** Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Gilmore Girls. If I were that all powerful then Jess would be staying put! So, in summation... Please don't sue me!**

Dean looked around the diner and frowned before looking at his watch.

"What can I get you?" Asked Luke.

"Uh… a coffee." He sighed.

"No problem."

"Do you know where Jess is?" He asked.

"Actually… No, I don't." Luke said looking around, suddenly wondering the same thing.

Rory leaned back on the boxes she was sitting on and laughed softly as Jess's lips moved from hers and traveled slowly down her neck.

"This is wrong." She said unconvincingly.

"I know." He said in between kisses.

"Someone could walk in." She smiled as he looked up at her.

They both looked over at the storeroom door and then at each other. They smiled and started kissing again, more passionately.

After a few minutes, Jess drew back and looked at her thoughtfully.

"What?" She smiled softly.

"It's just odd." He said, stepping back and shaking his head.

"What is?"

"You… me." He ran his hand through his hair and started pacing slightly. "Last week you were just… Rory. This smart, funny beautiful girl that I was friends with. And now… you're Rory. And you're still all the above…"

"But?"

"But now…" He laughed quietly. "I just… can't stop thinking about you and wanting to kiss you…"

"You can kiss me." She nodded. "You should kiss me."

"I shouldn't…"

They stared at each other for a moment. He smiled and walked back over to her, kissing her strongly. His hands moved slowly down her sides and he slid his fingers just under the edge of her shirt. She giggled feeling his fingertips brush so lightly against her skin.

"We need to stop." He sighed regretfully.

She nodded, understanding. He stepped back, allowing her room to get off of the boxes and straighten her top.

"Ready?" He asked and she nodded again.

They walked over to the door and he opened it slowly, looking out. When he saw Dean at the counter he shut it quickly.

"What's wrong?" She frowned.

"Dean's out there." He sighed, the guilt crushed the happiness he'd been feeling moments earlier.

"Oh." She cringed and shuffled her feet nervously. "So what do we do?"

Jess looked around the room, trying to think of a way for both of them to get out of the storeroom without Luke or Dean seeing.

"Ok… I'll go out and distract them…" He started, still thinking it through. "Then… you can sneak out of the back door?"

"That might work." She shrugged. She had no better idea's to offer.

"Here goes."

He kissed her again quickly and she smiled at him.

Jess opened the door again and stepped out cautiously, glancing back at Rory once to make sure she was doing ok.

Dean and Luke still hadn't noticed. He pulled the door closed behind him, but didn't shut it completely.

"Hey." He smiled, hoping he didn't look too suspicious.

"Where have you been?" Asked Luke.

"Upstairs…" Jess said.

"Well now you're here, you can start doing some work." Luke smirked, handing him a coffee pot.

"Ok." He nodded.

"Hey." Dean gave him a small smile.

"Oh, hey! Uh… I'll be back in a minute." Jess said nervously, hurrying over to the window.

He stood there for a moment and pretended to look like he was watching something.

"Luke… you better come and see this." He called. "Taylor's got a measuring tape…"

"What?!" Luke put his coffee pot down and hurried over, Dean smiled curiously and followed.

Rory snuck out of the storeroom quietly and left through the back door without anyone noticing.

"I don't see him…" Said Luke.

"Oh… well, I swear I just saw him…" Jess insisted.

"Yeah, well, next time you see him tell him to stay where he is." Luke grunted. "If he's planning something I wanna' know what it is so I can tell him how much I hate it."

Dean laughed and shook his head at Luke. Jess's laugh was filled more with relief than amusement. Then he looked at Dean and felt like the worst person in the world, and his laughter stopped.

*****


"I can't believe I had to be home at 10pm the other night." Lane pouted as she and Rory walked down Main Street. "I bet you all just partied away until the early hours of the morning…"

"Lane…" Rory giggled.

"One big rave." She continued. "And I was at home. Reading."

"It wasn't one big rave." Rory assured her.

"Did I miss anything?" Lane sighed.

"Well…" Rory hesitated.

"I did! I knew it. You have to tell me!" Lane insisted.

Lane was right. She had to tell her. She had to tell someone, and Lane was the only person she was sure would just be excited for her and not try and help her figure it all out within a matter of minutes.

"Ok. But… you can't tell anyone."

"I promise!" Lane grinned, linking her arm with Rory's.

"Well… after pretty much everyone had left the party… I kissed…" Rory stopped when she saw Dean and Jess walking towards them.

"Who?!" Lane asked impatiently.

Rory stood and waited as they approached. Lane stared at her, waiting for an answer.

"Hi." Dean smiled at her as they passed.

"Hey." She said, smiling back a little.

Jess and Dean kept walking. Jess turned his head a little and smiled at Rory. She blushed and smiled back.

"Who…"

Lane looked from Jess to Rory. Studied their smiles, noticed Rory's blush.

"Oh my god!!!" She squealed, causing everyone near her to turn and look, including Dean and Jess.

"What?" Rory asked.

"You… you and…"

Rory could see she had figured it out, and she panicked.

"Lane… shhhh!"

"You, and..." Lane's eyes were wide, she raised her arm to point at Jess but Rory grabbed it and dragged her into the nearest shop.

"What was that?" Laughed Dean.

"I… don't know." Jess said, laughing along with him. Hoping he didn't sound as worried as he was.

Rory pushed Lane further into the shop. Lane was still wide-eyed and pointing out of the door as she was backed away from anyone that might hear.

"Yes."

"You and Jess?" Lane asked finally.

Rory nodded.

"But you can't tell anyone. Please." Rory begged.

"What about Dean?"

"Yeah… that's why you can't tell anyone." Rory sighed, feeling bad for coming between Dean and Jess.

"This is… wow…." Lane shook her head.

"It's not so… wow." Rory said, trying to stop Lane getting excited again.

"Can I sing 'Secret Lovers'?" She grinned.

"I'd really rather you didn't." Rory smiled as they walked back out onto the street.

"Just one verse." Lane pleaded, bouncing around a little.

"The chorus. That's all." Rory smiled, rolling her eyes.

"Yay!" Lane cleared her throat. "Secret Lovers, that's what we are. Shouldn't be together, but we can't let go, oh no. Cos we love each other soooo…"

"Very good." Rory laughed.

"Here we are, the two of us together, taking this crazy chance to be alone. We both kn…"

"You're done now." Rory smiled, clamping her hand down over Lane's mouth.

Lane continued to try and sing through Rory's hand as they walked. People looked at them strangely and they both started laughing as they opened the gate and walked up the path to 'Kim's Antiques'.