A/N- Thanks for the reviews.

Rory's POV

"Daddy!" I ran out the front door and met him on the lawn, tackling him in a hug. I hadn't seen him the last time I came home because I had only been home three days. And those three days had been full of shopping for new clothes, drinking lots of coffee and taking like three showers a day. Some of the places I had been really made you appreciate a hot shower.

"Hey baby!"

"G!" I bent down and hugged my half sister.

"Hi Rory." She wrapped her arms around my neck. "When are we eating?"

"Let me get my shoes and I'll take you guys to the Inn then we can head to Luke's." I told her.

"Will Jess be joining us?" Dad asked.

"I don't know. He's running the diner while Luke's gone so he might be busy." I gave Dad a look to remind him he better be nice. "Jess has a daughter a couple years younger than you G, she might eat with us, if that's okay with you guys." I added.

"It's fine. You should get Jess to join us too, I'm really looking forward to meeting him." Dad insisted.

"Dad." I warned.

"Okay." He raised his hands in surrender. "I know where the Inn is. Why don't we just meet you at Luke's?"

"But I want to stay with Rory!" G insisted.

"Okay, Dad, we'll just meet you at the diner." Dad nodded and climbed back in his car and backed out of the driveway. "Come one, Georgia." I held on to her hand as we walked into the house. I slipped my feet into a pair of blue Chucks I've had since high school.

"Where's Auntie Lorelai?" G asked as we walked towards Luke's.

"She's on her honeymoon, with Luke."

"Oh." G nodded. "How long are you home for this time?"

"Well I'm not going to be traveling anymore. I got a new job, in Washington, DC."

"That's far."

"It's only about six hours, honey. I promise I'll see you a lot and we'll even talk to Dad about you guys coming to see me sometimes." I held opened the door to Luke's for her.

"Okay." She agreed walking through.

"Hey!" Jess stopped in front of me and kissed my cheek.

"Hey, babe. Can you lose the plates?" I gestured to the two plates in his hands.

"Right, sure." He moved around me and set the plates down at Andrew and Gypsy's table.

"Jess this is my little sister, Georgia. G this is my boyfriend Jess." I introduced. Jess bent down on one knee and smiled at G.

"Hi!" He offered her his hand.

G timidly shook his hand. "Hi." Jess smirked at her. He brought his hand to her ear briefly before pulling it back and showing her a quarter. "Cool!" G took the quarter from his palm and studied it. "How'd you to that?"

"A magician never reveals his secrets."

"No fair." G pouted.

"Maybe I could show you later." Jess relented, grinning at her. He straightened up again. "You guys want a table?" he asked looking at me.

"Yeah, are you and Erica joining us?"

"If you want."

"I want."

"Okay then. Over there." He pointed to a table in the back before walking to the bottom of the stairs. "Erica! Come here!" He joined G and I at the table and a couple minutes later Erica came through the curtain.

"Hi Rory!" she climbed into the chair next to G.

"Hey! Erica this is my sister, Georgia. G this is Jess' daughter, Erica."

"Is G your nickname?" Erica asked.

"Yeah, it was Gigi, but that was to babyish so people started calling me G." Georgia explained.

"Daddy?" Erica looked at Jess thoughtfully. "Why don't I have a nickname?"

"You do. I call you Angel." Jess responded.

"But that's just you." Erica rolled her eyes.

"How about Rikki?" I suggested.

"Hmm." Erica pondered. "Rikki. I like it! Daddy can that be my nickname?"

"Sure." I looked up when the bell above the door rang.

"Hey, Dad!" I waved from our table. He walked over and sat on the empty side of the table, closest to G. "So, Dad this is Jess and his daughter, Erica. Erica, Jess this is my dad, Chris."

"Hi." Jess reached across the table and shook Dad's hand.

"Hello." Dad smiled at him, then at Erica.

"Hi." Erica squeaked quietly.

"So, um, what does everyone want to eat?" I asked handing Dad and G both menu's.

"What was that thing I used to get when I visited?" Dad asked studying the menu.

"The Monte Cristo. Luke took it off the menu." I grumbled.

"Ceaser will make it." Jess said.

"Okay, well I'll have that." Dad shut his menu.

"I'll have whatever Rikki has." G said.

"Angel, your usual?"

"Yeah."

"Ror?"

"Cheeseburger, chili fries, and a cherry coke."

He sighed. "You won't live past forty eating like that."

"You become more like Luke every day." I retorted. "Next you're going to be wearing flannel and a backwards baseball cap." Jess glared at me before disappearing into the kitchen.

"How is your mom?" Dad asked looking at me.

"She's good." I gave him a small smile. Mom was a subject we typically avoided as much as possible. Mom and his current girlfriend were both sour subjects. Jess rejoined us at the table, sitting next to me and resting his arm on the back of my chair. "How's Elaine?"

"She's good." Dad repeated my words, shifting in his chair.

"Rory! Doll!" Babette's raspy voice rang through the diner. "The pictures are here! I was checking my mail, you know. And I noticed the package sticking out of your mailbox. So I grabbed it and when I saw the photographers name I ran right over here!" She handed me a thick package.

"Ooh! Pull up a chair." I told Babette. She grabbed a chair and pulled it up next to Dad. I opened the package and pulled out the first packet of photos. They were from the rehearsal. The first was a picture of Jess and I. A friend of Grandma's had asked us about Mom and Luke and we had launched into a story about them. In the picture we looked at each other and smiled. I hadn't realized it at the time but Jess' arm was around my waist and his hand rested on my hip. It looked natural.

"Aw! Look at you two!" Babette exclaimed when I passed the picture to her side of the table. I turned to Jess. He was looking back at me with pure love in his eyes. I leaned forward and kissed him.

"I love you." I whispered.

"Love you too."

Later. Rory's POV

"Well kiddo, I have to say, Jess seems like a great guy." Dad and I walked around the town square. He had his arm around me and I rested my head on his shoulder.

"I'm glad you like him."

"He's great with Georgia." Dad said, watching as Jess chased Erica and Georgia down the street. "And he really loves you. I can see it in the way he looks at you. Don't let this one go, kiddo."

"I won't Daddy." I hugged him.

A/N- So there will be more Jess/Chris interaction next chapter. I rewrote this a million times, and the Jess/Chris stuff wasn't coming out right. Sorry for the delay, schools been crazy, I haven't had much free time to write. Review!