A/N- Alright, if you've ever read any of my other work, then you'll know that I have a horrible habit of not continuing stories. But I swear, this one I will. At least, if I get reviews. So please review! I love reviews!

Disclaimer- I don't own anything you recognize.

Lorelai groaned as she looked for the Bangles CD in Target. "Why, why, why, why! How could I have managed to lose this! I liked my first copy, even if I didn't listen to it very much!"

She noticed the salesperson staring at her in a kind of awkward way. "Sorry… I know it looks like I'm talking to myself, but really, I'm not, I'm just scolding my- you know what, never mind."

With the salesperson still staring at her, Lorelai searched. "Look, lady, I don't need any help." The salesperson still stared. Lorelai glanced at her suspiciously and kept looking. She sighed in relief when she finally found the new CD. She grabbed it and left to go to the checkout, still giving backward glances to the saleswoman.

After she got into her house, she considered listening to it. "Why bother, the only reason I bought this is because I lost the first copy I had… wait… that was the second copy… where do these things go!" All of a sudden she felt Chris's arms around her. For a split second, she had a fleeting thought that Luke was here, that Luke was back and Chris was with Gigi in parts unknown.

"Talking to yourself again?" Chris asked as he kissed her on the lips.

"You see, you're just like that saleswoman." Lorelai responded.

"What?"

For a moment, she considered explaining and telling the story of the creepy woman. It would be just like her, but somehow, she didn't feel like having Chris respond in his usual way. She wanted Luke, she wanted it to be Luke that held her, she wanted it to be him to laugh at her story and hold her hand and watch movies with her while lecturing her on her junk food intake, instead of Chris being Chris and not caring. She wanted Luke to care.

"Don't ask."

Chris laughed as he moved on to her neck. "I won't."

"You know what?" Lorelai moved away. "I'm tired, I think I'm gonna head up to bed."

Chris looked at her, confused. "Okay, then."

She made a move to go to the stairs, but stopped herself and turned around. "I'm sorry Chris, I really am."

"What are you apologizing for? You had a tough day, with all the inn stuff, I understand."

"Okay." She hadn't been apologizing about that at all.

As she climbed under the covers, she realized that she wasn't really tired at all. She picked up the phone to call Rory, but somehow the number she dialed came out to be Luke's. She listened to it ring on the other end, and was surprised for some reason when he picked up with a gruff "Hello?"

"Hey, Luke…"

"Hey, Lorelai, what's wrong? Is everything okay?"

Luke sat up in bed, immediately worried.

"Yeah yeah yeah, everything's fine."

"Okay…" Luke was confused, just as confused as Lorelai was.

"I just called to um, ask you a question."

"Okay…" There was an awkward pause. "Aren't you going to ask it?"

Lorelai panicked at this, she hadn't actually prepared a question. "Right, yeah, uhh… well, I was just wondering if the uh, diner was open tomorrow."

"Yeah, it usually is."

"Right, yeah, sorry, just, you know, making sure."

Lorelai cursed herself inwardly.

"Okay then."

"Okay."

"Anything else?"

"Nope, that was all."

"Alright. Bye, Lorelai."

"Bye Luke."

Lorelai tossed the phone into the pile of dirty laundry that sat beside her dresser. "Stupid, Lorelai, stupid. Ugh!" She mumbled angrily at herself for a few more moments before shutting off her light and turning over to go to sleep. But as she tried to enter dreamland, she couldn't help wondering if there was a reason for calling Luke, not Rory. "I just thought Rory would be asleep, that's all, and I dialed the next familiar number as an instinct."

She knew as well as the next person that this was bullshit, but for tonight, she just had to believe it. She closed her eyes and finally fell asleep to the sound of the baseball game on the TV downstairs.

But it seemed that in a few short moments, an alarm was going off and Chris was snuggling up to her. "Wake up, Lor."

"Five more minutes… just five…"

"I'll be making breakfast."

All thoughts of Luke forgotten, she smiled and mumbled, "You're a god."

Chris chuckled. "I know I am."

Lorelai rolled over to the warm spot Chris had left, but finally just groaned and got up. She went over to the dresser and picked out some clothes for the day, and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

Finally ready for the day, she relished the fact that it was her day off, and it wasn't Chris'. She grabbed her plate of eggs and bacon and quickly kissed Chris as he left. Taking a cup of coffee, she heard the phone ringing. Setting the cup down, she ran to get to the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Mom!"

"My sweet Lory, how's the wife?"

"Not funny!"

"Oh, is this Rory? Pretend you never heard that!"

"Ha, ha."

"Whatcha calling me for, babe?"

"Can't a daughter call her mother for no reason at all?"

"Not at eight thirty, no."

"Oh, you've caught me."

Lorelai laughed.

"Are you doing anything for lunch today?"

"Chris is at work all day, and it's my day off. So yes."

"Ha, ha. Do you want to meet me somewhere?"

"Sure… how 'bout Luke's?"

"Are you sure Mom?"

"Yes, I called him last night to see if he was open in foresight of this conversation!"

"Mom, have you been watching reruns of Charmed? Do you think that you're physic again?"

"I still maintain that I knew that Grandma would make us come to Friday night dinner."

"Mom, if you'd asked Paul Anka he'd have told you the same."

"Fine."

"Alright, if you're sure, I'll meet you at Luke's at one."

"Alright babe."

"Kay. Bye Mom."

"Bye my Lory!"

Rory shook her head and flipped her phone closed. Seeing Paris, she ran ahead and caught up with her. "Hey Paris."

"Gilmore."

"What did I do this time?"

Paris laughed. "Nothing, I just like messing around with you. Don't I, Doyle?"

"Yes you do, Paris."

Paris looked at Rory. "See?"

"Okay, then, well, uh…"

"What do you want, Rory, I've got a tight schedule."

"I was just saying hi. Hi."

"Hi." Paris waved mockingly. "Now, I have to get going. Go get some coffee or something, because there's something wrong with you today."

"Nice to talk with you too, Paris."

Doyle smiled at Rory. "See you later!"

"Bye, Doyle."

Rory went over to get some coffee, like Paris had suggested, and walked around campus for a while. Before she knew it, it was time to meet her mom. She grabbed her book bag and got into her car. As she arrived at Luke's, she checked the time and discovered that she had a half hour before her mom would show up. I'll just get a cup of coffee. She walked through the door, to be met with the smell of Luke's and the familiar sound of the bell ringing. She hadn't been here in so long…

Walking over to Luke, Rory grinned and waved at Lane, who was serving an elderly couple. Lane grinned and waved back. "Hey, Luke."

"Rory! What are you doing here? I've missed you and your intake of coffee!"

As he said this, he filled a cup with the famous liquid and handed it to her.

"Thanks… I'm actually meeting my mom."

"Really? So there was a reason she called me last night."

"Oh, she actually called you? Wow, I thought she was just making it up."

"Nope, she called me."

"Oh."

They stared at each other. Finally Rory broke the silence with, "I guess I'll… go and get a table."

"Okay, great."

"Okay."

She walked over to the table by the window and looked outside to the street, looking for her mom. Lane walked over and sat down. "Rory!"

"Lane, hey!"

"Whatcha doing?"

"Oh, I'm just, waiting for my mom… she's meeting me here."

As Rory spoke, Lorelai walked over to the table. "Lane! Rory!"

"Hi Mom!"

Lorelai hugged Rory.

"Hey Lorelai."

"Hi, Lane, how's it going? How're the twins?"

"Oh, they're good, they're great."

"Okay, so I've got possible name options."

"Tell, tell."

"Brad and Jennifer."

"No."

"Susanna and Michael."

"Somehow, I don't think my children would enjoy being named after The Bangles."

"Yes! Yes, they want to!"

Lane shook her head at Lorelai and went back to waiting. "Bye guys."

"Bye, Lane."

"Victoria and Michael?"

"No!"

"Hmph."

"Alright Mom, burgers?"

"Burgers all the way, babe."

Rory smiled.

"Must we wait?"

"Aren't I supposed to be the one whining?"

"Never. I had you young, I never got sufficient whining time."

"With Grandma and Grandpa, I bet you had your share of whining."

"I was a special needs child. The school counselor prescribed me all the whining I could possibly get."

"It didn't work."

"Hey!"

Rory stuck her tongue out at Lorelai as a response.

"I've taught you well, child, I've taught you well."

"I know, I know."

After a few more moments of waiting, Lorelai couldn't take it any longer. "Luuuuuuuuuuuke!!"

"I'll be there in a second."

"We want our usual!"

Luke went to argue for a moment, but finally gave up and just wrote burgers, extra fries, no vegetables on his pad.

Lorelai's cell phone suddenly rang. Luke pointed to the door before going back to taking orders.

"The diner-man has spoken!" cried Lorelai as she answered it and walked to the door.

"Hey Chris."

"Lor. You'll never believe what I just found out."

"Elvis has been spotted?"

"We're not married."

She gasped. "What?!"

T.B.C. (for real)