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"Rory? Where were you?" Lorelai asked. "And why are you all wet?"

Rory took a deep breath and sighed. It was going to be a long night.

"I was at the bridge with Jess. We fell in."

"So you… and… and Jess?" Lorelai looked somewhat surprised by this fact.

"Yeah…" Rory said. "After the yesterday were you expecting anything else?"

"I guess not. I did have hopes though. I know you can't control who you fall for, but I did still hold out the hope that your hormones would come around."

"You were the one that told me that every girl has to fall for a bad boy!"

"Oh honey, I hope you're not using Jess to rebel. It's not that I would mind for his sake, but I don't want you to be that girl. I did that so many times. I don't want you to be like me in relationships. I thought that we were home free after you found Dean. I didn't think that you would go for the whole rebel/bad boy thing now."

"Apparently not. But there is something more there. I… when Dean and I got together, I had butterflies in my stomach whenever I saw him. With Jess, my legs go weak when I think of him, or when someone says his name."

"Aww, hon. Alright. I guess I can give Jess a chance. I'll even try to get to know him."

"Haha. And how long will this particular revolution last?"

"I'm thinking that I will try to beat my personal record." Lorelai retorted thoughtfully

"Which is what, one week?" Rory snorted.

"Hey, be nice to mommy! remember I can monopolize the bathroom in the mornings if I'm mad at you."

"Well then, I'll go take my shower now. Then I think I am going to go to bed." Rory headed up the stairs.

"Wait, you never told me why you're all wet!" Lorelai called to Rory.

She didn't get a response, because Rory either didn't hear or was ignoring her.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Stars Hollow, Jess walked into Luke's diner and started up the stairs to the apartment they shared. He was only partway up when Luke appeared at the bottom and followed him up, yelling to Caesar that he would be back in a few minutes. When they got into the apartment, Luke started to talk as Jess headed over to the closet to get some dry clothes.

"Where were you?"

"Nowhere." Jess said, with a look that seemed to say 'and why exactly would I tell you?'

"Jess, don't lie. You were with a girl, weren't you."

"Yes, ok. Can I go change now?"

"No. Who were you with? Tell me, Jess. If you want to stay here, tell me."

"So is this how it's going to be now? Do this, or go back to New York. Don't do that or go back to New York. Is that really it?"

"Yes. It is. So who were you with. What girl."

Jess took a deep breath, then let it out with a sigh.

"Rory"

Luke just laughed. "What? Are you serious?"

"Yeah. I am. Can I go now?"

"Sure." Luke looked really confused.

When Jess came out of the bathroom in dry clothes, Luke was sitting on the couch waiting for him.

"Alright, if you are going to be with Rory, there are going to be some rules."

"Brother…" Jess mumbled to himself.

"You will have her home whenever Lorelai wants her home. Neither of your grades will slip, You will always tell either Lorelai or me where you two will be, and if you are in a room together alone, the door will stay open. Got that?"

"Yeah."

"Good." Luke started to head back down to the diner.

"Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"When do you need me to work? I told Rory that I would call and let her know so that we know when we can hang out."

"Well at least that's responsible of you." Luke. "Ok I need to go close up the diner. We'll work out a schedule in the morning."

"Ok. Do you need me to help close up?"

"That's ok. I got it."

"ok. Hey Luke?"

"Yeah?" Luke was obviously getting frustrated at not being able to get back to the diner.

"Thanks for letting me come back. For everything."
"Of course." Was all Luke said, and he walked down the stairs. Jess collapsed onto his bed to marvel at the changes he was seeing in himself. He realized that he wanted to be that better person for Rory, and for Luke. Hell, he even wanted to be better for Lorelai, even if that was only because it was really for Rory by extension.