A.N: Wow I know I haven't updated in awhile, I JUST got my computer back today! Thank the heavens for that. I've been really busy with midterms and things for school but today I had some time to type up stuff I had on paper. I'm not entirely happy with this, but I think it's cute enough. Enjoy!

Someone to Love

"So, you're sure you are up for this, right?" Jess asked, opening the car door for Rory to step out.

She assured him for the tenth time tonight. "Jess, if I can handle Friday night dinner with my grandparents, I can handle one night at your mothers."

He sighed, "You obviously don't know my mother… or T.J. The man has an etch-a-sketch." Rory laughed and put her hands on either side him and kissed his forehead.

"Don't worry. Besides, my mom and Luke are here right? It won't be that bad." Jess took her hands and held them pleadingly.

"That might make it worse." She shrugged him off and walked towards the door. "Do you want to ring it, or should I?"

"Be my guest. That way you can't blame me for not tying you up, blindfolding you and forcing you to leave." Rory rolled her eyes and rang the bell as Jess began to hum the theme from The Twilight Zone. She smacked him in the chest.

Liz opened the door energetically, "Hey! Look who it is, you must be Rory." She scooped Rory into a hug.

"You're pretty! T.J, isn't Rory pretty? Jess got himself a pretty girl." Liz went to hug Jess next as T.J appeared behind her.

"Wow, look at that, she is! Nice job." Jess mouthed Rory an "I told you so."

She ignored him. "It's so nice to finally meet you." Rory said. Liz smiled and ushered them inside. "You too hon, I couldn't wait to meet the young lady who tamed this one." She motioned to Jess.

"Thanks, Liz." Inside the living room Lorelai and Luke were already seated on the couch.

Luke looked up at Jess, "You're late."

"Sorry Uncle Luke, I couldn't seem to find my right sock." Jess sat on the loveseat, Rory blushed. "Well if I had to sit through T.J's sock puppet routine again, those puppets were going up his-"

"Well then it's good we're all here now huh?" Lorelai interrupted.

Rory nodded. "Yes and I'm starving!"

"Lizzy cooked up quite a meal tonight!" T.J grabbed a seat near the couch. "You got steak, potatoes, veggies; the works! Plus she made a blueberry cobbler, I don't know about you but I love myself some cobbler. Especially when it's blueberry."

"It'll be ready in a few minutes. Jessie why don't you help T.J set the table." Jess groaned in protest and Rory got up. "I'll help."

He grabbed her hand. "No, you sit." He got up and kissed her cheek. "I won't subject you to being alone with T.J just yet, maybe after the cobbler." Jess walked to the table with T.J, ignoring his questions about work, life in Philadelphia and a very uncomfortable conversation about how to please a woman right.

"Aw shucks, thanks. At least I know you care." Rory rolled her eyes and turned to her mom and Luke "So, did you tell them the big news yet?" They watched the interaction with grins.

Lorelai smiled wider. "Yep, of course when Liz saw the ring she automatically assumed so there wasn't much to tell." Luke ran his thumb against her knee. "You know Liz, she jumped around and hummed the wedding march for about an hour."

"As expected."

"Everyone in town pretty much knows, telling Miss Patty proved to be effective once again. Now all that's left is the parents." Luke groaned.

"Well, this almost happened before so I'm sure they'll be O.K with it right?" Rory said hopefully. She wasn't sure if she should bring up the couples last engagement, but thought it was a safer subject now. "Probably, but you know Emily Gilmore will want to be involved in everything. The last thing I need is my mother picking out my dress, and shoes, and the church and the flowers and the husband. I'll be damned if she shows up the day of the wedding with some guy named George, saying Luke's skin tone doesn't match the horse and carriage."

"That would be bad."

Dinner went by quicker then expected. Other than T.J pulling out his Game Boy Advance half way through to show Jess how he got up to another level in Tetris, it was semi-uneventful. Liz's eyes occasionally glanced over at Rory and Jess, who were also stealing stealthy looks every few minutes at each other. She smiled happily that her son finally found someone he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Soon enough, she hoped, they would be walking down the aisle as well.

Jess found his T.J…kind of.

"Dinner was wonderful. I'm stuffed." Rory said, still on her second piece of pie. Lorelai was on her third and the table watched in awe how such small girls could put food away like nothing.

"That's a first." Jess laughed, she glared at him behind her bangs. Lorelai put down her fork and stood up. "I don't think I ate that much since…yesterday. We should get going before I get sick."

Liz stood up as well, "T.J clear the table would ya? Come on, I'll walk you guys out. I have to pick up Doula from her babysitters next door." Jess, Rory and Luke rose from the table and followed.

"It was nice having you guys! Come over more often!" Liz hugged Lorelai. "We will if we get that kind of treatment! I'm up for a good meal anyday."

She turned to Jess, "And you! Come see your mother more than once a year O.K?" Jess nooded. "It was nice meeting you Rory, keep this one in line."

Liz went off to the house next door as Jess and Rory got in the car.

"That wasn't that bad."

"No I guess not, it could have been worse. At least we won't have to be there when your mother tells Emily about their wedding. That will be a blood bath." Rory became silent as Jess started the car. She looked over to him cautiously and cleared her throat.

"Um, what if I told you my mom asked us to go and I felt bad because she'll be alone and probably get into a fight with grandma, and Luke will feel awkward so I thought with you there it would be better?" Rory said in one breath, squeezing her face together.

"No."

"But Jess!"

"Nope, sorry."

"Think of Luke! He'll be all alone and you know how he is with these things! He needs you!"

"Oh well."

"Do I have to remind you all the things Luke has done for you? You can't do him this one favor? My mother would really appreciate it, and so would I." Rory stuck out her bottom lip and clasped her hands together, pleading. Jess sighed loudly, backing out of the driveway.

"Fine, you know, you can't always do the lip thing when you want something. It's going to get repetitive."

"No it won't! I'm cute."

"Not that cute, you're getting old."

"You're older than me! Besides, you know you can't resist me."

"Uh huh. You keep thinking that." He smirked and Rory leaned her head on his shoulder.

"You looveee me, you can't say no to the lip."

Jess kissed the top of her head. "Whatever you say, Rory."