AN: Sorry it took me so long to update. I was camping. Anyways, it's a bit of filler before the next chapter which will have a Rory/Jess phone call and one or two of the little twists I've been promising...intriguing? I hope so!


"Paris is even more beautiful than England and Ireland."Rory decided.

"And smellier."

"Mom, it was just that man on the bus."

"That smelly man on the bus."

"What about the buildings and the art?"

"And the smells."

"And the shopping?"

"Oh! Shopping!"Lorelai jumped up and down."Shopping is the best here. Lot's of vendors and shops and big malls!"

"I knew that would get you off of the smells."

"Hey, that man smelled."

"I know."Rory rolled her eyes.

"Like armpit. And cheese."

"I know."

"And bus."

"I think that was the bus."

Lorelai shook her head."No, I definitely think it was the man."

"Whatever you say mom."

"So, I was thinking-"

"Again?"Rory teased.

"Quit doing that to me!"Lorelai exclaimed.

"Sorry. Please continue."

"Well, since you said please. So, I was thinking, that tonight, we totally splurge and get a hotel. We can call home and then go shopping. Unless it's the middle of the night there. Actually, that would be really funny, don't you think?"

"It's not. And no, not really."

"So? Should we splurge?"

"Let's do it."

"You just want to call Jess."

"No. I want to call Lane!"Rory blushed slightly.

"Nuh uh!"Lorelai yelled childishly."You want to call Jess and act all mushy and gushy and tell him you love him." She continued in a high voice that was supposed to be Rory,"Oh, Jess, I miss you sooo much. Baby, I loooove you. Europe is so horrible without you by my side. I want to hug you and kiss you and hold your hand."

"Yeah?"Rory threatened,"Well, you just want to call Luke! 'Oh, Luke, you're so dreamy. I'm so happy we're finally dating. The whole town always knew we had the hots for each other but we were just to damn stubborn to admit it! I wish I were with you right now to continue our secret smooching."

"Whatever."Lorelai scoffed."I was going to call Sookie and the Inn. Michel's been in charge. It may not even be standing."

"Yeah right."

"Besides, none of that stuff is even true. No one thought that. And we totally didn't have feelings before!"

"Whatever you say Cleopatra."

"I am not in denial!"

"I should get you a boat so you can float downdenial river."

"Shut up!"

"No you shut up!"

"No you!"

"Friends again?"

"Friends."They both smiled and ran towards a hotel down the street.


He was trying hard to concentrate on the pages in front of him but it was hard with a little girl standing in front of him, hands on her hips, glasses pirched on her nose, glaring.

"What?"he gave in.

"Let me read it!"Lily whined.

"Get away from me."

"Jess! Come on, let me read it!"

"Mail is personal."

"But it's from Rory! She loves me! I bet she'd let me read it!"

"I bet she wouldn't. Besides, you got your own."

"Jess!"

He stared her down and she frowned even harder."You make me so mad sometimes!"

"I know."he smirked.

She glared again and stomped off. Jess rolled his eyes and flipped the pages of his book to pull out the latest postcard he'd gotten from Rory.

Dear Jess,

We're in Germany right now and it's really cool. I can practice my German! I miss you a lot, by the way. Mom's having a fit because she just now realized that some of the women here don't shave. And they don't shower everyday. She's also decided it would be easy to move here because then she could let herself go and still get a man...Now she just remembered she already has one. Oooops! Anyways, I really like it here. I can't believe I have to fly back soon! Mom thinks she might come back after I start college. She doesn't want me to start it alone, of course. As usual, I have no room left. I should buy a notebook and write you a really long letter. Too bad I don't know your email, there are a lot of cyber cafe's here.

Love, Rory

He wished he had someway to write back to her. He had already sent a really long letter to her house in Stars Hollow. There was no way it could be a postcard. Not with the nosy people in Stars Hollow. The mailman would probably read it, then Babette when she got it. Then she'd pass it on to Patty who who tell everyone what it said. It was bad enough just to have his name and return address on a letter she would be receiving.

It always depressed him to think about her because he knew that he wouldn't be able to see her. He wasn't excited for her to come back. That made it more real that they weren't together. Having her in Europe sucked enough.


"Luke, is my food ready yet?"

"No Kirk."

"How about now?"

"No Kirk."

Kirk paused only a second,"Now?"

"KIRK!"Luke sighed heavily and stormed into the back room.

Usually he had Lorelai here to distract him from Kirk or to distract Kirk from him. But not now. She was gone. He was happy about their new relationship. She'd been working hard to keep it a secret. She mailed his postcards to a friend she had in New York who sealed it in an envelope and mailed it to him.

That way, the good mailman in Stars Hollow would think it was mail from New York. Not Europe. Everyone knew Lorelai was in Europe.

He missed her a lot. When it was really bad, he pulled out her postcards. He loved her handwriting and he could picture her writing them or saying the things she said in them. He was glad Rory was happy too. In fact, he was really happy for Rory and Jess. It made him even more happy that they weren't near each other to get in trouble. He didn't need to sneak upstairs every ten minutes to check on them.

He sighed and counted to ten. It would be a while before Lorelai was back but for now, he had Kirk to deal with. She would be back to distract them both soon. But not soon enough.


AN: Sorry it was kind of short but it's just filler before the next exciting chapter! Also, I think I may have pissed some of you off when I went off about ten reviews and that and for that I'm really sorry. I really haven't been waiting for ten reviews anyways. I just really love getting them. They make my day. Honestly. Sorry again.

Also, I'm going to be writing a new oneshot songfic. It's going to be pretty angsty and angst has never been my best genre. I kind of need someone to give me some ideas, read it before I post it and let me know what you think basically. If anyone is interested let me know! PLEASE! Thanks Guys!

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