Disclaimer: I own my imagination, my thoughts, this storyline, and Natalie Keller.
A/N: Okay this might be hard to explain, but this is a crossover of One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls. All you really need to know is:
1. Karen Roe and Lorelai Gilmore met each other in a single pregnancy class. Karen had Lucas four weeks before Lorelai had Rory. Lucas and Rory grew up in Stars Hollow together and are BEST friends. Their other best friend is Haley James.
2. The town remains Stars Hollow NOT Tree Hill.
3. Karen works with Luke they share the diner. Luke was Karen's friend along with Lorelai's when they were pregnant. Luke did so much for them, and so Karen named Lucas after him. The diner is still called Luke's.
4. Liz and TJ have been married since Jess and TJ's daughter Brooke Davis were twelve years old.
5. Jess has been known as the bad boy player and is dating Peyton.
6. Tristin DuGrey NEVER existed.
7. They are all Seniors at Stars Hollow High.
8. Nathan is still the big basketball star, but Dan and Deb are divorced.
A/N2: I doubt you really care, and are probably saying "Get on with the story!", but I felt like you needed to know this information to understand the story better.
Friends
Really everyone likes everyone, but the people they hang out with are:
Peyton Sawyer, Brooke Davis; Rachel Gatina
Rory Gilmore, Lucas Scott; Haley James
Jake Gagelski, Logan Huntzberger; Jess Mariano
Lane Kim, Mouth McFadden; Paris Gellar
Enemies
Rory Gilmore and Peyton Sawyer
Paris Gellar and Rachel Gatina
Logan Huntzberger and Dean Forrester
Relationships
I don't want to spoil it and tell you who will end up with who, but I will tell you who are together now:
Peyton Sawyer and Jess Mariano
Haley James and Nathan Scott
Rachel Gatina and Dean Forrester
ON WITH THE STORY!!!
Previously On One Stars Hollow:
"Okay, my name's Chris Keller. I transferred here with my sister, Natalie Keller. She's a junior. I don't like school, in fact, I don't want to be here and I don't need to be here. I'm a musician, so school isn't my thing. I'll be out of here in no time so don't get too hooked on me." He smirked and looked at Rory, Haley, Peyton, and then Brooke, "Looks like I'll be making my rounds."
"Rory stop… I'm sorry. I'll break up with her; I want to be with you." He brushed her hair behind her ears.
Rory backed away and put her hand on the doorknob, "That's what you said last time. And the time before that. And the time before that. And the time before that." She turned the knob and pushed it open a bit, "I'm done… until you and Peyton are done." She walked out of the closet.
Shaking his head, Jess bit his lip and kicked the mop bucket, "Damn it!"
Haley walked through the door smiling, "Let's go Rory! We need to go to your house and get me ready! I have a date!"
"You found someone?!" Rory smiled and jumped up off her stool.
"Yes! Logan." Haley smiled and bit her lip, "So let's go."
"No! I like you, Jess! I want to be with you! Just not secretly! And that looks like it won't change so… then… I guess we'll never be together! Have a nice life with Peyton." She pulled her sweater tighter around her and walked away from him.
"Rory." Jess called as she started to walk away, "Rory…" When she got into the taxi he got louder, "Rory!"
Brooke walked into her bedroom and saw Rory sitting on the bed, painting her toenails. She smiled and walked over to her, "Why did you leave?"
Rory jumped a little and looked up at her, "Oh… I-" She stopped herself and decided she'd tell her the truth, "I went outside to get some fresh air because I couldn't stand looking at Jess and Peyton any longer. When I got outside, Jess had followed me. We fought and I wanted to go home. We're done." She bit her lip and blinked back the tears that were threatening to come, "Because I don't like being the other woman."
Sighing, Brooke sat down beside her on the bed and took the polish, "I'll finish them for you." She looked down at Rory's feet and began applying the red polish onto her toenails, "You have cute feet." She chuckled.
Rory laughs, "Odd compliment." She looked up at Brooke, glad that she changed the subject. "You aren't so bad after all."
"Neither are you." Brooke continued on her third toe.
Logan walked ahead of Haley the whole way to the place he was taking her after their group date. He told her it was a surprise and he had planned it right after school and spent the whole time trying to fix it up.
They walked up the fire escape on the left side of the building, Haley following Logan. When Logan reached the top he ran over and turned on all of the lights. Haley walked up and smiled when she looked around, "Wow. This is so pretty." She looked over at him and saw a table with two chairs, "We just ate. Are we eating up here?"
"Oh no, not dinner, however I have dessert." He grinned and walked over to her. He took her hand and led her to the table. After he pulled the chair out for her he walked to the other side and sat in front of her.
Haley laughed and looked at the cake in front of her, "Why did you plan all of this for me? It's our first date."
"Do you know how long I have wanted to ask you out?" Logan laughed a little, "I have had the biggest crush on you since we were freshmen. You're so smart and innocent… and pretty." He added, making her blush.
"Why didn't you just tell me?" She smiled, turning crimson, "You're Logan you could get any girl in the school."
He shrugged, "You always seemed to have a thing for Nathan." He took a bite of his cake, "You were different. You made me nervous."
Haley laughed, "That's a first. Logan Huntzberger getting nervous around the opposite sex."
He shook his head and took another bite of his cake, "Surprised?"
"Actually, yes." Haley grinned. She looked back down at her cake and cut off a piece with her fork.
Logan watched her, smiling, and then looked back down at his cake.
Jess slammed his car door as he got out of the car. He walked up the porch steps and saw his mom sitting down resting her hands on her big belly in front of her, "Hey baby."
He smiled slightly at her, "Hey mom."
Liz patted the chair beside her, "Come, come… tell me what's wrong with you. I see that long face."
Jess sighed and sat beside her, "There's nothing wrong."
"And that, my dear, is a lie." Liz smirked, almost the same way Jess does.
"I'm stupid… I'm really stupid. Rory, she- I care about her. I really like her… more than I have liked any other girl. And Peyton is so… she deserves to be treated so much better. I shouldn't be seeing someone else behind her back. They both deserve better than me, and Rory realized that. We're done. She said she can't be with me unless I dump Peyton and I- I just don't know what to do." Jess looked up at his mom, who looked surprised at his confession. Jess never talked this much about his problems, especially to his mother. So it was a little out of character.
Liz nodded, "Jess… you are falling for Rory, and you are falling for her hard. I like Peyton, and I agree you shouldn't be cheating on her. So you need to pick one and only one.
Looking down at his shoes, Jess nodded, "Yeah, mom. Uh… thanks." He looked uncomfortable now and Liz noticed.
She nodded, "No problem and don't worry Jess, this conversation stays between us."
Jess smirked and stood up, "I'll be back." He rushed to his car and got in and then drove to Peyton's house.
A tapping on her window pulled Peyton out of her daze. She was staring at a blank piece of paper in front of her, trying to decide what to draw on this sheet to express what she was feeling right now. She walked over to the window and opened it, "Jess?"
He smiled a little at her and climbed in the room, "I need to talk to you." He sat on her bed and Peyton sat beside him.
"Are you okay?" She asked, placing her hand on his knee.
Jess sighed looked down at her hand, "For the past month I have been getting closer and closer to Rory Gilmore. Two weeks ago it was official that we started a relationship. I know I should have broken up with you and I shouldn't have cheated, but Peyton… I felt something with her. I am slowly falling in love with her and I never thought I would say that. I'm so sorry, but I thought you should know… I can't be with you anymore."
With her eyes watering she stood up and shook her head, "I knew it… I knew there was something going on. You've been cheating on me! I can't believe you! I trusted you, Jess!"
"I know… and I'm sorry. I couldn't put you through this anymore. You have no idea how bad I feel. I should've broken up with you to begin with." He stood up, "I want to still be friends."
"You're serious? Get out, Jess." Peyton grabbed some CDs she had laying on the table beside her, "And take your damn CDs!" She threw one at him, "The Clash, which by the way only had one good song." She threw another one at him, "Queen, 'Bicycle' was the stupidest song in the world." She chunked the last one at him and hit his shoulder, "And The Ramones… which… I liked but it's yours! So take them and get out!"
Jess nodded and held the CDs in his hand and then climbed out the window, not looking back at Peyton. She'd hit him in the face with one of the objects she threw forcefully. He felt his lip bleeding. He jumped down from the tree and went back to his house, hoping that Rory was still staying with Brooke.
Peyton picked up the notepad and grabbed a charcoal pencil. She drew a heart and then looked at it before she scribbled all over it.
Paris walked home with Mouth, laughing about something he had said. They turned the corner and saw Nathan standing at her door step. She looked at Mouth, confused, and then looked back at Nathan.
Mouth had an amused smile as he pushed Paris forward onto the porch, "I better get a call later to tell me what is going on."
She shot him a look and then walked up to Nathan, "What are you doing here?"
Nathan jumped a little and looked behind him at Paris, "Hey… I just came to… would you like to go out to dinner… tomorrow night?"
Raising her eyebrow, she looked at him oddly, "No." She said quickly and walked past him to her door.
"Oh, well, are you sure?" Nathan asked, confused.
"Yes. What? Are you surprised that you actually got turned down? Oh look, finally a girl has enough brain to not be one of the girls you can put on your wall of fame." Paris glared at him, "I am not that kind of girl. I know exactly what you have on your mind."
"No, Paris, it's not like that. I just wanted to get to know you…"
"Look me up in the yearbook." She walked in to her house, shutting the door in his face.
Nathan sighed and looked down at his feet. This is going to be harder than I thought. He thought as he walked off the porch.
Jess went up the steps, fast, skipping two stairs each time he went forward. He reached Brooke's room and knocked on the door.
Rory opened it and sighed, "Jess…"
He looked around the room and didn't see Brooke, so he walked all the way in and shut the door behind him.
"Jess-" Rory started again, but was cut off by Jess' lips on hers. She didn't push him back which surprised him. Instead, she kissed him back and grabbed onto his collar and tugging him towards her.
A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews! I am so glad you guys seem to like this story. I happened to like this chapter. I felt like it was short, though, so sorry! And don't worry the story isn't near over yet! More drama to come! Review please; reviews make me want to write faster. Oh and also, I have no clue if Jess likes any of those bands besides The Clash. I just picked my favorite bands… and thought maybe he liked them too.
