The next morning, just like any other, Lorelai went to Luke's for some much-needed coffee, but she was on a mission. Praying that Jess wasn't on one of his frequent breaks, she walked through the diner door. She saw him leaning over the counter gazing into a book, a familiar pose to find him in.

"Hey Jess," she greeted him, interrupting his reading, "Do you have a minute?" She asked. He finally looked up from his book which he folded one of the pages and slipped it into his back pocket.

"Yeah I suppose I can spare a few moments." He fallowed her to one of the few vacant tables in the diner. Jess was honestly scared shitless of what this was going to lead to. They both sat down and Lorelai started with a heavy sigh.

"I talked to Rory last night," Jess replied with his usual,

"Huh."

"I know that you and Rory are together so-"

"Not yet, technically," Jess cut her off. Lorelai laughed at his reaction that was similar to the one that Rory had the night before.

"Well I think it's safe to say that the moment she gets back the technicalities will be sorted out," she waited for a sarcastic response but none came. She went on, "So I know that you and I don't have a very positive list of past experiences, but I think we should try to get along to make this easier for Rory." Jess rolled his eyes,

"I really never had a problem with you in the first place. I admit I was a jerk to you that first day but honestly I was a jerk to everyone."

"Except Rory," Lorelai finished his statement.

"Except Rory," he confirmed quietly while not meeting her eyes. "I'm sorry about the car crash, I didn't mean for it to happen." Another sigh came from Lorelai's end of the table.

"Yes, that was an event," she searched for the right words, "I know you didn't. You have to understand though, my baby, my sole offspring, my life was hurt and as a mother I freaked out. Due to the freak out, I had to blame anyone but Rory, which happened to be you, and since you didn't have such a great track record it was a little too easy."

"I understand. I really do care about Rory." he said quietly, still not meeting her eyes. This whole situation was extremely uncomfortable. She couldn't help but feel a little bit of sympathy for him, which made her cringe. His persona exemplified this total jerk but really he was just a kid with a lot of issues.

"I know you do," Lorelai broke the silence. She paused a bit, "You know, you aren't as bad as I thought. Maybe I could end up getting along with you." That was extremely hard for the proud Lorelai Victoria Gilmore to admit.

"I'll never be like Dean," he admitted. Lorelai looked down and then back up again at his face.

"I don't want you to be like Dean," she confessed. Jess cocked an eyebrow,

"Really?" he asked a tad sarcastically.

"Really," she repeated.

"Why is that?" he asked dryly.

"Because, Rory got bored too easily with him, but she stayed with him even though she didn't love him. And she hurt him. She hurt him really badly. She told him 'I love you' even though she didn't mean it. She got distracted from him. I think it will be different with you."

"Distracted?" He asked, partially ignoring the confidence that Lorelai's comment built up.

"By you. If she had really love him like she said she did, she wouldn't have become so interested in you." He started to smirk. She glanced down at her watch, "Well I guess it's time for me to go to work."

"Did you want coffee?" Jess asked as he got up out of his chair.

"Do you really have to ask that?" Lorelai questioned.

"You're right, stupid question." He chuckled. He went behind the counter and filled up a to-go cup.

"Well this chat has been lovely," Lorelai smiled as she took her coffee cup.

"Why yes it has, thank you for you company Miss Gilmore." Jess replied sarcastically.

"Keep that attitude up and I'll be forced to take you to Friday night dinner!" Lorelai threatened.

"Okay I'm done," he back-pedaled.

"That's what I thought." She walked out of the diner feeling accomplished.

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Rory watched as the plane landed. The excited feeling in her stomach grew every passing moment, and by now the butterflies were moving so fast it hurt. She was so happy to be going home to see her mom, the town, Luke's coffee, and of course, him.

When she saw her mom she ran and squealed. She had missed her so much. They somehow landed on the floor, which caused them to laugh harder. After a few minutes of random conversation and gift exchanging, Lorelai dropped some news.

"I got you out of Friday nigh dinner!" She exclaimed.

"What? How?" Rory asked confused.

"I figured that you would want time to spend with Jess!" She grinned.

"What did you tell them?" Rory asked excitedly. Her heart pounded at the sound of his name.

"That you weren't coming home until Saturday!" Lorelai's grin became devious.

"Big fat lie!" Rory giggled. They stood up and continued their conversation as they headed out of the airport.

GGGGGGGGGGGG

The Gilmores were pulling into their beloved Stars Hallow. Rory was beaming because of this homecoming.

"Wanna return with a bang?" Lorelai asked sheepishly?

"What are you suggesting?" Rory asked. Lorelai turned on the CD player full blast and rolled down the window. XTC's "I'm Man Who Murdered Love" blared out of the car. Rory laughed with delight as townspeople on the street looked at their car.

"People are going to think we're crazy!" Rory noted, but wasn't really complaining.

"We're in a town that's having a festival called 'End of Summer Madness.' Do they really have a right to judge us?"

"Good point." Rory looked out the window and saw a figure with dark hair sitting on a bench, reading. "Stop the car!" Rory yelled out. Lorelai's screeched to a sudden halt and before she could ask her daughter why, Rory jumped out.

Jess was staring at the pages aimlessly. It was practically impossible for him to focus on the book in his hands, or on anything really. Luke had actually forced him to take a break because he kept on getting all the orders wrong. Jess tapped his foot impatiently and glanced at his watch. It read 4:30. She should be coming home by now, he thought.

Out of nowhere he heard an XTC song playing (it had now switched to "We're All Light"). When He glanced up his eyes met up with a familiar face. Rory was standing over him smiling ear-to-ear. He put his book down and greeted her calmly,

"Well long time no see," his insides were jumping as he tried to control himself from jumping on her.

"Yeah I know," she said sitting down. Jess subconsciously wrapped his arm around her.

"So how was DC?" He asked.

"Alright. How has Stars Hallow been?" She played along with the small talk.

"Kinda boring, more boring than usual." He gazed at her.

So you won't mind if I kiss you now, we may hear the Angels recite.

Jess leaned in and closed the small gap and placed a soft kiss on Rory's lips. She smiled into his kiss and replied warmly. She placed a hand on his cheek and caressed it softly. He smirked a bit and returned the gesture.

Lorelai watched as the two engaged in truly sickening romance and couldn't help but smile and be moved by their cuteness. After she had finally had enough she honked her car horn. The two lovebirds quickly separated and their lips were already missing each other.

"Are you going to the festival?" Rory asked.

"I might make an appearance at some point," he replied coolly.

"Good." She got up and ran into the car, slamming the door shut. She was beaming more than ever.

"I think I like him," she said innocently.

"I couldn't tell," Lorelai laughed.

A/N: Sorry for taking a while to get this one up! I wanted to make their reunion as good as possible. The next chapter might be the last one and then I'd do an epilogue, but I'm not sure. Let me know if you guys think this should be long or if I should keep it short. Thanks :)