A/N: The face-claim to Jessie James is Zooey Deschanel.

"Rory, how's Anthony and school?" asked Richard. He was aware that Rory was dating someone.

"Oh," Rory replied. "We went and saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I learned that he doesn't enjoy scary movies because he accidentally dumped his emotional support water on himself so I poured my drink on myself."

"Emotional support water?" asked Lorelai, confused. Her daughter was dating a guy who had 'emotional support water?'

Slowly, Emly asked, "You poured your drink on yourself?"

"To save him the embarrassment," Rory replied.

"What's emotional support water?" asked Lorelai. 

"So, how's Thea doing?" asked Richard. "I haven't seen her in months."

"Ignoring me, I see," Lorelai stated.

Rory ignored that comment, mulling over her answer, "She's fine. She's still with Sage and Aiden. She's trying to figure out how to keep Weston's and the Dragonfly Inn." She knew that she shouldn't mention that Thea seemed happier now that Lorelai, Emily, and Richard are out of her life. Thea didn't seem as weighed down anymore.

Paris had lunch with Thea and her friends (Rory included), "I broke up with Jamie."

Thea was confused, because she didn't know who Jamie was. It dawned on her that Jamie was Paris's (now ex) boyfriend. "Why?"

Even Rory seemed surprised by this development, "Yeah, why?"

"Because he's in love with the sound of his own voice. You'd think he was already president and I don't want to be Hillary. I don't want to wait for a hundred years while he does his thing so by the time I get my chance, I'm too old to enjoy it," Paris explained. "And we're doing long distance and I don't really like him anymore."

"Did you tell him that?" asked Georgia.

"Yeah," replied Paris with a shrug. "I mean, I could have dumped him on his birthday."

"No, don't dump him on his birthday," Rory said. "That'll be mean."

"That would be mean," Thea replied, remembering how Dean dumped Rory on their three month anniversary because Rory couldn't say 'I love you' back to him.

"One of the meanest things I ever did, was call the cops on one of my former drug dealers because he raised the price on me," Anthony replied. "I mean, I left it as anonymous but still."

"Your level of pettiness is admirable," Paris told him.

Anthony smiled, but then seemed confused, as if trying to figure out Paris was being geniune or sarcastic.

Thea had gone back to Stars Hollow, more to check on things at the bakery and the Dragonfly Inn, which was still undergoing construction. Lorelai was keeping an eye on that too, but apparently she wanted two horses.

Sookie was still pregnant and was going to have a boy. Jackson wanted Davey, but Sage vetoed it saying that every time he hears Davey, his mind automatically goes to Dave, Lane's boyfriend and Davey from the movie Eight Crazy Nights. 

So, Sookie and Sage agreed to name the baby Coriander "Cory" for short. Jackson was voted off the island because he wasn't carrying the baby for nine months and he was pretty much outvoted.

So, Thea was in the bakery with Dave, Ethan, and Craig.

"We're getting a lot of people wanting to try out for the band," Dave told Thea. "We're really booked though."

"So, when are you going to hold tryouts?" asked Thea, confused.

"We're thinking about next week," Dave replied.

Thea nodded, "Hope you find someone good."

"We're hoping too," Dave said. "I mean, not that Zach was bad..."

"He was just an ass," Thea finished.

The bell to the bakery tinkled as the door opened. A woman with black hair and blue eyes walked in. 

Thea thought the woman was gorgeous, although the woman kind of reminded Thea of Lorelai though.

Elowen was reading a magazine.

The woman asked them, "Hey, do any of you know when that cute looking inn will open?"

"Sometime in December," Thea told her.

"Damn," the woman replied. "I really need a job because I just got out of jail for assault with a weapon, which was frozen poultry, because the guy slapped my ass without my permission."

Thea was oddly reminded of the coach barging in on her and her friends in the locker room, while they were in various stages of undress, without knocking and the college creep kissing her on the cheek, even though she was sure that she was clearly underaged. From what she heard, the coach had been fired, which was a relief, but it infuriated her knowing that it took that long for him to get fired.

The woman was saying, "So do you know—"

"Welcome to the crew," Thea cut in, needing no more unnecessary explanations. She grabbed an apron from the shelf under the cash register and tossed it to the woman, who caught it, looking really confused.

"Welcome to the Former Convicts Club," Ethan added.

"Thank god," Elowen chimed in, turning a page on the magazine that she was reading. "The club was turning into a sausage fest."

The woman looked at everyone, still looking confused.

"I'm a murderer," Ethan said. "Eight years."

"Six years for aiding and abetting a murderer," Craig added. "Not Ethan's murder, but a different murderer."

"Fifteen years for bank robbery," Elowen said.

"Since Anthony's not here, he did two years for drug possession," Ethan added.

"Should bring him by next week," Thea muttered. "If he feels up to it."

The woman's name turned out to be Jessie James ("Do you want to see my driver's license?" "No." "Good, because I had it taken away because I got arrested for DUI. But me and my co-worker were jousting on office chairs, but since it had wheels, it was deemed a vehicle." "How did you get to Stars Hollow then?" "..." "It's okay, I won't tell anyone.")

Jessie did end up accidentally burning her arm in the oven. 

Thea and Jessie ended up heading on over to Luke's, with Thea pointing out places for Jessie.

Thea pointed out her friends' homes (minus Anthony). Jessie seemed really confused when Thea mentioned that she was dating Sage and Aiden.

"Like, at the same time?" asked Jessie.

"Yeah," replied Thea. "They know about each other and are fine with it." Jessie made a face, like she doubted that. "I'm sure you'll meet them both eventually."

It was kind of jarring though, Thea realized. When Anthony found out that Thea was dating Sage and Aiden, Anthony didn't find it weird like Jessie did. Anthony pretty much shrugged and said, "Okay." and went back to reading a textbook for the business class that he had been taking. 

Apparently Anthony's dad wanted him to work for the company that Anthony's dad owned after he graduated. Anthony assumed that it was his dad's way of keeping an eye on him and making sure that he didn't relapse. It was kind of sweet that his dad cared, but it was annoying because Anthony didn't want to work there, but Anthony honestly didn't have any other career in mind.

When they walked into Luke's, they sat at the counter. Jess nodded an acknowledgement at Thea.

Thea asked him, "How is your book coming along?"

"It's going," Jess replied. "Billie accidentally spilled juice on my laptop."

Thea grimaced at the thought, "That sucks."

"Yeah, but I can't get mad at her because it was an accident," Jess replied. "She tripped over some toys."

"Is she okay?" asked Thea.

"She's fine," Jess replied. "However, I think her juicing up my laptop was for the best. I'm enjoying rewriting the first few chapters. I think it's going fine."

"Well, don't forget to thank her in the dedication once it gets published," Thea told him.

Jess looked at her, "You put too much faith in me."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Thea said. "I hope you crash and burn and the publishers laugh in your face."

Jess smiled at her, knowing that she didn't even mean a word of it. "There it is."

Luke came over to the counter, but stopped and looked at Jessie, like he never saw a woman before. Jessie was busy looking over a menu.

Thea and Jess looked at each other.

Things certainly got interesting.