Disclaimer - I wonder what that kind of power would feel like. Too bad I never have and never will know.

Summary - Jess, the best man, is back in town for Luke and Lorelai's wedding...with his 6 month old son. How will the town react? How will Rory react? RJ. Post Season 5. R&R!

A/N: Again, THANK YOU for your reviews, I love 'em! And another thanks to those who informed me of my mis-spelling of Michel. A few errors I'm too lazy to fix in ch. 2, mostly bits where my space bar stuck (it always does that).

Luke paled and leaned back against his truck. He remained this way for a few minutes. Jess wasn't sure what to do. He had never seen his uncle this way before. He decided staying quiet for the moment would probably be the best option. Finally, Luke looked up and broke the silence.

"Y-You...You have a kid?"

Jess nodded in response.

"How old is he? And where's his moth- who's the mother," Luke began to pace,"When were you planning on telling me this?" He stopped his frantic pacing to face Jess.

"This weekend. I didn't want to tell you over the phone." Jess stuck his hands in his pockets and began intently looking down at his feet. Luke watched him. He wasn't the same Jess that had stirred up trouble last year. Wasn't the same angry kid who ran off to California.

"Who's the mother? Where is she?" Luke asked.

"Haylie. She split not long after Jacob was born. Haven't seen her since." A far away look came over Jess' face as he thought about that night, one month after Jacob was born. He had come home to find Haylie sitting in the kitchen, bags at her side. Neither of them had said a word. He had been expecting it. She stood up and walked out without a word. Not even a phone call. Jess figured she had gone out to California, like she had always talked about. Him, he had no desire to ever see that place again.

"Well," Luke sighed, interupting Jess' thoughts, "We'd better get going." And with that Luke walked to the other side of his truck and got in. Jess got into his car as well, shocked and numbed by the ease of which things had just gone. He began to think that things wouldn't be so bad.

The dining room of the Dragon Fly Inn was empty for the evening. With guests either in their rooms or out having a night on the town, Lorelai decided to hold an impromptu dinner with herself, Rory, Luke, Sookie, Jackson, and Jess. She heard Luke and Jess pulling up and went out on the porch to greet them. When Luke had finally made his way to her they shared a deep kiss. Jess averted his eyes, waiting for the couple to end their PDA, until a sudden thought hit him.

"Where's Jacob?" He asked.

"Upstairs," She said andquickly added on after seeing Jess' panic stricken face, "Don't worry, I borrowed Sookie's baby monitor." She held up the monitor, a quiet static coming from it. Jess nodded but went upstairs to check up on his son anyways.

"Honestly," Lorelai said to Luke mockingly, looking shocked, "I get no respect around here!"

Jess quietly opened the door, peering in to see Jacob peacefully sleeping. Lorelai had two small stacks of pillows on either side of him. The baby monitor sat on the nightstand.

"He's cute." Jess jumped at the voice behind him. He turned to see Rory.

"You expected anything less?" Jess smirked and silently closed the door. Both found themselves with nothing to say. It wasn't an awkward silence. Just a quiet moment.

"Look, I'm sorry about...well, everything." Jess said.

"Me too. I didn't mean to flip out. I just..." Rory sighed. "Clean slate?" She offered.

"I like the sound of that. Think it'll work?" He asked tentively.

"It better work. We've been drama queens for enitirely too long." She smiled and rolled her eyes, "Do you realize how fickle you were? Oh, and don't get me started on the 'Bad Boy' complex."

"Really, you're too kind." Both smiled, feeling the weight lifted off their shoulders.

Rory was the first to move, wrapping her arms around Jess' neck. He was quick to respond and accordingly wrapped his arms around her back. In that moment, a friendship had been restored and old grudges lost. Both reluctantly let go and made their way downstairs. It was a pleasant dinner. They discussed the upcoming wedding, Michel spoke of some strange guest who had requested three bottles of hand sanitzer. Lorelai explained that he was a germophobe. Sookie showed off pictures of Davy and their new born. Few by few, they finished dinner and made their way home. Rory and Jess never said goodnight; just a shared look and a small smile across the table. Lorelai saw this and nudged Luke. The two people who fought against the two kidsbeing together, were now smiling at theadults that had grown so much.

Jess awoke the next morning with a vague sensation that something was missing. He glanced at the clock. 9:30. He usually didn't sleep so late, but Jacob had kept him up for the better the night.

Jacob. It hit him like a heart attack.

He grabbed some clothes, barely dressed before ripping open the door and dashing downstairs.

Lorelai was feeding small spoonfulls of baby food to Jacob while he sat in his car seat on the counter. She looked up at Jess as he spoke.

"Geez," He ran a hand through his hair, "You're going to give someone a heart attack some day." Jess was still taking deep breaths.

"Sorry. I thought you'd want to sleep in. Especially after you're first fitting with Frank." She replied, closing the jar of baby food.

"Yeah, Franks a little..."

"Different?" Lorelai finished.

"I was going to say psychotic. Is luke at the diner?" He walked over to Jacob and picked him up.

"Yeah, he left for an early delivery this morning." She answered.

"I'm still not quite used to that." He began to put a jacket on his son while he spoke.

"Early deliveries?" Came Lorelai's puzzled response.

"You two finally getting together." He smiled, picking up Jacob and making his way to Luke's.

The diner was half full with customers catching a late breakfast. Babette and Miss Patty sat at the counter with the latest gossip.

"Oh, you wouldn't believe the things she found in his trunk!" Babette exclaimed.

"I heard she's already filed for divorce. Can you believe! Two days after-" Patty's jaw dropped at the sight of Jess. With a baby in his arms, he walked around the counter to the back in search of Luke. The second he was out of ear shot the two woman went crazy.

"You think it's his?" Patty asked Babette.

"I sure hope so. With that kid's genes! Imagine the looker he'll turn out to be."

The two women went on further with their ponderings while Jess found Luke in the storage room.

"Hey." Jess caught Luke's attention.

"Hey." Luke look a little rattled. Jess hid his smirk, he had forgotten how nervous Luke was around kids.

"I just wanted to stop by and make sure we're still good. I didn't know if you were still freaked out or not."

"I didn't freak out." Luke backtracked with a look from Jess, "Okay, I freaked outa little, but I'm fine now. I just have to get used to the fact you are now a...father. A father. Wow. You're someone's father. Sounds weird when you say it out loud."

"Yeah, well, it's not so bad." Jess mirrored Luke's earlier response.

A/N: Hope you all like this chapter (not as long as I'd like it to be). I'd really love to hear what you think about it via reviews. More to come (this fic ends at Luke and Lorelai's wedding, so it'll be a while).Will now preceede to eat doritos.