Chapter 1 - spill it
Luke looked up as Lorelai and Rory walk in Luke's diner and took a seat. concerned he watched Rory, he still felt guilty to her for telling Jess to leave. he even felt more bad seeing her sitting chatting to her mother like nothing was wrong. he walked over to them "coffee" he asked the Gilmore's.

"Do we ever order something else?" Lorelai asked him.

Luke looked at her ignoring her question "what do you want to eat?"

"pancakes" they both said in union.

sighting Luke walked off and came back with two coffee and put them on the table. he was about to walk off again when Lorelai's voice stopped him.

"Hey Luke what's they hurry" she asked him.

"There a re a lot of costumers. and without Jess I..." he stopped and looked at Rory.

"what, just because you said his name I'm supposed to break down or something." she said. "I'm over him. don't treat me like I'm so heartbroken about him." Rory said to both Luke and her mother.

"That is kind of fast Rory" her mother told her.

"What is there to mope about mom. he's gone. he left. I was fine before he got here and I´ll be fine now when he's gone off to wherever" Rory said.

"California" Luke said.

"what?" Rory asked.

"Jess, he went to California to find his father." Luke clarified.

"His father? Why would he? Why now?" Rory asked.

"Because he got kicked out of school and didn't want to go back to school next year so I told him he couldn't live here anymore. and on top of that his father dropped by." Luke said.

"No wonder he bailed" Lorelai said getting it now, Rory was quiet. "I told you it didn't have anything to do with you." her mother said to her.

"But it has, don't you see. because Jess got kicked out of school he couldn't get prom tickets. he felt he had failed me and put his walls back up. and then the thing in Kyle's bedroom..." Rory said.

"But you can't blame yourself for that honey" her mother told her.

"I know and I'm not, still I shouldn't have let him leave." Rory said.

"What are you talking about. you weren't there when he left." Luke said to her.

"I saw him on the bus." Rory told them.

"What when?" Lorelai asked her daughter.

"The morning he left." Rory clarified.

"Honey, he left you. if you stopped him that morning he might have left the afternoon. you can't rely on him" Lorelai told her.

"Stop it, I don't have time to talk about Jess, I have to study" Rory said remembering her finals. she took out a book and started studying.

Luke watched her then Lorelai then the rest of the diner. "show is over people continue eating your meals" he yelled and walked to get their pancakes.

Lorelai looked at her daughter then stood up and met Luke halfway. "ok why are you defending Jess in this. Rory needs to move on to someone who isn't as...unstable as he is."

"It's not up to you to tell Rory who to fall in love with." Luke replied. "these things just happen. you can't change it, even if Rory wanted it to." he added.

"ugh you're impossible" Lorelai told him.

"not impossible just right, admit it" Luke told him.

Lorelai rolled her eyes and said "fine, just this once you may be right."

Luke smirked and Lorelai mock pinched him. but she couldn't help to find it amusing.

end chapter 1,