I'm constantly surprised by the amount of reviews I get and how lovely you all are so thank you! :) Thought I'd take some time to answer some of your questions. For those asking about Jess, I am planning on bringing him into the story at some point. I have a vision that Jess and Jamie will be similar so it could be interesting. For those literati fans, I'm afraid I won't get Rory and Jess together. I did like them in the show but I preferred them as friends and as this is a javajunkie story, I can see them having a strong sort of like brother/sister relationship. :) Also, I will be doing the débutante episode at some point but it will obviously be a bit different to the one on the show.

By the way, I love hearing your suggestions so don't be shy to let me know if you have any! :) Anyway, onwards with the next chapter!

Chapter 11

Rory was walking along the street engrossed in a book when she heard a voice behind her. She turned around but narrowed her eyes when she saw who it was. "Go away Dean." She said.

"Please just hear me out! We were good before but now you're blanking me. I really like you Rory. I thought you did too." He said catching up with her.

"We were good until you decided to beat up my brother." She snapped.

"He was provoking me! Come on, Rory! He was constantly getting me down." He pleaded.

"I know Jamie. He never gets in fights! And maybe he was calling you a jerk because of what you were saying about my mom and him. You really think I would go out with someone who badmouths my family? You're crazy!" She said.

"I never said any of those things! Jamie's lying! He just wants me to hate me." He lied.

"Stop it Dean! Seriously! I know my brother and the two things he doesn't do is get in fights and lie. Now I'm going and I'd appreciate it if you left me alone!" She snapped.

She turned to walk away but Dean grabbed her arm.

"Let go of me!" Rory exclaimed.

"HEY!" Jamie shouted running over to them. "Let her go!" He said angrily, pushing Dean away. He turned to Rory. "You ok?" He asked softly.

Rory nodded. "Let's just go." She said quietly.

Jamie nodded. "You touch her again and I swear..." He said angrily.

"You'll what?" Dean laughed approaching him. He saw Jamie take a step back. "That's what I thought."

"Just leave me and my family alone. I mean it." Jamie said. "Come on Rory." He said.

Dean grabbed Jamie and pushed him against a wall. "You think you're so big and protective! You're a wimp! You couldn't even put up a good fight before." He goaded.

"Dean, get off him!" Rory exclaimed.

Luke looked up from what he was doing in the diner and saw what was happening across the square. "Caesar, cover for me!" He shouted and ran out and across the square. "OI!" He shouted. He ran up to them and pulled Dean off Jamie. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

"Just having a discussion." Dean said.

"Didn't look like that to me. Now beat it and if I catch you near them again, I might do something I'll regret so you really don't want to find out." Luke said.

"Are you threatening me?" Dean said.

"Yeh. Now beat it!" Luke said taking a step towards him.

"Fine!" Dean put his hands up in mock surrender. "I'm going, I'm going!" He said and walked away.

Rory breathed a sigh of relief. Luke turned to them. "You two ok?"

They both nodded.

"Good. Come on, I'll make you some burgers." He said.

They followed him to the diner and sat down at the table. Rory looked at Jamie. "Thanks." She said quietly.

"I didn't do anything." He said.

"Yes you did. I know how shaken you were by Dean so thanks." She smiled.

Jamie smiled back. "Yeh well...you're my sister..."

Rory smiled. She then smirked. "So yesterday at the festival, I saw you dancing with Lane..."

"Yeh, so?" He shrugged it off. "I was saving her from Kirk."

"Well I thought you looked cute." She teased him.

"Yeh well I thought you and Tristan looked cute." He retorted.

"Do you like Lane?" She asked.

"Do you like Tristan?" He asked.

"We're not getting anywhere here, are we?"

"Nope."

"Thought not." Rory said.

After a few minutes, Rory looked at Jamie. "But seriously, do you like her?" She asked.

"Just leave it." Jamie said.

"You know I won't tell anyone." She said.

"Look, I don't know how I feel ok? Just leave it." He said.

"Ok sorry." Rory said.

Luke brought over their burgers and the subject was dropped.


Later that day, the two of them went to help out at the inn. They went in and went up to the desk where Michel was. "Hey Michel, where's mom?" Rory asked leaning against the counter.

"How should I know?" He replied.

"Well you do work with her." Rory pointed out.

"That doesn't mean I keep track of her every move. She does as she pleases." He replies.

"Michel!" Rory whined.

"Try the kitchen." He huffed.

"Thanks Michel!" She grinned and walked off.

"You're always a pleasure to talk to." Jamie smirked.

"I do not care." Michel said not looking up from the computer.

Jamie smirked and went to the kitchen to find Rory chatting happily with their mom and Sookie. "Michel's in a bad mood." He remarked.

"Seriously? Well that's a change." Lorelai grinned.

"What did you do?" Jamie said.

"Me!? Nothing! I didn't do anything. Oh maybe I asked him to stay a bit later." She grinned.

"Figures." He smirked.

"So we're here to help out! What needs to be done?" Rory asked.

"Got some folders that need to be sorted. Sorry it's quite boring." Lorelai said.

"No it's cool." Rory smiled.

"Oh yeh it's swell." Jamie said sarcastically.

"I didn't ask you to help out." Lorelai pointed out.

Jamie smirked. "Just show us to the folders."


That evening, Lorelai, Rory and Jamie were watching tv when the doorbell rang.

"Bagsy not!" Lorelai and Rory said in unison.

Jamie rolled his eyes and got up to open the door. "Oh hey Sookie!" He said. He then noticed her worried expression. "Everything ok?" He asked.

"Is your mom here?" She asked.

"Yeh come in." He said, walking her through to the living room.

"Oh hey Sook!" Lorelai smiled.

"Have you heard from Luke? Is he ok?" She asked.

Lorelai frowned. "No, why? What's wrong?" She asked getting worried.

"I...I just passed the diner. There were fire engines there. I don't know what happened but it didn't look good. You haven't heard from Luke?" She said quickly.

"No I haven't. We didn't have plans this evening!" Lorelai said extremely worried. "Come on!" She said getting up and getting her coat.

Rory and Jamie followed in close pursuit. They reached the diner quickly. Sookie was right, it didn't look good. Lorelai looked around desperately for Luke but couldn't find him and started to panic. She saw a fire chief. "Excuse me, do you know what happened here?"

"There was a fire in the kitchen. It spread quickly through the diner." He explained.

"Oh my god, Luke..." She said.

"Mom!" Rory suddenly exclaimed.

She looked back and saw Rory pointing to an ambulance where Luke was sitting in the back, with a bandaged hand. "Oh thank god!" She exclaimed. They raced over to him. "Luke!" She exclaimed and launched herself at him.

"Lorelai..." He said with a pained expression.

"When I heard there was a fire and I couldn't find you, I thought..." She said tearfully.

"Oh hey, it's ok. I'm fine." He said softly.

"Are you really?" She asked worried.

"Physically yeh, just some burns. Emotionally, not too sure. All my dad's stuff was in there..." He said looking at the diner.

Lorelai looked up at the diner and for the first time, saw how bad the fire must have been. "You can recover some stuff though right? And get the diner back up and running?" She asked cautiously.

"The diner should be ok. I've got insurance but I don't know about all the stuff. My dad..." He said pained and upset.

"He would understand it was an accident, Luke." She said softly. "And it could have been worse..."

"How?" Luke said.

"We could have lost you." Lorelai said quietly.

Luke sighed. "I'm sorry, it was just that stuff was the only things I have left of my dad."

"I know. I'm sorry." She said softly, sitting next to him and leaning her head on her shoulder.

"We're glad you're ok, Luke." Rory said quietly.

Luke then noticed Rory and Jamie there. He gave them a small smile. "Sorry if I worried you."

The fire chief then came over. "Mr Danes, right?" He addressed Luke.

"Yeh that's me." Luke said.

"Well the damage isn't as bad as we originally thought. We managed to get the fire out quickly and have managed to recover quite a few items." He said.

"See, maybe you haven't lost everything." Lorelai smiled giving his hand a squeeze.

"Yeh.." Luke smiled back, feeling a little better.

"The downside is that you won't be able to live in that apartment until you get the diner. I know the fire's out but it's still too dangerous. You will need to get it refurbished like the diner, I'm afraid. Have you got somewhere to stay until then?" He asked.

Luke sighed. "Um...no not really..." He said.

"Yes you do. Stay with us." Lorelai said, surprising everyone.

Hope you enjoyed it! Review and let me know what you think! :)