In the last six chapters of "I am the Tower Around Which You Orbited"

Rory tells Jess that she's ready for anything with him. Later that day, she and Lane drop by for food, but both Lane and Luke must run out, leaving Jess and Rory alone in the diner, thus causing the "floor incident" where Dean walks in while they have a small make-out session on the floor. Two days later, Jess and Dean get into a fistfight at school, and Jess walks out before being told the full consequences of his and Dean's actions.

Chapter Seven: All dreams and thoughts shine like stars…

I didn't want to go back to the diner where Luke would be, so soon after school was supposed to have started. I knew that Principal Merten would call Luke up eventually, so I might as well have gone there. But I didn't. I took a wrong turn and next thing I know, I'm at the Independence Inn.

'Woah, Jess, get a hold of yourself. This is where Lorelai works. Lorelai hates you, and she's going to hate you even more with a bright red bumpy face.' But my mind had no control over my body.

I went through the front door, stupidly. There was a morning crowd, of people just arriving. Michel was behind the desk, talking on the phone. There was a couple sitting innocently on the couch in the lobby, hand in hand, talking about what they wanted to do that day.

I heard Lorelai's voice from the kitchen, as she was about to come out. "Thanks for the coffee, Sookie, I still don't understand why Luke doesn't…" She stopped when she saw me standing there, in the lobby. "Jess."

"Lorelai."

"What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you."

"Why?"

I opened my mouth as if to say something, but then I realized that I had no fucking clue why I was waiting for Lorelai. "Actually, I'm not entirely sure myself."

She walked over to me, coffee in hand. "What happened to your face."

"Dean."

"Oh."

"Shouldn't you go to Luke for this kind of thing?"

"Yes."

"O…kay…" We both stood there in silence, I staring at my shoes. "You want some ice for that face of yours?"

"Ice would be good."

"Ice it is." She led me through the doors to the kitchen, where Sookie and her team were working. "Hey, Sooks, you got any ice?"

"What for?" She turned around and saw me. "Oh," was all she could say. She walked over to a freezer, pulled out a bag and filled it with ice. "Here," she said bluntly, failing to mask her feelings.

"So, Jess, you want to tell me what's going on?" Lorelai asked, curious.

"No." She raised her eyebrow at me, and I sighed. Might as well tell her, she'd find out anyway. "Dean was being a dick. I insulted him. He pushed me into a wall. I punched him, he clobbered me on my already existing black eye, thus resulting in more attacks and being pulled apart by teachers."

"So, shouldn't you be at school then?"

"Walked out."

"You… walked… out? Out of school?"

I sighed heavily. "Yes."

"You're kidding me, right?"

"Of course. I would never lie about that."

"Oh, Luke is going to be so mad at you."

"Luke's not the one I'm worried about." I said under my breath. But she heard me. She smiled and nodded, closing her eyes.

"Jess… Rory is not going to be mad at you if you're not the one who started the fight. And, as much as I wish I could've been there to see Dean beat the crap out of you…" I opened my mouth in protest, but she shushed me. "Now, it is quite obvious that I don't like you. And that I never liked you. But Rory really, really does like you. However, she will find out about this eventually, whether it be by seeing you or hearing it from someone from the high school. I would suggest that it isn't the latter."

"Great piece of advice."

"Jess…"

"Look, I was only trying to defend myself. I don't need you lecturing me about what I have to tell Rory."

"Jess, I really think that you should, I don't know, go home. Talk to Luke. Wait for Rory. Do something other than try to justify yourself to me." Just then, Michel walked in with the phone.

"Lorelai… it is Luke. He says that the very hoodlum standing in front of you is missing, minus a few profanities, which I don't think you would like me to repeat, but I will if you do not take the phone from me this instant. Thank you." He left quietly after handing the phone to Lorelai. I could hear Luke screaming in the earpiece, and Lorelai had to hold it away from her ear for a moment.

"Luke, he's standing right next to me. Yes. Okay. Mhm. Yup. Okay." She turned to me and said, "He's going to kill you, you know." She turned back to the phone. "He's just standing here with ice on his face, kind of taciturn and not talking. Okay. Yup. Bye." She turned to face me. "You will march yourself right back to that diner if I have to push you myself."

I pulled the ice off my face, and put it on the table. 'Thanks for the ice," I said, apathetic, and walked out of the kitchen.

As I walked by the front desk, Michel ran out to stop me. "Oh, please tell me you're going home to annoy your uncle even more than you already have?" I rolled my eyes at him and walked by. "Have fun," he smiled and waved in delight.

I walked out the door, only to be stopped by Lorelai. "Jess, hold on."

"What do you want now, Lorelai?"

"How about you turn and face me for a second more." I did. "Jess, I know that you really care about Rory, but if you want to keep her you're going to have to avoid fights with Dean. Especially ones causing your skulking face you get all bumped up."

"Because, of course, my face was so perfect already."

"Ha. Yeah." She snorted. "Look, Jess, a lot of people have made their feelings about you clear. Including Rory. To me. And I'm imagining, to you. And I don't like it, but its Rory, and I have to accept it. But I swear, if you ever lay a hand on her against her will, I will kill you. I will also have help from Dean, Luke, and the whole of Star's Hollow."

I just looked at her, biting the inside of my lip. "Whatever, Lorelai."

"Don't you dare 'Whatever, Lorelai' me. You like my daughter. I've gotten over that fact. She likes you. That fact was a little harder to clear, but I definitely got it. Now, if I felt like it, I could use my awesome female powers to ensure that you never see the light of day or Rory's face again. However, I will respect my daughter's wishes, and so will you. Now, again, if you ever lay a hand on her without her consent, you will be hung, is that understood."

I bit the inside of my lip again and slowly said, "Yes. I understand. Now can I go get beat up by Luke?"

"I bid you leave."

"Thank you."

THE END of chapter seven

Mistakes you've all gladly caught: Jess would read Shakespeare, but, for all intensive purposes, he hasn't. Also, the book Rory bought Jess was "A Midsummer Night's Dream" not "AMidsummer Night's Eve" and I have no idea why I overlooked that when I was editing or why I even put that in the first place. Sorry. Also, I want to thank everyone that's reviewed thus far. Also, AvidTVFan - I do add a lot of despriction and I know that everyone reading this story is an avid Gilmore fan, so they already know all the characters and everything. But because I chose to write it in Jess's POV, I also decided that I should add some sort of background.

P.S. For those of you who've read chapter six, sorry I couldn't extend that shower scene much longer...