Disclaimer: Even though I took a long time off, I wasn't able to acquire Gilmore Girls, sorry to disappoint.

A/N: *Hides Head* I know, I know. I'm really sorry about not updating forever. I won't bore you with all the excuses, just go ahead and try to enjoy this chapter. I should be writing pretty regularly now for a while. I'm back into "the groove". Anyways, here is the super long awaited chapter. Enjoy!

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"You had donut glaze on your face, I had to get it off." Jess grinned mischievously. "Let's see if there's some more."

He brought her in again and they sat making out for several minutes. During one air break Rory glanced over at the clock.

"Oh shoot, Mom's probably wondering where I am!" She got up and grabbed her books. Stopping at the door she turned around smiling. "I really liked those donuts."

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Rory practically ran back to her room, and jumped down onto the couch grabbing the remote control. She flipped on the TV and tried to concentrate on the pictures on the screen.

"Honey, I'm home!" Lorelai walked in grinning. "And I brought the elixir of life. Well it's not the real one, but Luke's bringing over some first thing in the morning, so this will just have to tide us over."

Rory laughed and took the coffee from her mother. "So young lady, coffee didn't take this long to get. Where were you up until then?" She grabbed Lorelai's shirt. "This feels awfully wet to just be getting food."

Lorelai twisted away. "Well…it's like this. I was on my way to get coffee for my deprived daughter, when all of a sudden, I heard a little voice crying "help, help!" And that's when I saw this little boy in the pool, and well, he couldn't swim. So I dove in and saved him from a terrible death. Then the press showed up and wanted to do a 60 minutes special with me, cuz you know, I saved this little boy and of course I have impeccable fashion sense. Anyways, after all of that, I just happened to meet Luke, we kissed, and brought back coffee."

Rory stood staring wide-eyed.

Lorelai continued. "So really that's all there is to it."

"Wait a second…let me get this straight…you kissed him!?"

"Maybe…"

"What exactly does a maybe look like…and you didn't really save a boy right?"

"Well, I might have been stretching the truth there, but still. A maybe looks like Luke throwing me in the water, us sitting on the beach, and eventually kissing…give or take."

"Right…yeah that's what everyone's "maybe" looks like. What were you doing kissing…Luke? When did this all happen? When will I have a new daddy?"

"Oh you're such a funny girl…drink your coffee."

"You've used that on me before…tell me what happened, pleaseeeeee. I deserve to know."

"Well fine. Seeing as how I know you won't go telling my beloved mother, I guess I can trust you with the goods," Lorelai said with her best mob accent.

"So you guys finally realized you couldn't live without each other. Jess and I were wondering when that would happen."

"Oh you were, were you?"

"Maybe…come on, let's stick to the topic."

"Fine then. I can always tell that you're my daughter."

"I'm gonna take that as a compliment, now hurry!"

"Yeah I guess we finally admitted it, and you'll have a new daddy just as soon as we make a quick stop in Vegas on the way home. Come on kiddo; let's go to bed. Tomorrow, we have Kona coffee and other little souvenirs to buy!"

"Woohoo, I think I'm starting to like Hawaii."

"Hmm, funny, me too."

Lorelai and Rory walked back to their piles of clothes and after several minutes found their pajamas and toothbrushes. Soon they were fast asleep.

Meanwhile…

Luke walked into the room. Jess was sprawled out on the couch reading, his feet balancing on the lamp, which looked suspiciously like it might fall.

"Hey Jess"

"Mm."

"Real talkative."

"Mmhmm."

"So how was your evening?"

"Fine."

-Pause-

"Ok then, well I'm just going to go to bed. See you in the morning. Rory and

Lorelai want to go shopping, so, well I guess, just prepare yourself…Woohoo." Luke finished sarcastically. He rubbed his head and headed into the bedroom. It had been previously decided – silently – that Jess would sleep in the living room, while Luke took the bedroom.

Jess looked up the clock. It was already 1 am. Time went fast when you were reading – especially Hemmingway. He sighed, got up, and stretched. Closing the door softly, he walked out of the room, with key and coat in hand.

He walked down to the beach and sat staring at the surf roll in. There was always something comforting about the ocean. That's one thing he hated about Star's Hollow – no ocean. In New York, when he was younger, and his mother sober, the family had gone out to the ocean in the rural part of the city. It was one of his better childhood memories.

Jess dug his toes into the sand, feeling the coolness that the grains had acquired after the sun had gone down. He sighed, thinking about the one good thing in the pathetic, little, quirky town. She was so beautiful, perfect, intelligent, witty, kind. Just everything that he'd never known he'd wanted or needed, but obviously he couldn't live without them – her - now.

Jess sighed, stood up, and walked back to the room. He unlocked the door, got ready for bed, and was asleep by an early 2 in the morning…

Well ppl, that's all for now. It's not terribly long, but I have ideas for coming chapters, mwhahaha. Oooh and guess what I get to go to Maui in 8 days! Plus, my friend is coming with us; I'm sooo excited! *Ahem*, anyways. Now that I've yelled about how excited I am, let's just say that I have big plans. I still want the Luke/Jess lecture. It won't be on a grand scale, but I feel that at least a little one is appropriate. Doesn't it suck when you get sick on vacation? Mmhmm, and wouldn't it be great if you had someone there to take care of you? Yes, that's what I thought. (Those were hints for coming chapters if it's 2am and you're a little out of it.) Well I guess that's all for now. I had a pretty good time writing this chapter, so you can expect another one soon, as long as I don't have a huge amount of homework this coming week. Anyways…tada!

~Twinkletoes