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Chapter 13

It had been a week since Holly had started at Stanford. She came out of one of her seminars and smiled as she saw Jess leaning against the wall opposite. "You don't have to meet me after class every day you know." She teased.

"I know. But I want to." Jess said giving her a quick kiss. "You done for the day?"

"Yep." She nodded.

"Good. I'm taking you out for food." He said.

"Why?"

"Because I'm nice." Jess smirked.

"Well is it like a first date sort of thing or what? Because if it is, I would quite like to change first." Holly said.

"Huh." He said.

"Huh what?"

"Hadn't thought of that. We can go by the dorm first if you like." Jess said.

"Ok!" She smiled. "Let's go." She said holding his hand and walking off with him just as her cell rang. She smiled at the caller id. "Hey!" She said happily.

"Hi!" Rory chirped. "How are you?"

"Good! You?"

"Yeah I'm good. Have you heard that it's mom's first date with Luke tonight?" She said.

"Oh yeah, mom said! No doubt we will get a frantic call asking what she should wear." Holly grinned.

Rory laughed. "Most probably."

"Although you might need to field it because Jess is taking me out tonight." She grinned, nudging Jess playfully.

"Ow!" Jess exclaimed.

"Say hi to Rory!" Holly grinned holding the phone to him.

"Hi Rory." He smirked.

"Hey!" Rory laughed.

"So yeah, we're going out tonight so you might have to take the mom emergency call, sorry!" She said.

"No problem." She said. "So...things are going well?" She asked quieter.

"Yeah." Holy smiled softly, glancing at Jess. "Things are good." She said.

"Good." Rory smiled. "I should probably let you go. I just wanted to check in."

"I'll call you tonight." She said.

"With all the details?" Rory grinned.

"You bet!" Holly laughed.

"Well, have fun! Bye Hol."

"Bye." Holly said before hanging out.

Lorelai was standing infront of the mirror, wearing a slinky dress and looking rather unhappy. She picked up her cell and rang Holly's number. She frowned when there was no answer. She hung up and then rang Rory's number. "It's too sparkly." She said as soon as Rory picked up the phone.

"What's too sparkly?" Rory said.

"This dress! I look like a chandelier." Lorelai pouted."

"I'm sure you don't." Rory smirked.

"I do."

"What shoes are you wearing?"

"The pink pumps."

"Ooh I like those." Rory said.

"Are they a little too 'come and get it'?" She asked.

"Ok ew!" She grimaced. "I don't really want to think about Luke coming and getting it."

"Sorry." Lorelai smirked slightly. "Hey, have you heard from Holly today? I tried to ring her to get her opinion but there was no answer."

"Oh..uh..yeah, I think she mentioned going out with her roommates tonight." Rory lied.

"Oh right ok." She said. "I still find it weird that she's got Tristan, Madeline and Louise as roommates."

"Me too. But then I have Paris so..."

"True." Lorelai laughed.

"I need to go but stop freaking out about what to wear. Luke wouldn't care if you wore a black bin bag." Rory said.

She sighed. "I guess..."

"Hey mom?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you excited?

Lorelai smiled. "Yeah I am." She admitted.

"Aw mom, I'm happy for you." Rory smiled softly.

"Thanks hon."

"Have fun."

"Oh I will!" She grinned.

"Ok, I definitely didn't hear that!" Rory rolled her eyes. "Bye mom!"

"Bye!" Lorelai laughed.

"You didn't have to book this place. It's expensive." Holly said as she ate her food.

"You deserve the best." Jess said.

Holly glanced up at him and smirked. "That's so cheesy."

"Yeah, well..." He shrugged, smirking slightly.

"So...my mom's going on her first date with Luke tonight..." She said casually.

"Oh yeah?" Jess said glancing up.

"Yeah, she's really excited. It's really sweet." Holly smiled.

"Well...it's about time they got together." He said.

"True." She nodded.

"You're happy about it then? You and Rory?"

"Oh yeah! We love Luke. He makes mom happy and she deserves to be happy. They just...belong together." She said.

"Yeah they do." He nodded. "Good for them." he mumbled focusing on his food.

Holly glanced at him. "Have you spoken to Luke?" She asked cautiously.

"Nope."

"Don't you think you should let him know you're ok?" She said hesitantly.

"Nope." Jess repeated.

Holly sighed. "Jess..."

"He won't care. He kicked me out remember? Why would he care where I am?" He said.

"Because he's Luke." She shrugged. "There's nothing more important to Luke than family. He may have been angry at you and said things he regrets but he will always care about you, Jess. You should ring him."

"Not yet." He said.

"Jess..."

"Please." Jess said looking up at her. "I can't. Not yet."

Holly glanced at her. "Ok." She said knowing when to drop it. "So..what's for dessert?"

Jess smiled. "Thank you." He said softly.

"Hey, do you remember the first time we met?" Lorelai asked as she and Luke sat in Sniffy's, eating food made by Maisy and Buddy who Luke had introduced to her.

"What?" He said.

"I'm just trying to remember the first time we met. It must have been at Luke's, right?"

"It was at Luke's, it was at lunch, it was a very busy day, the place was packed, and this person..." Luke nodded.

"Ooh, is it me? Is it me?" She grinned.

"This person comes tearing into the place in a caffeine frenzy." He continued.

"Ooh, it's me!"

"I was with a customer. She interrupts me, wild-eyed, begging for coffee so I tell her to wait her turn. Then she starts following me around, talking a mile a minute, saying god knows what. So finally I turn to he, and I tell her she's being annoying. I tell her to sit down and shut up, I'll get to her when I get to her." Luke said.

"You know, I bet she took that very well because she sounds just delightful." Lorelai joked.

"She asked me what my birthday was. I wouldn't tell her. She wouldn't stop talking. I gave in. I told her my birthday. Then she opened up the newspaper to the horoscope page, wrote something down, tore it out, handed it to me." He said. "So I'm looking at this piece of paper in my hand and under "Scorpio" she had written, 'You will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she'll go away." I gave her coffee." He smiled slightly.

"But she didn't go away." She smiled.

"She told me to hold on to that horoscope, put it in my wallet and carry it around with me." Luke said taking something out of his wallet and handing it to her. "She said one day it would bring me luck."

"Wow, I will say anything for a cup of coffee." Lorelai joked. She looked at the horoscope and looked at him. "I can't believe you kept this. You kept this in your wallet." She said softly.

"Eight years." He nodded.

"Eight years." She said stunned. "Luke..." She said touched.

"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here, me, you, I just want you to know I'm in. I am all in." Luke said softly. "Are you...uh...is that ok?" He said.

Lorelai smiled and leant over to him, gently kissing him on the lips. "That's definitely ok."

"Yeah?" Luke smiled.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Hey Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"Would you like to come back to mine?" She smiled nervously.

Luke glanced at her surprised. "Really?"

"If you want to."

Luke smiled. "I want to."

"Ok good."

"Good." He smiled. "I'll just pay the bill and then we can get off."

"Sounds good." Lorelai smiled.

"So tonight was nice." Holly said as she and Jess headed back to the dorm room.

"Just nice?" He teased.

She smirked. "Ok maybe it was more than nice." She said.

"I'm glad." Jess chuckled.

"Really though. Thanks." Holly smiled softly.

"You're welcome." Jess smiled as they arrived outside their dorm room. He stopped and pulled Holly in for a kiss.

"What was that for?"

"Don't want to make a show infront of the others." He smirked, kissing her again, pulling her close just as the door opened.

"Seriously guys? You've actually got a room for this!" Tristan smirked standing facing them.

"We had the hallway until you opened the door." Jess smirked.

"Yeah, well your reactions are always way more fun!" Tristan grinned.

Holly rolled her eyes and laughed. "How was your evening?" She asked as they walked into the dorm.

"Not bad." He said. "You guys fancy watching a movie?" He asked.

"Sure, I'm up for it." Holly nodded. "Jess?"

"Sure." He nodded.

"I'm just going to call Rory first. I promised I would when I got back. I'll be out in a minute ok?" She said.

"Ok!" Tristan said.

"Tell her hi." Jess said.

"I will." Holly smiled. She headed for her room, glancing back at Jess quickly, before going into the room. She sat down on her bed and took a deep breath. She bit her lip slightly before dialling a number. "Hey Luke, I know you're probably still out with mom or back at hers which, trust me, feels slightly wrong for me to say..."She joked before sighing slightly. "But there's something I really need to tell you..." She said.

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