Hey guys. I'm back with another chapter. I hope you like it.

Lorelai woke up the next morning, hung over and confused. Last night, she had hit the Founder's Day Punch pretty hard to try and forget about her problems. By the time she got home, all she could think about was getting herself to bed.

When Lorelai went down to the kitchen she noticed a post-it on Rory's door. Grabbing it she tried to focus on the words.

Mom,

Stayed up late talking with Lane. Don't wake me up. I'll see you tonight.

Love, Rory.

Lorelai put the note on the table, got dressed and made her way to Luke's where it was surprisingly crowded. Lorelai entered and quickly spotted Ms. Patty and Babette's table. "Hi, girls."

"Hello Lorelai." Patty said, avoiding eye contact.

"Busy today, is Weston's closed?"

"Oh, no doll. It just…seemed like a good day for pancakes." Babette finished.

Lorelai smiled slightly, not believing a word she said. "Okay well, I'm gonna go get some coffee."

"Okay, doll."

Lorelai got up and stepped a few feet away, but stayed close enough to hear their conversation.

"Okay so what happened again?"

"Well, I was sitting out on my front porch, Morey was asleep and I was enjoying the nice night, when I saw them coming up the drive-"

"Rory and Jess?"

"Yes."

Jess? Jess left. Jess is supposed to be in California, and away from Rory.

"So anyway, they came up the drive, at first I couldn't make out who they were, but when they reached the porch, I realized it was Rory and Jess. Jess was carrying the basket."

"Which basket?"

"The one Rory made last year for the bid-a-basket. The one Jess won."

"Really?"

"Yep. Then, Rory all but jumped him."

"No!"

"Yes, those two were outside for almost half an hour, then-"

"They went inside?"

"No, that's what I was expecting, but she went inside, alone. Jess just stood there for a minute, then left."

"But I thought he went to California."

"I know, he must have come back."

"But when?"

"Who knows?"

Oh my god! Jess..here..Rory..Luke! "Luke!" Lorelai stormed over to the counter staring at a very nervous Luke. "Where is he?"

"Who?"

"You know who!"

"Have you gone off your meds?"

"That's it, Caesar, you're in charge. You, upstairs now!" Lorelai grabbed Luke's sleeve and pulled him through the curtain and upstairs to the apartment. The first thing Lorelai did when she opened the door was storm over to Jess's side of the apartment. Seeing that the blankets were rumpled she turned around, her blue eyes on fire. "He's here!"

Luke took a deep breath, "Well,"

"Don't lie to me, Jess is here!"

"Lorelai calm down,"

"No, Luke, your idiot, heartbreaking nephew is back and after my daughter's virginity!"

"Lorelai, you need to calm down!" shouted Luke. Seeing Lorelai was on the verge of tears, he took a deep breath and spoke again, this time quieter, "Yes, he came back, but I thought he left."

"When did he get back?"

"The day after Rory graduated. He told me he wanted to talk to her, and I told him what happened. He said he just wanted to give her something and then he'd be gone. The last time I saw him was when he got back from the hospital. He went upstairs, came back down, and left."

"That was the last time you saw him?"

"Yes."

"Thanks Luke, you're a good friend." Lorelai took a step forward and kissed him on the cheek, then she smiled and went downstairs.

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Rory was content, her head on Jess's bare chest, his fingers running through her hair. She knew that this was how she wanted the rest of her life to play out: a house filled with books, waking up to Jess every morning…maybe a few Jess lookalikes running around the house. Whoa there Gilmore, you're 18, there's plenty of time before that.

"I love you Jess."

"I love you Rory." He kissed her head, making her sigh, then relaxed again.

There's nothing that can ruin this.

"Rory!" a slam echoed through the house, startling the young couple.

"Crap." whispered Rory as she jumped out of bed and began pulling on the clothes that were thrown across the floor. They heard footsteps walking towards Rory's bedroom door, but it was locked.

"Rory, open the door now!"

"Get in the closet." Rory whispered frantically to Jess, who had pulled on his jeans and was looking for his shirt.

"Okay, I'm going."

"Coming Mom," Rory tried faking a tired voice. "She went over to the door, unlocked, it and was nearly pushed into the wall by Lorelai storming in.

Lorelai saw how messy the room was, the rumpled bed, and the backward clothes Rory had on, and Lorelai became angrier, "Where is he?"

"Who?"

"Don't play this game with me Rory. Where is he?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Jess, where is he?"

"In California?"

"Really? Then why is his jacket on the floor?" Lorelai bent over and picked it up, her eyes shooting daggers at Rory.

"I-I…"

"Rory, Babette saw you and Jess last night on the porch." Lorelai said in a very low voice.

Rory sighed, "He left."

"When?"

"When…we heard you come in." Rory looked up and saw her mother looked about to erupt. "I'm sorry Mom."

"You're sorry about sleeping with Jess, or sorry about not telling me he came back?"

"I'm sorry….about how you found out."

Lorelai just dropped the jacket and made her way out of the room. Rory turned around and opened the closet, leaning in to Jess, "You should go."

"Yeah, I figured."

"I'll call you later."

"Bye." He kissed Rory's forehead, then watched her walk out of the room.

Rory turned and saw he mother was sitting on the couch, "Mom, I know you're mad."

"I'm not mad, Rory. I'm furious, I'm disappointed, but most of all I'm hurt. Rory, you are going to tell me exactly what happened."

Rory took a seat across from her mother, "Okay, the day after the accident, when you went home, Jess came to see me. He gave me a letter. He said that's all he came to do, explain to me what happened. He turned to leave and I freaked out saying he couldn't leave again. Then he explained some things to me, things that opened me up to a new side of him. Then I kissed him." Rory smiled, remembering how open Jess had been.

This did not go unnoticed by Lorelai, "So what happened after that?"

"Then we just hung out for a while. Then he left. He came over the day I got home. And…"

"And?"

"I told him I was ready." Rory winced, preparing herself, but when she opened her eyes, her mother was still sitting on the couch, clutching a pillow to her arms, her expression blank, "Continue."

"Well, Jess told me he didn't think I was ready. Then he told me he was going to take me out. And then last night, I didn't go to the festival with Lane, I went to the bridge with Jess."

"The bridge?"

"Yeah, he set up a picnic, and we just sat out there for hours." Rory lied, but the new pink tint on her face told the truth.

"The bridge? You lost your virginity on a BRIDGE?" Lorelai yelled.

"Look Mom, that bridge is really special to us. That's where we had our first date!" Rory yelled back.

"You had sex on a bridge…with Jess of all people?"

"So? You lost your virginity on a balcony that resulted in you getting pregnant!"

Lorelai ignored her, "Rory, that's all he wants. Trust me he'll be gone after this. He only wanted to get into your pants!"

"No he didn't, he loves me!"

"Really? Did you say it first and he realized this was his opportunity to bang you, so he said it back?"

"No!"

"What happened first? Him telling you he loved you, or you pulling each other's clothes off?"

"Stop it!" Rory screamed before running back to her room. "I hate you for ruining this for me!"

Rory slammed the door and collapsed on her bed, crying. I knew I shouldn't have told her. She's always hated Jess. Rory heard a knock on the window. She looked up and saw Jess, his eyes filled with worry. Quietly, he opened the window and crawled inside. He sat down on the bed, pulled Rory to him, and held her as she cried.

This chapter was really hard for me to write. I hated when Lorelai and Rory fought. Anyway, I will hopefully update soon. Until then, review!