Chapter One: Blast from the Past

Disclaimer: This story takes place as if the whole boating incident never happened, and Lorelai hasn't purposed to Luke. As usual, I don't own the Gilmore Girl's or the characters from the show. Enjoy!


Rory walked down the hall to her dorm room, carrying an oversized box labeled books, with Luke and Lorelai following her each carrying a box labeled books.
"Do you really need this many books?" Luke grumbled, trying his best to follow Rory to her room without dropping the box.
"Of course I do! These are just my favorites, the ones I can't live without, plus books text books!" Rory replied.
"You have three boxes of favorite books? Gee, I hate too see how many boxes you have back home." Luke replied.
"Oh there's at least five more boxes worth at home" Lorelai replied coming up behind Luke. "Its amazing how much this child reads."
"Right, you do know that you live a few hours away, and you come home every Friday for dinner. You can easily just grab the book you need then!" Luke suggested.
"But these are like my babies. Besides, what happens if I need to read a book at 12 am? And its not here?" Rory exclaimed.
"Yes Luke, have you learned nothing this past year with us?" Lorelai asked smiling at him as the approached Rory's room. Hearing a shrill voice yelling from inside.
"Paris!" Rory exclaimed dropping her box and opening the door.
"Hey Rory! Can't talk. Trying to deal with the head of the residence board here." Paris exclaimed.
"Why? What's going on?" Rory asked.
"I called ahead, to make sure we would have the phone lines, cable and internet ready and to be used when we got here. Since it's the same room and names as last year, you'd think it wouldn't be that difficult for them to do right?" Paris exclaimed sarcastically.
"No…." Rory trailed off.
"Well I get here, no internet, no phone lines, and no cable. Oh and to top it all off, well go look in your room." Paris replied.
Rory ran into her room, quickly emerging in second. "Where's the book shelves?"
"Exactly! This is Yale, not some dinky little state school. The residence handbook clearly states that bookshelves will be supplied. Yes, I'm still here!" Paris snapped, averting her attention back to the phone "I've only been on hold for twenty minutes."
"Geez, Yale must really be pinching the pennies. Missing book shelves, what will happen next?" Lorelai asked excitedly
"Mom! This is serious! Where am I going to put all these books?" Rory protested.
"Alright! After numerous of phone calls, I got a hold of the cable, phone and internet companies, things should be up and running soon. As for the bookshelves, apparently Yale played host to a high school for a few weeks, of prospective students, and they ripped the bookshelves down in a bunch of rooms including ours. A check was suppose to be left for us. To be able to pick new shelves, but they got busy with arrangements for the new residence who, also don't have books shelves or desks, because someone messed up on the order" Paris explained hurriedly.
"Did she even breathe in that lecture?" Luke whispered, leaning towards Lorelai.
"Who Paris? Breathe during a soap box speech? Never" Lorelai whispered back.

Later that day Rory and Paris were waiting in line at the book store, with Paris still complaining the book shelves.
"Paris relax! We got the money for them and we can pick them up later on today. We don't need to alert the papers." Rory exclaimed
"Rory you so right, I should call Doyle! I knew sleeping with him will give me an advantage." Paris replied.
"Oh God!" Rory mumbled as she turned to the reserve desk. "Hi, Rory Gilmore here, to pick up my books. I have them on pre order."
"That would be why you're here." The student volunteer snapped, as she walked to the back, emerging a few seconds later with a large pile of books. "This is a revised book list for the English Lit Class 3. All the books will be here on sale next week. They will be needed for the weekly reading assignments and tutorials. And no, I don't know why the sudden change. Here is you slip with the total, bring it to a cashier and they'll ring you through. Next."
Rory looked at the girl obviously she had a few too many rude students today.
"Hey Ace!" Logan said smiling as he walked up to Rory wrapping his arm around his shoulder. "Miss me?"
"Of course!" Rory said smiling giving Logan a kiss.
"Will you too get a room? Or is it necessary to have a audience while you neck each other." Paris grumbled.
"Relax Paris, Doyle said he'd come by you're place later."
"Oh. Good." Paris said, trying to hide her excitement.
"Right, so I'll call you later alright, missed ya ace, have a good one Paris." Logan said walking off.
"OOoh. Doyle is coming over!" Rory tease. "So what will it be first? A fight over why he didn't call you? Or a fight over how to run the news paper.?"
Paris glared at Rory and turned away, seeing someone slightly familiar at the back of the line. "Hey, isn't that Jess over there?"
"Oh don't change the subject!"
"No seriously, Jess is over there."
"Jess who?"
"Jess, your ex boyfriend Jess?"
"Where?" Rory asked
"Over there, hitting on some girl carrying all the books" Paris replied pointing over towards Jess.
"Omigod! It is him! What is he doing here?"
"Does he have anything better to do with his time then hit on girls in the book store? Like reads." Paris complained sarcastically.
"Yes, I'll be back, watch these! Rory exclaimed, dropping her books and walking towards Jess.

"Do you want some help with those?" Jess asked a girl with long wavey brown hair, trying to juggle over a dozen books.
"Hmmm?" She asked.
"Do you want a hand with those books? I mean it seams silly for me to be carrying one, while you have at least a dozen there. And sense this line isn't moving anytime soon, though I lend a hand." Jess replied smiling.
"Oh! Sure thanks. I'm Jenna by the way" She said smiling back.
"Jess. So how did you end up getting all these?"
"Well, some are for class, but I saw a few that looked interesting, so I decided that while I'm here, so I thought I'd pick them up. How did you get so lucky and end up getting one?"
"I was here earlier, got back to res. and realized I forgot a book. Now I'm here talking to you."
"Oh you're in res. What one?"
"That new one for upper year students, Charelson." Jess replied
"Oh really same here! I'm in 306. You?"
"309, nice to meet you neighbor" Jess said smiling.
"Jess what are you doing here?" Rory demanded walking up to him.
"Buying a book, this is a bookstore, that's what people tend to do at book stores."
"No I mean here! At yale! Did you just follow me here again.?" Rory asked.
"No. I didn't follow you here, you made it quite clear you wanted nothing to do with me. I moved on."
"Yeah right." Rory shouted back.
"Look. After that night I came back I put my life together, I back to school took night classes and got my diploma, then I went to NYU for a year, improving my grades, so I can go to a school and make something of my self. No I'm sorry if that bugs you, but I am doing what's best for me."
"Just stay away from me, I'm happy and I don't need you messing things up" Rory shouted, making a few people look up at her.
"You're then one who ambushed me, not the other way around." Jess replied, as Rory stomped off. She quickly grabbed her books and paid, without saying a word to Paris bolted out the door, dialing a number on her cell.

"Mom!" Rory exclaimed.
"Aww Honey, you miss me already? I just left."
"No mom. Jess is here."
"Jess is where?" Lorelai asked.
"Here, at Yale."
"Jess got into Yale?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah big story about how he had a big life change. But he's here. At Yale. With me. How can he be here? Why Yale?"
"Jess got into Yale?" Lorelai repeated.
"Yes. What am I gonna do?" Rory asked.
"Well Honey it's a big school, and he isn't still in love with you right?"
"No, he was hitting on some other girl in the bookstore." Rory replied.
"Well, then don't worry, you're with Logan, and he has bookstore girl. Problem solved." Lorelai said. "Now relax, and make sure Paris doesn't clobber anyone about the book shelves."
"Alright, thanks mom." Rory said hanging up the phone.
"Bye hun".

"What was that about" Luke asked
"Well apparently, Jess is going to Yale"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to,….mention that."
"You knew about this?"
"Yeah, Jess and I have been in contact for a while, the kids doing good. He turned his life around and finished up high school, was accepted to NYU and then transferred to Yale, because his program of choice has better options and a higher success rate after graduation." Luke explained.
"Woah. Why didn't you tell me this?"
"Well I though that with the whole history the Gilmore Girls have with Jess, that it wouldn't be necessary, I figure it was a big school, they probably wouldn't cross paths. Didn't want to open a can of worms."
"Aww that's sweet you had Rory's feelings in mind." Lorelai exclaimed, giving Luke a kiss. "Still, Jess got into Yale?"
Luke rolled his eye and poured her more coffee.