Sorry for the delay in updating either story! Work's been crazy this week so I haven't had a chance to write. But I got off early today so here's the next chapter! :)

Chapter 6

"Hey.." Jess said hesitantly as he cautiously walked up to Rory and Paris who were the only ones sat in Luke's during a lull.

"Hey." Paris smiled at him.

"Hey." Rory said quietly.

"Mind if I sit?" Jess asked Rory. He hadn't spoken to Rory since she and Paris made up so he still wasn't sure what reception he would get from her.

"No, sit." Rory gave him a small smile. "I'm guessing Paris told you..." She said quietly.

Jess glanced at Paris and then back at her. "Yeah." He admitted. "But only because she thought you needed all the support you can get at the moment."

"It's fine." She sighed. "I don't mind that she told you." She said honestly.

"So...you spoke to Logan?" Jess said cautiously.

"At the weekend." Rory nodded.

"And?"

"He was shocked." She told him. "I told him I didn't expect anything from him."

"So he's just going to continue with his life like nothing had happened?" Jess frowned.

"He's getting married." Rory said. "I can't just expect him to drop everything because I screwed up."

"No, Rory, it takes two to make a baby. What you and Logan did was wrong but he did it as well." Jess said. "He should step up to his responsibilities!"

Rory shrugged. "I told him not to. He's happy and his family are happy. I don't want to ruin that for him."

"I've told her that she has our support anyway." Paris said giving Jess a look.

"What? Yeah of course you have us." He said. "And your mom and Luke. Have you told them yet?"

"Not yet." Rory admitted. "I wanted to wait until after the doctor's appointment today."

"I'm going to go with her today. Do you want to join us?" Paris asked him.

"You don't have to." Rory said quickly, not knowing whether it would be weird for him.

"No, I'll be there." Jess said. "Besides, Paris and I were going to have dinner tonight so we can go after."

"Oh. Right. Ok." Rory said still finding it slightly weird that her ex was going out with her best friend.

"We are?" Paris said surprised. "When was that decided?"

"Oh I must have forgotten to tell you." Jess smirked.

"Oh I guess you must have." She smirked.

"You free?" He grinned.

"Well..." Paris said glancing at Rory.

"It's fine. You go. I was always planning to talk to my mom afterwards anyway." Rory said giving them a small smile.

"Then I guess I'm free." Paris told Jess.

"Great. Now let's eat before we head to the doctor's." He said.

The three of them walked into the doctor's surgery to sign Rory in for her appointment when suddenly Rory froze.

"What?" Paris said.

"Logan..." She said totally stunned.

Jess and Paris followed her gaze and were shocked to see Logan Huntzberger sat in one of the seats in the waiting room. He looked up and spotted them all, his expression turning in surprise when he realised Rory wasn't alone. He slowly got up and walked over to them. "Hey Ace..." He said.

"What are you doing here?" Rory said still shocked.

"You mentioned you had this appointment. I wanted to be here for it and for you." Logan said.

"But...I told you I didn't expect anything from you. You've got your own life. You're getting married in two weeks!" Rory said.

"Not anymore." Logan said.

"What?" She said shocked.

"I told Odette I couldn't marry her. To be honest, I don't think she was that surprised. We were both only agreeing to do it to please our families. Our hearts weren't really in it." Logan said.

"You told her the wedding was off? For me?" Rory said quietly.

"It's always been you, Ace. From the first day I met you, I knew you were special. I told you that. I may not have always been the best boyfriend but you were the first proper girlfriend I ever had and you were the first and only girl I've ever fallen for." Logan said honestly.

"Logan..." Rory said softly.

"I'm here ok? I'm going to leave my job, I don't care what my family says. I'm going to give in my notice and I'm going to move back here and we're going to make this work." He said softly, taking hold of her hands. "I love you, Ace, and you're going to have my baby. I want to be a good dad. I want to be everything my dad wasn't. If you'll let me?" He said.

Rory looked at him for a moment, blinking back some tears, before launching herself at him throwing her arms around him and hugging him. "Thank you." She sniffed. She glanced at him. "I love you too." She finally admitted. "I always have."

"Then let's go and see our baby for the first time, yeah? And then after we can talk and we can sort out what to do." Logan said.

"Ok." Rory said after moment. "I just...I need to go use the restroom."

"I'll come with you." Paris spoke for the first time.

"Oh yeah, Logan, you remember Paris right?" Rory said.

"Who could forget Paris Geller?" He said smirking slightly.

"I'm glad my reputation is still in tact. You hurt her, Huntzberger, and I promise you I will make your life hell." Paris warned.

"Noted." Logan said.

"And..uh..this is...uh...Jess." Rory said awkwardly. She remembered how the last meeting between Jess and Logan went horribly. "You two have met before as well..." She said nervously.

"I remember." Logan nodded, studying Jess.

"I remember too. I've written four of those short novels by the way. What was it you said? Oh yeah, more like four books of random thoughts and stuff that happens to me." Jess said.

"And I was a blonde dick I seem to remember." Logan said, smirking slightly.

"Yeah well...you were that night." Jess said smirking slightly as well. He looked at Logan for a moment and held out his hand. "A lot of time has passed since then. Start afresh?" He offered.

Logan looked at him for a moment before shaking his hand. "Well I wasn't exactly the best person back then either." He said.

"I'm Jess." Jess reintroduced himself.

"Logan." Logan chuckled.

"Nice to meet you." Jess smirked.

"You too." Logan said.

"Well now we've got the awkwardness over with...Rory, we better use the restroom before you're called in." Paris said.

"Oh...yeah...ok." Rory said glancing between Logan and Jess before following Paris.

Jess sat down next to Logan while they waited. He glanced over at him. "I think it's admirable that you're here and you want to do the right thing." He said.

Logan glanced at him. "It was never in doubt. As soon as I got that call from Rory, I knew what I had to do. My dad was never there for me. Sure, he gave me privileges in work and stuff but I never wanted all of that. I just wanted a dad. But he was never there for me like that." He said. He glanced over at Jess. "I don't want my kid to think of me like I thought of my dad." He admitted.

"I get it." Jess nodded. "The first chance my dad had, he did a runner and left me and my mom in New York. My mom went off the rails again and I had a pretty screwed up childhood. I didn't handle it very well and then he turned up when I was 18 and well...that didn't end up very well. And then I screwed everything up with Rory and with Luke. I was a mess." He admitted.

"I'm sorry. That must have sucked." Logan said having not realised that maybe the two of them had more in common than he thought.

"I moved past it." Jess shrugged. "Thanks to Luke and even though I screwed things up with Rory, she was one of the reasons I made something of myself. She and Luke believed in me and I wanted to prove that I could be someone. So I started writing and then I managed to get it published."

"And then I mocked you and your book..." Logan sighed. "I'm sorry."

"I didn't let it hold me back, don't worry." Jess smirked. "I guess I was just annoyed at you that even though I'd grown up and made something of myself, I might be able to make things right with Rory...but she'd already fallen for you." He shrugged.

"What?" Logan said surprised.

"I knew I'd lost her when she told me she still loved me even though you cheated on her." Jess said.

"She told you about that?" He said surprised.

"Not in detail. There was a moment when I thought something could happen." He admitted, but left out the bit about the kiss as he wasn't sure if Rory had ever told him about that. "But then she told me what you did but that she still loved you. It was then that I knew I'd left it too late and that I'd lost her."

"Wow..." Logan said surprised by the revelation.

"Besides, her and I are family now that Luke and Lorelai have got married so...it would be kind of wrong anyway." Jess joked.

"No way, they finally did it huh?" Logan smiled.

"Finally, yeah." Jess chuckled.

"Good. I'm happy for them." Logan said sincerely. "Tell them that for me, could you?"

"I'm sure you can tell them yourself. You've told Rory you're going to be sticking around so you're going to have to deal with Lorelai and Luke again." Jess smirked.

"I guess you're right." Logan smirked.

"Good luck with that by the way." Jess said.

"Thanks." He chuckled. He glanced at Jess. "I'm sorry but I have to ask. Your feelings for Rory..."

"Are long over." Jess said. "Besides I'm dating Paris now. I think she'd have something to say if I started pining for Rory again." He smirked.

"You and Paris?" Logan said stunned. "Well I guess things do change..."

"We're back." Rory said. "Are you ready?" She asked Logan.

"Yep. Let's go." Logan smiled as Rory's name was called and they disappeared into a room.

"So how were things with you and Logan?" Paris said.

"Civil." Jess shrugged.

"Civil?" Paris raised her eyebrows.

"The past is the past. He might not be the jerk I thought he was. We all thought he wouldn't step up but he did. That's admirable in my eyes." Jess said.

"I guess so." Paris conceded. "I'm just...worried. Rory changed when she was with Logan. I don't want to lose her again."

"I think it might be different this time. A baby's involved now." Jess said.

"Yeah, maybe you're right." Paris said.

"You ready for our first date?" He said.

"We can't just leave." She said.

"I know it's earlier than I'd planned but Rory's got Logan now. I'm sure they'll want some time to talk alone. She won't mind." Jess said. "Come on Geller, where's your spontaneity?" He smirked.

"You're a bad influence, Mariano." She smirked.

"So is that a yes?" He grinned.

"Let's go." She nodded.

Jess walked into the diner later that day. "Hey." He said as he sat at the counter watching Luke clean it.

"We're closing." Luke told him.

"It's early." Jess said confused.

"Yeah...well, apparently I'm needed at home." Luke said.

"Ah is this to do with the fact that Logan has been spotted in Stars Hollow?" Jess said.

Luke glanced at him in surprise. "How much do you know?" He said hesitantly.

"Depends on how much you know." Jess said.

"Rory told you?" He asked.

"Told me what?"

"Jess..." He said frustrated.

"What? I don't want to say anything out of term incase Rory is planning to tell you when you get home." Jess defended.

"You know about the baby, don't you?" He said.

"So she did tell you." Jess said.

"She told Lorelai not that long ago and she told me. How did you know?" Luke said.

"She told Paris and Paris told me. We went to her doctor's appointment with her today for support. But it seemed like there was already support for her." Jess said.

"Logan went to the appointment?" He said surprised.

"Yep. He was there when we got there. Pretty sure Rory nearly fainted considering how white she went." Jess said.

"I didn't even know she was seeing Logan again." Luke sighed. "Lorelai said she's heard he's engaged. I think she's worried about Rory..."

"I guess they haven't told you everything then." Jess said slightly surprised.

"What do you mean?"

"Well apparently, as soon as Rory told Logan about the baby, he told his fiancee the wedding was off and came straight here. He wants to step up and be there for Rory and their kid, he said."

"Huh." Luke said, not knowing whether to still be angry at Logan for playing with Rory's feelings while he was still engaged or whether he was actually impressed that he was stepping up.

"He seemed sincere." Jess shrugged.

"And since when were you his biggest fan?" Luke said confused.

"I wasn't." He said honestly. "But we had some time to talk and he seemed sincere. I just think a kid deserves to have a dad that actually wants to be there for him and not just because he feels like he should be and definitely not one who thinks it's too much hassle."

"Jess..." Luke said softly, knowing Jess was thinking about Jimmy.

"I didn't need Jimmy. I know that now. I always had a dad. You." Jess shrugged.

"Jess..." Luke said touched.

"I'm just saying, maybe we should give Logan the benefit of the doubt. He wants to be there for his kid. That's good." Jess said.

"Yeah I guess you're right." Luke conceded.

"And if he messes up and does a runner, there will be two of us hunting him down." Jess smirked.

Luke chuckled. "That's true."

"Well, three actually. And I think Paris would be the scariest for him." He joked.

Luke smirked slightly. "I think Paris would be the scariest for anyone who's gotten onto her bad side."

"True." Jess smirked.

Luke glanced at his nephew. "So everything's ok between you, Paris and Rory now then?"

"Well...we haven't exactly talked much about our relationship with her. I think she's still getting her head round that. But I think she's willing to now which is good. And Paris is happier and that's what matters to me." Jess told him.

"You really like Paris, don't you?" Luke said.

"Luke..." Jess groaned.

"What? You acted the same when you were with Rory. Smiling whenever you say her name. You just seem...content. You seem happy." He said.

Jess glanced down embarrassed, slightly. "Yeah...well I guess I am." He admitted. He glanced up at his uncle. "It feels good, doesn't it? Being happy."

Luke smiled, thinking about Lorelai and his life. "Yeah. It does." He said softly.

So I hope you liked it! :) I will try and update my other story this weekend so keep an eye out for that! In the meantime, please keep the reviews coming as I love reading what you all think! Your support means so much to me so thank you! :)