Hey, I'm sorry it took so long for me to update. I was in lack of inspiration and also, a teeny tiny bit lazy!

I "stole" some ideas from the actual episodes, but I changed it to fit my story of course.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything

So on with it…

Chapter Eight

"Mom?" Rory calls as she enters the house. She walks into the living room and finds her mom on the couch, who quickly turns off the TV and turns around with teary eyes, trying to look innocent.

"Oh hey, Rory! You're early!"

Rory frowns at her mother. "What were you watching?" She asks suspiciously.

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Lorelai puts on a grin that's a little too enthusiastic.

"You were watching Love Story again weren't you?" Rory asks as she sits down next to Lorelai on the couch.

"No, not at all."

Rory just looks at her.

"Fine, okay, you've caught me." Lorelai sighs. "I can't help it if that movie is so addictive."

Rory pats her on the back sympathetically. "Poor lonely woman."

"Hey! I'm not lonely! I'm the complete opposite of lonely!"

Rory smiles. "Okay, whatever you say. So, you did you find a dance partner?"

Lorelai sighs frustrated. "No. None of the options I was considering are right. One's too tall, the other one too short, the other has two left feet…you get my point right?"

"I do. But hey, you've still got two weeks to come up with a partner."

"I know. So, are you going to compete with me in the battle?"

"I don't think so. I was thinking of dragging Jess out to come sit and watch, although I don't think he'll want to come…anyway, I'm just gonna watch."

Lorelai nods. After a few seconds of silence, she turns Love Story back on.

Rory and Jess walk over the town square in each others arms, kissing as if their lives depend on it. They stop at the gazebo, and Rory leans against the arm of the steps. Jess moves his lips from Rory's mouth to her neck, so Rory sees the opportunity to talk.

"You know the Dance Marathon is coming up, right?"

"Huh." Jess manages to get out in between kisses.

"I thought we could go, and watch."

Jess shortly lifts his head to look at Rory. "Nope." He says and presses his lips on hers.

Rory moves her head, so Jess continues on her neck again. "It'll be fun! There'll be funny dancing, the traditional fight between Andrew and his wife, Taylor getting punch-drunk at the end and he starts telling stories about his days as a magician. Oh, and when Kirk wins, he likes to do a victory lap on the theme of Rocky."

Jess sighs and faces Rory. "I don't go to these stupid town things."

"Well you went to the bid-a-basket festival, you went to the lazy-hazy-crazy-wacky-whatever day…"

"That was when I trying to get you, I now have you which means I don't have to go anymore."

"Come on Jess." Rory pouts. "You wouldn't want me sitting there all alone all day would you?"

"If you don't like sitting alone, don't go. I can think of a much better way to spend a Saturday…" He raises his eyebrow suggestively.

"Please?" Rory asks with puppy eyes.

Jess smirks, and then sighs. "Okay, maybe –and I mean maybe- I'll stop by. But then only for a little while."

Rory smiles at her victory. "Thank you, you won't regret it."

"Oh, I think I will." Jess smirks, and leans in to kiss her again.

During the kiss Rory sees Dean walking by from the corner of her eye, he doesn't see them though, but Rory immediately breaks away from Jess.

"What?"

"Nothing." Rory says, carefully glancing at Dean's direction. Jess follows her gaze, and sighs annoyed when he sees Dean walking towards Doose's.

"You're kidding right?" He asks.

"It's just…I don't like flaunting it in front of him."

"It's been nearly two months, Rory."

"I know, but I just – I hurt him so bad, and I feel guilty to flaunt it."

"And just now we weren't all over town flaunting it? He's a big boy Rory, I think he can handle seeing a couple kissing."

"Please, let's not flaunt it around him?" Rory pleads.

Jess sighs and looks away. "For how long?"

"I don't know, I guess until it's comfortable."

"Fine."

"Thank you." They start walking in the direction of the diner, and Jess puts his arm around her waist.

"I can't believe that stupid guy's wife thought I wanted to sleep with him! Ew! I can't even think about it! Ugh, and now who will I get to be my dance partner?" Lorelai whines during the car ride home from Friday night dinner at her parents'.

"Uhm, you can always ask Luke?" Rory suggests with a smile.

Lorelai scoffs. "Yeah right! Luke! I can already see him tripping all over me with his two left feet!"

"Hey it was just a suggestion."

They stay silent for a few seconds, before a brilliant thought hits Lorelai, and she grins evilly at Rory. "I know!"

Rory glances at her mother, and then makes big eyes. "Don't even think about it!"

"Come on!"

"Forget it!"

"Just hear me out. First of all, you love me." Lorelai starts.

"Not right at this moment, I don't."

"You know how much this contest means to me."

"I do not dance!"

"It'll be so much fun! We'll get all dressed up, and you're light – easy to hold up when you get tired."

"Mom." Rory gives her mother a warning glare, which she chooses to ignore.

"Plus, we got that whole mother/daughter gimmick going for us. The crowd'll eat that up!"

"I cannot dance with you."

"Why not?"

"Because…Me and Jess were gonna watch and hang out, he's totally looking forward to it!" Rory lies.

Lorelai chuckles. "Yeah right, Jess actually looking forward to a town thing, I can see it now!"

"Okay, he wasn't looking forward to it, but he was gonna come!"

"Was he really?"

"Well…he said maybe."

"Okay see, there's no problem! You tell him not to come, and we'll be rid of him, and you can dance with me!" Lorelai says with a big grin.

Rory sighs. "Okay, I'll tell you what. I was supposed to work on the Franklin this weekend, with Paris."

"But?" Lorelai asks hopefully.

"I will ask her if we can reschedule. If she says yes, then I will dance with you." Rory says with a big sigh, already knowing Paris will say yes, because she was planning on going on a date with Jamie.

"Oh, I love ya!" Lorelai exclaims happily.

"You should sell cars." Rory says, crossing her arms and sinking deeper in her car seet.

"I should, shouldn't I? Hello, big fancy trophy!"

Lane and Rory enter the diner, and they sit down at a table in the corner. "So, you called Dave? How very brave of you." Rory says.

"Yeah, I called, but I wasn't brave, seeing as I hung up every time he answered."

"Hey, don't worry about that, that's all normal. I used to hang up on Dean and Jess all the time."

"I was just so nervous!"

"How did he sound? Cheery, depressed, annoyed…?"

"I don't know, I guess it was sort of a mixture between normal and plane." Lane says sarcastically.

"You know what I mean, did it sound like he was doing something really fun, like let's say, a date, or did it sound like he was doing nothing special?"

Lane makes big eyes. "Oh my god, you think he was on a date?"

"I don't know, you tell me."

"Well…I thought I heard Quadrophenia on the background…"

"Very classy, but not date-like." Rory states with a nod.

"You think?" Lane asks with a grin slowly appearing on her face.

"Defnitely."

Jess comes over to their table. "Hey." He says to Rory as he quickly kisses her. "Lane." He says to Lane with a nod.

"Jess." Lane says somewhat coolly.

Rory nudges Lane.

"I mean, Hi Jess!" Lane says with an exaggerated sweet smile.

Jess smirks, and takes his ordering pad ready. "You guys ready to order?"

"Uhm…I'll have a cheeseburger, and some fries, and coffee." Rory says.

"Same, but without the coffee." Lane says.

"Okay." Jess goes to Caesar to give the order, and returns to Rory's table and sits down next to her, putting his arm around her waist.

"So Jess, what are you gonna do now that Rory's dancing with her mother?" Lane asks.

Jess shrugs. "Same as always."

"Which is…?"

"Sleep, eat, read…stuff one does in its daily routine."

"You're not gonna come to the Dance Marathon?" Rory frowns at him.

"Well since you're dancing with your mom I don't really feel like sitting there all alone." Jess says with a smirk, as she repeats Rory's words from earlier.

Lane turns to Rory. "You know, I heard Dean's participating too."

"Really, how very interesting. With who?" Rory says, playing along with Lane. Of course they already talked about Dean coming earlier.

"That girl Lindsay. I saw their names on the sign-up list."

"You know, I never liked her." Rory nods, trying to keep from smiling at Jess' confused look, which disappears as quickly as it came.

"You know what, on second thought I think I just might come." Jess says, trying to sound casual.

"Really?" Rory asks skeptically, trying to hide a smirk.

Jess rolls his eyes. "Yeah, it's not like I can't read there."

Rory and Lane share a knowing look.

"Rooooryyy." Lorelai says very softly as she kneels down beside Rory's bed. "Waky waky."

Rory mumbles something and turns over.

"Rise and shine!" Lorelai says, now a little louder.

"Too early…"

"What are you talking about? It's already four AM! Only two hours to get ready!"

"Leave me alone." Rory says, as she sits straight, rubbing her eyes sleepily. "Why are you up already?"

"I set the alarm."

Rory sighs deeply. "Why on earth would you do that?"

"Dance Marathon, starts at six, you have to look all forties like, takes a while to get ready…sound familiar?"

"That was today?" Rory asks, pretending to not remember. She slowly gets up from her bed. She sits down on a chair, grabs a brush, and tries to lift her arm to comb her hair. "Can't…reach…"

Lorelai grabs the brush from her. "Let's get dressed first, okay? That way you don't mess up your hair while trying to change clothes."

"Fine, fine…can I get coffee first?"

"No coffee, get ready!"

"I'm not so sure I like this new attitude of yours, mom."

A/N Okay I'm stopping here, because I'm going on vacation tomorrow, and I need to leave you guys with something right? Right. So, the next time I'll be able to update won't be for at least a week, so be patient!

Also, this chapter really wasn't one of my best work, but next will be better, because I already know what's going to happen there.