*Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own Gilmore Girls*

Okiedokie, well here I am once more, writing. It seems like I can only find time during the weekend. Even then though, I seem to run out of time quickly. Here's the deal; most of you wanted shorter chapters more frequently, so that's what I'll do. I'll try to have a new chapter up each weekend minimum. We'll see though. I'm still trying to think of a conflict, so if anyone can think of an idea, let me know. I'd better get this done before Gilmore Girls Beginnings starts, so here ya are!

~Last Chapter~

"Fine, no need to get protective." Lorelai's eyes suddenly widened and she began to grin. Pulling herself out, she ran over to Luke, and gave him a huge – wet – hug. He stood there, not really believing what was going on, and for that matter, not really minding. "There, all better," she said satisfied with her job.

Luke glared at the retreating back of Lorelai, but reluctantly caught up with her.

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Rory started to unconsciously swim/walk to where Jess was standing. He stood looking down at her, as she closed her eyes and leaned in….

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Lorelai ran the last few feet to where the beach started, and immediately tore off her shoes. Skipping gleefully she exclaimed, "Lukey, don't you love the beach?"

"Um sure, it's nice."

"Oh come on, I know you like it more than that!"

He shrugged, "I remember one time, my dad had to go out of town for supplies. He came back with a seashell for me, telling me about how you can listen to the ocean in it. It was my favorite thing for a long time."

"Ohmygosh! That's so sweet. See, I knew it was in there somewhere." Lorelai laughed but grew silent, wishing her parents had been so, well, just not the way they were. Unconsciously she shivered.

"Come on Lorelai, it's getting cold, and Rory's probably wondering where you are."

"Just a few more minutes," she said softly. Lorelai sat down on the cool sand and brought her knees up to her chest. Sighing, Luke sat down next to her. "I've always thought the ocean was gorgeous, especially at night. I'd be lying in bed, hoping Rory would stay asleep and not start crying, and I'd think about the ocean surf pounding up. It was very comforting." She laughed and leaned her head on Luke's shoulder. It felt right. It was always a good sign if her head fit perfectly onto a guy's shoulder. Of course Luke's worked well. Everything about him was great. He supplied never-ending coffee, well almost, and he was always so caring, sweet in a gruff sort of way, and he treated Rory almost like his own daughter.

Lorelai's head settled down onto his shoulder, and Luke immediately tensed. Her hair smelled so…comforting. Lorelai was so beautiful, inside, with all her quirks, and outside with her, well, yeah, just everything. He wished that she would just realize how he felt about her, and then of course, feel the same. Luke tentatively draped his arm across her back, and they sat there, staring out at the crashing waves…

Their lips were both centuries and millimeters away. Jess brought them both together in one quick movement. Rory's hand moved to the back of his head and ran through his tousled wet hair. He pulled her closer and began to massage the small of her back. They pulled apart slightly, breathing hard. Rory stood staring, searching, up into his eyes. Jess bent down again, running his hand through her soaked hair, and kissed Rory on her forehead.

"We should probably get back soon, your mom should be wondering where we are."

Coming out of her trance, "yeah, um right, well ok then." Pulling herself out of the water, Rory grabbed her towel, and wrapping it tightly around herself, waited for Jess to come out. He draped his towel over his shoulders, and grabbing the forgotten books, the two walked back to the hotel.

"Mom, I'm back!…Mom?…Dearest mother of mine? Hmm guess she's not here." Walking over to Jess' room, she knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. Who knows, maybe for some reason she was over there. Instead of finding her mother or even Luke, she instead found a still shirtless Jess.

"Hey"

"Hey"

"Hey"

I think we covered that, so, you looking for something?"

"Ohh…yeah," she said blushing as she remembered, "is my mom here?"

"Nope, come to think of it, I don't think I've seen Luke either."

"Oh, that's really weird"

"Yeah I know…Do you wanna come in here to wait for them?"

Of course she wanted to come in, but…hmm, well…It's not like she still had any ties to Dean, it had been a couple months, and her mom had seen how close she had gotten with Jess…Lorelai couldn't be that mad…could she?

"Just let me change first."

"Ok, see you in a few, I'll give you an hour tops."

"Hey, I don't take that long!"

"Your hour starts…now" Jess glanced down at his watch, "better hurry."

Rory went back over to her own room and decided to go with the early morning/late night look. It's not like Jess hadn't ever seen her in sweatpants and a tank top before. Rory pulled her hair back up into a messy bun, and on whim, reapplied her lipgloss.

Grabbing a couple books, some coffee, and a room key, she left a note for her mother, and went over to Jess' room.

Well that's all for now. Hopefully it'll be good enough to keep you going for a little while. It's not as much as a cliffhanger now, they're just gonna hang out, ya know the usual. I didn't want a Rory/Jess kiss and Luke/Lorelai kiss in the same chapter, so you can expect Luke/Lorelai action soon, never fear. K well, it took me two days to get this done so Gilmore Girls Beginnings was yesterday – not that it matters, but oh well, I thought like sharing. Thank you soooo much for the amount of reviews I have!! Yay, it's soo great that you all seem to enjoy the story and take time to tell me! So in that case, please hit the purple button again, you make me sooo happy when you do! Thanks, and until next time…salut! (I'm taking French, and in French, "salut" means bye) Anyways, byebye!