A/N: Yes I know I am starting new FF and not finishing others…don't worry I will sooner or later haha. I really hope you like this one. I got the idea from the song Runaway. It isn't a LIT, as much as I like LIT, I love the Lit friendships, and when Rory and Jess are like cousins. So please read it anyways, if you like LIT, because I probably won't even make them past the age 9. It is a total JavaJunkie! Hope you like!!

I do NOT own Gilmore Girls, and neither do you so haha. :P I am so mean lol

He had enough. He was sick and tired of his mother always bringing home guys that would beat him once they were through with her. He wanted out. He had nowhere to go though. He didn't know his dad, and his grandparents died. All he could remember is his mother talking once in a while about her brother. Just maybe, he could find him. He bounced up from his mattress that lay on the floor of the small closet size room he had in their small apartment.

He walked into the kitchen and saw his mother with her head on the table, most likely stoned he figures. He picked up the black book his mother kept; it had all the numbers of her boyfriends and family. He looked under family, but he noticed only one name. Luke Danes. Stars Hollow. It didn't have a number. He looked back at his mother as he left the kitchen. He went over to her and kissed her on the cheek.

" I love you mom, I just can't live here. I deserve more than this." He kissed her again on the cheek and ran to his 'room.' He grabbed his backpack and packed all his books and all the clothes he had, which wasn't much. He worked a couple times at a local bookstore sorting books. They didn't hire 8 year olds usually, but since he practically lived there and he knew the manager fairly well they paid him 2 dollars if he sorted the books. He had made a total of 38 dollars, which was enough for a one-way ticket on a bus to Stars Hollow plus lunch and dinner. He got his money from the hiding spot in the wall and ran back to the kitchen. He made his mother a sandwich and wrote a note saying he had to leave, and to please not try and look for him because he was in a good place. He walked out of the apartment and didn't look back.

6 hours later, he was awoken by the sudden stop of the bus.

"Hey Kid. We're here. You have to change buses." The bus driver announced shaking him lightly.

"Oh…thanks. Where are we?" the young boy asked

"Hartford. You need to switch buses. That one right there." He pointed to a bus a couple spots down." Is the bus that will take you straight to Stars Hollow."

"Thank you sir." The little boy walked over to the bus and sat down. He opened his bag up and pulled out a picture of Him, his mother, and his uncle in the hospital. He uncle seemed...nice. He was smiling in the picture, but most people usually smiled when a baby is born. Hopefully, his uncle liked him.

20 minutes later the bus pulled up into a small town. He got off and looked around. There was a man, who was yelling at a boy in his late teens. The older man looked almost in his fifties. He began to walk around taking in the new surroundings. It was very different from New York. New York was a more...harsh environment. This was small, and loving. He saw many people talking and laughing. He saw a young mother and her daughter walking. The mother looked around the same age his mother did, and the little girl looked his age. They were laughing and were walking into a diner. That's when he saw it. The sign said 'Luke's Diner'. He walked over to the window and looked in. The man was wearing plaid and a backwards baseball cap. He smiled.

That was the man in the picture. He walked up and grabbed a hold of the doorknob, but he didn't know if this was the right thing to do. He regained his courage and walked in. He took a seat at the counter and put his backpack on the stool next to him as he waited patiently for his uncle to come over to him

" Hey Kid." His uncle said. The boy looked up. " Are you going to order anything or sit here and take up space?" He asked.

"I-I...Are you Luke?" The boy asks nervously.

"That's what it says on my birth certificate." Luke joked without a smile

"Ok."

" Do you have any money to buy something?" Luke asked impatiently.

"No. I spent it all on my bus ticket."

" Where are you parents little boy?"

" I don't know about my Dad, but I ran away from my Mom." The boy said sadly.

" Where do you live, buddy?" Luke asks with a sigh.

"New York." The boy said quietly. " I live with my mommy, Liz Danes." The little boy took out the picture. Luke took it and stared at it for a moment.

"Jess?" He finally asks. The little boy looks down at his hands and nods.

" My mommy always brings home mean guys. And they hurt us, and I didn't want to live with them anymore." He said looking up. Luke could see he was crying.

" Don't cry." Luke tried to stop him, but he couldn't stop. Luke sighed. He didn't know how to comfort a kid, so he thought back to when he was 8 and he got hurt playing ball. His mother or father would hold him until he stopped crying. Luke sighed and looked at the boy again; "Come here." Luke went around to the other side of the counter and hugged him. He picked him up off the stool and grabbed his backpack and led him behind the curtains up the stairs.

" You want something to eat?" Luke asked as the boy sat on the couch.

" Yeah." He nodded.

" A burger?" Luke asked.

" Sure."

" Okay. Be right back. You can watch TV, or do something if you want." Jess nodded and pulled out a book from his back pocket. Luke walked down the stairs and asked Caesar to make Jess a burger. Luke walked around to diner.

" Hey Luke." Rory smiled " who was the boy?" She asked politely.

" My nephew. He came down from New York. I think he is going to be staying with me."

" Oh Cool. Will he be going to Stars Hollow Elementary?"

" Yes I think he will."

" Cool." Rory smiled. Luke looked over at Lorelai who was doing some sort of paper work.

" What are you doing that is making you so quite?"

" I, my friend, am buying a house." Lorelai smiled largely.

" Really? That great!" Luke exclaimed. " Where is it?"

" Wouldn't you like to know?" Lorelai flirted. " It is the house next to Babette's." She smiled.

" That's gonna need a lot of work. New paint, new everything." Luke said hesitantly, because he already knew what he was going to be doing on Lorelai's birthday.

" Yes it will be, but my birthday is coming up." Lorelai smiled.

" I told you Luke, that 'that' birthday gift would come back to haunt you." Rory giggled

" Yes you did. And I need to start listening to you." Luke patted Rory on the back. He walked behind the counter to get the burger. He walked up to the apartment and saw jess on the couch, but already asleep. Luke figured the long ride must have been tiring. Luke lifted him up and laid him gently on his bed.

" Thanks uncle Luke." Jess whispered as he rolled over to get more comfortable.

Luke smiled. He walked over to the phone and called his sister.

" 'Lo?" someone said as if he was holding his breath.

" Liz?" He asked.

" No. George." The man sighed.

" Can I speak with Liz?"

" She is a little busy..." George said chuckling.

" Put her on the phone. It's her brother" Luke said forcefully

" Liz. Baby. Stop. Your brother is on the phone for you."

" Luke?" Luke heard his sister on the phone a little out of breath.

" Liz! Do you know where your son is?"

" No, but he said he was in a better place, so I assume he is alright." Liz said with a little giggle

" He is here at my apartment." Luke yelled.

" Oh then I know he is alright. Thanks look for watching him." Liz said.

" LIZ! Do you even care?" Luke asked.

" Of course, but I am not a mother! I am not that type. You, on the other hand, are Dad material. So you take care of him." Liz said.

" Liz!"

" Look, if you want to adopt him. I can send his papers over there tomorrow. Bye Luke. And thanks."

" Bye Liz!" Luke yelled into the phone. He slammed down the phone and turned around.

" She doesn't want me does she?" A little voice asked.

" Of course she does. She...is just not...Mother material." Luke said kneeling down in front of jess.

" Oh…I knew that. So...Am I staying here?" Jess asked.

" As long as you want." Luke smiled. Jess looked around and smiled.

" Well...it's better than the apartment we live in now."

" Good." Luke stood up and put his hand on Jess's back. " Let's go downstairs and see if Rory is still there. Maybe she can show you around."

" Who's Rory?" Jess asked.

" She is my friend Lorelai's daughter." Luke replied.

" OH." was all Jess said. They walked into the Diner, and Luke walked over to where Lorelai and Rory sat.

" You're back. You were up there for awhile." Lorelai noticed.

" Yeah…family stuff." Luke muttered.

" Oh." Lorelai nodded understanding he didn't want to explain. " So who is this?" Lorelai asked.

" This is my nephew Jess. He will be staying with us for a while. He is in the fourth grade." Luke said. "Jess this is Rory, She is also 9 years old."

" Cool." Jess said with not much emotion.

" Yes. Very cool." Lorelai smiled widely.

" I like to read. Do you like to read?" Rory asked.

" Not much." Jess replied shrugging.

" Oh." Rory looked down.

" Rory, how about you show Jess around town?" Luke asked and the Looked at Lorelai for approval.

" Yeah. Go Rory." Lorelai insisted.

" Okay." Rory hopped off her stool and led Jess out of the Diner. As they walked around, they walked in silence.

" So…I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now. It is really good. Some of the stuff I don't understand, but most of it I do." Rory replied.

" I've read that. About…10 times." Jess said.

" I thought you said you didn't read much." Rory said with a raised eyebrow.

" What is much?" Jess asked with a smirk.

They continued walking some more.

" So… Is your mom and Luke dating?" Jess asked.

" No. Haha…yeah right. Luke and Mom. We all know they are so in love with each other, but too...stubborn to admit it." Rory explained.

" I think we need to get them together." Jess said.

" Won't work. Lane and I have tried...it always fails, and we get into trouble for sneaking around." Rory sighed.

" Oh...well...Maybe you shouldn't get caught then." Jess replied.

" Like you could do it." Rory rolled here eyes and continued walked...leaving Jess with an evil grin on his face.

A/N: Sooo?? Was it a total waste of valuable time in your life? I hope not. Please review! Good Bad? In between? Suggestions? I am open for anything. Just be nice haha.

Should there be a Chris, Luke, Rachael, Lorelai square, or Luke and Lorelai with one of their ex's to make a triangle, or forget the stupid drama and get onto the good stuff? Lol

There was your summer math class!! You all get A's if you Review, or 0's if you don't lol.