"Do you Lorelai take this man to be your lawful wedded husband? To have and to hold, through sickness and in health till death do you part?"

"I do."

"By the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

A loud roaring of cheer filled the inn as Luke and Lorelai's lips met. Rory and Jess watched as they walked out of the inn and into Luke's old green truck that had secretly been decorated for the special occasion. As they drove off for their honeymoon, Rory and Jess both knew it was going to be an awkward and long three days.

Miss Patty walked over behind Rory. "I'll be over to your house later doll." She replied. "I just have to run home first and get a few things."

"No problem." Rory replied.

Jess and Rory started walking towards home.

"So… they're officially married." Rory said as they walked.

"Yep." Jess replied.

"They looked really happy."

"Um hm." He kicked at a rock while they walked.

"Are you mad at me?" Rory finally asked.

Jess glanced over at Rory. "No." his answer was short but to the point.

"I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to give you the wrong impression."

"It's cool." Jess shrugged. "No big deal."

"Jess, please don't go back to this…" Rory stopped and grabbed Jess' arm. "Don't go back to speaking emotionless three word sentences only when absolutely necessary."

"Rory…" Jess hung his head. "I don't know what you want from me."

"I'm sorry… I know that I haven't made things any easier on you."

Jess nodded and looked back up at Rory. "I like you, Rory… It's as plain and simple as that. I've liked you ever since we met. I never meant to seem like a jerk or inconsiderate… I didn't realize you were taking so much notice in it… When I tried to change, you mocked me for it…" he ran his hand through his hair. "Last night… it felt like we connected… like we finally found some peace and common ground… but then you ran upstairs."

"I was nervous." Rory admitted.

"Well, so was I…"

"I've never kissed anyone before." Rory began walking again.

"Oh." Jess said blankly as he started to walk with her. "I guess I could understand that."

"We can't be together. It wouldn't be right." Rory stated surely. "We're kind of like brother and sister now."

"No, we're not." Jess quickly disagreed. "We're not related at all… we're no where near brother and sister."

"We're close enough."

"You're just saying that because I'm staying in your basement. If I was Luke's nephew who still lived in California, I'd be open territory."

"Maybe so…" Rory agreed. "But the fact is, you're not. You're in my house… you're going to be part of our family."

Jess shook his head. "Man, everyone in this town sounds the exactly the same."

"I'm sorry, Jess."

"Yeah… me too." Jess replied. "I'm sorry I ever started this."

"Well, it doesn't have to be weird between us. We can still be friends… I want to be friends."

"Sure… whatever." Jess stopped and turned around.

"Where are you going?" Rory asked.

"For a walk. I'll be home later." Jess called over his shoulder.

Hours passed and Jess had never returned home. Miss Patty was beginning to get very worried, but didn't want to call and alarm Lorelai and Luke on their honeymoon.

"Did he say where he was going?"

"No." Rory answered. "He just said he was going for a walk and he'd be home later."

"Oh dear." Miss Patty began to pace the living room. "Should I call Luke?"

"I don't know." Rory honestly replied.

"I don't want to disturb them…" Miss Patty picked up the phone. "I'll call Taylor… We'll gather some people from the town and go looking for him. You stay here incase he comes back."

"Okay." Rory agreed. "No problem."

Another couple of hours passed and Rory heard the front door open. She looked at the clock, it was fifteen minutes after 10:00. Sure enough, Jess walked through the living room.

"Where have you been?" Rory asked as she jumped up from the couch.

"I told you I was going for a walk." Jess headed towards the kitchen.

"That was hours ago!" Rory followed after him. "Do you know how worried everyone has been?"

"No… tell me." Jess replied as he opened the fridge and pulled out a soda.

"Miss Patty has formed a search party."

"Ooo…A search party. Am I on the news too?" Jess sat down at the table.

"Why are you doing this? Why do you want to cause problems?"

Jess leaned back in the chair. "I'm not doing anything. It's everyone else who's acting like idiots. I went for a walk… big deal."

"You've been gone for over eight hours, Jess! People get worried. People start fearing something bad has happened to you. You don't just take off like that! Imagine if someone you cared about just vanished… You're lucky no one has called Luke yet."

Jess jumped up from the table. "Don't start this bull crap with me Rory… I don't want to hear about how everyone here cares about me and loves me… no one here knows me!" he slammed the soda can on the table. "I don't even want to be here! I never wanted to be here! I was fine in LA I didn't need Luke to come play super dad and bring me out here to do this Hick town!"

"Well, if that's how you feel, just leave! Go back to LA!" Rory yelled in return. "Our lives would be better without you anyway."

A wicked smile crossed Jess' face. "Yeah… for once, you're telling the truth about something."

Jess hurried down stairs and grabbed some of his stuff within the next few minutes he was headed out the front door. He was about to leave the yard when Taylor suddenly appeared.

"Jess! Oh, thank heavens!" Taylor turned around. "I found him! Everyone, I found him!"

"Move, Taylor." Jess demanded.

"We've been looking everywhere for you. Are you okay?"

A large group of people made their way over to Jess and Taylor.

"I'm fine… move."

"Jess!" Miss Patty came wobbling over. "Oh, thank god! I thought something horrible had happened. Where on earth have you been?"

"I went for a walk. God, why is everyone in this town so spastic?"

"We were just worried." Babbette added as she came closer. "No one knew where you were, sugar."

"Like you care." Jess bitterly replied.

"Of course we care." Miss Patty corrected. "You're Luke's nephew and a part of this town."

"I'm not a part of this town." Jess shook his head. "I'm part of LA."

"Is that where you're heading?" Taylor asked as he looked at Jess' bag.

"None of your business."

"Jess, sweetheart, come back inside." Miss Patty directed.

Jess pushed Taylor aside. "Get out of my way."

Taylor grabbed Jess by the arm. "I'm sorry, Jess. But I can't let you leave this yard."

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Jess asked.

"He's your friend." Miss Patty replied. "Come inside. We'll talk all of this out."

Realizing he couldn't win… Jess groaned and walked back inside of the townhouse. Rory had been watching from the window. Their eyes met as he entered back into the living room. She lowered her stare and walked out of the living room. A few seconds later, her bedroom door shut.