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It was 6:15 on Friday and Luke and Jess were getting ready. Jess was getting instructions on how to make this dinner as painless as possible.
"I just got one question." Jess said once he was ready. "How did I get shanghaied into this?"
"Hey." said Luke. "They shanghai me I shanghai you."
"Yeah that's fair." said Jess fixing his collar.
"That's life with Gilmore's." said Luke clapping this nephew on the shoulder. "But there's a chance that Emily won't recognize you. You look different than you used to."
"Yeah." said Jess sarcastically. "And there's also a chance that Edgar Allen Poe will come back from the dead. Looks like their here." He added looking out the window.
Luke was silent for a moment as they walked down the stairs. "Yeah you're right," he said. "Tonight is going to be horrible no way around it."
"Welcome over to the cynical side." said Jess mockingly. "The place where membership includes a free T-shirt."
"Oh, bye the way, we'll try to help with questions about school." Luke said as they walked out of the diner. "But when they ask which they will, be ready."
"Thanks Luke." said Jess. "But I'll just say Stars Hollow High."
"But they'll ask if you went to college." said Luke.
"And I'll just tell them that it isn't necessary for what I do" said Jess grinning. The conversation ended as they both got in the Jeep. On the way to Hartford Rory's cell rang with whom else but Paris Gellar her old Chilton/Yale rival/friend on the other end.
"Rory finally I've tried two e-mail addresses, four phone numbers, and a physical address, where have you been?" said Paris even more loudly and psycho than usual.
"Paris okay calm down." said Rory a little scared. "Why have you been trying to reach me so badly?"
"He won't leave me alone." said Paris taking a deep breath. "Your stupid ex-boyfriend keeps trying to get me to tell him where you are. I've tried yelling I've tried threatening to hurt him nothing works with the idiot."
"Logan?" said Rory hoping she had misheard.
"That's right." said Paris and then sounding sorry added. "There's a chance he may show up in Stars Hollow or even at your grandparents house. I thought it would be good to warn you."
"Okay thanks Paris bye." said Rory closing her cell phone.
"Honey I forgot to tell you Paris called this morning." said Lorelai from the front passenger's seat. I gave her your phone number because she said it was really important. So what's up?"
"Apparently Logan has been hassling her to tell him where I am now." said Rory. "Did you know about it?"
"Uhh, yes he called last month to talk to you but I wouldn't say anything." said Lorelai. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you but I didn't want you to get hurt"
"Thanks mom but I gave Logan more time than he deserved." said Rory. "He caused me a lot more grief and trouble than he was worth to. You were right about him all along." Rory added smiling at Jess.
"Yeah?" said Jess grinning
"Yeah." said Rory smiling. "He doesn't deserve it. He cost me too much to decide what he wants now."
"Yeah." Jess said turning his head back to the window with an invisible grin on his face.