I hate school right now. I had really really busy week and so you are lucky I am updating as fast as I am.

Okay, in this chapter you will find out what Jess' announcement.

Different Plans Family Night part 1

Luke and Lorelai sat on the couch staring off into the distance. They were still in shock from the events that occurred at the family dinner they had hosted the previous evening. Who would've thought the night would have ended up with three people in the hospital and a physical fight between Taylor and Jess.

---The Dinner Party---

Luke was in the kitchen cooking, Lorelai was setting the table, and Rory was getting the kids dressed. Everything was going beautifully when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Lorelai called cheerfully.

Lorelai opened the door and saw Liz, T.J., and Buster standing outside. "Hey guys!" Lorelai exclaimed.

"Hi Lorelai!" Liz said hugging her. "I haven't seen you in so long, how is everything?"

"Oh, great! Rory came home." Lorelai said with a shy grin. Then Lorelai realized that they were standing outside in the cold. "Oh you must be freezing! Come in, I'm sorry!" She moved out of the doorway and gestured for the three of them to come in.

"Hey Luke did you catch that monster truck derby that was on T.V. last night?" T.J. asked.

"No T.J., can't say that I did." Luke told him.

"Too bad." He replied.

As a sudden lull in the conversation approached, Rory entered with Bernie, Will, and Eitan. Rory stopped when she saw everyone gathered in the living room. "Oh, I didn't hear the doorbell. Hi Liz, T.J. It's good to see you again." She told them.

"It's good to see you too Rory." Liz said. "Oh, this is Buster. Buster this is you step-cousin Rory." Liz said.

"Hi Buster, it's nice to meet you." Rory said.

"Nice to meet you too." He replied politely.

More awkwardness settled in, so Lorelai started talking. "So, you guys haven't met my grandson. This is Eitan." Lorelai told Liz and T.J. gesturing towards Eitan.

"Oh, he's a cutie." Liz said "How old is he?"

"He's four." Rory told Liz.

"Four is a good age." Liz told her. "When Jess was four he wouldn't make hardly any noise, he would just sit in the corner and play with a toy for hours on end. Buster however, would always want to drink milk all the time, and watch everyone around him. He talked more though than Jess did. But you know, it is Jess." Liz said chuckling.

"Yeah." Lorelai said chuckling as well.

"Well, dinner's almost ready." Luke said coming into the living area where everyone was seated.

"Good. Now Jess just needs to get here." Lorelai said.

"Why did he say he wanted everyone here?" T.J. asked.

"He didn't say why, just that he had an announcement to make." Luke said shrugging.

"Well, I'm glad that he did. It's nice having everyone together. You know we've never had everyone together for a meal." She said. "Or for anything." She said as an afterthought.

Just then the doorbell rang. Everyone glanced toward the door. Luke got up to get it but heard the oven timer go off, so he retreated to the kitchen. Lorelai got up to get it instead.

"Jess." She said as she opened the door.

"Lorelai." He replied. They stood there looking at each other for a moment, until Lorelai spoke again.

"Come here." She said beckoning him with a big smile. She gave him a big hug. "How've you been?" Lorelai asked.

"I've been really good actually." Jess told her.

"I'm glad. Well, come on everyone's waiting for you." Lorelai said.

Later everyone was seated around the table anxiously awaiting the food to be served and Jess to make his announcement. Luke was seated at the head of the table, Lorelai to his left, Will next to her, then Jess, then Buster, Then T.J., then Liz, then Eitan, then Rory, and Bernie was seated to the right of Luke. Jess kept staring at Eitan who was seated directly across from him. Could that be his child? Jess couldn't focus on the announcement he was going to make.

After the food was served and the meal was eaten, Lorelai spoke up again.

"Okay Jess, what's going on? We've been sitting here all night wondering." Lorelai asked exasperated.

Jess was broken out of his thoughts. "Huh? Oh. Well," Jess said standing up. "I wanted to tell you all that, Andrew is selling the bookstore and that I am going to buy it with a friend of mine," Jess started. "But he backed out and now I can't swing the money." Jess said disappointed. "Sorry. I shouldn't have set this up until it was definite."

Jess said sounding defeated. "Look, I should I get going." Jess said pushing his chair back and getting up. As he walked out of the dining room, Rory quickly got out of her chair and went after him.

As Jess' hand reached the front door knob, he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Jess." Rory told him.

He turned around.

"I need to talk to you. Could we go for a walk or something?" Rory asked.

Jess nodded. "Sure, okay." He told her.

"Okay, let me get my coat." She told him.

TBC

Okay, I know I am semi-evil, quasi-evil the margin of evil, and the diet coke of evil (just one calorie, not evil enough!), but I wanted the chapter lengths to be similar. So, deal with it! Now, I really hope that you review! I should have the next chapter up sometime this week. Ta ta (for now)