AN: Yay, I'm so proud of my last chapter!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned them, but alas, I do not.
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Luke woke up naturally early and headed downstairs to brew coffee for the others in the house. He noticed Rory's door was open when he entered the kitchen and he looked in. Jess and Rory were in bed, Jess's armed wrapped around her. He better take what I said to heart. I can't see Rory hurt again.
After getting the coffee ready and making himself some whole-wheat toast, Luke sat down at the table and took a short break before opening up the diner. "Hey," Jess said, coming out of Rory's room. "Couldn't sleep. Oh good, coffee."
Luke watched jess pour a cup of coffee and sit down at the table with him. "Isn't 'couldn't sleep' the excuse you make in the middle of the night?"
Jess nodded, "Typically. I just happen to have not been able to sleep through the entire night."
"That's what you get when you eat twenty pounds of sugar in an hour and a half," Luke said, defending his idea that sugar and coffee would kill them someday.
"The sugar had nothing to do with my sleeplessness."
"Ah," Luke said, standing up. "I've got to go to open the diner."
Jess stood up too, "Do you think you'll need help later? I have to take Rory back for her classes, but I don't know if I'll be able to stay up there…"
Luke looked at Jess in shock. He wants to help in the diner? When he doesn't actually have to? What was the world coming to! "Uh, sure… Call me when you know what's happening." He turned towards the back door, needed fresh air and to make sure the apocalypse wasn't happening.
"Oh and Luke," Jess said right before he left, "Do you think I could stay in the apartment since you're here with Lorelai? I mean, if you still use it, I can just crash on my old bed..if it's still there.."
"Uh, yeah, sure… Remind me when you call, and I'll see if I left anything up there that I'll need," Luke said hurridly and rushed out the door. He looked up at the sky, what are the signs of the apocalypse again?
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Rory woke up with Jess leaning over her. He was dressed in his jeans from the day before but a button up shirt instead of his normal tee. "Why so fancy," she said and rubbed her eyes.
"Not fancy, just trying to fit in to that Yale crowd," he said and laughed.
"You read more than half the students at Yale, why would you need a button down shirt to fit in?" She questioned. "Sexy though." Rory looked down at her own attire and pulled up the blankets. "Hey," she said and shot daggers at Jess.
"What are you looking at me for? I'm the one that put a shirt on you, you're the one that took it off! I just happened to not object," he winked. "Come on, we've got a drive ahead of us."
"Shoo," she said and motioned to the door. "You've already seen enough." Stupid sugar high, she thought as Jess went out into the kitchen.
Rory got up and went through her bag that Jess had placed on her vanity. She glanced back at the clock on her nightstand. "8:45," she groaned. After dressing in the jeans and sweater that she thankfully packed, Rory headed out to the kitchen. "Why is it so early?"
"Because I haven't learned time travel yet," Jess said, looking at her with a smile. "We have to get you back up for class."
Rory nodded, "Unfortunately." She grabbed herself a cup of coffee that Jess had already poured and hummed when she sipped it.
Jess laughed at the pleasure that Rory gained from the coffee. "Yeah, but that big fancy school needs you. What would they do without you there?"
She sighed, not wanting to go back just yet. "Why don't we stop at Luke's first? We have time."
"Okay, get your stuff," Jess said and headed out to the car. Rory grabbed her bag and followed him out.
"I think it's a chocolate chip pancake morning," Rory said and giggled. "Do you think Luke will do that for me?"
"If not, say they're for Lorelai, seems he'll do anything for her."
"He will. I'm the mini Lorelai," she reminded him. "Maybe that will be close enough." Jess smiled and started driving to Luke's. It wasn't that far but since they were heading back to New Haven right after breakfast, they felt it was okay to drive. "I can't wait for those pancakes."
"And if he won't make them?"
Rory just smiled. "You know how to use a stove."
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The drive back to Yale was filled with small talk, the night before covering quite a bit of the serious topics. Jess could tell that Rory needed to chat to someone, not to have another emotional breakdown. They rehashed the Hemmingway/Rand debate and Jess admitted he never finished The Fountainhead. Rory told him about her and Lorelai's crazy summer in Europe. He wished he had been there with them, eating in the cafés in Italy, sipping coffee in as many countries as they could. He couldn't help being jealous but she sounded so happy.
After they arrived at her dorm, Rory went to get ready for class and work on her article due in a few days. He told her he was ok, he had things to do, and to call him when she was out of her classes and had finished the article. He wanted her to be relaxed that night, so they could have a good time without any deadlines worrying her.
Jess left her dorm and walked farther in to campus, away from his car. He knew that he hadn't told Rory much about his life since he left Stars Hollow. She knew about California but after his last run-in at Yale, she knew nothing except that he was in New York. Jess pulled out a pamphlet from his back pocket and studied the map. "Dean's office…" he said to himself and started walking.
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Okay, well I know that was around half the length of the last chapter, sorry about that. It was that whole "Ah-ha, that's the last line," thing. Did any of you see that coming:D, I didn't think so! More of an explanation is to come in the next chapter. (Short AN too!)
I'm not getting all that many reviews anymore. That makes me sad. Come on people, you get longer, better chapters the more you review! Thank you to everyone that does review though, I really do appreciate it.
