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A/N: I am so sorry that I haven't updated, but I think you all know how evil school can be. Between different reports and the generally huge workload, I haven't had the time to write. I couldn't even think of stuff when I was 'taking notes' in English or History class, which is where I usually end up writing large portions of my stories. Like always, thanks to the people who reviewed. I really appreciate the comments and stuff. Thanks to Alece for the idea of having Rory call Lorelai and fill her in on everything since I pretty much ignored her the whole time unless she was involved in a joke someone was making. Please please please send in any ideas you have and I just might use them. Well, on to the story now...
Time Heals All Wounds
Chapter Eight: Mini Me and Boy Toys
It is now Sunday, the day after Rory's article and answer were printed, and she finds herself with some free time since Jess and Mike are busy with the book and Will is out with some of his friends.
Rory: (mentally) What to do?
Rory: (to herself) Oh my God, Mom! I haven't told her anything, yet. Crap!
Rory frantically searches for the phone and finds it under the couch with some DVD cases and some of Will's socks. She quickly dials the number of the Crap Shack.
Lorelai: Luke and Lorelai's House of Fun.
Rory: Don't say that to me ever again.
Lorelai: Mini-me!
Rory: Hey mom.
Lorelai: You haven't called me since forever.
Rory: It hasn't been that long.
Lorelai: Hush child. Tell me something interesting has happened because I have plenty of time to kill.
Rory: Quite a few things have happened actually.
Lorelai: Tell me more, tell me more.
Rory: Have you been watching Grease?
Lorelai: It was just on VH1, sorry.
Rory: With your luck, they'll play it at least five more times since they always do that.
Lorelai: Gotta love those people at VH1.
Rory: Are we going to talk about VH1's programming people or me?
Lorelai: We'll talk about Princess Rory now. Hey, that makes me a queen! Yay.
Rory: Has Luke reconsidered having you committed yet?
Lorelai: I always use the Gilmore charm to change his mind.
Rory: Ugh, stop there.
Lorelai: Stopping. Now, what has been happening in the wonderful world of Rory Gilmore?
Rory: I'll start you from the beginning.
Lorelai: Nice place to start.
Rory: I thought so. Well, remember how I told you that J.M. Danes was actually Jess?
Lorelai: Yup.
Rory: Well, after that night, we spent a lot of time together. Basically catching up and we pretty much started from where we left off all those years ago.
Lorelai: Awww. I knew you two were going to find each other again.
Rory: Thank you Miss Cleo.
Lorelai: No problem my child.
Rory: Well, there's some more stuff about Jess and myself that you don't know...
Lorelai: Oh, oh, oh! Can I guess?!?
Rory: Be my guest.
Lorelai: You're keeping Bob the bed company!
Rory: Yes.
Lorelai: Ack, dirty thoughts in mommy's head.
Rory: I'll tell you the rest since you probably won't be able to guess it.
Lorelai: Hurry up with it then, I'm growing a beard here.
Rory: Well, two days ago, Jess asked me to marry him.
Lorelai: EEEE!! Yay! Rebel without a cause is going to be my son in law.
Rory: Yup. Well, in a way, you were already related to him through marriage.
Lorelai: Hush, that makes us sound like in-breeders from Hicksville, USA.
Rory: Good point.
Lorelai: Yay, my baby's getting married!
Rory: Yup.
Lorelai: Hey, you and lover boy should come up this weekend.
Rory: I'll talk to him and Mike about it.
Lorelai: Mike?
Rory: Jess's publisher and friend and Will's boyfriend.
Lorelai: Will has a new boy toy?
Rory: Yup.
Lorelai: Here's a crazy idea, have all four of them come. I miss Will. We need to think of new ways to pick on Taylor and the town meeting on Friday would be a perfect time to annoy him.
Rory: All right, I'll ask them when I see them later. If they say no, you'll at least have me for a couple days.
Lorelai: Yay, I get to see my soon to be married daughter!
Rory: I'll call you later when I talk to the guys, bye mom.
Lorelai: Love ya sweets, bye.
Rory: Love you too.
Rory hangs up the phone and goes to her room. She looks around the room and soon finds her copy of 'Small Town Heart.' Then, she goes to the kitchen to make coffee and sits on the couch once it's done to re-read the book.
After reading for a couple of hours, Rory falls asleep and does not notice when Will enters the apartment.
Will: Rory? (sees her asleep on the couch) Looks like someone had an exciting day.
Will goes over to the couch and picks up Rory and carries her into her room. He puts her on her bed and pulls the covers up to her chin.
Will: (kisses her forehead) Sweet dreams.
~*~ The next day ~*~
Rory wakes up and finds herself in her bed, wondering how she got from there to the couch. Then, she hears Will in the kitchen making some coffee and searching for something to eat.
Will: (when he sees Rory) Hey there sleepyhead.
Rory: Hey. Coffee please.
Will: Yes master.
Rory: I trained you well.
Will: That you did. Now, you might want to go shower unless you feel like sporting the grunge slash just woke-up look to work today.
Rory: I knew there was a reason why I have you around.
Will: Exactly. I'm only here to remind you to shower, prepare you coffee, put you in your bed
Rory: (cuts Will off) Dirty!
Will: Well, would you like to sleep on the oh so comfortable couch?
Rory: Nope.
Will: See, you only have me around for three reasons.
Rory: Nope, you're missing two.
Will: And what would those two reasons be?
Rory: You're the big strong protector.
Will: Just like He-Man! That man is my idol.
Rory: You only idolize him because of the implied homosexuality and of his muscles.
Will: And your point is?
Rory: (chuckles) Nevermind.
Will: (whining) Come on, what's the other reason? Tell me!
Rory: You're nice to stare at.
Will: You only keep me around to protect you and oogle my goodies?
Rory: You gotta stop watching Bring It On.
Will: You're being a cheertator and a pain in my ass!
Rory: (pinches Will) Now, that's being a pain in your ass.
Will: You better run Gilmore!
Rory hurries off to the bathroom to get ready while Will watches some cartoons. After about half an hour, Rory emerges from her bedroom dressed and ready.
Rory: (looks at the TV) How educational.
Will: I'll have you know that Gretchen is really smart.
Rory: Of course. How could I forget the educational benefits of watching Recess?
Will: I have no idea.
Rory: Oh, before I forget, what do you think about a little trip?
Will: (excited) Oh, oh, where?
Rory: Calm down, it's only Stars Hollow.
Will: Yay! When? I need some of Luke's coffee. I haven't had that in so long. Mmmm....Luke's coffee.
Rory: Calm down Homer. Friday.
Will: Yay! Wait, I had plans with Mike.
Rory: Well, mom wants you, Jess, and Mike to come.
Will: Yay.
Rory: Yeah, she wanted to meet your new boy toy.
Will: And I bet she wants to meet yours too.
Rory: Which one? I mean, I have so many...
Will: Remind me to tell Jess that later.
Rory: (feigns innocence) What are you talking about?
Will: (smiles) I have no idea.
Rory: We gotta get going.
Will: No! Mommy, don't make me go!
Rory: That is a disturbing thought.
Will: (places his hands over his heart) Thanks, I'm touched.
Rory: Come on, let's go.
Will: Ugh, fine!
Rory and Will make their way to work and go to their respective working areas. After Rory receives some praise from her co-workers, she goes to see her editor, Mr. Dunlay, and receives her next assignment. While she is talking to him, she mentions her upcoming vacaction.
Editor: You can take all next week off it you want to. You definitely deserved it with all of the good work that you have been doing.
Rory: Thank you Mr. Dunlay.
Rory exits his office and goes toward her desk to begin working on her next assignment. After working for about two hours, Rory decides to call Jess and ask him about going to Stars Hollow.
Jess: (answers his cell phone) Yeah?
Rory: You always knew how to answer the phone.
Jess: Hey.
Rory: Hi. Having fun?
Jess: Tons. Mike is a slavedriver.
Mike: (looks at Jess) Hey!
Rory: Tell him I said hi.
Jess: (to Mike) Rory says hi.
Mike: (shouts) Hi Rory.
Rory: Yikes, someone's loud.
Jess: Yeah, and you only heard that over the phone. It's worse when he's in the same room as you.
Rory: Ick.
Jess: Yeah. So, what's up?
Rory: I needed a break from working and I needed to ask you something. Mike too.
Jess: No, I will not participate in a foursome with you, Will, and Mike. Three is as high as I will go.
Rory: Damn! Well, that leaves the other question. Do you think that you and Mike could escape the craziness for a couple of days to come with me and Will to Stars Hollow?
Jess: I think so. If not, you'll just have to kidnap us.
Rory: Yay. Oh, you should start thinking of things to do to Taylor since there's a town meeting Friday and mom's running out of ideas of how to annoy him.
Jess: That should be easy. Hmm, what haven't I dont to Taylor over the years?
Rory: Well, you can keep thinking about that, but I gotta get back to work.
Jess: All right.
Rory: Love you, bye.
Jess: Love you too.
Rory hangs up the phone and goes back to work.
In Michael's office, Jess fills him in on the conversation.
Mike: (jokingly) What was that I heard about a foursome?
Jess: (grins) Nothing. Listen, Rory and Will are going to Stars Hollow for a couple of days and she wants us to come.
Mike: Perfect timing, all of this crap is really starting to bug me.
Jess: Good, because I was going to go even if you said no.
Mike: That's what I thought.
~*~ Fast forward to Thursday night. Mike and Jess are staying at Will and Rory's that night and have their stuff for the weeklong trip. ~*~
Jess: Rory, if your packing habits or anywhere close to what they used to be, you should start now.
Will: Was she a mix of a snail and a packrat then too?
Jess: Yeah.
Rory: Hello, I'm right here!
Will: Oh, there you are, and here I thought you were in your room packing.
Rory: Fine! You guys win, I'll go start packing.
Mike: (to Will) Way to be subtle.
Will: If I tried that approach, we'd still be talking about how some people need more time to pack than others.
Mike: (nods in understanding)
Jess: I'm gonna go make sure she doesn't make too much.
Will: She will, no mater how hard you try.
Rory: (from her room) I heard that!
Will: (shouting back to Rory) And you think that bothers me?
Rory: Grrr.
Will: Watch out Jess, she's starting to growl.
Mike: Dirty.
Jess: I'll just have to take my chances then.
Jess walks over to Rory's room while Will and Mike sit on the couch and watch TV.
Jess: (standing in the doorway) Knock knock.
Rory: Funny, you never used to do that.
Jess: Yeah, well, I got myself some manners now.
Rory: Apparently, your grammatical skills have worsened.
Jess: Yeah, Mike had a field day fixing all of the errors in the book.
Rory: I can only imagine how much time that it took him to fix it.
Jess: All right, enough about my grammar skills, or lack thereof.
Rory: Fine. Now, help me pack.
Jess: (in a sarcastic, girly voice think teach me tonight in the car) Yay! Now, you just have to bring that dress.
Rory: (laughs) That was quite possibly the weirdest voice I have ever heard.
Jess: Gee, thanks.
Rory: No problem.
After a few small arguments and occassionally seeking the advice of Will and Mike, Rory managed to fill a medium sized bag with all of her clothes for the next week.
Jess: I'm impressed. You managed to fit everything into a normal sized bag.
Rory: Well, I didn't do it on my own.
Jess: Of course, the packing fairy helped you.
Rory: (bursts into laughter)
Jess: What? (realizes what Rory is laughing about) Oh crap, I just called myself the packing fairy.
Rory: (still laughing) You are so getting teased about that.
Jess: If you love me, you'll forget that I ever made that comment.
Rory: Damn, you win this time.
Jess: Ha.
Rory: That was unfair.
Jess: Life's unfair.
Rory: How profound.
Jess: (smirks) I try.
Will: (from the living room) Are you two done devouring each other's faces?
Rory: We were waiting for you two to be done!
Will: I have needs!
Jess: So do I!
Rory: (walking into the living room) I'm going to be stuck in a small car with three horny guys. Hooray for me.
~*~ The next day ~*~
Will: COFFEE!
Jess: You have been around Rory way too much.
Rory: Hey!
Will: Awww, you know I love you!
Rory: If you loved me, you'd be with me not Mike.
Will: (looks like he's thinking) Well....
Mike: Ha ha, very funny.
Will: (smiles) Well, I thought so.
Rory: (singing like the cookie monster on sesame street) C is for coffee...
Will: D is for doughnut...
Mike: E is for espresso...
Jess: No way, you three can play your little alphabet game, but don't include me in the insanity.
Rory: Fine. F is for frosting...
Will: G is for um.... Golden Grahams!
Mike: H is for how coffee.
Rory: That was weak.
Mike: Yeah. I couldn't think of anything else.
Jess: Let's go before you three start that again.
Will: Yes master.
Jess: (makes a noise that sounds like a whip)
Rory, Mike, Will: Dirty!
Jess: Well, you three corrupted me.
Will: Oh well. Now, are we going to get coffee or not? Let me warn you, I will go into stereotypical gay guy mode and demand coffee until I get it and throw a tantrum if necessary.
Rory: Calm down, we're going.
Will: Damn, I wanted to pull out the acting skills.
Rory: What acting skills? Besides, you can do that when we get to Stars Hollow.
Jess: Do that to creep Taylor out.
Will: Yes! You are brilliant! Of course, I'll need a little help.
Mike: No problem. I love to annoy the conservative people.
~*~ A couple hours later, the group is driving into Stars Hollow. ~*~
Jess: (in the driver's seat, turns toward Rory who is next to him) I can't believe I'm back her after all this time.
Rory: Wait until Miss Patty sees you.
Will: You are in for some major ass-pinching! She wouldn't get away from me last time I was here.
Rory: (laughs) Oh, I remember that. I think that if we had pasted your face onto another guy's she still would have gone after you.
Mike: Well, maybe I can run a little interference this time.
Will: No, she'll just molest you instead.
Mike: (sarcastically) Yippie. Jess, I really see the small town in the middle of nowhere description.
Jess: Stars Hollow, aka Small Town America.
Mike: Hide me from the unicorns.
Will: Wait until you see the gnomes.
Jess: They stare.
Mike: Can we decapitate one of them?
Rory: Hey!
Jess: Oh, come on, you even admitted that some of them are creepy.
Rory: I swear one of them faces directly into my old bedroom.
Mike: Someone's a perv.
Jess: I never thought of Babbette and Morey like that. (fake shudders)
Rory: Enough with the gnomes. It's creeping me out.
Jess: (pulling up in front of Luke's) Fine.
Will: COFFEE!
The four exit the car and Rory is the first to go through the door. Lorelai is sitting at the counter drinking coffee and turns around when she hears the bells.
Lorelai: (gets up and goes toward Rory) Gilmore!
Rory: (embraces Lorelai) Gilmore-Danes!
Lorelai: (pulls away from Rory) Now, who to hug first....since you (points at Will) are closer, you win.
Will: Hey Lorelai.
Lorelai: (pulls away from Will) Well, Stars Hollow's resident bad boy is all grown up.
Jess: That's what nine years does to a person.
Lorelai: It's good to see the sarcasm's still there. (turns to Mike) And you must be Mike.
Mike: Hello.
Lorelai: Well, now that that part's done, let's eat!
The group goes and sits at a table by the window.
Lorelai: LUKEY! FEED YOU STARVING WIFE AND STEP-DAUGHTER!
Luke: (from the kitchen) I'll be right out!
Jess: Someone hasn't changed.
Rory: Nope. Still the same old Luke.
Luke: (now in the main part of the diner and approaching the group) Jess?
Jess: In the flesh.
Jess gets up from where he's sitting and he and Luke hug, well, whatever guys do that resembles hugging.
Luke: I didn't know you were coming.
Jess: You mean Lorelai wasn't talking non-stop since she found out?
Lorelai: Hey! I thought it would be a nice surprise.
Jess sits down again and now it's Rory's turn to hug Luke. After Rory sits down again, Luke is introduced to Mike.
Luke: (extends his hand to Mike) Luke Danes.
Mike: Mike Kerr.
Lorelai: Well, now that you know everyone, we need food!
Luke: (takes out his order pad) How many burgers?
After collecting all of the orders, Luke went back into the kitchen to help Caesar.
Lorelai: So, what did you guys think of to do to Taylor?
Will: The classic, gay guys being affectionate one never fails.
Lorelai: Good. What else.
Jess: (smirks) Just wait a little for the town meeting. Will and I have something interesting planned.
Lorelai: Tell me!
Jess: Nope.
Lorelai: (to Rory) Tell me!
Rory: I would, but I have no idea what they're talking about.
Lorelai: Must be good if you don't know what it is.
A/N: Sorry this took so long. I tried to make this chapter long, but it ended up being a huge amount of fluff. I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can, but I have no idea what Jess and Will are going to do to Taylor so I gotta think of something. If you have any ideas for a prank they might pull or something, please tell me because it will probably take me a month to think of something good. Sorry about the insane fluff and the time jumps, but I just wanted to get to the four of them being in Stars Hollow. Don't worry, the next chapter will have some encounters with everyone's favorite townies and maybe a couple surprises. Hehe. Well, please review! Feel free to flame, that's better than nothing!
A/N: I am so sorry that I haven't updated, but I think you all know how evil school can be. Between different reports and the generally huge workload, I haven't had the time to write. I couldn't even think of stuff when I was 'taking notes' in English or History class, which is where I usually end up writing large portions of my stories. Like always, thanks to the people who reviewed. I really appreciate the comments and stuff. Thanks to Alece for the idea of having Rory call Lorelai and fill her in on everything since I pretty much ignored her the whole time unless she was involved in a joke someone was making. Please please please send in any ideas you have and I just might use them. Well, on to the story now...
Time Heals All Wounds
Chapter Eight: Mini Me and Boy Toys
It is now Sunday, the day after Rory's article and answer were printed, and she finds herself with some free time since Jess and Mike are busy with the book and Will is out with some of his friends.
Rory: (mentally) What to do?
Rory: (to herself) Oh my God, Mom! I haven't told her anything, yet. Crap!
Rory frantically searches for the phone and finds it under the couch with some DVD cases and some of Will's socks. She quickly dials the number of the Crap Shack.
Lorelai: Luke and Lorelai's House of Fun.
Rory: Don't say that to me ever again.
Lorelai: Mini-me!
Rory: Hey mom.
Lorelai: You haven't called me since forever.
Rory: It hasn't been that long.
Lorelai: Hush child. Tell me something interesting has happened because I have plenty of time to kill.
Rory: Quite a few things have happened actually.
Lorelai: Tell me more, tell me more.
Rory: Have you been watching Grease?
Lorelai: It was just on VH1, sorry.
Rory: With your luck, they'll play it at least five more times since they always do that.
Lorelai: Gotta love those people at VH1.
Rory: Are we going to talk about VH1's programming people or me?
Lorelai: We'll talk about Princess Rory now. Hey, that makes me a queen! Yay.
Rory: Has Luke reconsidered having you committed yet?
Lorelai: I always use the Gilmore charm to change his mind.
Rory: Ugh, stop there.
Lorelai: Stopping. Now, what has been happening in the wonderful world of Rory Gilmore?
Rory: I'll start you from the beginning.
Lorelai: Nice place to start.
Rory: I thought so. Well, remember how I told you that J.M. Danes was actually Jess?
Lorelai: Yup.
Rory: Well, after that night, we spent a lot of time together. Basically catching up and we pretty much started from where we left off all those years ago.
Lorelai: Awww. I knew you two were going to find each other again.
Rory: Thank you Miss Cleo.
Lorelai: No problem my child.
Rory: Well, there's some more stuff about Jess and myself that you don't know...
Lorelai: Oh, oh, oh! Can I guess?!?
Rory: Be my guest.
Lorelai: You're keeping Bob the bed company!
Rory: Yes.
Lorelai: Ack, dirty thoughts in mommy's head.
Rory: I'll tell you the rest since you probably won't be able to guess it.
Lorelai: Hurry up with it then, I'm growing a beard here.
Rory: Well, two days ago, Jess asked me to marry him.
Lorelai: EEEE!! Yay! Rebel without a cause is going to be my son in law.
Rory: Yup. Well, in a way, you were already related to him through marriage.
Lorelai: Hush, that makes us sound like in-breeders from Hicksville, USA.
Rory: Good point.
Lorelai: Yay, my baby's getting married!
Rory: Yup.
Lorelai: Hey, you and lover boy should come up this weekend.
Rory: I'll talk to him and Mike about it.
Lorelai: Mike?
Rory: Jess's publisher and friend and Will's boyfriend.
Lorelai: Will has a new boy toy?
Rory: Yup.
Lorelai: Here's a crazy idea, have all four of them come. I miss Will. We need to think of new ways to pick on Taylor and the town meeting on Friday would be a perfect time to annoy him.
Rory: All right, I'll ask them when I see them later. If they say no, you'll at least have me for a couple days.
Lorelai: Yay, I get to see my soon to be married daughter!
Rory: I'll call you later when I talk to the guys, bye mom.
Lorelai: Love ya sweets, bye.
Rory: Love you too.
Rory hangs up the phone and goes to her room. She looks around the room and soon finds her copy of 'Small Town Heart.' Then, she goes to the kitchen to make coffee and sits on the couch once it's done to re-read the book.
After reading for a couple of hours, Rory falls asleep and does not notice when Will enters the apartment.
Will: Rory? (sees her asleep on the couch) Looks like someone had an exciting day.
Will goes over to the couch and picks up Rory and carries her into her room. He puts her on her bed and pulls the covers up to her chin.
Will: (kisses her forehead) Sweet dreams.
~*~ The next day ~*~
Rory wakes up and finds herself in her bed, wondering how she got from there to the couch. Then, she hears Will in the kitchen making some coffee and searching for something to eat.
Will: (when he sees Rory) Hey there sleepyhead.
Rory: Hey. Coffee please.
Will: Yes master.
Rory: I trained you well.
Will: That you did. Now, you might want to go shower unless you feel like sporting the grunge slash just woke-up look to work today.
Rory: I knew there was a reason why I have you around.
Will: Exactly. I'm only here to remind you to shower, prepare you coffee, put you in your bed
Rory: (cuts Will off) Dirty!
Will: Well, would you like to sleep on the oh so comfortable couch?
Rory: Nope.
Will: See, you only have me around for three reasons.
Rory: Nope, you're missing two.
Will: And what would those two reasons be?
Rory: You're the big strong protector.
Will: Just like He-Man! That man is my idol.
Rory: You only idolize him because of the implied homosexuality and of his muscles.
Will: And your point is?
Rory: (chuckles) Nevermind.
Will: (whining) Come on, what's the other reason? Tell me!
Rory: You're nice to stare at.
Will: You only keep me around to protect you and oogle my goodies?
Rory: You gotta stop watching Bring It On.
Will: You're being a cheertator and a pain in my ass!
Rory: (pinches Will) Now, that's being a pain in your ass.
Will: You better run Gilmore!
Rory hurries off to the bathroom to get ready while Will watches some cartoons. After about half an hour, Rory emerges from her bedroom dressed and ready.
Rory: (looks at the TV) How educational.
Will: I'll have you know that Gretchen is really smart.
Rory: Of course. How could I forget the educational benefits of watching Recess?
Will: I have no idea.
Rory: Oh, before I forget, what do you think about a little trip?
Will: (excited) Oh, oh, where?
Rory: Calm down, it's only Stars Hollow.
Will: Yay! When? I need some of Luke's coffee. I haven't had that in so long. Mmmm....Luke's coffee.
Rory: Calm down Homer. Friday.
Will: Yay! Wait, I had plans with Mike.
Rory: Well, mom wants you, Jess, and Mike to come.
Will: Yay.
Rory: Yeah, she wanted to meet your new boy toy.
Will: And I bet she wants to meet yours too.
Rory: Which one? I mean, I have so many...
Will: Remind me to tell Jess that later.
Rory: (feigns innocence) What are you talking about?
Will: (smiles) I have no idea.
Rory: We gotta get going.
Will: No! Mommy, don't make me go!
Rory: That is a disturbing thought.
Will: (places his hands over his heart) Thanks, I'm touched.
Rory: Come on, let's go.
Will: Ugh, fine!
Rory and Will make their way to work and go to their respective working areas. After Rory receives some praise from her co-workers, she goes to see her editor, Mr. Dunlay, and receives her next assignment. While she is talking to him, she mentions her upcoming vacaction.
Editor: You can take all next week off it you want to. You definitely deserved it with all of the good work that you have been doing.
Rory: Thank you Mr. Dunlay.
Rory exits his office and goes toward her desk to begin working on her next assignment. After working for about two hours, Rory decides to call Jess and ask him about going to Stars Hollow.
Jess: (answers his cell phone) Yeah?
Rory: You always knew how to answer the phone.
Jess: Hey.
Rory: Hi. Having fun?
Jess: Tons. Mike is a slavedriver.
Mike: (looks at Jess) Hey!
Rory: Tell him I said hi.
Jess: (to Mike) Rory says hi.
Mike: (shouts) Hi Rory.
Rory: Yikes, someone's loud.
Jess: Yeah, and you only heard that over the phone. It's worse when he's in the same room as you.
Rory: Ick.
Jess: Yeah. So, what's up?
Rory: I needed a break from working and I needed to ask you something. Mike too.
Jess: No, I will not participate in a foursome with you, Will, and Mike. Three is as high as I will go.
Rory: Damn! Well, that leaves the other question. Do you think that you and Mike could escape the craziness for a couple of days to come with me and Will to Stars Hollow?
Jess: I think so. If not, you'll just have to kidnap us.
Rory: Yay. Oh, you should start thinking of things to do to Taylor since there's a town meeting Friday and mom's running out of ideas of how to annoy him.
Jess: That should be easy. Hmm, what haven't I dont to Taylor over the years?
Rory: Well, you can keep thinking about that, but I gotta get back to work.
Jess: All right.
Rory: Love you, bye.
Jess: Love you too.
Rory hangs up the phone and goes back to work.
In Michael's office, Jess fills him in on the conversation.
Mike: (jokingly) What was that I heard about a foursome?
Jess: (grins) Nothing. Listen, Rory and Will are going to Stars Hollow for a couple of days and she wants us to come.
Mike: Perfect timing, all of this crap is really starting to bug me.
Jess: Good, because I was going to go even if you said no.
Mike: That's what I thought.
~*~ Fast forward to Thursday night. Mike and Jess are staying at Will and Rory's that night and have their stuff for the weeklong trip. ~*~
Jess: Rory, if your packing habits or anywhere close to what they used to be, you should start now.
Will: Was she a mix of a snail and a packrat then too?
Jess: Yeah.
Rory: Hello, I'm right here!
Will: Oh, there you are, and here I thought you were in your room packing.
Rory: Fine! You guys win, I'll go start packing.
Mike: (to Will) Way to be subtle.
Will: If I tried that approach, we'd still be talking about how some people need more time to pack than others.
Mike: (nods in understanding)
Jess: I'm gonna go make sure she doesn't make too much.
Will: She will, no mater how hard you try.
Rory: (from her room) I heard that!
Will: (shouting back to Rory) And you think that bothers me?
Rory: Grrr.
Will: Watch out Jess, she's starting to growl.
Mike: Dirty.
Jess: I'll just have to take my chances then.
Jess walks over to Rory's room while Will and Mike sit on the couch and watch TV.
Jess: (standing in the doorway) Knock knock.
Rory: Funny, you never used to do that.
Jess: Yeah, well, I got myself some manners now.
Rory: Apparently, your grammatical skills have worsened.
Jess: Yeah, Mike had a field day fixing all of the errors in the book.
Rory: I can only imagine how much time that it took him to fix it.
Jess: All right, enough about my grammar skills, or lack thereof.
Rory: Fine. Now, help me pack.
Jess: (in a sarcastic, girly voice think teach me tonight in the car) Yay! Now, you just have to bring that dress.
Rory: (laughs) That was quite possibly the weirdest voice I have ever heard.
Jess: Gee, thanks.
Rory: No problem.
After a few small arguments and occassionally seeking the advice of Will and Mike, Rory managed to fill a medium sized bag with all of her clothes for the next week.
Jess: I'm impressed. You managed to fit everything into a normal sized bag.
Rory: Well, I didn't do it on my own.
Jess: Of course, the packing fairy helped you.
Rory: (bursts into laughter)
Jess: What? (realizes what Rory is laughing about) Oh crap, I just called myself the packing fairy.
Rory: (still laughing) You are so getting teased about that.
Jess: If you love me, you'll forget that I ever made that comment.
Rory: Damn, you win this time.
Jess: Ha.
Rory: That was unfair.
Jess: Life's unfair.
Rory: How profound.
Jess: (smirks) I try.
Will: (from the living room) Are you two done devouring each other's faces?
Rory: We were waiting for you two to be done!
Will: I have needs!
Jess: So do I!
Rory: (walking into the living room) I'm going to be stuck in a small car with three horny guys. Hooray for me.
~*~ The next day ~*~
Will: COFFEE!
Jess: You have been around Rory way too much.
Rory: Hey!
Will: Awww, you know I love you!
Rory: If you loved me, you'd be with me not Mike.
Will: (looks like he's thinking) Well....
Mike: Ha ha, very funny.
Will: (smiles) Well, I thought so.
Rory: (singing like the cookie monster on sesame street) C is for coffee...
Will: D is for doughnut...
Mike: E is for espresso...
Jess: No way, you three can play your little alphabet game, but don't include me in the insanity.
Rory: Fine. F is for frosting...
Will: G is for um.... Golden Grahams!
Mike: H is for how coffee.
Rory: That was weak.
Mike: Yeah. I couldn't think of anything else.
Jess: Let's go before you three start that again.
Will: Yes master.
Jess: (makes a noise that sounds like a whip)
Rory, Mike, Will: Dirty!
Jess: Well, you three corrupted me.
Will: Oh well. Now, are we going to get coffee or not? Let me warn you, I will go into stereotypical gay guy mode and demand coffee until I get it and throw a tantrum if necessary.
Rory: Calm down, we're going.
Will: Damn, I wanted to pull out the acting skills.
Rory: What acting skills? Besides, you can do that when we get to Stars Hollow.
Jess: Do that to creep Taylor out.
Will: Yes! You are brilliant! Of course, I'll need a little help.
Mike: No problem. I love to annoy the conservative people.
~*~ A couple hours later, the group is driving into Stars Hollow. ~*~
Jess: (in the driver's seat, turns toward Rory who is next to him) I can't believe I'm back her after all this time.
Rory: Wait until Miss Patty sees you.
Will: You are in for some major ass-pinching! She wouldn't get away from me last time I was here.
Rory: (laughs) Oh, I remember that. I think that if we had pasted your face onto another guy's she still would have gone after you.
Mike: Well, maybe I can run a little interference this time.
Will: No, she'll just molest you instead.
Mike: (sarcastically) Yippie. Jess, I really see the small town in the middle of nowhere description.
Jess: Stars Hollow, aka Small Town America.
Mike: Hide me from the unicorns.
Will: Wait until you see the gnomes.
Jess: They stare.
Mike: Can we decapitate one of them?
Rory: Hey!
Jess: Oh, come on, you even admitted that some of them are creepy.
Rory: I swear one of them faces directly into my old bedroom.
Mike: Someone's a perv.
Jess: I never thought of Babbette and Morey like that. (fake shudders)
Rory: Enough with the gnomes. It's creeping me out.
Jess: (pulling up in front of Luke's) Fine.
Will: COFFEE!
The four exit the car and Rory is the first to go through the door. Lorelai is sitting at the counter drinking coffee and turns around when she hears the bells.
Lorelai: (gets up and goes toward Rory) Gilmore!
Rory: (embraces Lorelai) Gilmore-Danes!
Lorelai: (pulls away from Rory) Now, who to hug first....since you (points at Will) are closer, you win.
Will: Hey Lorelai.
Lorelai: (pulls away from Will) Well, Stars Hollow's resident bad boy is all grown up.
Jess: That's what nine years does to a person.
Lorelai: It's good to see the sarcasm's still there. (turns to Mike) And you must be Mike.
Mike: Hello.
Lorelai: Well, now that that part's done, let's eat!
The group goes and sits at a table by the window.
Lorelai: LUKEY! FEED YOU STARVING WIFE AND STEP-DAUGHTER!
Luke: (from the kitchen) I'll be right out!
Jess: Someone hasn't changed.
Rory: Nope. Still the same old Luke.
Luke: (now in the main part of the diner and approaching the group) Jess?
Jess: In the flesh.
Jess gets up from where he's sitting and he and Luke hug, well, whatever guys do that resembles hugging.
Luke: I didn't know you were coming.
Jess: You mean Lorelai wasn't talking non-stop since she found out?
Lorelai: Hey! I thought it would be a nice surprise.
Jess sits down again and now it's Rory's turn to hug Luke. After Rory sits down again, Luke is introduced to Mike.
Luke: (extends his hand to Mike) Luke Danes.
Mike: Mike Kerr.
Lorelai: Well, now that you know everyone, we need food!
Luke: (takes out his order pad) How many burgers?
After collecting all of the orders, Luke went back into the kitchen to help Caesar.
Lorelai: So, what did you guys think of to do to Taylor?
Will: The classic, gay guys being affectionate one never fails.
Lorelai: Good. What else.
Jess: (smirks) Just wait a little for the town meeting. Will and I have something interesting planned.
Lorelai: Tell me!
Jess: Nope.
Lorelai: (to Rory) Tell me!
Rory: I would, but I have no idea what they're talking about.
Lorelai: Must be good if you don't know what it is.
A/N: Sorry this took so long. I tried to make this chapter long, but it ended up being a huge amount of fluff. I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can, but I have no idea what Jess and Will are going to do to Taylor so I gotta think of something. If you have any ideas for a prank they might pull or something, please tell me because it will probably take me a month to think of something good. Sorry about the insane fluff and the time jumps, but I just wanted to get to the four of them being in Stars Hollow. Don't worry, the next chapter will have some encounters with everyone's favorite townies and maybe a couple surprises. Hehe. Well, please review! Feel free to flame, that's better than nothing!