A/N: I'm sorry it took me forever to update! I was busy but I'm on Christmas break now so Ill try my best to post a lot in the next week or so. Hope you enjoy this chapter and drop a line or two.

"I hope you had a wonderful stay!" Lorelai said holding the door open for another departing couple. She shut the door behind them, "Oh my god, finally!" Lorelai walked over to the counter and grabbed her purse, "Taking my lunch break!"

Michelle came out of the kitchen, "What? You cannot take a lunch break! You had a two hour lunch break this morning."

"I wasn't eating I was sleeping Michelle."

"I don't care if you were out getting a pedicure; you still were not at work when you were supposed to be. Besides, I'm taking my lunch break!"

Lorelai sighed, "So you get a lunch break but I don't?"

"I was here when I supposed to be wasn't I?"

Lorelai rubbed her eyes, "Look, I'm hungry, I'm stressed, and I wouldn't mess with me if I were you right now. Now, I'm taking that lunch break whether you like it or not and I would highly suggest you like it or I'm prepared for things to get ugly."

Michelle glared at her, "Fine! Take your little break but be back here in 20 minutes."

"Deal," Lorelai smiled to herself and left for her car.

Rory tried to force another bite into her mouth but at the moment, she wasn't sure she could digest anything. She couldn't help but feel completely out of place sitting next to Jess and Tessa. Not a word had been spoken to Rory since Tessa came back into the diner after her cell phone call.

She sat quietly watching Jess out of the corner of her eye. She thought maybe she was just seeing things but it seemed like every now and then, she saw him looking at her also. Rory looked over her half-eaten and meal and decided she was done. She had to get out of there, but how? Could she really just walk and leave without a word? Rory stood up and just as she did, her mother walked into the diner.

"Mom!" Rory exclaimed loud enough to catch both Jess and Tessa's attention. She ran over to Lorelai and quickly grabbed her arm, "Come on, let's go outside for a walk."

Lorelai tried to object but Rory had already dragged her out the door. "Jeez, what's wrong with you? You practically yanked my arm out of its socket."

"I had to get out of there mom! Did you see who I was sitting by?"

"I actually didn't have time to see anything honey, barely got a breath in there before you pushed me out the door."

Rory rolled her eyes, "Mom! Listen to me okay? I was in there having lunch with Jess and his little girlfriend."

"Whoa, that bouncy little blonde is Jess's girlfriend?"

"Yes, she is. I guess it started out okay, then Jess and I had this weird moment thing and then after that, it turned completely awkward."

Lorelai looked puzzled, "You and Jess had a moment?"

Rory crossed her arms over her chest defensively, "Well, it wasn't really a moment, it was just…. It was like…. . okay fine it was moment."

"A few days ago, you were having spasm attacks about what you were going to do when Jess came and now, you're having moments with him?"

"Can we please let go of this? The moment is not my problem. My problem is what happened after the moment, it was like someone shoved a "don't talk to me" sign down my throat. I just had to get out of there mom."

Lorelai smiled sympathetically, "Honey you just got to stick it out. I think you're making a bigger deal about this then you realize. I mean, things are ganna be awkward. This is Jess were talking about. The king of awkwardness. I say you go back in there, sit back down and turn things around."

Rory nodded slowly, "I guess so, but you're only saying that because you wanna eat."

"You know me well." Lorelai opened the door and they both walked back in.

Rory took a deep breath and walked back over to her seat.
She smiled over at Tessa, "So Tessa, can you tell a little about yourself? I'm dying to know."

Tessa looked a little shocked. Rory hadn't said a word to her in over a half an hour and now, she was dying to know about her? "Well, I come from a large family. I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers. We grew up in Chicago and I moved right before college. It was the first time I have ever moved in my entire life so, it was a little crazy. Uh.. I don't really know what else to say."

Rory smiled, "That's fine, I'm sorry for putting you on the spot like that out of no where."

"Oh its fine! I don't mind really." Tessa looked over at Jess who was staring down at the ground. "Why are you so quiet?" she asked puzzled

Jess looked up, "I don't feel well, maybe we should just go Tess." Rory knew he was lying, he wasn't sick. She could tell by the way his eyes never directly met Tessa's when he told her he didn't feel well. Rory smiled and shook her head to herself. It was just like Jess to run when things weren't going his way. When he was put in a hard situation, he would just leave.

Tessa and Jess stood up to go, "Well," Tessa began holding her hand out to Rory, "It was really nice meeting you and hopefully we'll see ya around sometime again this weekend."

Rory gave Tessa a big smile, "Hopefully, it was nice meeting you too." Rory looked at Jess and when she met his eyes, he quickly shifted them to the ground. She bit down on her lip. She didn't want it to be this way but of course, she didn't want a lot of things but there was nothing she could do about it.

As she watched them walk away, Rory sighed and went over to her mothers table, "You suck at giving advice." she sat down with pout.

Lorelai shrugged and stuck a fry in her mouth, "Who cares when you got a face like mine."

Rory rolled her eyes, "Never did I think it would be this weird. I mean, he can't even look at me since Tessa came barging back into the room."

Lorelai nodded, "Well, I could help you but I get the feeling that the last thing you want right now is more of my suck-ish advice."

"The last thing I want right now is to be in a rocky place with Jess."

Tessa walked silently next to Jess down the street. She took in a deep breath, "Jess, who is she"
Jess knew exactly who Tessa was talking about but of course he couldn't let her know that, "Who are you talking about?"

"Rory, who is she and why did you act all uncomfortable the whole time?"

"She's and old friend. I guess it just been awhile."

Tessa wasnt convinced, "An old friend? That's it? You guys were nothing more?"

Jess sighed. This is one of the reasons why he wanted to avoid Rory this weekend, so he could avoid this topic with Tessa. "Well, we dated for a little while but that's it."

"How long is a little while?"

"Tessa!" Jess said getting annoyed. This was none of her business.

Tessa threw her hands up defensively, "Well Jess, don't I have a right to know?"

"I don't know alright? We dated for about a year way back in high school."

Tessa knew she should just leave it at that but, she wanted to know more. "Why did you guys break up?"

Jess shook his head, "I really am not in the mood to discuss this with you."

"Jess, why is this such a big deal for you to talk about with me? You said it was a long time ago right? I just wanna know why you guys ended it."

Jess knew the more he hid it, then the bigger the hole he would dig himself. He might as well just tell her, "Things got, complicated so I bailed and moved to California with my dad."

"You left her?"

"No! I didn't leave her I-"Jess stopped himself and shook his head, "No, why am I even talking to you about this? You're blowing this out of proportion and its really starting to piss me off Tessa." Jess stormed off leaving a shocked Tessa at the edge of the street.

Jess walked off his anger for a while before finding a bench. He knew he shouldn't have yelled at her but, what could he do? He wasn't ganna stand there and let Tessa nag him with personal questions that were none of her business to begin with. As he sat there cursing Tessa under his breath, thoughts of Rory slipped into his mind. Why was she such a touchy subject with him? After Jess had left Yale that night long ago, he had vowed to erase Rory and just get on with his life. There was nothing left for him there and it took him a while but he had finally moved on. There was no reason talking about her should upset him so much. Jess set his head in his hands. It was going to be one interesting and very confusing weekend.

A/N: Thanks to all my amazing comments and reviews! For those of you wondering if this is going to be Lit, don't worry. Jess and Rory have a long way to go before they can jump back into each other's arm. They both have to grow and realize what they truly want in life. Keep up those reviews and happy reading!