Rory got home that night at about 10 o'clock, as she walked in the door she was greeted by Lorelai. "so where were you at this late night of April 16, 2004 at 10:03 pm?" Lorelai asked her

questioningly.

"I'm sorry I don't think I plead the 5th." Said Rory with a laugh.

"So who were you with?" asked Lorelai.

"well if you must know..." Lorelai looked at her with wide eyes, "no one." said Rory teasing her mom.

Lorelai rolled her eyes "Come onnnnn, you cant just do that. Besides, I already know who it is anyways."

"Okay then I don't have to tell you." Said Rory sitting down on the couch.

"Yep... you don't have to tell me." Lorelai stood in the same place fidgeting a little then made her way to the couch. "Come on, who is it? I think I have a pretty good idea but I need to hear it from you to make sure im right!"

"But you already know, therefore I don't have to tell you." Said Rory.

"Okay, I lied... I don't know who it is. did you know that I have a disease? a lying disease.. yep, very critical. I've tried to tell you.. and I've tried to get help but I just couldn't face my problem. Now I have a mental note of it. Must get help with critical lying disease. See its written down in my head... now just tell me who it is. Cause I don't know.. I was lying... my disease-"

Rory cut her off. "Wow mom.. I didn't know. I must not be so hard on you anymore." Said Rory sarcastically.

"I don't appreciate your sarcasm young lady, this is no laughing matter." Said Lorelai in a serious tone.

"Im not telling you mom" said Rory as she got up from the couch and into the kitchen about to go into her room.

"Do you not trust me with your inner most secrets?" Asked Lorelai as she got up too.

"No, I just love seeing you get all tense and squirmy."

"I am not getting all tense and squirmy, I don't know what your talking about." Said Lorelai.

"Remember mom... the first step to getting help is facing your problems."

"Shut up, I don't need help. not even for my lying disease. because I don't have one." said Lorelai defensively.

"are you sure this isn't just your lying kicking in again... mom really, you should get help. I'll take you to the doctor in the morning, I think your health is too critical for you to drive. Now just get some rest... and remember, don't lie yourself to death." Said Rory as she closed the door to her room.

Lorelai made her way to the stairs and yelled to Rory "YOU'RE FUNNNNNNY. HILARIOUS ACTUALLY."

The next morning Lorelai and Rory made there way to Luke's. it was like every other morning... except not for Rory. "Luke, coffeeee, now." Said Lorelai as they sat down at a table.

"Are you that deprived of caffeine that you cant speak in complete sentences?" Asked Luke as he poured both of them a cup of coffee.

"Yes, it's a disease... if I don't get enough coffee in me, words seem foreign to me, and I am no longer capable of speaking in complete sentences." Said Lorelai.

"Don't listen to her, her lying disease is getting worse." Said Lorelai while searching the room at the same time.

"I don't even want to know." Said Luke as he walked away.

"looking for someone?" Asked Lorelai.

"what? oh uh no... I just slept on my neck weird last night... im trying to get the feel back in it." Said Rory lying.

Lorelai smiled "I think my lying disease is contagious."

"What no, im not lying." Said Rory drinking her coffee.

"Okay... whatever you say, oh and by the way, here he comes." Said Lorelai as she saw her daughter become uncomfortable seeing Jess make his way behind the counter. Rory looked at him and when he shot her a glance she quickly looked down at the table and put a strand of stray hair behind her ears. Jess turned away and also smiled to himself. "What was that?" asked Lorelai.

Rory looked at her mother "what was what?"

"That. That incredibly uncomfortable glace you two just exchanged. come on.. I think you can do better than that."

"Do better than what? I don't know what your talking about." Said Rory as Jess looked at her again. Rory smiled at him shyly as she put her hair behind her ears again.
"See your doing your shy thing!" Said Lorelai.

"What shy thing?" Asked Rory.

"That thing where you put your hair behind your ears every time you feel uncomfortable or shy about something."

"I don't know what your talking about." Said Rory as she put her hair behind her ears again.

"See! you just did it."

"I have no "shy thing." said Rory. "My hair just isn't behaving today."

"Yeah.. okaaaaay." Said Lorelai. "You know... he keeps looking at you."

Rory smiled, "no he's not."

"Yeah he is, he basically just ran into this guy and gave him a bloody nose. gross! Jess just puked from the sight of it!" Said Lorelai.

Rory rolled her eyes "Your not going to get me to look over there."

"Okay... you wouldn't want to anyway, its getting pretty graphic." Said Lorelai. "ohhhh Luke just came down and started beating Jess up! he just put Jess in a headlock! OH MY GOD, jess just body slammed him onto the floor... Luke is struggling to get up. He reaches for a frying pan and hits jess over the head with it! Ohhhhh he looks pretty hurt. The bloody nose guy is still on the floor, Jess pushes Luke ON TOP OF HIM! come on Luke! get up!"

"What is she doing?" asked Luke to Rory, as he made his way to her table.

"You and Jess are in a pretty graphic fight right now, Jess just pushed you onto the bloody nose guy that was still on the floor from Jess running into him." Said Rory as Lorelai turned to face him.

Luke rolled his eyes at Lorelai but wasn't surprised at her scenario considering... it was her. "So am I okay?" asked Luke.

"Yeah, I think your alright, some minor bruises but you look good."

"I look good?" Asked Luke smiling.

Lorelai grew uncomfortable "yeah, good as in... you look healthy, so you look good, because your healthy."

"huh."
"Yep..." Said Lorelai as Luke smiled and walked away.

"Now that's what I call uncomfortable." Said Rory.

Lorelai rolled her eyes. "I was not uncomfortable."

Rory turned her head to the counter and saw jess leaning against it reading a book as he glanced up and looked at her smiling, Rory smiled back but this time didn't put her hair behind her ears. "I'll go pay."

"okay sweets, ill meet you later, I have to get to the inn, Michel is there by himself... who knows how long it will take for him to go insane." Said Lorelai with a smile. "Ill see you later," she said again while putting her hair behind her ears repeatedly as she walked out the door.

"Your funny." Said Rory as she made her way to the counter. "hi." she said.

Jess lifted his head up from his book and smiled. "Hey."

"So I came to pay." Said Rory.

Jess smiled at her "huh."

"Yep, so here." Said Rory handing him the money. Jess kept looking at her in that way that she loved.. but also made her very uncomfortable.

"Keep it." he said.

"I cant just keep it."

"why?"

"Because that makes you loose out on profits.. profits means money, money means bills, bills mean pay for your house and needed supplies." Said Rory handing him the money again.

"Its four dollars." Said Jess.

"Four dollars times seven is 28 dollars in a week! and four dollars times 29 is 116 dollars in a month! and don't even let me get started on years."

"yes, but this is a day. four dollars times one is four dollars in one day! see I can do math too." Said Jess smiling at Rory, Rory smiled back. There was a silence of them just looking at each other Rory occasionally looking down at the table but glancing up everyone in a while. "Do you want to come upstairs? I have this book that I think you might like."
"yeah okay." Said Rory smiling as they made there way upstairs.