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"Rory!" Lane squealed.
"What?" Rory asked her.
"I can't believe you said that!" Lane told her.
"Why? It's the truth," Rory stated in a matter of fact voice.
Lane rolled her eyes. "So, how are you going to break up with Dean?"
Rory sighed and said, "As gently as possible. I am so not looking forward to this."
"No one likes to break up with someone, Rory" Lane told her.
"I know. But, let's stop talking about it and go to Luke's for some coffee" Rory said as she started walking toward the diner.
Lane laughed and followed her. "And maybe meet Luke's nephew?"
"That could be" Rory answered lightly. But Lane noticed that she increased her pace slightly.
"Hey Luke" Rory said when she and entered the diner.
Luke looked up and attempted a smile. "Rory, I'm glad you're here. I want you to meet my nephew. He's around Lane's and your age."
Rory and Lane nodded their okay, and sat down at the counter.
"I'll go get him," Luke said as he headed for the stairs. But before he had taken the first step, he turned to Rory with an uncertain expression on his face.
"Rory, do you think that maybe, you could work here a couple of days a week after school?"
Rory looked startled for a second. "Well, I guess I could. I'll have to check with mom, but I'm sure it will be okay. But how come?"
"I just think that maybe it would help Jess, that's my nephew, adjust if their were someone his age ganging around to talk to" Luke said.
"Is he going to be working in the diner?" Rory asked him.
"Yeah. Oh, and I'll pay you for your hours" Luke told her.
"Okay, sure" Rory replied.
"Thanks' Luke said, before heading up the stairs to retrieve Jess.
Lane, who had been sitting quietly, turned to Rory and said, "Cool. A new job and a potential new boyfriend."
"Lane, he might turn out to be not my type, or he might not like me" Rory answered.
Lane rolled her eyes. "Yeah right."
Rory didn't get to respond to this, because Luke appeared with Jess right behind him.
Rory sucked in her breath when she saw him, and Lanes eyebrows shot up.
"He's even better looking up close," Rory thought.
"He's cute" was Lane's only thought.
Jess hadn't wanted to come down and meet Rory and Lane. "Just more people to judge me" Jess thought bitterly.
But when he looked up from the diner's floor and saw Rory, his mouth almost dropped open. "She's gorgeous" Jess thought.
Luke's voice snapped him back to reality.
"Rory, Lane, this is my nephew Jess."
"Hi, welcome to Stars Hollow" Rory said.
Lane smiled at him and nodded. "Hi, nice to meet you."
"Jess, this is Rory and this is Lane" Luke told him as he pointed to each girl.
Jess nodded. "Hi."
Everyone just kept looking at each other, and kind of smiling.
Finally, Luke cleared his throat and turned to Jess. "Rory will be working here with you, a couple of days a week after school."
Jess found himself grinning at this declaration. When he realized it, he was shocked. He barely ever smiled, and now after being near this girl for less than five minutes, he couldn't count how many times he had caught himself grinning like an idiot.
"Stop! I don't even know if she's got a boyfriend," he told himself.
"That's nice" Jess replied casually.
Rory threw him a small smile, and hopped off her stool.
"I have to go. I'm going to bring mom some coffee."
Lane snorted. "If you can pry it from Luke."
Luke rolled his eyes and turned to Rory. "Where is your mom?"
"She had to work today" Rory replied.
"Here" Luke grunted as he handed her two cups of coffee to go.
"You guys like coffee?" Jess asked Rory.
Rory and Lane burst out laughing.
Jess shot Luke a bewildered look.
"That's a huge understatement," Luke told him with a sigh.
Jess smiled at Rory and Lane.
Lane smiled back and headed for the door. "I have to go. It was nice meeting you Jess. Bye Rory."
Jess nodded at Lane and Rory smiled. "Bye Lane."
"Well, it was nice meeting you Jess. Luke, do you want me to start work on Monday after school?" Rory asked him.
"Actually do you think you could start tomorrow? I would feel better if you got a little bit of training, before you started the afternoon rush" Luke told her.
Rory shrugged. "Okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow" she said as she walked out.
Jess looked over and cocked an eyebrow.
Luke laughed. "And you haven't even met the nuttier one yet!"
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