"Emily, I need to discuss something with you." Richard had been trying to bring up this cinversation for the last few days to no avail, his wife kept telling him she was too busy to sit and talk with him.

"What is it Richard?" They had been at odds since the Friday Night dinner, he had gotten angry with her and now he was getting the silent treatment in return.

"It's about Rory." He got the reaction he expected as she tutted at him and turned away from him. "We will lose her Emily, we have nearly lost her in the past but this time she won't make the first move, and neither will Lorelai." She still didn't turn to him or acknowledge that he had spoken. "That young man is good for her, Emily."

"Oh, please."

"Did you learn nothing from your prying with Lorelai?"

"What do you mean by that?" He recognised the dangerous tone but he had to make his point to her.

"Trying to ruin her relationship with Luke, how many times did she seperate herself from us, argue with us? Do you want the same with Rory?"

"Of course I don't."

"Then we have to make this right. This man, Jess, is sticking around, and I for one like the fact he will be. I like them together and she seems very happy with him."

"She was happy with Logan."

"Maybe once, and I know how much you loved those two together but you have to stop this. It isn't happening and I don't believe he was good for her in the end." He could see her thinking about the points he was putting forward. "Jess is good for her, he challenges her and pushes her to be a better journalist. He came here, on Saturday, the day after he was treated so horribly and he came back here to try to make things right for her. He knew how much Rory would hate losing time with us, how much she would want this fixed and so he came and talked to me. He invited us both to party at his publishing house in Phildelphia, I told him we would love to attend."

"Oh, Richard."

"Don't give me that look Emily. I've already accepted the invitation and I believe we need to go and fix this if we are going to have a good relationship with Rory again. We both want that."

"Well, given that I have no say in the matter, I suppose I have no choice but to go to this party with you."

"And you will make an effort with Jess?"

"I'll do the best I can." He knew that would be the best he could get out of her but he was glad he had got her to agree to coming to the party.

"Very well, Emily."

He made his way into his study, he now had to call Jess to let him know they would be there and get the final details for the party. Jess picked up the phone after a couple of rings.

"Hello, Jess?"

"Yes, speaking." Jess didn't recognise the voice on the other end of the phone.

"This is Richard Gilmore." He found himself glad that Rory hadn't come into room he was sat in.

"Ah, Mr Gilmore, it's nice to hear from you."

"And you. I hope everything is well over there?"

"Yes, very well, me and Rory are at mine now."

"I'm glad to here it. I was just calling to let you know me and Emily will be at the party you are holding there."

"That's great, thank you so much for making that happen."

"It's my pleasure."

"Well, the party is next Saturday, it starts at 6 and there isn't really a dress code. We're a fairly casual bunch here and most of the people will be authors and poets, some I would very much enjoy introducing you to."

"We will be there at 6 o'clock next Saturday then. I'd love to meet the authors you work with."

"Great, I look forward to seeing you there."

"And I you. I'll let you get back to your work now. Goodbye Jess."

"Goodbye Mr Gilmore."

"And please, call me Richard."

"Alright, thank you again and I'll see you soon... Richard." Jess heard a small laugh come from down the line at the hesitation before the line went dead.

He still felt bad about not telling Rory about going to her grandparents. He wasn't sure how to bring it up or how it would go if he did, but he also knew he would have to tell her before the party came around. They had been in Philadelphia for a couple of days and they had fallen into a good rhythm, Rory spending most of her days in the shop with them looking at books or helping them bounce ideas around between them. Both Chris and Matt had told him how much they approved of her.

The party was getting closer and Jess still hadn't spoke to Rory about her grandparents coming, she had been wrapped in helping them plan the evening and it had kept them both busy. He couldn't help but feel guilty about keeping this from her, he knew he had done it for the right reasons but he hated keeping a secret from her. He knew it would only be worse if she was surpised by them on the day.

"So, the party is coming together nicely." They were waiting for take out to arrive to the apartment, Rory knew something was going on but figured Jess would talk to her when he was ready, she wondered if he was getting stressed about the party.

"Yeah, I think it's all sorted, we have to shift everything out of the way on the day but other than that we are all set."

"And the guest list is all sorted?"

"Yeah of course." She wanted to do all she could to put his worries to rest. "What's worrying you?"

"Ok, I don't want you to get mad." She was confused now, unsure how the party plans could lead to her getting mad at him.

"I won't get mad, what's going on?" She turned to face him head on, getting concerned about where this conversation was going.

"I want to start by apologising for hiding this from you, I couldn't find a way to say this to you. But I went to speak to your grandparents, well your grandfather at least."

"What?!"

"After that awful Friday Night dinner, I went to talk to him. I'm sorry but I felt so bad about being something to come between you and them and so I went and talked things through with him. He agreed with me that he didn't want you so angry with your grandmother."

"Jess, if she wanted to make things right she should come to me, it wasn't our job to go to her."

"I know that, but your grandfather didn't do anything wrong Rory. And he was my best chance at getting through to her, to get her to see she should come forward and talk to you." He heard the sigh come from Rory meaning she could see his point in that at least. "So I went to go and see him and we talked, he agreed with me about trying to fix things, so I told him about the party, thinking it would be a great time to get you both in the same room."

"You did what? Jeez, Jess."

"Ok, I should have told you about this earlier than now, I know that and I'm sorry. I did start with that but I' saying it again." He could hear himself rambling but couldn't stop himself. "He agreed though, and I told him all the details and he said they will both be here."

"So they are both coming?"

"Yeah, it's a big enough group that you don't have to focus on just her but it means you can talk, maybe let her apologise. Rory, I know you hate being at odds with them, I just wanted to help."

"When?"

"When, what?"

"When did you do this, when did you go and talk to my grandpa?"

"The next day, before dinner with Liz. I felt terrible about how I had spoken to her and I was going to go over to apologise but then he came out and we talked, I had also planned on bringin that up anyway but I haven't had chance to apologise at all yet."

"You've been hiding this from me since that night?"

"I didn't want you to get angry and boycott the party, it was still so fresh for you. I figure it was best to leave it for a few days but then I kept chickening out, thinking you would just get angry at me. Which I really hope you aren't right now."

"Well, I'm not happy you hid it from me. Or really that you did it in the first place, she should have made the first move that make it up to us."

"She never would have done that Rory." He heard her sigh again. "I'm sorry."

"I get why you did it, and if it goes well at the party, I may even feel like thanking you for this."

There was a knock at the door then and Rory headed down to grab the take-out food. He found himself relaxing now he had got his secret out, he hoped the party would go well and Rory would see it was a good idea for him to do this.