Luke was in the diner when Jess arrived. He climbed off the bus, bag in hand and went into the diner. Kirk and 3 other customers were the only ones there.
"Luke, more coffee please."Kirk requested.
"No."
"But Luke-"
"No."
"Luke, Come on. Remember what I told you about France?"
"Too bad. We aren't in France. No coffee unless you order food."Luke retorted.
"Fine. I'll have a Cheeseburger."
"Fine."
"And fries."
"Got it Kirk."
"And a doughnut."
"Kirk!"
"Skip the doughnut."Kirk's shoulder drooped a bit.
"Jess."Luke said suddenly.
"Hey."Jess passed by and went straight upstairs.
Luke came up a few minutes later.
"You're here."
"Sure."
"What's wrong?"Luke asked.
"Nothing."Jess closed his eyes as he leaned his head back against the couch.
"Jess, come on. I can tell somethings wrong."
"Thank you Dr. Phil."Jess said sarcastically.
"Jess, jeez. I just wanted to help."
"Again, thanks Dr Phil."
"Jess!"
"Charli
broke up with me."Jess said finally.
"What? Why? You two
were doing so well!"Luke was shocked.
"She says I love Rory."
"You do."
"Luke!"Jess exclaimed angrily, his head coming up to stare at his uncle.
"It's true. You always have, always will. You can't help it. It's chemistry."
"Jeez, who died and left you the love doctor?"Jess rolled his eyes.
"Sorry. Too many movies with Lorelai."
"Figures."Jess sniffed slightly, knowing the noise annoys Luke.
"Stop it. So what now?"
Jess sniffed again." I don't know. I go home."
"Jess, you have to at least see her. Talk to her."
"I'll see."
"Jess."
"I'll stick around a couple days. With the Boonsville's gossip mill she'll know I'm here soon. If she wants to talk she can find me. If not I'm going back to New York. I'm taking off work for this so be grateful."
"Fine. Do it your way. You're going to lose her again though."
"That's fine."
"Fine."Luke, very irritated, moved to the door. He opened it and turned around."Hey, Jess."
"What?"Jess sighed.
"Welcome back to Boonesville."Luke smiled.
Jess rolled his eyes and managed a small smile back before going to unpack his small bag.