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Lucky

Rory awoke when she heard a voice say, "Aw, they're so cute!"

Rory groggily got up. "Mom?"

"You're one and only! Unless you are calling other people that and I don't know it…"

"What time is it?"

"Ten."

Jess woke up too after he felt movement in his arms. "What are you guys doing here?" Jess asked half asleep.

"You and Rory fell asleep watching a movie and I'm here because I wanted to see Rory and when I came up here I saw this. You guys looked so cute! Your protective arm wrapped around Rory and her cuddling up to you. It's cute. Normally, if I was one of those other moms, I would of snatched her away and strangled you, so just be glad I'm not any of those moms."

"Oh, yeah. What time is it?"

"Ten-ish."

"I'm supposed to be working."

"Luke told me to tell you that he decided to give you a day off and spend the day with Rory."

He nodded.

Suddenly Rory remembered what happened yesterday. "Do you know what happened to him?"

"It looks like he had a little too much of Patty's punch. He's spent a night in jail."

"Oh,"

"On a lighter note, we won!"

"That's great, Mom!"

"Kirk's partner fell asleep and he wasn't strong enough to keep her up, so he ended up letting go of her."

"I feel bad for him."

"Why?"

"You have everything and yet you still have to take one thing he has away from him."

"You're point?"

"You don't feel any guilt? Sorrow? Nothing? You can be so heartless."

"That's why I have you. You are my other half." Lorelei looked at her watch. "Oh, looks like I have to get to the inn. Have fun kids! But don't do anything dirty or I will strangle Jess." Lorelei kissed her forehead and left.

"I'm going home to take a shower."

"Yeah, I'm going to take a shower too."

"Meet you here later?"

"Okay."

They kissed and Rory departed.

Rory got home and took a shower. When she was done, she looked in the mirror and examined her reflection. She added a touch of gloss.

"There."

She dropped her lip gloss and bent down to pick it up. When she picked it up, she saw the dark bruise on her arm. She sighed and applied concealer to it.

Then she went to the diner.

"Hey, Luke. Can I go up and get him?"

"Sure."

She went up quietly and saw him in the bathroom fixing his hair. She giggled. That startled him and made him drop his comb. He looked around and saw Rory.

"I think you have more hair products that my mom and I have."

He rolled his eyes and went back to fixing his hair.

Why do you bother to fix it up? You know I'm just going to mess it all up anyway?" she realized what she said and blushed.

Jess looked at her and smirked. Then he looked at into the mirror one last time and decided it was perfect.

"Where to?" Jess asked walking towards her.

"I'm kind of hungry. You?"

"Okay, aren't you always. After we eat, we'll start our lesson."

"What lesson?"

"You'll see."

She pouted, but followed him downstairs.

They ate and Jess led them to the bridge.

"What are we doing here?"

"I'm going to teach you how to fight."

"But remember, you already did."

"That was kid stuff. You have to learn the real stuff."

She nodded. Him teaching her how to fight was one way showing that he cared about her.

Flashback

"If you ever want to visit me when we move back to New York, you will have to learn how to fight. I don't want you to go there and get hurt."

Rory rolled her eyes. "I can't go there by myself. I'm only nine! I probably can't go there until I'm twenty!"

"You never know that. You could come without your mom and then this guys comes and gets you."

"That's not logical."

"Stop being logical and let me teach you."

"Okay," Rory sighed.

He showed her how to dodge all the hits.

"Are we ever going to get to, you know, punching and kicking?"

"Not now. You need to learn how to dodge correctly before that."

"Why?"

Jess sighed. "Because if they can't hit you, you're invincible. They will keep on trying until they get tired and then you hit them. We'll learn that stuff later. You should know that, you're smart."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine."

They continued to practice dodging.

End of Flashback

"Ready?"

She nodded. He threw a punch at her and she dodged it.

"Good. You remember how to dodge things. We'll keep practicing stuff like this and review things so we can move on to the bigger things later."

They practiced for a few hours.

"Oh my god. I don't remember the last time I got this sweaty. Gross." Rory said.

"You look hot sweaty." Jess smirked.

She blushed. "I-uh have to go. I am going to take another shower thanks to you. Meet me at Luke's?"

He nodded and then kissed her before they left.

She went home to fins roses and a note at her door. She picked them up and read the note:

I'm sorry about last night. I really am. I understand if you can't forgive me. We were going to be friends and I ruined that. I shouldn't of drank that punch. I'm so stupid. Well, I hope you have a good life with Jess, even though I don't like him. I really don't know what you see in him. -Dean

Rory was furious after she read the last sentence. She crumbled the note and threw them and the roses in the trash.

She took a shower and started to head to Luke's, but stopped at her porch.

Dean was sitting on the bench.

"What are you doing here?" Rory asked angrily.

"I just wanted to apologize. I need your forgiveness. I can't go on feeling guilty."

"Too bad, suck it up. Now, if you don't mind, actually I don't care if you don't mind, I have to go meet someone."

"Jess?"

"Why does it matter to you?"

"Because I care about you and I don't want you getting hurt."

"That's why I'm with him and not you. You hurt me and he cares about me. He punched you to get you to let go of me! You don't even know him! Don't you get it? Just leave me alone and stay out of my life!" she left in a huff.

She got to Luke's and got Jess to go upstairs with her. She hugged him and he was confused.

"I'm so lucky to have you."

"I think it's the other way around."

"Nope. I want to be lucky."

"You're so spoiled. What happened?"

"I'll tell you about it later after I've had coffee."

She went downstairs and Lorelei was already there.

"Hey, kid."

"Hey, Mom."

"What wrong?"

"I'll tell you about it later. I have to tell Jess first."

Lorelei was about to feel hurt, but she saw the look in her eyes.

"I understand." Whatever it was, it was something major and something between them.

"Thanks, Mom."

She finished her coffee and hugged her mom.

Jess was waiting upstairs reading. She went up and took the book and set it down.

"Okay, I can tell you now."

He sat up, so he could listen to her.

"When I got home, I found these roses and a note. They were from Dean. I read the note and got mad, so I threw them away. I take a shower and start to head over here, but he was at my porch begging for forgiveness! Then he had to nerve of saying he cared about me and didn't want me to get hurt! Oh my god! That's when I lost it. I yelled at him for last night's even and you do care, not him. Then I told him to leave me alone and stay out of my life," she ranted. She took a breath. "That's when I came here to tell you I was lucky to have you."

He smiled and hugged her. She calmed down and hugged him back. They stayed that way for a few more minutes.

"I have to tell my mom." Rory said pulling away.

He nodded and watched her leave.

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