After following Jess in the Jeep back to his apartment he gave her a tour around his place. It was a small, sparse, bachelor pad, but Rory liked it.
"Impressive," she commented, scanning through his books to see if he had any new ones.
"The books or the apartment?" Jess asked.
"Both," Rory answered.
He nodded and sat down on the couch, inviting Rory to sit next to him.
"So what's going to happen when I start college?" she asked.
"What do you mean? Yale's only ten minutes from here," he noted.
"I know, but are things gonna be different? I mean, how often am I going to see you?" Rory questioned.
"Depends on how much you come by," he answered.
"Well, I hope you'll come by my dorm too. This relationship has to work both ways you know," she joked.
"You could just move in with me if you want to save some money," he offered.
"Move in?" she repeated.
"Yeah," he said.
"Wow. That's a big decision. Are you sure?" Rory asked.
"Yeah. Ror' I know you want to. Think of how many books there'd be if you moved in with me. All of mine and all of yours, there'd be hundreds," he said, trying to entice her.
"Jess," she accused, catching on.
"I'm just saying," he replied.
"I'll think about it. I have to talk to my mom about it first," she said, leaning into Jess.
"Okay," he replied, draping his arm around her and kissing her forehead.
After they watched a movie and took turns reading her new Hemmingway book Rory reluctantly headed back to Stars Hollow.
"Mom!" Rory called as she came in.
"Hey!" Lorelai called from the living room.
"Hey," Rory echoed, coming into the room.
"Have a good time?" her mother asked.
"Yeah, we went out to eat and I got to see where he worked and then I saw his apartment and he offered that I move in with him," she said as casually as possible.
"Move in with him! Jess wants you to move in!" Lorelai repeated in shock.
"What's so bad about that? It would save money on dorm fees and cafeteria fees," she pointed out.
"Well, yeah, but Ror' do you really want to move in with him? Remember, he snores," she said, desperate to convince her daughter otherwise.
"Lot's of people snore," Rory shrugged.
"Are you sure you know what you're getting into? This is a big commitment," she said.
"I know mom. I really want this," she was smiling.
"I can't stop you honey. Just make sure this is really what you want before you agree okay?" Lorelai asked.
"I promise. I'm gonna go to bed now," she hugged her mom and walked to her room.
"Night," Lorelai called.
"Night," Rory called back.