Again a 1000 apologies I'm trying, really, to post sooner.
It's half of what I've been doing and what I hoped for so sorry.
Thanks Kylie!
Now READ!
Jess kept holding Will for a few seconds more at arms length, Will started whining.
"What's he doing?" he asked staring intently at the little boys upset face.
"Daddy" Will whined.
"He talks?" Jess was more confused, Will started whimpering.
"Here" Luke said taking Will away from Jess.
"Thanks" Jess said and noticed how Will instantly clung to Luke's neck.
"Will, honey, your daddy needs to breath" Lorelai teased. "He doesn't like strangers, thanks to someone" Lorelai cocked her head to Rory's general direction.
"Hey! Well, someone had to teach him that" Rory defended herself.
"It's Stars Hollow, there are no strangers" Jess said while grabbing himself some breakfast. Paris kept looking at Jess.
"Hey Jess"
"Hey Lane, still with the baseboards?" Jess teased.
"Sadly enough, yes" Lane mocked then laughed. "But I don't complain, it gets the job done"
"Mmmhmm" Jess mumbled with a mouth filled with pancakes. "You're new" he motioned to Paris and she just ducked her head.
"Offee!" suddenly came a scream from Will.
"No, Will" Luke said exasperated.
"I'm guessing you taught him that" Jess whispered to Lorelai who was giggling and only nodded her head.
"Jess, this is Paris. She goes to Chilton" Rory resumed their previous talk.
"Oh that's right, you decided to abandon your home school" Jess teased her, and Rory rolled her eyes. "Hi, I'm Jess" he turned his attention to Paris, she blushed slightly.
"How long are you here for Jess?" Luke asked him. Again he was taking a seat at the table, with a Will still in his arms. Will wouldn't take his eyes off of Jess.
"I was thinking a week…" Jess said and then saw Luke's look. "…ish"
"What about school Jess?" Lorelai asked. Rory stood up and pulled Lane and Paris with her to the living room.
"School's fine" Jess said after a long sigh.
"Jess…" Luke used his no-bullshit-tone.
"It really is. I'm doing good…ish. That's good with an ish" Jess quickly added the last part.
"And what exactly is good-ish?" Lorelai asked.
"It's stupid, they treat us like we don't know squat! And I swear the math teacher is just waiting for the right opportunity to teach us with apples and oranges!"
"So, that's no reason to miss a whole week of school" Lorelai said in her 'mom' voice.
"I already know what they're gonna teach this week, and next week, and most possibly the week after also"
"Well look who became cocky" Luke finally said something. Will wiggled out of his fathers lap and went to the living room where the girls were eavesdropping.
"I'm not cocky! I'm just stating facts!" Jess defended himself. "Rory was having the same problem, the only difference is that she stuck with school, she went everyday no matter how mind numbing it was"
"What's up with your mom, Jess" Lorelai asked out of nowhere. She took Luke and Jess both by surprise.
"What makes you think…?" Jess started.
"You know what the school is gonna be teaching in a laps of three weeks. That means you've had extra time in your hands to read, and the only way you have extra time is when something is up with Liz. Now, what's up with her?" Lorelai calmly explained. Damn! She's not supposed to know me so well, nobody knows me! So how come she does! Just because I spent almost a year living here when I was a kid? That was different, I've changed since then! She shouldn't be able to read me so easily Jess scoffed to himself.
"Jess?" Luke was worried now.
"I had been working at a pizza place but got fired when I stopped showing because Lizzie was going through her latest break up and was a mess…" Jess started, and already both Lorelai and Luke knew how this was going to end. "That's why I didn't come here last week, she asked me not to, she said she needed me, and for the first time I actually thought she did. Yesterday morning I woke up and all my money was gone…" yep the story was right on track Luke thought. "Liz called me at noon-ish and said that 'what's-his-name' came back last night and they both went to celebrate their reconciliation. With my money. I was pissed, I had missed Rory's birthday, I had gotten fired, I was broke, and I had fallen in my Mom's lies again. I just… I really don't feel like going to school right now" Jess ended. God if they had a nickel for every time Liz pulled a stunt like that, and Jess ended up staying at their house they would be richer than the Gilmore's right about now.
"Eat your breakfast" Luke told him, and he also resumed eating.
"I'm gonna go check on Will, he's way too quiet" Lorelai said with a small smile and left the kitchen.
"You're staying here, Jess. I'm gonna track Liz down and tell her. And don't worry, she's gonna be ok, she always is" Luke told Jess once Lorelai was out of sight.
"Thanks" was all Jess said and he kept eating.
iN THe LiViNG RooM
"What are you girls up to?" Lorelai asked as soon as she walked in. She knew they had been listening, it was a fact. But the look and Rory's face confirmed it; she didn't like it when Jess suffered. It wasn't fair that he had to get such a hard life, he was a good kid.
"Well, Lane has to be home in twenty minutes or Momma Kim is gonna have a fit" Rory said.
"And I should really be going soon. Thank you very much for having me here, Lorelai" Paris offered shyly.
"Anytime" Lorelai said with a smile. At least now, Rory would have a smiling face at Chilton.
"In that case, I'm gonna help you guys clean up" Rory offered.
"Are you crazy? You're the post-party-girl, you don't clean…"
"I know 'I sit and mock the ones who do' you've said it before" Rory teased her mom.
"An apparently it still doesn't stick. And you need to show Jess the town" Lorelai said and both Lane and Rory started laughing.
"Mom, Stars Hollow hasn't changed a bit since the last time Jess was here" Rory said between giggles.
"In that case, you need to go show him off. Take him to Miss Patty's. I'm sure she'd like to know how he turned up" Lorelai mocked and the all laughed, including Paris who got a chance to meet Miss Patty last night.
"That's just mean" Lane kept laughing.
"Aaaaahhh!" Will's bloody murder scream was what brought the laughing to a stop.
"Honey, you really have to stop doing that" Lorelai said while she picked up Will.
"What the hell was that?" Jess asked walking into the living room.
"That was a desperate cry for attention" Rory told him with a nod.
"Huh" Jess said with weird face. "Want your present?" he asked wiggling his eyebrows up and down.
"You didn't have to get me anything" Rory said getting up and walking over to where he was standing.
"That's what you 'say' but your actions speak a whole other language" he said while he rummaged through his bag.
"Shut up and gimme' it"
"Here" he handed her a small wrapped package. Rory tore the paper off and found a copy of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice both were paperback and pocket size. Rory squealed. "I know you already have worn out copies of them. But now you can reread them in a new book, and take it with you" Jess explained and Rory just jumped up and hugged him.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love it Jess"
"What's going on?" Luke asked stepping into the living room.
"Jess gave Rory books" Lorelai said amused.
"Really?" Luke mocked. "How odd"
"Shut up" Rory said and hugged Jess once more before going to her room to put her newest additions away.
LaTeR THaT DaY
Lane was now at her house, so was Paris. Luke, after cleaning up the house, left to the diner. Lorelai had the day off so she just stayed home with Will, for some quality mommy and me time. Rory and Jess were gonna walk around the town for a while, and then go to the diner for a 'family lunch', then they were thinking of grabbing the X'Terra and going to the Hartford Mall.
"Man, this place never changes" Jess said as they walked down the center of town. Everybody kept looking at them. "They're just as nosy as ever" he added.
"Oh that's not true…" Rory said.
"Tsk"
"No its not, now they're worse" she added and they laughed.
"How was your birthday?" Jess asked after a moment of silence.
"Well my grandparents threw me a big party, which sucked"
"Duh"
"And I got into I fight with me grandmother. Oh! And Will hit my grandfather"
"Nice" Jess said with a grin.
"They don't actually agree with you"
"That was expected. So you didn't like the party at all?"
"No, my grandma invited a whole lot of people I don't know, and the once I did know either hated me or I hated them" she sighed.
"Sorry"
"Thanks. But yesterdays party was the complete opposite" she said excitedly.
"Really?" he mocked. Just then there was a gust of cold air.
"Yeah, it was great" Rory said with a nod while she shivered a little. Jess threw his arm over her shoulders to keep her warm.
"What was so great about it?" she snuggled into him before she answered. It wasn't odd for them to be seen like that; after all they had practically grown up together. They sure were inseparable that summer.
"Well there was lot of food…"
"Of course" Jess piped in.
"Good food, a lot of people, even my grandparents came. I just hope they learned a thing or two about throwing parties"
"Highly doubt it" Jess teased, and Rory laughed. It was this precise moment that the two of them happened to walk right by Doses window.
"Oh! Buddy and Maisy came…"
"Wow, I haven't seen them in ages"
"Yeah well, maybe we can stop there for dinner on our way back"
"Maybe" Jess said with a smile.
"Do you want to stop for a cup of coffee, or go straight to the lake?" Rory asked while she tugged on him a little towards the diner.
"Hmm, tough choice…" she tugged harder. "I'm thinking a cup of coffee would be good right about now" he teased and they went into the diner.
THe HouSe
Lorelai had taken it upon herself to track Liz down, so she put on Will's favorite video and sat him down next to her on the couch. She had the phone and their little phonebook with her. Lorelai was determined to find Liz even if it meant calling everybody they knew.
"Momma" Will said and pointed to the screen.
"Mommy is busy right now, Will. Watch your video" Lorelai told him while she went over her little book. Will gave her a strange look but, nevertheless, he turned his attention back to the TV screen.
"Momma" Will whined after four phone calls. The video was now over and he was bored. And a little hungry.
"Honey, Mommy's busy. I'm trying to find your Aunt Liz" Will gave her another look, and then he climbed off of the couch. Lorelai didn't notice it, and if she did she didn't pay much attention to it, Will wondered the house all the time. Luke had taking it as a personal task to super-baby-proof the house. Will wondered into the kitchen and tried to open the first cabinet that came into view, he couldn't, it opened barely an inch before it stopped. He grumbled just like Luke but gave the next cabinet a try, it had the same result. Will went from cabinet to cabinet without any luck.
Lorelai had gotten the possible cell phone number of Liz' newest love interest when a loud-painful cry came from the kitchen. Will had been frustrated with the last cabinet that he grabbed it firmly with his both little hands, and pulled it with all his strength. It didn't budge but it did pull back shut with force and trapped his little fingers.
"Will what…?" Lorelai ran into the kitchen. Will kept crying his eyes out, by now he was sitting on the floor staring at his crushed fingers. "C'mere" Lorelai worriedly picked him up, and Will immediately showed her his fingers. "Honey what happened?" she asked while having a close look to all his fingers, there was no damage. In reality the door didn't close with that much strength but it had taken Will by surprise. "Shh, shh" Lorelai hugged him tightly and rubbed his back. "Do you want some juice?"
"Mommy" He pouted with a small voice.
"I'll take that as a yes" Lorelai maneuvered around the kitchen while tightly hugging Will to her. Lorelai gave him a zippy/cup just in time as the phone rang.
LaTeR aT THe DiNeR
Lorelai entered the half filled diner with a sleeping Will in her arms and the dipper bag on her right shoulder.
"Hey" Luke said walking past her to deliver a plate. When he walked back he grabbed Will and gave her a quick kiss.
"I have something for you" Lorelai said as she sat on a stool, and Luke laid Will down in the playpen.
"Did he cry?" Luke asked walking back to the counter. Lorelai wondered how he could always tell when Will, or Rory, or even she had cried.
"Yeah, he got his fingers caught in a cabinet earlier…" Lorelai quickly told him then pulled a small paper out of her pocket. "Here"
"What's this?" he asked eyeing the number scribbled on the paper.
"It's a phone number, it might be Liz' current boyfriends cell number"
"You're serious?"
"Yep, I made a lot of phone calls and somehow managed to get that. I didn't have time to actually call and see if it works, because Will started crying but that's the number. You should call" Lorelai explained.
"Maybe later" he said while placing the paper inside his shirt/pocket. Lorelai could tell that he was a bit disappointed in his sister. Liz had let down Jess, again. Heck, she had let the whole family down.
"Luke, maybe you should…" Lorelai was interrupted by Rory and Jess bursting into the diner.
"Fine I'm sorry!" Jess said.
"I can't believe you would say that" Rory scoffed while she sat next to Lorelai.
"I said I was sorry! Geez, it was just a movie, let it go" Jess also took a seat.
"Shh…" Luke said "Keep it down, Will is…"
"Daddy?"
"Awake" Luke said and walked over to the playpen.
"Sorry" Rory said.
"What did you do?'' Lorelai asked Jess with a small smile.
"He said he actually like Jurassic Park I " Rory informed her mother.
"Are you serious!"
"God, not this again" Jess mumbled. "Hey, Luke, do you need help?"
"Sure, tend the tables" Luke said while he walked around with Will in his arms.
"Honey" Lorelai dragged the word out.
"What do you want?" Luke asked, he had Will firmly attached to his neck that if he was to suddenly let go of the infant he wouldn't fall.
"I need a favor…"
"Me too!" Rory quickly added.
"One at a time" Luke told them.
"ME!" Lorelai quickly said.
"Hey not fair!" Rory whined.
"Tough luck…" Lorelai stuck her tongue at Rory, who did the same "Luke I need you to take care of Will"
"But it's your day off" Luke told her while he changed Will from one arm to the next.
"Yes, but idiot Michel called earlier and said he had the flu, then I called Sookie and she confirmed it. So now I have to go to the inn"
"Fine" Luke told her. He had other things on his head, he could use Will as a distraction. He just hopped Will wasn't in a whining mode after the cabinet accident.
"My turn?" Rory asked.
"Fine by me" Lorelai told her and handed Luke the diaper bag.
"Put it in the play pen" Luke quickly told her, and turned his attention to Rory.
"Can we borrow the X-Terra?" she asked and Luke narrowed her eyes at her. "We want to go to the Mall" Rory pouted. Luke let out a long breath. "We can take Will with us" she offered, and Jess' head shot up. She didn't know why she had offered but she had.
"To the Mall?" Luke asked.
"Sure why not" Rory said, she could tell the Luke was about to give her the keys.
"Are you ok with this?" He asked Lorelai.
"Fine by me" Lorelai said and took a sip from her coffee.
"And you?" Luke asked Jess.
"Sure, why not?'' was all Jess said. He really had no option, if he said no then Luke would say no to the car. Plus he could use some quality with his baby cousin. Luke thought for a little while.
"Fine" he said after a long sigh. "Here, be careful" Luke gave Jess the keys.
"Thanks" Rory said happily. She walked to the other side of the counter and grabbed Will from Luke.
"Be back for dinner" Luke told them before they left. After a couple of seconds Jess walked back in and over to the play pen.
"Forgot the diaper bag" Jess said embarrassed. While Jess went into the diner again, Rory strapped Will in and blew raspberries on his cheek to cheer him up.
iN THe DiNeR
"I have to go" Lorelai said when Jess left the diner.
"You'll be home for dinner?" Luke asked before he kissed her goodbye.
"Yeah. And Luke? Call her" Lorelai said before she left.
"Yeah, yeah" he mumbled before returning to work.
iN THe CaR
"Hey Willy, are you hungry?" Jess asked while he drove.
"Wory?" Will asked with high eyebrows.
"It's ok, Will. Jess is your cousin" Rory turned a little in her seat so she could face Will. Will looked at her for a few seconds then he began playing. "That's a start" Rory mocked then turned the radio on.
"No" Jess groaned at her choice of music. Will groaned also because he hated that song, Rory always played it.
"Hey! No ganging up on me. That's sexist" Rory said with a smile.
"So, what do you say Willy? Do you want some McDonalds?" Jess asked with a smile. Will's head shot up and with a smile he sang.
"Para pa pa pa"
"Is that a yes?" Jess asked Rory.
"Yeah, he loves their nuggets but Luke doesn't like to take him to McDonalds" Rory told him.
"You want nuggets, Willy?" Jess was starting to enjoy calling him 'Willy'.
"Para pa pa pa" Will sang again and both Rory and Jess laughed.
THe DiNeR
During the lunch lull Luke went up to his office. Ever since Lorelai had left earlier he kept touching his shirt/pocket, where the number was. He had finally got the courage to call. After He grabbed the phone and placed it back down for the fifth time, he called. It rang once it rang twice, Luke was getting restless.
"Pete's phone" Liz answered.
"What the hell is your problem!" Luke got mad as soon as he heard her cheery voice.
"I think you have the wrong number, sir" Liz said politely.
"Oh sorry, I thought this was the number for the boyfriend of my crushed nephew's mother!"
"Luke? Hey bro! How's it going? How's little mini-you? I bet he's…"
"Liz stop!"
"Gee bro, what wrong?"
"What's wrong, what's wrong!"
"Yeah"
"Jess showed up in our house this morning with luggage!"
"Damn that boy! How many time do I have to tell him that it's rude to show up unannounced in someone's home!" Liz said exasperated.
"We don't mind having him here. We do mind the reason why he is here! Liz, you need to think about jess before…"
JeSS, RoRY aND WiLL
Jess held the door open for Rory and Will.
"What do you want?" Jess asked.
"An order of nuggets, I'll eat whatever Will doesn't" Rory said.
"What? Why?" Jess said a little grossed out.
"Because I'm not all that hungry plus he'll only eat like three or four nuggets" she explained.
"Suit yourself" He ordered while Rory went to find a booster seat for Will. "Here" Jess said placing the tray on the table in front of Rory. Will's eye widen. "You better give him a nugget before his eye pop out"
"Wha…?" Rory turned to see Will. "Oh, here" she handed Will a nugget. He took the piece in his fist and jammed it into his mouth with a smile.
"Slow down there kid" Jess smiled before taking a bite from his burger.
LuKe'S oFFiCe
"…you're serious?" Liz asked after the long silence that followed their heated argument.
"Yes" Luke said in a firm whisper.
"Fine"
THe MaLL
Jess and Rory had been walking aimlessly around the mall for a while, with Will walking a step in front of them.
"Are we gonna go into one, or are we just gonna walk all day?'' Jess asked a little annoyed.
"Yes we're going into a store; I'm just looking for it. It's been forever since I was here, I'm a little off"' they kept walking a little further before Will turned to face them and then waved.
"Bye bye" Will said in a playful voice before running off.
"Will no!" Rory yelled before Jess ran after him. Will laughed as he ran down the Mall's halls. "William!" Rory was now running also.
"Gotcha!" Jess said as he picked up Will and threw him up in the air a little bit, Will laughed. "Thought you could out run me?" Jess holds him with one arm while he tickled him with the other.
"Ory!" Will said between laughs.
"Stop that or you'll have to change his diaper" Rory said before she playfully slapped Jess' arm.
"You have a bodyguard Willy?" Jess said in a mocking voice Will just smiled.
"Yes he does so… There it is!" Rory pointed to a store.
"I just hope you're more stable than your Mom and sister" Jess said while he put Will down and grabbed his little hand.
THe DiNeR
"Crap, crap, crap, crap…" Luke mumbled over and over as he served his costumers. How am I going to tell them, what was I thinking? "Crap, crap, crap, crap…" Luke walked over to the phone.
THe MaLL
"The car is fine, Rory is fine, and your son is hyper" Jess answered the phone.
"Take Rory and Will to dinner" Luke blurted.
"What?" Jess' head popped up from the magazine that he was reading. Rory was next to him with Will in her lap, she was reading Oliver Twist to him. They had gone onto 'Borders' for coffee and to read a little. Will had spotted Oliver Twist on a shelf and he grabbed it, Rory had been reading it to him lately.
"Take them to dinner, you have cash on you right? If not Rory has an emergency credit card on her, use that" Luke said quickly.
"Is everything ok, Luke?" Jess was starting to get worried, Luke never acted like this. Rory's head shot up from the book.
"Yeah, I just…I…I want to take Lorelai out for dinner" Luke stammered.
"Oh, ok. I'll take em'" Jess reassured him.
"Thanks. So is the car ok?" Luke teased a little to try an show that everything was ok. Jess laughed a little, just a little.
BaCK aT THe HouSe
Lorelai had left the inn a little earlier because she knew Luke was gonna be home early to cook dinner. She was in the mood to tease Luke a little while he cooked, little did she know that Luke had other plans. The door opened and Luke nervously stepped in.
"Honey is that you?" Lorelai's voice came from the couch.
"If you mean Rory, then no" Luke said with a nervous laugh.
"Are you ok? You never make jokes" Lorelai said turning the TV off.
"I kind of did something" Luke said in a low voice.
"What?" Lorelai asked with a fake laugh.
"I called Liz…"
"Good" Lorelai cut in.
"No, not good"
"Why?" Lorelai sensed how tense Luke was.
"I was in a very foul mood and…"
"Did you yell at her?"
"Yeah, and… I kinda said something else"
"Aww Luke, what did you tell her?" Lorelai was acting sympathetic to Liz.
"I asked for Jess' transcript papers…"
"What?" Lorelai was confused.
"…and for her to send his stuff over…"
"What?" Lorelai asked in a normal voice now.
"…and I told her that he was going to live with us now…"
"What!" Lorelai's eyes popped and her jaw dropped. Luke got up and began to pace.
"I lost it! She's in Vegas, in Vegas! She left Jess to go to Las Vegas! Lorelai. I couldn't take it anymore. I told her Jess was here and she got mad because he 'is so inconsiderate of other people because he just stops by and doesn't call ahead' she got mad. I lost it…I …I…" Luke let out a groan.
"Hey, hey it's ok. I was kind of thinking the same thing. Although I was gonna ask you before I did something"
"What?"
"I mean, Jess practically lived here when he was younger. And now he is struggling, he's a good kid; it's not fair that he has to suffer…"
"Really?" Luke was touched by this.
"Yes. I mean it's not going to be a walk in the park, we're gonna have two teenagers in the same house along with a toddler, but we can do it" Lorelai said confidently. Luke smiled.
"He can't stay on the couch forever" Luke whispered.
"We'll find something. We can… umm… the garage!" Lorelai suddenly said.
"The garage?"
"Yeah, it's connected to the house, we'll have to put up some of that thermal thingy to keep it warm, and close the garage door but it'll work"
"You sure about this?" Luke asked her.
"Think you can handle the renovations of the garage?" Lorelai said with a smile.
"Yeah" Luke said with a small smile. "You're great" Luke whispered.
"I know" She smiled. "Now all that's left is telling them" Lorelai said and Luke groaned.
BoRDeRS
"Offee!" Will said and extended his hands to try and grab Rory's coffee cup.
"No, no, no. Here, chocolate milk" Rory said handing him his zippy-cup.
"No!" Will said and threw the zippy-cup it fell on the floor with a crack. Jess bent over to get the zippy-cup.
"You want a cookie?" Rory placed a cookie in his hand.
"Offee!" Will yelled again and threw the cookie.
"I wonder where he gets that from" Jess teased while he picked the cookie up.
"Now you know that your actions have consequences" a lady snootily said as she passed by their table.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jess asked her loudly.
"Jess don't" Rory told him.
"No. I want to know what we did that caused her to say that" Jess said turning to the lady. The lady had a shocked face.
"I feel sorry for that little boy; it's not his fault he ended up with you as a father"
"What?" asked Rory.
"Let's go Rory" Jess said as he took Will out of his chair. He went over to pay with Will in his arms, Rory grabbed the diaper bag.
"He's my little brother" Rory told the lady. "And Jess is my cousin" She added before walking off after Jess.
BaCK aT THe HouSe
"This is nice" Lorelai mumbled. They were in the bathtub; Lorelai was sitting between Luke's legs.
"MmmHmm" Luke mumbled. He was drawing on her stomach, while his head rested on her shoulder.
"When was the last time we did this?"
"I think it was a week before Will was born" he quietly whispered to her shoulder.
"Too long" she said and he nodded. "How much longer do we have?"
"Jess was supposed to take them out to dinner"
"So they can be home between now and three hours?"
"Yep"
"You should've given them an hour. I'd just hate it if the came home right now"
"Me too"
SNiFFY'S TaVeRN
"Oh my God! Would you look at you" Maisy said and pinched Jess' cheek.
"Yes, you grew up nicely" Rory teased and pinched Jess' other cheek, and since he was carrying Will he couldn't fight back.
"Enough with the pinching, here" Jess passed Will over to Maisy.
"Hey there baby" Maisy said in a baby voice.
"Uddy!" Will yelled. With a strange expression Buddy came from the kitchen.
"I know that voice" Buddy said. "Jess?" he was not expecting that, Rory nodded and Jess smiled.
"Uddy!" Will yelled with a little more purpose.
"Don't ignore the boy" Maisy said.
"Sorry…" he grabbed Will. "Hey kid" Will smiled. "Wow Jess, this is a surprise"
"Yeah well, I couldn't miss Rory's sixteenth birthday" Jess said as an explanation.
"Let's give you guys a table" Maisy said and began to walk, they all followed her. "How long are you here for this time?"
"A week, or maybe more" Jess said.
"Good" Buddy said still playing with Will.
"We've missed you around here" Maisy told him.
"Yeah"
"Mind if I steal him for a while?" Buddy asked referring to Will.
"Be my guest" Jess said.
While Jess and Rory ate Will was passed between Buddy and Maisy. Will helped Buddy in the kitchen and Buddy gave him treats. Will helped Maisy work the table and in exchange people left a bigger tip. A little over and hour later Rory and Jess were getting ready to leave.
"This was a great surprise" Maisy said.
"Here, give this to your Mommy" Buddy have Will a Styrofoam container.
"I doubt he'll still be up when we get home" Rory told them.
"Then you make sure she gets it" Buddy told her and kissed her forehead.
"Sure thing" Rory gave an exaggerated nod and smiled.
"Tease, it was great to see you again Jess" Buddy said and shook Jess' hand.
"Good to know I'm appreciated" Jess mocked.
"There, all set" Maisy said once she had successfully put Will's jacket on. "Bye-bye baby" she gave Will a smooch on the forehead, and Will gave her a small wave. "He gets more and more adorable each day"
"Yeah that because Mom feeds him 'adorabl-Os' for breakfast everyday" Rory teased.
"Nice" Jess said. They finally said all their goodbyes and then they were off.
BaCK aT THE HouSe
By now Luke and Lorelai were watching a late night show. The front door opened and Rory walked in with a half asleep Will in her arms.
"Aw my baby's home" Lorelai stood up and walked over to Rory, she took Will and cuddled him.
"Nice, Mom. He wouldn't fall asleep until he gave you something" Rory said and went to close the door behind Jess; he walked in with a million bags plus the diaper bag.
"What were you going to give me?" Lorelai asked Will.
"Mommy" Will slurred and extended his hand, he was holding the Styrofoam.
"What's this?" she asked Will and he was practically asleep when he said
"Uddy"
"What?" Lorelai laughed at the way he said it.
"Buddy sent that" Rory said.
"Chocolate cake!" Lorelai shrieked and that woke Will up, he started to fuss. "Sorry, sorry. Shh, shh, shh" Lorelai bounced him a rubbed his back but he wouldn't stop fussing.
"Here…" Luke took Will. "I'll get him ready for bed" he went upstairs.
"Thanks Hon! So you guys had fun?" Lorelai asked scooping up some frosting with her finger.
"I have a new found respect for you" Rory said. Jess was walking back into the living room; he had been dumping all their shopping bags in Rory's room.
"Good" was all Lorelai said before grabbing more icing.
"You don't want to know why?'' Rory asked. Jess plopped himself on the couch and grabbed for the remote.
"Not really but if you feel like sharing…"
"Mom!"
"Fine, 'why do you have a new found respect for me?' oh daughter of mine" Lorelai teased and Jess smiled.
"Fine, whatever, I wont tell you" Rory said and walked off to her room.
"Nice going" Jess told Lorelai.
"Shut up" Lorelai said, tossed a cushion on his face, and got up to walk to Rory's room. "Hey, sorry about that, the chocolate got to me. Why are you respecting me more now?" Lorelai asked seriously.
"I knew you'd come around" Rory said with a small smirk.
"You tease! Tell me!"
"A lady started talking about how 'actions have consequences' and how Jess and I must know better now" Rory started.
"What?" Lorelai was confused.
"She thought Will was our son"
"Oh"
"And that made me realize that you must've gone though a lot of crap like that when I was younger" Lorelai shrugged it off.
"You learn how to deal with it" was all Lorelai said. Rory smiled and hugged her mom.
A few minutes later Luke walked back downstairs. Lorelai, Rory, and Jess were watching TV all eating from the Styrofoam container. Luke stopped on one of the last steps and just looked at them, he smiled. Lorelai felt like she was being watched and turned to look at him, she smiled.
"What are you doing all the way over there?" Lorelai asked all flirty.
"Just admiring the view" He said with a shrug, Lorelai smiled. Jess and Rory had turned to look at them briefly but kept their attention on the TV. Lorelai mouthed 'now?' to Luke and he simply nodded.
"Why'd you do that for?" Jess complained when Lorelai turned the TV off.
"We want to talk to you" Luke said. "Both of you" he quickly added.
"Don't worry, it's not bad" Lorelai quickly added, leave it to Luke to make this sound bad.
"Ok" Rory said in a weird tone. Luke walked closer to them.
"I called your Mom today" Luke said and he saw how Jess instantly deflated. "We talked for a while"
"Save it, I'm gonna go pack" Jess said getting up.
"Just hear him out" Lorelai told him. Jess sighed and sat back down.
"Like I said, we talked…"
"Talked?" Lorelai asked.
"…discussed…" Luke changed his choice of word. "And I told her to send over your stuff…"
"What?" Rory and Jess said at the same time.
"I told her to send over your stuff. All of your stuff" Luke told him.
"If you want to, you'll stay here with us" Lorelai told him.
"Here?" Jess asked. Luke and Lorelai nodded. "on your couch until I finish high school?"
"Of course not" Lorelai said.
"Thought so" Jess mumbled.
"We're going to fix up the garage and turn it into your bedroom. Well, that is if you want to stay here" Luke told him.
"Wait, but then he'd have a bigger room than me" Rory mocked.
"Tough luck" Jess mumbled towards Rory.
"So what do you say Jess?" Lorelai asked.
"You're gonna make me go to school everyday aren't you?" Jess whined.
"Yes, you'll be going to Stars Hollow High everyday. But if you do well and you think you can handle it, we can try and get you into Chilton next semester" Luke told him.
"You're serious?" Jess asked not believing a word since Luke said that they needed to talk.
"If you want to stay here and think you can hack it at Chilton" Luke said daring voice.
"You are serious" Jess stated.
"Yeah, you'll have to sleep on the couch for the first week or so but…" Lorelai started.
"Yes" Jess said.
"You sure? I mean, once you're here there's no going back and forth to New York" Luke told him.
"Positive" Jess said.
"Yay!" Rory squealed and hugged Jess. Lorelai smiled at Luke, and he smiled back.
"Thanks" Jess said once Rory let go of him.
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