A/N: Sorry it's taking me so long to update guys!! Especially on 'Drunk or Not'! But I have half the chapter finished already, but in the main time here's something to tide you over.

Disclaimer: If I owned GG I would be rich, which I'm not.

--

"I mean he laughed at me." Rory tells Lorelai and Lane as they walk down the sidewalk heading back to 'The Ritz'. "He just sat there and laughed in my face."

Lorelai gasps. "No!"

"How dare he?" Lane asks with fake enthusiasm.

Rory continues ignoring them both. "I mean who does something like that?" She asks rhetorically. "It's…unethical."

"It is." Lane agrees.

Lorelai spins around in front of them, walking backwards. "Maybe he was laughing at his own joke." She suggests. "'Raccoon on a bender'." She repeats, smiling. "That is a good one." Rory glares at her and the smile quickly fades. "I'm just saying." She shrugs facing the front again. "Gosh, you really need a car!" Lor complains. "This walk is tiring!" Lane watches on amusedly.

"You could've brought your own car." Rory tells her matter-of-factly.

"And risk being mugged or it getting stolen?!" Lor exclaims.

"Or worse," Lane pipes in. "Wrecking it in a car accident going one hundred miles an hour!" Lorelai laughs.

"I was not going one hundred miles an hour on a seventy mile strip!" Rory protests.

"God forbid!" Lor counters.

Rory glares. "And that's why you deserve to walk." Lor sticks out her tongue at Rory who continues anyway. "So what movie is it gonna be?" They ignore her.

"Cute car." Lorelai says.

"Hot guy at ten o'clock." Lane squeals.

"Guys, come on." Rory sighs. "The f-word here is—"

"Finally." She's cut off.

Rory looks shocked as she sees Jess leaning against his limo. "Jess," She's flabbergasted. "Hi."

"You are very hard to track down." He tells her, standing.

"Am I?" She questions. "I was out of town."

"Huh." He responds looking her over. "I see you got a towel after all. That's too bad, I'm gonna miss the see through shirt thing." He smirks at her reaction. Lane looks open-mouthed at Lorelai.

Rory folds her arms over her chest, feeling exposed. "Was there something you wanted?"

"Now that you mention it, yes." He starts. "But now is hardly the place or time." He adds gauging her reaction. Lorelai chokes and Lane hastily pats her back.

Rory faces them. "Ah…this is my friend, Lane." She introduces signaling to them. "And my mom, Lorelai."

"You're kidding, right?" It's rhetorical. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were her mother." He lies smoothly.

Rory rolls her eyes as Lorelai smiles. "I like you."

Jess smirks. "Always appreciated."

Lorelai turns to Rory. "He doesn't seem like such a narcissistic, arrogant prick to me, hun." She says intentionally.

Jess looks at Rory curiously and she flushes, looking down. "What can I do for you Jess?" She's past frustrated.

"Nothing actually." He hands her a pair of keys.

"What's this for?"

"Your car." He replies obviously. Lane raises her eyebrows.

"I don't have a car." Rory responds stupidly.

Jess shakes his head. "You didn't have a car yesterday, today you have a car." He signals to the car at which Lorelai had commented on behind his limo. Rory faces the car at which she, Lane and Lorelai's mouth fall open. A pink Porsche 911 is sitting there with the top down.

Rory spins around. "I can't take this!"

"Why not?" Jess asks surprised.

Lor follows. "Yea, 'why not'?"

"Because," Rory emphasizes glaring at Lorelai. "I don't know when I'd be able to pay you back." She faces him again.

"Don't worry about it." He assures her.

"No you don't understand." Rory counters. "I don't accept things for free—"

"Yes you do." Lorelai interrupts.

"From strangers." Rory counters as if Lor hadn't interrupted.

"I'm not a stranger."

"Yes you are, besides your name and where you work I don't know anything about you." Rory persists.

"And the fact that I'm a 'narcissistic, arrogant prick', right?" He chuckles as she flushes yet again. "Didn't you want me to fix everything?"

"He got you there." Lane says. Lorelai nods.

"This isn't what I meant, everything isn't fixed. I still have to pay for the damage done to my car and—"

"Then I'll pay for it." He cuts her off taking out his phone.

"No!" Rory stops him. "This isn't what I meant when I said to fix things!" She sighs. "I was angry and upset. I would've said anything to make you feel bad." She laughs.

He sighs putting his phone back in his pocket. "Just take the car." He presses the keys more firmly into her hands closing her fist around it. She resists. "If you don't take it I'll give it to the first stranger I see."

"No you won't." She brushes it off easily. He looks down the sidewalk and sees an elderly woman heading in their direction. He takes the keys from Rory and walks up to the woman. Rory and Lorelai watch on horrified and Lane watches on amused. Rory sees Jess signaling to the car and rushes up to them and takes the keys back. "Fine, I'll take it."

"Who are you?" The woman asks Rory.

"Uh, I'm…" Rory struggles.

"Did you get that?" The woman faces Jess again, ignoring Rory. "Just take a left up at the light and its right on the right hand side, can't miss it."

Jess nods. "Thank you."

The woman nods and walks off.

Rory looks at him disbelievingly. "You were asking for directions?"

He smirks for the umpteenth time. "Yes." Beat. "Is there a problem with that?"

"You tricked me." She pouts. He laughs and heads back in the direction they came. Rory quickly follows as he opens the backseat of the limo. "I will definitely reimburse you."

He faces her, looking her over once again. "I don't doubt that."

Rory looks scandalous. "I didn't mean—"

"You wanna catch a movie with us? We were going up to Rory's room." Lorelai tells him.

"As much as I would like to see inside your room," He directs to Rory. "I can't, I have to be somewhere." Rory looks down. "Maybe another time." He smiles reassuringly before getting in the limo and pulling away.

"I sensed something." Lorelai sing-songs.

Lane nods. "There was definitely a vibe." Rory looks at the Porsche with a stunned face. Lane and Lorelai start to examine the car as well.

"He loves you!" Lor sing-songs again.

--

A/N: Please review! The more reviews I get the sooner I update 'Drunk or Not' and this story. It's not called blackmailing, its called negotiating. Lol. :D