Characters and some of the storyline belong to Amy S-P and the WB. Storyline and words belong to me.

I know that this chapter is really short, I'm sorry. The next one will really make up for it, I promise. And I know that I promised we'd get to a PG-13 rating soon, so you can anticipate it in the next 2 or 3 chapters. Happy reading!

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The conversation that Lorelai had just had with her daughter gave her a lot to think about. In a way, she had seen this coming. As much as she had loved seeing Rory with Dean, she wasn't blind. She had seen the connection between Jess and her daughter. It scared her that Rory was leaving the safety of Dean behind to possibly pursue a relationship with Jess, who was not safe. Was this not the boy who had gotten her daughter into a car crash just a short while ago? If Rory began seeing Jess more and more, who was to say that more accidents may occur, or things that were even worse?

So why had she given her her blessing? Why had she told Rory to "go for it", to pursue a relationship that Lorelai did not approve of?

In reality, she supposed that she knew deep down that Jess would not purposely hurt her daughter. The car crash had been an accident. She believed Rory when she told her that. She supposed that it could have happened just as easily with Dean. But she still did not feel totally safe with her daughter in the hands of that kid from the city.

In the end, it was the look in Rory's eyes. Rory was such a sensible girl. Lorelai saw that and had seen it from the beginning. When Rory had come to her for advice, she saw how scared Rory looked that Lorelai would not approve of her relationship with Jess. But she could also see how much Rory wanted it, as scared as she was. Rory was in love with Jess. It was as simple as that. Although Rory might not know it yet, Lorelai could see it. She knew that once Rory discovered that she was in love with Jess, she would want to be with him whether Lorelai wanted her to or not. Lorelai wanted Rory to be able to come to her when that time came the way she had not been able to go to her own mother at sixteen.

If Rory was going to be with Jess, Lorelai wanted to know about it. And Rory would only tell her about she relationship with Jess if she knew that Lorelai would not be angry. So she had given Rory her blessing. Now she just had to wait and watch as Rory and Jess' relationship unfolded. She just hoped that Rory would stay sensible and not make the same mistakes that she herself had made.