A/N: Hi kids! Here's the next installment of Wedding: Take Two (Sucky Title...why did I chose that..) Thanks to all my reviewers and my incredible beta Kckgirl!

J I hate to inform you of this but this is a literate story. That means all Rory and Jess all the time. I added a lot of Luke/Lorelai this chapter for you; so I hope you like it.

Sickyoungchick I'd love to go back and fix the other chapters but I'm not sure I can do it without losing my reviews. If you know how/if I can do this, I'd be happy to go and fix them. Otherwise there stuck that way. Kckgirl and me worked extra hard to make this as perfect as possible for you so I hope you like it.

Rusty Bedsprings I just really like your name. Best ever:)

LilyLOVESwb We'll here's your update. I need milo info and coffee now! Oh and maybe we do know each other! Won't that just be Coo Coo for Coco puffs if we were like best friends and had like no idea! lol

DISCLAIMOR: not mine. None of it. Not even the Smith cd I'm listening to is mine...

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Chapter 7 Flights, Phone Calls, and Bigmouth

Jess walked casually down the aisle of the plane looking for his seat. As luck would have it Jess had a window seat next to a large man with an odd sour cream and onion smell about him. He squeezed himself past the man and into his seat, thanking God it wasn't a long flight.

"Small seats, huh?" The man asked with an obnoxious laugh as he wiped sweat from his brow.

'For some' Jess thought meanly.

"My name's Albert." the man pressed on. Jess bit his tongue to stop himself from making a mean retort.

"Nice to meet you, Albert." Jess responded dryly and started searching for his headphones.

"So, what causes a young man like yourself to be on a plane to Washington, DC, all alone?" Albert asked, tapping Jess to get his attention.

"Undying patriotism" Jess glared, relieved to have found his headphones.

"Wow. It's great to see that in kids today!" Albert beamed and ruffled Jess's hair.

"Yep, I'm one of a kind." Jess growled and cringed away. He threw on his headphones quickly in hopes of drowning out his companion.

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Lorelai walked leisurely down the streets of Stars Hollow. She woke up today with a brave new outlook; she was determined to have a good day. Nothing could stop her. She repeated this over and over in her head as she turned the corner to Weston's Bakery. She almost believed it until her cell phone rang.

"Chris, stop calling! I'm determined to have a good day and your incessant calling makes my goal completely unachievable! So for the last time. STOP CALLING ME!" Lorelai whined into the phone the second it rang, not stopping to check the ID.

"So Dad's still bothering you?" Rory's voice rung out across the phone line.

"Rory! I'm so glad it's you!" Lorelai shrieked into the phone.

"Really? Couldn't tell." Rory mocked.

"I know. I know. I'm a very hard-to-read person sometimes." Lorelai laughed.

"So Dad called you?"

"Just every five minutes."

"What did he say?"

"Hello."

"And...?" Rory inquired.

"I hung up."

"How many times?"

"Every five minutes."

"You're gonna have to talk to him eventually."

"I know, just not yet." Lorelai stated, ending the conversation.

"So how is everyone?"

"Good. Everyone is good. Kirk got hit with a flying bible but he's OK."

"What?" Rory asked, confused.

"Mrs. Kim was yelling at this skateboarding kid and he stole her bible and threw it. He meant to throw it and run away, but instead it smacked Kirk and ricocheted back and hit him. Talk about the wrath of God, huh?"

"Oh my gosh. What did Mrs. Kim do?"

"I think she cursed him and told him he'd burn in hell for that."

"Ouch. Poor kid, just wanted to flee Mrs. Kim and now he's doomed to hell." Rory mocked.

"So got any big plans for today?"

"Nope. I've got myself a free day!"

"You're kidding! No meetings? No seminars? No debates? No political orgies?" Lorelai asked with fake shock.

"Nope. Just a day to run wild in DC."

"That's good. Just don't end up on Girls Gone Wild - Washington, DC."

"I'll try but you never know."

"Don't tease Mommy." Lorelai joked.

"Actually, I'm thinking of hitting a few monuments with Paris."

"OK. You kids have fun but I've got to run."

"All right Mom. Talk to you later. Be good." Rory smirked.

"HEY! That's my line!" Lorelai mocked, being offended.

"Bye Mom."

"Bye kid, BE GOOD!"

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Luke woke with a start as his alarm sounded next to him. He'd allowed himself the luxury of sleeping in for once. He couldn't handle another day like yesterday and he definitely couldn't do breakfast with Lorelai there. He missed her and he really did hate fighting with her. What really irked him was that Jess was right; all he had to do was stop fighting with her and all would be right in the world. The alarm sounded once more and Luke grunted and rolled out of bed. He slowly made his way to the fridge but stopped dead in his tracks.

Luke,

I've taken some cash out of the register in the diner. I needed it to buy my plane ticket. Dock it from my pay. I'll be back tomorrow sometime.

Jess

Luke stared blankly at the note. "I'm gonna kill the punk."

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Jess nearly bolted off the plane. He was about ready to kill Albert, who'd asked non-stop personal questions the whole flight. Once a nice distance away from his portly plane playmate, Jess began to rummage through his pockets. With a smile he pulled forth a shiny quarter and made his way toward the pay phones. After reaching his destination he dialed the familiar number.

"Hello?" her voice sounded sweetly over her cell phone. Jess had missed her voice.

"Hi." he responded nonchalantly.

"Jess?" Rory asked surprised.

"Rory?" Jess mocked.

"How are you?" she asked nervously.

"Good. How about you?" he smirked, sensing her nervousness.

"I'm good."

"What are you up to today?" he asked, trying to sound casual

"Not much. Just sitting here at A Slice of Italy Pizzeria" she responded, trying to match his tone.

"Really? Where's that?"

"Um...Pennsylvania Avenue...why?" she asked, confused.

"Ah, just wondered. I got to go." he smirked.

"Oh. OK." Rory stuttered, bewildered.

"Bye Rory." Jess hung up and headed off to ride the metro to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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"May I help you?" Michel asked, annoyed.

"Is Lorelai Gilmore here?" Luke grunted at the pompous French man.

"In the kitchen." he responded with little interest.

"Could you fetch her for me?" Luke asked angrily.

"Am I your dog?"

"Fetch the paper, Fido." Luke foamed. Michel's eyes narrowed but he turned and headed for the kitchen.

"Lorelai!" he cried shrilly as he entered the kitchen "There is a disgruntled, hairy, dirty, flannel-clad man asking for you at the main desk."

"Luke?" Lorelai asked, confused, and headed out the door of the kitchen.

"Lorelai!" Luke yelped. "He's gone!"

"What? Who's gone?" Lorelai asked, completely lost.

"Jess." Luke responded, panicked.

"What? Where did he go?" Lorelai cried, shocked.

"He didn't say. Just left this note." He thrust the note into her hand, and watched

her shake her head in amazement as she read the note.

"Maybe he went to New York."

"No. I already called Liz. She hasn't seen him."

"It's OK Luke, we'll find him" Lorelai comforted.

"Where would he go?" Luke sighed.

"I don't know but we'll find him." Lorelai stated, putting a comforting arm around Luke.

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Jess found the pizzeria with surprising ease. He could see her sitting outside at a table, headphones on, book in hand.

"Who are you listening to?" Jess asked as he approached her.

"Jess!" she yelped and nearly fell out of her chair, "What are you doing here?"

"Ah, Ah, I didn't ask when you came to New York. You don't get to ask me now." he smirked.

Rory opened and closed her mouth several times, but said nothing.

"So, who are you listening to?"

"The...Smiths." Rory finally found her voice.

"Good band."

"Yeah." Rory was in shock.

"I like Bigmouth Strikes Again."

"Me too! By far one of my all time favorites."

"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out is really good too."

"Asleep is my favorite."

"Definitely a great song." he smirked "So what are your plans for the day?"

"Well, I was going to some monuments with Paris; but she wanted to work on her next debate so...I'm on my own." she rambled quickly and slowly smiled at him.

"Guess it's my lucky day. What you want to do Gilmore?" he beamed at the sight of her smile.

"I was thinking of maybe going to the Smithsonian or the National Zoo! I always wanted to see the Washington Monument and I hear the Shakespeare theater deserves a look!" Rory squealed excitedly.

"Feeling patriotic, I see." Jess smiled at how her eyes lit up as she spoke of everything she wanted to do.

"Shh. Dodger." Rory mock frowned and stood up, "Come on, I always wondered what it would be like to be a tour guide."

"Lead the way, Barbie." he smirked and dodged her hand as she swung at him.

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"Where could he be?" Luke asked repetitively to Lorelai as the pair sat brainstorming in the Gilmore girls' kitchen.

"Maybe he's in New York and Liz just doesn't know it." Lorelai suggested.

"Maybe." Luke grunted doubtfully, "Why would he do this?"

"Why does the kid do anything?"

"We've been getting along better. We've talked about stuff a few times." Luke sighed, "Why would he leave now."

"I don't know."

"I mean the kid finally opens up and, bam, just takes off. He's a freakin' comment phobic! He just talks and talks, is always sarcastic, and refuses to take advice. It's like he just wants to hear himself talk. I thought things were going good and then he just ups and leaves, the stupid little punk!" Luke ranted, pacing around the room.

"Well it seems someone has had a bit too much caffeine today." Lorelai responded, shocked at his outburst.

"I don't drink that stuff." Luke replied, not catching the sarcasm.

"Would have never guessed." Lorelai smiled slightly, " So you and Jess really talked about stuff?"

"Yeah, he told me all about him and Rory." Luke explained assuming Rory had told Lorelai everything that had happened.

"What about him and Rory?" Lorelai asked pointedly.

"She didn't tell you?" Luke asked shocked.

"Tell me what!" Lorelai asked, panicked.

"He likes her." Luke lied lamely.

"Oh." Lorelai sighed, relieved, "I thought you were gonna tell me something happened between the two of them."

"NO!" Luke blurted quickly, "I mean, Rory would never do that."

"THAT'S IT!" Lorelai shouted quickly, "Maybe Rory will know where he would go!" she began quickly digging through her purse for her phone.

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Rory and Jess sat talking rapidly on a half-empty metro. They'd had a long day of sightseeing and other touristy antics. They both had a really good time, though Rory hated to admit it. As the day wound down Rory began to realize how much she really had missed him. She also knew that Dean was going to freak out when he found out but she figured she had two weeks before she had to deal with that drama. So right now she was living in the moment.

"No, No, No, Jess!" Rory argued "Jack Nicholson's best movie by far was Easy Rider." she beamed at his look of disbelief.

"Oh come on!" Jess smirked, "He was barely in that drugged out hippie movie!"

"Was it really necessary to add drugged out hippie movie?" Rory mocked him, even imitating his voice at the end.

"Can we stay on topic?" Jess faked being angry but ended up bursting into laugher at Rory's attempt at an apologetic puppy dog face.

"Hey don't laugh at me!" she giggled smacking his arm "I'm very upset."

"Oh I'm sorry, I was hoping I could get the withering look out of you."

"Oh you couldn't handle it." Rory beamed at him.

"Now that is a good movie!"

"But not his..." his what we'll never know because at that moment Rory's cell phone decided to ring. She began to hunt around in her purse for it and pulled it out. Her eyes quickly grew with alarm at the sight of the caller ID. Jess immediately knew it was one of two people, Lorelai or Dean.

"Hi...Mom." Rory stammered out.

"Hey Ror," her mother responded quickly, "I have a quick question."

"OK, shoot."

"If you were Jess, where would you run away to?"

"Ugh...um..." Rory stuttered sending panicked glances towards Jess. He quickly caught onto what Lorelai was asking about.

"Oh my God!" Lorelai gasped.

"...What?" Rory asked quietly.

"He's there, isn't he?"

"Maybe." Rory cringed.

"Rory! How long has he been there? Why didn't you call and tell me? We've been calling all over hunting him!"

"I just, I figured, I know I should have...I'm sorry." Rory rambled quickly and shot a glare at Jess. He just bit his lip to stop himself from laughing. Rory's glare deepened and Jess mouthed 'withering look?' Rory quickly began fighting a smile.

"Put the punk on" Lorelai growled.

"Ah, Jess." Rory turned to face him, "She wants to talk to you."

"Hello Lorelai." Jess smirked taking the phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Sitting on the metro."

"In Washington, Jess."

"Yes, that's where the metro is located."

"You're impossible! Talk to your uncle." Lorelai snarled and thrust the phone at Luke.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Luke roared into the phone.

"Hi Uncle Luke."

"You don't just leave town!"

"I left a note!" Jess replied defensively.

"You don't leave town without my permission!"

"Oh I knew I forgot something."

"I didn't even know where the hell you were."

"But you found me! And you're talking with Lorelai again; I personally think I did good!" Jess smirked.

"That's it! I want you on the next plane out of there!" Luke yelled.

"I'm always one step ahead."

"What?" Luke growled.

"Already on the way to the airport."

"And that will be the last time you see day light daylight for a very long time." Luke warned.

"Oh, I'm shaking in my boots."

"Get your ass home!" Luke shouted and hung up.

"That went well." Jess smirked as he handed Rory her phone.

"Jess?" Rory asked quietly, "Why did you come?"

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"Well at least you know where he is." Lorelai offered weakly, rubbing Luke's back supportively.

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"For being here." Luke smiled weakly.

"No problem. I always am."

"It's just…I know you hate him and I've been so bad to you lately." Luke rambled.

"I don't hate him, I just don't get him. Most of all, you haven't been bad to me, you treated me like I deserved. I was so wrong to yell at you like that."

"You we're upset and I held a grudge. I'm sorry."

"OK so were both sorry. Are we good now?" Lorelai smiled.

"Yeah, perfect." Luke sighed, "Well, I should be getting back to the diner. Thanks Lorelai."

"Anytime Luke."

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Jess delayed responding to Rory until his plane was being called at the airport. Rory was trying uselessly to fill in the gaps in the conversation with random rambles. She was going off on the greatness of Salinger when Jess finally cut her off.

"I missed you."

"What?" Rory asked, floored.

"I missed you and Dean was the last straw."

"Dean?" Rory questioned, starting to get angry.

"He banned me from seeing you or even saying your name."

"He what?" Rory roared, outraged.

"I missed you and he said I couldn't see you. So I decided to see you."

"I can't believe I thought this was about me. Here you traveled all this way just to piss Dean off." Rory yelled, upset.

Jess quickly pulled her towards him. "I missed you. I missed your voice. I missed your little school girl uniform. I missed your non-stop talking. I missed arguing with you. I missed kissing you. Mostly I just missed just seeing you everyday. I came because not having you around makes Stars Hollow unbearable. Pissing Dean off is just a bonus." Jess explained quietly. Rory just stared into his eyes and slowly kissed him softly. Jess's flight was called again and he slowly drew himself away from Rory's lips. He kissed her cheek lovingly and whispered in her ear, "Think about me." And with a smirk he walked away to board his plane.

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A/N: There it is chapter 7. Hope ya liked it! Review! Please!