AN(jewls):  hey all.  Since this is a short chapter, we figured we could throw you all a bone.  Glad you all are liking this story.  But there is a warning.  Chapter 9 is it.  I mean, chap 9 is the chap you have been waiting for.  We are talking answers.  You have the Jess/Bree answers (if you didn't understand, E-mail me at Fishteach@aol.com, I'll answer any questions that need to be answered-without giving anything away).  So, what other questions do you have.  hummm, could it be why Jess got kicked out, what Bree had to do with it (if anything), the deal with the pills... to get chap 9, you all are going to whore yourselves out.  That is THE chapter.  The one with all the answers.  And we are going to hold it hostage until we truly feel loved.  I want to feel so loved, I'll be sore for days.  I want to have to take a home pregnancy test and actually worry about the results. If I take the time to e-mail updates, the least you can do it write a review and let us know you are reading  

Oh, and I have a challenge.  From what I am counted, there have been a few mentions of Bree and what's wrong.  There have also been some hints as to what is wrong.  From what I've counted, there have been 4 mentions. Counting the questions and such from Dom and Jess as 1, there are 3 other hints.. Find them now! The first person to E-mail me with all the mentions and hints gets a prize (and by prize, I mean, getting your name written into the fic).  So, go and find those clues.

AN(taylor): Fun challenge! I wish I could compete…but I'd win. Because I wrote all the hints. Oh well, life goes on.

And I agree with Jewls: This next chapter? This is IT. This is what you want. This is where everything comes out. So people, give us love! PLEASE review.









Luke picked up the phone, glanced down at the phone book next to the base, and dialed. After a few rings, the machine picked up, and he swore, glancing around the empty apartment as if Jess or Bree were going pop up from nowhere.

"Liz, it's Luke. I need to talk to you about Jess. Friends of his from there are in Stars Hollow. Bree and Dominic? I need you to call me back."

Luke said, hanging up the phone. He quickly walked towards the door, praying that she'd actually call back this time.



"Stop treating me as if I'm made of glass!" Bree was ordering Dom as Luke entered the diner. "Give me something to do!"

Dom sighed, handing her a notepad. "Take their order," he said, pointing to one of the tables. Bree turned around, and Dom gave her a light slap on the butt. "Go get 'em, tiger." She rolled her eyes at him, walking over to the table.

Lorelai watched Dom watching Bree, and broke into his thoughts, "Something on your mind?"

"You, me, and a secluded beach somewhere far away…" he hinted suggestively.

Lorelai swatted him. "So what's the deal with you and Bree? Are you a couple?" she probed.

"No," Dom replied simply.

"Have you ever been?" she asked, trying to get information out of him.

"No."

"Do you want to be?"

Dom sighed, putting down the rag in his hand. He leaned forward, so no one else could hear, and said, "She's my friend.  It could be more, but in my mind, she'll always belong to Jess. And regardless of what I may or may not feel, I'm not gonna step on that."

"So Jess and Bree dated?" Lorelai assumed.

"No. They were never really together, but by the end, they weren't really with anyone else either." Dom moved back, and continued to work.

Lorelai ran that information through her mind, planning to tell Luke…only if he showed her his tattoo.



Luke dashed up the stairs when he heard the phone ring. Out of breath, he picked up the receiver, "Hello?"

"It's Liz."

"You actually called back," Luke said, surprised.

"Well, this is important." Luke held the phone to his ear with his shoulder and went over to shut the door. "Bree is not someone Jess should hang around with. I may not be much of a mother, but that I know for sure. She was part of the reason that I sent Jess away." Luke rolled his eyes, Liz tended to over react sometimes. "He started skipping school with her, he missed his finals and I found out later that he was with her.  When I asked him about it, he wouldn't tell me anything.  He snuck out of the house in the middle of the night to see her. You need to get her out of your house, Luke.  She's a bad influence."

Liz hastily said goodbye, saying she was going to work. Luke hung up the phone, and his arm fell limply to his side.

Lorelai came up the stairs after him, asking, "What's up?"

"I just talked to Liz," he said, relaying what his sister had told him. Lorelai let out a low whistle.

"Did you check on the pill?" Luke asked her.

Lorelai nodded, "According to pharmacy policy, they can't tell us what it is."

The two of them returned to the diner, worried eyes gravitating towards the laughing Bree.