As she walked into the building, she wondered if it was a diner or a hardware store, considering the building had two signs up. She was having major coffee withdrawal symptoms, so she hoped it was a diner. She got her answer when she saw all the tables and chairs. No hammers, no nails, nothing hardware related inside the building at all.

The diner was pretty busy for six A.M., but that could point toward good coffee. The girl set the carrier she was holding on the ground by a stool and sat down at the counter. About five seconds later an unshaven but good looking man in plaid, roughly asked her "What'll it be?"

"I'll have the largest cup of coffee in the world, please," she asked.

"This stuff'll kill your central nervous system," he answered as he got her a cup and filled it with coffee.

"Good, it'll match the rest of my body," she said cynically as she took a sip and laid her head down on the table. "I got no sleep last night" sip "and I still have to find a job" sip "and a place to live. Finding such things" sip "tends to be better if one is awake." Her coffee was gone.

He refilled her coffee and asked "So, what caused this tremendous lack of sleep, or do I want to know?"

Without saying a word, she reached down, grabbed the carrier, put it on the counter, pulled back the blanket covering it, and revealed a beautiful sleeping baby boy.

"Luke, I was wondering if I could get a salad to go please, I have a yoga class in about ten minutes. Oh, a baby! How adorable, what's his name?" a woman asked the girl. The woman was a portly Hispanic lady with a motherly demeanor about her.

"Patty, you can't just pick up other people's babies. It's rude, especially if you don't know the person. You don't have to answer her, you can just ignore her. Everyone else does," the man said

"His name is Malakai. I'm Hermione, you can call me Mya," the girl said

"It's very nice to meet you Mya. I'm Miss Patty; I own a dance studio across the street. This is Luke Danes, He owns this diner." Miss Patty said.

"It's nice to meet you, but I have to get going. I need to find a job, and a place to live," said Hermione

"Luke, what about your apartment?" Miss Patty asked Luke.

"What about my apartment?" asked Luke, looking cautious.

"Well, you're not using it, are you? Maybe she could live there." Miss Patty asked, really trying to do some good here. Hermione seemed so nice.

"I need that apartment."

"For what?"

"For… storage… and… stuff which is beside the point because it's my apartment and I don't want some stranger living above my diner."

"But honey, your living with Lorelai. You don't need the apartment and she does. You can store your stuff some where else."

Throughout this whole exchange, Hermione was trying to get a word in to say how it was too much, but she started thinking that this was a really beautiful town. It seemed like a good place to raise her son. And there's something to be said about living above a place that serves coffee. She decided to play the guilt card broke into the conversation with a "let me say something."

"I do need a place to stay but if Luke doesn't want to rent me the apartment, he doesn't have to. He can just throw Kai and me out on the street to find another place to live. Probably some run down shack outside of town," Hermione said sadly as she sipped her now third cup of coffee.

Luke sighed in defeat and said, "You mentioned something about rent? How much?"

"Are you serious? Thank you so much! I don't have a job at the moment, but when I get one I'll pay you. I guess we can discuss a plan then." Hermione was positively glowing as she said this. She couldn't believe it.

Luke dug around in his jeans looking for his key. When he found it he handed it to Hermione and told her there was already some furniture up there. Hermione grabbed Kail and the key and ran upstairs to see her new apartment. As Hermione disappeared up the stairs, Luke muttered something about how he was gonna tell Lorelai.

Hermione ran up the stairs and opened the door. It was basically all one big room. The kitchen was right in front of the door and to the left was a twin size bed and a dresser. To the right of the kitchen was a small living room with a couch and a table. Next to the living room was another bedroom with a king size bed, instead of a twin, a dresser, and a bathroom next to that room. It was small, Spartan, but it would work. At least until she could afford a house of her own.

"Hello? Is Hermione up here? If the person up here is not Hermione then be warned that I'm armed with a very heavy purse." A woman yelled as she entered the apartment.

"Yes, I'm Hermione. Who are you?" was what the woman got for an answer.

"I'm Lorelai, Luke's fiancée. He just told me you'll be moving in, so I decided to come meet you." She was beautiful with dark brown, almost black, hair and vibrant blue eyes.

"I hope that's all right, I don't want to cause trouble."

"Oh, no trouble at all. Now he can't ran away her when we have a fight. How old are you anyway? Where have you been staying?"

"I'm sixteen; I'll be seventeen in two months. This handsome little boy is Kai and he's three months old. I stayed with my brother in New York City while I was pregnant. But I moved out after I gave birth because he is not ready to help take care of a baby." Hermione explained.

"I'm sorry if I'm bugging you but this is a little deja vu for me." Lorelai shared.

"How so?"

"Well I got pregnant at sixteen, ran away and ended up in this town too."

"You're kidding! What happened?"

"I got a job as a maid in an inn and I worked my way up to general manager. Now I own an inn with my friend Sookie. My daughter, Rory, is twenty-one and going to Yale." Lorelai shared.

"I can only hope I get so lucky." Hermione said with a gloomy look on her face.

"You will. I've got a good feeling about you. Anyway, here's my number. Call if you need anything. I feel morally obligated to help, so take advantage of it while you can. It should wear off any day now. Rory should be around on Saturday, so you'll get to meet her. Patty's probably already found you a job, and I think that takes care of everything. I have to get back to the inn."

Lorelai started to head for the door when she remembered something and turned around. "Kai's father, is he going to be around?"

"Kai's father is…" Hermione trailed off as she tried to find the right words to describe the situation. "Not going to be an issue." she finished with a somber look on her face.

Lorelai accepted this answer and left, knowing exactly what the look on her face meant.

Hermione waited until she heard Lorelai's footstep fading down the stairs to transfigure the twin bed into a cradle for Kai. She then laid Kai down in the cradle so he could nap, and went to take one of her own.

About two hours later, Hermione was carrying Kai in her arms as she explored the town. As she passed what she assumed was Miss Patty's dance studio, Miss Patty stuck her head out.

"Mya, honey, I've found you a job. You like books right?" Miss Patty asked

"I love books," answered Hermione

"Well, Andrew owns Stars Hollow Books and he need someone to help him stock the books. He hurt his back and the doctor said he couldn't lift his hands over his head for about three months, but Andrew'll wait for six, just to be sure. I already talked to him about you and he said that as long as he didn't mess up any books or was too loud, Kai could be there with you. You go talk to him, honey. The stars are aligning for you."

"I've just realised that." Hermione said with a huge smile on her face. She gave Miss patty a hug and rushed off to find the bookstore. She had a job, she had a place to live, and she had a feeling that everything was going to be okay.