Disclaimer – Don't own Gilmore Girls. But fully own this fanfic's ass.

AN – Pleeease, pretty, pretty please review. Honestly guys, reviewing is the best feedback a writer can get! And if by not reviewing your trying to tell me I suck, well I'm going need that in writing too cuz I'm just that silly… (Huge great big thanks to those who have reviewed though, seriously, you guys…however few, are rockin'.) So go on and tell me the specifics of what you like or hate, or even want to see happen or changed and I'll see if I can make yah happy like a duck okies. Thanks!

Also do apologize for lateish update…weren't enough reviews to encourage and inspire me =P.

Oh that was just bitchy now miss, behave. (Sorry…)

Shout Outs – The Sarah, who never pushes, but only makes with the gentle nudges. Who never gets pissed when I spend way too much time reading the fanfic's instead of writing them. Thank you Cabbage, for understanding my wacky spastic-type ways. (In other words…Your da Bomb!) Gawd that was bad…

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The next morning, Jess was woken by loud banging sounds coming from outside his room. He quickly got up and went to open his door. Taking in the sight in front of him, he leant against the doorway and smirked. Allie was sitting in a crumpled mess on the floor and had taken one of the dinning room chairs down with her. A few feet away was Tink, sitting peacefully and watching the two of them as if they were the oddest things she had ever seen. His gaze turned back to Allie as he crossed his arms, the smirk staying in place.

"Hi." Allie said innocently, from her position on the floor.

"Morning." Jess replied, the smirk widening ever so slightly.

"We had a bit of a disagreement." She said, lamely gesturing to the tiny animal sitting only a few feet away from her.

They both watched as Tink, apparently deciding that they weren't entertaining enough, proceeded to start cleaning herself right in front of them.

Allie then moved from her uncomfortable position under the chair and crossed her legs, facing Jess, still in her PJ's and watching Tink. She let out a long sigh. "Bitch cat." She simply said.

Jess chuckled at this, moving to pick the chair up and then helped her to stand from her spot on the floor.

"Seriously!" Allie carried on, while moving into the kitchen. Jess followed; starting up the coffeemaker. "How did you manage to live with her while I was away?" She asked him.

Jess shrugged his shoulders, leaning against the counter by the coffeemaker in his sweats and an old t-shirt. "I just put the food out and it was gone the next day. Never really saw her." He answered her.

She turned from the open cupboard doors and glared at him. "Lucky bastard."

This caused Jess to chuckle once again.

Their light morning banter was interrupted by Jess's cell phone ringing on the counter.

"Who the hell calls at six on a Wednesday morning?" Allie exclaimed, yawning as if to emphasize her point.

Jess looked at his caller ID and smiled knowingly. "My uncle apparently."

"Freak." Allie said. Giving up her cupboard search she went back to her room to give Jess some privacy as he answered his phone.

"Hello." Jess said into the receiver.

"Hey, something's wrong with the new number you gave me, has it been disconnected or something?" Luke asked.

"No, why?" Jess asked, puzzled.

"I rang it a few times and got nothing." Luke answered.

"Huh." Jess responded. Moving towards the phone on the wall, he looked around for any reason that could have caused it, finding it in the gnawed end of the wall cord.

"Hang on a second." Jess said to Luke. He moved the phone away from his ear. "Hey Allie?" He called to her bedroom.

"Yeah?" She said as she popped her head out of her room.

Jess held up the phone cord so she could see. A look of disbelief appeared her face as she went to inspect it. "You've got to be freaking kidding me!" She looked around; trying to spot Tink in the room, but the kitten had somehow managed to disappear once again.

Allie opened her mouth several times, searching for something to say, but nothing came to mind. Her face fell; defeated. "I'll just have to get another one after work today." She simply said, walking back to her room.

Jess put the phone back up to his ear. "Back." He stated.

"Hey Jess, if this is a bad time I can call back later if you want?" Luke suggested.

"Why? Because it's six in the morning? Why would that ever be inconvenient?" Jess replied sarcastically to his uncle.

"No, well uh…because you have company…" Luke trailed off, slightly uncomfortable with the situation.

"What?" He asked confused, then clicked as to what it would have sounded like to Luke over the phone. "No, that's just my roommate." Jess said, smiling now at the humor in the situation. "No need to blush now."

"Shut up." Luke replied defensively.

Jess laughed. "Why are you calling me at six anyway?"

"I figured I'd try and get you before the breakfast rush." Luke answered him. "What were you even doing up?" He asked.

"Cat woke me up." Jess replied, mainly to confuse Luke.

"Cat, right." Luke said, thinking this was just another one of Jess's many references he just didn't get. "Uh so anyway, I rang to tell you that it looks like I'm going to be in your neck of the woods this weekend, so I was wondering if it'd be ok if I could stop by. You know see your new place maybe see Truncheon again and catch up." Luke rambled.

"Why are you going to be in Philly?" Jess asked curiously, knowing Luke wasn't telling him something.

Instead of hiding it like Jess expected, he caved straight away. "I got dragged to the Gilmore house last Friday, and Lorelai's dad is there on a business trip so Emily decided we should take a weekend and go see him, and I somehow got roped into the hole thing, and we're staying at this fancy hotel and going to these stupid dinners and I figured if I could come see you and maybe, hopefully get out of at least a few of these society things then possibly it would help keep me sane for the remainder of the trip." Luke took a deep breath as he finished his speech. "Please?"

"Sure." Jess said without even thinking twice.

"Really?" Luke asked; a little shocked.

"Hey, remember I've been on the receiving end of that particular cannon, and I don't wish that kind of suffering on anyone." Jess said very seriously.

"I'm so bringing you donuts." Luke dumbly replied.

Jess smiled at this. "Good to know my kindness is appreciated by some."

Luke chuckled quietly. "Oh I better go, looks like Kirks heading over. I'll call you when we get there on Saturday ok?"

Jess's grin widened at the many memories he had of the Luke-Kirk interaction from working in the diner. "Sure thing. And Luke, be nice."

"I'm always nice." Luke replied innocently, saying goodbye and hanging up the phone.

Jess went and poured himself a cup of coffee as Allie re-entered the kitchen, heading straight for the fridge.

"Pleasant conversation?" She asked him, staring at the contents in the fridge.

"Pleasant enough." Jess replied, leaning against the counter taking another sip of his coffee. "Is it cool if I have someone visit this weekend?" he asked her, now thinking since they did share an apartment it would be considerate to ask.

"Your uncle's visiting?" Jess nodded. "Cool." She said, grinning at him over the fridge door. "I can let him know about all your wild parties and all the one night stands parading around half naked at all hours."

Jess chuckled, watching as she got a bottle of water and an apple out of the fridge. "Oh he's going to love you."

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"He's late." Matthew said, looking up at the door anxiously.

"He's a poet; don't they have a rule about never being punctual?" Jess joked, looking at the menu in front of him.

"Damn temperamental poets." Matthew mumbled.

"Relax, he'll be here." Jess tried to assure him.

"Are you sure he even knows where this place is?" Matthew asked; looking around at the table they were currently occupying.

"He'll show." Jess simply answered.

He followed Matthew's gaze and looked around. Walking through the front door you were greeted with the strong smell of coffee that was brewed behind the counter on the left. There were muffins, donuts and hot food all in there own containers and ovens along the first few feet of the counter with an open area further down, next to the till.

The rest of the space was filled with small, square tables arranged in rows, and some separated by a dark wooden wall running half the length and height of the room. There were also some couches arranged on the far wall and down in the back corner around smaller coffee tables.

The table cloths were a simple black with some white embroidery design along the edge. The chairs were also dark wood but with enough cushioning that they were also comfortable.

Jess attention was then drawn to the miscellaneous art work on the walls. At first they just looked like randomly chosen paintings and sculptures placed in any old free space, but at a more detailed look, they seemed to oddly go together, creating a homier feel to the place.

He imagined the art probably had more meaning to the owner than the customers, but he liked it. Overall it was simple and quiet, and didn't appear to try too hard to be something else.

It was at that moment that something from across the room caught Jess's eye. He glanced over towards the front counter, and saw Allie's familiar form emerge from a back door. As if sensing his gaze on her, she looked up towards their table with a confused frown that disappeared as soon as she realized that it was Jess. She smiled at him and gave him a small wave which he returned with a slight nod, hoping not to draw Matthew's attention to the silent interaction. He returned his gaze back to the menu, silently hoping she wouldn't choose to come over and talk, which would no doubt lead to an unpleasant conversation with his co-worker, who he knew, was quite capable of being a complete sleaze when he wanted to.

A waitress suddenly appeared at there table; young, blonde, slightly pudgy but cute nevertheless. Jess noticed she wore a similar apron to Allie's but apart from that their dress was quite casual.

"Hey, you guys ready to order?" She asked in typical school girl voice, pen and pad at the ready, with a textbook smile in place.

Her voice drew Matthew's attention and Jess watched as his face lit up at the sight. He sighed, knowing what came next.

"Well hello, Zoe? Is it?" He said, while squinting at the strategically placed name tag.

She gave him a strained smile at this and he continued. "My friend and I are just waiting for someone at the moment but could you be a doll and bring us both some coffee?" He said with what Jess deemed his 'slimy' smile in place. He also didn't miss the 'accidental' leg graze that Matthew gave her.

"Sure." She replied quickly, and then scampered off back behind the counter.

Matthew turned back towards Jess who was now putting down the menu and raising his eyebrows at him.

"What?" Matthew asked innocently.

"I swear man, why can't you just leave the female population alone like they want you to?" Jess said to him, now smirking.

"Oh come on! She looked like a cheerleader. How could I not?" Matthew answered.

"She probably is. And still in high school." Jess argued back.

Matthew grinned and Jess just shook his head at him.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Allie leave the front counter and go back through the door she had previously entered from. "I'm going to the bathroom, back in a second." He quickly got up before Matthew could reply and walked up past the front counter and towards the door that was off to the side, reaching it just as Allie was coming out. He grabbed her elbow and gently pulled her aside where Matthew wouldn't be able to see them.

"Stalker!" Allie said, slightly surprised by Jess actions.

"Hey." He simply said, glancing back towards there table.

"Hey?" Allie asked him with raised eyebrows.

"I didn't know you worked here." Jess stated, still distractedly looking over at Matthew.

"Well probably because I never told you." Allie said with a giggle. "Embarrassed at being caught on your man date huh?" She asked with a cheeky smile.

This caused Jess's full attention to turn back to her. "This isn't a date. I'm not on a date." He quickly defended himself. "It's a business lunch thing."

"A business lunch thing?" She repeated, mocking him.

"Yes." He said simply.

"Oh, okay." She said; her grin still in place. "So is there a reason you're hiding me from your date? Ashamed of me?" She asked with a look of mock hurt on her face.

He chose to ignore the 'date' comment. "Oh I'm not ashamed of you, I'm ashamed of him." He said, gestured briefly to Matthew.

This made her laugh, causing Jess once again to glance over at their table and Allie to quickly cover her mouth with her free hand. Her actions causing him to smirk.

"So what, you're warning me to stay away from him?" She asked him once she had gotten her laughter under control.

They both watched as Zoe went back over with their coffees, and shared what looked like another uncomfortable talk and 'accidental' upper leg graze from Matthew.

"No, just consider it a warning if you ever have to stay in a room with him for an extended period of time." Jess replied, still watching as Zoe blushed and once again, scampered away.

"Consider me thoroughly warned." She said once Zoe was safe behind the counter.

Jess realized he hadn't let go of her arm yet and suddenly dropped his hold. "Right I should get back over there before he thinks I've abandoned him or something."

She laughed quietly. "Oh because that might hurt his delicate ego."

Jess smirked back at her as he made his way over to his table.

"There you are. I was starting to think you did an Elvis in there." Matthew said as Jess sat down.

Jess was about to reply but stopped as he watched Allie walk over to their table. "Here's your muffin." She said, placing the plate in front of Matthew.

Matthew looked up surprised at her. "Well hello, and what happened to little Zoe?"

She gave him a small smile. "Her shifts over at 2." She stated simply.

"So now we have the pleasure of your company do we?" Matthew asked with his 'slimy' smile back in place. Jess also didn't miss his hand resting on Allie's ass as he slung his arm over the back of his chair.

Allie hit his arm away, causing him to flinch and then looked at Jess. "Seriously?" She asked him with disbelief.

Jess just shrugged at her with a barely contained smirk. He then watched as she grabbed Matthew's cup of coffee and poured the contents into his lap, immediately causing his smile to fade.

"What are you crazy?!" Matthew said to her as he moved quickly in his seat, fanning his lap and pulling at his pants. Jess was now laughing outright at Matthew's distress.

Allie took this opportunity to give him a solid slap to the back of his head, causing him to shriek again. "Hey! Ow!"

It was at this moment that their missing poet decided to make an appearance, approaching there table and standing next to a frowning Allie. "Uh hey guys, is this bad time?" He said; focusing on Matthew.

Jess took a moment to get his laughter under control. "Maybe we should reschedule."