A/N: Literati and naley forever- I should probably have mentioned before that Jess will probably be a bit OOC, as will Lorelai, and even Rory at times. I am trying to update every day, but no promises as to whether or not that will continue. Does anyone know if Rory and Jess were out of school after sookie's wedding? I thought that they were, but I wasn't sure. For my purposes, they were both done with school.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is already copyrighted or trademarked (obviously), so please don't sue me.

The next day, a Monday, Jess called Rory around 10 o' clock. He knew that Rory probably wouldn't be up, but he wanted to talk to her. Lorelai was already at work, but Rory didn't realize that until the 3rd ring, so she scrambled around looking for the phone as it rang a fourth time, then a fifth. Jess was just about to give up when Rory picked up the phone with a breathless and scratchy "Hello?"

"Hey." Rory's heart jolted when she heard his voice.

"Hi."

"Hi."

Silence

"Well, no that this isn't stimulating, but what are you doing up so early?" Rory finally asked.

"Luke." Jess said darkly.

"Ah"

"So what are you doing tonight?"

"I don't know. Reading, doing laundry, probably hanging out at home."

"Do you want to go to dinner before your eventful evening?"

"Only if a movie is included!"

"Of course. I'm working at the diner until six, so how about seven?"

"Sure. Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise. Don't ask again." Rory could hear Jess smiling through the phone line.

"Ok, see you tonight. Actually, I'll probably be over there in a little bit. I need food. And coffee."

"Whenever."

"There's the monosyllabic Jess we all know and love!"

"You sound like you're mom."

"Ha. Ha. Ha."

"See?"

"Bye Jess"

"Bye."

Jess waited for Rory to hang up before he did. He lay on his bed smiling to himself long after they hung up. His silent reverie was broken when Luke yelled up the stairs at him.

"Jess!"

"What?"

"Surprise!" Luke yelled back.

"What?" Jess said again. All of a sudden Rory appeared in the doorway. "Rory!" Jess sat up so quickly that he saw stars, and had to lie back down. Rory ran over and jumped on him, tickling him mercilessly. She didn't stop until he grabbed her hands and kissed her. When Luke came up a few minutes later, the two were laying on Jess bed, kissing. He walked into the apartment and slammed the door to get their attention. Rory jumped, and that broke apart. They sat on the edge of the bed, side by side, Rory's face turning a darker shade of red by the second. Luke just stood in front of the door, obviously as embarrassed as Rory and Jess were. After a minute Luke just said

"Rory, your food is ready." And with that he turned, opened the door, and walked back down the stairs to the diner. Rory turned to a Jess that was obviously trying very hard not to laugh and told him "Well that was fun. I'm hungry."

Jess stood up and offered her a hand, and sighed.

"Ok, let's go get attacked by the town."

He was silent as they slowly walked down the stairs obviously dreading going into the diner. Rory stopped him a few stairs from the bottom and kissed if softly, silently trying to reassure him that everything would be okay. She wasn't sure if it worked as she went down the rest of the stairs and into the diner. She figured that it had when she saw Jess come out about 30 seconds later.

Rory took her food and sat at the counter, watching Jess work the tables. He was so busy that they didn't really get a chance to talk at all after that. When she left, she simply waved at him as he took an order. He smiled and her and mouthed 'seven?' to her. Rory smiled and nodded as she got a bag of donuts and headed to the Kim house. She had some serious groveling to do- Lane still didn't know (from Rory at least) that Rory and Dean had broken up, or that Rory was now with Jess.

A/N2: Thanks for reading! It was a while longer between postings than I wanted, but hey, it was still only a couple days! I am surprised at the number of people who are reading and reviewing. It's wonderful to get support from people on my first fic, so thank you very much to everyone who has reviewed, and please remember that constructive criticism and suggestions are very much welcomed!