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Thank you to all those that have already read/followed/favourited this story. I really hope I'm doing this amazing show justice!

Now the end of this chapter will definitely be familiar to all of you, but I really didn't want to change it too much! I really thought it was perfect in the show.

Please enjoy and review!

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"Rory! Time to get up hun. Mummy needs coffee, lots of coffee. I can't believe I forgot to get a coffee maker. I'm so used to Sookie making it for me in the morning." Lorelai said, going her usual mile a minute.

"What time is it?" Rory mumbled from her mattress on the floor.

"It's time for mummys coffee." Lorelai replied, jumping onto Rorys mattress. "Come on, I even made you breakfast."

Rory let out a disbelieving snort, "You made breakfast?"

"Hey! I can cook when I put my mind to it," Lorelai said indignantly. "You know, I remember a time before you were nearly a teenager. So sweet and innocent, now all you do is hurt my feelings. Come on, get up. It's the only way to make it up to me."

Lorelai jumped up from the mattress and took the duvet with her, ignoring Rorys squeal. Laughing she headed into her empty kitchen. A grumpy Rory reluctantly following. "You know, I quite like all this space. Very feng shui. Reckon we should leave it like this?"

"We have no furniture. We need somewhere to eat," Rory replied with a small giggle.

"We have somewhere to eat! It's called the floor." Lorelai grinned. "Here it is, our very first breakfast in our brand new house." With a flourish Lorelai proudly showed Rory the plate of poptarts. "Told you I can cook."

Rory looked at the plate for a full minute before laughing hysterically, "Mum, these are poptarts! You don't cook poptarts."

Lorelai gave her daughter a wide smile, "I had to put them in the toaster didn't I? That's cooking! Now eat up."

Rory shook her head at her mum but grabbed a poptart and began to eat.

"So I was thinking, I haven't got work today and we need to buy furniture. Want to skip school and come with me? It will be fun." Lorelai said hopefully.

"Mum I will never get into Harvard if I take random days off school," Rory replied earnestly.

"Come on Rory, one day won't hurt! We are celebrating."

"I can't mum, what if we learn something today that comes up in the SATs and I get it wrong because I never learnt it and that's the difference between getting into Harvard and not getting into Harvard?" Rory said seriously.

Lorelai smiled at her very serious daughter, she loved that she was so responsible but had no idea where she got it from, she definitely didn't get it from either of her parents. "Ok, ok! I'll go by myself. I swear kid, if you didn't look so much like me I would be worried that they swapped you at birth. Go get ready then. I'll drop you at school and see if I can find some decent coffee around here."

Rory laughed as she headed off to get ready for school.

In no time at all both girls were ready to leave, "You sure you don't want to come shopping with me?"

"Muuuum," Rory said in exasperation.

"Just checking," Lorelai said holding her hands up in surrender and laughing, "lets go then."

They hadn't made it far down their driveway when they heard a hoarse, raspy voice shouting after them, "Hey! Hey, sugar! Over here!"

A small blonde woman was barreling towards them. "Hi," Lorelai replied awkwardly, looking down at her daughter who was staring at the woman in fascination.

"I'm your new neighbour!" the woman panted happily, "I'm Babette! I live with my husband Morey and our little cat cinnamon!"

"Nice to meet you Babette, I'm..." Lorelai began, only to be interrupted by Babette.

"Lorelai Gilmore! And little Rory of course! She is just the cutest," Babette said pinching Rorys cheek.

"Oh you know already?" Lorelai said puzzled.

"It's a small town sugar! Of course I heard about a 17 year old girl turning up with a little baby! You've kept to that inn of yours though, Mia keeping you cuties to herself! And Patty told me all about you as well! What with Rory here being a little Ballerina!"

Lorelai was amazed that she had met a woman who spoke faster than herself, she hadn't known that it was possible. "Well she isn't a ballerina anymore I'm afraid! Anyway, Babette, we need to get Rory off to school! We will see you later ok?"

"Ok sugar! You get that little cutie to school and I will see you later! If you ever need anything you just let me know ok? Bye sugar!" Babette said, tottering off towards her house.

"I think I'm going to like living here," Rory said with a big smile.

"Me too if I ever get some coffee! Come on!"

They made their way towards Stars Hollow Middle school. The town was so small that in next to no time they were at the school where Lane, Rorys best friend, was waiting for them.

"Rory, I got a new CD that you NEED to listen too," Lane said eagerly.

"Hey Lane!", Lorelai called out as Rory darted towards her friend.

"Hey Lorelai," Lane said shyly.

"You girls have fun! And get into lots of trouble for me ok? Rory, I'll pick you up later kid!" Lorelai said to the girls retreating backs.

"Bye mum!" Rory called out distracted.

Lorelai smiled as the two girls headed into the school, grateful that Rory has such a good friend in Lane.

Once the two girls were safely in the school Lorelai started on her next mission, coffee. She knew of Luke's diner but she had never visited it before, she hadn't had much money while Rory was growing up and couldn't bring herself to spend money on food when she could eat at the inn for free. Deciding to give it a go she headed towards the diner.

Opening the door a little bell tickled above her head. The place was packed, looking around Lorelai spotted many familiar faces. A man wearing jeans, a red plaid shirt and a backwards baseball hat was walking around with a coffee pot. She had no idea who he was but spotting the coffee pot Lorelai made a beeline for him.

"Coffee, I need coffee!" She rasped out pathetically.

The man looked at her with irritation, "Sit down, I'll be with you in just a minute."

"I don't think you understand, I need coffee right now! It's amazing that I'm even standing up right now!" Lorelai replied following him around the diner.

The man looked surprised that he was suddenly being followed by a crazed woman, "I already told you. Sit down. Wait your turn."

"PLEASE! Give me coffee," Lorelai continued undeterred.

"You are really annoying, you know that? Sit down, shut up, I will get to you when I get to you."

Lorelai ignored him, thoroughly enjoying herself. "When's your birthday?"

"What?", the man asked confused by the sudden change of topic.

"When's your birthday?" Lorelai repeated.

"Is there anybody looking for you? You know wearing white coats with really big nets?"

Lorelai stifled her laughter, "I'm not going to leave you alone until you tell me."

Irritated he told her his birthday.

"Now was that so hard?" She asked, grabbing someone's paper from a nearby table, ripping it open and jotting something down. "Here," she said, handing the man a piece of paper.

He looked at it in confusion, it was his horoscope and on it she had written 'Today you will meet an annoying woman, give her coffee and she will go away.' Against his will he felt a flutter of amusement run through him.

"Here, have some damn coffee," he said grabbing her a to go cup.

"Why thank you very much sir," Lorelai grinned grabbing the cup and throwing some money down on the counter, "Now, you keep that horoscope and put it in your wallet, one day it will bring you luck." Smiling at the incredulous look he shot her she walked out the door.

Once outside the diner Lorelei took a sip of the coffee and was glad to find that it was delicious. Looking back at the diner she grinned to herself, she would definitely be coming back.