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A/N: Hello Everyone! I really don't know where this story is going, I'm just going to play it by ear. All I know is that it's definitely a Rory and Jess. Oh, and anyone who is interested, I am looking for a BETA. Thank You!

Rory and Dean had a simple relationship, everyone thought that they were great together. Rory was the town princess, and everyone thought that Dean was just good enough for her, that he could be her prince. But, Rory secretly wanted more. She wanted to have more than a safe relationship. She knew that Dean couldn't give her more, but, she felt obligated to keep seeing Dean for the town. So, there she was sitting at the diner with her mother having these thoughts about her boyfriend.

Lorelai's phone rang, and brought Rory's attention back to her mother. "Ugh, I swear, if my mother calls me one more time about her stupid DAR meeting, I will be forced to kill her with my bare hands." Lorelai complained taking out her phone. "Just as I suspected, my mother yet again." The phone kept on ringing and Lorelai refused to answer it.

"Just answer it and get it over with, Mom." Rory said. "Besides, Luke will kill you if that phone keeps on ringing in his diner." Lorelai sighed.

"Alright." Lorelai gave up. "I'll be outside." Lorelai walked out of the diner to leave Rory sitting at the table alone. But, then, Rory noticed that Luke was yelling at someone. She turned her head and saw that Luke and Jess were fighting over something or another. She smiled to herself, Rory loved to watch them fight. She walked over to the counter and sat down.

"How many times do I have to tell you? You have to come to the diner after school! You need to help me. I can't do this alone." Luke exclaimed. "All you do after school is go around town making trouble! And then I get this urgent call, Jess did this, Jess did that and I am the one who gets blamed for it all."

"I have places to be if you excuse me." Jess said. A grin spread on his face when he saw Rory, but quickly hid it. He walked past Luke and walked out of the diner.

"I swear, that kid is driving me nuts." Luke muttered under his breathe. He saw Rory and took his pad and pencil out. "Hey, Rory, what do you want?" Luke asked.

"I want some onion rings and coffee." Rory smiled. Luke nodded and yelled the order out to Ceaser. Then, he walked over to a older couple sitting at a table and took their order. Soon, she heard the bell ring on the top of the door, and Lorelai walked in with a frown. "So, how did it go?" Rory asked Lorelai.

"I am going to ban my mother from having any more meetings at the Inn." Lorelai stated. She sighed and sat down next to Rory. "Aren't you supposed to meet Dean at the market? I thought that you guys were going to spend the day together."

"Yeah, we are. I'm just waiting for my food, and then I will go meet him." Rory said.

"Ok, well, I have to go to the Inn before Michel drives all our customers away." Lorelai smiled. "Then, I have a date, so don't wait up for me."

"That means that you are going to sneak in at three in the morning and say that you came home early."

"Yeah, well, you know me too well." Lorelai kissed Rory goodbye and was out the door. As soon as she did, Luke appeared and gave Rory her food.

"Thanks." Rory smiled. She ate her food slowly, she really didn't want to have to spend the day with Dean. The only reason was because she didn't want to see Lord Of The Rings again. He always wanted to do the same thing, and she didn't think that she could convince him to choose something else to do, even though she would try. Finally, she finished her food and left a tip on the counter.

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"And then, she made me move all of the tables around!" Lorelai exclaimed. "Now, I know what your thinking, it seems a little extreme for even Emily Gilmore to make me move every heavy dining table of the Inn around. But, you have to expect it when you are working for her." Lorelai sighed. "It's incredible, that I, her daughter end up working for her."

"Mom, you are not working for her." Rory soothed. "You are just providing a place for her to hold her DAR meetings. It's a very nice thing to do." They walked down the street in the snow.

"Well, then, I have to learn how to be more mean, 'cause I despise working with my mother." Lorelai complained. Now, they were walking towards Luke's in a slow pace to go and eat dinner. "Ok, enough about my mother. Let's talk about what we're going to do for Christmas this year."

"Grandma said that she and grandpa were going to be in Europe for Christmas and New Years, so we have the holiday to ourselves." Rory smiled.

"Thank god, I can't wait to have one Christmas without the Gilmores." Lorelai continued. "I was thinking of having dinner at Luke's and then going home and watching a Christmas Carol over and over again. How does that sound?"

"Good, but do you really want to go to Luke's? Because I was thinking that maybe they could come to our house. And they could bring food and stuff." Rory said. "We can have a nice Christmas dinner at home, I want it to be festive this year."

"Oh, I love that idea. I think they will go for it." Lorelai put her arm around Rory. "But, are you sure that you want Jess coming over? That might be a disaster."

"I don't get why you hate him so much."

"Hate is such a strong word. I just... highly dislike him."

"Same thing." Rory stated.

"Look, Rory, I just don't think that he is the best kid. He reminds me of me when I was his age, and I was not good. He has a problem with authority and he's kind of cool. But, guys like that only get the people around him into trouble." Lorelai continued. "He is not happy to be here, and I don't think that he will be thrilled to come to the dinner. That's all."

"I think that if I talk to him, he will come around. I just want to have all of us having dinner together. We haven't had that in a long time. And we both know that he will listen to me." Rory reasoned.

"Maybe. You can talk to him and see what he says, ok? Then, if he says no we will have dinner just the two of us."

"But we're not hoping he says no." Rory narrowed her eyes at her mom.

"Fine." Lorelai rolled her eyes.

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Jess read silently behind the counter. He had to come to the diner after school because when he came out of school Luke was ready to strangle him if he went anywhere else. Jess sighed, and then looked up at someone who came through the door. He smiled when he saw it was Rory, he always liked when they talked. It was much better than talking to anyone else in this stupid small town. Rory sat right in front of him in the counter. He tried to ignore her, but he ended up putting down the book and looking up at Rory. She smiled, and he smiled back. "What are you going to eat?" Jess asked.

"Nothing. I'm just here to talk to you." Rory stated.

"Oh really? Talk." Jess smiled.

"Ok, well, me and my mom were thinking that we wanted to have a kind of dinner for Christmas. And... we were wondering if you and Luke would want to come. It would be totally casual and we would just eat and then watch A Christmas Carol." Rory said.

"You guys are going to cook?" Jess asked in disbelief.

"Of course not." Rory laughed. "You know us better than that. You guys would bring the food, and then we would eat it. I know it's kind of weird, but I would really want you to come." Rory sighed. "And I know that you could make up about two hundred reasons to not come, but please consider it. I would love it if you would come."

"Fine."

"What?" Rory asked in disbelief. Had she just convinced Jess Mariano to come to dinner at her house? "Did you just say fine?" Jess nodded. She smiled, "Ok, well, thank you, I guess. Umm, see you later." Rory smiled. She waved goodbye and walked out of the diner. Jess turned his attention back to his book, then he realized that he had just agreed to go to the Gilmore's for dinner. Was he going insane?

A/N: Ok, there's my first chapter. I hope everybody is liking it so far. Anyways, please keep reading, the next chapter is going to be up soon, I promise. Review and let me know if I should keep going!