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Chapter 2

"I can't believe you got me to agree to that." Jess said as they entered the house having had their second weekly Friday night dinner. It had been a slightly better evening than the one before but Emily had managed to persuade Rory to let Richard teach her how to golf at the weekend as they needed to learn a sport for Chilton.

"I didn't want to go by myself. Plus you need to learn a sport as well!" Rory pointed out.

"Yeh but Luke could have taught us." Jess pointed out.

Rory glanced at Luke. "Sorry." She said.

"Don't worry about it. It will give you some time with your Grandpa." Luke smiled. "And you, behave!" He warned Jess.

"Yeh yeh.." Jess said.

The next morning, Richard, Rory and Jess were all walking across the golf course to get to the first hole. It had been slightly awkward as it was obvious that Richard hadn't wanted to do this in the first place.

"So..um..Grandpa what do you do?" Rory asked.

"I'm in the insurance business." He replied.

"What exactly do you do?" She asked interested.

"Oh I do a myriad of things. It'll bore you." He shrugged off her question.

"Oh. Ok." Rory said.

Jess noticed her disappointment face and then Richard did. "I'm involved in the international department of our company quite a bit." He said.

"That sounds cool. Do you travel a lot?" Rory asked.

"Quite a bit yes." He said.

"Lucky." Rory said.

"I'm guessing you have a yen for travel then?" Richard asked.

"Oh yeh. I'd love to travel the world." Rory smiled. "Jess and I made a plan that when we graduate, we're going to backpack through Europe."

Richard looked at Jess. "You're interested in travelling as well?" He asked.

"Uh yeh. We have a plan to go to a bookshop in every country." Jess said.

Rory grinned. "Knowing us though, we'll just stay in the bookshop and not actually do any sightseeing though."

Jess smirked. "Probably."

"You're both into reading then?" Richard asked, actually getting interested in knowing a bit more about both of them.

"You should see our bedrooms!" Rory laughed. "Between us, we could probably fill a library."

"Well reading is good for the young mind." Richard said impressed. "Which authors do you like?"

Jess smirked. "That's the one thing we don't agree on." He said. "I like Hemingway personally."

"Hemingway is a good author. He's written some interesting books." Richard said.

Jess shot Rory a triumphant look.

Rory rolled her eyes. "I'm into the Russian writers at the moment. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. I also like Ayn Rand."

"Very different choice of authors." Richard smiled. They stopped on the first course. "Well here we are. Who wants to go first?"

Rory looked at Jess.

"I guess that will be me then." Jess smirked. He stepped up and put the ball on the tee. He chose a club and then position himself beside it. He swung and hit it, sending it far into the distance.

"Wha...How did you do that?" Rory exclaimed.

"Guess it's just god given talent." He shrugged.

"That was very impressive." Richard said. "Have you played golf before?"

Jess shook his head. "I used to watch a lot though. There was nothing else to really do when I was living in New York so I used to watch it on tv."

"Well I must say I am quite impressed." Richard said.

Jess just shrugged. "Yeh well..."

Rory was up next but in true Gilmore style as she swung to hit the ball she took a whole chunk of grass with it. She turned back to see Jess trying not to laugh. "Hey! I'll hit you with this if you're not careful."

Jess smirked. "I'm sorry but this is so something you've inherited from mom. She would so suck at this as well."

Rory grinned. "She'd be worse than me! She would get bored so quickly and then want to find something to eat."

Jess chuckled.

Richard watched their interaction and saw how easy their banter was. He'd also noticed when Jess had said that Rory had inherited it from mom. He didn't say her mom, he said mom. He watched as Jess stepped forward to help Rory and he couldn't help but be intrigued by him. He was technically his grandson and he knew nothing about him. Maybe this trip had been a good idea after all.

After they'd finished they grabbed some lunch and then got in the car to head home. Jess and Rory had to get back early as they had promised to help out with the wedding that was being held at the inn that afternoon.

"So I guess that wasn't half bad." Jess said as he and Rory walked across the grass to go into the inn after Richard had dropped them off.

"Yeh it was actually quite fun." Rory agreed. "Grandpa seemed to warm up. I think he enjoyed it too."

"Yeh he's actually alright, you know." Jess said.

Rory smiled and they headed inside to find Lorelai having an argument with Michel.

"I am not going anywhere near those swans!" He said.

"Michel, they need to be taken to the lake and I've got 100 things to get doing here." Lorelai said.

"Aw is Michel scared of swans?" Jess smirked as he and Rory went up to them.

"No. No I am not! I just don't want to be anywhere near those filthy creatures." Michel said.

"Why not?" Rory grinned, enjoying winding him up.

"Fine. You really want to know why? If you take such pleasure in hearing, I had a bad incident with a band of swans when I was younger." He said petulantly.

"A band? Like a boy band?" Lorelai grinned.

"They attacked me. And that is why I don't want to be anywhere near them. You happy now?" He said.

Lorelai grinned. "Fine. But you better find something useful to do here." She said. She turned to Rory and Jess. "Could one of you...?"

"On it." Rory grinned and went outside to sort out the swan situation.

"Right, so we've got a situation." Lorelai said to Jess. "One of the servers for the reception afterwards has called in sick."

"Why do I feel like I know what's coming?" Jess groaned.

"I know but we're desperate. Sookie's freaking out and she doesn't want to spare any of her kitchen staff. Please?" She begged.

Jess sighed. "Fine. But I'm not wearing a stupid uniform." He said.

"Aw but you'd look so cute in one." Lorelai grinned.

Jess rolled his eyes. He looked around. "Is Luke coming?" He asked.

"Yeh a bit later. Alice is with him at the moment. He's bringing her later so she can watch the wedding." Lorelai said.

"Cool." Jess said.

Later that afternoon, the five of them were watching the wedding from up on the porch. Lorelai smiled across at Luke. "Do you remember? 6 years ago."

Luke smiled back at her. "I remember it perfectly. Best day of my life."

Lorelai smiled. "Definitely."

The ceremony was soon over and it was all set out for the party afterwards. There was a buffet so everyone was just standing up and mingling. Jess was tasked with going round with a tray of drinks for the guests. He suddenly saw a familiar face and smirked. He went up to them. "Thought you'd stake out where I lived?" He said.

Tristan turned round. "Hey." He grinned. "Nice suit." He smirked.

"Yeh, my mom's doing." Jess groaned. "I told her I wouldn't wear one but she can be very persuasive."

Tristan smirked. "So you work here?" He asked, genuinely surprised that he was there. He then spotted Rory up on the porch. "Oh you're both here." He said.

"We live in this town. Our mom runs the inn so we help her out sometimes with events." Jess said.

"Oh cool!" Tristan said.

"It's alright I guess. One of the servers called in sick last minute so I was volunteered." Jess said.

Tristan chuckled. He glanced up to see Rory still leaning against the rail watching everyone with who he assumed was their younger sister. "So is Rory working today?" He asked.

Jess rolled his eyes. "You've got a long way to go with her mate. She thinks you're the devil incarnate." He smirked.

"At least she thinks something of me." He grinned cheekily. "I'll catch you later."

Jess just shook her head and watched him weave through the crowd of people. He was watching where he was going and suddenly he bumped into someone, spilling some of the drinks.

"What the hell? Watch where you're going!"

Jess looked and saw a brown haired girl with long wavy hair about his age. "Could say the same to you." He said.

"I'm soaked!" The girl glared at him. "Aren't you even going to say sorry?"

"Sorry." Jess smirked.

The girl scowled at him. "You think this is funny or something?"

"It's made my evening." He said.

"Urgh you're impossible!" She exclaimed and she went to walk off.

Jess chuckled but then started to feel a bit guilty. "Hey wait up!" He said.

"Why, so you can chuck another drink over me?" She asked turning back to face him.

"Well if that's an invitation..." He smirked.

"Forget it!" She said going to walk away again.

"No seriously wait. There's a bathroom just inside to the left. If you want I can ask my mom if there are any spare jackets or something that you can wear over your shirt." He said. He saw her look a bit confused. "Oh she runs the inn." He said.

She let out a frustrated breath. "No it's fine. Once I wash it a bit, it should be ok." She said.

"You sure?" He asked.

"Yeh."

"Ok, well I'm Jess by the way." He said.

"Kate." She said.

"I really am sorry." He said.

"It's fine." She said. "Just watch where you're going next time." She said and walked off to go to the bathroom.

Jess smirked as he watched her and couldn't help but be intrigued by her. She wasn't your normal girl.

Luke walked over to Lorelai who had just finished talking to the mother of the brides. "Hey." He smiled. "She happy?"

"Yep, apparently her daughters have just announced they're moving out. She's over the moon." Lorelai grinned.

Luke chuckled. He looked over to the dancefloor where everyone was dancing. Suddenly a slow song started. He looked at Lorelai and held out his hand. "Fancy a dance? To remember what happened here 6 years ago?" He smiled.

Lorelai smiled back and took hold of his hand and let him lead her to the dancefloor and then they slowly waltzed around together.

Rory and Alice were watching them from the porch. It was only when Rory felt a presence beside her that she looked. "Whoa, announce yourself next time!" She exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"It's a wedding. I was invited." Tristan said.

"Isn't there someone else you can bother?" Rory asked.

Tristan smirked. "Not really. It's hanging up here with you or being introduced to every family by my parents and having to make small talk with people I barely know."

Rory just shook her head. "Jess is down there somewhere. Go annoy him." She said.

"I'm Alice!" Alice suddenly interrupted them. "Are you Rory's friend?" She asked.

"No he's not." Rory said.

"Then why do you keep talking to him? It looks like you know him." Alice said.

"God why did you need to be another genius?" Rory said. She sighed. "Tristan, this is my sister Alice."

Tristan chuckled. "Hi Alice." He smiled.

"Hi!" Alice grinned.

"Are you enjoying the wedding?" He asked.

"I love it! It's so fun to watch." Alice said enthusiastically. "Sometimes we're allowed to join in as well."

Tristan chuckled. "That's great! Dancing's not really my thing. I tend to just look like a headless chicken if I do it."

Alice giggled. "I like you. You're funny!"

Tristan smirked. "See, your sister likes me." He said to Rory.

Rory rolled her eyes. "Well done. You appeal to the younger girls as well as pretty much every girl in the school. You must be proud." She said sarcastically.

"You wound me Mary." He joked.

"Good." She retorted.

"Tristan!" A woman called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Sorry obligation calls." He said. "It was great to meet you Alice. Try and see if you can get your sister to like me, ok?" He winked at her.

Alice giggled as Tristan left. She looked at Rory. "He likes you." She said.

"No he doesn't. He just likes annoying me." Rory said.

"He kept smiling at you! That shows he likes you." Alice said.

"Ok stop being so smart and watch mommy and daddy dance." She said.

Alice giggled but turned back to watch the dancing again. Rory watched them as well but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tristan making his rounds and talking to several people. He caught her eye and she quickly turned away. "Egotistical jerk..." She muttered to herself.

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