"Two pizzas, cheesy bread and whatever else Pete decided to throw in when I told him it was for you." Jess said when he walked through the door.

"Thanks."

"You make a great pizza delivery boy." Lorelai joked.

"Kirk tried to steal it he thought it was new service Luke was offering." Jess stated.

"Sounds like Kirk." Lorelai smiled.

"Are you staying?"

"There's pizza of course I'm staying." Lorelai replied.

Jess walked over and locked the door, then walked over to look out the window.

"Are we being held hostage?" Lorelai whispered to Rory. "Because Kevin Spacey could come and try negotiating with him."

"I think Kevin Spacey is busy being artistic director of a theatre in England." Rory pointed out. "Hey Jess, someone who shall remain nameless if threatening to tie me to the bed if I get up."

"Dirty." Lorelai muttered.

"So I need you to come over here and tell me why it looks like you're hiding from the cops."

"It's worse than the cops." Jess stated.

"What's worse than the cops? The mob?" Lorelai asked.

"Worse. TJ."

"Your mom's here." Rory concluded.

"I saw them in the car, on the way back over here."

"Oh poor little Jessie scared of his new step-daddy." Lorelai tried to hide her smile.

"Lorelai!" Jess sighed.

"Grab a decent movie and we'll hide you." Lorelai told him. "If they ask we haven't seen you."

"Doesn't help that Luke knows I'm up here."

"Jess she's going to be in town for a while, you can't avoid her permanently." Rory reminded him.

"Liz I can deal with, TJ is another matter."

"Would now be a good time to tell you that we got out of dinner tonight?" Lorelai asked. "Although I call Mom back and you can go by yourself."

"Mom can teach you how to shimmy down a drain pipe." Rory offered.

"I've been able to do that since I was six." Jess replied.

"I know every way to escape my parent's house."

"I'm sure you do." Jess rubbed his eyes.

"Grab a movie and a chair before the pizza gets cold." Rory suggested. "We'll protect you."

"He's crazier than most the people in this town."

"But Liz is happy and TJ, well just give him some tights and he appears to be happy." Lorelai pointed out.

Jess stuffed a video into the VCR and switched on the TV.

"No just crazy."

"He has to be better than some of your other stepfathers." Loreali suggested.

"Trust me you didn't live with any of them." Jess sat down put his feet up on the bed.

"You don't have to live with this one." Lorelai pointed out. "You just have to live in the same town until they go back to the Renaissance Fair again. It's either that or go and camp out in Rory's dorm room with Paris."

"You know I think Paris would be preferable to TJ."

"As long as Liz is happy, you should be happy for her."

Jess glanced at Rory who had been quiet in the whole debate, who was happily eating her second slice of pizza.

"Hungry?" He asked.

"Of course. I haven't eaten since last night; they gave me a drip rather than food."

"Right."

"What are we watching?" Lorelai asked.

"Whatever Rory left on top of the VCR."

GG

"Hey Luke."

"Liz." Luke rounded the counter to hug his sister. "Where's TJ?"

"He's just coming in. Where's my Jess?"

"Upstairs." Luke replied.

"I'm going to run up and see him."

"Probably not a good idea right now."

"Why not?" Liz inquired.

"Rory passed out in class this morning and bumped her head. She's fine; the baby is fine but she she's supposed to take it easy for a few days. So now's probably not a good time to run up there."

"Okay."

"Can I get you a drink?"

TBC