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Chapter 30

A month had passed and Charlotte and Jess were out in the park with Jack.

"Is Lizzie really coming home at the weekend?" Jack asked as he kicked a football along the grass.

"Yep she's really coming home." Jess said exchanging a smile with Charlotte.

"So is she all better?" Jack asked.

"The hospital wouldn't let her come home with us if she wasn't." Jess told him.

"Your sister has been looked after so well by all the doctors at the hospital and they're confident she's strong enough to come home." Charlotte smiled at him.

"So she's better?" Jack asked again.

"She's much better than she was, yes." Jess nodded. "And the doctors are confident she's going to be healthy."

"Can I start reading books to her then when she comes home?" He asked.

"I'm sure she'd like that." Jess smirked slightly. "But now, let's play some soccer. Bet you can't score against me." He said getting the ball and dribbling off with it.

"Bet I can!" Jack grinned rushing after him.

"Guys wait up!" Charlotte laughed running after them.

"No way!" Jess grinned but as he was running along, he didn't notice a person walking towards him and he bumped right into her, nearly knocking her off her feet. "Oh sorry.." He said sheepishly.

"Excuse my husband, he turns into a kid when we're out with our son." Charlotte smirked.

"Don't worry about it!" The girl laughed.

"I really am sorry." Jess said, glancing at her and finding her vaguely familiar.

"It's fine. I'm not normally swept off my feet so thanks." She joked. "I better get on." She said smiling at them and walking past them.

"Sorry about him." Charlotte smirked. "See..." She smirked at Jess.

"It was an accident." He defended.

"Uh huh..." She smirked.

"Wait..." They heard the girl speak again.

They turned round to see her walking towards them again.

"Do I know you from somewhere?" She asked looking at Jess.

"Uh..I don't think so." Jess said.

"He's an author." Charlotte said. "Maybe you've recognised him from his books?"

"Charlotte..." Jess said embarrassed.

"Could be that." The girl contemplated. "Wait, Jess? Jess Mariano?" She said.

"Uh yeah..." He said.

"That's right! We hooked up one night. Well, we nearly hooked up." She laughed. "Do you remember? I'm Molly. We met at a bar in Hartford."

Jess glanced at Charlotte and saw her tense. "Uh...no, I don't remember that. You must have the wrong person." He said.

"No, I'm sure it was you." She said.

"Well you were at a bar so it must have meant you were drinking. I'm pretty sure you got the wrong person." Jess said.

"No, I'm pretty sure I wasn't the one who was drunk. You were downing all those beers so I offered for you to come back to my place. Well I'm not surprised you don't remember. But I know for certain it was you. I'm not the kind of person who just has one night stands. Well nearly have a one night stand." She joked.

"What's a one night stand?" Jack asked innocently.

"We should get going." Jess said, glancing at Charlotte who had her arms crossed against her chest and whose face had gone pale. He saw her grab Jack's hand and walk off. "I need to go. Bye." He told Molly who looked confused as he went rushing after Charlotte. "Charlotte wait!" He said. "Charlie, please!" He pleaded.

Charlotte took a deep breath but stopped. "Jack, why don't you go feed the ducks over there?" She said.

"But what's a one night stand?" Jack asked again.

"Nothing important. Go on, I'll be over in a bit." She forced a smile.

"Are you two going to fight?" He asked looking between them.

"No, no fighting. I promise." Charlotte said. "Go on."

"Ok." Jack said and wandered off to feed the ducks.

"No fighting?" Jess said hesitantly.

"That was her, wasn't it? The girl you cheated on me with." Charlotte said quietly.

"I...I..."

"Don't lie to me, please. She seemed to remember you well." She said.

Jess sighed. "Look, I was very drunk that night. You know I was. But...yes, she did look familiar. But I couldn't say for sure." He admitted.

"Well...she's pretty." Charlotte said stiffly, crossing her arms against her chest again.

"Charlie..." Jess sighed.

"I'm going to go get Jack. I think we'll head home." She said.

"Please don't be like this. We got past this years ago!" Jess exclaimed.

"I just need...some space, that's all. I'll see you later." Charlotte said, walking off.

Jess watched her walk off to get Jack and he watched them walk off together, leaving the park. He sighed but turned round, respecting her need for some space. He'd walk back to theirs in a bit. He was walking along when he saw Molly infront of him again. "What do you want?" He grumbled.

"I'm sorry, did I step into something just then?" Molly asked.

"Apart from bringing up ancient history, no not at all." Jess said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, I..." Molly said confused.

"I was with Charlotte that night I was with you. We were already married. We had already had Jack. What happened that night...well it devastated her and not surprisingly. We broke up for a few months. So I'm sorry I'm not all that accommodating to you but this has just brought all that hurt back." He said.

"I...I'm sorry." Molly said shocked. "I didn't know..."

"Yeah of course you didn't." He snorted.

"Hey! I wasn't the one in the wrong that night! I was single. And you didn't tell me you were married!" She frowned. "If I had known that, I never would have done...well, you know..."

Jess let out a breath. "I'm sorry. I know it wasn't your fault. It's just...it took us so long to get past what I did that night. I don't want it to break us up again."

Molly sighed. "I'm sorry. I should have thought before I started saying all that stuff. When you said she was your wife, I never thought it meant she was all those years ago...I never would have mentioned it if I had know..."

"I should get going." Jess said.

"I really am sorry." She said.

"It's fine. But I should go." He said. "Bye..."

"Yeah...bye..." Molly said.

"Hey hot stuff!" Lorelai grinned walking up to the counter.

"You know I hate you calling me that." Luke rolled his eyes.

"Why? It's true. You are hot! Everyone in the town thinks it." She grinned.

"Yeah like who?"

"Patty, Babette..." Lorelai said immediately.

"Yeah well they're crazy." Luke said.

"Am I crazy too then?" She said raising her eyebrows.

"You're the craziest." Luke said but smirked slightly. "Hey." He said leaning over to give her a kiss.

"Hi!" She grinned.

"Where's Mia?" He asked.

"At the inn with Michel and Sookie. I just came here to get us some food." She smiled.

"She likes hanging out there huh?" Luke said.

"She really does." Lorelai smiled. "It's kind of nice. I still remember Charlotte and Rory hanging out there all the time. It's nice that Mia enjoys it as well."

"Yeah it's nice." Luke smiled. "And she still loves hanging out with Michel?" He smirked.

"Yep! And before you say anything, yes I find it weird as well!" Lorelai laughed.

"Well, at least she's having fun during her school holidays." He smiled.

"Yeah." She smiled.

"Do you think Sookie might be free to babysit her tonight?" He asked, glancing at her.

"I don't know, probably. Why?" She asked.

"Well I was sort of hoping we could maybe go out for a meal?" Luke said.

"Oh yeah?" She grinned. "What's the occasion?"

"Does there have to be one?" He asked.

"No, I guess not." Lorelai smiled softly. "So what time?"

"7 ok?"

"7's good." She said.

"7 it is then." He smiled. "So what will you have?" He asked.

Jess returned back to the flat later that afternoon. He cautiously went inside and he found Charlotte sat at the table doing some sketching. "Hey..." He said nervously.

"Hi." She said quietly.

He slowly walked over to her. "Nice." He said gesturing to the sketch. "Haven't seen you sketch for a while." He said.

"Yeah well it...calms me down." She said, glancing at him.

Jess sighed and sat down next to her. "Charlotte..."

"Do you think she's prettier than me?" Charlotte asked.

"What?" He said surprised.

"Molly. I mean, that night, you must have thought she was pretty..." She shrugged.

"I was drunk and angry that night. I would have gone with anyone!" He said. He saw Charlotte giving him a look. "Ok, yeah, that's not helping, Jess." He said. He looked at her and took hold of her hands. "Charlotte, to me, you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world. That's never going to change." He said sincerely.

"You mean that?" She said quietly.

"Of course." Jess said softly. "I love you. You are the one for me. You have always been the one for me. You know that right?"

Charlotte sighed. "Yeah I know." She admitted. "I just...I guess I just didn't expect bumping into her in the park. It's a part of our past I don't really want reminding of." She said quietly.

"Yeah, I didn't exactly expect it either. I'm not exactly proud of that time of my life." He said, glancing at her. "That was the biggest regret of my life and I didn't exactly want to be reminded of it either."

"She seemed nice though..." She said hesitantly.

"I guess she is." Jess said cautiously.

"Why would she say all that stuff infront of me then though? I don't get it." She said.

"It's not her fault." Jess said, seeing Charlotte frown. He sighed. "She had no idea about you. She didn't know that night that I was married and she didn't know today that she was bringing up ancient history for us."

Charlotte sighed. "I guess it just brought stuff up for me, that's all."

"You know I love you right?" Jess said softly. "I didn't know she was going to be in that park today. Please...can we just forget it ever happened?"

"I guess..." She said quietly.

"You're 100 times prettier than she is. You're amazing, funny, kind and you're the one I want to spend my life with. Not her." He said. "I love you."

"I love you too." She gave him a small smile.

Jess let out a relieved breath. "Yeah?" He said.

"Yeah." She smiled softly. "But...maybe we can stay away from that park in the future..." She said smirking slightly.

Jess chuckled, relieved. "Yeah I think that would be a good idea. Come here." He smiled pulling her towards him and hugging her. "I love you." He said kissing her. "And on Saturday, our family will finally be complete."

Charlotte smiled. "I can't wait." She said softly, giving him a kiss. "And I love you too."

"I've missed this place." Lorelai said as she and Luke sat at a table at Sniffy's.

"Yeah it's been a while." Luke nodded.

"It's been a while since we've been out, just the two of us, as well." She smiled. "I'm glad you suggested doing this."

"Me too." Luke smiled. "I just thought, what with everything that has happened recently with the crash and April, it would be nice to spend some time together."

"Yeah, definitely." She said softly. "How is April doing? Have you heard from her?"

"Yeah, she's doing ok. She's not completely there yet but she's much better." He nodded.

"That's good." Lorelai smiled. "And Lizzie's coming home on Saturday. Plus Sam's found a job in London and him and ROry seem to be doing good. Things are finally looking up, aren't they?"

"Looks that way." He nodded.

"I forgot how good the food is here." Lorelai grinned tucking into her plate.

"Even better than mine?" Luke teased.

"Oh nothing's better than yours!" She grinned. "But this is nice." She smiled softly.

"Yeah. It is." He said softly.

"I love you."

Luke smiled. "I love you too." He said softly.

"So...want to see if Mia can sleep over at Sookie's tonight?" She grinned.

Luke chuckled. "Call her now." He smirked.

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