She said.

Luke turned round.

"Thanks." She said sincerely.

"It was nothing. Lane brought him in and he was in a state. He thought you wouldn't believe him. I told him he would and cleaned him up a bit." He said.

Lorelai smiled at him. "Thanks for being there for him." She said.

They locked eyes again and slowly they both leaned in and gently kissed. They pulled apart a minute later.

"I...um...I should go..." Lorelai said and ran back into the house.

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