A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! Please forgive me!!

Jess walked up to the door and knocked. He heard footsteps falling hard on the floor as the man approached the door and all the while he was mumbling curses at the person who awoke him from his sleep. He opened the door and saw Jess standing there.

"What do you want."

"Hey Jimmy." Replied Jess.

"What are you doing here?" Jimmy asked a little more sternly.

"Well...I don't have anywhere else to go. You're kinda a last resort."

"Jess I can't take you...you know I was could never make a good father-" before Jess could say anything, a little girl, about 7 or 8 came running up to Jimmy.

"Who's this?" She asked.

"Lil, sweetie, go find mommy ok?" The little girl skipped off in search of her mother.

"So what I am saying is-"

"Is that you can't be a father to me but you CAN be a father for some little girl...you can just up and leave me and Liz-"

"Jess-"

"No...I get it!! I bet you wouldn't care that Liz died! I bet you wouldn't care that I got kicked out of my best friend's house! You just don't care at all!!" Jimmy looked down, somewhat ashamed...sort of..there was a long pause.

"When did she die?" Jess started to calm down a little but before he could answer, Lily came running back up to Jimmy.

"Mommy's asleep and she always tells me never to wake her up!"

"Lil, just go back to bed..." The girl once again bounded off and Jimmy looked back at Jess.

"She died a little over a month ago..."

"What happened?"

"She...she overdosed..."

"Oh..." There was another long pause... "I knew it would happen one day.

"Excuse me?" Jess couldn't believe he was hearing this.

"She always was and addict! I'm surprised you're not more messed up than you already are!!"

"Hey! I'm doing just fine thank very much-"

"Yeah that's why you're at MY house of all people in the middle of the night begging me for a place to stay!"

" I just don't have anywhere else to go!! And for the record! I'm not BEGGING you!!"

"Stop Jess! Can't you see I never wanted you in the first place!! Just leave!" He slammed the door in Jess's face, once again abandoning him. It was then that he did something very un-Jess like, he let one tear fall from his eyes as he walked back to the bus station. He got a ticket for none other than Stars Hollow.

He got on the bus and sat down in one of the many seats and put on his headphones. He began to prepare himself for a long ride and a long lecture from Luke concerning his return. He pushed play on his cd player and tried to forget about his recent discussion with Jimmy.

~*~*~*~STARS HOLLOW~*~*~*~

"Hey Ror!" Yelled Lane as she bounded into the diner.

"Oh, hey Lane." Rory seemed a little out of it lately and it didn't go unnoticed by her best friend. Lane knew that Rory missed Jess and she just didn't want to say anything.

"How's your homework commin?"

"It's all right I guess." Lane nodded and looked out the window and saw Mamma Kim marching over to Luke's.

"Oh my gosh! I've got mother-daughter bible study! Bye Ror! Call me!" Rory nodded and watched her friend run to her mother and head off to the church. She then decided to go to the bridge and attempt to read Hemmingway's Farwell to Arms .

About an hour later, she heard footsteps on the bridge...at first she thought it was Lane but the footsteps were different. Lane had light, quick footsteps and these were hesitant, yet she could feel the wood of the bridge vibrate beneath her. She looked up and saw Jess approaching her. Her breath caught in her throat as she stood up. She took a few steps forward and then began to jog to him, but when she reached him, he was gone. It was all an illusion. It was just too good to be true.

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