A/N: I made the wedding a friday night so I didn't have to do a friday night dinner, I will be writing Emily and Richard at some point, I'm just not ready to do that yet. I know Chris isn't the most popular character and I certainly never liked him much, this will be one of the few appearances by him because I have a hard time writing him. I'm kind of going to gloss over the wedding a little here because I don't want to change anything about it, it was perfect for Lane and Zak so just imagine it exactly the same with Jess in the crowd.

Anyway, onto the story, keep reviewing and I hope everyone continues to enjoy it.

Jess spent most of the night awake, he kept hearing Rory stir in her sleep and found himself constantly getting up to check on her. It was a little before 6 o'clock in the morning when she stirred and woke up, Jess went towards and sat down on the bed next to her.

"Hey, your mum isn't going to be here for another couple of hours, try to sleep some more." He pulled the blanket further up her shoulder.

"No, I'm alright." Her voice was hoarse so Jess passed her the bottle of water he had left on the table. "Thanks, for last night as well I mean."

"That's alright, any reason you came by this way last night?"

"I don't really remember the thought process involved." He was expecting that answer and laughed lightly in response.

"I figured as much, if you're not going to sleep then come up and get some coffee, you'll need it if you're going to make it through today after last night." He helped Rory out of bed and went with her to the kitchen to fix them some coffee.

"Ah, thank you."

"You're welcome. So good night?"

"Yeah, it was, ended up with a mixed party with the boys over at Brians aunt."

"You mentioned that last night, I'm glad you had a good time."

"I did, I'm sorry for coming over, I know it wasn't exactly the plan."

"It's fine, I've never seen you drink before so it was fun for me." Rory put her head in her hands in embarressment at the thought of last night.

"I remember bits and pieces of being here, but I didn't do anything too embarressing did I?" Jess briefly remember what she said before she fell asleep but put it back to the back of his head.

"Nah, a lot of slurred words and not being able to walk but other than that you were basically just you a little more jolly."

"Nothing I should regret too much then." They both laughed at that.

"Well, let me fix you some breakfast, what do you fancy?"

"Anything you've got."

Jess got up and made some eggs and bacon for them both, they sat in comfortable silence while they ate. Jess had to keep pushing those words back to the back of his mind, it didn't do him any good to dwell on them, it was just a drunken statement. After breakfast they sat and talked comfortably about books until there was a knock on the door.

"Hey, where's my little drunk?"

"Hi mum." Lorelai had walked in straight after knocking rather than waiting for a response from inside.

"I was expecting to find you still dead to the world after the night you had."

"I woke up a little while ago, don't feel so bad actually."

"That's unfair, I wanted sick and hungover."

"Thanks for your concern, I'm going to freshen up quickly and then we will head out?" Jess pointed out the bathroom and realsied quickly he was left alone with Lorelai for the first time in a long time.

"Do you want anything, coffee, before you go?"

"Sure. Thanks for looking out for her last night."

"Not a big deal."

"We both know that isn't true Jess. It was a big deal and I know things are messy right now but I'm glad you were here."

"She really does tell you everything, things are fine though."

"Something tells me you particularly happy with how things are?"

"Like you said, things are messy and I don't so much like messy, but I'm managing."

"Well, if it helps any, I'm rooting for you and the simple life." He smiled at that, he would never have expected that sentence to come out of Lorelai.

Rory came out of the bathroom looking a little better and the girs said their goodbyes and thank yous again before leaving Jess alone in the apartment with promise to see them again at the ceromony.

"So did you sort out your date for today?"

"It actually turns out your dad was near by and happy to come for the wedding."

"Oh, that was lucky for you."

"Yeah. We should get over to Lane, I can only imagine the horror that is the Kim house right now."

"You fixed the dress, right?"

"Well a spilt coffee did most of the work but I managed to make it into something Lane may actually consider wearing today." Rory laughed at the thought of her mum spilling coffee on the dress so she would be able to make the adjustments she wanted.

Lorelai was right that the Kim household was a mess throughout the whole day, with the surprise appearance of Lane's grandmother meant she had to have a Buuddhist ceromony as well as the Christian one. The whole thing made Mrs Kim so stressed that she hardly noticed the changed made the Lane's dress. Lane loved the dress and Zak loved his outfit for the Buddhist ceromony so both were happy with the way the day had gone. The reception was held in the town with everyone in attendance, Kirk bringing his next business idea of sexy male bartenders and Hep Alien doing there come-back appearance.

"So, I know weddings aren't your thing but how are you enjoying the day?"

"It's been great, not like any other wedding I've seen and I went to a few of my mums, they seem really happy and didn't seem to mind the craziness of the day at all."

"They didn't mind at all, they are so unlike any other couple I know, but perfect for each other."

"They seem it." Looking at the two them Jess really ddi see how well they were suited and how happy they were together.

"So, who's the guy?" Chris hadn't had much chance to talk to Rory but he knew he could get all the information out of Lorelai.

"Jess, they're friends, recently back in contact."

"What happened to Logan? I liked him."

"He cheated on her, they split up a little while ago." He could hear the anger in Lorelai's voice over Logan and decided not to ask anymore about him.

"Oh, I had no idea, so do we like this Jess?" He felt bad that he hadn't known about Logan until a while after the fact.

"He's a good guy but you have to make your mind up about him yourself."

"Ok, suppose I'll go talk to them then." That wasn't exactly what Lorelai had meant but there was no stopping him now.

They both walked up towards the pair, there was no way he was letting Chris go by himself for this.

"Hey kid, how you doing?"

"Hi dad, I'm good, how are you and Gigi?"

"We're good, she's doing well, you should come see her soon, she's getting big now."

"Yeah I'll make time for a visit soon."

"Good. So who's your friend?" Rory passed a somewhat apologetic look towards Jess and he smiled at her.

"This is Jess, Jess this is my dad, Chris."

"Hey." Jess extended a hand to shake Chris's hand, after everything he had heard about him he knew he wasn't going to get along with him so well.

"How do you two know each other?"

"We've known each other for years, I lived here for a few years in my teens, with Luke."

"Oh, you're the nephew." Everyone knew what he was thinking about the second he said it, that car crash years ago, Rory visably winced as he said the phrase.

"Yeah, the same one." It felt as if the air had suddenly got thicker and he found himself looking at Lorelai to get him out of whatever awkward situation he had found himself in.

"Let's go dance Chris, leave these two to talk." Lorelai saw the look from both Jess and Rory, they didn't want to have this conversation now or with Chris in general. She managed to drag Chris towards the dance floor before he could say anthing else to the young pair.

"I thought you said he was a good guy, wasn't he the one who broke our daughter?"

"It was a fracture, and an accident. He grown a lot since then, I never expected to be saying this about him, but he's changed and good for our daughter."

"I have a hard time believing that."

"Don't judge him Chris, you know of one teenage incident, which he regrets, you don't know him now."

"I guess." Lorelai decided the topic of Jess was best left for now, she wasn't sure if Chris would ever get to know him so it wasn't worth pushing the issue.

The party was dying down now, it was coming onto 11 o'clock and the last of the people were leaving the town square. Lorelai had drank a little too much and after an embarressing speech Chris had assured Rory that he would get her home and in bed. Rory worried about her but knew her dad would make sure that she was ok.

"Want to come over for a night-cap?" Jess and Rory had spent the evening talking, she had even talked him into a dance with her which wasn't as bad as he expected it to be. He didn't want their evening to be over yet.

"Yeah sure." Rory had been having a great night with Jess and didn't want it to end either.

They heading over to the diner where they went up the apartment.

"What would you like?"

"Just a coffee for me." She'd had enough of alcohol since the night before so had stopped after a couple of glasses tonight, she noticed that Jess hadn't drank anything but soft drinks all night except for the drink for the toast.

"Sounds good to me." He made coffee for the two of them before sitting across from her at the table.

"I'm sorry for my dad tonight."

"Don't worry, he's just protective and I get it. He only knows me as the guy that got you hurt."

"He has no right to be like that though, maybe he'd know you better if he was around at any point during my life." A bitter edge had come into Rory's voice and he didn't like hearing it, he understood the crappy parent thing.

"Other than that, it was a great night, I had a better time than expected to."

"I'm glad you did. I'm really happy you could come."

"I'm happy I could come too."

"So, about some of the things I said last night?" His mind instantly jumped the last words she'd uttered before she'd fallen asleep, but he didn't think that was what she was talking about.

"What things were they?"

"Things I should have said sober."

"It's alright. I didn't know there was anything else we needed to talk about anyway."

"There wasn't but after talking to my mum, and thinking over things, maybe taking things a little faster than we talked about, wouldn't be a bad thing." Jess smiled as he watched her ramble and have trouble getting the words out.

"Ok, so what is the little faster option?"

Rory was about to answer when her phone staretd ringing from her bag.

"It's probably my mum checking up on me."

"Answer it, it's alright."

Rory got up and answered her phone without looking at who it was.

"Hey Rory, sorry to call you like this, I know you and Logan are having issues." Rory recognised Honors voice on the other end of the phone. "But he's been in an accident, he's asking for you."