NOTES: I'm really freakin' impatient. So I'm not getting this beta'd. Deal with it.

Raining Recipes on My Coat Chapter 4

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore!"

Rory stared wide-eyed at her grandmother. She'd never called her by her full name before. "Uh... I can explain!"

"Oh, really?" Emily snapped.

"Now, Mom, calm down," Lorelai said as evenly as she could.

"Are you having sex, young lady?!"

"Mom!" Lorelai cried.

Emily whirled around to her daughter. "Look at the influence you're having on her!"

Lorelai's and Rory's eyes widened. "What?!" they said in unison.

Rory stammered a little. "I... I went to school before the opening, and they were giving out free condoms." She bent down and picked it up. "I just... they gave them to everyone."

Silence.

"Oh," Emily said in surprise. "Well..."

"I forgot to take it out of my pocket," Rory added.

Emily nodded tersely. "It's nice to know they're promoting safe sex...Why on earth are you wearing that bulky-looking jacket?"

Rory glanced down at the leather jacket that she was wearing. "It's a friend's jacket," she replied nervously. "And I got chilly. I'll give it back to him."

They stood in more silence, Lorelai looking at her shoes, and Rory giving a small smile.

"I should be going. Goodnight," Emily said quickly. "I'll call you both sometime next week." With that, she rushed off.

Lorelai could hold it in no longer. She burst into loud, uncontrollable laughter.

Rory's eyes widened at her mother. "That wasn't funny! I had to lie!"

"It was funny!" Lorelai cried, still laughing. "''It's nice to know they're promoting safe sex'?! What was that?!"

"Awkward!" Rory yelled. "Very, very awkward!"

Lorelai tried to calm down a little. "Babe, awkward doesn't even begin to describe that conversation."

"What conversation?"

Both Rory and Lorelai turned around.

"Luke!" Lorelai said.

"Jess!" Rory cried, trying to hide a smile.

And then the unthinkable happened.

Something dropped from Lorelai's purse.

All four of them looked down, and Lorelai blushed.

Jess chuckled and nudged Luke, who reflexively smacked him upside the head, while still staring at the condom on the ground.

"This seems to be a reoccurring theme with us tonight," Rory remarked.

"Ssshhh!" Lorelai ordered. "If you don't say anything, maybe he won't notice."

"Uh..." Luke stammered. "Lorelai...we uh... we haven't really been on a uh... a real date yet..."

Jess smirked at his uncle. "You really are a player, aren't you?"

Luke smacked Jess again, still staring at the condom.

Rory sighed, her mother's nervousness rubbing off on her. "Dean came over tonight and he had this condom because apparently he wanted to sleep with me, and Jess was there and then the condom fell out of his pocket, so mom kept it."

Luke blinked. "Dean showed up at your house with a condom because he wanted to sleep with you?"

Rory contemplated this for a moment, and then nodded.

Luke clenched his fists. "I have something to take care of." With that, he stormed out.

Jess smirked. "Huh." He walked after Luke. "Can I watch... and... maybe participate?"

"No," Luke told him. "You stay here, and make sure he doesn't come back. If he does come back, I want you to kill him."

Jess stopped walking and smiled; really smiled. "Okay."

Lorelai watched from the window as Jess walked back to the door. "Babe, I don't think you should have told Luke that."

"What else was I supposed to say?!" Rory cried. "That you wanted to make with the love?"

Lorelai thought this through. "No, this is better. I actually want to see him kill Dean."

Rory groaned. "Mom..."

Lorelai smiled, bent down, picked up the condom, and headed for the door. "Be back later, Babe!"

Rory shook her head as she watched her mother pass Jess, who was on his way in.

Jess squinted at her. "What are you doing?"

Lorelai grinned. "Going to watch Luke put Dean in a headlock... again."

"And to think you used to like that guy," Jess shook his head.

"Yeah, I did," Lorelai replied seriously. "I really did. But he crossed the line. And now... he's going to face Luke's wrath. Again. And it's going to be brilliant."

Jess nodded slowly and then walked into the lobby and up to Rory. "Your mother's insane."

"She is."

"She might rival my mother in the 'most likely to end up in a straight jacket category.'"

Rory smiled. "She might."

He nodded again and looked at her. "Hi."

Her smile widened. "Hi."

They stood in silence.

Jess cleared his throat a little. "I uh... I don't think Dean's coming back tonight."

"I don't either," Rory replied. "He'll probably try to catch me tomorrow."

"You can always hide behind the bushes to avoid him," Jess joked.

"Or just... not leave the Inn," Rory replied.

They stared at each other more.

Jess raised an eyebrow. "Hey... that's my jacket."

"You left it," Rory informed him. She began to unzip it.

"You can wear it if you want," he told her. He smirked. "I better get it back by morning though."

She smiled a little. "It's getting late. We should probably go to bed."

Jess nodded, and started for the stairs when Rory leaned forward boldly and caught him in a kiss, which he happily reciprocated, placing his hands gently on her cheeks. She pulled him closer, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Oh, my!"

They pulled apart abruptly and looked to the stairs, where Miss Patty was standing, a large grin plastered over her face.

Jess cleared his throat and stepped back, looking down at his shoes, while Rory turned a bright shade of pink.

Patty smiled. "Hello, Rory and Jess."

"Hi, Miss Patty," Rory replied softly.

She walked down the remaining steps. "I'm just going to go get a drink of water." She passed them and Rory blushed even deeper.

Jess sighed as Patty disappeared into the dining room. "So... now that the whole town knows..."

"You care?" Rory asked.

He shook his head. "Nope. Just stating a fact."

"Ah," Rory replied. "We should go upstairs before she comes back and starts asking questions."

Jess nodded and followed her up the stairs.

Lindsay looked thoroughly confused. "What are you talking about, Luke?"

"I'm talking about Dean," Luke replied. "Where is he?"

Lindsay sighed, looking a little sad. "I don't know. He hasn't really been around too much lately...I...I think he might be..." She blinked back tears. "I have to go." With that, she slammed the door.

Luke blinked, and turned to find Lorelai looking behind him, looking like someone just ate her puppy.

"You've been following me?"

Lorelai nodded.

"I didn't know you were so stealthy," he commented.

"I forgot about Lindsay."

Luke blinked. "What?"

Lorelai sighed. "In all of this craziness with Dean showing up at home, and the Dragonfly, and my parents, and Jess and Rory kissing I completely forgot about the person who is probably going to get really hurt really, really soon."

He stared in shock. "Rory and Jess kissing?!"

"That is so not important right now!" Lorelai cried. "Dean tried to cheat on his wife."

Luke nodded solemnly. "Yeah."

She sighed heavily. "We should find him."

"No," Luke told her. "It's not our business."

Lorelai sighed. "I feel awful."

Luke nodded and wrapped his arms around her.