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"Mom, guess what!" Rory announced strolling into the kitchen, after visiting Lane, one summer afternoon.

"Umm, Emily has painted a sunflower on the hood of her Cadillac, and is singing seventy's songs at the top of her lungs, while jumping in a moon bounce?" Lorelai guessed.

"No. Lane told me that they're having a car contest at the mall!"

"Honey, they have those all the time. I always stop to fill out the slip of paper and drop it in the little box, and not once have I won a shiny new convertible." Lorelai said.

"That's what's so unusual about this contest! You don't drop a little piece of paper in a cardboard box; you drop it into a fish bowl. They have a gumball machine and you try to guess how many gumballs are in it. The two people closest to the actual number, gets to sit in a brand new red Chevrolet Corvette convertible!"

"Well, that's great, hon., but what's the point?"

"The point, is that the person who stays the longest in the car, wins it!" Rory exclaimed.

"When is the contest?" Lorelai asked.

"It starts in an hour. We have to get down there!"

"Okay. Let me grab my purse." Lorelai grabbed her purse off of the table, and followed Rory to the car.

"We have to pick up Lane." Rory told Lorelai.

"Okay." Lorelai stopped in front of the Kim's house.

Beep! Beep!

Lorelai honked the horn.

Lane came bounding out of the house, and slid into the backseat, "Hi, guys!"

"Hi, Lane."

"Lorelai, are you going to try to guess too?" Lane asked.

"You bet." Lorelai smiled.

They soon arrived at the Hartford mall and went inside to where the contest was being held.

They filled out their slips and dropped them into a fish bowl.

Rory led the way to a row of chairs and they sat down.

"We have a good view of the car." Lorelai commented.

"Yeah. Hey, Lane, isn't that Dave?" Rory asked.

When Lane didn't answer Rory looked over at her.

Lane's gaze was fixed on the car.

Rory smiled and shook Lane's arm.

Lane snapped out of her daze and looked at her, "Sorry, I was to busy drooling to answer. What did you say?"

"Isn't that Dave?"

"Oh! Yeah, I'm going to go talk to him." Lane said, walking over to Dave, who was look at the car.

Someone took Lane's seat, which caused Rory to glance at them.

Rory gasped when she saw who it was, "Jess?"

Jess looked at her, "Yeah?"

"What are you doing here?" Rory asked getting angry.

"I was on my way to Stars Hollow to pick up some stuff I forgot."

"I'm not coming with you." Rory said, looking away.

"What?" Jess asked. A look of understanding crossed his face, before he decided to let the subject drop, "Someone gave me this flier," he held up a yellow piece of paper, advertising the car contest.

"Why didn't you just have Luke send over your stuff?" Rory demanded in a biting tone.

 "I just didn't," was his only reply.

Lorelai kept silent, as she watched all of this play out.

Just then a speaker crackled, and an announcer announced the winners of the gumball-guessing contest, "Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano."

AN/ This takes place right after Jess left for Venice without telling Rory. Did you like it? Should I continue! Feedback would be greatly appreciated! Please keep all reviews G rated with no bleeped out with stars, implied, or actual cuss words! Thanks! =D