He walked into Luke's Diner wearing the same old denim jacket he always sported. He went behind the counter and poured himself a cup of coffee even though he knew it would drive Luke crazy. He was actually pouring the cup when Luke returned to the front of the diner only to see him standing.

"What the hell are you – Jess?" Luke was stunned. It had been a long time since the last time he has seen nephew.

Jess turned around and smiled. "Hey just pouring myself a cup of coffee." He then made his way back to the front of the counter and sat down.

"What are you doing here in Stars Hollow?" Luke asked slowly. He had a feeling Jess was on a mission. He also had a sinking feeling that mission involved Rory.

Jess sipped his coffee before answering his uncle's question. "Right now I'm sitting here talking to you and drinking coffee."

Luke now knew that Jess was definitely here on a mission that involved Rory. "She's not here you know."

"Who isn't here? Are we referring to Rory, Lorelai, Miss Patty, or even my mother? Because I can see that none of them are here right now in the diner." Jess hated when Luke saw through the fronts that he put up.

"Jess just knock it off. I know why you're here. I know you're looking for Rory." Luke wasn't in the mood for games. Then again Luke wasn't in the mood for anything. Things with Lorelai had become very tense. He found himself having to choose between spending time with her and spending time with April. Normally Luke found himself choosing April. "She's not here in Stars Hollow."

"Where is she? Is she at school?" Jess was surprised. Rory always was home for the weekend. She couldn't make it very long without seeing her mother.

Luke shook his head. "No she's taking some time off from school right now. She's living in Hartford in her grandparent's pool house."

"Why would she be living in Hartford with her grandparents when she was taking time off from school? Why isn't she just living with you and Lorelai?" Jess was finding it hard to process all of this new information.

"Lorelai and Rory had a bit of a falling out this past summer. Rory wanted to take time off from school. Lorelai didn't want that to happen. Lorelai refused to support Rory's decision so Rory isn't speaking to her right now." Luke was getting pretty damn tired of this fight. It was taking a toll on their relationship to. Now Lorelai was not only mad because Luke was always spending time with April but also because she was now always alone.

Jess was flabbergasted to say the least. In the entire time he and Rory dated or even the entire time he and Rory flirted things with her mother had never gotten so bad that they couldn't make up within the next few days. "Do you know if Rory is uh well you know?"

Luke smiled a bit. Jess had only ever been nervous when it came to Rory. He could give two shits about the rest of the world. Still he never wanted to let Rory down or make her ashamed of him. In the end though he failed and he did let her down. He let her down in a big way. Still it was hard for him to have to tell his nephew that yes she was seeing someone and they had been together for quite a while. "Yeah uh but Lorelai hates him. His name is Logan or Lance or Landon. Something like that. Anyway he goes to Yale. He's just some rich white kid. I bet he's an ass."

"I never imagined Rory would actually date someone that her grandparents approved of." Jess admitted quietly.

"Neither did I. Things have changed a lot though. Still if you want to find her she lives with her grandparents in Hartford."

Jess finished his coffee and then stood up. "Well then I guess I'll go. Oh and congratulations on April. It's not everyday you find out that you have a preteen daughter." Jess said with a smile and then just as suddenly as he came he was gone.

"Did I ever tell you that Finn was briefly a male model?" Anne Marie slurred. She looked over at Finn who was so inebriated he didn't know he was supposed to be embarrassed.

Finn tried to stop her from telling the god awful story but he couldn't. His reflexes were too slow. He was pretty sure it was Jose Cuervo's fault.

Anne Marie smiled and nodded. "See my mother knew this woman who was doing this show in Australia. It was for her new line. Anyhow she convinced my mother to get me and Finn to do this ad for it. Little did we know though that her new line was this like hip hop experiment. So there is actually a bloody roll of film with us wearing these horrible Compton wannabe outfits. That was the first and last time either of us experimented with following in our mother's footsteps."

"How much would one have to pay to get their hands on this roll of film?" Logan asked with a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

Anne Marie shrugged. "No more than it would cost for you to become Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's next door neighbors."

Finn squirmed in his seat. He didn't like where this was going. "You wouldn't really buy that film would you mate?"

Logan couldn't say no. It was too easy. It was too perfect. "I won't make any promises Finn. Still you know this photographer's name Anne Marie?"

Anne Marie tried to think but found it too hard. Everything was fuzzy. Was it Tawny Delaney? No, no that was her mother. "I really don't recall his name right now Logan. Sorry love."

Rory couldn't help but have fun when she was with them. She saw Finn start to pour himself another glass of tequila so she decided to stop him. She grabbed the bottle from him. "I'm cutting you off Finn."

"Good idea Ror I think he's just a wee bit toasted. I myself could use another drink though." Anne Marie tried to lift her arm but couldn't get her brain to tell her arm to move. Instead she decided to just lay down for a bit.

"Anne Marie, are you okay?" Stephanie asked slowly.

Anne Marie didn't bother trying to lift her head. Instead she decided to just mumble softly, "Yep, I'm just resting my brain. I'll be up and drinking in no time."

Colin laughed. "You do realize that the two of them basically drank half of that bottle by themselves. This should teach us to never challenge an Aussie to a drinking contest."

"They're going to be an interesting couple. You think they'll be drunk for most of their marriage?" Stephanie asked softly. She couldn't help but smile at the fact that they are both sitting or rather laying there with their heads on the table.

Logan laughed. "They are going to need Super Nanny to live with them until every last one of their children go to college."

"I can just picture Jo standing over them saying in her thick English accent "You've been very naughty..." as she shook her finger at them." Rory said as she laughed. She loved that show. It was way better than Nanny 911.

Colin sighed. "I guess it's our job to take them home isn't it?"

Logan nodded and stood up from the table. He pulled his wallet out and motioned for Rory to go pay the tab for him. He gave her his black card. He smiled when she didn't hesitate taking it from him. It was taking her a while to get used to not feeling like a gold digger when she used it. "They're not going to be able to walk out. Are they?"

Colin laughed and shook his head. "We'll never get that lucky. Unless well hold on." Colin stopped talking for a moment and then suddenly exclaimed, "Is that redhead over there stripping?"

Finn suddenly was sober enough to stand up and look around the room. "Where mate? Where is the stripping redhead?"

Stephanie started to laugh. It not got old. Finn always fell for the stripping redhead trick. "She left the building I think she went out into the parking lot."

Finn nodded furiously and then pulled Anne Marie up out of her seat. Even though she protested that she didn't need to go home. She could sleep there for the rest of the night? He basically carried her out the door and into the parking lot with his friends close on his heels.

Rory hadn't heard the bit about the redhead so she was rather curious as to how they got Finn to get up. She leaned into Logan and whispered softly, "What did you do?"

"Finn thinks there is a redhead stripping in the parking lot." Logan told her and then he flashed her his trademark smirk. "He falls for it every time."

Rory rolled her eyes. Sometimes Finn was so gullible. Still she had to admit it was a hilarious and evil trick. Finn was a sucker for a redhead. "I had fun tonight. I love going out with you guys."

"Want to know a secret?" Logan asked his eyes were filled with desire.

"What?" Rory asked rather seductively. She was getting the hang of this flirting thing.

Logan smirked. "I love doing anything as long as you are there. I would get a Brazilian wax as long as you were there to hold my hand."

Rory smiled and bit her lip. "Ditto."

"I think we just had a Ghost moment. Clue the lights that signal my ascent into heaven." Logan joked.

Doyle walked into his apartment with Paris only to find Paris sitting on the couch staring at the phone. He noticed that the television was on and figured she was watching C-SPAN. He was surprised though to see that on the television was actually a movie. "What movie is this?"

Paris looked up startled. She hadn't realized how long she had been watching this movie. She sighed and turned it off. She decided she would just go ahead and tell him. She would just lay it all out for him. "Well Doyle it's a video of Christmas a couple of years ago."

"But Paris you're Jewish." Doyle was utterly confused. Why would Paris have celebrated Christmas?

Paris sighed. This was going to be harder than she had originally planned. "But my boyfriend at the time Jamie wasn't. I celebrated Christmas with his family."

"Oh." That was all Doyle could manage. He hadn't known that Paris had dated someone before Asher.

Paris took a deep breath. She just had to tell him. She couldn't put this off any longer. "Doyle, uh, Jamie called me earlier today. He left a message on the machine. Anyway he is going to be in town next weekend and he wanted to know whether or not I would have lunch with him."

Doyle wasn't sure he liked this. Paris was nervous about this. Paris was never nervous. It didn't suit her. She was like a pitbull. "Have you decided whether or not you were going to go?"

"I've thought about this a lot. I've decided to say yes. Things with Jamie ended badly and I'd like to patch things up if at all possible." Paris explained. She watched his face. He didn't seem to like the idea but he did accept it. "Okay?"

"Okay. I have to accept your decision so okay." Doyle said and then he let out a soft sigh. "I'm going to go take a shower and then work on one of my papers."

Paris watched him leave. He was upset. That much she knew. Still she had to do this. She missed Jamie. She wondered if he missed her. She had a feeling that if she didn't go she would regret it for the rest of her life. She took a deep breath and then called his number.

"Hello?"

"Hi Jamie, it's Paris." The words came out a bit more awkward than she would have liked but she knew it was a good start. Rory always told her to start small.

Jamie was a bit surprised at how nervous Paris sounded. "It's been a long time Paris."

"Yeah it has." She agreed. "So how are you?"

"Good. Law school has kept me busy. What about you? Is Yale as good as Harvard?" He knew she had always planned on attending the holy grail of Ivy League schools. He remembered how devastated she was when she found out that she hadn't been accepted.

Paris couldn't help but laugh. She had been so convinced that Yale would never be as good as Harvard. She couldn't have been more wrong. "The shopping is nowhere near as good as it is in Cambridge. But then again I've never been one to shop much. Yale is good. Yale is really good. I live in New Haven with my boyfriend Doyle. I'm convinced they have better real estate in Cambridge but I can deal."

"Well I'm happy for you. I still don't understand why you couldn't come to Princeton." Jamie joked. Paris would never do well at Princeton or Brown. They were too laid back compared to Yale and Harvard. He didn't say anything about her boyfriend. He wasn't surprised. Still he wasn't sure what to say about this Doyle character.

Paris sniggered. "Well anyway you were probably studying when I called so I'll just get to the point. First you know I'd never have lasted in New Jersey, Garden State my ass. It would be the garden state if people planted dead bodies. Second I'm calling to accept your invitation to lunch next weekend."

Jamie couldn't help but feel like dancing. He was afraid that this Doyle character would keep her from going to lunch with him. "Okay well I'll meet you in front of your old dormitory next weekend. Okay?"

"Okay." Paris agreed. They chatted a bit longer before they finally got off the phone. She found out that he was actually going to Boston University for is law degree. She wondered why he had gone there instead of Harvard. She supposed she would find out at lunch next weekend. She decided that she would call Rory first thing in the afternoon to let her know how things went. She knew Rory was still not a morning person. She never would be. Rory would be so proud of her.

Logan parked his car beside Rory's gas conscious car. He reached into the backseat and grabbed the food they had picked up on their way home. Rory had decided they were in desperate need of a midnight snack.

Rory got out of the car and made her way to the door. She searched through her new Coach bag for her house keys. She was so deep in searching it wasn't until she almost bumped into him that she realized someone was sitting on her front step. She froze. She couldn't believe her eyes. "What are you doing here Jess?"

Logan walked up to find Rory in a state of shock. That's when he noticed the guy sitting in front of her door. From the look on Rory's face she knew him. "Are you okay Rory?"

"Yeah uh just wondering what this visit is all about? Logan this is an old friend from Stars Hollow Jess. Jess this is my boyfriend Logan." Rory introduced them. She hadn't seen Jess in so long. She hadn't even thought about him in months. She didn't understand how he could just sit there all calm in that same denim jacket he always wore.

Jess stood up and walked towards the pair. He seemed to have interrupted their plans. He shook Logan's hand. "I just stopped by to catch up."

Rory didn't say anything she just stared at him. She didn't understand why he always had to show up when things were going good. She wasn't going to let him ruin this. She wasn't going to let him make Logan feel insecure about their relationship.

That was the update! I hope you liked it! Thanks for reading! Review! I love them!