A/N Hey, everyone!!! Thanks for all your reviews for We Meet Again, they really mean the world to me. And it was your reviews that made me decide to actually make a sequel. I hope you guys like this first chapter (which can also be seen as the 7th ). Please tell me if you like it and I promise to update at least once a week (this is my final year at high school, so it's gonna be a busy year, but I'll try!!).

The title of the story is Second Chances for now, but it might chance during the story,

On with the story, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Gilmore Girls or any of the characters (if you sue me it would be of little use, because I'm practically broke!).

Chapter 1: Back where we belong

Lorelai: 'Finally, we're home!'

Rory: 'Hello house, I've missed you.'

Lorelai: 'I hope I can still open the door.'

Rory: 'Why wouldn't you?'

Lorelai: 'Because of all the mail, we are tremendously popular in Stars Hollow, remember? And I'm sure we got lost of postcards from friends who've spend this summer in Japan or Los Angeles or Europe.'

Rory: 'But we don't have any friends who've been there.'

Lorelai: 'No, but just think about it, so much mail it takes you three days to read all of them.'

Rory: 'Tiring.'

Lorelai: 'Fun.'

Rory: 'Just open the door.'

Lorelai opens the door and sees exactly ten envelopes on their doormat.

Lorelai: 'Talk about disappointment.'

Rory: 'Well, at least we don't have three days of mail-reading to look forward to.'

Lorelai: 'I guess.'

Rory: 'Hey, now that we're home we could go to Luke's.'

Lorelai: 'Yeah, and since we've been away for so long, I can bug him extra, you know. Annoy him till he gets so mad he starts doing that dishcloth- throwing- thingie.'

Rory: 'Alright, but don't be upset when he refuses to feed us.'

They walk outside towards Luke's diner.

Lorelai: 'Luke would never do that. He knows we depend on him, without him we would starve to death.

Rory: 'Correction, you would starve to death. I'd be so smart to run to the supermarket.'

Lorelai: 'Nobody can live on Pop-tarts, sweety.'

Rory: 'Why not?'

Lorelai: 'Don't know actually, we should try it some time.'

They arrived at Luke's and opened the door. They entered and saw Luke standing at the counter, as always, cleaning it.

Lorelai: 'Hey Luke, did ya miss us?'

Luke: 'Hello Lorelai, Rory.'

Rory: 'Hey, Luke.'

Luke: 'How was your vacation?'

Rory: 'It was great, we had a blast.'

They sat down at the counter and Luke gave them two fresh cups of coffee.

Lorelai: 'So, you haven't answered my question yet.'

Luke: 'What question?'

Lorelai: 'The one I just asked you.'

Luke: 'Again, what question.'

Lorelai: 'Did you miss us?'

Luke: 'You mean, did I miss you nagging me every morning for food I don't serve, or coming here every day for dinner and demand a special service I have never ever given you.'

Lorelai: 'Dirty.'

Luke: 'You know that's not what I meant.'

Lorelai: 'What did you mean?'

Luke: 'You always want your food right away-.'

Lorelai: 'That's because I'm always hungry and when I don't get my food right away I might faint.'

Rory thought that they were back where they started. They were always having a discussion, her mom and Luke. Didn't they know that they got along so well and that it might not be such a bad idea to admit they liked each other? She laughed. Luke telling Lorelai that he likes her. That would never happen, Luke's definitely not a man who's eager to tell a woman he's having feelings for her. Besides, he's way too afraid Lorelai will laugh at him. And Lorelai.well, she probably doesn't even realize she likes him so much. Them getting together might take a long time.

Lorelai: 'Rory, honey, snap back, will ya?'

Rory: 'Huh, what? I'm sorry. I was just thinking about something.'

Lorelai: 'Well instead of thinking about that mystery something, think of what you'll have.'

Rory: 'Have? Oh, you mean to eat. I'll have some pancakes.'

Luke: 'Okay. You Lorelai?'

Lorelai: 'Let me see. I would like some chocolate chipped pancakes with extra chocolate sauce poured over them with some of those delicious coffee beans on the side.'

Luke: 'I don't serve that.'

Lorelai: 'You do now.'

Luke: 'I'm not making that, I'll give you regular pancakes, just like all the other customers.'

Lorelai: 'Why are you being so unfair?'

'Here they go again. Well, this may take a while', Rory thought.

Rory: 'Mom, I'm gonna take a walk, I'll be back before the pancakes are ready.'

Lorelai: 'Sure sweetie, now listen, Luke-.'

Rory walked outside and started walking around town. She had to get away out of that diner for a second. So much memories were there, a lot of them included Jess and he was one of the last persons she wanted to think about right now, because it hurt so much. But not thinking about him hurt even more, so she was thinking about him a lot. She really had to start thinking about other things and soon she'd start going to Yale. Then she'd have plenty of stuff to take her mind off of Jess. She'd be buried in homework, doing research and attending classes and she wouldn't have time to think about something else other than college. It was a comforting thought, because thinking about Jess made her crazy, she kept saying to herself over and over again 'I'm never gonna see him again', and the sadness that followed was excruciating.

'I'm never gonna see him again', Rory said out loud.

'See who never again?' she heard a voice behind her. Rory turned around and her heart skipped a beat when she saw him. She didn't expect to see him here at all.

Rory: 'Dean, I thought you moved out of Stars Hollow?'

Dean: 'Yeah, Lindsay and I are moving out, but we still have some stuff to take care of and since it's still vacation we're staying at my house.'

Rory: 'Oh, that's nice.'

Dean: 'Yeah. So.how was Miami.'

Rory: 'Great, it was great.'

Dean: 'Good. I'm glad you had a good time.'

There was an uncomfortable silence where they stood looking at each other, not quite knowing what to say.

Rory: 'Listen, I gotta get going. My pancakes are probably ready.'

Dean: 'Yeah, me too. Lindsay is probably wondering what's taking me so long.'

Rory: 'Bye.'

Dean: 'Bye. I'll see you around.'

They turned around and walk away in the opposite directions.

'Wow, that was weird', Rory thought. Seeing Dean so suddenly was quite unexpected. Not that she had any problems with seeing Dean, but every time she thought about him and Lindsay getting married she couldn't help thinking 'that could've been me'. She could have been the one Dean proposed to and that idea gave her the shivers. She entered Luke's and saw that Lorelai was rambling about something and Luke was pretending to listen, but Rory could see he was just watching Lorelai, observing her while she was talking.

Rory: 'I'm back.'

She sat down next to Lorelai and started eating the pancakes Luke put in front of her.

Lorelai: 'So, Luke, how was your vacation?'

Luke: 'It was good. I spend some time fishing, I read a little.'

Lorelai: 'You read something? You never read.'

Luke: 'For your information Lorelai, I do read.'

Lorelai: 'What did you read.'

Luke: 'A book.'

Lorelai: 'What kind of book.'

Luke: 'A book about certain types of fishing.'

Lorelai: 'That's not a real book.'

Luke: 'Well, it has a lot of pages with letters printed on them and they're bundled together, so I think it's a book.'

Lorelai: 'Yeah, about fishing. Sounds real interesting.'

Rory: 'Says the woman who tried to read all the books they had in the library about fishing.'

Lorelai: 'Hey, I was just reading some background information on how to fish for my date, alright.'

Rory: 'Still. You did.'

Lorelai: 'I'm still saying it doesn't count.'

Rory: 'I'm still saying it does.'

Lorelai: 'Well, that's your prerogative as a stubborn teenager.'

Rory: 'Thank you.'

Lorelai: 'You're welcome.'

They both started eating their food again. In a matter of seconds their plates were empty and Luke refreshed their coffee.

Lorelai: 'Hey Luke, now that Jess is gone, who's gonna help you run the diner?'

Luke: 'I think I can manage on my own, if not, I'm sure Ceasar can put in a few extra hours a week.'

Rory: 'Speaking of Jess, did you happen to hear something from him since his last call?'

Luke: 'No, he hasn't called or anything. God knows where that boy is.'

Lorelai: 'He's probably as far away from Stars Hollow as he can be.'

Luke: 'Knowing Jess, he probably is.'

How very wrong they both were.