"OK, maybe I will move to Stars Hollow if that happens again," Jess said, getting off of the couch and pulling up his pants.

"Jess!" Rory said when she found her own pants. "I'm happy with the decision and you're happy with the decision. So, lets stick with the decision." Rory put on her clothes while Jess sat down on the couch.

"Thank God Luke didn't come upstairs. That would have been really bad," Jess pointed out.

"Holy crap, I would die. I would just stop living. That would be the worst thing ever!" Rory sat down next to Jess. "OK, I need to go home soon. I told my mom that I would do something with her later after we went out for food. So, do you want to go get food now or do something later?"

"I am up for anything. I will eventually have to finish the clothing process, but I am hungry," Jess said.

"Yeah? Good, because I am starving. I don't really want to eat downstairs today though. I was thinking that we could go to Weston's or Al's."

"Weston's sounds good. I am never eating at Al's Pancake World again. Not after what happened the last time we went." Jess got off of the couch and walked over to his duffel bag. He rummaged through it until he found a clean red t-shirt. After he put the t-shirt on, he found Rory standing inches away from his face. "Hey."

"Hey," she replied. She gave him a quick kiss and walked past him to the door. "Are you ready?"

"I might need shoes for this little rendezvous," Jess said. Rory looked down at his feet and nodded. Jess smiled and found his black converse near the door and quickly put them on. "OK, now I am ready."

"Finally," Rory said sarcastically. Jess walked behind her and pushed her into the hallway. They walked down the stairs together and when they landed in the diner Luke stopped in front of them.

"Where are you guys going?" Luke asked.

"Oh, we were going to go get something to eat," Rory told him with a smile.

"This is a diner, you know," Luke informed them.

"We thought that we'd try something different. This is all that we've eaten since we got back from the city. I'll be back later," Jess said and with that Rory smiled her goodbye and they left the diner.

They walked down the street to Weston's and sat at a table near the window. "This is nice," Rory said when they got their coffees.

"I'm not complaining," Jess said after he took a sip of his coffee. "So, what are you and your mom doing today?"

"I'm not sure. I just suggested tat we do something because we haven't spent much time together since we got back. I'll let her chose what she wants to do, she'll think of something fun. What are you gonna do today? Are you gonna work at the diner?"

"I don't want to. I'll probably just rest today and see where it goes from there." Jess smirked at Rory when he saw her face light up with a smile. "What?"

"Nothing. You are so weird sometimes. You never have a plan, you live spontaneously. I love that about you," Rory said and then her smile faded when she saw Dean walk past her and Jess' table.

"Rory, Jess. Wow, I never thought I'd see either of you in this town again. I heard that you came back, though, and that you were together," Dean said from behind Rory.

"So, Buddy. How's the wife?" Jess asked sarcastically.

"Oh, you know, better than she was when we were together," Dean said looking at Rory. "Your girlfriend, here, really knows how to ruin a marriage." With that Dean left Weston's without looking back.

"Huh, want to elaborate on that?" Jess asked looking straight at Rory.

"I forgot to tell you this. You're really gonna love it, or completely hate it. See, me and Dean kind of 'hooked up' the night of that the Dragonfly was having a test run. After, I went to Europe with my Grandma and I didn't speak to him I just sent him a letter. My mom gave him the letter and apparently, Lindsay found it and broke the whole marriage thing off," Rory started to explain and Jess blankly stared at her, listening and sipping coffee. "When I got back from Europe, I went to his house and eventually, we decided to be together. We were for awhile, until my grandparents threw a party for me with a bunch of guys from Yale and their parents. I was hanging out with this kid, Logan, when Dean came to pick me up and then he broke up with me. Long time ago, though." Rory finally finished her explanation and took a sip of her own coffee.

"Yeah, I completely hate it." Jess nodded and then leaned back in his chair as if he was exhausted. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't think that you'd want to hear about my love life. I don't want to know about yours. It would hurt too much to hear about you being with other girls, so I thought that you'd feel the same way about me."

"If you want to tell me something about you being with another girl, go right ahead," Jess said with a huge smirk on his face.

"Ha. No, I meant about me with other guys. You just wouldn't want to hear about it," Rory explained.

"I know what you meant. I was kidding. I wouldn't, and I necessarily don't, want to hear about you and other guys. But it was Dean. We both have some kind of history with Dean. You, romantically and sexually. Me, lots of fights and arguments and hate. I hated him the second I found out that he was your boyfriend, Rory. I guess, that it's something I would have want to know so that if it ever came up, I wouldn't be completely caught off guard. Like I just was."

"Sorry," Rory said grabbing Jess' hand.

"It's OK," Jess leaned across the table and kissed her lips tenderly. "He's an ass."

"Yeah, he really is."


Rory walked into her mother's house to find her mother and her stepfather making out on the couch. "Oh my GOD!" Rory ran past them and into her room, giggling once she got there.

Lorelai got off of the couch and followed her daughter into her bedroom. "Hey Hon. Sorry about that. I heard that you and Jess had gone out for lunch, I wasn't expecting you for awhile."

"It's OK. It's your house. You can do whatever you want in your house. Maybe I should have knocked."

"No, you shouldn't have. It's just as much your house as it his house. So, it must be hard being twenty-five and seeing your mother doing that.'"

"You know, lately I feel like I'm seventeen again. Being back in the house, even if it has been two days, and being with Jess, and having Jess and Dean be asses to each other with me in the middle."

"Wait, when did you run into Dean?"

"He actually saw us at Weston's and came in to start trouble. Jess asked him how his wife was and he said something about how she was better than she was when they were together and then said that I really know how to ruin a marriage."

"Wow, that must have started some conversation with you and Jess."

"Basically. I had to tell him the whole story and he seemed a little upset, but we're OK. Oh, and he's moving to Connecticut when I move back."

"Oh, Hon, that's really good. I'm happy for you."

"Thanks. Shouldn't you get back to your husband?"

"Oh he left when I got off the couch. He was embarrassed," Lorelai told Rory who smiled.

"Sorry that I interrupted. So, what do you want to do?" Rory asked.

"I don't know. Movie? We can have a movie night during the day. Apparently, Lane and Paris are hanging out today. I thought that was weird."

"They've become pretty close. Oh well. I like the movie night idea. But do we have junk food now, with Luke living in the house?"

"Rory, if anything, I am a world class junk food hider. Luke is clueless."

"I doubt that Luke is clueless, he's probably just letting it go since his wife is pregnant. What movie?" Rory asked, getting off of her bed.

"Footloose?"

"Perfect."