A/N: Hello, dears! I am a terrible, terrible person... I said I wasn't going to start another story until I finished the ones I currently have going. But low and behold, last night inspiration hit me and I created this story. I didn't want to post it, but I already have about seven chapters written. So this is kind of an AU where they met as kids and whatnot and it'll take a small twist in a few chapters. It'll will take place in different parts: Childhood, teenage years, and the present. In order for it not to be confusing, I'll label it all properly and whatnot before the chapters. So, stay tuned! If you could, please review, favorite, and follow. That really helps when it comes to keeping me going! (P.S. - I am updating my other Lit Fics tonight, so stay tuned!)
Stars Hollow — September, 1993
On an early autumn's day in the town square, a small brunette girl ran circles around her mother and yammered on about how excited she was that school was starting again soon. For being only nine years old, the girl was highly intelligent and always wanted the best of it all. Her mother shook her head and smiled at the small girl as she opened the door to Luke's Diner and walked inside. Once the two girls had stepped inside, they felt an unusual presence among them and spotted it right when they saw Luke's angry red face beam down at a small boy that looked to be around the girls' age. He looked bored as he was getting scolded by the diners owner.
"Luke," Lorelai chuckled and interrupted the awkward conversation happening between the two. "Luke, he's a kid. Leave him alone."
The boy smiled, looking like the devil in disguise. Lorelai already felt some sort of unwavering anger towards him, but like she had told her friend, he's only a kid. Sometimes they're bad seeds from a young age and from the looks of it, this kid was one of the worse seeds out there.
"He's not just any kid," Luke explained as he adjusted his favorite baseball cap. "He's my sisters kid. He's gonna be staying here for awhile."
As Luke explained the whole situation to Lorelai and poured her a cup of coffee, the girl looked over at the boy and smiled. "I'm Rory," she said in a small voice. She had always been fond of making new friends, but she wasn't sure if this kid was going to be taken with her or not.
"Jess," he sighed and looked down at the floor.
Rory frowned and took his disinterest as a cue to stop talking, but after a few moments of hearing Luke and Lorelai bickering, Rory looked back up at the boy. "Wanna hang out sometime? I can show you around."
Jess cocked an eyebrow like he had hardly heard the girl talk in the first place and shrugged it off. "Sure. Whatever." With that, he threw his arms down on the counter and laid his head down.
Rory wasn't one for giving up. She wanted to show this kid that there were good things in town. Stars Hollow may have been small, but it had a lot to offer, even if you were a nine year-old jerk-face like Jess Mariano.