Chapter 15 - How are we going to work?

"And then there were two…"

Rory looked at him, smiling. She couldn't believe how much he had changed. Sure there were pieces of the old Jess behind but the anger was gone.

"You want to something to eat?" She had just finished her food and took a sip of the coffee cup in front of her, her cup that had been refilled by Lane while Luke was upstairs.

"I ate at the meeting earlier. And despite what you think, non-Gilmore people don't have to eat fifty times a day."

"Suit yourself. So how did your meeting go? Sold lots of books?

"Something like that…"

"Something like that?"

"The meeting went fine and I got what I wanted. Now do you want anything else to eat or can we go do something else?" He changed the subject before she got a chance to ask any more questions.

"I'm full…I am not eating for at least another hour."

"You might just beat your record."

"I'd like to inform you that that is nowhere near my record, which, at this moment, is 5 hours and 40 minutes."

"I am amazed. Do you want to call Guinness or should I?"

"I'll try to make it to 6 hours. You can call them if that happens."

"So now that we've decided that you don't want to eat anything else can we get out of here? I swear all the staring is going to drive me crazy." He looked around the diner filled with people that, sure enough, were all staring at the two of them. When they saw him look up they all turned around swiftly and started talking. Well…all except Luke who was standing behind the counter watching him and Kirk that was too busy trying to hide behind a table and take pictures at the same time.

"You didn't seem to mind it yesterday in the square."

"Ah, but yesterday Luke wasn't looking at me thinking of ways to dispose of my body."

"What do you want to do?"

"I have a thing or two in mind…"

"Jess!" She blushed a deep shade of red.

"I was thinking of watching a movie or going to the bookstore…You should really get your mind out of the gutter, Gilmore…"

"I bet that's exactly what you were thinking about. But before we go anywhere I have to drop by the house and leave these bags. Want to help me?"

"Are you trying to get me all alone in the house with you and take advantage of me? Because I have to tell you, Rory, I am not that kind of person."

"Oh, shush. If you don't want to help we can meet back here in twenty minutes."

"I think I'll come with you. Isn't that part of my job as your servant? I have to work for those five bucks."

"I already told you I want change. But if you're good you might get a little bonus."

"Really? Like what?"

"You'll just have to wait and see. Now let's go. These bags aren't going to carry themselves home!"

"Your wish is my command."

They got up and grabbed the bags and slowly started walking towards the Gilmore house.

"What did you buy?"

"Shoes, clothes…the usual."

"Was there anything left for the other people?"

"We didn't go anywhere near the kitchen supply store."

"And how will you live without that new set of pots and pans that you've been talking about all week?"

"We'll have to keep eating at Luke's."

"The sacrifices you make…"

"It's just so he can stay in business. Without us he'd go bankrupt in a week."

"I bet."

They continued to walk in silence until they got to the house. She opened the door and let them in, throwing the bags on the floor of the living room and sitting on the couch. He followed and sat down next to her.

"I'm exhausted!"

"You had two bags."

"They were heavy, heavy bags!"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"If you want anything to drink I think there was some water in the fridge."

"I'm fine."

"Okay. Jess…I want to talk to you about something." She turned towards him.

"What?"

"You want this, right? A relationship?"

"Why? You don't?"

"Of course I do…but I just wanted to make sure that you do too."

He leaned in and kissed her softly.

"I want this. Never doubt it again, ok?"

She nodded and smiled before speaking again.

"So how is this going to work? You're here now and it's great but soon you'll have to go to Philadelphia and I'll stay here and that's far!"

"I know it's far." He responded with a smile while she went on with her rant.

"We could do long-distance but it's going to be so hard. I mean we just got back together and we're still adjusting and you have to leave! I could come visit you but in the fall I'll start school and I'll be busy and you'll be busy because you have a job and we won't have time to see each other. I mean, we could talk on the phone but I like seeing you and having you around because in the past two years I barely got a chance to…"

He cut her off with a kiss.

"Breathe!"

She took a deep breath before tucking in a strand of hair behind her ear and looking him in the eyes.

"Jess, how are we going to work?"

A/N: Thank you Cat (Just A Girl Of The Hollow x3) for being my BETA and for all your reviews.