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"What's he doing here?" Dean asked

"This is my husband."

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"Your husband?" he asked in disgust

"Yes, Rory and I are married for about twenty years now. Do you have a problem?" Jess asked as he pulled Rory closer into him

"Rory..I..what?" he asked still bewildered

"Dean, you can't just come back after twenty years and expect me not to be happily married with three great kids. Especially after you hit me." She interrupted suddenly, and walked away, Jess following her. She ran behind the desk, grabbed a key and ran up the stairs and into a room where she fell on the bed and cried.

A moment later, Jess had closed the door and sat on the bed, where he scooped Rory into his arms and let her cry into him.

"Shh" he whispered. "I'm here, it's okay." He said stroking her long hair.

Slowly, her cried turned into sniffles and she finally looked up at him.

"I hate him so much." She sniffed

"Me too, but he's here. Its only for the week." He said kissing her softly on the forehead.

Rory nodded and tried her best to smile.

"I love you." She said burying her head into his strong chest again.

"I love you too." He said as he held her tight.

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When Luke looked down at his watch, he realized that both he and Mary had been talking for the last hour about books and movie among many other things. "We should head back. Mom wants us all at the inn for dinner." He said getting up from the swing.

"Yea, mom and dad will probably start to worry about where I am." Mary said standing up. She smiled sweetly at Luke.

This was probably going to be there last time alone for a little while. It's now or never. He decided.

He leaned over and gave her a quick, yet sweet kiss. Mary blushed.

"Ready?" he asked

She nodded as they began to walk back.

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Jess glanced at the clock. "It's five, dinner is being served." He said giving Rory a final kiss.

Rory, who barely looked as if she had been crying nodded and stood up, walked out the door.

Dinner Table

"So what's going on with you three? Are any of you married?" Rory asked "the trio" curiously.

"I am married to a lawyer named Jamie. He's away on business this weekend.

"I'm married to Jamie's partner in the firm, Matthew. Hes with Jamie." Madeleine spoke up.

"I'm still single. But I get around." Louise said grinning

"You haven't changed a bit Louise." Rory said laughing

"So what do you do Jess?" Paris asked him

"I teach eighth grade english at the middle school." He explained

"Oh, that sounds like fun. Do you enjoy it?" she asked

"Its great, the kids are good."

Meanwhile, down at the other end of the long table, Dean and Lane were having their own conversation with other Stars Hollow High graduates.

"So Dean, married?" Lane asked

"Divorced. We were married for about ten years and it just wasn't working out. I married her about two years after Rory and I broke up. I missed her. I still do. I guess obviously she moved on." He said eyeing Jess bitterly.

"You expected her to wait around and not do anything for twenty years, especially after you hit her?" she asked amazed

"Here we go again." He muttered "I'm gonna go try to talk to her."

Rory and Jess saw Dean stand up and make his way over to them.

"Ugh make him go away." She whined

"Rory can I talk to you in private?" Dean asked

"I'm not ready to talk to you Dean, give me some time and I will." She replied

"Come on Rory." He started to sound annoyed

Jess got out of his seat.

"I'll be right back." He whispered to Rory

"Dean, Dean. Let's go outside for a minute." He said grabbing Dean by the arm and dragging him outside.

"What you gonna fight me?" he asked looking at Jess in disgust. "I'll kill you." He said again

"No, I'm not gonna fight you. I'm not sixteen anymore." He retorted

"So then what do you want?" Dean asked

"I want you to leave Rory alone. She'll talk to you when she wants to, so until then lay off." Jess said as he walked back into the dining room.

As he sat down next to Rory she asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing, I just told him to lay off." He said

"Thanks."

"Can I have everyone's attention please?" Rory called out

Everyone stopped eating and looked at Rory and Lane.

"Tomorrow, there will be the Stars Hollow part of the reunion, at SHH. All day. The day after will be the Chilton reunion. For the remainder of the week, you all have these rooms, you are entitled to do whatever you want. Thank you, enjoy the reunion."

After desert, Jess asked Rory, "Wanna take a walk?" Rory nodded and they walked outside together, and through Stars Hollow.

"This is turning out to be an interesting reunion." She said as they walked down the their spot on the bridge.

"Don't worry, if he tried anything I'll kick his ass." Jess said smiling at Rory.

He leaned down and kissed her, just like they were sixteen again.

Rory reached into her purse and pulled out her copy of Oliver Twist.

"Want me to read to you?" he asked

She smiled and sat down between his legs, and rested her head on his chest as he began to read to her.

A/N: I hope you like it. Let me know, please review or I won't go on. Another chapter coming your way by tomorrow.