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AN: I figured since I was finished with the chapter I might as well post it already. This is mostly because of the worry that this might end up as a literati. But I'll let everyone be the judge so read on...

"I don't think we can get married."

When Jess said those words the only thing that was running through Veronica's head was a loud buzzing. She looked at him in confusion but did not let go of his hand.

Jess smiled at her and she frowned at him.

"Okay." Was the only word out of her mouth.

"I think we should elope."

"Okay. What do we need to bring?" Veronica asked him, to indicate that she was game for anything.

"Well we need you and me of course. And Luke."

"And my dad, he'd kill us if he missed this."

"Then of course Addy has to be there or she'll revoke my BFF status, with her will be Logan."

"If you get to take Addy then I'll have to take Wallace. And if Logan knows then Dick will know and Mac will be hurt if we don't ask her to come with us."

"Then of course with Luke will be Lorelai and Rory, my sisters and cousins can't miss it either."

"Oh and if your cousins have to come that means the Gilmores are going to be there as well."

"And the only way we're getting the Gilmores is if we have Uncle Jason and Aunt Muriel in attendance."

"Then we'll have the largest elopement ever." Veronica commented wryly.

"It'll defeat the purpose."

"Might as well follow through with the wedding."

"I guess so."

"Gee thanks for being so enthusiastic."

"I'm not the one who used to be in pep squad."

"Oh right that was me, but seriously where is this entire thing coming from Jess?" Veronica let go of his hand and finally refused to avoid the issue.

"Nothing. I was just thinking if we had eloped then we would be married already." He answered vaguely.

"Wrong answer. Try again."

"Veronica."

"Jess."

"I love you, you know that."

"I do."

"Did you ever think that maybe this thing," he gestured between them, "us, was so easy?"

"Easy?" confusion etched on her face.

"When I was in the library with Rory we practically enumerated all the things we've done to hurt each other. Then I thought about you and me. I felt like our relationship came too easy, not enough angst, not enough drama."

"They don't write songs about the ones that come easy." Veronica muttered quietly.

"Exactly, I mean what you and Logan had can't even compare to what we have here."

"Are you trying to tell me something Jess Mariano?" a trace of impatience laced her voice.

"No-"

"Are you saying that maybe this thing…us doesn't seem so worth it just because we didn't hurt each other as much as you and Rory hurt each other or Logan and I hurt each other?" she mimicked sarcastically.

"That's not what I meant and you know it." Jess feeling a little impatient himself.

"Because if that's what you're saying then you would be wrong, completely wrong."

The two looked at each other and the let their gazes drift off somewhere else. A long quiet ensued, a silent acknowledgment of the fact that they never really discussed the root of their reconciliation. They mostly allowed it to be buried and untouched for the last three years.

"Going back to you was the hardest thing I ever had to do." Veronica quietly began. Jess focused on her and her words, finally ready to hear what she had to say about their momentary lapse of judgment.

"Breaking up with you seemed easier, because I could not bear the thought of losing you any other way at least then it would have been on my terms. I figured if we could be that happy and in love in the span of six months the heartbreak would be all the more excruciating and it would take me a lifetime to get over you. The only reason why Logan and I bothered to give our ill-fated relationship another go was because we were both feeling so empty and broken; remember he and Addy broke up too?" Jess took her hand again as she looked at him as though asking him to understand why she turned to Logan after their breakup.

"But we decided our hearts weren't in it so we stopped seeing each other within a month. I've wanted to go back to you. But you left Neptune and I allowed that to stop me from being with you." Veronica bowed her head in shame.

"I've wanted to come back for you, you know? There were times that I almost hopped on a plane and begged you to take me back. But I knew you had to want to come back to me." Jess lifted her chin so they could see eye to eye.

"I saw Addy about three months later and she told me I was a fool for letting you go. And then she walked away from me. Her words stayed with me and I kept going back and forth with the idea that maybe the breakup didn't have to happen. But then again running away has always been my specialty. Until you. Maybe I overanalyzed it and allowed myself to be consumed by my fear. But I didn't want the what ifs to bite me in the ass, so I called Addy, I figured it was easier to get to the source and I half-expected her not to tell me where you were." Her gaze never wavering from his.

"I told her to tell you if you ever called." Jess said quietly.

"What?"

"I told you it wasn't easy for me to wait for you to come back to me. So I thought might as well cover all the bases and make sure that if you ever decide that you want me in your life you won't have a hard time finding your way back to me. Of course, I also wanted to know if you did contact her, I gave her specific instructions to tell me if you called."

"But the surprise on your face when you opened the door seemed genuine."

"It was; I felt my heart drop when I saw you standing before me. The rat never did tell me that you were coming. When I asked her about it she told me it would add a dramatic flair if I didn't know you were coming." Jess shook his head in amusement.

Veronica smiled then, "I didn't know until today that she was rooting for us."

"Do you want to know the truth?" Jess pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her; he felt her nod against his chest, "Addy always rooted for us. She told me when we first started going out that she has never seen me smile so much in my life let alone talk."

"Yeah, she alluded to that fact, monosyllabic Jess." She nudged him.

"I was happy, I am happy. And maybe what we have seemed so much easier than any of our previous relationships, but maybe this is cause for celebration rather than worry." Jess felt like he could breathe easier.

"Well you're the one worrying about it." She accused him playfully.

Jess held her in his arms tighter and made her look at him directly in the eye, "We never really discussed the events that led to our reconciliation, we kind of took it for granted. I want you to know that the very next day we got back together I went to Tiffany's and brought this." He pulled her left arm from his neck and touched her engagement ring.

"You did? But you only proposed to me a year ago." Veronica looked surprised at his confession.

"I had it with me all the time. I was always waiting for the right moment."

"The right moment was after my graduation?"

"I couldn't wait anymore. I wanted you in my life for always."

"Aw, sweet." She stood on tiptoes and kissed his cheek. Jess moved his head so their lips would meet and kissed her hungrily. Veronica responded with the same ferociousness. It was as though their talk reinforced their feelings for each other. When they parted both were breathing heavily, Veronica smiled at Jess teasingly.

"Good to know I can still make you breathless." She murmured against his shirt.

"You make me breathless alright; I would need an endless supply of oxygen if I'm to be beside you for the rest of my life." He teasingly commented.

"Just make sure I have my own supply, because you leave me breathless too." She retorted happily.

"I don't think I can pass this chance to mock us. We are too sickeningly sweet."

"True that. I'm just glad it's just us when I said those words. I'm not sure I can hold my head high ever again if someone else heard it." She giggled.

The two walked hand in hand by the beach until the sun was about to set.


It was dark when they both decided that it was time to head back home. They walked towards Logan's car. Next to it was Veronica's LeBaron, with its top down. Sitting by herself was Addy. She opened the door when she saw the two approach.

"So…" Addy prompted, she was holding two cups of coffee, presumably for the engaged couple.

"So what?" Jess asked back.

"Come on Jess, people don't drive off without a good reason." Addy looked at Jess and then at Veronica, waiting for an answer.

"We had a good reason." Jess replied dismissively.

"Why are you driving my car?" a puzzled Veronica interrupted the staring contest that the two friends were having.

"Oh, that. I had to look for you guys since Logan was going insane with worry." Addy answered dryly.

"Was he worried about us or about his precious banana boat?" Veronica can't help her ironic smile.

"What do you think?" Addy asked as she handed them their coffees.

"Ah…of course he was worried about the yellow beast." Jess stated as though it was the only answer.

"Well of course he was, we just got back from the longest ride of my life and we were going to take everyone out for dinner. He parked the car and we were just looking for you two when we saw the door wide open and the Xterra MIA." Addy shook her head in disapproval.

"It was the most accessible car at that moment." Jess defensively replied.

"Did he freak out?" Veronica winced in anticipation of her answer.

"Define freaking out; do you mean cursing the both of you to a lifetime in hell or promising to set the entire house in fire? Or both?" Addy asked expectantly. "I had to take him to Rory and ask her to calm him down. I knew you two went here so I had to take my time in finding you guys; Logan called me five times in the last hour, so I lied to him and said I couldn't find you. So I stopped at The Hut, thus the coffee and then I managed to read five chapters of Brothers Karamazov and now I'm here. I figured that Logan needs time to cool down before you guys make an appearance." She shrugged as she was done.

"You lied to Logan?" Jess looked like he was finding it hard to believe, he and Veronica shared a look.

"Out of everything I said that's what you focus on. You better give me the keys to the Xterra; otherwise he'd freak more if he sees you driving his baby." Addy sighed in exasperation.

"Are you sure it's safe to go back?" Veronica asked quizzically as Jess handed Addy the keys to the car. Jess took her hand in his and squeezed it reassuringly.

"I know that his mom picked the car for him when he turned sixteen, but the way he is obsessed with it is too much." Jess remarked.

Neither women seemed to want to take on his remark but Addy glared at him and punched him on the arm.

"What was that for?" Jess glared at her in return.

"For being an insensitive jerk." Veronica stated simply, Addy nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay." Jess held his hands in the air in mock surrender, "I'm sorry I took his car. I'll apologize to him when we get back and even promise to make sure that you, Adriana Townsend, finally make your relationship official."

"You wouldn't dare." Addy responded through narrowed eyes.

"Oh I so would." Jess replied mockingly.

"What are you in high school?" she bickered back.

"Why don't you want to make it official? He's constantly spending the night with you; why not make it an actual relationship?" Veronica cut through the banter of the two best friends, but the two mostly ignored her and stuck their tongues at each other childishly.

"I swear I won't hesitate to give you two a time out if you don't behave." She had to resort to threats to finally get their attention; the two looked at her and burst into laughter.

Once they settled down Addy told them that she's driving back and to give her a fifteen minute head start, that way she'll have a few minutes to make sure that Logan is no longer ready for bloody murder.

"Oh by the way," she turned back to face the couple, "The Gilmores and the twins are arriving later tonight. And Logan Huntzberger is with them." Then she entered the car and waved goodbye, leaving a bewildered Jess and Veronica.


Logan Huntzberger sighed in exasperation. Granted he wasn't expecting to be welcomed home by Rory's open arms, but he was at least looking forward to a full night's sleep. But to find out that the said girlfriend was across the country was the last thing he expected.

Not once in their phone calls did Rory Gilmore bother to inform him that she was in some hick town in California, attending a wedding. And to find out from his girlfriend's grandparents as an afterthought was maybe what hurt the most. He knew their relationship has been rocky to say the least, but he expected to at least know where she was. It was her junior year all over again.

Logan sighed again as he took in his surroundings, a luxurious plane flying across the country about to join his girlfriend, not really sure if he is wanted in the first place.

The terror twins finally calmed down after Richard Gilmore insisted that they watch an old episode of some backyard hooligans something show. Emily was sitting with the twins as well; it was obvious that the two adored their grandchildren. This made him even more uncomfortable, they've remarked that this was a family event; he didn't even know that Rory had relatives in California.

He got home late last night from London. He thought he could call Rory the next morning and ask her to come home from her mom's house. So he laid in bed content with his plan. The phone woke him up twelve hours later and it was none other than Emily Gilmore, wondering if he would join them to a trip to Neptune California and join Rory, Luke, Lorelai, who apparently spent the last six days basking under the California sun. The suggestion was more like an order and he felt like he had no choice but to accept.

As the plane landed at nine in the evening Logan braced himself, he had a feeling that this trip will bring more than he can handle.

AN2: So there you go. Rest assured that this won't be a literati, I've come to love the Veronica and Jess pairing and I'm so glad that you guys seemed to enjoy it as well. But this chapter signifies the end of the focus on the VJ, I'll be mostly working more on the Rogan, with the Echolls twist, pairing. But since I enjoyed writing the interaction between Veronica and Jess I'm fairly certain that they'll have their moments once in a while. I figured this was the best time to write in Huntzberger so that's why he made his first appearance.

To my dear reviewers:

troubledpenguin: I'm glad you liked the previous chapter, as I said it was mostly because of your comments that made the exchange between Rory and Jess have more bite.

ilovegilmoregirls913 : Thanks for the review. I myself experienced a little hesitation in writing this fic, just like you I love this two shows. I only came up with this idea because of the way the last season of Gilmore Girls ended. I am a die hard literati fan, but I think I'm losing hope. Anyway, Veronica and Logan weren't together when I was developing this story so I thought that maybe Jess and Veronica would mesh well together. Veronica is smart and witty like Rory but she did not live the sheltered life that Rory lived. In my opinion that makes Jess her perfect match, well Logan Echolls aside of course (LoVe for always). As for the Mac and Dick marriage, I think they make an interesting couple, more interesting than Mac/Cassidy so I just added them in for the heck of it.

LoVe23 : Your review is appreciated as always. And I hope you are not wondering whether this will still end up as a literati anymore. After all it was you who mostly pushed me into the direction that this story is going, thanks for that btw. Anyway, I don't think you can actually call it splitting up, whatever it is between Logan and Addy. Logan did say that their relationship is undefined and I haven't defined it myself mostly because there are certain things that have to be revealed first, which I think will be in the next chapter, still in the works.

tylerhiltongrupie53 : I appreciate the vehemence of your support for Jess and Veronica. So that said, this is definitely not a lit. Thanks for the review as always. Hope you liked the chapter.