A/N: wow, I didn't expect this to be such a hit. Thanks guys. Okay so on with the show. Oh before that, I almost forgot to remind you that Jess has never been to Stars hollow and neither has Lily. Okay now on with the show.

Meeting the town

Jess pulled up in front of a rustic diner with name "Luke's Diner" in yellow letters across one of the windows. The sign over it, though, advertised for a hardware store. "Small towns" muttered Jess.

"Do you think he'll like me?" the little girl, who he had thought to be asleep, asked making him jump nearly three feet.

"Huh? Luke? How should I know?" Noting her slightly scared expression, Jess then added "But who wouldn't like you? You're like some kind of infectious disease. People can't help but love you." He rubbed her hair, ruffling it slightly.

"Jess!" she exclaimed, swiping at his hands.

"Okay, ready to face the inevitable?" Lily nodded and the two step out of the black Desoto (me: that's actually spike on Buffy's car. I don't know what kind Jess's is) With a sigh, Jess grabbed his sister's hand, squeezed it lightly, and let go. She smiled up at him.

The bell over the door announced their presence. No one looked up. The two new comers watched the scene at the counter before taking a seat at the seat closest to the window.

"Coffee" the woman with long, wavy, brown hair demanded, slamming her empty mug against the counter.

"No!" the man behind the counter with a flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap responded.

"Coffee!"

"No! I've already given you three cups in only a half hour. You may wanna die at a young age but I refuse to be an accomplice."

"You've given me coffee everyday since as long as I can remember. You're already a partner in my early demise. Coffee!" The man shook his head but poured her a mug full anyway. "Remind me I owe you tons of hugs and kisses."

The man grumbled before coming around the counter towards them with a coffee pot. "Can I help you?" he asked gruffly.

"Isn't he sweet?" the woman interjected from her seat.

"Drink or leave Lorelai" he warned. She turned, drinking her cup.

"Actually, we're looking for Luke Danes. Is he here?" Jess surprised both himself and Lily by the politeness that filled his voice. Lily looked at him oddly.

"Who's asking?" He didn't smile exactly more like gave a slight nod of acknowledgement.

"Oh Luke-y…" she never got to finish.

"Lorelai, out!"

"But I haven't had my morning coffee yet." She signified this statement by raising her mug. Luke sighed, putting the pencil behind his ear, and visible calming himself.

"Well, I'm Lily" introduced Lil. "And this is my big bro, Jess."

"Oh. Oh!" a look of realization came across his face. "I'm sorry. Um…hi I guess." The two younger kids looked at him oddly. "Want me to show you were you'll be sleeping?"

"That'd be great" nodded Jess.

"Bye Luke" lorelai intervened once again. "Bye Luke's family." She waved to them, kissed Luke quickly on the lips, and walked out.

"Uh…that was my girlfriend Lorelai" he informed at the strange looks.

"Huh" was all Jess could muster.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rory was having the worst day of her young life. It had all been going smoothly, uneventful, until Paris decided to call and psych her out about the damn swearing in ceremony for student government. She had insisted that Rory revamp it. How Paris got a copy she didn't know. So most of her morning consisted of rewriting her speech and telling Paris, in a rather blunt way, to leave her alone.

Had that been it, Rory would not be in such a horrid mood. No. Taylor had to corner her on the street and practically force her to sign up for the "Stars Hollow clean up" which was basically a group of unlucky souls, much like her, who had to rake and sweep the street of the small town. In doing so, her favorite shirt had been ruined and there was mud all over her new sneakers.

Then there had been the little matter of confronting saying goodbye to Dean, her two year boyfriend, who was moving with his family to Texas. (me: Lol. I thought that was appropriate) So as you can see, Rory Gilmore was not having a good day.

With a grunt, she pushed the door open and walked into Luke's. "Coffee" she demanded, much like her mother had hours earlier. She plopped down on a stool at the counter, glaring at the person next to her for looking in her direction.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Luke with a concerned look on his face. He poured a hefty amount of coffee before setting it down and leaning forward to listen.

"Not a good day" she muttered. She closed her eyes momentarily, took a deep breath, and let it out. Opening them again, she found Luke staring at her like she had three heads.

"Well, I have something that might cheer you up" he announced.

"I need good news." She perked up slightly, downing at least half her cup in one giant gulp.

"My nephew and his sister are here."

Rory was about to ask 'wouldn't that make her your niece' but she remembered his confusing explanation. It all came down to this. Since Jess's mother was Luke's sister that made Jess his nephew. The girl, Lily, was not Jess's mother's child but Jess's father's child making her Jess's half sister and nothing to Luke. And that was the simplified version.

"Really?" Rory's eyes sparkled in excitement. "Did they like it?" Since Luke had told her and her mother about Jess and Lily coming, Rory had spent all her free time converting the upstairs apartment into something decent. Luke had his own apartment separate from the diner. Anyway, she had Dean put up a small wall to cut the extended apartment into two small bedrooms. There were doors leading out to the kitchen area or living room. One of them she and her mother painted green because they both agreed that it was stupid to make room gender biased and make it pink. Plus, they heard she loved green. Anyway, they had Dean put in bookcases and shelves. In the girl's room, there is a small desk that used to be Rory's inside. Other than that it was fairly bland although they did buy a portable closet and twin sized bed. Actually, Luke bought the beds.

In the boy's room, they painted it a light grey color. They had heard that they boy's favorite color was black but painting a room black was completely unethical. It would get dark easier and would therefore run up the cost of electricity. So they compromised. As in his sister's room, his room had a bookcase and shelves. A portable closet was there too. His desk was one of the lesser used one's at the Dragonfly inn. They cleaned the bathroom and cleaned the floors of the apartment. Aside from that, she and Lorelai stocked their kitchen up with a few things, left some sheets on both beds, a few chairs, and a note welcoming them to Stars Hollow. They did all this in a week.

"They were definitely surprised" nodded Luke. "You can go up and meet them if you want."

"I'll do that" she nodded. Rory finished the rest of her coffee quickly before thanking Luke and running up the stairs.

Stepping onto the landing, Rory suddenly felt nervous. Here she was about to intrude on people's lives, people whom she didn't even know. great plan Rory she thought sarcastically. Before she could turn to leave though, a little girl opened the door and looked out at her.

"Hi" Lily said with a smile. Her light brown hair hung in pigtails on either side of her face while her large, round glasses made her look younger than her age.

"Hello" Rory returned the gesture. She turned back to face Lily. "Are you Lily?"

She nodded but was cut of by a male voice. "Lil, what have I told you about opening the door for strangers?"

"I'm not a stranger" interrupted Rory. "Not really. I helped fix this place up and I'm a friend of Luke's."

Lily stared at her for a long time as though assessing whether she was a threat of not. No seemed to be the conclusion as she stepped back and allowed the 17 year old into the apartment.

"Jess, come out here!" Lily signaled for Rory to sit on the couch which she did. Lily took the seat across from her.

"Hold on!"

"So how old are you Lily?"

"Ten."

Rory nodded not knowing what else to ask and instead looked around. She'd seen these same walls a hundred times and remembered her mom's face when they'd actually finished painting and messed it up. It hadn't been Rory's fault per say but she had spilt the first bit of paint on her mom, by accident. That led to a full paint war and the repainting of the walls.

"Okay, what's the emergency?" questioned the voice. And there he was, dark hair and brown eyes, blue jeans and black shirt. Water was dripping down his face as he, with one hand, wiped his hair with a towel. Rory's breath hitched in her throat at the sight of him.

He saw her too. "Hey."

A/N: so that's it for this chapter. I hope you all like it. I like writing it. the next chapter, I'm pretty sure, will take place where this stopped but don't hold me to that.

FACT: Milo and Alexis (Jess and Rory) are dating, and have been dating, in real life.

FACT: Milo (Jess) is coming back into the series after telling Amy Sherman-Pallidino that he didn't want to do the show anymore.