A/N: thank you thank you thank you to all those 6 people who reviewed. I appreciate it! A few more reviews wouldn't hurt? Thanks guys! I may develop this story into literati and a javajunkie. Depending on how much spare time I have! Thanks! Xoxxox~

Oh and a new thought line here. Remember thought=rory, thought= jess and the new one is thought=is lorelai

Chapter Five: stick a label on before you unscrew the lid

I can handle this.

I will not over-react.

I will not over-react…

I'm over-reacting aren't I…?

Lorelai looked across her kitchen table.

OK. I will not over react. I will not be like my mother. I will not. I will not. I will not.

Lets look at this logically…

On the left hand is rory - smart, dependable, sweet, naïve rory… my baby girl.

On the right hand is jess - smartass, rebel, predator, trouble maker, jackass, bone head, guy-who-wants-to-get-into-my-daughters-pants-I'll-KILL-HIM!

Breathe... one... two...

Out … one… two…

"OK, rory," she said calmly, " please explain."

This isn't happening. This little creature sitting in front of me is so young, so vulnerable - not like that evil demon that possessed my daughter earlier.

Oh my god.

I walked in on my daughter and… JESS…doing god knows what on her bed. In her room. Under my roof. With me sleeping next door.

Oh my god.

"Mom, I -"

Lorelai got up suddenly and began pacing,

"OK, I've heard enough!" she grabbed the percolator, " coffee?"

She saw her daughter run her hands through her hair, "mom, would you- "

"No? OK! Rory, what are you doing? I wake up in the middle of the night because I hear a thud - I go to your room - you are on the floor - you 'fell out of bed' - I didn't believe you. Smart me! I went to go get us some coffee so we could have a little talk about maybe what you were doing or thinking but when I walk into your room with the coffee - what do I see?"

"Mom - "

"YOU! On your bed with jess, JESS rory! Jess! You know, the one who ISN'T your boyfriend!"

"We were just -"

"-Talking?"

"No!"

" - Reading?"

"No!"

"Playing hide the sausage?"

"Mom!"

"Rory! You don't seem to understand this…I caught you. On your bed. With jess. Making out. Oh god…rore you know he's a troublemaker! He gets in fights in school! He steals stuff! He's no good, rory!"

" You don't know him! You can't judge! You can't just stick a label on before you unscrew the lid!"

" Rory, I know kids like him - I was one myself!"

"You never gave him a chance!"

"I didn't need to! He's a bad influence on you! Look, already, what is one of the only few rules we have in this house?"

"Never -"

"Have a boy in your room! And where were you with jess?"

"In my -"

"In your room! REALLY! Fancy that? When I walked in on you guys playing tonsil hockey I thought we were at LUKE'S!!!!"

OK.. This maybe isn't as bad as it seems…

She pulled up a chair and sat next to her crying daughter,

"Rory… just tell me what happened… did he force himself on you? Did he say he'd hurt you if you wouldn't? Just tell me and we can get this all sorted out!"

Rory tried desperately to breathe in but her tears constricted her throat…

"Mom. It wasn't like that and you know it."

Lorelai winced, but rory carried on,

"You see, the thing is…I was interested…no- curious…about something. You see dean and i. we… we never…"

"Good!"

"Mom!"

"Sorry, carry on…"

"We never had a spark. Never had anything that sends shivers down my spine! It was nice, but … He just kissed me as if the whole clan of the Foresters was watching us! He never…"

"- Used tongue?"

"Mom!"

"Sorry."

"but when jess kissed me, it was so different! So full of something that I wanted reallly bad… like he slipped some sort of drug into me with his lips!"

"Well, knowing jess-"

"Mom!"

"Sorry," lorelai said grinning.

Hang on one cotton-picking, tutu wearing, Grammy-award-winning, willy-wonka-watching, coffee-drinking minute!

Her eyes widened and she cried, "hey! When did you kiss jess before?"

Rory blushed,

OOPS!

"…At sookies wedding?"

Lorelai frowned, "was that a statement or a question?"

"You're not mad?"

Lorelai sighed and sat back in her chair,

"No."

Although I darn tooting ought to be!

Rory looked shocked, "…really?"

"Well, sweets, it was obvious you liked him and he makes no attempt to hide the fact that he's crazy fool in love with you!"

"He is not."

Lorelai smirked, "oh? Then what was that little P.D.A I saw in your room?"

"He was teaching me!"

"What school is he from? Can I enroll there too? If that is what you do in lessons, the holidays must be great!"

"Mom!"

"Sorry, what do you mean 'teaching' you?"

"Well, I wanted to know what it was like, and how to… do stuff! He was obviously more experienced than I was and I just wanted to. Oh it doesn't make sense now…I just wanted to see what it was like. But I didn't want to lose dean!"

"Hon, I think you lost him the moment you lost yourself to jess."

"Mom, I'm still a virgin."

"GOOD- but, I didn't mean it that way!"

"Sorry"

"So what are you going to do now?"

Rory rested her head in her hands and groaned,

How am I going to tell her what I'm gonna do now if I don't even know…

"I guess, I'll just wait until dean comes back from Chicago and see how I feel then."

Lorelai frowned, "you know its going to hurt no matter how long you wait?"

"Yeah…"

"… And what about jess?"

"I think I'll just wing it in that department!"

Lorelai smirked, "so tell me… is he a good kisser?"

Rory grinned guiltily at her mother,

"Ooooooooh yeah!"

Mother and daughter burst into giggles,

I knew mom would be cool with this

Lorelai smiled, "well! I hope it was worth it cos you're grounded for a week, missy!"

Hah! Take that, James dean! End round one - ding ding

"Ding!"

"Mom?"

"Sorry."