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A/N: Okay, let's try to write a great chapter…I have to answer all the unanswered questions to its gonna be fun!

Luke and Lorelei headed to baggage claim first. Jess and Rory were right behind them until Rory spotted a small wrapped gift on the seat Jess was standing near just as he was picking up her bags.

"Is that yours?" Rory asked.

Jess looked up, "No, it's yours," he responded.

Rory's smile widened as she ripped through the newspaper it was wrapped in. She then carefully opened the thin box, "Keys, I've been getting a lot of these lately!" Rory exclaimed.

"Yea, they are to…wait, guys in Europe were giving you their keys?"

"No," Rory laughed, "the car from my grandparents. What are these for anyhow?"

"Uhh, my apartment," Jess looked up.

Though it didn't seem at all possible at that moment, Rory's face lightened up even more. "Jess, that's great!" She exclaimed as she gave him a hug.

"Right off campus."

"Off Yale campus?"

"Yup," Jess nodded with a smile.

"You got an apartment right of the campus of the school I am about to go to?"

"Yea," Jess nodded again.

"So you won't be too far away from me?"

"Rory, seriously, all the answers to these questions are going to be the same,"

"I can't believe it."

"Well you better."

"Jess, this is awesome!" Rory gave him a quick kiss. "But we better get going before Luke and Lorelei notice we aren't right behind them."

"Right."

"Luke, can we make a stop at my apartment so I can pick up my car. So, you know, I can come home at one point in time?" Jess asked, while they were in the car.

"Yea," Luke nodded.

"Wait? Jess? Apartment? What?" Lorelei freaked.

"Oh, yea, forgot to fill you in," Rory said.

"You knew!"

"I just found out, I promise."

"Fine," Lorelei relaxed.

The rest of the car ride went pretty smoothly. They talked about what they saw in Europe, even though the girls told them already on the phone. Luke filled them in on what is going on in Stars Hollow, including the grand 4th of July day Taylor is planning. The words pool of ice cream came up. Finally, Luke, who wouldn't allow Lorelei to drive because of the jet lag she was currently fighting, pulled up next to Jess's building. Jess stepped out of the car.

"Wait, I'm coming," Rory insisted. She followed him out, "We'll meet you either home or Luke's."

Rory and Jess watched older couple drive off, "So, I'm guessing I'm obligated to show you it," Jess stated in mock annoyance.

"Dirty," Rory said, Jess laughed, "And yes, you better believe it." She followed him into the building and up to his door.

"Just to warn you, I got this on my own salary so it's not much. It's also temporary; just until I become a famous writer or something," he said as he slid his key in the door and pushed the door open. Behind it laid a studio apartment that stirred amazement up in Rory. The walls were painted a grayish color. There was a double bed, on the floor, on one side of the room. On the other there was a small table in a little kitchen area equipped with a sink, stove, microwave, refrigerator, and cabinets stacked with supplies. In the middle there was a couch pointed towards a shelving unit with a TV, stereo, and hundreds of CD's.

"Wow," Rory sputtered as she walked around it inspecting everything.

"Is that a good wow?" He asked walking in from the hallway.

"That is an I-can't-find-my-tongue wow."

"Which is good?"

"In this case, yes."

"Glad you like it," he smiled.

"I was expecting something totally different."

He laughed and responded, "Me too, I had some help."

"Luke isn't this good."

"No, I would never ask Luke. I got help by Lane."

"Lane?"

"Yup."

"Cool," Rory said, coolly.

"Huh, so, should we go?" Jess asked pointing to the hallway.

"Yea, sure," Rory got one last look and followed Jess out the apartment.

Luke and Lorelei were still in the car. Lorelei broke a small silence saying, "So Jess got an apartment?"

"Yea and it isn't a crack den."

"Amazingly that just answered a lot of my questions," Lorelei said as Luke laughed. "So, it's decent?"

"It's more than decent. It is really organized and all. Completely the opposite of what I would expect of him. Lane helped him with it. I guess he wanted to make sure Rory would like it."

"He really loves her doesn't he?"

"It's sickening."

Lorelei laughed, "So how was your month?"

"Pretty good. Surprisingly Rory's graduation and Jess's return took the heat off of us and the town didn't even notice."

"That is just because we are clever."

"Yea," He nodded, "So I last I heard from you, you were chased by a mob of British men with bad teeth?"

"Oh yea, the worst of teeth," Lorelei smiled. "Then we went to Ireland. There seriously wasn't one country where I didn't get chased by a mob of something. This country my mob contained sheep."

"Sheep?"

"Yea, sheep, I've got pictures."

"Those are going up in the diner."

"Ah, the Jess-mobile," Rory said as they drove off towards Stars Hollow.

"You named my car?" Jess exclaimed in a question form.

"Yup."

"That is the least creative name for a car."

"So."

"You named my car."

"Yes."

"But not very well."

"Yes."

"Alright, glad we got that out in the open."

"Yup," Rory agreed with a smile. After that they sat in the car in silence just enjoying each other's company.

Jess played with the radio to find a station that played decent music, he sighed after giving up, "Hey, you want to pass that smith's CD?" he pointed to Rory's car door.

"Sure," she handed it over.

"Why is there never any good music on the radio?"

"Because the radio doesn't like you."

"Huh."

About 15 minutes later, after some bantering of books they recently read, they crossed over into Stars Hollow.

"Oh, I forgot to ask you how bad everything was about the town and us," Rory was gesturing furiously.

Jess shrugged, "Not bad, though it did push me to get my apartment faster."

Rory laughed, "Where did you stay until you got that?"

"I worked out a deal with Luke."

"Black mail?" Rory asked as Jess pulled into Rory's driveway.

"Is there any other way?" Sarcasm was dripping in his voice. They got out of the car and they magnetically closed in all gaps between them as they walked towards the house.

"So do you think they are here or at Luke's?" Rory asked.

"I don't know, it's a 50/50 I believe."

"Why is that?"

"Well, if they weren't together I would've definitely said Luke's because, well, it's your mom."

"Good point."

"But since they are together, they want to keep things quiet, so they don't want to be in a public place."

"Good observation."

"I know," Jess nodded as he opened the door and walked in the house.

"No, we are not announcing our personal lives in the town meeting!" Luke bombed as they walked in.

"How else are we going to tell them?" Lorelei asked. Jess and Rory heard their voices coming from the kitchen.

"I don't know. Let's just let them find out themselves."

"What if they don't?"

"I have a feeling they will when we start to kiss in the middle of the diner."

"Oh."

"Yea, oh."

"Alright, so we will let them figure it out on their own."

"Yes."

"So we don't have to worry about what we do in public?"

"I don't know, should we?"

"I don't know."

"You guys are pathetic," Jess said, walking into the kitchen with Rory.

"One second," Rory said, as she ran into her room, "I've missed you!" she yelled. By that time, Luke, Lorelei, and Jess came to her doorway to see what she was doing. She started to hug her closet and her bed.

"We will give you time to make out with your sock drawer," Lorelei said, pushing the guys into the kitchen.

"Wait, she's only allowed to make out with me!" Jess demanded.

"Well, someone broke that rule in Europe," Lorelei teased.

"Mom!" Rory yelled.

"I don't know how to respond to that," Jess glared at Lorelei.

"She was just kidding," Rory said emerging from her room.

"I guessed so."

"Alright, so what are we going to do?" Lorelei asked Luke.

"Well, we should probably tell the town soon because if we do it now, Jess and Rory's thing might take a little heat off of us," Luke concluded.

"Why didn't I think of that?"

20 minutes later, Rory and Lorelei were attempting to unpack and organize the gifts they got everyone and Jess and Luke went back to the diner to get ready for the lunch rush.

"I cannot wait to see how awkward it is going to be between you and Luke when you walk into reality!" Rory exclaimed putting a post-it on a gift.

"It won't be awkward! Ms. Patty?" Lorelei held up and pair of shorts that looked like the statue of David.

"Yes, to both. Babette?" Rory held up an authentic lawn gnome.

"Was that the last of them?"

"Yup."

They looked around the room at the amount of souvenirs they had.

"How are we going to carry all of this?" Rory asked.

Lorelei smirked and held up her heavy duty backpack.

"No!"

"Yes."

"I thought that was the last we would see of those."

"Nope, start packing, but smart so we don't have to dig through them."

"You suck."

Lorelei jumped to adjust her backpack, "So Babette's first?"

"Yup," Rory mimicked Lorelei's actions.

"Babette!" Lorelei yelled, Babette came out and received her gift.

"Hopefully Jess won't steel this one," Babette said. Rory glared at her. "I'm just kidding sweetheart."

"You better be," Rory said.

"You excited he's back?"

"Yup." Rory nodded.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later about this, it looks like you got a lot of present giving to do," Babette said, going back into her house.

"Which reminds me, you said you had something to talk to me about when we got off the plane?" Lorelei said.

"Oh yea," Rory nodded her head.

"Which is?"

"You know our discussion we had right before we landed and right when we first took off a month ago?"

"Yes, the dead carcass was poked."

"Exactly the one."

"What about it?"

"I think I'm ready."

"You do?"

"Yes."

"You want to have sex with Jess."

"Yes, but now it is more awkward then before."

"This conversation is bound to be awkward."

"You're right, so is this conversation done?" Rory asked, looking a bit weirded out.

"Yes, but…just when…never mind I don't want to know."

"Alright."

"Luke, coffee, now! I know those cappuccinos were good, but I miss my coffee," Lorelei said barging into Luke's.

"Hello to you too," Luke said, "I'm guessing you didn't have any today yet."

"No, because somebody didn't pick me up from the airport with a keg of coffee!" she whined.

"Hey," Jess stopped walking over to one of the tables and gave Rory a quick kiss.

"So, do you think you can take a break?" Rory asked.

"Do you think you can take a break?" Jess asked motioning towards her huge backpack.

"The presents can wait, and I believe mom and Luke will banter for another 30 minutes."

"Alright, do you want to go for a walk or something?" He asked.

"Sure."

"Luke I'm breaking!"

"Mom, I'll be back!"

A/n: Don't ask why, but I've ended it there. Partly because I'm going on vacation and I won't be back and I want you to have something and partly because it's artistic. Just leaving like it's in the middle of the story is so much fun. I've got a game for you…write what you think would will happen in the next chapter. Have fun.