Rory parts from Jess and begins to walk home. She stops and turns around wanting to kiss him again, but not in the middle of town again.

She walks over to him, takes his hand, and leads him back to her house; her mom will not be home for another hour.

They begin casually strolling when he pecks her on the cheek. They're both on the same page. They know what they want.

They pick up the pace and eventually begin jogging into Rory's house.

Once inside, Jess gently places Rory's head down on a pillow on the couch and lies on top of her with his weight on his arms and legs. He kisses her cheek once more. He places a light kiss on her eyelid and another on her lips. He pulls back and takes a good look at her.

Rory can't take it anymore, she wraps her hands around his neck and pulls him to where she can reach his lips, and they begin to kiss and show each other how much they care.

They hear a thud outside. They quickly sit up, compose themselves, and begin watching TV.

Lorelai picks up the purse that she dropped and lets herself in to the house.

"Hey Rory."

"Hey Mom."

"We have to tell her." Rory whispers to Jess.

Jess begins to stand up and head for the door. Rory grabs his hand, and pulls him back on the couch. She keeps their hands intertwined and rubs his leg with her hand.

Lorelai walks in to see this.

"What's going on?" She asks. She isn't mad yet, but she can go from calm to furious in no time at all.

"Mom, I broke up with Dean."

Lorelai hears what her daughter says, but never takes her eyes off of Jess. When she starts talking, she talks to him.

"How did you do this?" She asks of him.

"I didn't do anything."

"I'll find out eventually."

Jess knows there is no use in trying to fight this. If anybody is going to convince Lorelai, it's going to be Rory. He should just leave them alone.

"I should go," he stands up and begins walking out the door.

Lorelai looks relieved and walks over to sit down next to Rory.

Rory stands up and causes everybody to pause, "No. Mom, Jess is staying. I've invited him over to hang out today and that's what we're going to do. Jess?"

Jess nods and walks back over to Rory and stands next to her uncomfortably, and unsure what was going to happen next. Rory stands up and puts her arm around his waist.

Rory glares at her mother. Lorelai walks away, defeated. She has always badmouthed Jess and knew it got to Rory, but Rory would only defend him to a point. She didn't want people reading too much into it. Now that Jess was her boyfriend, Rory would continue defending him. Lorelai might have to change her attitude and try to give Jess and Rory a chance. Or just give Jess a chance. She walks upstairs to her room.

Rory focuses her attention on the television and leans on Jess's shoulder.

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Next Morning- Luke's Diner

Rory and Lorelai sit down at a table. Rory doesn't want to start a fight with Lorelai so she doesn't want to say anything about Jess, but she is thinking about him, and trying to discreetly look for him. Lorelai sees everything.

He comes downstairs and Rory's heart skips a beat. Finally they can act like a couple, and he doesn't have to be scared to be sweet to Rory.

He walks over to the Gilmore Girls and delivers them some coffee.

"Hey Jess."

"Oh… hey."

Oh yeah, that was a touching moment. Something worth waiting for…

Rory gets angry and just stops the conversation she is having with her mother. She sits there staring at Jess.

He walks over to her. "Ready to go to school?"

"Sure." She replies tersely.

He starts walking and she trails behind. He turns around to wait for her and she stops a couple steps behind him. He walks back to her.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Okay, let's go."

"Yes, something is wrong!"

"Okay, what is it?"

"You knew something was wrong and you didn't care!"

"I asked you, and you told me nothing was wrong."

"You should know better."

"No. I should be able to believe what you tell me. If you want me to know something, you're going to have to let me know. Now, what's wrong?"

"You're my boyfriend, right?"

"Yes, Rory."

"Okay, so, just now, in the diner, you didn't act like it."

"I don't do the whole mushy thing in front of people, especially in front of Luke and Lorelai. I thought you could have guessed that. And besides, you always looked embarrassed or bored when Dean tried to kiss you in the diner."

"I was only embarrassed in front of you."

"Alright, well who are you going to be embarrassed in front of now?"

"No one."

"So what do you want me to do? Make out with you in the diner?"

"No, we can't do that. Just act like my boyfriend."

"How was I not acting like your boyfriend?"

"You didn't even smile at me."

"Your mom was glaring at me."

"Once she gets to know you, she'll stop. But how can she get to know you if you aren't polite?"

"Will you settle for civil?"

"I won't settle for civil, but my mom probably will be fine with it."

"Civil to Lorelai, polite to Rory, got it."

They step on the bus and it arrives at Chilton. Rory walks him to the front office to register. He has made his decision. Jess purchases some uniforms and fills out appropriate paperwork with Rory sitting next to him until it is time for her first class.

She says goodbye to Jess and wishes him luck on the remaining admissions process.

Rory is sitting in her class wishing that Jess were in her classroom, just for her to look at and study. Every time the door to the room opens, she almost hurts her neck looking up so quickly. What if Jess isn't in any of her classes? At least seeing him between classes will be more time with him than when he went to Stars Hollow High.

Rory's backpack vibrates. She discreetly pulls out her cell phone and sets it in her lap. She flips it open to see 1 New Message. She clicks. Jess Cell: Hey babe. Im in Science. Find me after class. She responds that she will. She then attempts to pay attention to her teacher talking.

A/N: Thanks for reading my story. This chapter was just getting the story going again, I do have ideas about where I want it to go. Please review!