So if you forgot what's happeneing in this story, or are getting it confused with Within This Perfect Town, here is a brief summary of what's going on.

Rory and Marty are visiting Star's Hollow. They get stuck at Luke's diner with Luke, Jess, and Lane. Luke calls Lorelai and she comes over. Luke and Lorelai are secretly going out. Jess caught them making out in the storeroom, and told the other three.

Snowstorms and Secrets

Part three: The Discussion

"So mom, who were you making out with?" Rory asked with a smile.

"Uhhhh…" Lorelai said trailing off.

Meanwhile Luke, who was blushing, went behind the counter to make more coffee, even though there was a fresh pot already made.

"Uh huh." Lane said.

"Let me guess, he's wearing a blue and red flannel shirt and a blue backwards baseball cap?" Rory said.

"Uh huh." Lorelai said quietly looking down at her feet with a small smile on her face.

"And how long has this been going on?" Rory asked.

"Look I wanted to tell you, but Luke wanted to keep it quiet because the town's so damn nosy, and I thought it would be easier if no one knew and I had no one to talk to it about and it accidentally slips out." She said pleadingly.

"It's okay, I just wish you had told me." Rory said.

"I know." Lorelai replied. "You're okay with this right?" Lorelai asked alarmed.

"Mom, of course I am. It's Luke I'm just so glad that you two finally came out of denial." Rory said.

"Really? Me too!" She squealed and then skipped off to talk to Luke.

"Okay," She said. "We need to tell everyone." She said upon arrival to the counter.

"Okay." He said. "Someone was gonna find out eventually." He told her.

"Yeah. Well, Rory's okay with it." She said smiling up at him.

He came over to her and hugged her close to him and said, "I'm glad."

about an hour later

Everyone was bored. Luke and Lorelai were upstairs watching TV, Rory and Jess were reading books, Lane had on headphones, and Marty was asleep with his head down on the table.

This is what everyone was doing when the power went out. That was about 10:15. Luke got out his generator and heated up an electric heater that they placed in the apartment which they were all crowded in five minutes later with as many blankets as they could find. Which wasn't many seeing as this was Luke's apartment.

A little while after, Luke and Lorelai got into bed and the younger occupants of the apartment where all bundled up sitting around the heater.

"So." Rory said. "What are you doing back in Star's Hollow Jess?"

"I realized that my life was going nowhere. I'm just visiting Luke." He lied.

"Right." Rory said turning to Marty. "Hey did hear that Professor Danning is a lesbian?" she asked him.

"What? No! When did you hear this?" He asked intrigued.

"Paris told me she saw her getting pretty friendly with a female outside of the Ross building last night." Rory told him. (A/N: I don't actually know if there actually is a Ross Building at Yale, but there is at most colleges so I just guessed that there was.)

"Wow. I never would have guessed. I mean especially since she's married to Dr. Anders." Marty replied.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that." She said thoughtfully.

"Hey, let's turn on some music." Lane said getting up and walking over to a boom box in the corner.

"Okay, just not too loud. We don't wanna wake up Mom and Luke." Rory said.

Lane popped in a CD and Jack Johnson's "Better Together" started playing.

There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
And no song that I could sing but I could try for your heart
And our dreams and they are made out of real things
Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart
Why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together

It's always better when we're together
We'll look at the stars when we're together
It's always better when we're together
It's always better when we're together

And all of these moments just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone when the morning light sings
Or brings new things for tomorrow night you see
But they'll be gone too, too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression I was somewhere in between
With only two, just me and you, not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be we'll sit beneath the mango tree now

It's always better when we're together
We're sometimes in between together
It's always better when we're together
It's always better when we're together

I believe in memories they look so pretty when I sleep
And when I wake up you look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time
And there is no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together

By the end of the song Jess and Rory could barely look at each other and Marty and Lane were asleep.

"Jess." Rory started. "Why are you really here?"

"I'm visiting Luke." He told her. Rory looked at him dubiously. Dammit! Why won't she believe me? Probably because she knows you, and knows when you lie. Idiot, just tell her.

"Okay, okay." He said taking a deep breath. I'm back here because I was wrong to leave the way that I did and I should've talked to you I know, but I wasn't used to having someone I could tell things to you know." Jess said.

"So you came back for me?" Rory asked.

"Yes. But there were other reasons as well." He added.

"Such as?" She said.

"Well, I decided to get my GED. I realized that I needed to turn my life around when I talked to my dad about my situation. He said I sounded like him, But he said that that was bad. He said that he did things he wasn't proud of, and didn't want me following in his footsteps. He told me a few stories and then I got on a bus and came back here to talk to Luke." He told Rory.

"Wow. I don't think that I've ever heard you talk that much at once before." Rory joked. "But Jess I'm proud of you. You're getting your life on track and that's really important." She said.

"Yeah I know. And now I really don't regret going to California." Jess said then noticed Rory looked a little upset. "What I mean is that I wish I had gone there with the intention of a visit, not to stay. I don't regret going there, I just regret the manner in which I left." He added. Then after a moment he spoke again. "What I'm getting at Rory is that I love you. I always have, always will. I'm so sorry that I left you, I know it was wrong but I'm different now, I've changed."

Rory was speechless. What do I do? She thought to herself. "Uuuhhhh… I don't know what to say." Rory replied.

"I'm sorry I kinda dumped all of this on you at once." He chuckles. "I don't even know if you're going out with someone." Jess said turning away.

"I'm not." She told him.

Jess looked back over at her expectantly.

"But, I don't know if I can be with you. I mean I need some time to think, and I think I need to get to know the real you a little more." Rory said.

"That's fair." Jess said nodding.

"Okay."

TBC

I hope you liked it. I'm kinda steering away from my original plan, but I might go back to it. Okay I know that I said that I was going to reveal Taylor and Miss Patty's secrets, but it didn't fit right. So, you'll just have to wait for that. Please review. I really appreciate it, and it motivates me to update. Well, toodles!