Rory is a successful businesswoman in her mid twenties with no time, or skill, for relationships. Jess is a good looking guy who is willing to spend a night pleasing a woman as long as she pays for it. What happens when they meet? AU Lit

Focuses on the personal and professional lives of two young doctors and the adverse events as their paths cross. AU Lit.

A series of drabbles/behind the scenes type ficlets attempting to capture what might have been going through Jess and Rory's heads in each episode and things that happened that we never saw.

Years after Rory walked out on Jess at Truncheon, he has finally found a way to deal with the pain and the anger she left him with. How efficient will his anger management methods prove to be when he's faced with the girl that broke him? Can she fix him, or will he break her in return? **Inspired by E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey** The story is rated M for good reasons.

What if Rory had stayed in contact with Jess after he visited her in Hartford? This story starts around The Prodigal Daughter Returns and follows the plot of season 6 and 7 with Rory and Jess exchanging emails through it all.

On this dating show, 8 guys (Jess, Logan, Tristan, Dean, Finn etc) are the contestants vying for Rory's love w/ a proposal being the end goal. Embark on the journey through romantic dates, drama, betrayal and tears. Who'll win Rory's heart? And will he get down on one knee and ask her to be his wife? Or will she be left heartbroken and alone? Find out next on The Proposal Card.

Two words: Arranged Marriage.

What if Luke had gotten custody of Jess when he was three instead of seventeen? Discontinued...

A change of heart occurred within the young hoodlum as he fled to sunny California. A slightly AU version of events that transpire in the series, but with Jess Mariano along for the ride. Lit and so on.

What if there was another Gilmore. This is a look at what Gilmore Girls would have been like if Lorelai had twins instead of just Rory. Rated T but may change to M later on. Just a heads up. I just went through and edited a lot of the chapters.

Season 5 redo- Starting with "Pulp Fiction". How would things have worked out if Jess came back and had his life together? Would he win Rory back?

One-shot: Rory and Jess can't keep meeting like this. A conversation is in order.

"Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." – Walter Anderson

She wanted to start her life ... in the city of her dreams ... with the job of her dreams ... and she fell in love. - AU/LITERATI; ON HIATUS!

A backstory to "Third Time's The Charm" by Lady-Of-Victory-Rising. AU post-finale Lit - Jess never came to live in Stars Hollow and never met the Gilmores but Rory now needs some help to get accomodated in Philadelphia when she comes for an internship.

They've had a long routine of lies and leaving. But now it's Rory's mom's & Jess' uncles wedding...Will their bitter relationship end there? Or is it the beginning of a new one? better then it sounds.!

She feels glorious and the question slips out with one of her shaky breaths, almost on its own. Future lit, sort of.

Post-finale. Jess and Rory run into each other in an unexpected place. Emotional mayhem ensues :P

For once there were no external obstacles standing between them. The internal ones, however, were there, deeply settled. A story of bringing them down. Lit attempt at post-finale friendship.

Before she's able to collect herself in order to meet Logan at Honor's engagement party, Jess bumps into Rory while she's at her lowest. Starts during 'Blame Booze and Melville' 5x21 .

A Family Matter... with a twist. Because of the snow, Luke doesn't check on the car, and Jess ends up walking back to Stars Hollow... with some unexpected consequences. Literati.

"He has, he figures after consideration, always loved her. Everyone needs a tragic flaw. He wonders if he was hers. But life doesn't fit together so perfectly, and he doesn't think so." The transition from ghost to flesh. Literati.

Literati. Life doesn’t always turn out like you expect. Jess and Rory meet as adults when their lives are at a transition period. Life, love, and everything else: Version 2.0. AU.

Very AU future fic Lit . New Characters, new settings, love, friendship and family... it's still a GG story and will make you smile. A story brought to you by helaluvE and MarlyCook. Chapter 5 finally up :

Literati. She refused to be a cliché, falling for the seemingly dangerous guy when she was with the safer one. He refused to let the innocent girl of his friend to make him feel something unwanted. AU.

Literati.My take on how episode 6x18 should've ended and how things should've continued. She decides to stay. Is getting drunk the answer? Will it make them forget? "Drunk people do stupid things." "So I've been told."

Rory working with her ex-husband...interesting enough? It gets better. Literati, maybe.

Sequel to The Kid. Follow Rory, Jess, and Annie as they struggle to make their family work under the watchful eyes of Stars Hollow. M, all the -ahem- way. Chapter 5 is up, with a Friday Night Dinner and a visit to Chilton and Annie gracefully ducking...

The only way he found to make sense of their story and his life, was to write. The only way she could make sense of the world was to read. Words are weapons, words are shields. We are the subsect. Lit futurefic. NEW - CHAPTER 5 IS UP! Sorry for the wait..

AU, Literati, Futurefic. Jess comes back to Stars Hollow with a kid in tow. Will the town be able to deal with it? What happens when your past comes back to bite you... Some humor, some angst, lot of the Hollow... FINAL CHAPTER IS UP! Coming soon, sequel!

It was like staring down the barrel of a gun or over the edge of some great height. The expanse is so broad yet totally singular; a cliff, a bullet, a face. Books and wit would never write the ending for her. Future Fic, Literati

He told her Coffee doesn't heal a broken heart. Tequila does. And one night stands. Eventually Lit and Java Junkie. Now Complete!

Rory is following her dream at the New York Times which is keeping her on her toes. Luke and Lorelai are settled but Rory's feeling a little alone. When she runs into budding author Jess the two wonder if things will be like last time. Rory/Jess.

Ever wonder how Rory would have been if she had been more open in the third season. This picks up at the end of Swan Song and continues with a new spin on the rest of the season. Lit. Warning: Sexual issues and smut. Worth the read.

Starts with 'Let the Games Begin' than tangents. Follows the irrationality of teenagers in love. Literati

Years after their last encounter Jess and Rory meet once again. Naturally, this will change both of their worlds and bring back feelings Rory thought she had buried long ago. Will Jess succeed this time? LIT.

All Rory wants is to write the perfect story, but instead her life is turned upside down, and past and present loves break her heart. Does happiness lie with what she has always felt was right? Or with something new and unexpected?

Formerly known as Locked in Time. Jess knew her better than she knew herself.Rated T just to be on the safe side. RoryJess, with LorelaiLuke. Takes place after the series finale.

They are not together, but they live together. There is a thin wall between and 1000 miles separating them. But when they feel their hearts ripping they go to the same place. It’s just a few feet away, but there they are together Future Fic Lit

A wife, and a daughter. What more could Jess ask for? Besides his ex to come back and haunt the choices he made... Future Fic. Suck at summaries..

Complete! A sequel to A New Day. Rated M! Jess tries to win Rory back. Lit! R&R. Warning: Sick, twisted and graphic, but fun!

Nicht den Tod sollte man fürchten, sondern dass man nie beginnen wird, zu leben. In dieser FF geht es vorallem um die Beziehung von Rory und Lorelai, aber auch um die von Rory und ihren eigenen Kindern.

She needs someone to point the way home, and he remembers what it feels like to be lost. Rory and Jess redefine a friendship. A sequel to 'U Turn,' set during 'Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out' and following.

...It means that, well, nothing about us is easy. And hating you would be easy... Jess remembers the little things, even after everything that's happened. Maybe it is what it is doesn't have to be so bad. season 7ish. Complete!

She started drinking straight from the bottle, because that’s what Jess would’ve done. Post season six. One Shot

two lost souls, a one night stand, could it be more? LIT! review please, chapter22 up,warning for language and sexual situations.

Post Season 6, Jess gets revenge on Rory the only way he knows how. Rory lovers beware. OneShot. Complete

A 26 year old jilted bride, Rory finally decides to run and start a new life with Jess, but not in the way that he'd had in mind when they were kids. Future fic. AU after Season 5. COMPLETE

When the pressures of fame and family get to be too much, Rory turns to drinking while Jess turns to the nanny. Is there any hope of returning to the happiness they knew in their youth?

SUMMARY CHANGED. A valiant childhood rivalry put on hiatus. Six years later, dramatics will ensure and hormones will rage as Jess and Rory find that cupidity and overwhelming detestation are very much the same thing. Literati

As soon as they tell you what they're doing, that's when it starts to hurt. What were you thinking? RJ.

AU Jess is the bad boy playing the nerd, while Rory is the good girl playing the vixen. There’s chemistry onscreen, but what about off?

The Gilmore and Danes families merge, and all involved struggle to reconcile their past and futures. L:R:J, Jess' POV. COMPLETE, with a rewritten ending!

AU future fic. 18 yearold Atticus Mariano never had a father until Jess shows up in Stars Hollow. *Please note - this was written a long time ago and recently ff has changed the formatting. i apologize for the format issues it wasn't like this originally

The third in my 'Alternate Scenes for Literati Lovers.' Rory and Jess actually converse in Nag Hammadi. Literati. One Shot.

The second in my Alternate Scenes for Literati Lovers Series, this one shows a happier version of Keg!Max! for all of us who were heartbroken by the way it ended the first time. Literati. Oneshot

The first of my Alternate Scenes for Literati Lovers. This alternate scene tells what could've happened if Rory and not Lorelai had found Jess on the porch during the dinner party in the episode Nick & Nora Sid & Nancy. Oneshot.

Lit. Jess has lived in Stars Hallow since he was 8, and Rory and him are best friends, but times change, people dont. Then Jess ends up with a child, and Rory isn't the mother...

Completed 9.12.04. What if Rory and Jess had destroyed the snowman in "Bracebridge Dinner"? What if everything had been different? What if Season 2 had gone my way? Lit and JJ

Rory and Jess are forced to keep their relationship a secret from everyone they love... but will the pressure prove to be too much? Sequel to 'Special Occasions'. RJ

Four seasons, four conversations, four decisions.......a four part Literati (R/J) story,detailing four beautiful moments in a progressing relationship from friendship to love, and then beyond.....

It was all because he couldn’t just stay away from her when they told him to. He didn’t even know if he could’ve stayed away if she’d told him to. No one had to tell him anymore though. -- Java/Lit -- Complete --

Rory didn’t say anything. She let Lorelai hold her as she cried quietly. He was gone. -- Lit (Formerly 'Ooops! I Did It Again') -- Complete --

L/L, R/J--Lorelai is back together with Max, and Luke isn’t happy. Rory is forced into another car ride with Jess. (i just tweaked chapter 6 based on the first few reviews. Hope Max is less sinister-seeming now)

Rory's idyllic life crumbles when a certain dark-haired boy arrives; a chain of close encounters force her to reevaluate everything. Deep inside, between her books, her dreams, and her curiosity, a forbidden passion begins to arise, a dangerous one....

*Finished* Sometimes comfort is found in the most unexpected places. R/J