Hey guys, sorry for the late chapter update. Well, here you guys are, the moment you've all been waiting for! You will see how much I hate Dean too, no offense to the people who don't.

The Dance Marathon

The day before the marathon, Rory was preparing her things, but today, Rory was too tired to remember how she organized everything.

When Luke and Jess arrived, Jess had a thermos of coffee for Rory. He snuck some for Lorelei, which she drank, in the bathroom so Luke wouldn't see.

Now that the Gilmores were awake, they headed for the dance.

While they were waiting to get their physicals, Jess was practically falling asleep in her arms.

"Jess, wake up! We had a deal."

"It never said anywhere that I had to stay awake."

"Jess!"

"Fine,"

She smiled and gave him a peck on the lips.

Meanwhile, somewhere else at the same time…

"I can't believe I'm doing this."

"Believe it because you are."

Luke examined her. "Why are you awake? You usually aren't like this unless you were under the influence of coffee."

Lorelei gasps. "You really think I'd back down from our deal? You're crazy. I'm like this all the time we are here. I have a feeling we really are going to win this time. If we don't, I will have to live with watching Kirk his victory lap once again. I want to win! I can't let him win, we will be the ones doing the victory lap this year!"

"Nope, you've had coffee."

"That I did."

"But I said no coffee."

"You said no coffee at your diner, but not anywhere else. You had to be more specific."

"I knew you couldn't live without coffee. I knew that somehow you would find a way around the coffee deal."

"You were crazy to believe that I could, so now come on! Time to dance!"

After they all got their physicals, they went inside to the dance.

"Attention everyone! All people competing in the Dance Marathon report to the dance floor immediately at this time. I repeat. All people competing in the Dance Marathon report to the dance floor immediately at this time." Taylor yelled in his megaphone.

After a few minutes of dancing, Jess said, "This is lame, let's bail."

"Nope, we had a deal." Rory said smiling.

Jess just rolled his eyes and scowled.

Break came after the run.

"I'm hungry. Let's go to Lane's stand to get some sandwiches." Rory said grabbing Jess' arm who was tired from the lap.

"Hi, Lane."

"Hi, Rory." Lane replied.

"Mrs. Kim." Rory said.

"Rory,"

Them Mrs. Kim saw Jess and looked angry.

"Jess," Mrs. Kim said coldly.

Jess smirked. "Mama Kim."

"Hey, Jess." Lane said.

"Hey," Jess replied still smirking at Mrs. Kim.

"We'll take four sandwiches, please." Rory said ignoring Jess' smirk.

Lane handed them the sandwiches.

"Thank you," Rory said.

Mrs. Kim was still glaring at Jess. Rory took Jess' arm and they left.

"Jess," Rory said smacking his arm.

"What?"

"Don't do that. We might not get to hang out with Lane anymore."

"I didn't do anything."

Rory sighed. "Whatever, here," Rory said handing him a sandwich.

"How come I get one and you get three?"

"The deal never said you had to eat. You're lucky I am being nice and giving you one. You want it or not?"

Jess took the sandwich and at it. "I thought so."

Jess glared at her.

After they were finished, they searched for Luke and Lorelei, who were trying to fix Lorelei's shoe.

"I'll get us some drinks," Jess said and left.

Then she spotted Dean leaving a blonde girl to head over to her.

"Rory, hey."

"Hey," Rory greeted.

"How are you?"

"I'm good."

"Rory, I have to talk to you."

"Okay, shoot."

"I love you. You are in denial; you love me, not Jess. You miss me."

Rory was shocked. "Actually, no offense, but I haven't thought of you once."

He took her arm. "Liar! I love you Rory. We are meant to be together." He slurred.

"Owe, Dean, stop. You're hurting me. I'm sorry, but I don't love you anymore. We don't belong together! You've got someone and I've got someone. Please leave me alone."

Dean's gripped tighter. "No, you were hurting me when you hung out with Jess. I'm just showing you how it feels. We belong together."

"Dean, stop it! Jess was my friend before you were my boyfriend! I could hang out with him whether you like it or not! He's my boyfriend now, not you! We don't belong together!"

Jess heard Rory yelling. He dropped the drinks and ran. He found Dean hurting her. Jess ran up to him and punched him. Dean fell to the ground. Luke saw what happened and he and Jackson got Dean up. Dean tried to escape and get Jess, but failed. Rory ran to him and buried her face in his chest crying.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded in his chest.

"It's going to be alright."

Jess held her for a little bit until she stopped crying. She pulled away, wiping the tears.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I got your shirt all wet."

"That's okay."

"I want to go now."

"Okay, let's get your things."

Lorelei went up to her and hugged her.

"Baby, you alright?"

Rory nodded.

"Good," she turned to Jess. "Thanks."

Jess nodded.

"Mom, we're going. Try to win for me."

Lorelei nodded and gave her another hug. Jess got their things and they left while they were walking to the diner, Jess pulled her close, so her head was on his shoulder and arm was around her waist. Jess kissed her hair and Rory smiled.

"You're the best, you know."

"I know."

"I'm glad you came. If you didn't, he might of done something worse."

"For once in my life, I'm glad I came to one of those stupid town events. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you."

"What was that last bit, I didn't hear that." Rory teased.

"You know what I said."

"Nope, I didn't hear it."

"Come on, don't make me say it again."

"I think I do want you to say it again."

He sighed. "I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you."

She smiled.

They got to the diner.

"You hungry?"

She nodded.

"I want blueberry pancakes with scrambled eggs and tons of bacon on the side!"

"Coming right up," Jess said giving her the coffee he poured.

He disappeared into the kitchen. A few minutes later, he came back with her food.

"Yum!" Rory said when she took a bite of it.

"This is really good,"

"That's nice to know,"

"You know you want some." Rory said waving the fork with a pancake in his face.

"Come on! Share with me!"

He sighed and got another fork. They ate then and Jess put the stuff away.

"You want to watch some movies?"

"Sure,"

"Come on," Jess led her upstairs to the apartment.

He searched around and found a movie.

"Almost Famous?" Rory asked.

He nodded.

"Again?"

"What do you mean again? We always watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. When you pick and you always pick, you pick that! My turn to pick."

She pouted. "Fine. You don't need to dramatic about it."

They sat and watched the movie. Jess took her arm and examined it. It was swollen. He kissed it and she smiled. She kissed him.

"I like it."

"What?"

"That gesture you did. It was sweet. You don't do it a lot."

"Oh," he took her hand and kissed it. "You mean that?"

She smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. They continued to watch until they slowly fell asleep.

A few hours later, Luke came and saw them asleep on the couch with a movie on. He decided to let them sleep, Rory had a rough day already and Jess was probably just trying to help. He would kill Jess later. He put a blanket over them. He turned the TV off and took the movie out. Then, Luke went to phone Lorelei and tell her where Rory was.

So, what'd you think? Please review!

Next up: What every happened to Dean? What willhappen when a Rory and Dean confrontation occurs?