I am not sure what I think of this chapter. I might change it. Thanks for the reviews.

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Logan dialed Rory's number and waited. Soon a voice picked up. He paused at first thinking he had the wrong number. Then he realized he knew the voice. The same voice talked about snobby rich boys and their cars just a few nights ago.

"I must have the wrong number." Logan said scratching his head.

"No, she left her phone here and the damn thing won't stop ringing. Who is this? I will give her the message." Jess said.

"Actually, I would love to know who this is?" he curiously asked.

"I am the very tired and grumpy guy who keeps getting awoken by this damn phone every 30minutes. AKA Jess." He said laying his head on the pillow.

"I thought so, why is she there?" Logan asked in suspicion.

"I am trying to sleep. Not play 20 questions." He said pulling himself from bed. "Look, I am not the one who needs to tell you why she is here. I will be sure to tell her you called."

There was a long pause. "Fine, tell her Logan called."

"Goodbye." Jess said hanging up the phone.

Logan's head filled with confusion. He knew very little about this Jess character. He knew he lived in Stars Hollow or at least once upon a time he had. Why didn't she tell him she was going to Stars Hollow? The questions grew in his head and it only angered him. Logan grabbed his bag and headed for school. He was just going to have to wait for Rory to explain.

Jess tried once again to get some sleep. It was 9am and he hadn't had much at all. He stared at the phone, knowing it would ring as soon as he closed his eyes. Finally he dozed off and it rang again.

"Geez, how many people does she know?" he said to himself as he covered his head with the pillow.

The phone stopped ringing and he once again started to doze off. This time the phone rang and there was a knock at the door. Jess pulled the cover up over his head and grumbled. The knock got louder and then his phone began to ring.

"What am I time and temperature?" He said as both phones kept ringing.

"Hello" he said to the person on his phone as he put on some pants.

"Open the door, I know you're in there! I can hear you!" a woman's voice said through the door as the knock got louder.

"God, can I call you back, there is some lunatic knocking the door down." Jess said as he got off the phone with his mom.

He walked over to the door to find Emily standing there. He leaned against the door and sighed. She pushed him aside and came in to the apartment looking around under the blankets and beds. She then turned and looked at Jess crossing her arms on her chest.

"Where is she?" Emily fumed.

"This is ridiculous. You can't just barge into someone's apartment and search for someone." He said in shock.

"She is my granddaughter and she is missing." Emily shouted, "Where is the bathroom?"

"This is stupid, she is not here." Jess said as he followed Emily to the closet.

She searched through the closet and stopped turning slowly, "This would go faster if you would just show me were your bathroom is!"

"That way." He pointed.

"I know she is here." Emily said, "I heard her phone."

"She left it here, she is at her moms" Jess answered.

"I wasn't born yesterday. She is not at her mother's, they haven't spoken in months." She walked back to the door.

"I will tell her you stopped by if I see her." Jess said saluting her.

"Put a shirt on when you're answering a door in the morning." She said as she walked down the stairs.

Jess slammed the door and grabbed a shirt. He then walked back to the bathroom to brush his teeth and comb his hair. Grabbing his phone and Rory's he shoved them in his pocket and darted out the door. As he got down to the diner he realized there was a note stuck to the door.

Closed for Mental Vacation

Jess laughed and closed the door behind him. As he walked away he realized that the door was locked. 'If the door was locked how did the nutty Gilmore get in?' he thought to himself. He quickly decided that she must have found the obvious hiding spot above the door. Before walking any further he picked Rory's phone out of his pocket and turned it off. 'Why didn't I think of that earlier?' he thought to himself as he walked down the street to the Gilmore girls' house.

When he reached the house he saw Lorelai and a dog heading down the stairs. He waved and waited for her to signal if it was okay for him to come any closer. She waved back and he walked up to the stairs. He put his hands in his pocket and smiled.

"Rory still here?" he smirked.

"She is asleep in her room" Lorelai answered with a smile, "I guess you have changed Mariano. Thanks for being her shoulder to cry on."

"Nothing I wouldn't do for a friend, Miss Gilmore." He said as they both stood in comfortable silence.

Luke ran out the door and grabbed Lorelai. Kissing her, he realized Jess was standing on the ground in front of the house. He smiled and put his arm around Lorelai.

"You're going soft on me, Jess." Luke smirked.

"Yeah, Yeah." He said scratching his head, "Look Emily barged into the Diner and the apartment this morning looking for Rory. I thought you should know."

Both Luke and Lorelai started laughing. "We know." Luke replied.

"I see that, how do you know?" Jess asked with an annoyed tone.

"I let her in." Luke said laughing. "She came to the door as I was putting the sign up. She asked if I knew where Rory was and I said you would know."

"Ahh Geez. That lady tore YOUR apartment apart looking for her precious Rory and YOU let her in?" Jess said loudly.

"She scares me." Luke answered.

"Whatever. Give Rory her phone for me. It has been giving me a headache all morning." Jess said as he handed Lorelai the phone.

"Will do." She said grabbing the phone.

Rory woke up and looked around. She was confused of her surroundings at first. She then realized she was home. Her thoughts went back to the night before. Jess was the only person to really understand, to really listen. He hadn't really done anything different from anyone else. It just seemed less of a lecture from him. He let her cry and he let her say what she wanted to say. Walking up to her mother's house was the hardest thing she had to do, as she remembered the conversation that morning she smiled.

"Mommy?" she said with tears in her eyes.

"Hey kiddo." Lorelai said with a shaky voice.

"I miss you."

"Dito."

Rory took a step forward and her mother took her in her arms.

"Next time you decide to steal a boat, can I do it with you?" Lorelai smiled as she cried.

"There will be no next time." Rory grinned.

"So we have a lot to talk about kid. Come in I will start the coffee."

"Yeah that sounds good." Rory said walking into the house she missed so much.

As Rory walked to the kitchen, a very furry dog greeted her. She jumped and then remembered it being mentioned to her before by Luke or Jess. She kneeled down to pet him and then sat at the kitchen table. Lorelai started the coffee pot and sat down.

"Where should we start?" Lorelai questioned.

"I've never done this before. Umm. I know that I want to tell you how sorry I am. How trapped I feel at grandma and grandpa's. How right you were about a lot of things." She smiled as she got up to get the coffee.

"Repeat the part where you said you're trapped at my parents." She smirked.

"Behave, we are trying to make up remember?" Rory laughed lightly.

"I think you needed the space. You needed to find out who you are away from Stars Hollow and me. Away from anyone who could make up your mind for you. Although I don't agree that leaving college was the best thing. You seem to be growing up, finding your own path. I guess I have to respect that." Lorelai said grabbing the cup from her daughter's hand.

Rory sat down and sipped her coffee. "They put a intercom in my room."

"That is so bad." Lorelai laughed.

"What is the dogs name?" Rory asked as she rubbed his head.

"Paul Anka." Lorelai grinned.

"That is so you." She giggled.

The girls sat at the table catching up most of the morning. When Luke came down to the kitchen he sat down and had breakfast. It felt like a real family to Rory. She couldn't believe Luke was going to be her stepfather. As she watched her mother and Luke interact she realized how much of her mom's life she had missed. She kissed her mother goodnight and walked to her old bedroom. It was stripped and bare. The last thing she remembered was lying on the bed.

"Knock, Knock" Lorelai said as she opened the door.

"Hey." Rory said as she got up from the bed.

"Jess dropped this off." She said handing her the phone.

"Oh thanks."

"Luke and I are going to runaway for the day." She said with a grin.

"Good. You should." Rory said as she hugged her mom.

"Don't be a stranger." Lorelai said.

"Never again." Rory said smiling.

Jess sat out in the gazebo. He could tell from his stop by the Gilmore house that the girls were talking. Now all he wondered about was Rory and the kiss. He put the book he was reading in his back pocket and walked to the diner. As he approached the diner he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to find Logan.

"Where is she?" Logan said.

"Did you just stand around waiting for me? You have read a little to much Hardy Boys for my taste." Jess replied.

"Rory's phone is turned off. Where is she?" Logan said forcefully.

"Her mom's, they made up." He said grinning.

"They made up? What made them make up?" Logan said with a confused look on his face, "That is good. So she is there now?"

"Yep." Jess said dryly.

"Umm. Thanks." Logan said turning away.

Logan began walking to Rory's old house. He reached the door and knocked. Rory came to the door and smiled. She hugged him tight and told him to come in.

"How did you know I was here?" she said.

"Jess." Logan replied.

"Oh, did you see him?" she asked.

"Briefly." Logan said. "He said you and your mom were all better. He sure is up on his Rory news."

"Mom and I talked this morning. We are all better." She said ignoring his remark about Jess.

"How did it happen?" he asked.

Rory was so happy about the situation she didn't realize that what she was about to say might anger Logan. She just blurted out the truth, which in any other situation was the best thing to do. This was not one of those situations.

"Jess and I were talking last night. He told me it wasn't to late. Then I just spilt my heart out. It was so nice, ya know? He really knew what to say and he sent me over here. Told me I needed to do this. So here I am." She said realizing she shouldn't have talked so highly of Jess.

"Jess? It is all about him. I told you the same thing Rory. I told you day after day. You would give me the cold shoulder, he tells you and you run to mom?" Logan said getting up from the couch.

"Calm down. He was just being a friend. He listened. He told me to tell him what I wanted and all I could think was college and mom." She told him.

"He talked you back in to Yale?" Logan turned and head for the door. "What are you doing Rory? Is there something I need to know about Jess?"

"I don't know." She said as she felt tears in her eyes.

"Well call me when you find out if there is." He said storming out of the house.

She ran out the door after him, "Logan don't do this, this is a happy day."

"Go celebrate with him." Logan said as he glared at the dark haired boy walking up the way.

Jess looked at Logan in confusion and kept walking to Rory's. Rory stood on the doorstep crying. When he realized what was going on he ran to Rory. He held her while he watched the blonde boy walk away.

"What happen?" Jess said pulling away from Rory.

"I told him about mom. How you talked to me and helped." She began to cry, "He just doesn't understand. You didn't lecture me, you let me figure it out."

"I know. Come on lets go in." Jess said opening the door.

Rory and Jess sat on the couch in silence. Rory finally turned and took a deep breath as she stared at him. Her head was flooded with confusion. This was supposed to be a happy day. She had her mother back; she thought Logan would be thrilled. Instead he was fuming with jealousy, because it wasn't him who got her to change her mind.

"He was so mad." She whispered.

"I noticed." Jess smirked.

"You know last night, the kiss and stuff. I guess he has a right to be mad." She said as she looked at the ground.

"He doesn't even know that, it just hurt his pride that he wasn't the one to make you see the light." Jess said raising her head.

"He asked if there was something he should know about us. About you." Rory got up and started to pace, "I didn't have an answer."

"Well I don't either." Jess said running his hand through his hair. "I am going to let you think. I know you have had a rather emotional day. So just call me if you need anything."

"Yeah, I will." She said walking him to the door.

"Rory, I still..." his sentence was cut off by Rory putting her finger to his mouth.

"Not now." She said closing the door.