Alrighty guys, here's another chapter! Hope you like! A little drama, a little...well you'll see...some of the Jess we remember :) R&R! Please comment! Thanks to those of you who review! Sometimes I reply, but sometimes I don't. I'm gonna need some help soon...I'll let you know at the end of this chapter. So enough of my rambling. Please read!

Chapter 9

Rory turned around reluctantly. She did not want to face him now.

"Hi Logan." Rory flatly responded.

"Rory, why haven't you called me? I thought we agreed we were taking a little break?" Logan put his hand on Rory's shoulder.

"No Logan, we never were dating! I told you that I was in love with someone else."

"Aww Rory, come on. Don't lie to yourself now."

"Logan stop!" Rory tried pushing Logan away, but he wouldn't budge. She started to struggled but Logan's grip just got tighter.

"Rory, come on!" Logan moved closer attempting to kiss her.

"Logan!" Rory screamed.

- - -

Jess was on his way to pick up Rory. His phone started ringing, yeah he decided to get one, and he checked the caller id. It was Rory.

"Hey Ror, I'm on my way now." Jess assured her, but he didn't hear her answer. He just heard some talking that sounded like it was in the background.

"Logan! Leave me alone!"

"Aww, come on! Just one little kiss? It won't hurt anyone."

"Logan, no! I'm married! See?"

"Well, that just makes things even better than, doesn't it?"

"What?!"

Jess was getting angry. He started to speed up as he heard this conversation. He wasn't going too fast until he heard her scream. That was all he needed for him to crack. He was speeding.

He finally arrived in what seemed like hours, but with his speeding a thirty minute trip turned into a fifteen minute trip.

Jess quickly got out of the car and ran around the campus looking for her.

"Rory! Rory where are you?!" Jess called searching every inch.

Jess heard Rory scream again and ran towards the direction of it.

"Jess!" Rory was calling for him. Jess heard Logan laughing and it really ticked him off.

"Rory!" Jess shouted again finally spotting her. He ran over there and didn't hesitate to punch Logan hard in the face. He could have sworn he heard a crack, but he was too concerned about Rory.

"Jess." Rory sobbed and clung tightly to him.

"It's ok Ror. I'm here. What happened?" Jess asked hoping that Logan had done nothing more than try to kiss her.

"He, he called me and I turned around and he started telling me we were taking a break and tried kissing me." Rory cried harder remembering Logan's tight grip on her arm. She pulled her arm free and started rubbing the other arm.

"Is that all he did? Because if that's not all, I swear I'm going to kick his…"

"That's all, I'm just glad you got here when you did. Otherwise I don't think trying to kiss me would have been all…" Rory quickly put her hand on her stomach out of habit.

"Are you alright?" Jess inquired glancing at Logan still lying on the floor.

"I-I think so." Rory quietly sobbed.

"He didn't hurt you in any way, I don't have to take you to the doctor do I?" Jess alarmingly asked.

"No, I'm alright." Rory whispered still clinging tightly to Jess.

"Ok. Well let me get your things and take you to the car." Jess was trying to stay calm for Rory, at least until he got her to the car. Once she was safe he was going to come back and give Logan a piece of his mind.

"Jess. Don't do anything rash." Rory worried he was going to get hurt.

"Come on Rory." He dodged her warning and gently pulled her along with him.

"Jess, don't go back."

Jess ignored Rory, to angry to just leave him there. He opened the door for Rory and told her to wait there.

"Jess!" Rory called after him.

"Wait there!" Jess ordered.

Jess was now letting the anger flow through him. He was going to teach Logan a lesson for touching Rory.

"Hey! Hey you!" Jess yelled to a staggering Logan.

Logan turned around and smirked. "Ah, so you're the husband."

"You bet I am. And I'm pissed off. So you better get over here and handle this like a man or I'll handle it without giving you a chance to defend yourself." Jess angrily shouted.

"Haha! Did little wifey send you to beat me up?" Logan taunted.

That was it, Jess let his fist fly again and socked Logan's face again. Logan staggered back, reached his hand up to his nose, and punched back. Suddenly the two of them were crashing on the lawn punching each other relentlessly.

- - -

Rory was getting nervous and impatient. She finally decided to get out of the car and look for Jess. She knew he was going to do something to get him in trouble, but she worried that he would get hurt.

"Jess! Where are you?" Rory ran back to the place Logan had "assaulted" her. She looked around to see a few trash cans knocked over and some blood on the sidewalk. She gasped and followed the trail.

- - -

Jess and Logan were tumbling around. Some students were running out of their way, others gathered around to see this fight.

A few security guards finally showed up and attempted to break up the brawl.

"Hey! Break it up now!" The first security guard shouted ripping them apart.

Jess swung at Logan again missing by a few inches, but he was feeling a little light headed himself. He had got hit hard above his eye and on his lip. He knew the next day it would be swollen and he would have a black eye. When he had calmed down somewhat the security guard let him go.

"What's going on here?" He asked.

"This jerk was harassing my wife." Jess stated forcefully.

"Alright alright, calm down sir." The second security guard said looking at Logan.

Logan stared hard at Jess and his eyes narrowed. He could lie his way out of this one if he needed to. Rory wasn't around to prove Jess right. He could get Jess into serious trouble for being on a campus that he wasn't even going to.

"That's a lie!" Logan shot out spitting out some blood.

"How so?" Jess questioned mordantly.

"You have no proof that I was "harassing" you wife." Logan sharply replied.

"Well I do have proof that I am married." Jess said showing his wedding band on his left hand.

"That still doesn't prove anything." Logan smirked slyly.

"I can prove it if you want." Jess checked his pockets for his phone, but he remembered he left it in the car with Rory.

"Dammit!" Jess slapped his hands against his legs.

Logan smirked, knowing he could win this. Jess couldn't stand Logan, he wanted to continue to beat him down.

"Jess!" He heard Rory calling for him.

At the sound of Rory's voice, Logan's smirk quickly became a frown. He knew he lost this round.

Rory was running to Jess. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and gasped seeing all the blood dripping down his face.

"Jess." Rory quietly stated gently placing her hand on his face.

"I'm alright." Jess assured her kissing her forehead.

"Alright, Mr. Huntzenburger, you're coming with us." the security guard pulled him along.

"Just because his wife is here doesn't mean I harassed her or assaulted her!" Logan yelled.

"Do you really want to resist? We can ask this young lady right here if you wish." the second security guard responded.

Logan sighed and shook his head. The guards took him away and Rory sighed. Rory was too worried about Jess to think of herself.

"Jess. You shouldn't have done that." Rory shook her head and looked away.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't just let him go." Jess took her hand and kissed it.

"I…" Rory didn't finish her sentence, she blacked out and her legs gave out. Jess caught her and gently called her name. Trying to get her to open her eyes.

"Rory. Rory!" Jess cautiously shook her. Any fatigue and dizziness Jess was feeling a moment ago was gone. Adrenaline pumped through his body and he picked Rory up with new strength.

He rushed to the car and drove as quickly as possible to the hospital. He took her inside and asked for a nurse.

"Oh my! What happened sir?" a nurse alertly questioned.

"My wife passed out. She's pregnant and I'm not sure what's going on." Jess informed her.

"Alright. This way please." the nurse motioned for him to follow her. "And what happened to you."

"We're worried about her right now." Jess snapped.

"Yeah I know, but you are going to need stitches above your eye and you're bleeding extensively." the nurse calmly countered.

Jess sighed, "I got in a fight with a guy who was trying to get fresh with my wife ok?" He was annoyed and didn't think it really mattered what had happened to him.

"I see. Well lie her on the bed there and we'll hook her up to some monitors, check the baby, and bring a doctor in." the nurse softly updated Jess on the order of events.

"Ok." Jess was starting to feel the aftermath of the fight. He was getting dizzy again, but he had to stay awake for Rory.

"Well everything seems fine with the baby. Heartbeat is fine, and the baby doesn't seem to be in stress. Maybe the events of this afternoon put a lot of stress on your wife." the nurse suggested.

"Maybe." Jess's one word replies were still a part of him, especially when he wanted to avoid conversation.

"Ok. The doctor will be in shortly. He'll probably stitch you up too." she said before closing the door.

Jess sat down next to Rory and sighed. He had caused another mess with her.

So much for maturing and getting my life on track. Jess thought.

A few minutes later Dr. Braxton walked in. "Ah, you again huh?"

"Dr. Braxton?" Jess was shocked.

"Uh huh. So what happened this time?" Dr. Braxton looked over Jess curiously.

"I got in a fight ok? And Rory passed out. I'm not sure why."

"I see. Well according to the monitors and charts, the baby is fine. I think Rory might be in shock of your fight or maybe it caused her some stress." Dr. Braxton suggested.

"Yeah, maybe. She was running around looking for me though." Jess added.

"Hmm. Well that could be a big part of it then. She just needs to relax and take it easy for a few days. Take her home and make sure she stays in bed. Don't do anything else to stress her out ok?" Dr. Braxton stifled a chuckle at his last remark.

"Alright." Jess looked down at his hands and sighed.

"As for you, let's get this gash cleaned and stitched up."

"Ok."

The doctor finished up quickly and left the room telling Jess once Rory woke up he could take her home.

Twenty minutes later Rory began to stir.

"Rory?" Jess scooted closer to the bed and took her hand.

"Jess?" Rory opened her eyes, smiled, then frowned seeing the stitches and his swollen lip.

"What?" Jess asked embarrassed.

"You poor thing. Your lip is swollen and you have stitches." She reached up and placed a hand on his cheek.

"I'm alright. You're the one lying in a hospital bed." Jess reminded her.

"I know. I'm sorry. What happened?"

"You passed out, just mid sentence collapsed and fell into my arms. Lucky I was there to catch you." Jess smirked.

Rory grinned and sighed. "My little trouble maker."

Jess smiled and got up. "You ready to go? The Doctor said once you woke up we could leave. They unhooked all of those nasty monitors a few minutes ago."

"Yes! Let's get out of here!" Rory began to get up but Jess gently held her down.

"Uh uh! Doctor said you have to take it easy these next few days. So I'm going to carry you." Jess picked her up and she gasped.

"Jess! I can walk!" Rory playfully complained.

"Nope! I'm carrying you."

"Fine!" Rory pouted and Jess laughed. "You do know that everyone is going to ask about your face."

"About how I got so lucky with this handsome face?" Jess smirked and winked.

Rory rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You know what I mean."

"Yes I know." Jess sighed, "Just thought I'd lighten the mood."

" I know. I love you." Rory kissed Jess as he let her down to get into the car.

"I love you too. You just need to work on keeping junior in there safe." Jess nodded his head toward her stomach.

"I know. I'm sorry." Rory whispered looking away.

"No, it's my fault. I screwed up again." Jess sighed and started the car. "Let's get something to eat and go to bed. I'm exhausted!"

"Yay! Food!" Rory lightened up. "Can I have pie!?"

"Maybe, if you behave yourself and be a good little girl."

"Oh I will!" Rory said in a little girl voice.

Jess laughed and took Rory's hand in his.

"Can a negotiate with you for a piece of pie?" Rory asked suddenly getting a bright idea.

"Depends. What is it?" Jess looked at Rory and saw the "face".

"I'll show you tonight." Rory winked at him and left it at that. Jess's smile broadened and he chuckled.

"I'm holding you to that." Jess agreed and smiled.

"Oh, I know." Rory wiggled her eyebrows and giggled.

"But, you have to take it easy, remember?" Jess recalled.

"I know how to take it easy!" Rory playfully shrieked in shock.

They were arriving into Stars Hollow when Rory looked over to see a deranged Jess.

"You can take it slow if you don't want to face them yet." Rory comforted him.

"You sure?" Jess asked unsure.

"Yep. Take all the time you need. I'll have to give an explanation too you know." Rory patted his arm and smiled.

"Alright. We'll drive in circles for a while." Jess nodded nervously.

So what did you think? Was it good? Hope you enjoyed it! It's coming along great! Please review. And as for the needing help, I'm going to need help coming up with good baby names. What would be some good ones. Either boy or girl names, let me know if you think they should have a boy or a girl and leave a good name to go with it! Thanks for your support! Please review!

~ Beth