AN: I feel so happy inside!

Disclaimer: Not it! I mean…Not mine!

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Rory and Jess sat at the kitchen table for dinner with Luke and Lorelai. Rory had a look of disgust on her face and Jess wore a childish grin. Lorelai stared at Rory with a look of 'what's wrong' but he never really was a good liar; the smile on her face gave her away. As soon as Rory and Jess sat down, Luke got up and busied himself with getting the food.

"So…" Jess said to Lorelai, not wiping the grin off his face. "Was dinner hard to make?"

"Well it started out really easy, but it got progressively harder," Lorelai said with a wink. Rory shuddered and Luke dropped the knife he was holding.

"You two are awful," Jess said to Rory and Luke. "What's life without a few sexual innuendos to lighten things up?"

"You," Luke said and picked up the knife to point at Jess, "Are my nephew. And Rory…"

"Yeah, I know, I know.. You've always treated her like a daughter," Jess said and shook the image out of his mind of Rory someday soon being related to him.

"Hey, she's my kid and I don't care!" Lorelai chipped in.

"Thanks Mom!" Rory hung her head in shame.

Jess took Rory's hand under the table and thought it would be best to change the topic. "So were you worried about me last night?" He asked Lorelai.

"Well when you didn't show up for dinner, I kinda figured you'd gone back to your old self," Lorelai admitted. "But once again, Rory was right when she said you changed."

"I said I changed too," Jess reminded her.

"Yeah, but if you could've lied and then you would've… Oh nevermind!"

"I would've been worried, but someone forgot to tell me you were going to be back for dinner," Luke said, motioning to Lorelai. He returned to the table and put down plates of food in front of everyone.

It was close to silent when they ate, only random comments between Jess and Lorelai. Rory could hardly believe it was Jess and her mom having the conversation, they never got along in the past. Maybe that's another thing that changed. Lorelai must have been giving Jess another chance. Maybe he'd get to prove himself this time.

Rory didn't mind the silence; it was just weird watching Luke and her mom ogle each other. She knew they were in love, she just wished they didn't have to be so sickeningly cute about it. When everyone was done eating they put the dishes in the sink to soak and then everyone stood in the kitchen staring at each other.

"Movie night!" Lorelai said, breaking the silence.

"Recently diagnosed with Tourettes?" Rory questioned her mom.

"You guys go get the movie…Jess, please don't let Luke pick it…And Rory and I will go get provisions!"

"We just had a huge meal!" Luke exclaimed.

"Uh. Luke? Do you remember who we're talking about here?" Jess said with a laugh. "And I won't let Luke pick," he added to Lorelai.

"Well, okay," Rory said, following her mom out of the house. She paused when she passed Jess. "Don't you dare get anything remotely sappy, romantic or has any capability of making me cry."

Jess nodded as Lorelai came back and pulled Rory outside.

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"Junk food good!" Lorelai said in a singsong voice as they got in her jeep to drive to Doose's. "Sooooooooo…"

"Mom," Rory said sternly.

"You're not going to tell me!" she said astonished.

"MOM!"

"I want to know the juicy details; I can't believe you're holding out on me."

"What makes you think there are juicy details?"

"There always is."

Rory thought a bit. Oh..yeah. "Well…"

"I knew it!"

"It's not so much juicy," she said and paused. "He loves me."

Lorelai sighed, "We already knew that. I need really juicy details."

"Well…he said," Rory didn't know how to say it. "He said Stars Hollow is his home."

"Wow."

"Yeah, I know," Rory said and got out of the jeep. They entered Doose's and gathered all the junk food they could see. "So," Rory said while Lorelai paid for the food.

"So," she replied. "What does that mean?"

"Honestly… I have no clue! What is it supposed to mean?" They walked back out to the jeep. "He said he left nothing behind in New York, that there was nothing keeping him there."

"Well, honey," Lorelai said while starting the car, "Maybe that means he's moving back. Again."

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Luke grabbed Jess's jacket before they entered the video store. "You better tell me what's going on here. Being all buddy buddy with Lorelai, coming home with Rory all red eyed… You got beaten up by her boyfriend, and may I ask WHY?"

"Ex-boyfriend."

"What?"

Jess sighed. "I got beaten up by her EX boyfriend. I may have been the cause of the break up but it seemed a long time coming by her attitude towards him."

"That still doesn't explain why you're being so damn friendly with my fiancée, and why Rory was in such a bad mood when you came over for dinner, or why you're back here to begin with."

"Come on Luke," Jess said firmly. "You're not that stupid! One, Rory was in such a bad mood because we were talking about what's been happening around here. Two, I was being friendly with your fiancée because I happen to be in LOVE with her daughter so I'd like to not have her hate me. Three, if you weren't paying attention to two, I'm in love with Rory, which is why I'm back."

Luke stood there, blocking the door to the video store, his mouth slack jawed. "Jess."

"Luke," he said mockingly.

"You hurt her and I swear to god you'll wish you were dead," Luke threatened and entered the video store.

Jess stood outside with the exact expression that Luke had just before he made the threat. He quickly realized that Luke was in the video store by himself though and he had made two promises to the Gilmore women: not to let Luke pick the movie and to not get anything remotely sappy, romantic or tear-worthy. This is going to be fun.

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Lorelai and Rory had already set up the food on the coffee table by the time the guys got back from the video store. "Took you long enough!" Lorelai said when they arrived. She went over to Luke and stopped him before he even got into the living room, pinning him up against the wall.

Jess walked right by them and went straight to Rory. "I hope you like it," he said and handed her the DVD.

She pulled out the case and smiled. "Willy Wonka, the original."

"Because the original one is so much better. The oompa loompa's are just creepy in the new one!"

Rory's mouth broke into a huge grin, "My thoughts exactly." Jess touched her shoulder and took the case from her and went to put it in the DVD player. "Mom, stop making out and watch the movie. Movie night rules apply so keep it PG, kay?"

"Okay Mom," Lorelai said from the foyer. She and Luke came into the living room, both looking a little disheveled.

"You two are sickeningly adorable. Keep it to yourself, won't you?"

"Yes Mom,"

"Thanks, sweetie," Rory said sarcastically.

While Lorelai and Luke positioned themselves on the couch, Jess and Rory made a spot on the floor between the couch and the coffee table. Prime real estate for those in need of a good view and all the sugar they could ask for. Jess started the movie and Rory relaxed into his chest, reveling in the fact that he really was perfect, even if he did like Hemmingway.

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When the movie was over, Luke and Lorelai went upstairs to sleep and do other unthinkable acts, leaving Jess and Rory downstairs alone. "So…" Jess said, falling back into the couch. He reached behind him and shuddered. "Ew!" he said relatively loudly, pulling out a banana peel. "What the hell?"

Rory laughed, "Luke's attempt at a healthy Movie Night?"

"I swear, he is so strange," Jess said, tossing aside the peel and grabbing Rory's hand, pulling her down to the couch as well. "So what's on the agenda tonight? Going back to Yale?"

"Well since you're the one with the car, it's up to you," she said, curling up with her head resting on his lap.

Jess started to stroke her hair again and leaned back. "Naw, I think we're stuck here. Plus, we wouldn't want to worry Lorelai."

"Since when do you care about worrying my mom? Do you not remember the whole car accident incident?"

"Remember, I've changed."

"Oh yeah, I keep forgetting," she said absentmindedly. Jess could tell she was falling asleep. She looked so peaceful, so happy. It was a drastic change from their talk on the bridge when they were sitting in the same position. "Ror?" he asked to see if she was awake.

Rory didn't answer, so he slipped out from under her and stood up. He looked down and saw the girl of his dreams the way he remembered her. Jess bent over and picked her up, trying not to wake her.

"Jess?" she said sleepily. "Mmm."

He placed her down on her chair and pushed back the blankets on her bed. Jess went and picked her up again, laying her down in the bed. He went outside to his car and got her back and some of his clothes. He changed into some shorts he still had from California and took off his shirt. Jess stared at Rory for a while, contemplating if he should change her or not.

He looked at the clothes she had brought, which included pajamas with clouds on them, and clothes for the next day. He knelt in front of her on the side of the bed and wondered if he'd really be able to change her without her waking up. He decided to risk it because he didn't want her to have to sleep in jeans, he'd done that many times and it was horrible to wake up to. She had already had so much pain in her life.

Jess took off her t-shirt as slowly as he could, being very gentle around her face. He smiled when he saw her bra, and reprimanded himself for being a pervert. "I knew I'd see you like this soon," he whispered to her sleeping body. He put her pajama top on and slowly tried to take off her jeans without disturbing her. He looked away as he pulled them off, because he felt like it was wrong to look.

"Jess?" he heard as he was trying to get her pants off.

"Jess?" Rory's voice was more questioning this time. He took his hands off her and held up her pajama pants with his other hand.

"Sleeping in jeans sucks. I'm sorry." He felt her take the pajama pants out of his hand and heard her finish changing.

"Jess?" she said again.

He turned around and saw her lying there without the pajama top he had already put on her. She was still wearing the pants but he could only focus on her top half. It's been too long, he thought and closed his eyes.

"I was hot," she said playfully. She grabbed his arm and pulled him to her. "Let's go to sleep now," she said and rolled over, motioning for Jess to get in the small bed next to her. This was the second time they had slept together since he came back. At least this time he had skin to skin contact. He pulled the covers up over him and an already sleeping Rory.

This is going to be one long night, he thought, unable to focus on anything but the body he had his arms around.

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Whoa! LONG! I mean.. WOW! That's like, WOW! I had so much freaking FUN writing this chapter. Sometimes I just like to jump back and forth between people's POVs. I think it makes the story more interesting, having more than one person's perspective..dont' you think?

I didn't get to my 10 reviews, how sad! I did get 7 though, so to everyone that's reviewed me, thank you SO much! Even if you have already, please do so again (I'm shooting for 10 again because this chap is so long!) I love to hear your ideas and thoughts about how it's going so far. Ginnyclone: I will include your dare in the next chapter..I know exactly how I'm going to do it too!

If you have a dare (something small you think would be fun to put in here) just dare me and I'll do my best. It may create drama or humor or anything you wish. I think I've done a good job at including both the drama and humor. All you JJs out there, I hope you like the interaction. I just think they're so adorable!

I am a pretty pretty princess. Please review, your majesty's orders!

Edit 2/15/06 - haven't gotten many reviews :( I guess I'm just impatient. Someone dare me though!