The next Wednesday was the first public opening of the Dragonfly, and Lorelai was beyond what you could call excited. She finished 4 pots of coffee in the morning, so she was buzzing (literally), and at 6.15 she jumped on Rory's bed, crushing the air out of her daughter. "Morning, sunshine!!! I'm officially an inn owner today!"

Rory groaned, pushing her mother off her. "Does that mean that you have to deprive the rest of us of sleep?"

"Yes!" Lorelai grinned. "Up up up! Hustle hustle hustle!" Rory groaned and stuck her head under her pillow, hoping to make her mother go away. Quite the contrary, Lorelai started jumping on Rory's bed.

"Fine!! I'll get up!" Rory finally yelled.

"Yay!" Lorelai squealed. "Lets go to Luke's for waffles!"

"Mom," Rory rolled her eyes. Luke doesn't sell waffles!"

"I'm sure he will for us! Get dressed!" She ran out of Rory's room.

This is going to be a long day, she thought to herself, before deciding not to get up and resuming her sleep. Lorelai decided it was best to just leave her.

The rest of the week had gone smoothly, for both Lorelai and Rory. Rory had been able to relax, and the topic of Jess and his unexpected 'I love you' hadn't come up in conversation. She had no more weird encounters with Dean, in fact, she hadn't seen him since.

Lorelai had been busy with the inn, but most things had run smoothly. She had also gone to Liz and TJ's wedding, and the wedding derailed as soon as Liz had to walk down the aisle, her son Jess being an unexpected no-show. Everything was fixed, however, when Luke volunteered to do it himself, but Lorelai couldn't help but hate Jess just a little more for making everyone's life so hard.

"Sookie, hurry up!" Lorelai shrieked, as Sookie kept coming out of the kitchen to see the first wave of guests come into the inn. "I'm dealing with the people, you deal with the food!"

"Okay, okay!" Sookie ran back to the kitchen.

As Luke walked in Lorelai ran over to him. "You don't have any other guests, am I right?" She gave him a dazzling smile.

"Well, in pretty sure Jess isn't coming, so... nope, just me."

"Great," Lorelai took his hand and lead him upstairs. "There's your room, sorry it has no door yet. I tried to get it done earlier but no luck..." she smiled at him and made him blush, so he had to hide his face.

"Mom?" Rory called upstairs, not game to go up in case a door whacked her in the face while they were getting put up. "You up there?"

"Yep!" She came downstairs. You slept for a while, it's... wow, 1 o'clock! How did you manage that? It's a bit early to be getting lucky..."

"God!" Rory made a horrified face at her mother. "You're crazy! I did not get lucky! I only unpacked some boxes!"

Lorelai threw her arms in the air. "Okay! I'm going back upstairs, don't hit on any of the builders."

"Mom!" Rory covered her ears.

"Sorry!" She ran back upstairs.

The rest of the day went perfectly, without a single hurdle, at least until 8 o'clock when dinner was served. When Lorelai walked out of the dining hall, she almost walked headlong into Jason. Jason Stiles. Jason who had wanted to sue her family. Little did she know, though he was out of earshot, Luke was watching her every move. "What the-"

"Lorelai," Jason held up a hand to cut her off. "I don't want to end our relationship. I know we hit a rough patch-"

"A rough patch?!" Lorelai yelled over the top of him. "Jason, we broke up! You wanted to sue my family!"

"I had to," he grimaced.

"No you didn't! You didn't have to!" She screamed, eyes wide.

Jason put his hands on her shoulders, ignoring her frantic attempts to get the hell away from him. "Lorelai, I had to sue your father if I wanted to continue working in the insurance business. I had to."

"Okay, fine. Maybe you had to. But I can't be with someone who's doing that to my family! I'm sorry, I just can't!" She loosened herself from his grip and started to walk away, before turning around. He was plopped in a chair, reading one of the books from a shelf. "Do you... do you want something to eat?" She asked tentatively.

"I want a room," Jason said simply.

"I'm all booked out!" Lorelai said flustered. "I can get you some pot roast-"

"Lorelai Gilmore!" A voice started shrieking her name. It sounded remarkably like... "How dare you put your father and I in the same room?"

"What do you mean, mom? You wanted a room at the inn, you got it."

"We got a room 150 feet away from the inn! It's all dark, peasants should live there!"

"It's romantic! What is your problem?" Lorelai yelled at her mother, knowing full well the answer. Emily would finally admit her and Richard's seaparation, not that it wasn't already obvious.

"You know the problem, Lorelai! You know your father and I have separated! We just didn't want to tell you!"

"What exactly do you want from me, mom?"

"I want another room," she stated.

"You can't have another room, mom. They're all booked up. I gave you that room."

"I bet Jason got a room! Did you get a room, Jason?"

"No, I didn't." They we're both glaring at Lorelai.

"Your father and I are leaving. I just thought I'd tell you. Goodbye." Emily walked out the door and got into her limo.

"God!" Lorelai smashed a hand on the coffee table. "I'll get you that pot roast."

"I don't need it, I'm okay. I'll just sit here and read."

"Okay." Lorelai walked back into the dining room, and up the stairs to find Rory. The doors had been finished, so there was a chance her daughter had snuck up there. She kept calling her name, until she heard a "here" from in their room. "Honey?" She walked in to find her daughter reading 'A Farewell to Arms'. "Why are you reading Hemingway? You hate his books... oh god."

"What?" She looked up at Lorelai.

"This isn't about Jess, is it? Rory, reading Hemingway isn't going to get him back. He's gone, and you should be over him." When Rory didn't answer, Lorelai pushed a little harder. "Rory? Why won't you talk?"

"I visited him," she whispered. Lorelai took a sharp intake of breath. "I went to New York. I just... wanted to see him. It was a day you were with Jason. I couldn't sleep, I just... I just drove! It took forever, but I just... had to." Lorelai frowned at her.

"Was he okay? Saying you love someone and then realising they don't love you... I'm not saying you should have told him you love him, I just think it might have been hard for him."

"He was..." she swallowed the lump in her throat. "He was curled up on the ground, not moving. Like he was sleeping, but I think he was actually crying. I talked to him, but he didn't seem to recognise me. I had to lift him up - sort of, I'm not very strong, as you know - I had to drag him to the sofa. That seemed like the first time that night he recognised me, and... it was just so sad."

"Aww," Lorelai put an arm around her. "Honey, I can imagine. You just have to let go."

Rory's eyes filled up with tears. "Mom... that's the problem. I don't... I don't think I want to let go." Her mothers chest rose up, signalling deep breaths.

"You still want to be with Jess? After all he did to you? The lying, the running away, the not graduating, the pushing, the fighting... the saying he loves you and then running away? You still want that?"

"Don't make it sound so terrible," Rory grumbles. "Jess is... he's a great guy. He's just a little messed up."

"Rory, I want you to think about this. Jess isn't exactly stable. You're going to Yale, and he's living god knows where in New York. Just because you haven't been with anyone last the last year doesn't mean you should rush into relationships."

"This is Jess! It's not just a relationship!"

"Rory, the fact that it's Jess doesn't change what I have to say, nor does it make it any better."

"Mom," Rory's voice had started to shake. "Stop it."

"Why?"

"I know this will sound hasty, and stupid."

"Just tell me!" Lorelai was getting impatient now.

"I think I love him."

Lorelai's shoulders sagged. "You - uh... Rory, are you sure? That's a big step, kid."

"Mom, will you stop treating me like a little girl? I'm nineteen! I know it's a big step, but I wish you would respect the fact that I've thought about it. I know you have some weird problem with Jess, but if I say that I want to be with him then you should appreciate it."

"You've always been the girl who thinks things through! You make pro - con lists about everything! You can't be the girl who doesn't see a guy for a year and then decides she loves him! Rory, you know he's not dependable. I know you, I know you want to be with someone dependable!"

"Someone like Dean?" Rory demanded. She knew where this was going.

"Honestly, yes. I worried much less when you were with Dean. I don't like Jess at all, I'm sorry. I know it violates the whole cool mom thing I've got going, but I don't want you to be with him."

"Mom, you can't just say that. You can't just keep me away from him. I'm going, congratulations on the inn." She walked out the door of the room, downstairs, and past Jason and Luke to get to her car. Hold on. Jason and Luke? Lorelai almost forgot that she and Rory had just had a massive falling out, and that her daughter had gone who knows where, because she couldn't believe her eyes. Jason and Luke? "Hey," she reached the foot of the stairs and looked them both over.

"Hey," they said at the same time, and Luke stayed silent as Jason continued to talk. "Well, seeing as I can't get a room is better go. It was very nice to see you, Lorelai."

"You too," she faked a smile as he kissed her hand. "Bye, Jason."

As soon as Jason was out of sight, Luke started towards the door. "Hey! Luke, why are you leaving?"

"You're supposed to let actions speak louder than words, right?"

"Right," Lorelai was incredibly confused by this outburst.

"I thought I did pretty good! I did what the book said, what more do you want?"

"What book?!"

"I bought a stupid love book! Called "how to find love", or "how to love when you're not loved", or something! It said to do nice things, so I bought you flowers! I've never bought flowers for anyone!"

"Luke, what's your point?"

"I thought there was a moment! At Liz's wedding, I thought there was something! But I was obviously wrong, because that Jason guy comes in and tells me you're dating!"

"What? No! We broke up!"

"Well, maybe you should tell him that. Now, was there a moment or was I just imagining it?"

Lorelai paused. "There was. There was a moment."

Luke almost smiled, as he stepped towards Lorelai. She stepped back, suprised. "What are you doing?" She whispered, as Luke mumbled, "would you just stand still?" She did as asked, and a shock of electricity went through her body as Luke's lips touched hers. He pulled away.

She went towards him, like he did to her, and this time he stepped away. "What are you doing?" He demanded. "Would you just stand still," she murmured, before grazing his lips again with her own, holding her arms around him, playing with the lower parts of his hair.

She pulled away, and they looked into each other's eyes. Luke stepped forward, Lorelai mirroring his movements. He pulled her into him and she allowed herself to fall into his grip. They almost had a perfect moment - almost - but what was life without a bit of fun? Kirk ran out the door screaming, the only thing covering him a pillow over his crotch.

"I'll be back!" Luke yelled over Kirk's shrieks, chasing him around the streets.

"God, there isn't one quiet night in this town!" Lorelai rolled her eyes, before going inside to make a few calls about where her daughter had gone.

A/N: Please please please review! They keep me going, so more reviews = more chapters! All I ask is that you don't review about the Authors Notes!