A/N: I forgot to mention that it's summer in the story - no school.

Lorelai and Rory were at Luke's for breakfast, as usual. They were sitting in the corner booth, gulping their coffee and eating their usual breakfast foods.

"So, what is my lovely daughter planning on doing today?"

"I'm not sure. I think I'll just hang around the house reading or watching movies."

"You can have people come over if you want. Have a movie party!"

"I think I'd rather just spend a quiet day by myself, relaxing."

"Suit yourself." Lorelai's cell phone started ringing. She reached to answer it as Luke pointed at the 'No Cell Phones' sign, then at the door. When out the door, Lorelai answered her phone.

"Hello?"

"Lorelai?" She recognized the voice immediately.

"Yes…" moments go by, "did you call for a reason?"

"I think you should talk to Rory."

"Could you be any more vague?"

"Talk some sense into her about getting back together with me." Dean said, plainly.

"You're seriously that desperate that you're calling your ex-girlfriend's mom? Why don't you talk to Rory instead?"

"I did. Yesterday. I have to go. Just think about what I said and talk to her for me, please. She's making a big mistake." Dean hung up, and Lorelai put her cell phone back into her purse.

Opening the door to the diner, Lorelai shouted, "Luke we're leaving!" and motioned for Rory to come. On the walk home, Rory was told about the conversation between Lorelai and Dean.

Once in the privacy of their home, Lorelai questioned Rory, "What did Dean say to you yesterday?" Lorelai knew even before Rory told the story, that she would not try to change her mind. Whatever Rory decided to do, get back with Dean or not, Lorelai would support her.

Rory relayed the whole incident to her mother, including the part about how she spent the rest of the day with Jess.

"Honey, I think it's time for you to answer the question about your feelings for Jess." Lorelai calmly said to Rory.

Burying her face in a pillow, Rory mumbled, "I knew this was coming." Yet, she didn't answer right away, and Lorelai didn't push her. She knew it was important for Rory to give this some more thought before putting it out in the open. "I thought about this for a long time last night, after I got home. And I've realized that I do have feelings for Jess as more than a friend." Rory's face blushed more and more throughout her statement. "Are you okay with that?" Rory asked her mom.

Lorelai struggled for words, "Well…I'm not too thrilled with the idea, but I'll accept it. Has anything happened yet?"

"Nope. The only thing is that he held my hand on the walk from the bridge to the house." Lorelai started making kissing noises. "Stop!" Rory ordered her, but Lorelai saw the smile Rory was trying to contain.

Lorelai gasped, "You want to kiss Jess! Oh my god, you want to kiss Jess!"

"I never said that!" Rory defended herself.

"I saw the smile when I was making kissy noises!"

"There was no smile!" Rory claimed, getting up and walking into her room. Lorelai trailed her.

"Does he know you want to kiss him?"

"No, and he better not find out!" Rory threatened.

"Ha! You just admitted you want to kiss Jess!"

"Fine, I do want to kiss Jess! Happy?" Rory caved in.

"Very! Cause I was right!"

"Okay, good. Subject closed." Rory went back into the living room and flipped on the TV.

[4 hours later - Lunch time

"I'm starved, and I think I'm going to have a heart attack if I don't immediately drink coffee!" Lorelai was begging Luke for coffee as Rory took a seat at the same table as this morning. When Lorelai finally got back to the table with their coffees and food, ten minutes had already passed. "That's the longest Luke's ever held me from my coffee," Lorelai complained. Rory just laughed, and began eating her grilled cheese sandwich and fries.

They heard the curtain at the end of the stairs swish, and Lorelai looked over. "Hey, there's your kissable diner boy," she whispered to Rory, who immediately shushed her.

Jess sauntered over to their table, coffee pot in hand. Filling their cups to the brim, he asked, "Want anything else?"

With a gleam in her eyes, Lorelai opened her mouth to speak. Rory cut her off by saying, "Nope, we're good for now," and basically shooing Jess away.

"You have to ruin all my fun," Lorelai pouted.

"Well your fun was going to ruin my life, so it wasn't fair."

"Well does he like you, too?"

"I don't know…" Rory tailed off, thinking.

Just then Jess passed by and smiled at Rory when she looked at him.

"He so likes you!" Lorelai bragged. She looked down at her cell phone to see the time. "And I'm gonna miss whatever happens, because I gotta get to work. Promise to fill me in if anything happens?"

"Promise. And you know you sound like you're in junior high every time you mention him." Lorelai nodded and stuck her tongue out at Rory while leaving the diner.

Noticing that Lorelai was gone, Jess came and sat in the now-empty seat across from Rory. "Hey."

"Hi," Rory smiled. "What are you doing today?"

"Nothing special. My shift ends in an hour."

"Oh. Well, do you think you might want to hang out?" Rory asked quickly.

"Sure," Jess shrugged, "we could go upstairs and read, unless you had something planned?"

"Reading sounds good. I'll be back in a hour, okay?" Getting up, Rory gave him the money her mom left her to pay. "Keep the change, it's only like ten cents." She left the diner and went to her house.

Rory went into her room, and looked at her books. She then realized it would be stupid to bring her own book, when Jess had so many she could choose from. So, instead, Rory took a shower, then headed back to Luke's.

Seeing Rory from a distance, Jess told Luke, "It's my break time. When Rory comes in tell her I'm upstairs." With that the climbed the stairs, offering no explanation for why Rory was coming upstairs.

"Hey, Luke," Rory greeted him. "Where's Jess?"

"Upstairs. He said for me to tell you to go up there."

"Okay, thanks." Rory nervously went behind the curtain and up the stairs. She hasn't been up there in years. When she came to the door, she got very nervous, not knowing whether to knock or just walk in, since he was expecting her. Rory chose to knock.

"It's open." Jess called from inside the room. Rory slowly entered, unsure of her actions. She didn't know why she was this nervous. It's not different from any other day, she always hangs out with Jess.

"Hey," she said, Jess was sitting on the couch reading a book, she couldn't see the title of it.

"Need a book?" he asked, noticing she didn't bring one. "They're on that shelf." Jess pointed to the right of him. Rory examined the novels, and chose a Hemingway, to Jess's surprise.

"I told you I'd give him another chance," she explained. Rory then moved over to the couch and sat on the opposite side of Jess. They both read, and Rory was beginning to get into the story, even though it was hard to understand. An hour and a half later Jess shut his book.

"Done. You still wanna read, or do something else?" Jess asked her.

"Depends on what the 'something else' is." Rory smiled.

"TV, movie, walk around exciting Star's Hollow, whatever."

"Let's go with the walk." Rory put the book back on the shelf, and slipped her shoes on. She then trailed Jess out of the diner.

A/N: Well, did you like it? In my opinion, it was better than the last chapter. Pretty, pretty, please review! It makes me very happy!