Sorry for the little wait....I wanted to post for my other story cause I felt like I was abandoning it so I wrote that one last night rather than this. Thank you to my lovely reviewers, most of you say really nice things :D I don't really have much else to say except I hope I don't get anymore harsh reviews!

Rory woke up with a dreaded feeling in the pit of her stomach the next morning. She knew she had some preparing to do, Jess wasn't automatically going to accept that Rory had a daughter she didn't tell him about, he was going to need time and space. She sighed and turned onto her back, closing her eyes tightly; hoping that if she wished hard enough, this would all be a big nightmare that she would wake from to find herself holding her newborn daughter in her arms. Her wish didn't come true, this was real and she had to deal with it.

Luke extracted his arms from around Lorelai's waist and brushed her hair away from her face. He saw her smile in her sleep before she opened her eyes to meet his.

"Morning," he whispered, his right hand stoking her hair as his left rubbed circles on her belly.

"Morning," she replied. "Is there coffee?"

"I just woke up, haven't had a chance to make it yet."

"Hmm need coffee," she mumbled.

"You know if you're pregnant you shouldn't be drinking coffee," he said.

"What? You wouldn't take my coffee away, would you?" she asked in panic.

"You're gonna have to switch to decaf."

"You're serious," she stated.

"Lorelai I don't want my kid to have two heads."

"Rory doesn't have two heads; I drank coffee when I was pregnant with her."

"But Rory is a coffee addict, just like you. I want our kid to eat better than that."

"If I am pregnant, there is no way I can go without coffee for nine months," she whined.

"Okay let's compromise," he shrugged.

"Go on..."

"You can drink coffee until we find out whether you are pregnant or not, if you are it's onto decaf," he suggested. Lorelai narrowed her eyes at him.

"Fine," she answered.

"How are you feeling anyway? Any nausea?"

"No, it's still a bit early for that. We only slept together two nights ago."

"How long do we have to wait?"

"Erm...I don't know, a week? Maybe two?"

"Man I can't wait that long," he complained.

"Aww Lukey wants to be a daddy," she cooed. Luke gave her a hard stare before smiling softly at her.

"Let me know if you get sick okay? Even if I'm in the middle of the dinner rush, I wanna know."

"I will make sure to inform you of my puking," she said with a nod.

"Jeez do you have it put it like that?"

"I'll say it however I like, you're the one that'll be the cause of the sickness so you should cut me some slack and let me walk all over you."

"Not gonna happen, I will not be your slave. Especially not during the first few months."

"So when I get fat and I can't move from the couch you won't get the remote for me?"

"Well..."

"And you won't let me squeeze your hand and scream not-so-sweet nothings at you while I push your kid out of my body?" Luke looked at her in exasperation for a few moments then his expression softened.

"Of course you can squeeze my hand while you bring our child into the world, I'm just saying, don't use this pregnancy as an excuse to not do anything, you're still capable."

"Fine, I hope I am pregnant now," she said hopefully.

"Me too." They moved into silence for a while before Lorelai spoke up.

"I have something to tell you," she began.

"What's up?"

"You're not gonna like it."

"What?"

"It's not something you wanna hear, you're gonna fly off the handle," she rambled.

"Lorelai what's going on?"

"It's Jess."

"What about him?"

"He's uh...."

"Lorelai?"

"He's coming here today, to Stars Hollow," she said quickly. Luke's expression remained blank and Lorelai rubbed his arm slowly. "You okay?"

"We haven't seen him since the wedding, since he uh...."

"Yeah I know," she replied.

"Why's he coming back?"

"For Rory I think, he doesn't know about Leah," she admitted.

"What's he gonna say when he gets here?"

"I have no idea, Rory's got some explaining to do though."

"So has Jess," said Luke angrily.

"Luke I didn't tell Rory what he did, I said she should hear it from him."

"So she should, there is no way I'm doing anything to help Jess out," he said harshly.

"He's still your nephew, I know what he did was bad but he's family."

"I don't care." Lorelai sighed. She hadn't seen Luke like this before; he was usually so caring and attentive towards his family but now he was acting like Jess didn't matter. Today was going to be interesting.

Later that morning, Luke had left for the diner already and Lorelai was putting her coat on, preparing to go to the inn.

"Hon I have to go to the inn now," called Lorelai. Rory came out from her room and smiled at Lorelai.

"Okay," she replied.

"Leah," she called up the stairs. The little girl came rushing downstairs and stopped on the bottom step.

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to the inn, are you coming with or do you wanna stay here with Rory?" Leah looked between her mother and grandmother for a few minutes while she decided what she wanted to do.

"Can I stay here?" she asked.

"Of course," replied Lorelai. "Is that okay with you Rory?"

"Yeah, we'll have fun won't we?" she asked her daughter. Leah shrugged her shoulders. "We will," she assured Lorelai.

"Okay well call or come by the inn if you need me," she said, a little unsure about leaving her granddaughter with Rory all day. They'd only known each other a few days.

"Grandma can you ask Sookie if I can have a sugar cookie?" she asked.

"Yes, you want pink icing on top?"

"Mmm yes please," she said, licking her lips.

"Ror do you want a sugar cookie too?" she asked jokingly.

"Uh yeah, who am I to turn down free sugar cookies?" Lorelai chuckled.

"Okay I'll get Sookie to make you some. Have a good day okay?" she asked Leah.

"We will grandma, love you." She wrapped her arms around Lorelai's legs.

"Love you too grasshopper, be good," she warned.

"I always am." Lorelai smiled at Rory.

"Call if you have any problems."

"We'll be fine," she assured.

"I'm sorry this is the first time I've left her all day with anyone other than Luke."

"Mom we'll be fine," Rory promised.

"Okay I'll be home around five." They said goodbye then Rory went into the living room to find Leah slouched in front of the TV.

"You're not gonna sit and watch TV all day are you?" asked Rory, taking a seat next to her.

"What else should I do?" she asked, not taking her eyes off SpongeBob.

"We could go the park," she suggested.

"The playground in Stars Hollow is boring," she complained.

"Well we could go to one in Hartford."

"I don't wanna go to the park," sulked Leah. Rory sighed and sat back against the couch.

"What do you wanna do?" she asked patiently.

"I don't know."

"You're not watching TV all day," she told her.

"Why not?"

"Cause I said so," answered Rory in a very motherly way.

"You can't tell me what to do, you're not my....." Leah trailed off, realising that Rory was, in fact, her mother. Rory smiled in accomplishment.

"Okay we'll start again, where do you wanna go today?"

"We could go swimming," she sighed.

"Swimming?"

"At the pool, grandpa took me there once."

"Can you swim?" she asked.

"No, I use floaty things," she replied.

"Huh, we'll have to stop at the mall on the way there, I don't have a bathing suit," said Rory.

"So we can go?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes, go get your stuff okay?"

"Yay, thank you!" Leah hugged Rory's legs then flew off upstairs. Rory smiled as she watched her short legs carry her up the stairs, happy they were gonna spend some alone time together.

Four hours later, they returned to the crap shack. Rory dropped their bags in the foyer and collapsed on the couch next to Leah.

"Did you see me?" asked Leah excitedly. "I swimmed!"

"Yeah you did, well done," she said proudly, not bothering to correct Leah's mistake.

"I never did that before," she said happily. "I can't wait to tell grandpa." Rory smiled then checked the time. Jess was due in fifteen minutes and Rory hadn't really done any preparing, she got too carried away with Leah. "Rory?" asked Leah, noticing she had gone into a world of her own.

"Yeah?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's just uh....someone I know is coming to visit me soon."

"Who?"

"He's a friend, he's called Jess."

"What's he coming here for?"

"To see me," she answered. "But you see, I didn't tell him about you so when he gets here, can you maybe go upstairs while I tell him?" Leah looked at Rory thoughtfully then nodded.

"Okay, when's he getting here?"

"In about ten minutes."

"I'll go play with Barbie and Ken now," she said, jumping up from the couch.

"Do you want a drink and a snack to take with you in case you get peckish?"

"Yeah." They went into the kitchen and Rory got a glass from the cupboard.

"You want orange juice or apple?"

"Orange please," she replied. "Where does Jess live?" she asked curiously.

"In Philadelphia."

"Is that a long way away?"

"It's about three hours away. What snack do you want?"

"Oreos please." Rory opened Lorelai's snack cupboard and chose the Oreos. She put a few on a plate and gave it to Leah.

"I'll carry your drink upstairs," she said. As Rory was coming back downstairs after making sure Leah was settled, there was a sharp knock on the door. Rory took in a breath then swung the door open nervously.

"Hey Rory," exclaimed Jess, leaning in to kiss her cheek.

"Hi," she replied.

"Can I come in?"

"Uh...yeah sure."

"Oh are Luke and Lorelai home?" he asked cautiously.

"No they're both at work." She was really curious as to why Jess and Luke hadn't talked for such a long time but thought she should leave it a few minutes before she jumped into serious conversation. Jess stepped over the threshold and followed Rory into the living room. "Take a seat," she offered. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"Nah I'm okay thanks," he refused. She glanced at him awkwardly. "So how've you been?" he asked, breaking the silence.

"Jess it's only been a few days."

"I know but it seems longer," he shrugged. "You settling back into Stars Hollow okay?"

"Yeah, things are good," she replied.

"And um...do you think you'll stay here permanently?"

"Uh...yeah I think so," she answered, knowing full well that she was staying put but not wanting Jess to know why just yet. Jess nodded and looked down at his shoes. "This is home," she shrugged.

"Yeah." Jess scratched the back of his neck nervously. "So did you tell Lorelai about....you know..."

"Yeah we talked about it," she admitted.

"How'd she take it?"

"She was upset but who could blame her? I know I'd be upset if it were my daughter." She bit her lower lip and hoped Jess didn't pick up on her slip.

"I guess, you guys are close too, well you were."

"We're working on it. She seemed mad that I didn't go to her about it all but I explained it all to her. I told her he'd probably find me in Connecticut and Philly was the first place I thought of."

"Did she understand?"

"Yeah, she gets it."

"Good." Rory crossed her arms over her chest and figured since they were addressing serious matters, she should ask about Jess' relationship with Luke.

"So mom told me you haven't been talked to Luke since the wedding, she said there's been no contact at all between the two of you."

"Yeah uh....we've just kinda drifted apart I guess."

"You guys used to call each other though, like family should do."

"Things change," said Jess in irritation.

"I know there's a reason for this, why won't you tell me?"

"It's not important," he argued.

"Jess I came to you and told you all my problems, why won't you do the same with me?" Jess sighed.

"I don't want you to be mad at me. Things have just started up between us again and I don't wanna ruin that."

"About that, I can't have a relationship with you Jess." Jess looked up at her, his eyes wide with shock.

"Why not?"

"I just have other things to think about right now," she shrugged.

"Other things?" he questioned.

"Tell me what happened with Luke," she demanded, knowing she was coming dangerously close to revealing her offspring.

"You don't need to know," he said, raising his voice.

"I want to know." Jess sighed. "If you don't tell me then Luke will and I'd much rather hear it from you."

"Okay I'll tell you," he agreed. "You know when I came back for the wedding and I was staying in Luke's apartment?"

"Yeah."

"Well he and I had a talk the night before the big day you know, about his future plans and stuff. Anyway, Luke told me he'd been saving some money...." Rory cut him off.

"Jess you didn't," she said in disbelief.

"Let me finish. He said he'd been saving it for his kids, for stuff they need, college and stuff. Anyway, I did something really stupid; I took the key for the safe while Luke wasn't looking."

"You took the money didn't you? You stole from your own uncle?" Anger was rising inside of her.

"I was in a bad place Rory, you don't understand."

"You seemed fine when we saw you at Truncheon," she spat.

"I was having money troubles, they were threatening to take some of my stuff," he shouted.

"It's still not okay, you stole from Luke. God he was saving money for his future children, my future siblings and you took it all from him." Rory stopped to take a breath. "How much did you take?" she asked, not sure whether she wanted to know the answer or not.

"It's not important," he muttered.

"How much did you take Jess?"

"Three and half thousand," he whispered.

"Three and a.....I can't believe this. Mom and Luke had just paid for their perfect wedding, they needed that money and you just took it. You know, I thought I was the reason they hadn't had any kids but I'm starting to think it's your fault."

"Why would it be your fault?" he asked. Rory shut her eyes tightly.

"It doesn't matter."

"No Rory, why would it be your fault they have no kids?"

"You know, cause I've been away for so long," she lied.

"You're such a bad liar," he commented.

"I'm not lying," she shouted.

"What's going on with you?" he asked, his voice softening.

"I don't have to answer to you after what you did to Luke."

"Rory tell me, I'm not leaving till I know the real reason." Rory looked towards the stairs and noticed a small figure at the top, staring at them through the banister. Jess followed her gaze and he too saw the small girl watching them.

"Leah you can come downstairs now," said Rory softly. Leah hesitated before walking downstairs slowly and standing in front of Rory.

"Rory are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah honey I'm fine," she replied, smiling down at the little girl.

"Who's this?" asked Jess, his voice gruff.

"This is my um...daughter," she mumbled.

"What?"

"She's my daughter," she repeated. Jess froze, looking straight ahead.

"How?" he asked. She'd been staying with him longer than a year, how did he not know about this?

"In college, Logan and I...you know and I had Leah a few months after graduation," she said. Rory glanced down at Leah who was watching her intently. The little girl had never heard this story and now she was finally gonna learn the reason her mother left her. "A couple of days after she born, I got that job offer for the campaign trail."

"And you took it?"

"Yeah you know I did."

"So you left her behind with Luke and Lorelai?"

"Yeah," she said quietly.

"How could you? You abandoned your own kid."

"Jess don't, I know it was wrong and stupid and I shouldn't have done it but you can't judge me, not after what you did."

"What did he do?" asked Leah, looking up at Rory again.

"It doesn't matter sweetie, why don't you go bring your empty glass and plate down?"

"Okay." They watched Leah run upstairs then Rory turned back to Jess.

"So you haven't been back since before the campaign trail?"

"No, we just met a few days ago."

"And she's okay with you?"

"She's getting there; we still have a long way to go." Jess paced around the room.

"I can't believe this, you have a kid and you didn't think to tell me?"

"It's not like she's yours," she retorted.

"No she's Logan's right?" Rory nodded. "So where's he?"

"It's none of your business where he is, this is nothing to do with you."

"So this is why you can't be with me?" She nodded again.

"I can't deal with this," he said, walking towards the door.

"So you're just gonna leave again? Something get's too hard for you to deal with so you run away? That's so typical of you."

"This is too much Rory."

"You always leave Jess, you always have and you always will."

"Yeah well I thought we could be together but we can't. I can't play dad to another man's child, especially Logan's.

"I don't want you to play dad, I told you we can't be together."

"Fine, I'm leaving. Goodbye Rory." He stood staring at her for a few seconds then left the crap shack, pulling the door shut behind him. Rory felt tears fill her eyes, they had always had a special connection but how can she be with a man that betrayed her family the way Jess did? She knew she wouldn't be seeing him for a long time and she was kinda glad.

"Is he my daddy?" asked Leah, causing Rory to jump in surprise. She turned around and gestured for Leah to join her on the couch.

"No, he's not your daddy," she answered.

"Who is?"

"His name is Logan," she said.

"Logan," she repeated. "Logan Gilmore?"

"No Logan Huntzberger."

"Why do we have different last names?"

"Cause you have my last name," she explained. "Your dad has a different one."

"Oh. Where is he?"

"He lives in California."

"Is that where famous people live?"

"Yep, all the celebrities live there," she exaggerated.

"Is my dad famous?" she asked in surprise. "Is he that man from that show grandma watches with those six people, he's really dumb."

"Do you mean Friends?"

"Maybe."

"No your dad wasn't in Friends," she replied.

"Oh."

"He's not famous, he just lives there."

"Is he coming here?"

"Do you want him to?" Leah looked at the floor then nodded. "I can call him and ask him to come if you want me to."

"Does he know about me?"

"Yeah of course he does."

"Why hasn't he been back?" Rory sighed, preparing for a long explanation of why Logan's been absent all his daughter's life.

Jess stepped into the almost empty diner, Kirk was the only customer. Luke looked up and glared at Jess when he realised his nephew had stepped into his diner for the first time in four years.

"What do you want?" Luke grumbled.

"I'm leaving," he replied.

"There's a surprise."

"I just wanted to give you this." Jess tossed a wad of cash at Luke and it landed on the counter. Luke looked down at it then back up at Jess questioningly. "There's two thousand there, I know there was more but I haven't got it yet." Luke nodded his head once. "See ya later."

"Jess," Luke called. Jess turned back to look at him, pausing in the doorway. "Don't get back together with Rory, she doesn't need you."

"Don't worry, so not gonna happen," he mumbled before leaving the diner without another word. Luke watched him walk across the square then picked up the cash from the counter, knowing he might have a kid to spend it on very soon.

So I'm stuck for stuff to say in my author's notes haha. Erm....oh yeah, this is not gonna be a Literati fic, sorry for the fans. But it just worked out this way so again very sorry. I know the direction this story is taking now and hopefully it should be finished soon! Ten more chapters at the most I think. Please don't forget to review!

Emily.