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Chapter 10

Rory was up early on Sunday. She wanted to do something before she went back to Yale that day. She knew her Grandma had been ringing her mom constantly to try and get her to talk to her. Rory had been working on a pro/con list for why Luke was an acceptable partner for her mom. She wanted to prove what a good guy Luke is. She had finished it last night and was going to give her Grandma a visit before going back to Yale. She got up and went to the kitchen.

"Mmmm I smell food and coffee!" Rory smiled going to the kitchen. She smiled when she saw Luke cooking pancakes. "Morning Luke!"

"Morning Rory. Coffee's on the table and these should be done soon." Luke smiled at her.

"Thanks!" Rory grinned and poured herself some coffee. "I'm guessing mom's still asleep?"

"Yep couldn't budge her!" Luke replied.

Rory smirked. "Typical!"

"So when are you heading back to Yale?" Luke asked.

"In the afternoon, I think. I have some things to do first." Rory said.

Luke nodded. "Well if you need anymore stuff driven over, I can take you in the truck."

"Thanks Luke, but what about the diner?"

"Ah I'll just get Caesar to cover for me."

"Ok, thanks." Rory smiled. "But isn't Sunday your busiest day? Surely Caesar can't cope on his own?"

"It's fine. I can always close for a couple of hours. It's no big deal." Luke said.

Rory smiled, knowing it was a big deal but was grateful to him. "Ok thanks!" She said sincerely.

"Need. Coffee." Lorelai mumbled coming into the kitchen.

Rory laughed. "Morning sleepyhead! Luke said you wouldn't wake up this morning. Did you stay up too late?" She smirked, knowing that they stayed up long after she went to bed.

"None of your business!" Lorelai smirked.

Rory laughed and Luke rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I better go! I'll come back to say bye before I go!" Rory said giving her mom and kiss on the cheek. "I'll let you know if I need your help Luke." Rory said to him. She then left.

Rory stood infront of the Gilmore Mansion door, holding a piece of paper. She took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Richard answered the door. "Rory?" He said confused.

"Hi Grandpa." She smiled and hugged him. She had no problem with him. "Is Grandma in? I need to talk to her."

"Um yes, she's in the living room but she has some visitors from the DAR."

"It won't take long." Rory said determined and went to the living room. She saw her grandmother sat with a couple of other women. "Grandma, I need to talk to you."

"Rory!" Emily said surprised. "Can it wait?"

"No. I've written a pro/con list to why Luke is an acceptable partner for mom and I need you to listen to it." Rory said determined.

Emily sighed. "I'm busy at the moment. This will have to wait Rory, sorry."

"No! I'm not waiting! You will listen to it now or I will never step foot in this house again! I mean it. Don't threaten me with the Chilton money!" Rory said coldly.

Emily was silent so Rory took this as her cue to continue.

"I'm warning you, there are lots of pros! Luke kept the diner open late so that I could do my homework while waiting for mom to finish work, he rarely let us pay for food when I was younger as he knew mom was short of money and he made up excuses like he was throwing away the food so that mom would accept free food, he came to my caterpillar funeral, he never forgets my birthdays..." Rory started.

"Rory, this is all very fascinating but..." Emily interrupted. She was getting embarrassed infront of the other women.

"I'm not finished! He came to my high school graduation and he helped me move into Yale. Also today, he offered to close his diner on his busiest day to take me to Yale incase I had a lot of stuff to take back with me. There are hundreds more things he's done for mom and me even though he didn't need to. He's a good guy and I'm lucky to know him." Rory finished.

"And the cons?" Emily said stiffly.

"Get the hint Grandma! There aren't any!" Rory said.

"Rory, I never said I didn't like Luke. I know he cares about you and your mom..." Emily started.

"Well act like it then! Just because he doesn't fit into your ideal man doesn't mean you can interfere in mom's life. She loves Luke and Luke loves her! I promise you if you can't accept this, I want nothing more to do with you!" Rory snapped and then left.

Outside the house, she took a massive deep breath. She'd got through it. She got into her car and drove back to Stars Hollow. She stopped the car outside the diner. She looked in and saw her mom sat at the counter obviously annoying Luke. She smirked and got out. She went in.

"Hey mom!"

"Hey kid!" Lorelai smiled at her.

"Good, you're here! Get her out!" Luke said.

Rory laughed. "Oh dear. What have you done now?"

"Nothing!" She pouted.

Luke rolled his eyes.

"He's refusing to give me anymore coffee!" Lorelai said.

Rory smirked. "Aw Luke, you know my mom can't function without the right amount of coffee!"

"Not you as well!" Luke growled and walked away.

Lorelai grinned at Rory. "So you going soon?"

"Yeh, Paris wants a study partner so I promised I'd be back mid afternoonish." Rory sighed.

"Aw ok! So when do you think you'll next be back? Since I won't see you on Fridays anymore, I still want to see you." Lorelai said.

"I'm not sure. I'll have to check my diary and get back to you." Rory said.

Lorelai nodded. "So any boys on the scene?" She asked her eyes twinkling.

"Moooommm..."

"Come on! There must be someone!" Lorelai said. Rory blushed. "Oh my god, there so is!" She grinned.

"Mom, leave it. There aren't ok?!" Rory said.

"Sureee!" Lorelai joked. She decided to get her coffee herself and walked round the counter to get it.

"Hey!" Luke growled reappearing.

"I need coffee!" She whined.

"Get out! You're being impossible today!" Luke exclaimed.

Rory watched with amusement as Luke pushed her back round and towards the door.

"Fine!" Lorelai pouted. "You'll pay later though!"

"I'll risk it." Luke smirked.

"I better go to actually. I'll come with you. I don't have much stuff Luke so I don't think I'll need the truck but thanks for offering!" Rory smiled. "I'll see you soon." She smiled and surprised Luke with a hug which he happily returned.

"See ya Rory." Luke smiled.

Lorelai said goodbye to Rory and then went off to the inn.

Rory got back to Yale and found Marty waiting outside her dorm. "Hey Marty!" She smiled.

"Hey Rory! I wasn't sure when you'd be getting back."

"So you were just waiting outside?" Rory said amused. "Why didn't you just knock?"

"Paris threw things at me last time." Marty defended himself. "I didn't want a repeat!"

Rory laughed. "So want to come inside now that I'm here?"

"Sure!" Marty said.

Rory let herself in and held the door open for Marty. "I have to study with Paris in about an hour but do you want to hang out til then?" She asked.

"Yeh sure! What do you want to do?" Marty smiled.

"We could just hang here and watch some tv?"

"Sounds good."

Rory smiled and dumped her bags in her room and then went out to the common room with Marty.

"So how was your time at home?" Marty asked.

"Don't ask." Rory sighed. "Family problems."

"Oh sorry. Fight with your mom?" Marty asked though he found it hard to believe knowing that they were really close.

"No. My Grandma and my dad don't approve of Luke and made it known." Rory said.

"Ah..." Marty said. "That sucks..."

"Yeh.." Rory said.

"Are you ok?" Marty asked concerned.

"Yeh, it's just I wish they could see what a good guy Luke is."

"Luke is the guy who owns the diner right and went to your caterpillar funeral?" Marty said remembering the stories Rory had told him.

"Yeh."

"For what it's worth, Luke does sound like a great guy. If your grandmother and dad can't see that, it's their problem." Marty said.

Rory smiled. "Yeh. I sort of had a rant at my Grandma before I came back today."

"Really?" Marty smirked intrigued.

Rory laughed and told him about it, Marty listening and laughing along.

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