Chapter 1: Plenty of fun to be had???

It was as it always is, a beautiful summer day in Stars Hallow. School was over for Rory and she couldn't have been happier. She devoted the summer a time of fun and only fun.

Rory sat on her bed flipping through a travel magazine. Unlike her spontaneous, spur of the moment mother, Rory loved organization. She wanted to carefully plan her Summer Vacation with Lane. She wanted it to be a summer to remember- and that it would be.

"My sweet, homebody child! The weather is perfect, the birds are chirping- why might I ask- are you sitting inside?" asked Lorelai as she stood in the doorway.

"I am planning the vacation that is to be remembered!"

"Oh hun, there's only one way to do that. You have to be spontaneous- backpack, sleep on benches, beg for money!"

Rory gave her mother an 'only you' look and continued flipping through her magazine.

"Fine!" Lorelai sighed. "I guess you're too busy for coffee!"

Rory's eyes lit up and she jumped off her bed.

"Never!"

Both girls giggled and headed out the door to Luke's.

AT LUKES

"Luke-two coffees and two danishes-anything for you Ror?"

Rory rolled her eyes at her mother and sat at a table. She looked around and the diner and saw the usual people. Kirk, Babette, and Miss Patty. Her eyes came to rest on him. She stared a little while but broke away when he looked up at her.

Lorelai waved her hand in front of her daughters face.

"Rooorrrryyy….hun!"

Rory shook her head and looked at her mother.

"A coffee please!" Luke walked away to behind the counter.

"Sorry to interrupt but were you staring at anything of interest?" Lorelai asked her daughter as she fixed her eyes back on Jess.

"Huh?"

"You're staring at Jess and honestly, he looks a little uncomfortable!"

"Oh sorry, I was just thinking!"

"About? Fill mommy in here!"

"Summer Vacation of course."

"Excited are we?"

"Excited-but unsure. I mean where are we going? What are we doing? Can I leave Dean for that long?"

"Oh hun, you'll figure it out and for Dean- once you're having fun, that'll be your main focus!"

"What'll be your main focus?" Luke interrupted as he sat the coffee on the table.

"Fun- my summer vacation with Lane."

"Lots of fun planned?"

"Well I wouldn't exactly say go that far as to say there's gonna be fun because there's nothing planned. No fun, no place to go!"

Rory placed her head on the table and sighed as her mother patted her back.

"It's okay hun- there's plenty of fun to be had here in Stars Hallow!"

After saying that- Lorelai shook her head.

"No Rory- there's not! You must rack your brain for the perfect vacation!"

"Thanks mom, no pressure!"

"No problem."

Lorelai went back to drinking her coffee, and Rory went back to planning the perfect vacation- occasionally glancing every now and then at Jess.