A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I'm a review whore!

Disclaimer: As much as I wished I owned Milo, I don't own him or anyone else from the show.

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Rory waited until Jess was asleep and peaceful before she moved. It was past one in the morning, but she had to call her mom back. She dialed Lorelai's cell, trying not to wake Luke up so soon before he had to work. "Mom?"

"It's so early baby," Lorelai complained. "He's ok, right?"

"He's in a lot of pain, but he's asleep now."

"Like we should be."

"Mom, he said he came here for me."

"Rory…You already knew that."

"Yeah, but he told me," Rory justified her repetitiveness. "He told me I'm the only reason he came back. Me, nothing else."

"He loves you babe."

"I know…"

"And since you've so kindly woken me up, why don't you tell me what's going on with Logan."

"Over. Done. Kaput. There's no way I could be with him after what he did to Jess, and I haven't even heard Jess's side of the story. I mean, come on. Logan left without a scratch and Jess passed out from pain. There can't be much else to the story."

"Don't jump to conclusions…But you're probably right," Lorelai admitted. She was right earlier about Jess, she probably was now. "So what's going to happen now?"

Rory looked over at Jess in her bed, "I don't know. I'll tell you as soon as I find out."

"Come home for dinner tomorrow. Jess was supposed to come tonight. You could talk on the drive here."

"I was just home…"

"Rory. When you made him leave, he came back here. He left here to go see you again. There has been a lot of commuting going on, a little more won't hurt. You need the car time to talk. Believe it or not, this may be what Jess wants to consider home."

Rory hadn't thought of it that way. Jess wanting to live in Stars Hollow? Permanently? "Why are you always right?"

"I don't know, why are you?"

"Thanks Mom."

"Goodnight," Lorelai said with a yawn. "We'll see you tomorrow, I love you."

"Love you," Rory said and hung up. Jess looked so content in her bed. The moonlight drifted in from the window and illuminated his face. The bruise was encompassing. It spread from his eye all the way down his cheek. She hated Logan for having the capability to hurt him like this; hurt her like this.

Rory covered Jess with an extra comforter, not wanting to wake him up to get under the covers. She changed into her pajamas, wondering if she should do something with Jess's clothes. She decided against it and instead of crawling in behind him, being his protector, and ultimately causing him a little more physical pain, she curled up in front of him. Careful not to push her back against his stomach, she left as little room as possible in between them. She could feel his breath on her neck and she maneuvered his arm to be over her, holding her. This is the way they were supposed to be.

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Jess woke up with the sun in his eyes. He was snuggled close to Rory, his arm around her. His head was behind hers, he could smell her fruity shampoo. "Wake up sleepyhead."

'It's early," Rory muttered. The Gilmore women were never morning people, he didn't expect that to change.

"You don't know that for a fact. You made no move to look at the time," he said and laughed a bit, grimacing from the pain. He really took a beating the night before. Why didn't I stand up for myself? He thought. Oh yeah…I get the girl. Jess smiled and held Rory tighter.

"Mmm. Let's just sleep a little bit more."

Jess scanned the room for a clock, moving as little as possible. "When do you have class?"

"Never, go back to sleep," Rory said crankily. She pulled his arm up to her chest and snuggled up with it.

"What the hell happened last night! There is a dent in my door and the room is a mess! It looks like the Tasmanian devil made his way through!" Paris yelled after opening Rory's door without knocking.

"Nevermind," Rory whispered to Jess, giving him his arm back. "Paris…Do you know what doors are for? They're for KNOCKING." She sat up in bed, forcing Jess to roll onto his back.

When Paris saw Jess, her eyes bugged out of her head. "Morning Paris," he said and grinned. He could just imagine how he looked with the amount of pain he was in.

"You're, uh…Rory..uh.." Paris started to back her way out of the room. "I'll just…"

Rory leaned back and kissed him before hopping out of bed. "You better have fresh coffee since you woke me up." She pushed Paris out into the common room and glanced back at him before closing the door.

Slightly confused by her kiss, Jess stared at the door for a while. He wasn't tired at all so he bared the pain and sat up. This room wasn't familiar to him like the one in Stars Hollow. The books were the same, covering as much space as they could. Her laptop sat on the oak desk and pictures of Lorelai and Lane were next to it.

There were a few posters on the walls and her open closet was a mess. The vanity held a lot more makeup than he remembered seeing back in high school, yet he didn't remember her wearing any the past few days.

Rory walked back into the room when he had finally managed to stand up. He was still in the same clothes from the night before. His jeans were uncomfortable and his shirt was wrinkled. "Should I go? Is she mad?" Jess asked, referring to Paris.

"No and no," she stood in front of him. "Definitely no." Rory leaned forwards and stood on the balls of her feet to get tall enough to kiss him. He leaned down and she relaxed, putting her hands on his face. "I guess that part still works…"

"It's like riding a bike," Jess joked.

"Great, so now I'm a bike?" She leaned her head to the side, taunting him. He reached around her waist and puller her to him.

"You knew what I meant," he said and kissed her deeply. When Rory pulled away after a few minutes he laughed. "I see you got the breathing thing under control."

"Ha ha. Remember asking me about class? Yeah, well I have to go do that now," she said and went to her closet. Jess sat back down on the bed and watched her rummage through the clothes. She picked out jeans and a long sleeved t-shit and started to get changed when she noticed him watching. "Some privacy?"

"I'll close one eye, that way I can't tell how far away you are."

"How is that supposed to give me privacy?"

"So that when I reach out, I might not be able to grab you?"

Rory just nodded, not acknowledging his cocky answer. She faced the closet and took off her tank top. She quickly put on her shirt and turned back to Jess. "Please?"

"You think I'm not going to see your underwear any time soon? Plus, those shorts are so small that it's barely anything more than your undies can be," he smirked and leaned back in her bed to watch the show. He didn't mean for his comment to sound so smug, but it was the truth. He saw her reaction and grinned. "Fine, I'll close my eyes."

"Thank you."

Jess closed his eyes and struggled not to open them. It had been so long since he'd seen her body. He got to hold it, but had yet to see it recently. His eyes stayed closed easily now, because he was remembering the way they were before. That brought a smile to his face.

"Hey!" Rory squeeked when she saw his smile. "Are you peeking?"

"Wouldn't think of it, I've got enough in here to last me a while…"

"That's wrong on so many levels…but you can open your eyes now."

Jess looked at Rory and laughed at how similar she looked to his image of her in his memories. "What's on the agenda today?" he asked, trying to lighten the mood just a little bit more. "Any fun classes?"

"The only one you'd like to sit in on is in a couple hours. Go to the cafeteria around the corner and get breakfast," she said and handed him her id and keys. "Just promise you'll be back before noon."

"I promise."

"And don't scare Paris too much more… She's still relatively confused about what's going on here."

"As am I," he said, hinting.

"That's half the fun," Rory said with a smile. "Be here at noon." She grabbed her bag and walked out of the dorm.

Jess just smiled and leaned back into the bed again. He closed his eyes, not to sleep but to watch the home movies in his mind. I can't wait to make more of these.

I'm going to make these ANs longer than the ones up top from now on because 1) I don't want to delay the story and 2) I think about things after I've written. I love reviews, as I said above. I don't care if they're anon, but if you post a signed review, chances are 9/10 that I'll reply. Oh yeah, I'm thinking of posting on a schedule because people are all like "update asap!" on the chapters that I posted like an hour before. I don't know though, I like updating whenever I feel like. Anyone have an opinion on that? The next chapter will be posted around an hour after this because it's super duper short. I explain more at the end of that chapter. :D Review pweasee!