"So where do you want to go?" Jess asked when they got back to Stars Hollow.

"I should go by the inn, I was supposed to call Mom after I spoke to Dad and I didn't."

"Okay." Jess agreed and headed to the Dragonfly. "Do you want me to come in with you?" He inquired after he'd parked the car.

"No. I need to talk to her alone."

"I'll grab my bag and head back to the diner. Call me if you need anything."

"Thank you Jess." Rory kissed his cheek.

"No problem."

"Hey Michel." Rory said when she went inside.

"Rory." Michel greeted her.

"Is my Mom around?"

"She received a telephone call from your father several hours ago and then made several frantic phone calls before leaving." Michel informed her.

"Did she say where she was going?" Rory asked as she pulled out her cell phone and realised it was switched off.

"Do I look like her keeper?" Michel asked.

"I'm borrowing the phone." Rory said without waiting for a response and dialled her mother's cell-phone.

"Michel, can this wait?" Lorelai answered obviously having read the caller ID.

"It's me Mom."

"Rory? Where are you?"

"At the Dragonfly."

"I've been trying to call you ever since your father called."

"I'm sorry I must have switched my phone off after we spoke last time."

"Are you okay?"

"A little mad at Dad." Rory replied.

"Stay where you are." Lorelai told her.

"I'll meet you at home." Rory suggested.

GG

Lorelai hugged Rory the moment she walked into the door.

"I'm glad you're back." Lorelai whispered. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"

Rory told her about what had happened when she told Christopher.

"I couldn't just sit there and let him blame Jess." Rory finished.

"He's your father; he was always going to blame the guy who knocked up his little girl."

"Jess offered to go and talk to him." Rory said.

"I know he did. Christopher and I had this out on the phone when I got back here since having that conversation at the Dragonfly wasn't appropriate. What happened after you left?"

"Jess said I should let Dad blame him, Grandma and Grandpa and the whole town were going to blame him too."

"They probably will sweets." Lorelai brushed a loose hair out of Rory's face. "But that doesn't mean it's all his fault."

"Thank you." Rory paused. "Jess is more like Luke than he'd like to admit."

"I think you're going to have to explain that."

"He anticipated it wouldn't go well so he brought me a milkshake and Hershey bar to make me feel better." Rory replied.

"The boy scores points." Lorelai said.

"He can't stand still when he's told."

"You kissed him?" Lorelai instantly guessed.

"I had to."

"How did Jess react?"

"He dropped the milkshake on the sidewalk." Rory recalled.

"Must have been one hell of a kiss kiddo."

"It was."

"Where does that leave you?"

"Going back to Yale in two days." Rory replied.

"Rory you can't keep messing him around, you need to make a decision about what you want your relationship to be. You're always going to have a tie to him, but it's not fair to string him along."

"I know." Rory sighed. "I just need some more time to figure it out."

"You should tell Jess that."

TBC