A/n I'm soooooooo incredibly sorry I haven't updated in so long! I just had no desire to. And plus I was graduating so I was concentrated on that… but now I'm updating. This may be the last chapter… I don't know. We'll see at the end of this. But I'm just so done with this one. So I hope u guys enjoy this. And the point of view for the beginning of this chapter will be third person, but it'll go back to rory's.

CHAPTER 7- THE END

Jess walked into the diner, duffle bag in hand. Not surprisingly, the whole diner fell silent. Luke looked up from the counter and smiled.

"Hey, I didn't know you were coming. Was I supposed to know you were coming?" he asked, walking around the counter and giving Jess a "manly" hug. Jess stepped back and shook his head.

"Nope, just thought I'd stop in, say hi to my favorite uncle, maybe stay for a couple weeks." He said. Luke nodded.

"Sure, sure. Stay as long as- wait, did you say weeks?" he asked. Jess nodded and headed towards the stairs.

"Jess!" Luke said. Jess turned around and looked at his uncle.

"We'll talk upstairs. Its good, I promise." He said before turning around again and going upstairs. Luke sighed and followed Jess upstairs.

"Okay, what's going on?" Luke asked when he got upstairs. Jess smiled and Luke rolled his eyes.

"It has to do with Rory, doesn't it?" Jess nodded and sat down at the table.

"Jess…"

"Luke, just listen, okay?" Luke sighed and sat down across from Jess.

"Okay."

"Okay, I'm moving back. For good. And before you say anything, I still have my job. I got transferred."

"You got transferred?" Luke asked, confused.

"Yep." Jess said.

"Why?" Luke asked.

"Because I want to be near my girlfriend." Jess answered. Luke narrowed his eyes.

"You have a girlfriend? I thought this was about Rory." Jess shook his head and looked at his uncle.

"This is about Rory. Rory's my girlfriend." He said. Luke's eyes widened.

"What?" Jess rolled his eyes.

"Rory. Is. My. Girlfriend." He said slowly. Luke glared at him.

"But… I thought she had a boyfriend."

"She dumped him." Jess said.

"For you?" Luke asked.

"Yep." Jess said triumphantly. Luke smiled.

"Wow jess, this is great! I'm happy for you!"

"Thanks. And I only need to stay with you for a little while. Until I find a place." Jess said. Luke waved a hand.

"Stay as long as you want. I'm never here anyway." He said. Jess smirked at how happy Luke was about this news.

"Thanks Luke." He said. But then Luke's face suddenly got stern.

"Jess-"

"I'm not going to hurt her. Trust me. I won't make the same mistake twice." Jess said. Luke looked at him.

"Okay." He said. They looked at each other for a long time before Luke finally got up.

"I should get back to the diner." He said. Jess stood up too.

"I'll help out, if you need me too." He said. Luke grinned.

"Sure. Thanks Jess."

"No problem."

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"Oh my god!" I yelled, sitting up straight.

"Hey, I tried pinching you, but you wouldn't even budge. This was the only thing I could think of to wake you up." I glared at my mom.

"You do realize that you just ruined our couch, right?" I asked her. She shrugged.

"It'll dry. Now c'mon. I need coffee." She said, grabbing my arm and trying to pull me up. I shook my head and took my arm back.

"You poured a cup of water on me, you lost your chance to have coffee with your daughter." I said, crossing my arms over my chest. She rolled her eyes.

"It's eleven o'clock. Jess is probably there by now." She said. My eyes widened and I got off the couch.

"Fine, I'll come with you. But don't think I'm not going to get you back, missy. Because I will!" I said before heading into my room.

"You can try." She yelled after me. I shook my head.

Fifteen minutes later we were outside of Luke's. I was about to reach for the door when my mom grabbed my arm. I turned to her.

"What?" I asked. She was looking at me in a really weird way and I really wanted her to stop.

"What's gonna happen when we step through that door?" she asked. I was confused. What was she talking about?

"Um, we're going to sit down and get coffee…?" I said, but she shook her head.

"No. Your whole life is going to change." She said. I blinked.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. She sighed.

"Rory, you and Jess are back together. You're in love with each other. After 2 years of being apart, you're still in love with each other. This isn't going to be just a regular committed relationship. This is going to be a super committed relationship. You guys have been in love for so long, and I really don't think anything's going to change that." She said. I smiled.

"Well, I hope not." I said. But she shook her head again.

"Rory, you don't get it. You two were apart for two years, and you're still in love. You dated two other guys while you and Jess were apart, and you're still in love with him. What if he asks you to marry him?" she said. My eyes widened.

"Whoa, mom, I haven't thought that far ahead yet." I said.

"Well, I have. And I don't want to lose you to Jess." She said. I was completely taken aback by this.

"Mom you're not going to lose me. No guy will ever cause you to lose me. You're my mom." I said, but she looked unconvinced.

"If you and Jess get married, or even just move in together- don't look at me like that, it's going to happen and you know it- you're going to be busy with him and you and I won't be a you and I anymore." She said. I crossed my arms over my chest. She's being paranoid. How can she think she'd lose me to a guy?

"I won't let that happen. We'll always be a you and I. No matter what. You'll always be number one in my life." I told her. She still didn't look reassured, but she sighed and said, "Promise?" I smiled.

"Promise."

I gave her a hug that hopefully showed that I needed her in my life, and that she's still my best friend.

"Can we go get some coffee now?" I asked her, pulling away. She smiled.

"Yes, we can get coffee now." She said. I smiled back at her and opened the diner door. Jess and Luke were behind the counter, pretending to look at the toaster that apparently broke yesterday. They're trying to act like they weren't watching us. But I know they were. We walked up to them, and they turned around.

"Hey." Luke said, giving mom a small kiss. Then he turned to me.

"Hey Rory." He said, smiling. He knows. I glanced at Jess for a second before responding.

"Hey Luke."

I looked back at Jess but didn't say anything. What if mom was right? What if everything was going to change now? Jess and I are kind of in a unique situation. We pretty much let each other know that we're the only one for each other. That means we probably will move in together, and we probably will get married. Because neither of us can imagine actually marrying someone else.

Well, I'm not going to think about that now. That's the future. And right now I'm all about the present.

"Hey." Jess said to me. He smiled, and I smiled back.

"Hey." I said. Yeah, I'll put the future on the back burner. We'll figure it out some other time. I didn't need to know right now. All I needed right now was for Jess to keep looking at me the way he's looking at me. That's enough for now.

A/N okay DONE! I'm very happy! This actually was not the direction I wanted to go with this, but this is where it went. Well… sorry I ended it in such a bad way, but if I didn't already make it clear, I really wanted to finish this story. I'm just so over it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed.

Sarah- haha I liked that book! But hey, I finally finished this! Next I'm gonna update not so innocent, then LOSING MY GRIP. To make u happy. Then I'm gonna do the sequel to cousin candy! Which I cant wait to start. And ohh yeah, on a side not, I MISS YOU!

Lexylovinmilo- well I'm sure by now u know what happened, but In case u don't, rory went to see jess in new york and they kissed and then she told him that she was in love with logan. So I'm very upset! Oh, and they broke up in real life, which makes me even madder! Well, thanks for ur review