Summary – Rory and Jess have finally hooked up but how will they handle the pressures and decisions that await them?

A/N – This is the sequel to Don't Screw This Up – please read it if you haven't already, because then you might feel inspired to give me some ideas as to where this sequel could go! Also, you might not understand the continuation stuff! The truth is I'm making it up as I go along here, and if this chapter extremely sucks, then I will remove it and forget it EVER happened!

A/N –This chapter takes place the Monday after the dance marathon in season 3 (in my story: Don't Screw This Up – READ IT NOW PLEASE (ahem))

Lorelai hid behind the curtains of her home, peeping out through the window every so often and then drawing back. Her mind was raging with suspicion.

They'd been there for a solid five minutes now, and she was determined to watch their every move.

Luke and Jess were standing on the pavement opposite deep in some sort of verbal struggle, and although she couldn't hear them, the frequent harassed look on Luke's face was keeping her hooked with a keen amusement.

"I don't get why you're so distraught about it!" Jess yelled.

"I am not distraught…I'm just slightly concerned for…"

"Look, since when did you add the caring uncle tune into your repertoire anyway?"

"…Rory's sake."

"Huh, I can't believe this…" Jess rubbed his forehead.

Luke interrupted, "This may come as a surprise to you, but I'm not blind, or deaf, or completely stupid…"

Jess had to contain himself from interjecting here, instead he smiled.

"…I know full too well how you approached, carried out and dealt with your last relationship with…er… Shania and…"

Shane you moron ""Stop right there, Rory's completely different!" Jess insisted.

"I know that Rory's different, but you're not…you're still you and THAT is my only problem with this…this situation!"

"What situation? There is no situation here and it will be different with Rory! Now, if you excuse me…" Jess started towards the Gilmore's front door but Luke dragged him back by his hood and placed one arm firmly on his shoulder.

It took Luke a while to get out what he wanted to say. "And what exactly," he whispered, "do you mean by it?"

Jess glared at Luke, not quite believing what he was hearing and where this awkward conversation was leading.

" You know, when I steal up into her room at night and…"

Luke cuffed him around the head, and Lorelai started laughing, enjoying this little performance very much.

"Ow!" Jess scowled, "I was kidding!"

Lorelei opened the door and stepped out to face them.

They didn't notice her.

"I don't care Jess…I mean look at yourself…you can't just use a girl to fulfil your physical …needs…"

"I'm glad you have such a high and in no way shallow opinion of me Uncle Luke," Jess interrupted sarcastically.

"All I'm saying is you've got to learn to respect a woman!"

"Right on!" Lorelai piped in as she stood and beamed down at them.

They both jumped at out of their skins and she laughed triumphantly, because that had been the exact reaction she'd been expecting and hoping for.

"Hi Lorelei, is Rory up yet?" Jess asked in a surprisingly polite way.

Lorelai blinked, "Sure thing Jess, she's in her room…why don't you go on up…"

"Thanks," Jess smiled and winked at Luke, meaning to and succeeding in annoying him even more.

Luke turned to stare, completely aghast at how calm Lorelai seemed to be.

"Relax man, he's just gone up for a quickie…" She mocked.

"Uh, that is not funny Lorelai!"

"No it isn't really is it…but let me tell you what is funny…" Lorelei made a confused face…flashes of disbelief and amazement…she pointed at herself and clenched her hands in determined delight…

"Oh my god…I wondered when this was gonna start…" Luke moaned, aggravated. .

"You are…"he began.

"That is…" he started.

"Your just…" But these feeble attempts at making some sort of retort only made Lorelai laugh harder.

"I was NOT like that Lorelai!"

"Look pal, I was there, I saw it all and I've been perfecting that impression ALL night so that my performance could astound you this morning…and it has so…my job is done!"

"Do I detect a hint of…"

"Jealousy? Nuh uh, because as me and my fabulous daughter agreed earlier, "winning the dance marathon would mean everything to me…but Luke and Jess winning the dance marathon…that is just so much more!""

"That's good to know…but that little impression of yours must have been some sort of deluded fantasy…because I wasn't like that."

"Drop another sucker? Anyway, we'll find out remember because Taylor filmed the whole thing and I hear it's being screened at your diner…"

"Over my dead body…where did you hear that?" Luke asked nervously.

"From the man himself, Taylor!"

"I'll kill him."

Lorelai decided to change the subject to something she felt was on both of their minds.

"So, Rory and Jess…"

"Exactly," Luke replied, deadly serious.

Meanwhile…

Lorelai had merely assumed that Rory was up. I mean, she was out of bed but barely. She'd awoken to hear shouting outside her window and jumped at the looming, taunting time on her alarm clock.

She was late…and she had a cold.!

The cold obviously being down to the whole running, arguing, kissing thing with Jess in the rain, at midnight.

Also, the fact that Lorelai had pleaded with her to keep on dancing for another 6 hours…at which point she'd fallen asleep, leaving a somewhat touched, heartfelt Luke and a sleepy, soaking wet Jess to claim the trophy.

The thought of Jess made her smile but she sneezed and her thoughts changed abruptly to something more along the lines of my mean, cruel and heartless mom is gonna pay for this!

She had just about time for a quick shower, so she threw off her pyjamas and immersed herself under the lovely wa…FREEZING COLD water! Uh, she is so gonna pay for this!

Jess bounded up the stairs eagerly and when he saw Rory's bedroom door ajar he walked in.

He was slightly puzzled to see Rory's school uniform piled neatly on her bed…but it didn't quite register because something else had caught his attention.

A bra was peeking out at him from underneath the bed and before he knew what he was doing he'd picked it up.

It was a deep and striking red, with softer red lace around the edges, and seemed shockingly racey for Rory.

"Huh, you're full of surprises!" He whispered to himself…nice surprises.

Jess smiled and and fumbled around with it distactedly, absorbing the faint scented, girl smell of Rory. When he turned it over he found that it had a small hello kitty on it.

"Now that's more like Rory…"

But just then…Rory stepped out of her bathroom completely………

It all happened so fast.

When they registered eachother's presence everything went quiet for maybe a millionth of a second before Rory screamed, tried to cover up and then locked herself back in the bathroom.

Jess' eyes widened and he blushed a ferocious red…he may also have sworn, but no sooner had he seen……..

He rushed out of her room and pounded down the stairs clumsily, before running out of the door.

Lorelai and Luke, who were still in conversation, looked up confused.

"Gee, that really was a quickie?" Lorelai called after Jess in puzzlement as he ran away.

She looked back at Luke, who was bright red and starting to follow jess looking grim.

"Hey, what are you doing?" She laughed.

"Did you see what he was holding?" He called back as he ran away after Jess.

"Huh!" Lorelai shrugged and went inside, where she could hear Rory screaming comically upstairs.

When Jess finally reached the diner he stopped, out of breath and leant against the wall.

He was suddenly puzzled to see Luke, who was running up to him looking like a complete pscyco when he realised he was holding something.

He looked frantically at the thing in his hands and back to Luke. "Oh shit!"

"Hey you little punk!"

Jess belted upstairs to the apartment, searching frantically for somewhere to hide it.

Er…underwear drawer…nah, too obvious…under the bed…no, he vacuums…ah, here we go!

Jess leant out of the window and hung it on the branch of a tree behind some leaves. It was well hidden…from where he was standing…now from the street, that's another matter…

Luke burst through the door loudly.

"Phew…is it just me uncle Luke, or is it hot in here?"

Luke shook his head with despair. "I'll be downstairs in the diner," he said, exasperated.

"Don't work yourself too hard…a strapping man like yourself should be out chasing the ladies…" Jess teased lightly.

"Don't worry, I won't be alone."

"I'm here to help," Jess replied as he hopped down the stairs, with Luke following close behind, still shaking his head.

A/N I hope you liked it and I beg you to leave behind a review, with any suggestions as to where this could lead. I think that the general topic of this fic is going to be whether Rory should go all the way with Jess or not.