A/N: I have been trying to upload this since last week and finally I have succeeded in overcoming and actually updated this story, so I'm really excited. I hope you guys enjoy, and I would love if you reviewed.

Loose Talk

Spring break was here. For any other teenager this would mean freedom from school, lazy mornings and wild nights out. For Rory Hayden-Gilmore this meant breaking out of one jail only to be placed in another. When you are a child that was sent to boarding school, vacations like these were seen as only opportunities for your parents or grandparents (which ever one held the purse strings) to force you to parade around high society like a show dog in order to show all the other adults what a 'fine young adult' you were becoming. It was hell, and unfortunately for Rory she happen to be a boarding school child.

"Ugh, fucking stupid zipper, you have one damn job so just do it!" Rory's voice could be heard all around the hall way despite her door being only slightly ajar.

"Having issues?" As if having suitcase complications weren't bad enough Rory had to look up only to see Jess standing in her door way, chuckling at her.

"What the hell do you want Mariano?" She hissed as she stood up giving the damn suitcase a dirty look before looking at Jess with the same amount of hatred.

"Come on, you know the tradition, I pick you up we both make the drive over to Hartford." He shrugged and leaned on her doorway.

"Well you know sometimes it's good to break tradition, so feel free to leave because I've made other arrangements." She loved the fact she was able to get rid of that cocky smirk his face had held.

"Is that so?" Jess arched an eyebrow as if challenging her.

"Yes it is and look here he is." With remarkable timing that only Finn could have, he reached Rory's door.

"Hello doll, and boy standing in the doorway." Rory couldn't help but smile.

"Finn this is Jess remember you guys have met." Rory wanted to giggle this couldn't have gone better if she had planned it.

"Oh yes you're the one nagging her the night I wanted to take her out." She could see Jess become angry and attempted to diffuse the situation a little.

"Come on Finn play nice." Grabbing him by the hand she pulled him into her room and hugged him enthusiastically, even when they parted she made sure to keep their hands linked. "Okay Jess could you please leave." She gave him a cold stare as she cuddled up to Finn.

"Whatever." Rolling his eyes Jess departed, leaving a the pair holding in their laughter as he turned his back. As soon he was out of sight Rory quickly shut the door and locked it before letting out the giggle she had been holding back.

"Oh my gosh did you see his face?" The pair laughed for a good while before falling on top of her bed. "This was the best plan ever."

"I have to agree love, though I am surprised by the fact that Logan was the one to come up with it."

"Well what can I say I have one intelligent boyfriend." Rory grinned like a fool, she couldn't believe how easy the solution to their Jess problem was. Just make him think that she was dating one of Logan's friends and not actually Logan; could explain the too friendly moments with Logan.

"Oh so it's official now?" Finn asked as he sat up.

"Yes it is, since Logan's birthday." Rory smiled a genuine smile, the official title actually made her insides squirm in a good way, and not burn like it used to.

"Well that's good doll, now are you all set the guys are waiting down at the garage."

"Practically except for this infernal zipper that seems was sent to make my life hell." She pouted as she got up and fumbled again with the stupid luggage.

"Ah no worries I always defend my ladies, even my pseudo ladies." With a charming wink he quickly plopped himself onto the suitcase and zipped it up with only minor difficulty.

"Finn! You can't just sit on it like that, my clothes!" Rory rushed him and threw him off.

"Jeez I help the damsel only to be injured by her." He said rubbing his head where he had bumped it on Paris's bed.

"Oh I'm sorry Finn, I'd kiss it better but perhaps I can just promise to find you a delightful red head sometime this week to do it instead?" Holding in a laugh Rory helped him up.

"This is why I love you doll, come on lets get going." She followed him as he picked up her suitcase and headed out the room.

"Rory honey you're home!" Rory couldn't help but smile as her mother engulfed her in a hug, one that filled her nose with Chanel No. 5 and gin.

"Hello mother." Rory could admit that her mother was drunk about eighty percent of the time, and depressed the other twenty but at least she really cared about her daughter which was more than could be said for most high society moms. "Where's dad?"

"Hmmm? Oh he and dear old Straub are handling some kind of business crisis or something. Now where is Jess, did he not even bother coming in to say hi? How odd, is everything alright with him?" Rory bit her lip she suppose she could tell her mother of their fight, tell her that actually Logan, Finn, and Colin had dropped her off in front of her house. It would make it easier than having to deal with than having her mother question her lack of contact with Jess throughout her stay here. Besides despite the fact her parents weren't the most attentive with her and that they had to cater to her grandparents ideas on how to raise her, she did know that they loved her and each other they were just trapped in this world that made them unhappy.

"Jess and I are mad at each other mother." She wanted to gloss over it and make it sound like any other petty fight that lasted about twelve seconds, but she knew that Jess estrangement within the coming week would worry her mom.

"Why now Hun?" They had gone into her parents bedroom both of themselves settling onto the bed, with her mom wrapping one arm around her.

"Apparently he's sick of not being the boyfriend and I'm just not willing to get into a relationship just to avoid hurting his feelings, I don't love him like that I don't understand why he can't understand that." She began picking at the frills on one of the decorative pillowcases hoping she could not only explain to her mother about the issue, but also find a better stance on her feelings. She didn't hate Jess, she knew she didn't all the years of friendship, of needing each other couldn't just go away because she with Logan, because she genuinely cared about Logan. She just wished Jess would understand the title friend, and accept being in that role.

"Well that boy always looked at you like you were his world." She had known that but wished everyone didn't always feel the need to bring it up.

"Enough about that then I'm starved…" It was a distraction she swore to herself honestly a Gilmore just liked to eat.

"Well perfect timing then because dinner was done about twenty minutes ago, I'm sure you're father won't mind we didn't wait for him." With a smile Rory linked arms with her mother and they made their way out of her parents room and down the stairs towards the dinning room. Sure they didn't have the best of relationships and sometimes Rory hated her for making her feel guilty that both her parents became trapped in this world because she was born, but overall Rory knew that her mother loved her and she could be content with that.

A/N: I would really love some feed back especially what you guys think of the relationship between Rory and her mom and about moving the setting to Hartford for a week. Please review, constructive criticism is welcomed.