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As soon as they got back too Rory's apartment. Richard grabbed his and Emily's suitcases and the elder Gilmore's settled into their rooms. "I thought we'd have dinner at seven as usual I made reservations at a cozy restaurant down the street."
"How sweet." Emily smiled at her granddaughter. "I think I'm going to take a nap and refresh myself before that.
"Ah I'm going to catch up on some reading." Richard said heading towards Rory's small study. Rory was surprised when she felt herself being pulled into her bedroom and the door shut behind them.
"What are you doing?" she demanded of her mother.
"You think I didn't see that wink?" Lorelai's foot seemed to be tapping almost a mile a minute.
"Okay so I winked last time I knew that wasn't a crime."
"Oh mom we're just friends. Oh mom nothing is going on." Lorelai mocked Rory.
"There is nothing going on and we are just friends." Rory stood stubbornly in front of her mother not giving an inch. Even as her inner voice whispered for now."
"Yeah sure I saw the look you gave him I saw the way you flirted with him."
"Mom you flirt with the bus boy so don't even start with me." Rory took off her clothes and changed into something appropriate for dinner heading to the bathroom too do her makeup and hoping to ignore her mother.
"You're really going to do this then." Lorelai demanded.
Rory looked at her blue eyes connecting with blue through the mirror. Her eye liner poised "Do What?"
"Go after Max a man that was almost your step father? "
"First of all he never was my step father if you remember you left before the wedding for no good reason. Secondly it's not like I was five when you met him I was sixteen. I asked you if you were okay with our friendship and you said yes. I'm sorry this makes you unconformable but I'm going to be friends with him."
"Just friends I don't think so I know you Rory and as much as I hate it you're my daughter you go for the Forbidden. You were with Jess and Logan and now you want an older man who is even more taboo because he's your mother's ex."
"Jealous." Rory raised her eyebrow. " I notice you didn't mention Dean but then he always was your favorite I think even after I helped mess up his marriage you still would have preferred I stayed with him. Was it because he was the safe choice was it because you wanted to control my life I don't know but right now no I'm not with Max. Maybe it will happen I don't know but Mom you cannot keep expecting me to be perfect. You were allowed to make your own mistakes yet you don't like it when I make mine." She turned and faced her mom. "I love you but I need to see this through I don't know why but I do."
Lorelai sighed almost as if the fight went out of her. Tears dotted the edge of her eyes. "Fine. I don't like and this isn't the last I'll say you can't expect that but for now I'll drop it just please I beg of you be careful. You think you know what you're doing you think you're okay but Rory you're 26 years old and he's forty three he's lived so much more then you. He's been hurt and some of that's my fault. Oh I just wish I could protect you and I wish the man you wanted wasn't someone I'd been with but like mother like daughter I guess." She chuckled darkly pulling Rory into a hug. "I found my prince Charming in Luke I just hope that you can one day find your prince too. Though I'm not going to lie I hope it's not Max." She held her daughter feeling like it may finally be time to let her little girl go.
"Rory, Lorelai are you two in there your father says it's time to go."
"Coming Grandma." Rory brushed a few tears from her face and handed her mother a Kleenex. They came out of the bathroom and headed towards the restaurant as soon as they were settled it seemed Emily Gilmore was ready to Attack.
"So Rory how long have you bene talking to Mr. Medina?"
"A few weeks I bumped into him literally as I was coming home one day.
"Oh how nice." Emily said in a way that made you know that she didn't find it nice at all.
"So he teaches English at Harvard?" Richard asked.
"Yes." Rory nodded.
"I just find it so strange you talking too a man that was once set too marry your mother." Emily shook her head.
Rory just smiled tightly as the waiter came over and they ordered their food. Dinner was tense with Emily asking pointed questions about Max and Richard asking about Rory's work. As they left Lorelai chuckled softly.
"That was fun." Rory shot her a look.
"Not." She hissed.
"Oh babe you're going to have to get a thicker skin that's for sure." Just then Rory's phone went off and she looked down at it a small smile gracing her lips as she saw Max's name pop up.
"I don't even want to know." Lorelai shook her head and walked away. She opened the text and smiled. It was good to see you. It read. She quickly typed a response back and slide her phone into her pocket before her grandmother could notice it.
The rest of the weekend flew by with Emily and Lorelai on each other's nerves and Richard holed up in Rory's little study. Rory put the finishing touches on one of her articles as it was time to say good bye to them all.
"Rory it's rude to make your guest's wait." Emily's voice drifted through the door.
"Sorry I'm coming." Rory jumped up and hurried to the door. "Sorry, Sorry I was finishing something for work. It was good too se you all." She hugged each of them.
"Thank you for your hospitality." Emily said hugging her.
"Anytime Grandma." She turned to Richard. "I hope you enjoyed yourself Grandpa."
"You have a great collection of books in there. A few I have to pick up for myself." Richard said giving her a hug.
Lorelai hugged her next. "Call me kid."
"Of course." She waved as they each left closing the door behind them she slide against it and sat on the floor. She thought of all her mother had said as she went to her phone's inbox and looked at that one lone text messages Max had sent her days before.
A/N thank you to everyone that reviewed. And next up we're going to see a bit more into Max's perspective and life as the story really reeves up.
