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A/N: you know the drill read and review…
"Okay so you're telling me that there are 10 stores that sell ceramic unicorns?"
"'Fraid so."
"Wow, this place is even more screwed up than I thought."
"Ok, this is Miss. Patty's."
"That is…?"
"Dance Studio and we should move quickly before she sees you."
"Rory dear, who is you friend?" Miss. Patty called from her dance class.
"I am so sorry." She whispered to Jess. "This is Jess, Luke's nephew."
"Ah, your Liz's son. I heard she was here earlier, didn't know that she left you behind." Miss Patty said while she checked Jess out.
"Huh."
"Well, I'll let you run along now, finish your tour."
"Bye Patty." Once they were out of earshot of miss. Patty. Rory apologized to Jess for having to meet Miss. Patty already.
"No biggie."
"Ok, well this over here is the market. It's a pretty normal place except ya know the owner is like the leader of Stars Hollow."
"Interesting. Shall we?"
"What?"
"I want to see it."
"The market?"
"Yes the market."
"Why do you want ot see the market?"
"Is there a reason you don't want me to see the market?"
"No."
"OK then lets go."
"Fine let's go." Rory replied reluctantly she really didn't want to deal with Dean getting all jealous and possessive but this was Jess's tour of the town.
"Huh. It is pretty normal."
"I told you so." Rory reminded him. Then she looked over at the candy aisle and saw Dean restocking the red vines and sour patch kids. Then Dean looked over and she cringed when she saw the anger flash through his eyes. Then she heard Jess calling her name which snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?"
"I said what are you staring at?"
"Oh, um, nothing, nothing at all."
"Uhuh, sure."
Then she saw Dean walking towards them. Crap this can only end badly. I remember how badly he reacted every time I even looked in Tristan's direction.
"Hi Rory." Dean said as he walked over. You could tell he was jealous.
"Dean… um hey"
"Who's your friend?" Dean asked looking coldly at Jess.
"This is um, Jess Luke's nephew, he just moved here."
"Really. Wow I never thought you were like that." With that he walked away leaving Jess completely confused and Rory completely stunned.
"What was that all about?"
"Long version or reader's digest version."
"I could go for an entertaining story so if it's entertaining got for long if not reader's digest."
"Well, it depends on what you view as funny."
"Just gimme the reader's digest version."
"Met him, dated him, told me he loved me, I didn't love him back."
"Interesting."
"What is?"
"The story."
"It's true, it just sounds very, well, Nicholas Sparks or something like that."
"Nicholas Sparks? Do you read that stuff?"
"Not really, I'm more into the classics and stuff." Whoa, why the hell am I being this open with her? I've never been this open with anyone my entire life! Ah, what the hell?
"Oh me too! Who's your favorite?"
"Hemingway."
"Ick."
"You're kidding? You don't like Hemingway?"
"Nope, he's the equivalent to a sleeping pill."
"OK, then who's your favorite?"
"I'd have to say it's a tie between Charles Dickens – because Oliver Twist has always been one of my favorites – and Ayn Rand."
"I agree with Dickens but Rand? She's a political nut."
"Yeah but nobody could write a forty page monologue the way that she could."
"I have yet to make it through the Fountainhead never mind Atlas Shrugged or Anthem."
"The Fountainhead is classic!"
"Whatever you say." Just then Rory's phone started ringing. So, she told jess to hang on a second while she answered it.
"Hello?"
"Who is that?"
"Excuse me, who is this?"
"RORY its Lane. Now who is the guy?"
"How do you…" Rory cut herself off when she realized they were across the street from Kim's Antiques. Wow, I was so caught up in that book talk I didn't even realize where we were. So, much for the tour.
"You're standing like right in front of my house. Now who is he?"
"Luke's nephew."
"Aw, you always get the new guys." Lane instantly regretted saying that.
"Um, I'm just giving him a tour it's nothing uh special, so."
"Ok, I go to go details later."
"Bye."
Once she hung she turned back to Jess. "So, you want to go back to Luke's? Or do you want me to re-give you a tour since I didn't do such a good job this time."
"I'm good."
"Ok, let's go to Luke's so I can eat."
"Ok."
Luke's---
"Mom!"
"Offspring. How was the tour Jess? Was she a good tour guide? Because sometimes she can be a little flakey..." Before she could finish Jess cut her off.
"It was fine."
"Ok, well, sweets Luke and Jess are coming over for dinner tonight along with Sookie and Jackson. So, I got to go tell Sookie about what to cook so I'll talk to you later. Ok?"
"Alright, see ya." Once Lorelai left, Rory had to practically beg for coffee from Luke.
Later that Night--- Lorelai's House---
"Mom, call me when they get here." Rory yelled to Lorelai from her room where she was finishing her e-mail to Lane regarding the next CD drop off.
"Ok sweets."
Just then there was a knock at the door. So, Lorelai went to get it. Once she opened the door she saw Luke and Jess standing there.
"Lorelai we've been standing here for 5 minutes."
"Maybe you should have knocked sooner or rang the doorbell."
"I did ring the doorbell."
"I didn't hear anything."
"Then it's probably broken."
"Hey! I didn't know that. I wonder when that happened."
By now they were already in the kitchen where Rory was trying to fend Sookie Jackson and their lemons off.
"Oh come on Rory just try one they are really good lemons!"
"Jackson really I'm good, I don't like lemons."
"Fine." Jackson sighed in defeat.
"Hey, guys this is Jess Luke's nephew, Jess this is Sookie and Jackson. Jess could already tell these people were way too perky and crazy for him. I think Rory is the only sane one of these people. Well, except Luke, but he's a different kind of sane.
"HI!" Sookie said perkily. (A/N: I don't know if that's a word just go with me lol)
"Hey, want a lemon!"
Jess just stared at them and turned to Rory and whispered in her ear. "Please tell me the whole town isn't like this."
"Oh no don't worry." Jess was just about to sigh in relief when Rory added, "some of them are worse."
"Grrrrrreat!"
"Want a book to keep you away from the craziness?"
"Whatever." Jess followed Rory into her room, when he saw her bookshelf of books. "Huh."
"What?"
"Just, you don't have as many books as I thought you would."
"Oh yeah that's just all I can fit in my bookshelf." Jess raised his eyebrows at her. Rory pulled opened the drawers of her dresser and lifted the blanket on her bed up to show him the rest of her books.
"Huh."
"Yeah, so pick something."
"I will."
"Ok well I'll be in the living room with my Oliver Twist."
"Ok."
Kitchen --- Jess and Lorelai ---
"So, Jess what do you think of Stars Hollow?"
He just shrugged.
"Ok, well, you can get a soda or something out of the fridge and I'll be back."
He nodded.
A few minutes later Lorelai and Luke came back in the kitchen looing for Jess. "Luke I swear he was getting a soda out of the fridge when I left."
"Then where is he?"
"I don't know."
"Well, now I have to go and find him I'll see you later!" Lorelai followed Luke out the back door and the stopped short when they saw Jess standing there smoking.
"Ahem." Luke cleared his throat trying to get Jess's attentiona dn it worked. "What are you doing Jess?"
"What does it look like?"
"It's to me like your going to put out the cigarette."
"Glad you think so."
"Jess…"
"Luke…" By now Lorelai excused herself and went back in the house.
"Just put it out ad come in and eat."
"Whatever."
Later eating dinner --- Living room ---
Lorelai was sitting next to Luke who was sitting next to Jess who was next to Rory who was next to Sookie who was next to Jackson and Jackson was on the other side of Lorelai. All the adults were eating and talking. Rory and Jess just listened to their conversation.
"…so Michel comes up to me and says 'I will not help that maniac guest who walks around in a bath robe' and I was like 'Why not?' and he says 'because he wants to go see the swans' and I knowing how afraid Michel is of swans, especially that beast-like one that lives down in the pond tell him he has to help the guest because I have to go get coffee. So, he mumbles something in French and walks off, not even putting up a fight which surprised me. Five minutes later he came back in with white feathers all over him…" Lorelai continued with her story but Jess started a conversation with Rory.
"Who's Michel again?"
"The crazy French men who works at my mom's inn."
"So, your mom owns the inn?"
"No, she runs it."
All of a sudden we hear Lorelai yell "Trekkie" at the top of her lungs.
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
Between fits of giggles Lorelai told Rory that Luke just said some Star Trek reference, so she had to scream Trekkie.
The rest of the night went off without a hitch. Of course Jess didn't talk, talk to anyone but Rory. Everyone else got 'huhs' and nods and 'sures' and 'whatevers'. Rory and Jess became friendish, Lorelai hasn't gotten over Luke's Star Trek reference and Sookie and Jackson still are crazy obsessed with the lemons.
Next time on Gilmore Girls:
Ok so I don't really know what I want to do next. I have stuff written but I don't think I want to use it. I'm up for suggestions, comments, areas of improvement, ANYTHING!
Well, I'll hopefully update soon!