Disclaimer: Don't own Gilmore Girls, never have, never will….

AN: First off I want to say again that this will be a lit story, and that's a promise. I want you all to understand the love that Jess and Skylar have first though. Because in true life love doesn't come that easy, it takes time, I think people need more then one love in their lifetime as well. People also don't just drop everything and everyone to be with their best friends. In this case neither has yet really admitted to them self that they love the other one, so I don't want them to just come out and say it to each other. It takes time for it all to develop, I don't want them just thrown into a relationship, and don't forget there is a baby on the way... Okay that's enough explaining. I hope that you all understand and thank you to all of those who reviewed and are still reading this…

After that night Rory and Jess tried their hardest to patch up the missing pieces of their friendship, but once again things weren't the same. Jess now had a whole new life; he had a fiancé to take care of…

It was mid-afternoon when Skylar stepped off the bus and walked into Luke's Diner. She immediately spotted Jess behind the counter and made her way to sit right in front of him.

He leaned over and kissed her, "So?"

"So what?" she looked up at him.

"What did the Doctor say?"

"About what?" she knew what.

"About you being sick, are you okay?" he was concerned.

"Oh yeah I'm fine, better then ever, turns out I'm not even sick."

"Your not? I could have sworn you were."

"Can we go upstairs for a minute? I have a present for you." She smiled.

"A present huh? I like presents." He raised an eyebrow.

She got up from the counter and he came and met her grabbing her hand and leading up the stairs to the apartment.

"Sit down on the bed." She commanded, "And I'll go get your present."

He sat down as she walked out of the room. As soon as she left he stood up and walked to the door but she was faster then he thought and she was at the door before he made it all the way there.

"Here" she handed him a wrapped box.

He looked at her confused and slowly unwrapped the box, he wasn't sure what to expect. When he got the box open there was a mug inside that read '#1 Dad', and a hat that read 'Worlds Greatest Dad', and last but not least a small baby outfit that read 'Daddy's little Girl', Jess looked up at Skylar, "What is all this?"

"What's it look like?" she smiled.

"Are you trying to tell me something?" his eyes were serious.

"Jess I'm pregnant," she sat down on the bed next to him.

Jess looked over at her and grabbed her hand squeezing it tightly. He kissed her on the forehead, and let out a small sigh, "and it's a girl?"

She looked up at him with a small smile on her face, "I'm three months along, and well honestly I don't know what the sex is, but I have this feeling, this sense that it's a girl, I just know it has to be"

"We're having a baby girl" he still hadn't let out a smile, "We're engaged, you're pregnant, and it's a girl." He reminded himself.

"Jess are you okay? What are your thoughts about this?" she was concerned now. She wasn't sure how he would take the news, but for some reason she thought he'd go crazy, and he was definitely not going crazy, he was way too calm.

"I'm fine, I just found out I'm going to be a dad, I'm going to have a baby with the girl I love, that I'm engaged to be married to, I'm fine, I'm better then fine, I'm happy, I'm better then happy, I'm ecstatic! This is wonderful Sky, our life is starting, our life together of happiness is starting, this is only the beginning, there will be plenty more to come." He smiled. "When are we going to tell everyone?"

"Whenever you want" she smiled, "But I'm sure you'll want to tell Rory first."

He looked over at her; Rory hadn't even crossed his mind. His smile disappeared as he thought about Rory, how could he not have thought about telling Rory first, he told her everything before he told anyone else, and this time he forgot about her, "yeah" he said slowly and quietly, a bit of pain in his voice, his expression didn't change. His eyes were dark, and his smile was gone, all he could think about was how he forgot Rory. He slowly got off the bed and kissed Skylar, "Yeah I'm going to go tell Rory." Then he slowly made his way out the apartment and out the diner over to Rory's house, he was going to go tell Rory.

Rory was sitting on her bed when she looked out her window and saw Jess heading towards her house, for a second she thought he was going to Skylar's house, but she looked up again and he was definitely making his way to her door. She jumped off the bed and ran toward and out the door before he even made it to the mailbox.

"JESS" she yelled as she ran right into his arms, she hugged him tight, but his hug was loose. She let go and backed up, he was distant, he was thinking, "Jess is everything all right?"

"When did we grow so far apart Rory?"

She looked at him, that's not what she was expecting.

He looked up at her, and Rory looked into his eyes, she could read everything about them, he was hurt, she saw pain.

"I don't know" she replied quietly.

"Me either, but I hate it, do you know what happened today?" he asked her.

She shook her head, "No" she whispered as she grabbed his hand.

"Skylar came to me today and told me she was pregnant, and I was happy, I was excited, and I asked her when we were going to tell everyone, and she replied whenever I wanted to but that I would probably want to tell you first, but the thing is, you didn't even cross my mind, I didn't think of you until she said your name, I forgot about you Rory, How could I forget you?"

They were now sitting in the curb side by side, and Rory still had a tight grip on his hand "Skylar's pregnant?"

"Yes, but that's not the point Rory, I forgot about you, Skylar had to remind me of you, you're my best friend, how does someone forget their best friend?"

"Jess listen to me, it's okay, We have different lives now, there are so many new people in both our lives, it was bound to happen eventually. You were caught up in the moment, you found out you were going to be a dad, you and Skylar are going to be parents; she is going to be your wife, if you forgot her, it would be a problem, but I'm just your childhood buddy, who over time has grown up and grown apart. Things aren't how they used to be Jess, and they aren't going to go back, its okay I wasn't the first person that popped into you head, I still love you." She smiled, and he looked up at her.

"And I love you, but I forgot you Rory, that's not a true friend." He was beating himself up over it.

"Jess its okay, really, don't let it get you down, I don't think any of less of you, I don't think any less of us, we're friends to the end, remember? Your still my small little 8 year old Jess, you'll always be my first kiss, my first crush, my first true friend, you'll always be the little boy that cried like a girl when Macaulay Culkin died in My Girl." She laughed at the memory.

"Hey that's not fair," he smiled, "It reminded me a lot about us, well except for the fact that you didn't live with your father, your mother wasn't dead, I wasn't allergic to bees and you didn't live in a mortuary, it still reminded me of us, I had this fear for a month that I was going to die" he laughed, "Remember I wouldn't go to the bridge because there were too many trees, and I swore on my life there was a bee hive there somewhere and the second I got near it they were going to attack and kill me."

Rory laughed with him, "See we'll always have the memories."

"Yeah" he agreed.

There was a long silence; neither knew what to say to one another, "So you're going to be dad."

"It looks that way."

"How exciting" Rory smiled, "Would you mind if I stopped in every once in awhile, you know, maybe I could help Skylar along with her pregnancy, so I can be an active part of the baby's life."

Jess looked up at her and smiled, "Why do you even ask?"

"I guess I'm just being polite that's all" she smiled.

"Rory Gilmore? Polite? Since when do you care about being polite?"

"Since right about…" she looked down at her watch and tapped it with her finger, "NOW!"

Jess laughed at her, "Stop by whenever you want, you know where to find us."

 "That I do" she smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, they both just sat there, and for that small second, it felt like they were eight again.