Disclaimer: I own a computer. I own a backpack. I own 4 highlighters. Yeah. That pretty much sums it up. Wait. I don't even own the computer. I'm a fifteen year old girl who aspires to become a psychiatrist but meanwhile I'm content with writing fanfiction. So. Amy Sherman-Palladino owns Gilmore Girls. Not me. I own various characters that you don't recognize. I also don't own the lyrics to No one Is Alone, the song at the beginning. That belongs to the wonderful Stephen Sondheim.

Mother isn't here now,

Who knows what she'd say?

Nothing's quite so clear now.

Feel you've lost your way?

You decide, but

You are not Alone.

-Into the Woods-

Chapter Seven:

Jess turned to Rory as soon as she had landed firmly on the ground after climbing over the fence after him.

"So that was Dean."

"Yup."

Rory started down the road, in a direction that was opposite of Lukes. Jess ran after her, resting his hand on her shoulder, feeling the muscles relax under his touch.

"Where are you going?"

"Again, you'll see." Rory wrapped her arms around herself and continued walking with Jess trailing after her, stopping in front of a large statue of a rooster.

"That's Monty."

"You're kidding." Jess stared up at the small-town monstrosity.

"We never kid about Monty."

"I apologize."

"Accepted."

Rory turned left down an unmarked street and stopped in front of a large blue house with a wrap-around porch next door to a smaller house surrounded by gnomes.

(A/N: Soooo...

Who's house is it, do you think?

Lol. Back to the story.)

"We called it the Crap Shack."

Jess looked up at the house and then at the "For Sale" sign in the yard.

"You lived here?"

"Since I was ten."

Rory looked down at their one again entwined hands and then back up at Jess.

"Want to go back home?"

Home.

"Sure."

They walked back to the diner, talking comfortably.

Entering the diner, Rory saw that the diner was much more crowded than it had been when they left.

Luke approached Rory with an apologetic look on his face. "I know I said you could have the rest of the day off, but it's really swamped so... think you could give me a hand?"

"Sure," Rory went behind the counter and grabbed her apron and ordering pad. Looking up at Jess still standing by the door, she reached under the counter once more and pulled out a cleaning rag.

Tossing it to Jess she said, "Here, make yourself useful. Go clean the table by the window."

Catching the rag, he gave her a dirty look and began wiping down the table.

So this the downside.

(A/N: And THAT would be the seventh chapter, ladies and gentlemen! Thanks for all the reviews and I'm sorry if this chapter isn't up for a while but I swear, I wrote this on November 8th. My computer is being sucky. Thanks again, Reviewers! So, I'm not going to put up another chapter unless I get at least 7 reviews. Thanks!

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