Katie and Lorelai were sitting at the diner counter drinking coffee and talking. Katie looking frequently at her watch not wanting to be late and miss the morning bus as she had already missed the afternoon one several times during her first week. It was now Monday the beginning of her second week at Chilton and things couldn't be better.

"Hey Mom don't forget I won't be home till late today cause Will is showing me his favourite coffee place." Katie reminded her mother.

"Ok honey; just remember its dad's night off and that means one of his regular healthy family dinners."

"Yeah see you Mom, Dad got to run"

"Bye" Lorelai and Luke replied to there daughter as she hurried from the diner.

"So my husband what wonderful meal will you cook for your family tonight?"

Lorelai enquired. Ever since the two had been married Luke would set aside 3 nights a week that he took off to cook his wife and eventually his daughter, a healthy home cooked meal. The other four nights of the week, diner or take-away food was allowed or the girls could request a home cooked meal.

"I was thinking maybe that pasta you both like or some nachos" Luke replied smiling at his wife and giving her a quick kiss as he knew she would be leaving soon.

"Yum on both accounts" she said referring to dinner and the kiss "but I have to run too, see you tonight babe." Lorelai said taking a last sip of her coffee and getting up.

"Bye" Luke called to his wife.

"Hey" said Will ask he sat down next to Katie in the lunch hall.

"Hey" Katie replied "we still on for after school?"

"Yeah defiantly I'll introduce you to the second best coffee in the world. Not that you need it considering your access to the best."

The two carried on in easy conversation talking about their weekends and the silly things each had to research for there first English assignment. The task was to research, in as must detail as possible and write an essay, about the object you were given. It was meant to help with creativity as you had to find a talking point on things like the hair brush or a pack of cards. Will had gotten the ruler and Katie the coffee mug.

"Man your assignment is an A+ on a golden platter you're allowed to include interviews on people's opinions you can write about the coffee mug through your mother eyes." Will said thinking of how funny and clever he was sure Katie's essay would be.

"Yours will be good too there are some many good angles you can look at for the ruler." She defended but failed to think of any proving Will's point. Just then the bell rang and both parted ways agreeing to meet at Will's car later that afternoon.

Luke was in the kitchen cooking dinner and Lorelai was in the kitchen watching when the phone rang.

"Lorelai can you get that" Luke asked snapping Lorelai out of her starring session.

"Sure babe" she said leaving the kitchen to find the phone.

"Hello Danes residence better be a good reason I answered." Lorelai said in her normal home phone greeting.

"Hey Mom Will's car just stopped and we are pulled off the road just past Woodbury. Can you get Daddy to come get us and then call Wills parents so they can come collect him and the car?" a slightly flustered Katie Dane's asked her mother.

"Sure honey while they are here we could invite them for dinner Dad always cooks too much anyway and it would be nice to finally meet them" Lorelai replied excited at the thought of meeting some new friends.

"Yeah good idea his dad is out of town for two days on business but I'm sure his mom would like that." Katie replied

"OK, see you honey dad will be there soon"

"Bye Mom" Katie replied hanging up her cell phone as the line went dead.

Lorelai waved to Luke as he pulled out of the drive to fetch Katie and Will. She picked up the phone again and dialled the number her daughter had next to the phone.

"Hello" said a voice at the other end after a few rings.

"Oh hi Mrs Hadley, its Katie's mom here apparently Will's car broke down just pass Woodbury. My husband has gone to pick them both up and we were wondering, since you have to pick up Will anyway, if you would like to join us for dinner" Lorelai asked realising that instead they should have offer to drop Will home but then remembering the car.

"Um yes that would nice actually, my husband is out of town and I am not much of a cook so why not. I would like to meet the mother of such an intelligent and funny girl." Rory relied politely not wanting to be rude to this new woman, especially since Will had told her she was quite a bit older than herself.

"Ok we live in Stars Hollow in a big white house with stone pillars right on the main road."

"The old Twickem house" Rory enquired

"Yeah that's the one I guess we'll see you soon look forward to meeting you" Lorelai replied being polite to Wills mother still not sure weather she was one of the snobby Hartford type.

"Yeah see you soon" Rory replied now feeling reluctant about going. She hadn't known Katie lived in Stars Hallow she didn't really know a lot about Katie apart from that her son liked her. She didn't want to return to her home town now, for this but she had to. She had to pick up her son and politely attend the dinner but she was going to avoid everything else in the town.

Rory carefully slowly approached the front steps of the old Twickem house 30 minutes later. She noticed a nice red jeep and new black truck parked in the driveway and assumed Katie's father had returned with the kids. She took a deep breath and slowly moved to ring the bell reminding her of Friday night dinners years ago with her mother. She shook the thought from her head realising now was not the time to regret the pass and hurriedly rang the bell before her nerve was lost.

Will and Katie opened the door to meet Rory as Lorelai walked out of the living room to greet her guest.

"Mom" she heard Will call as he opened the door. Lorelai walked further into the entrance and took a look at the tall brunette before her. She looked up and was caught in her blue eyes.

"Mom?" Rory asked as they stood staring at each other both joy and pain filling their hearts.

"Mom" Katie asked confused looking at her mother for answers but she was still staring at Wills mother tears beginning to fill her eyes.

Luke hearing the fuss from the kitchen walked out into the entrance hall to see what the fuss was about. He was confused because he was sure he had heard mom said by three different people. He looked at the scene before him then specifically at Wills mother. Confusion was quickly replaced by shock.

"I think we are going to need some coffee in here" he said knowing that there was going to be lots of talking as soon as the two Gilmore's broke out of there trace. Luke statement seemed to do the trick and both Rory and Lorelai began to laugh.

"Did he really just offer us coffee with no stab at our future health?" Rory questioned her mother.

"Yeah" Lorelai replied still part way in her daze. All she wanted to do right now was pull Rory into a tight hug and make up for all the lost years. She wanted to talk until Friday and share all the important events each had missed. Instead she made a simple first step not aware that everyone was still standing there Luke having made no attempt to make coffee yet.

"I missed you kid" she whispered her voice thick with emotion.

Luke seeing that it was time to leave the two along took Will and Katie into the kitchen and told them there mothers would explain soon.

"I missed you so much mom" Rory replied as tears started to role down her cheeks and she moved closer to her mom who opened her arms and pulled her into a tight hug. Both smiling as they felt the small hole in there heart be filled. With reluctance Lorelai pulled away from the hug.

"I think we need to explain to the kids" Lorelai stated "and then maybe Luke can take them out for dinner and we can have a little chat. I mean, that is if you want to, I know we can't fix all our problems tonight or maybe ever. All I know is that I have missed you so much and I want to know what has happened in your life. I love you Rory. I want to know my daughter again and I guess my grandson, man that sounds weird. I'm a grandma." Lorelai rambled feeling a little awkward and afraid that her daughter might walk out of her life again.

"Yes that's sound like a good idea. I love you too mom it's been so hard without my best friend and my mom." Rory replied.

Lorelai took Rory's hand and lead her into the lounge where they both sat on the couch.

"I can't believe you still have this thing" Rory exclaimed as she felt her bum fall into the old lumpy couch.

Lorelai just smiled at her daughter comment then broke into laughter.

"You know what I just thought of?" Lorelai questioned "you remember how grandma Gilmore's maiden name was Gilmore. Maybe we have some scary gene defect that makes us attracted to each other. I mean what if we hadn't met today and Katie and Will. Ewww that is just too gross" Lorelai moaned.

Rory couldn't help but laugh at her mother for she remembered the day well that her mother had informed her of the Gilmore inbreeding. What a family she thought.

Well that's the second chapter hope you like it as much as the first. Still more to come, the more reviews I get the quicker I will write so give me feed back so come on let me know this story is being read.