Takes place right at the end of "Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels" Jess and Rory are leaving together...will it be forever?

Thanks to all of the reviews I've been getting! I know this is really cliche and all but reviews are what show me people want more! If I stop getting reviews, I'll think people don't like the story and I'll delete it! Please keep on reviewing. I really appreciate all of you who've read it so far and thanks! Anything you see that needs fixing, feel free to PM me! Also to those who have been following, I went back and added a little detail, fixed time line issues and one clue to a thing later on. Feel free to go back. Mostly in chapted six.

Disclaimer: I should've mentioned this before, I do not own the show or characters of the show. Any characters that have not appeared at this point in the show but appear later (Logan? Gigi, April etc.) Will not appear in the first story. Any other characters I do own (Such as Mark.)

"I want chocolate chip pancakes!" Lorelai ordered when she stepped into the diner.

"Comin' right up!" Lorelai smiled at her power over Luke and wandered over to the counter, where she took a seat.

She looked around and instantly wished she hadn't. Kirk was sitting a few stools down wearing a jump suit.

"Kirk?!"

"Oh, hey Lorelai." He got up and walked over to the stool beside Lorelai. He smelled strongly of baby powder.

"What's with the...?"

"Jumpsuit? I'm going skydiving. I heard recently that those that go skydiving, jump a canyon on a motorcycle, wrestle a shark or any other dangerous event, tend to live longer. It has something to do with the jolt of energy your heart gets. Therefore, I've decided to try and do atleast five dangerous tasks, so I can make my life longer. I've always wanted to be that crazy but wise old man in town who knows everything and scares little children."

Lorelai had too much to say, so she try'd to be as concise as possible. "Um, Kirk? Where did you hear that, and why would you want to scare little children?"

Kirk shrugged. "Children never took a liking to me. Maybe I didn't hear it exactly the way I thought...it may just have been my mother channel surfing and the slur of the words combined to make that. Anyways, I'm off. The guy whose doing this for me told me to be there at eleven on the dot. Strange man he is, insisted I pay him ahead of time and sign a contract. All in a dark alleyway. I assumed it had to do with competition. He didn't want other skydiving companies to try and get me to use them. Anyways, later Lorelai."

"Bye Kirk...hope he remembers his parachute." She muttered under her breath.

"What was that?" Luke asked, setting her pancakes infron of her.

"Kirks going skydiving. I just said I wish he remembers his parachute."

"Did I hear something about paying a guy in a dark alleyway?"

"Yup."

"Wow. Kirk's insane."

"Luke, I'm pretty sure that was established when he was old enough to talk." Lorelai whispered and tucked into her pancakes.

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"I'm not letting you buy any coffee, so please stop pouting at me whenever we pass someone holding a cup." Jess chuckled as he and Rory walked down the busy New York City street on their first morning together.

"Aww. Please? Not even three cups?" She protested.

Jess shook his head.

"Two and three quarters?"

"Nope." He answered, putting his arm around her shoulders.

"Two and a half?"

"Stop asking." Jess asked, although he was keen about where this could go.

"Fine, two?"

"Nu-uh."

"One and a half! But that's as low as I'll go!"

"Not gonna happen." He smiled and kissed her cheek.

"But look! I'm all better now! I can walk in a straight line." Rory demonstrated.

"It's not that you can't walk Rory. It's that all that coffee will make you die sooner or later."

"I'm willing to take that risk!"

"Rory!"

"Aw, okay."

"That's better." Jess said, tightening his grip around her shoulders. "So, Ms. Tourist, where do you want to go?"

"You're calling me a tourist? You just moved in yourself! And I could tell that man back there where 5th was. Ha!"

"He didn't ask me."

"Because you look more like a tourist then I do."

"Fifth was in the opposite direction that you pointed."

Rory's mouth dropped open. "Nu-uhh! No way!"

"Yes way."

Rory pouted. "Aw man."

Jess shrugged. "Give it three days, and you'll be able to tell a mouse where every specific trash can is."

"People here can do that!?"

"No, but you probably could if you wanted to."

Rory grinned as the two walked past a musician playing on the side of the street.

This is my first day with you
I'll do anything, you want me too.
I'll sing a million words,
I'll catch two dove birds.
We can walk around together
And talk until the end of forever...
The music faded away as the two of them got farther and farther down the street.

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"Hi! I'm Lane Kim. How much do you charge for a few months rent? Oh wow, that seems a little high, doesn't it? Yes I am daughter of Mrs. Kim, the antique owner. What-" Lane jumped, pulling the phone a foot away from her ear.

"What is it?" Lorelai asked looking up from her book, but knew the answer when she heard the loud shrieks and insults the man was giving to Lane on behalf of her mother.

"Sir! I'm nothing like my mom-"

More insults exploded through the end. Lane quickly hung up and crossed something off the list she and Lorelai had made.

"What was he talking about?" Lorelai asked.

"My mom made him buy a plate he broke. Hey! Doesn't he know, you break it you buy it?" Lane said angrily and started to dial a new number.

Lorelai was a little amazed. Who knew Lane would ever stick up for her mother? Maybe this was considered progress?

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"This is my favorite Italian restaurant. I think you'll like it." Jess said holding the door open for Rory.

"I'll order water. I promise."

"Not like you can order coffee here anyways. Lougie is really against coffee in his shop."

Rory sighed.

"Hey Jess! What can I get you?" A man in his early to mid twenties came by wearing black pants, a white t-shirt that had green and red stiching on the sleeves.

"Hey Mark! This is Rory, my girlfriend."

"Hello Madam!"

"Hey. Nice to meet you."

"And the same to you! Anything I can get you?"

"Two plates of spaghetti please." Jess ordered.

"And two waters." Rory added.

"Two spaghetti's, and two waters. Wow I must say, you two are alot better than other couples I've seen in here. They never agree on anything!"

Jess laughed. Rory smiled tightly.

"What's the matter?" Jess asked when Mark had left.

"I haven't called my mom yet." Rory said looking out the window.

"Oh well, you're allowed to use cell phones here, it's not like Luke's."

"Oh, okay great." Rory smiled and pulled out her phone.

"Mom?"

"Hi honey! How's NYC?"

"It's great, I was just calling to let you know I'm okay."

"Ahh. I'm not a grandmom yet?"

"Mom!"

"Okay, okay. Enjoy your time. Wait Rory, he's going to let you go to Yale after winter break ends, right?"

"Ofcourse he is mom!"

"Okay, just making sure. See you...later? I guess..."

"Bye mom!"

Rory hung up and looked up at Jess.

"Everything good?"

Rory nodded.

"She did have on question though..."

"What's that?" Jess asked just as Mark set the plates of food down infront of them.

"If you'll let me go back to Yale when Winter Break is over."

"Ofcourse I'll let you go!" He exclaimed, shocked at the doubt.

"I know, that's what I told her."

Jess nodded. "Well, are you going to try some, or not?" Jess asked nodding to the spaghetti.

"Oh!" Rory twirled some around her fork and put it in her mouth.

"MMM! This is so good!" She smiled and ate some more.

"Glad you like it." He smiled and nodded to Mark, who was standing behind the counter, watching the two.

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