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"What are you doing here?" Luke asked as Lorelai walks into the diner.

"See now, that's where you were voted Mr. Personality of the new millennium, where's your crown?"

"I just mean you don't usually come in at this time."

"Well, I have to pick up Rory from school." Luke pours her a cup of coffee. "Thank you." She says.

"You're welcome."

"No lectures?"

"My blood sugars low. I'll eat an apple and get back to ya."

"Hmm." She takes a sip of coffee. "God! This had been one hectic bizarro day for me."

"Yea?"

"Yea, this morning with the being late and my mother with her existing. Oh and this father, this father from Chilton, he uhhh, drove out to the inn all the way from Hartford just to ask me out."

Luke looks up nervously. "Really? You goin'?"

"No, he's got a kid in school with Rory and the whole thing just seemed a little, weird."

"Oh good."

"Good?"

"Yea, I think it's good that you, turned him down."

"Okay." Lorelai smiles funnily.

"I mean he's probably old right?"

"Old??"

"Yea I mean he's got a kid in high school."

"Well, so do I."

"Yeas but you were young when you had Rory, most people aren't that young. Most people are uh…"

"Old?"

"Yea"

"Like, this guy who asked me out."

"But you're not goin'?"

Lorelai shakes her head. "No, I'm not going."

"Well, I was actually wondering…"

"Yes?"

"Would you like to come over this Saturday?" Lorelai gets this happy smile on her face.

"I would love to Luke." Luke smiles back at her. They sit there just staring into each other's eyes for a moment until Lorelai's cell phone rings.

"Oh, that's me." Luke just points to the 'no cell phones' sign. Lorelai grunts. "Hello?... Hi Babette… what?... okay… no, no. I'll be right there, thanks." She hangs up. "Um… I have to go!" she yells to Luke who is back in the kitchen. Lorelai pulls out her wallet to pay for her coffee.

"Keep it," Luke says. "I gave you decaf." Lorelai scowls at Luke and then smiles again. Then Lorelai walks out of the diner.

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When she gets to her house she sees Babette and Mory sitting in their front laws.

"Sorry I had to call you like this."

"Uh, that's okay Babette, I appreciate it."

"All of a sudden they pull up, get out of the truck and start sniffing around. It's very strange."

"All right, let me go talk to them."

"Tell her about the gnome baby." Mory pipes in.

"They kicked the gnome." Babette says.

"What?"

"Right in the head."

"That's just not cool." Mory says.

"I'm very sorry, is the gnome okay?"

"Oh he's fine sugar, thanks for asking, but I wouldn't trust these boys. Gnome kickin' says a lot about a man's character."

"Yes well, I am going to go take care of this, thanks." Lorelai smiles and walks away. During the whole drive home and the conversation with Babette and Mory all she could think about was Luke and their, 'date' Saturday night. She runs to the front porch of her house and talks with one of the men from the truck. The guys name was Mick, he was looking for the key under the frog so he could get into the house. He was there to install a DSL ordered by her mother.

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About an hour later Lorelai walks into a hair salon and sees her mother. She knocks on the circular hairdryer on top of her mother's head.

"What on earth?"

"You're not buying us a DSL."

"Lorelai, this is hardly the place."

"I cancelled the order, and its not happening."

"But Rory needs the internet for her school."

"We have the internet."

"Well this is faster."

"Well, we like our internet slow, okay? We can turn it on, walk around, do a little dance, make a sandwich. With DSL, there's no dancing, no walking and we'd starve. I'd be all work and no play. Have you not seen The Shining mom?"

"What on earth are you talking about?"

"Also, there will be no cars, no parking spaces, and all the uniforms will be supplied by me, the mother. That's final. There will be no discussion."

"You're being stubborn as usual."

"No mom, I'm not being stubborn as usual. I'm being me, the same person who always needed to work out her own problems, and take care of herself because, that's the way I was born. That's how I am."

"Lawrence, I'm dripping." Emily yells.

"I appreciate what you have done for Rory, in paying for her school. That will not be forgotten. You won't let it. But she is my daughter, and I decide how we live, not you." They stare at each other for a few seconds. "Now then, do they validate parking here?"

"There's a stamp at the desk." Emily says with distaste.

"Thank you." She walks away. 'Wow, this day has been horrible! First I get up late. Then I get asked out by an old Chilton dad. Now I just had a fight with my mother. Could it be any worse?' Then she remembered. 'Wait, this day was actually better then I remember, I got asked out by Luke! Oh my god, how am I going to tell Rory?'

Lorelai gets her parking validated and then goes to pick up Rory at school. When Rory gets into the car, Lorelai takes a deep breath and then turns to her daughter. "Hey Rory, I have to tell you something."

"What is it mom?"

"I was talking to Luke today, and I mentioned how I got asked out by a Chilton dad today. He got this weird look on his face. Then I told him I wasn't going and he said 'good'. So then he said yea it was good because he was probably old. And then… he asked me out for Saturday!!"

"Oh my god mom that is so great!! I am so happy for you guys."

"Thanks hun. I am really excited." The two continued to chat as they drove home about school, Emily and other things. When they got home, Rory went into her room to do her homework and Lorelai walked upstairs and picked up the phone. She dialed the number to Luke's diner.

"Luke's."

"Hey Luke, it's me."

"Oh hey, watsup?"

"I was actually wondering if I could talk to you. Can you go upstairs and then call me back from your apartment?"

"Sure no problem." Luke was nervous now. Was she going to cancel their date? When he got upstairs he called Lorelai back.

"Hey."

"Hey, what did you want to talk about?"

"I just wanted to tell you that I am really excited about Saturday." Luke let out a sigh of relief. "And to ask you what clothes I should wear."

"Wear a nice dinner dress."

"Ohhh. I know, I'll wear my LBD!"

"Your what?"

"My little black dress Luke. Oh and some high heels!" Luke's mouth began to water at the thought of Lorelai wearing that.

"Luke are you there?"

"What, oh yea I'm here."

"Picturing me in the little black dress weren't ya?"

"Maybe.."

"Well, you'll just have to wait and see!"

"Fine, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Fine, but no decaf this time!"

"Junkie."

"Angel. Bye!"

"Bye!" They both hung up and began to daydream about each other.

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