Just a recap as to what's happened so far in the story:
Chapter 1 – pure fluff
Chapter 2 – prom – Jess can dance, Paris is a princess, Rory's prom queen, and Jess and Rory have sex
Chapter 3 – fluff, Jess and Rory exchange 'I love you's and Lorelai fills the town in on Rory being queen
Chapter 4 – Dean tells Rory he still loves her, and he overhears Rory and Jess talking about the 'events' on prom night
Chapter 5 – dinner at the Gilmore mansion, Emily and Richard become interested in Jess, and Rory tells Jess that they can't 'do it' in Star's Hollow until she tells Lorelai
Chapter 6 – the Gilmores love Jess, with whom Emily and Lorelai waltz, Dean is going to tell Lorelai about Rory and Jess's big night
Chapter 7 – Rory and Dean talk and he tells her to tell Lorelai before someone else does
Chapter 8 – Rory and Lorelai talk
Chapter 9 – Rory and Lorelai put an evil plan into action on Jess
Chapter 10 – Rory, Jess, and Lorelai put phase 2 into action on Dean
So here's the next bit…
DON"T WORRY BABY
CHAPTER 11 – duck boy
News of the pranks Lorelai and Rory pulled quickly made their way around town, resulting in the residents of Star's Hollow stopping conversations when Dean would approach, in case he overheard anything.
Miss Patty kept trying to come up with situations to see Jess in his boxers again, while Lorelai teased him about them.
"I can't believe your boxers." She was laughing.
"Are you still going with that?" Jess asked, frustrated.
"Ummm, hmmm, my daughter's rebellious boyfriend who's secretly a dancer, who's also secretly a big softie wears blue boxers with yellow ducks on them? Hmmm. Tough question to answer. Uh yeah?"
Jess turned to Rory. "Is she ever going to let that go? They were the first ones I found."
This just made Lorelai laugh harder. "Why did you have them in the first place? Were they all out of bunnies? Jessie wears duck boxers."
Jess ignored her. "Please tell me she'll forget this eventually."
"She'll forget this eventually." Rory said.
"You're lying." Jess responded.
"Just a little bit." Rory replied, smiling.
"Wanna get out of here?" Jess asked.
"Sure. Just let me finish." Rory gulped down the rest of her coffee, gave her mom a hug goodbye, and they ran out the door.
"Ah, to be young and in love." Lorelai said to herself.
"What was that?" Luke had come over to her.
"Huh? Oh. Just commenting to myself on Rory and Jess."
"Talking to yourself is an indication of mental illness. That coffee has gotten to you. Next stop nut house." Luke said.
Lorelai swatted him then resumed her out loud train of thought. "If you would have told me a few months ago that I would actually like Jess and approve of him and Rory dating, I would have sent you to the nut house."
"Hey, with you in here all the time, I feel like I'm at a nut house every day."
Lorelai swatted him again.
***
Outside, Rory and Jess, as usual, found themselves at the bridge. Once there, they began kissing, before Jess pulled a book out of his pocket. They lay down and he began to read out loud to her.
After an hour and a half of reading, Jess stopped reading and kissed Rory on her forehead. Rory responded by kissing him passionately on the lips.
"What was that for?" Jess asked.
"Ummm, for giving me lots of coffee when we get back?" Rory said innocently.
"Too much coffee isn't good for you." Jess said.
"Okay Luke." Rory replied, laughing. She kissed him again. "And that one was for giving my mom lots of coffee too so that she won't bug me for some of mine."
Jess laughed. "I still can't believe that she came up with that plan. And that you went through with it."
"It was funny, duck boy."
"Hey. No teasing the boxers."
"I think they're cute." She laughed. "Now half of Star's Hollow does too."
Jess groaned. "I still can't believe that Miss Patty saw me in my boxers."
"That's priceless."
"She keeps harassing me now, and pinching my ass even more than before." Jess complained.
"I'll tell her that it's not her ass to pinch then. It's mine." Rory said, smiling, and pinching Jess's backside to prove her point.
"But then, knowing Miss Patty, she'll want to know more details, like why you're grabbing my ass, and then she'll pry deeper trying to find out how far we've gone." Jess said.
"Yeah, that's true." Rory paused thoughtfully.
"What's up?" Jess asked, kissing her on the nose.
"Ummm, I'm thinking maybe we should let Luke know."
"Why?"
"So that it's not so awkward if we want some 'alone time'. Besides, my mom knows, so he'll find out sooner or later."
"True." He kissed her. "So when did you want to do it?"
"Dirty." Rory teased.
"That too." Jess laughed. "But what I meant was, when do you want to tell Luke?"
"How bout tonight, after the diner closes."
"Okay."
"You sure?" Rory asked.
"Yeah. But I just want to let you know that if Luke kills me, it's entirely your fault." They laughed.
"Duly noted." Rory said as she kissed him.
"I love you Rory."
"I love you too Jess."
A/N: Pure fluff, but we'll soon get to see Luke's reaction… Show me some lovin please!!
