Jess never went to Stars Hollow, continuing down a bad path living in New York, eventually getting punished with community service, where he happens to bump into a certain Gilmore fresh from her yacht-stealing escapades. Lit. Set around 6x03 and onwards.

"No, really, Jess…how come you never got married?" Chapter 32: "There was more understanding in a moment of Luk's silence than in hours of most people's conversation." - NOT part of the "Pay the Piper" storyverse.

YCBAH: Jess and Rory haven't spoken since the run-in at Truncheon two years ago. He hasn't heard from her, not a word, since she left on Obama's campaign trail. But when she shows up in the middle of a random Tuesday two years later, what could she want from him this time? (title from Clash song)

Letting go can have disastrous results. Post-finale. Literati, with some JavaJunkie.

Jess was sent home after the car crash in season 2, but when Rory goes to visit him, he's not as healthy as he was when he left. Can she convince him to 'come home' before its too late?

Sometimes you'll see two hands pressed hard together, thumbs intertwined, clenching firmly. And it's hard to tell if they're bound in a love hold or if they're arm wrestling. And what tells one from the other is... faith? CHAPTER 24.

Luke's life was finally coming together when unexpected circumstances chose to tear it apart. Three-year-old Jess Mariano becomes a citizen of Stars Hollow and everything is forever altered. AU with some Lit and Luke/Lorelai because it's me so of course there is.

Jess is sent to live with his Uncle Luke around the same time that Lorelai and Rory move into their house in Stars Hollow. Getting to know each other from age eleven leads to an evolved relationship for Rory and Jess that was never romantic, but as the best friends reach age sixteen, what might change? (AU Season 1, Rory/Jess and Luke/Lorelai)

Rory Gilmore realises that she is not a casual dater and takes a step away from Logan but who does she step towards? Maybe a handsome man from her past with a passion for literature that mimics hers. Literati with Logan drama.

A sixteen year old Rory Gilmore moves to live with her mother in Stars Hollow. How will things play out when she meets bad boy Jess. I don't own Gilmore Girls. R&R

Everyone knows of the infamous 'I love you' scene between Rory and Jess. Only this time, the two have done it right. What if Jess didn't drive off? What if Rory stopped him? And what would that mean for their futures...? LITERATI

"An imaginary force dragged him across the brown lawn. It was what unfailingly occurred when Rory Gilmore was involved." We all know that Luke and Lorelai get married someday. So what happens when the pair's nuptials throw Rory and Jess together into a series of rather fortunate events? Lit, multi-chap, set post-finale. COMPLETE!

Rory Gilmore has been running her grandfather's publishing house for a year now. She is surprised when she gets a phone call by her mother's ex-boyfriend Luke who asks her a certain favor. Starting from there, her life starts to alter rapidly. AU

Rory's on the campaign trail and it makes an inevitable stop in Philadelphia, where she runs into someone she hasn't seen in quite some time. Literati. Post-series finale.

Jess is leaving stars hollow for good but he can't leave without saying goodbye to Rory, so he goes to see her at Chilton with unexpected results. Some characters are a little OOC.

A re-write of 'Teach me Tonight' They don't crash the car and Jess doesn't leave. So what happens afterwards? Reviews make the world go round!

Rory's pregnant, Jess is starting to get overprotective and her insane family and home town are along for the ride. Future Literati fanfic.

Rory returns home for Christmas while working the campaign. She's not the only one who's coming home either. Lit. and JJ

"I mean seriously, six or so years of unresolved sexual tension and we're only missing for an hour or two? That definitely seems like a weekend long journey full of room service and long showers."

Rory's working in Boston, living with a new friend. It's three years after the seventh season ended and someone from her past has shown up... yet again.

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.

Jess and Rory in New York City. "Is it still your dream to become a foreign correspondent?...You still want to be reporting from the trenches? From where all the action is?" "Yes." ""So tell me how things are different." "You and me, Jess!" Literati, Post-Series.

Sometimes apologies are heart-wrenching and terrifying. Others are like eating pie with home-made ice cream. You'll never know until you try. Rory and Jess try, and things might not be the end of the world as we know it.

Takes place during episode 4.21. What happens if instead of Jess asking Rory to run away with him he decides to stay at Stars Hollow with Luke instead to fix his life? Well you'll just have to read to find out! ;

Rory is sent to live with her Aunt Lorelai for the year. She meets Luke Danes and his son, Jess Danes. What she thought would be a horrible experience ends up being the ride of her life. AU. Gilmore Girls in REVERSE, in a sense.

The annual Firelight Festival falls on a weekend Jess would rather ignore. Rory disagrees. Romance ensues. Lit and all your other favourite pairings. A late Valentine's Day fluff-fest!

"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

Rory goes to apologize to Jess for her last visit when the campaign stops in Philly, but is that all she wants? Will go from seeing each other again and what happens from there. Post-series Literati

Pure Lit. Post series finale. Jess stops and looks over his shoulder confidently,"I've decided we're starting over."

A simple Whim that leads to a deep discussion. . . RoryxJess post-finale, basically just things I knew should have been said between the two of them.

AU. “You could never be a rebound.” RoryJess - a rewrite of the past. Philadelphia. Summer 2006.

This story picks up at one of those pivotal Gilmore Girls moments - Season 6-08, when Jess is trying to talk some sense into Rory. This is my personal version of her getting back on track.

Literati. Rory, a college freshman, meets a confident adult Jess for the first time. What happens when the circumstances are changed? AU