Hey guys. Today is my Sweet Sixteenth and as a gift I updated all of my stories. Including completing this one! Read and enjoy!

How could she be so stupid? Lorelai stormed out of the house and to Luke's. Without even looking at Luke, she walked upstairs with a nervous Luke following. Once Luke closed the door, Mt. Lorelai erupted again, "They're having sex Luke! Your hoodlum nephew stole my daughter's virginity! She lost her virginity on the bridge! And she refuses to listen to me and-"

"Hey, Lorelai, calm down. What happened?"

"I get home and Rory's room was a mess and I knew that she slept with Jess, and then I told her she had to tell me everything, and she told me what happened and then I freaked out when she said she had sex on the bridge, then she ran to her room and I came here." Lorelai was crying by the time she finished.

Luke pulled Lorelai to him and hugged her, trying to sooth her, "It'll be okay. You'll make up."

"No Luke you don't understand," Lorelai cried breaking away. "She's not my little girl anymore! Things can never be the same again!" Lorelai fell to the floor and cried her eyes out. Luke leaned down and stroked her back, unsure of what to do.

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It took Rory over an hour to calm down. She knew her mother was hurt but that didn't give her the right to say all those things about her and Jess. She doesn't understand. Jess has been there for me. He was the first guy I became best friends with. He's the guy I skipped school for. He's the guy I talk to about books. He's the guy that I fell in love, complete true love, with. He's the guy I lost my virginity to. He's the guy I want to be around forever. Rory looked up and saw Jess was lightly dozing, his hand stroking her hair lovingly.

"You tired?" she said lightly, a small smile on her lips.

"Well, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night." He said tiredly, a rare smile appearing.

Rory snuggled up to him, but there was one thing that kept playing in her mind, "Jess, you love me right?"

"Of course I do." Jess yawned. "I fell in love with you after I met you."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, remember when I came in your room, picked up Howl and you said I could borrow it?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, after that, when I did take the book, and you called me Dodger."

"Yeah?"

"I probably fell in love with you right there."

"Really?"

"I don't know if I fell in love with you right then, but that was the first time I thought 'maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad'. I know as I got to know you, I fell in love more."

Rory thought for a moment, then smiled, "Thanks for telling me Jess." Rory curled up against him, and they both drifted off to sleep.

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Lorelai arrived at home three hours later, exhausted, but she figured she should patch things up with Rory sooner or later. She quietly made her way to Rory's room and saw that Rory was curled up, fast asleep, next to a wide awake Jess.

Jess was half-lying down, half-sitting up, his arm around Rory's waist, his other hand playing with his lighter. He would open it, then close it.

"I think the room would look better if it didn't burst into flames." Lorelai said coldly.

Jess nearly dropped the lighter, but caught it in time. "I didn't want to wake her."

"Well, I want to talk to you." Lorelai whirled around and went to the kitchen. When Jess didn't come out after a minute, she walked back.

Jess had just slid out from under Rory's grasp, and gently arranged the pillows, so that she wouldn't wake up from the change in position. He left a light kiss on her forehead before walking towards the kitchen.

"Alright, sit."

Jess sat, "What do you want to talk about? Politics? Business? "Television?" I'll tell you though, I'm not a big fan of Smallville or Eve."

"Rory, I want to talk about Rory."

"Rory?.."

"Rory…you…Rory dating you…you and Rory.."

"Ah, you want to talk about me sleeping with Rory."

"Well, yeah. I'm not exactly happy about it."

"I figured. I could hear you two yelling from outside." I'm sure Babette called Patty up just so she could hear it over the phone."

"Was it that loud?" Lorelai winced.

"Oh yeah."

"Well I kind of freaked out."

"No kidding."

"You have to understand, I don't like you."

"The feeling's mutual."

"To be honest, you remind me of Rory's father."

"You think I'd knock Rory up and ditch her?"

"Well…the thought crossed my mind."

"Look Lorelai…my dad left right after I was born. I had never seen or spoken to him until he showed up at the diner. I know what Rory feels. I would never do that to my own kid."

Lorelai was surprised, she didn't know about Jess's father, "You never would?"

"Damn straight."

"That's not my only problem Jess."

"I know, you think I'll leave again."

"You broke my daughter's heart when you left."

"I know. I found out when I was leaving the hospital. Rory almost had a meltdown. It made me realize how much I hurt her."

"So…what are you doing right now?"

"Well, I've been sleeping on the bridge."

"Must get pretty cold."

"Not really. I have some money stashed up from Wal-Mart and….I'm getting my GED."

"What?"

"After I left the hospital I went to register for it."

"Wow."

"Don't tell Rory."

"You haven't told her?"

"No."

"Why?"

Jess ran a hand through his hair, "Well, I don't want to disappoint her if I don't pass. When I get it then I'll tell her."

"You seem serious."

"I am serious. I love Rory and that won't change.

Lorelai smiled lightly, "While I will probably never invite you over for movie night, I feel slightly more comfortable with….you and Rory."

"Thank you, I appreciate it."

They heard a creak and look up to see Rory coming out from her bedroom, confusion turning to love, then hurt, then anger. "What are you doing?"

"Rory, calm down." Jess stood up and made his way over to her, putting his arm around her, "I was clearing up some things with your mother…speaking of which, I should get going, I'll see you later." He kissed Rory's cheek and left.

The two women stood in the room, neither talking, moving, or breathing. Finally Lorelai started, "Rory-"

"I don't want to hear it." Rory turned to go to her room.

"No, you need to hear this."

"Look, if this is about Jess-"

"No, it's not about Jess, we'll get to that later. This is about us."

"Fine, let's talk." Rory took a seat, sighing.

Lorelai stared at her palms, unsure of what to say, "I'm sorry for what I said."

"You had no right to say that."

"I know I didn't, but Rory see this from my angle-"

"What's your angle? Wow bad boy I hate took my daughter's virginity, I'm going to go home and scream at her?"

"No. My angle is…the guy that already broke my daughter's/ best friend's heart is back and she's having sex with him and she didn't tell me. I felt hurt. You said you would tell me before it happened-"

"But I couldn't. If I did, you would just say he'll leave again, don't get your hopes up, he doesn't love you. I couldn't handle that."

"I know, but maybe if you told me, I would've under-"

"You would never have understood. You would say he's just like Dad. He'll get me pregnant and then he'll leave."

"I probably would have said that."

"Yeah…I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have brought up the balcony."

"It's okay, you were angry…..I talked to Jess."

A look of sheer terror came over Rory's face, "What did you say?"

"I told him a few of my fears."

"Like?"

"Like..you getting pregnant and him leaving, or him just up and leaving."

"I know. I told him about those fears too. He apologized and told me what happened."

"Can I know?"

"His dad came to see him."

"Really?"

"Yeah, the day after the party. His dad came and left. Jess went to California to get to know him. But it didn't work out."

"Wow."

"Yeah, that must be awful. I mean, Dad's not the greatest, but I've at least seen him."

Lorelai nodded and the two sat together in silence. Finally Lorelai spoke, "Rory, do you really love Jess?"

Rory nodded, "I had a dream last night about him and me. We were married and we lived in this big house and we had kids."

"Kids?"

"Yeah, two girls and a boy."

"But the thought of childbirth scares you."

"I know, but it doesn't freak me out to think of Jess as their father."

"Wow."

"I know."

Lorelai couldn't believe it. Rory, who almost had a heart attack when Sherry was in labor, just told she wanted to have kids, Jess's kids. "Rory, will you promise me one thing?"

"Sure."

"The next time something significant happens in your life, will you tell me?"

"Of course I will." They both stood up and hugged, glad the fighting was over.

"I love you Mom."

"Oh, kid you have no idea."

Once the girls parted, Lorelai got a mischievous look on her face, "So, how was it?"

"How was what?"

"Sex with Jess..on a bridge."

"Wow, I really need to take a shower." Rory tried to make a break for it.

"Come on, I'm your mother. I have a right to know how my daughter's first time was."

"Why don't we talk about this later?"

"Why don't you take a shower later?"

"Because I'm disgusting."

"In more ways than one." Lorelai murmured.

"Mom!"

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Jess stood in the gazebo, late at night waiting for Rory. She had called him earlier and said to meet her here at midnight, which it was a quarter to. Jess pulled out his book and started to read.

Minutes later Rory walked into the town square. She smiled when she saw Jess's silhouette against the lights. She walked over and kissed him on the cheek. "Hi."

"Hey." Jess put his book on the bench and pulled Rory into his lap. "Did you talk?"

"Yep."

"Is everything okay?"

"Everything is just….perfect." Rory smiled as she kissed Jess, hoping this moment would last forever.

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