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Fact: The name of story came from the song ' A Leap of Faith' by Michelle Branch, i love that song and pretty much all other songs by Michelle Branch, so yeah theres a little useless fact there for ya.

Chapter 2 – I thought I knew the answers

Lorelai headed back to the Inn, the events she had just witnessed flashing through her mind. Her daughter, her Rory, her little girl had…had sex…lost her virginity and with who…the bad boy. Lorelai's walk became faster and purposeful at the thought of that thug, that thug who had the nerve to come back and even try and get with Rory again after he'd left her. She made her way up the path of the Dragonfly Inn, and at the sight of the front steps the thoughts of the events previous to discovering the couple floated back.

"Would you just stand still" Luke said almost demandingly as he reached forward and pulled her into his kiss. Stunned and slightly shocked she kissed him back. He pulled back, watching her intently, she couldn't just stand there, she wanted more.

"Would you just stand still?" She said copying his earlier line, an almost cheeky look in her eyes, as she leaned forward and kissed him. This time the kiss was more passionate and fabulous than the first. They pulled back staring into each other's eyes, they were about to head back for another kiss when they were interrupted as Kirk ran screaming naked down the stars of the Inn, instantly ruining the romantic mood.

Lorelai shuddered at the memory of naked Kirk, Ew.

She was forced to forget about the Rory and Jess situation and even her wonderful kiss with Luke when she discovering Luke sitting on the couch in the front room of the Inn next to a naked and moaning Kirk, with only a blanket covering his private areas.

"Oh no" she moaned at the sight of him.

"Hey" Luke said hoping up off the couch.

"What happened?" she asked looking at Kirk cautiously.

"He landed butt first in Taylor's rose bushes" He said, cringing slightly at the thought. Lorelai rolled her eyes, this was one long and strange night.

After being discovered by the elder Gilmore, Jess had walked back slowly towards the diner, stoping by the bridge for a while, admiring the way the moon shone over the water. A little while ago he wouldn't have had the patience to be interested in anything like that but now… maybe it was because he was older but he was starting to appreciate what was important in life. Sure being this bad boy was 'awful fun' but as many of the books he had read taught him it all wore out fast enough. Maybe he owed some of this maturity to Rory, or at least her reading suggestions, she opening him up to so much more in life. She believed in him. Jess made his way back to the diner, he was slightly dazed by Lorelai walking in on him and Rory but he was so happy they were together again.

Jess woke up the next morning as the door of the apartment slammed shut, he slowly opened his eyes, desperately wanting to shut them again as the light of the room hit him. He looked up and saw Luke standing over him.

"God" Jess exclaimed pulling himself to sit up, as he rubbed his sleep out of his eyes.

"Kitchen" Luke demanded gruffly. He wasn't exactly in the best of moods, last night he had been so happy that things were finally happening with him and Lorelai but since the whole Kirk incident and when she had got back from going to her house she had seemed distant and un interested in him. He didn't know if it was because of something he'd done or something else that had happening and he was angry because he wanted this thing with her to work so much. So he took to taking it out on Jess, deciding instead to interrogate him on why he was really back here in Stars Hollow.

Luke walked back to the kitchen and flicked the switch on the kettle, he leaned against the counter as he waited for Jess to join him

Jess sleepily pulled himself out of bed and made his way to the kitchen collapsing onto a chair his head resting in his hands.

"Why are you here Jess?" Luke asked, studying his nephew carefully.

Jess sighed, he could do the whole smart alic thing or…he could just tell Luke. Maybe a combo would work.

He raised his head to look at his uncle.

"Rory and I are ...back together" he said, almost cringing as he waited to be blasted by Luke.

"You and Rory?" he asked, trying to clarify.

Jess rolled his eyes and nodded reluctantly. Luke stood for a minute thinking. Maybe this was a good thing, Rory was a good kid, though he kind of wanted her to stay that way and there was no assuring she would with Jess as her boyfriend, but they were 19.

"You better not screw this up" he said simply before walking across the apartment and heading downstairs, leaving a slightly dazed Jess sitting at the kitchen table.

Rory was up and dressed early this morning, she had been trying to figure out a plan, what to say to her mother. She hated fighting with mum so she had to convince her that Jess was the right guy, the guy she wanted to be with. She walked towards the Inn, her arguments defending Jess floating around in her head, her mum was still at the Inn, they did still have guests there after all. Rory spotted her mother immediately when she entered the Inn, she looked busy and distracted. She crossed the room to where her mother was standing behind the reception sorting through some papers.

"Hey" she said cautiously. Lorelai didn't look up instead simple continued to sort her papers.

"Hey" Lorelai replied duly.

"Um Mum can I talk to you for a second?" Rory asked, her hands in her pockets.

"I'm working now" Lorelai replied in the same tone as before.

"Mum!" Rory whispered desperately. Lorelai raised her eyes to look at her daughter, who was pleading with her to listening. She sighed.

"Ok 5 minutes" she said, and she walked into her office with Rory following behind.

Rory shut the door behind her and turned to face her mother, she took a deep breath and started.

"Ok I know you don't like Jess and that in the past he has done some things but he's changed, he's ready now to be here with me, and he loves and …"

Lorelai hated hearing it, hearing her daughter go on about how great that guy was, he might be Luke's nephew but he wasn't good enough for her, he wouldn't be here for her, no matter how much Rory wanted to believe it, she couldn't change him.

Rory continued on her Jess rant, as Lorelai stood silently, shaking her head.

"No babe" she said sadly stoping Rory mid rant. Rory looked at her questioningly.

"I've known guys like Jess they say they've changed and that it will be different and for a while it is and then bam it's the same thing over again" she looked at her daughter, she felt sad for her.

"No, it's not like that, Jess is different" Rory exclaimed.

"You don't know him, you never tried to know him, you just think he's a bad guy whose going to get me into trouble, but its not true!" she was so frustrated, why couldn't her mum just get that they loved each other and that was enough.

Lorelai replied in a calmer tone this time. "Then why did you tell me you used protection when you didn't"

Rory faulted, what, how could she know. Lorelai saw the questioning look in her daughter's eyes.

"Rory I love you but you suck at lying"

Rory stood for a minute thinking.

"I just don't want you to get hurt" Lorelai said watching her daughter full of sympathy for her, but at that moment Rory felt no sympathy for her mother. She was angry and her face showed it. Lorelai noted the anger and turned to leave, she reached the door and stoped, this time her tone stricter "Grandma wants to have lunch"

Rory walked towards the bridge, thinking about everything. She didn't know why but her mind was going seemingly crazy, questioning everything she thought she knew.

She was confused and angry by everything her mum had said, she knew that it was a shock for her mum to find out about her and Jess like that but she loved Jess and she didn't want to let that go. But she loved her mum too, she would get over it right? She knew nothing about Jess, what right did she have to judge him like that.

Rory was pulled out of her thoughts as a tall dark hair guy, once upon a time refereed to as bagboy appeared in front of her.

"Are you back with him?" he demanded.

"What?" she asked confused at his question.

"Jess. Are you back with him?" he said almost angrily.

"Well…" Rory was about to tell him that she was back with Jess, but she didn't have tell him, he was none of his business.

"Why do you care?" she asked, her assertive side appearing. Dean faulted at this, technically he wasn't suppose to care, he was married.

"He's a jerk Rory" he exclaimed. Rory shook her head in disgust.

"Go back to your wife Dean" Rory replied, a feeling of disgust rising inside her.

"Yeah cya later Bag Boy, or should I call you Bob the Builder now" replied Jess from behind Rory, she turned at the sound of his voice. Dean and Jess stood but giving each other equal looks of loathing. Rory stared angrily at Dean before pulling Jess away, she didn't really want her boyfriend to get a blood nose. They walked a little way and Jess calmed down, putting his arm around Rory's waist. She pulled away, her mind was so full of thoughts. Thoughts about them, their relationship, her relationship with her mum.

Jess tried to pull her in again, but she resisted.

"Rory?" he asked confused.

"Not right now" she said defensively.

He stoped and turned to face her.

"Rory what's going on?" he asked concern rising in his voice.

"I don't know its, its like everyone is against us together, and I don't like that" she was distressed.

"So what Rory, and whose everyone anyway!" he exclaimed, why did she care what they thought. He was also angry because it sounded like she wanted out of the relationship.

"My mum, Dean…"

"Dean! Dean you care what that idiot thinks!" he almost shouted

"No, but I care what my mum thinks!" she matched his tone.

"Rory all that matters if that I love you and you love me" he said, his eyes so full of pleading. He didn't want to loose her.

"I don't know, I just…need some time" she said slowly before turning and walking away.

Luke had just got off the phone with Lorelai and was very happy seeing as they both confirmed their want for the relationship, he now had a smile plastered on his face which was quiet an un Luke like thing to occur, but Lorelai could do that to him.

He hung up the phone and grabbed two plates of food. He walked around the counter and put the plates down at a table by the window as simultaneously Jess came down the stairs and the diner phone begun to ring again.

"Jess can you get that" Luke called across the diner. Jess nodded and walked behind the counter and picked up the phone.

"Luke's" he answered in his normal emotionless voice.

"Jess?" Jess stood still at the sound of the voice.

"Jess honey what are you doing there?"

"Mum?" he asked

"Yeah, oh listening its horrible TJ and I we got in an accident a few broken bones nothing serious but we cant run our stall at the renaissance fair…" Jess listening to his mother drone on. He knew she was going to ask for him to come and help.

"…and then we could loose our spot. Jess honey do you think you could come and help it would only be for a couple of weeks till were back on our feet?" he heard the pleading tone in his mothers voice, and surprising to even him he was considering it. He had moved back to Stars Hollow to be with Rory but now she was all over the place, and he didn't really want to be here without her, maybe he should go to Maine and give her some time to cool off.

"Sure"

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