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A/N: Chapter two. I hope you like this! Enjoy!

"It's about time," Lorelai said when Rory got back to the table. "I was about ready to come look for you. Was he the alien?"

Rory had to roll her eyes. "Mom, if he was, do you think I would be able to tell you he was anyway?"

"I guess you have a point," Lorelai agreed. "And that was a very smart sentence; therefore I must conclude the aliens did nothing to your intelligence."

"The aliens that don't exist," Rory reminded her mom. "Besides, look at him, he's bringing you your mug. There is no way he would know that if he was an alien…if they did exist."

"So that's what he did with you back there," Lorelai said loudly. When Rory's face took on a confused look she began to explain more. "He showed you where the real Luke is tied up and then made you and the real Luke tell him which one was my mug."

"Mom, you know I love you, but this is getting old. Please stop," Rory begged.

"Here is your coffee," Luke cut into their conversation.

Lorelai began to bring the cup to her lips when she stopped. "Hold on a minute." She brought the mug close to her nose and sniffed it. "This isn't coffee! Smell it, Rory!"

"Well, Mom, most people do call it coffee," Rory reasoned.

"I don't!" Lorelai said indignantly.

"People do," Rory soothed her mom in a comforting voice. "I know it isn't coffee."

"What do you crazy people mean?" Luke asked looking incredibly annoyed. Wow, he's good, Rory thought before she could stop herself.

"This is decaf!" Lorelai shouted. The people of the diner just smiled, they didn't even have to turn around anymore; they were so used to Lorelai and Luke's antics. Well, Lorelai's antics and Luke's catering to them, knowingly or unknowingly.

"I told you!" Rory shouted as well, just a volume lower than her mother. "I knew she would recognize it. I knew you wouldn't be able to get it by her."

Lorelai looked confused. "Fill in the blanks, Hon."

Luke rolled his eyes. "And while she does that, I guess if I know what's good for me, I'll go get you some more coffee…some real coffee."

Lorelai smiled sweetly at him and he felt butterflies flutter up in his stomach. How could she still affect him like this after eight years? Still though, he loved it and hoped that never changed. "I'll be back with your regular food soon too, and then I'll eat breakfast with you. Lane and Ceaser are both here."

Lorelai's smile got even wider if possible, and Rory smiled looking at her mom and Luke, her soon-to-be stepdad. Her family. She felt as though Luke had been part of her family since the day she met him and she knew her mom felt the same way. Rory smiled even wider when she saw Luke's hand stroke her mom's hair as he walked away to get the coffee.

"You two are so cute," Rory sighed. "I hope I get someone like him someday."

"You will," Lorelai assured her. "Just don't settle, no matter what your grandma says. Now, about those blanks and the coffee."

"Luke just took me back to the storage room to see if I thought he could get you to drink some decaf," Rory explained. "I, of course, told him he couldn't—"

"Hi, the nose," Lorelai supplied.

"Exactly, but he didn't believe me," Rory concluded. "Maybe one day he will learn."

"Maybe, one day," Luke agreed, as he came back to the table with their orders. "But it's highly doubtful. I just want you both to live past forty."

"Luke, the fates won't kill us," Lorelai promised him.

"There are no fates," Luke insisted every time she brought this up with him. He went back to fix his breakfast. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

While Rory continued to smile at their antics, she heard a voice calling her. Turing around, she saw it was Lane. She made a move to get up, but her mother stopped her. "Where do you think you're going?"

Rory gestured to Lane. "Lane is calling me."

"But who am I going to talk to now?" Lorelai whined again.

Rory shook her head. "Really? Are you four? Jeez!"

"You've been spending too much time with Luke," Lorelai called after her retreating daughter.

Sorry this was so short. It was just a filler chapter and this seemed like a good place to break it off. The next one should be a little longer. Tell me what you thought about this chapter, spelling, grammer, characterization…review!