Rory, Jess, and Paris decided to leave the next day, Sunday, at ten in the morning. Rory was driving her car with Jess in the passenger seat and Paris in the backseat. Right now, they were driving into Hartford. "How much longer?" Paris asked as she woke up.

"About twenty minutes," Rory said. She looked at Jess and she smiled at him. The smile ended as they drove past the Gilmore house. "Ah, the days of our adolescents."

"Don't even remind me," Jess said looking out of the window.

"Sorry. OK. So, Jess, I know that we've only been at this for ,like, a day, if that, but we will have to visit them. Or at least I will," Rory told him. Paris sat up wanting to know what was about to come out of Jess' mouth.

"OK, way to spring that on me. I guess it comes with the territory. Although, it is partly my fault. I remember that I promised you, that next time I went to your grandparents' house, I wouldn't have a black eye," Jess explained.

"Oh yeah. You did promise me that. And you've never even met my grandfather. I think you'll like him, you know, once he stops hating you," Rory said. Paris smiled at this and Rory saw it out of the corner of her eye and smiled at Jess.

"Yeah." Jess said. Paris laid her head back down onto the window and closed her eyes. She wasn't expecting to sleep, just to rest. "So, Rory, how are we going to do this surprise thing? I'm not jumping out of a box or anything. I need to keep some of my reputation."

"I don't know. I was thinking that maybe you should get a room at the Dragonfly under an alias so that Mom doesn't know who's staying. Or you guys could just put it under Paris' name and have my mom think it's just her. I'll show up at Luke's, where Mom is if she isn't at work, and hopefully she isn't at work. I'll just tell her that I came early and then, I don't know. What do you think?" Rory asked

"So, basically you want me and Paris to share a room? You also want to play it by ear? I don't know, Rory. Why don't we all just show up at Luke's? No, never mind. You two show up at Luke's and I'll wait a while and if your mom is there, which she probably is, I'll just come in and kiss you. We could just act like it was a normal thing," Jess suggested, he looked around the car for expressions. He didn't get much information just from the faces.

"I like that idea. I think it is more a plan than what you said, Rory. It would sure stir up more than yours," Paris said to Rory who nodded in agreement.

"Good. We're here," Jess said as they pulled into Stars Hollow. Rory's smile was weak. She now had major butterflies and was scared of reactions. She knew that it was Jess that she wanted to be with, but she was still nervous.

"We're here. I'll drive to Mom's and me and Paris can just walk and then by the time we get there you can leave and surprise everybody," Rory explained.

"Sounds good."

"Now lean down so that nobody sees you." Jess did as he was told and leaned down for the rest of the ride, thankfully it was a short one. When Jess sat up in the car at Lorelai's house he noticed that Babette wasn't home. He smiled at this. "OK, I'll see you in a little while. I love you, and good luck on the walk over. Try not to talk to anyone either." Rory kissed him and then she pulled away. When she pulled away Jess pulled her back and kissed her more passionately and smiled.

"Just in case I die," he said. Rory got out of her car and walked next to Paris while Jess watched them.

"So, you two seem happy."

"We are. Are you happy?" Rory asked Paris as they walked out of Rory's yard.

"For you? Or in general?"
"In general. Are you happy?"

"Yeah, I think that I am. I am also happy for you," Paris told Rory. Rory smiled and pulled Paris into a short hug.

"Thank you," she said while she pulled away from Paris and kept walking. The rest of the walk, they didn't talk. But, Rory was greeted by a few townspeople, including Kirk.

"Hello Rory. Are you here for Lane's wedding this weekend?" He asked.

"Yes, I am. So is Paris. You're coming, right?"

"Yes. I am going to be an usher for Lane and Zach."

"Good. I'll see you then, Kirk. Bye," Rory said before she kept walking to Luke's with Paris.

"He is so weird," Paris said as they stood in front of Luke's. "Your mom's here. Thats a good thing."

"I'm really nervous. I'm really nervous."

"I know, but you love him. He'll be here soon. Plus, your mom or Luke are going to see you eventually. So, lets go."

"OK." they walked into Luke's and when the bell over the door rang, Luke looked over and saw Rory with a huge smile on her face.

Lorelai noticed the look on Luke's face and turned around to see who it was. "RORY!" She jumped off of her stool, hugged her daughter.

"Hi Mom," Rory said as Paris sat down at the counter. "Hi Luke." Rory and Lorelai sat down next to Paris and smiled.

"Hi Rory. Welcome home. You came back early," Luke said.

"Yeah, I thought that it would be a nice surprise. Paris decided to come early, also. We want to be able to go the bachelorette party," Rory said this and Paris hit her elbow. Rory knew what was coming. Luke was facing the opposite way of the door, so when the bell rang he turned to look at it. Rory wanted to, but decided to let Jess do the plan.

"Jess," Luke said. "What are you doing here?"

Jess walked up to Rory and kissed her and Paris moved down one seat so that Jess could sit next to Rory. "I thought that I'd come for a wedding," he said when he pulled his lips away from a smiling Rory. She was now calm and relaxed, even though Lorelai looked like she was about to faint. Luke looked the same way as Lorelai did. Paris smiled at all of the expressions.

"What exactly was that?" Lorelai asked. She rubbed her stomach and waited for an answer, not sure of what was coming.

"Oh, that was Jess kissing me," Rory said. She smiled and Lorelai was still confused.

"Yeah, I think that we grasped that part," Luke said, trying to grasp why it had just happened.

"Yeah, we figured as much. Me and Rory are back together," Jes explained, not sure of what Luke or Lorelai would do or say.

Luke got out from behind the counter and pulled Jess away from Rory. He pulled his sleeve and led him into the storage room. "OK, Jess. You do know that you are dating your cousin, but I'll let that one slide. Aside from being your cousin, she's Rory. I know that you love her and I don't know how she feels about you, but I swear to God, Jess, that if you hurt my step-daughter I will have to kill you. Oh yeah, and Lorelai's pregnant, do not tell Rory or I will have to kill you again."