Pairing: Rory/Jess and Luke/Lorelei

Rating: PG 13+.. I think

Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with Gilmore Girls.

Recap: Dean found Rory and Jess on the bridge. It ended with him punching Rory accidentally.

Part Three

* AT LUKE'S *

Rory walked passed Lorelei and Luke in tears and headed straight up the stairs towards the bathroom where she locked the door.

"Rory, what wrong" asked Lorelei, seeing her daughter go past, "an what happened to your eye!?"

Getting no response, Lorelei attempted to go after her but Luke stopped her. "I think we should just leave her for a minute" said Luke, concerned and angry, "she may just want some time alone"

Within a minute Jess walked in the door short of breath. Before he could say anything, Luke started. "What the hell did you do to that poor girl? I thought you really liked her and then she comes back here alone with a black eye!!"

"We're talking about Rory Gilmore here. Do you really think that I'd do anything to hurt? Dean saw me leave school and followed. Then he saw us.um.sitting on the bridge. He went to punch me and she stepped in front," replied Jess

Luke looked at him for a minute and decided he was telling the truth. "She's upstairs in your bathroom" said Luke, "you might want to go up and comfort her"

Jess headed straight up the stairs for his bathroom, taking with him some ice in at towel and leaving a concerned Luke and a shocked Lorelei in the diner.

"Ror, are you alright?" asked Jess, quietly

No answer.

"Rory, can I come in?"

Jess can hear Rory sobbing on the other side of the door. Rory walked out and fell into Jess's arms. Jess led Rory to the bed and sat them both down. He let her bury her head in his shirt and cry. He was giving her a comforting sound every few minutes.

"Rory, let me look at you eye" said Jess, seriously.

Rory heard the tone in his voice and looked up at his face.

Jess applied the ice to her eye which by now was showing definite signs of swelling and bruising. Every so often she would let out a yelp if her pressed too hard.

After about half and hour, Rory's eye was looking much better.

"Thanks for taking care of me, Jess" said Rory

"Anytime. I mean Dean had no right to say that about your mother" said Jess, "you know I care about you very much and would never make you do anything you didn't feel comfortable doing"

Rory knew what he was talking about.

Rory put her arms around Jess's neck and pulled him into a kiss. Jess leans back, causing Rory to lie on top of him. Jess started to deepen the kiss and Lorelei's voice was heard in the room.

"I told you to see how she was" said Lorelei with a playful smile, "not stick your tongue down her throat"

Rory started to blush a deeper shade of red. She got up from the bed. "I'll be downstairs" she mumbled, leaving Jess and Lorelei alone in the room.

"I think I embarrassed her" stated Lorelei, "lucky I'm not one of those mothers who do it often"

A smirk crossed Jess's face, but he didn't say anything.

"Thanks for looking after her" said Lorelei to Jess, "I know you have an idea that I didn't used to exactly trust her, but I trust Rory's judgement and I trust you as much as her"

Jess was a bit taken aback by that comment but managed to mumble a thanks.

Downstairs, Luke finds Rory on a stool at the counter.

"Coffee?" asked Luke

"When have I ever knocked it back?" asked Rory

He passed her a mug and looked into her eyes.

"I know I might be wrong or this may be none of my business, but can I ask you something?" asked Luke

"Sure! Ask me anything" replied Rory

"Well. When you came in here before you looked really upset like something else made you angry, other than you eye" said Luke

Rory looked down at the counter and stayed quiet for a minute.

"You don't have to answer me" said Luke

"Your right. Before Dean hit me he yelled something at me" said Rory

Luke waited for her to continue.

"He said that Jess didn't really care about me and I'll end up 16 and pregnant just like my mother...then he called her a whore" said Rory, "please don't tell Mom. Your like a father to me and I can tell you anything and I know you'll always try and help, but that would really hurt Mom if she found out. She's too sensitive"

"Sure Rory, your like a daughter to me and I respect your wishes" said Luke, "but you know that stuff Dean said isn't true. Your mother loves you and I love you and there's no question about how Jess really feels about you"

"Thanks Luke" said Rory

Jess and Lorelei came down the stairs. Lorelei joined Rory at the counter and Jess went behind the counter, opposite Rory.

"Rory, it's getting late. I think we should be heading home" said Lorelei, and then cracked up laughing.

"Mom, what is so funny?" asked Rory, quizzically

"You!" said Lorelei

"Me!?" asked Rory, "why?"

"Well, I never thought you were that type of girl to go around getting black eyes" said Lorelei

Rory ignored her. "Bye Luke" she said. Rory walked up to Jess and gave him a gentle kiss on the mouth. "Bye" she said quietly

"Hey Lor, why don't I get a 'bye' like that?" asked Luke pretending to be offended.

Lorelei walked up and kissed Luke, just like Rory had to Jess. "Bye" she said in her best 'Rory voice'.

* CUT TO LUKE'S - SIX WEEKS LATER * (Lorelei has her cast off) "Luke! Luke! Luke!" screeched Lorelei as she ran into the diner in the morning

"How come you have so much energy this early in the morning?" asked Luke, puzzled

"Well I broke a mirror seven years ago yesterday and I entered and I won and last night it came!" screamed Lorelei, waving an envelope around, "my seven years ended today and I won!"

"You don't seriously believe that do you, Lorelei?" asked Luke, "come on, that's just superstition"

Lorelei shook her head pretending to be offended. Jess walked in laughing about it.

"So anyway, what did you win?" asked Luke

"it's probably a lifetime supply of coffee for her to be so happy think early in the morning" smirked Jess

Lorelei ignored Jess and answered Luke's question. "It's a holiday for two weeks in Hawaii, all expenses paid for two people" she said trying to keep her voice down since Miss Patty was giving her funny looks.

"Congratulations!" said Luke genuinely happy for her, "when do you two leave?"

"Well, Rory and I discussed this last night and we come to a conclusion. She absolutely will not go with me because she doesn't like the idea of being locked up with me in a single bedroom condo for two weeks so we decided I was going to take you. We leave Friday morning."

"That sounds like a lot of fun, but what about the Inn and the diner?" asked Luke

"Don't worry. I have Sookie and Michel and you have Caesear to run things" replied Lorelei

"And what about Rory and Jess?" asked Luke, "they both have school"

"Luke, they're 17 years old and I trust them. Don't you?" asked Lorelei

"I trust Rory completely, and I usually trust Jess mostly," replied Luke, "but where will they stay?"

"Thanks Uncle Luke. Nice to know you trust me" said Jess with mock sarcasm

"Well, Rory can move in with Jess for a couple of weeks" said Lorelei

"And you trust them?" asked Luke

"Sure" replied Lorelei

""Yeah, Ok, it's settled. Hawaii here we come!" said Luke

"Your going to Hawaii for two weeks are you two?" asked Miss Patty who had just walked over, "and your leaving Jess and Rory here..together?"

"Yes" replied Lorelei firmly, "and they'll be fine"

* SKIP TO FRIDAY MORNING *

Lorelei and Luke are about to leave and are both giving last minute reminders. "Rory, remember you still have to go to school and don't do anything that I wouldn't do" said Lorelei to Rory

"Fine Mom" replied Rory

"Jess, no parties and no doing anything I'd disprove of" said Luke to Jess, "oh, on help out Caesear, too"

"Yes Uncle Luke" said Jess, "Jeez, anyone would think you didn't trust me"

Luke rolled his eyes and both him and Lorelei got in the car and went to the airport. Jess and Rory went to school, after saying goodbye to each other.

A/N: Pretty crappy ending I know, but it's 2:30am and I have class at 9am. Chapter four will be up by 13th Jan.

Please read and review. I'm sorry to the people who like Dean, but I don't, so there may not be anything good about him ever. Thanks for the review from the last chapters. Let me know what you think of this one.