Chapter 4: Title Goes Here..

A/N: I am SOOOOOOOOOO sorry I haven't updated, since a week past forever, but I've been so incredibly busy. Feel free to hate me with a passion (of a thousand suns; love that movie)

Disclaimer: Don't own anything, if I did, would Jess be leaving (well maybe leaving to come stay with ME, but other than that..)

Summary: OK, so far, if you haven't been paying attention, Rory and Jess have been flirting more than before they were together, Jess said "I love you" and Rory said it back. Rory decides that she's ready to sleep with Jess, and that's where I left off. so here we go!

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"So, do you want to talk about it?" Lorelai asked Rory, as she slowly sat back down, trying to take in what her daughter just told her. Wow, she thought, she really does want to sleep with him..

"Umm, what is there to talk about?" Rory replied, sitting down next to her mom.

"Well," the older Gilmore answered, ticking the ideas off her fingers," there's the whole, going on the pill discussion, have you done it yet rampage, does Jess know question, then there's always the 'when do you want to' deal. Do you want me to keep going?"

Rory laughed, surprised how much her mom could come up to talk about, "No thanks, I think you've got enough for now."

"Alright, then lets start, feel free to add any points while I talk," Lorelai said, as she stood up and began pacing.

"Mom, you don't have to rant, please?"

"But Rory, I'm the mother, when you say you're going to sleep with some guy- -"

"Its not just some guy, its Jess, my boyfriend and love. There's a big difference from 'some guy' and 'boyfriend and love.'"

"Fine, but you're only 17 honey, can't you just wait a little while--"

"Mom, I'm almost an adult, and I'm not going to be stupid and not use any protection or anything, I know you're going to put me on the pill--"

"Damn right I am!" Lorelai interrupted, crossing her arms across her chest.

"And we'll use a condom, and that's basically as safe as we can get, which is REALLY safe. You do trust me, don't you?" Rory continued what she was saying, ignoring her mother's interruption.

"oh sweetie," Lorelai said, sitting back down, suddenly loosing all resentment towards the entire conversation, "of course I trust you, but I don't trust you going out with some guy--"

"Jess mom, his name is Jess," Rory interrupted, "Why can't you just say his name? It was easy enough for you when we weren't dating, when you could openly hate him. Now you can't even say his name."

"It's not that sweetie, it's just that.. Well, I don't hate him, really, I think he's great that he can make you this happy. But, he's going to be the one to take away your innocence, and my maternal instinct says 'Kill!' while I really do know that you guys love each other," She sat back, thinking as she stared off into space, "I've seen the way he's looked at you, when he thinks you're not looking; when he thinks no one is looking. That.. awe in his eyes, about you. Then he smiles to himself and turns away the second you turn back to him. I've seen the way you look at him too, you know."

Rory sat in shock through the entire monologue. So she wasn't mad? Wow. "Okay.. So, it's alright, you're not mad?"

"Hun, I was never mad. It's alright, I'll have to make an appointment with the doctor so you can get the pills and everything."

"Mom, can I go to bed now? I'm really tired.." Rory gestured to her bedroom door, pleading with her eyes

"Oh sure, go ahead." Lorelai waved her off, and as Rory went into her room, she laid back against the couch, thinking about everything that's happened.

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After Jess had dropped Rory off, he headed straight back to the diner. As he walked up the stairs he noticed the lights were still on. Strange, he though, I was sure Luke would be in bed by now. He opened the door to see Luke sitting on the couch, staring at the phone in his hand.

"Luke?" Jess was worried, since he'd never seen Luke like this. It was a mixture of shock, and sadness. "What happened?" (A/N: I know Jess acts like he doesn't care about Luke, but you all know he does)

Luke jumped at the sound of Jess' voice and looked up, "Liz.." and he stopped, shaking his head.

Jess' was confused, what had his mother done this time? "What did she do?"

"She.." That was all Luke could get out, before he put his head in his hand. Mumbling through his hands, he told Jess, "She was.. in an accident.. on her way home from work.. a.. a drunk driver or something, it hit her.. she.."

Jess just stood there, trying to figure out what Luke was saying. After a minute, he sat down on the couch next to Luke, "Is she..in the hospital?"

Luke just shook his head. Jess decided this would be easier on Luke to just shake his head or nod, so he asked a different question, "Is she.." Jess had to stop and take a deep breath before he finished his question, "..alive?"

Luke shook his head again, "No."