(ick sorry about the mixup)

Back Again?

Blue eyes were the first thing he'd noticed about her. Of course, her intelligence soon followed; matching his wit (though not his sarcasm), she'd captured his attention and hadn't let go yet. Right. But we weren't talking about Rory Gilmore's blue eyes. We were talking about the blue eyes of his girlfriend, who was seated on the counter in front of him. She was giggling, and he was standing, arms around her waist.

Jess Mariano smirked, because thats what he did best. This girl reminded him of the one back in Stars Hallow, the one that Rory detested (maybe because she liked Jess .. then, at least). Absolutely no intelligence, boring, but a damn good kisser.

Some random lyrics ran through his mind as he lowered his lips to the blonde's - 'and I will forget you .. at least I'll try', which was precisely what he'd promised (silently, of course) the brunette after he'd asked her to come here with him (she politely declined). And he had tried, really - but he couldn't forget her. She was too .. I don't know. He'd never find another girl like Rory, that was all he knew.

xx

The very girl on Jess' mind was lounging on a porch swing in front of her house, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen open in her lap, about halfway through. The sun was shining brilliantly, since it was summer, and everything was going great for the twenty-two year old. There'd been a few boys after Jess - never again Dean, who she'd slept with once (and felt tremendously guilty, and found herself avoiding Lindsey all the time now), but there was nobody now. And guys were the last thing on her mind.

No, thats not true. Reading a book like this how could she not be thinking about guys? A sigh escaped the lips of Rory. Rory, who had refused to go with Jess though she loved him (still did, always would). She couldn't give up Yale for him. Oh, yeah - Yale. She'd graduated and whatnot, and now .. she was back at home with her beloved mother and her mom's new husband, Luke Danes.

The very man who'd called Jess, his nephew.

xx

He reached over the blonde to answer the phone, sounding vaguely upset that they'd interrupted their little make-out session.

"Hello?" definite annoyance.

"Jess! Don't sound too thrilled." came the sarcastic reply from his uncle.

"Uncle Luke! Great of you to call." Laced with sarcasm as well.

"Listen - straight to the point. Lorelai and me are going out of town, we need you to run the diner"

Jess ignored his grammar mistake (Lorelai and me, Lorelai and I), answering instead. "Couldn't you get your precious Lorelai Jr. to do it?" He obviously meant Rory.

Luke rolled his eyes, though Jess couldn't see it. "I sent you a plane ticket - I expect you Monday."

"Does Rory know?"

"Bye, Jess."

"Luke."

.. Click.

He left Jess standing with the phone to his ear, a mixed expression of annoyance, relief and .. well, eagerness to leave and see Rory once more.

A/N: Review, be brutal, yeah.