Well I decided to get another chapter written so I could update for you guys! Consider this your Christmas present! Hope you all enjoy! Review please!

Chapter 16

Jess woke up dreading what must be done today. He had to talk to his father. It was something he had vowed not to do after he left Venice Beach. He sighed and turned to look at Rory. She was sleeping peacefully, he smiled and kissed her gently before getting up and finding something to wear.

"Mmm." Rory mumbled as Jess dug through the drawers and pulled out some jeans and a T-shirt. He looked up, afraid that he woke her up. Rory rolled over and slowly opened her eyes. "Jess?"

"Did I wake you?" Jess gently asked, sitting on the bed next to her and stroking her hair.

"No." Rory sat up and yawned. "Where are you going?"

"To have the talk with my dad." Jess said with disgust.

"Jess." Rory sternly scorned him.

He sighed and looked at her. "I just want to get this over with. I don't plan on talking to him for very long anyway. Are you going to be ok?"

"Yep! Go and make things right with your dad!" Rory cheerily replied getting out of bed. She stood up to quickly and stumbled.

"Rory!" Jess ran to her and grabbed her elbows, giving her support.

"Whoa, I stood up too fast." Rory dizzily informed him.

"Sit back down." Jess ordered.

"No, I'm fine really. I just need to remember that my body can't handle such swiftness anymore." Rory swatted at Jess's hand.

"Fine. No coffee." Jess called from the door as he grabbed his jacket and left.

"That's what you think." Rory mumbled deviously.

- - -

Jess walked into the Diner and all eyes turned to him. Everyone heard that his dad was in town and he was now the center of attention.

"Jess, dawl! Why didn't you mention that your dad is such a hunk?" Babette asked instantly.

"I uh…" Jess looked at Babette, perplexed.

"Yeah. He is quite tasty." Ms. Patty agreed and began daydreaming.

Jess stood there embarrassed and shocked, "I uh, gotta go." He took of instantly and ran to the bridge to think. To his surprise Jimmy was there.

"Jess, sorry I'll leave." Jimmy began to get up but Jess stopped him.

"No it's ok. We should talk." Jess tried to sound polite.

"Thanks son." Jimmy sat next to Jess and sat there awkwardly.

"Look, Rory wants you to be a part of our kids' lives, so I do too. But just because I'm letting you do this doesn't mean that everything is peachy keen." Jess quickly told Jimmy.

"Sure sure. Just give me a chance Jess. I can be different. I didn't mean to offend you back at home, but I thought that you needed the blunt truth."

"Well telling me that I'm a screw up and that Rory would never take me back really wasn't the best way to be truthful." Jess angrily spat out and stood up.

"Wait!" Jimmy stood up and grabbed his shoulder. "I just wanted you to get over her, to help you. I hated seeing you so miserable and angry. I thought that you needed closure."

"Well that's just the opposite of what I needed. I needed to put my life back together so I could be good enough for her. You knew nothing about me." Jess sneered and sighed. "Look, I'm going to give this thing a try, but if something doesn't work out between us, then I don't want to hear from you. I will not keep you away from your grandchildren, but everything will have to be planned." Jess stood up and laid down the rules for Jimmy.

"Ok." Jimmy was walking on ice here. He had to be careful and he truly wanted to try harder. "Well tell Rory bye for me, and let me know when the big day comes. I want to see my grandkids." Jimmy stood up and shook Jess's hand.

"See ya." Jess turned around and walked to the Diner.

Rory was already downstairs eating when Jess arrived. "Hey. How'd it go?" Rory smiled and reached her hand out to him. Jess took it and sat next to her.

"It went." Jess sighed. "He said to tell you bye and to let him know when the babies are born."

"He didn't want to say bye to us?" Rory questioned.

"Nah, Jimmy doesn't do well with goodbyes." Jess shrugged and picked up a fork and taking some of Rory's pancakes. Rory slapped Jess's hand and glared at him.

"What do you think you're doing?" Rory scolded and pulled the plate closer to her, hovering over it protectively. "You should know by now that taking food from a Gilmore, especially a pregnant Gilmore, is dangerous."

"I like danger." Jess smirked but raised his hands in defeat when Rory scowled and gave him her most intense withering stare. "Sorry, won't happen again. Luke!"

"Smart man." Rory murmured and eyed Jess cautiously. He laughed and kissed her.

"Quiet! You'll scare away my customers." Luke snapped, feigning annoyance.

"I want to order something, especially since my greedy wife here won't share with me." Jess gave her a look and tapped his fingers on the counter. "So are you going to take my order or not?" Jess impatiently asked.

"What do you want."

"Hmm, let me see." Jess opened the menu and began skimming through it. Luke sighed and snatched it from him. "Hey!"

"You know this menu like the back of your hand. Now hurry up and order before you don't get anything." Luke forcefully said.

"You're going to lose business with that attitude Uncle Luke." Jess innocently replied.

Jess grunted and glowered at him. "Order now." Rory giggled and ate her food.

"I'll have what she had." Jess smirked and looked up at Luke with puppy dog eyes.

"Fine." Luke walked into the kitchen and came back out with Jess's food. "Here."

"Now Luke, I'm going to have to take my business somewhere else if you are going to keep being rude." Jess said matter-of-factly.

"Shut up and eat your food."

"Fine fine."

"So what are the plans for today?" Rory asked.

"Sleep." Jess mumbled. All this stress from his dad finally caught up with him.

Rory smiled. "Sounds good to me."

"Come on then." Jess gently tugged at her arm and stood up.

"But, but my food!" Rory argued.

"Luke, we're going to take the plates upstairs, we'll bring them down later!" Jess called as he pulled Rory upstairs. Rory giggled followed Jess. They sat down on the couch and turned the TV on.

"Jess, I was thinking…" Rory looked at him and blushed. "…maybe we shouldn't name the girl Lorelai. I mean, both kids names after parents. I feel bad for doing that, plus Jane is a perfectly good name. So is Elizabeth."

Jess looked at Rory shocked but relieved. "I was hoping you would come to your senses sooner or later."

"What? Why didn't you say anything in the first place?" Rory asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Because I thought that's what you wanted." Jess whispered.

"Jess, these are your kids too. You have a right to name them."

"Yeah."

"So what do you think? Jane? Elizabeth?" Rory questioned, picking at her food.

"I like Jane. Elizabeth is nice too. But I'm not sure if I want to name her after my mom." Jess trailed off.

"What about Elizabeth Jane? Or Allison Jane? Ooh maybe Chloe Jane?" Rory began throwing names out.

"I like them all…" Jess looked away and thought for a bit. They needed to decide on a name soon, they only had three more months left. "I think Elizabeth Jane is our best bet." Jess smirked and squeezed Rory's hand reassuringly.

"Great. Elizabeth Jane Mariano it is." Rory smiled and frowned. "Graduation is in two months. I'm going to be huge. I don't want them to see me like that."

"Like what?" Jess tried to avoid her 'I'm going to be fat' rant.

"You know what I'm talking about Jess. I'm going to be huge! I don't even know if I'll be able to walk." Rory began tearing up.

"Rory, it doesn't matter. You are graduating, and you're technically not going to be fat. You're going to be pregnant. That's different. You have two babies inside you that are growing, so technically YOU aren't fat."

Rory smiled a bit and sniffled. "I guess so. I'm just glad that I'm done with school. And I'm already feeling huge, I just want to have them already. I mean, it's hard to walk around and do things anymore. And I get so tired."

"Yeah, and you're going to bring me into this…" Jess sat in silence for a few moments, "…what if I'm not a good dad?"

"Jess." Rory sighed. "We've been over this. You're going to do great. You know what NOT to do."

"I know, but that doesn't mean I'll know what to do."

"You think I know what to do? I've never been a mom before. And it's different because I never had a dad, my mom raised me herself, so she never depended on a man. These kids will have a dad, and I'll have you. So either way, our kids won't grow up the way we did."

"Yeah." Jess sighed and laid back. "It must be the fact that my dad came to town, and now I'm freaking out."

"Don't worry Jess." Rory yawned and closed her eyes.

"Let's go take a nap."

"Mhmm." Rory agreed.

"Here?"

Rory nodded lazily, without opening her eyes. Jess sighed and got up, looking for a blanket. He didn't like Rory to sleep on the couch, it wasn't the most comfortable of places to sleep. He found two blankets and laid down with Rory, wrapping his arms around her and covering them with the blankets.

"Thanks." Rory mumbled.

"Sure. I love you." Jess whispered into her ear and closed his eyes, finally getting a chance to relax.

"Me too." Rory barely whispered before falling asleep.

- - -

"Oh fruit of my loins! Where art thou?" Lorelai called, entering the small apartment.

Jess and Rory didn't stir, despite the loud noise Lorelai made. She made her way to the living room and spotted them on the couch. "Oops." She mumbled and quietly exited the room.

Lorelai walked downstairs and sat at the counter. "Lukey! Coffee!"

"No. You need to quit now. Addiction is unhealthy."

"But-but, whatever shall I do without my coffee? Oh Butch Danes, how could you do this to me?" Lorelai dramatically replied, pulling out a napkin and throwing her hand across her head.

"You'll get over it." Luke seriously responded and sighed.

"Please. Don't make me sing." Lorelai smirked and opened her mouth. Luke quickly covered it and gave in.

"Fine. One day you are going to overdose of coffee."

"But you'll be there to revive me."

"Maybe."

"So how long have Jess and Rory been asleep?" Lorelai questioned, sipping her coffee.

"About two hours now. Why?"

"Well I needed to tell Rory that her dad is coming. He wants to see how she's doing, and I need to warn her now. Apparently Chris is going to bring Gigi. So we'll see how everything turns out."

"Yeah, Jess's dad, Jimmy was here. I think he left. But it stressed Jess out."

"Really? Well I don't see why he should be here if Jess doesn't want him around." Lorelai stood up and decided to wake the lovely couple up.

"Well he wants to give him a chance I guess. Where are you going?"

"To wake up the love birds."

"Shouldn't you let them sleep?" Luke asked cautiously

"Yeah, but Rory needs to plan this out."

- - -

"Rory! Daughter of mine! Mini me! Princess!" Lorelai shouted.

Rory shot up startled and knocked Jess of the couch. "Umph!"

"Jess! Sorry! My mother here scared me. I didn't mean to. Are you ok?"

Jess rubbed his head and sat up. "Peachy."

"I'm so sorry babe." Rory apologized again and glared at her mom. "Well this better be important."

"Oh it is. Your father's coming into town tomorrow." Lorelai quickly replied.

Rory froze and glanced at Jess. "Why?"

"He wants to check up on you."

"Why now? He had six months to do that." Rory growled.

"I don't know hon. You'll have to talk to him. Don't be mean ok?" Lorelai walked out and left a stunned Rory and Jess looking at each other.

"And the drama continues." Jess finally said.

"Uh huh." Rory nodded and laid back down, covering her face and moaning. "I have a headache."

"Sorry. But blame your mother for that." Jess got up and walked to the bedroom and grabbed a book. "I'll read for a while if you want?"

Rory smiled and moved her hand. "Please?"

Jess opened the book and began reading. It was the only thing to get Chris's visit off their minds.

Hope you liked it! I decided to change the name of the baby because it is kinda mean to name both of your kids after you. lol Well I will try to update my other story too. Merry Christmas!! Reviews are greatly appreciated!

Beth