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Chapter 29

Rory was sat on her couch waiting for Tristan, Jess and Paris to come as they were all going to Kyle's house party that evening. Lane's band was playing and it was their first gig so Rory really wanted to be their for her friend.

"Roryyyyy?" LJ said as he clambered onto the sofa next to her.

"Yeeessss?" She answered making him giggle.

"I'm hungry." LJ said.

Rory smirked. "When aren't you hungry?" She teased.

"When's daddy back?" He asked.

"Very soon and I'm sure if you use that pout we taught you, he will make you anything you want." Rory grinned.

"Really?" LJ asked.

"Oh yeah, worked with me every time when I was younger." Rory grinned.

Just at that moment, the front door opened and Luke came in. "Hey!" He called.

"Hi dad!" Rory called.

LJ rushed off the sofa. "Daddy!" He exclaimed happily launching himself at him.

"Hey bud." Luke smiled giving his son a hug.

"Can we have burgers?" LJ asked.

"Burgers?" Luke asked. "What about a nice pasta dish instead?"

"Burgers!" LJ said. "Please?" He pouted.

"Ah geez, Rory!" He exclaimed, heading into the living room and seeing his grinning daughter on the couch. "This was your doing wasn't it? Why did you teach him the pout?"

"Because it's a family thing and he's family." Rory grinned. "So when will the burgers be ready?"

"Such work." He muttered but disappeared into the kitchen. "Where's Katie?" He called.

"Upstairs doing homework!" Rory called. "Oh and you can do one burger less. There's food at the party."

"Ok!" He called.

"So you all set?" Lorelai asked after the other three teenagers had arrived.

"Yep." Rory nodded. "How was the inn today?" She asked.

Lorelai sighed. "Not great. A lot of bedrooms are still not open and the kitchen isn't working but apart from that..."

"Sorry." Rory said sympathetically.

Lorelai smiled sadly. "John's coming tomorrow to look round. Hopefully we can open more rooms afterwards."

"That's good." Rory said. She checked her watch. "We should get going. I promised Lane we'd help her set up."

"Ok. Have fun. What time will you be back?" Lorelai asked, smiling at Luke as he came to join them.

"Not late. No later than midnight." Rory said.

"Ok." Lorelai smiled. "Tell Lane good luck from me."

"I will." Rory smiled giving her mom a hug. "See you later."

"Bye hon." She smiled.

"Bye dad." She said giving him a hug as well.

"Be good." He said. "Both of you." He said glancing over at Jess.

"When am I not good?" Jess smirked.

"Less of the smartass act." Luke grunted.

"Sorry dad!" Jess said sarcastically.

Luke rolled his eyes. "Just be good. And be safe. No drinking anything you don't know what's in it. And no getting into fights."

"Yeah yeah!" Jess said.

"Jess!"

"I got it. We'll be good." Jess said.

"Yeah don't worry. We promise to be safe." Rory assured him. "Won't we?" She said giving Jess a pointed look.

Jess rolled his eyes but looked at his uncle. "Yeah we'll be safe." He said.

"Good." He nodded.

"See you later." Rory smiled and followed the others out.

The party was in full swing and Lane's band had already had their first set and had smashed it. Rory and Tristan were talking with Lane and Dave when Paris came up to them. "Have you seen Jess?" She asked.

"Uh not recently." Rory said. "Maybe he headed to the bathroom or something upstairs?" She suggested.

"I'll go look. Thanks." Paris said. "You were good by the way." She gave Lane a shy smile. She didn't know her too well but she'd known her and Rory had been friends for years.

"Thanks Paris." Lane smiled warmly. "It was great you could come."

Paris smiled and then disappeared upstairs. She checked the bathroom but there was no sign of Jess. She then peeked her head into one of the rooms and was surprised to see him just sat in there by himself. "Hey!" She said.

"Hey." He said.

"What are you doing up here by yourself?" She asked.

He shrugged. "It's not really my scene. Thought I'd get some peace." He said.

Paris smirked. "Oh yeah I forgot. You're not a party guy."

"Huh, you can hardly talk, Miss party girl." He teased.

Paris smirked. "Yeah ok." She conceded. "But it's actually been good. Lane's band was good."

"Yeah they weren't half bad." Jess nodded. "Trying to kill some time before their second set and then was going to bail." He said.

"Ok." Paris said. "Want some company til then?"

"If you're offering." He said.

"I'm offering." She smiled sitting down on the bed. "It is nice and quiet up here." She admitted.

"Yeah everyone probably doesn't even realise we're in here. Could be an advantage." He smirked.

"Advantage?" She asked confused.

"Well no one will disturb us." He said. "There is some way we could kill time." He smirked.

"How? Play I-Spy?" Paris smirked.

"No." Jess smirked. "But...there is a bed in here..." He said.

Paris' eyes widened. "Jess!" She exclaimed. "It's a party! There's a house full of people." She said blushing furiously.

"So? They're all having too much fun. They won't come in." He smirked.

Paris glanced at the floor still blushing. "Jess..." She said quietly.

"Paris, it's fine. I'm just kidding." Jess said in a more serious tone.

Paris glanced up at him. "But you want to...you know?" She said.

Jess shrugged. "Sometime yeah. But only with you and if you're not ready, I'll wait. It's cool." He said.

"You'd wait until I was ready?" Paris asked touched. "Even if it's not for a while?"

"I love you." Jess said. "I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want to do. I know I seem like the sort of guy who would but...you mean too much to me." He said so matter-of-factly.

Paris blushed more and her heart swelled. "I never thought you were the sort of guy who would pressure anyone." She said quietly. "You're a good guy, Mariano. Anyone can see that." She said. "Guess that's why I love you too." She shrugged.

Jess smiled. "Thanks."

Paris heard the music get louder downstairs and glanced over at the door. She then glanced back at Jess. "I guess we could kill some time..." She said quietly, looking down at the bed she was sat on.

"What?" Jess asked surprised.

She looked up at him. "What you said...about waiting for me to be ready. You don't know how much that meant to me." She said quietly. "You're it for me, Mariano. I trust you completely."

"Paris..." Jess said.

"Are you going to come over here and kiss me or what?" She retorted.

Jess smirked. "Your wish is my command, Geller." He said going over and kissing her, slowly lowering them both down onto the bed.

"We should get back downstairs. The second set should be starting too and they'll wonder where we are." Paris said trying to get her hair back in place.

"Yeah..." Jess said putting his belt back on. He glanced at her. "Regrets?" He asked.

Paris blushed but gave him a small smile. "No. You?" She asked.

"Oh god no." Jess smirked.

Paris smirked. "I never thought I'd be the type of girl to lose her virginity at a party." She joked. "I've said it before and I'll say it again. You're a bad influence on me, Mariano."

Jess smirked. "I aim to please."

Just then the door burst open and they jumped apart trying to make sure they look presentable. "There you are!" Rory exclaimed. "We've been looking for you. The band's about to start again. What have you been doing?" She asked.

"Uh Rory, I think it's a pretty good guess what they've been doing." Tristan smirked, gesturing to their appearance.

"Oh god..." Rory exclaimed. "Guys! We could have been anyone walking in! You could have at least locked the door."

"What can I say? We live on the edge." Jess said dryly.

Rory just rolled her eyes. "At least this means we're even. You can no longer hold walking in on us over our heads anymore." She grinned.

Jess rolled her eyes. "Yeah whatever...So worth it though, right?" He said smirking at Paris.

"Yeah it was." Paris said quietly.

Rory saw the smile appear on Paris' face and realised this must have been their first time. "We'll meet you downstairs. Geez, we can't take you guys anywhere." She joked, grinning at them before leaving with Tristan.

Jess smirked at Paris. "Well I guess we were asking for that to happen..."

Paris smirked. "Yeah kind of. Come on we should go downstairs." She said.

"Yeah ok. I'm ready." He said securing his belt and tucking his shirt in.

"Same." Paris said taking a quick look in the mirror.

"Let's go do some moshing!" Jess joked, putting his arm round Paris' shoulders and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Paris rolled her eyes. "Yeah like that will happen."

Jess grinned. "This party isn't half bad really, after all." He said.

Paris glanced over at him and smiled. "No, I guess it hasn't been a total bust." She said.

They then headed back downstairs and joined the rest of the party. They headed over to Rory and Tristan just as Lane's band started to play again.

So hope you liked it! The next chapter will be the last of this story (the graduation) but I will be continuing their journey through college in the thrid part of this series! :) Please keep reviewing as you have no idea how much I love hearing what you think! Thanks! :)