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Chapter 10

Lorelai, Charlotte and Rory walked into Luke's and sat down at a table. "Hey." Lorelai smiled at Luke. "Geez, look at this place."

"It's a mess." Rory nodded.

"Hey." Luke said. "Nope, you can't sit here."

"Why not?" Charlotte asked.

"Three people got nailed in the head here earlier." Luke said.

"But their food was ok, right?" Lorelai asked.

"Will you just move?" Luke sighed. He then pointed to the door when Lorelai's cell rang. "Outside." He said.

"You know, if I sit here one more second, I just might be outside." Lorelai joked. She rolled her eyes when Luke just stared at her. "Order me some coffee." She told Rory and Charlotte before going outside.

Jess then appeared at their table and handed Charlotte an umbrella. "Trust me." He smirked.

"Oh, you are really funny." Luke grumbled from the counter. "You and Tom should put an act together." He said.

"I aim to please." Jess said dryly before walking away.

Luke shook his head before turning to Charlotte and Rory. "I'd leave it open." He admitted.

They sat there with the umbrella open when Lorelai walked in a few minutes later and sat down with a long sigh. "I'm going to a spa with my mother." She said.

"Lean forward." Rory told her, getting her to lean under the umbrella just as some debris fell down from the roof.

Lorelai was sat on her bed the following morning as Charlotte and Rory walked around, helping to pack her suitcase.

"So, then we're all confirmed." Lorelai said on the phone. "Great. Thanks so much for your help. Ok, bye." She said hanging up. "Yeeessss!" She grinned.

"That was an evil yes." Rory commented.

"Not an evil yes. It's a 'yes, I'm pretty, but hello, I'm smart' kind of a yes." Lorelai explained.

"Oh sure, my mistake." Rory said.

"So here's the deal..." She told her daughters. "I go into my facial just as my mother is finishing her salt glow, which will end ten minutes after I've gone for my scalp treatment which puts me in the watsu massage pool at least six minutes into her back facial." She grinned. "So the day is so well planned I won't see her until dinner which will have to be cut tragically short sadly by the food poisoning I plan to contract."

"You are twelve and disgusting." Charlotte shook her head.

"And extremely petty." Rory added.

"I am trapped and desperate." Lorelai said.

"Do you really think you can avoid Grandma the entire weekend?" Charlotte said.

"Hey, I'm nothing if not a great organizer." Lorelai said. "Now, let's talk about what you two have got planned to do tonight. Throwing a party, I hope? Inviting hundreds of bikers and lowlifes who are going to trash the place?"

"I am going to do laundry, watch TV, order Indian food and go to bed early." Rory announced proudly.

"And I'm going to have Jess over and we're going to hang out in the bedroom all evening." Charlotte grinned.

"What?" Lorelai exclaimed.

"She's kidding, mom." Rory said shaking her head at Charlotte. "We've already agreed that the house is a no boyfriends zone and we're going to have a quiet night." She told her.

"Geez, don't scare me like that!" Lorelai said dramatically holding her hand to her heart. "I know Jess and I have sort of come to a mutual understanding and he may not be on my hate list anymore but geez..."

"Sorry." Charlotte smirked.

"I'm looking forward to falling asleep on the couch with the TV on." Rory said.

"Same." Charlotte said. "You're all packed." She told her mom.

"Thanks!" Lorelai said.

Just then a car honked from outside.

"I think Grandma's here." Rory said.

" Urghh...what's she honking for? She hates honking!" Lorelai said going to the window. "She calls it a mechanical bodily function." She said looking out of the window. "Oh god..." She groaned, heading downstairs.

Rory and Charlotte went to look as well and grinned at each other before following their mom downstairs.

As the three of them headed outside the found Emily standing in front of a limousine. "Hello, hello, hello!" She said cheerfully.

"What, are we going to the prom?" Lorelai said sarcastically.

"I just thought since this weekend is all about relaxing, we should start with the ride." Emily smiled.

"This is cool, Grandma." Rory marvelled.

"Very cool!" Charlotte grinned.

"Thank you, girls. So, are we all ready to go?" She said.

"I guess so." Lorelai said. "Bye you two." She said giving them both a kiss.

"Bye mom! Bye Grandma." Rory smiled.

"Have a good time!" Charlotte smiled.

They watched as the limousine disappeared from sight. "Mom is so going to have a terrible time." Charlotte smirked.

"You never know. They might surprise us." Rory smirked.

At Chilton, in Rory's science lesson after their lab reports had been handed back, Paris walked over to her,

"So, I suppose that you have big Friday night plans also?" Paris asked.

"Well, kind of." Rory said.

"So the fact that I'm seeing my entire Harvard career slip away apparently is of no interest to anyone?" Paris exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" Rory sighed, used to Paris' freak outs.

"I got an A-minus, ok?" She said quietly.

"So?" Rory said confused.

"What do you mean, so?" Paris exclaimed. "I got an A-minus. I have never gotten an A-minus! I just can't focus lately. Things are so weird at my house. My dad finally figured out exactly how much it was going to cost him to divorce my mom, so now he's back and it's bad enough that I wasted all that time crunching the numbers with him, but now that he's back, they're fighting and redecorating. The place is a mess. I need help."

"Look, I can't tonight, but if you're still freaked out after the quiz on Tuesday, I will spend everyday next week helping you prepare for the final, ok?" Rory said.

"I guess." Paris huffed.

"Relax. It will be fine, I promise." Rory reassured her.

"All I had to do was move a decimal point and none of this would have happened." Paris grumbled going back to her seat.

"So you have big plans tonight?" Tristan asked Rory.

"Yeah, my mom's away for the night so Charlotte and I will have the house to ourselves." Rory told him.

"So do any of these plans include inviting your boyfriend over?" He said with his trademark grin.

"Sorry, no can do." Rory said.

"What?"

"Charlotte and I have agreed that it's going to be a no boyfriend zone. It's just we never really have the house to ourselves much so we were just going to have a quiet night in." She apologised.

"Oh." Tristan said. "Ok."

"Please don't be mad." Rory said. "Jess isn't invited either."

"I'm not mad. It's cool." Tristan said.

"Really? It's not because I don't want you there. It's just..." Rory rambled.

"Rory." Tristan smiled. "It's cool."

Rory smiled. "We can do something tomorrow though. I'm free all day."

"It's a plan." Tristan smiled. He leant across and gave her a quick kiss.

"Ok good." Rory smiled. "Now get back to your work and quit copying mine." She smirked.

"Of course ma'am." He smirked.

Later that day, after school, Charlotte and Jess were kissing in the gazebo.

"Wow, your lung capacity certainly has improved." Charlotte smirked.

"Well, I've been fighting Chuck Presby a lot lately so my fitness has improved." Jess joked.

"Yet another reason for the town to believe this rebellious reputation of yours." Charlotte joked.

"I aim to please." Jess smirked. "So, tonight." He said.

"Yeah?" Charlotte said.

"I was thinking..."

"About?"

"Since your mother's going to be gone..."

"Yeah?"

"Maybe I'd come over." Jess said.

"Oh." Charlotte said.

"What?" Jess asked noticing the change in her demeanour.

"Well actually, Rory and I was thinking of pulling kind of a hermit thing tonight."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Just because it would be nice. We hardly get the house to ourselves."

"All the more reason for me to come over. We can spend some time together." Jess said. He looked at her. "You don't want me to come over?"

"No, I just...Rory and I wanted some sister time. We can finally do our laundry exactly the way we like it. Our mom always messes it up by putting darks and whites together. She's ruined so many of our clothes." Charlotte joked.

"You want to be alone to do laundry?" Jess frowned.

"And watch TV and eat the Indian food that we love but my mom hates the smell of and go to bed early and... I'm sorry, are you mad?" She asked.

"Why would I be mad? You want to spend tonight alone just with Rory." He shrugged.

"But hey, tomorrow, the whole day is all about you." Charlotte smiled. "I mean it, from morning til night. You plan it, or I'll plan it, or we can get a professional to plan it, whatever you want."

"Sounds like a plan." Jess smirked.

"Good." Charlotte smiled. "Are you sure you're not mad?"

"No, not mad. I'm used to your crazy ways." He smirked.

"Why thank you." Charlotte said sarcastically.

"You're welcome." He smirked. "So...shall we?" He said.

"Oh kissing...right!" Charlotte grinned before leaning in and resuming their kissing from before.

Later that evening, Rory was on the phone while Charlotte was sat on the living room floor surrounded by piles of clothes.

"No, that's four orders of garlic naan, six samosas, and two chicken vindaloo. And rice, and the green sauce, and no salad, and..." Rory was saying when the house phone rang. "Can you hold on a sec?" She said.

"It's fine. You carry on, I'll answer it." Charlotte said getting up. She picked up the phone and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hi, this is Phil's Liquor. I'm supposed to be delivering a keg there tonight." Lorelai's voice was heard on the other end of the line.

"Hold on." Charlotte told her. "Hey Ror? Can you get me some rice as well?" She said.

Rory nodded. "Hi, yeah sorry about that." She said into her cell. "Can we get an extra portion of rice as well? Yeah that's it. Forty minutes? Great, bye!" She smiled hanging up. "All done. That mom?" She asked.

"Yep." Charlotte said. "I'm back." She said on the phone.

"What's going on?" Lorelai asked.

"We were ordering Sandeep's." Charlotte grinned.

"Oh. Good. Enjoy. Can you burn the house down afterward, because that's the only way we'll get the smell out?" Lorelai joked.

"Absolutely. How's the spa?" Charlotte said.

"Tranquil."

"Really?" Charlotte asked surprised.

"I wasn't done." Lorelai said. "Tranquilizers will be required if I have to spend one more minute with my mother."

"Sounds about right." Charlotte smirked.

"How's the spa?" Rory asked from where she was sorting out their laundry.

"Like we assumed it would be." Charlotte smirked.

Rory rolled her eyes and held out her hand for the phone which Charlotte gave her. "Please tell me you're at least trying to get along with Grandma?" Rory asked their mom.

"Oh, hey, I'm being a peach." Lorelai defended herself.

"Really?" Rory asked unconvinced.

"Well, I smell like a peach." Lorelai admitted. "Hey, was that the doorbell?" She asked hearing the doorbell in the background.

"I'll get it." Charlotte said going to the front door. She opened it and was surprised to see Paris standing there. "Oh. Hey Paris." She said.

"Urgh, it's Paris. I'll call you later." Rory told her mom.

"Wait! I want to find out why she's there." Lorelai said.

"The sooner you get back to your weekend, the sooner it'll be over." Rory said.

Lorelai sighed. "Fine but before you go, can you get out my address book and count how many friends I have? I'll wait." She said.

"Bye." Rory said rolling her eyes.

"Mean!" Lorelai pouted.

"Steal us some soap!" Rory joked before hanging up just as Paris came into the living room with Charlotte trailing behind her.

"Look who it is." Charlotte said.

"Paris...what...?" Rory asked before Paris interrupted her.

"I tried to stay home and study myself but I can't. I don't know what anything means anymore. I mean, I can't even read my own handwriting. What does this say? The person who wrote this should be dressed in a clown suit stuffing bodies under their porch." Paris exclaimed. She stopped for a moment and took in their appearances. "You're in your pyjamas." She stated the obvious.

"I know." Rory said.

"This was the big night you had planned? A rendezvous with Mr. Peanut?" Paris exclaimed.

"Well..." Rory said.

"You're doing laundry." She said seeing all the clothes.

"Yes." Rory nodded.

"You're doing laundry in your pyjamas."

"Ok I think we've established that already." Charlotte joked.

"Look, our mom is out of town and we never get the house all to ourselves." Rory explained.

"You mean you never get to go months on end without seeing your parents? Just getting an occasional postcard that doesn't even have a courtesy "Wish you were here" written on it? That does suck." Paris scowled walking back towards the front door. "Don't let me stand in your way." She retorted.

"Paris, wait." Rory sighed.

"No, forget it! I don't want to get in the way of your big night. I hear there's going to be some hot knitting going on later." Paris grumbled.

"Fine, I'll study with you!" Rory exclaimed.

"You will?" Paris said perking up.

"For one hour, that's it. We can do a quick review and a pop quiz and then you are going home. Deal?"

"Deal." Paris smiled.

"Well as much as I would like to join in, I'm not in your science lesson so I'll be in our room doing some sketching." Charlotte grinned.

Rory rolled her eyes at Charlotte's obvious joy at not having to endure Paris for an hour. "Go sit on the couch." She told Paris. "I'll be out in a minute."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go change." Rory told her.

"Ok, but my hour doesn't start until you get back out here, right?" Paris called after her.

Rory and Paris had been studying in the living room for the past hour. Charlotte had joined them for the last 15 minutes.

"So, given that those are the reactions occurring in the two half-cells, what do you do next?" Rory said.

"No idea." Charlotte quipped.

"Well, if we add them together, doubling the coefficients of the silver half equation but not the voltage, we get the equation for the complete reaction." Paris said ignoring Charlotte.

"Well, you're in much better shape than you want to think you are." Rory smiled at Paris.

"Impossible." Paris said.

Just then the doorbell rang and Rory stood up.

"Where are you going?" Paris asked.

"That's our food." Rory said.

"Another half hour, please!" Paris pleaded.

"No, you got your hour. You need to go." Rory groaned.

"But..." Paris protested.

"Go!" Rory said.

"Fine." Paris huffed.

Rory sighed and went to open the door. She was surprised to see Jess is holding a box of food. She rolled her eyes. "Charlie, it's for you!" She called going back to the living room.

Charlotte went to the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked surprised.

"Delivery." He said. "Nice pyjamas." He smirked.

"What are you doing here?" She asked again.

"Well, Luke figured since you're along tonight that maybe you wouldn't have any food in the house, so he sent over a care package." He said gesturing to the box.

"Luke did huh?" Charlotte asked suspiciously.

"Yep. You know how protective he gets. Not my fault he asked me to deliver it." Jess shrugged.

"Well sure..." Charlotte said smirking slightly. "Well we don't need a care package. We ordered food from Sandeep's."

"Really? Planning on burning down the house afterwards?" He asked.

"You and my mom are more similar than you think." Charlotte shook her head.

"Huh." Jess said. "It's the only way to kill the smell. So where should I put this?" He asked walking into the house.

"Jess!" Charlotte exclaimed following him into the kitchen where Rory was getting a drink.

"What's going on?" Rory asked.

"Luke sent a care package apparently." Charlotte said.

"Really? But we ordered food." Rory said.

"Yeah already told him that."

"So where should I put it? Table?" Jess asked putting the box down and starting to take the food out.#

Just then the doorbell went again and Rory went to answer it. She was surprised to see Tristan standing there. "Geez, how many uninvited guests are we going to get tonight?" She exclaimed.

"Not exactly the welcome I was hoping for." Tristan smirked.

"Yeah well you're not the first surprise we've had today." Rory sighed but stepped aside to let him in leading him through to the kitchen.

"Ah..." Tristan said spotting Jess. "So Jess had the same idea as me then?"

"Seems like it." Rory said. "Even though we both told you that this house was going to be a no boyfriend zone tonight." She said raising his eyebrows at him.

"Yeah...well I can't help it if I miss you, can I?" He smirked.

"I saw you at school!" Rory laughed.

"Yeah but I'm pathetic. I can't deal with not spending every waking minute with my girlfriend." Tristan exclaimed melodramatically.

Rory smirked. "Yeah, that is pathetic."

"Yeah?" Tristan smirked. "But does it get me a kiss?"

Rory rolled her eyes and leant forward to give him a kiss. She turned back to Jess and Charlotte and her eyes widened at the amount of food on the table. "God, how much food was in there? This could feed twelve." She exclaimed.

"Excuse me, I've seen you both eat." Jess pointed out.

"Fine, six." Rory said.

"Yeah, well, he wanted you taken care of. He wasn't sure how long your mom was going to be gone for." Jess said.

"Oh yeah, Luke right?" Charlotte smirked.

"Who else?" Jess said.

"Just tonight." Rory told him.

"Oh, he didn't know that."

"Well, now you can tell him." Charlotte smirked.

"I will." He nodded.

"So Luke sent you over with it and not Caesar?" Charlotte asked.

"I volunteered." He said.

"Oh so now you volunteered." Charlotte smirked.

"Yep. Just wanted to get out of the construction zone. There's nothing but banging and yelling. That place gives me a headache."

"Well I can imagine that." Charlotte gave him that one.

"Why? Did you think I wanted to come over here and see my girlfriend even though she told me not to?" Jess smirked.

"No." Charlotte said.

"Just needed some quiet." He said.

"Fine."

"That's all." Jess said.

"Doesn't make a difference to me." Charlotte played him at his own game.

"Huh." He said. "So, aren't you going to eat?"

"Eventually." Charlotte said.

"It gets cold fast."

"I can heat it up."

"Do they do this a lot?" Tristan asked Rory.

"Yep." Rory said.

"Reheated French fries really suck." Jess told Charlotte.

"They do suck." Rory agreed with him.

"I guess..." Charlotte said.

"Yeah, so, eat." Jess nodded.

"Ok, I will." Charlotte said. She then glanced at him. "You're still standing here." She said.

"I know. You didn't give me a tip." He replied.

"You want money?" She asked.

"Nope but a kiss from my girlfriend would be nice." He smirked.

"Sure, because that wasn't cheesy." Charlotte said.

"Did it work?" Jess asked.

Charlotte smirked. "Maybe." She said. "Ok fine, here." She said leaning forward and giving him a kiss.

"Thanks." Jess smirked. "I think I'll take a fry as well." He said.

"Sure." Charlotte sighed. "Have as much as you want."

"Ooh I want a fry too." Tristan chimed in.

"Well I guess there's enough food." Rory said.

"What are you doing?" Charlotte asked Jess as he took off his jacket.

"What are you doing?" Rory asked Tristan as he followed Jess' lead.

"Getting ready to eat." Jess said.

"Me too." Tristan said.

"You're both staying?" Charlotte asked.

"Didn't you just both invite us?" Tristan asked, looking at Jess. "Did I hear them wrong?" He asked him.

"Nope, that's what I heard too." Jess smirked.

"Ever think we might just have been had?" Charlotte asked Rory.

Rory had to smirk. "They're good." She nodded.

Charlotte laughed. "Right ok, you can stay. Eat what you want." She told them.

"So I guess your surprise guests were actually a good thing right?" Tristan grinned at Rory.

"Well..." Rory said.

Just then Paris walked in from the living room. "I can't find my flashcards." She said.

"That was the first surprise." Rory told Tristan.

"Fun!" Tristan smirked.

"I thought you two were having a quiet night in." Jess said looking at Charlotte.

"This is Paris. Her and Rory were just studying." Charlotte told him.

"Don't worry, I was just leaving. If you find my flashcards, call me, okay? I don't want to break up your party or interfere with your plans." Paris said. "Thanks for studying with me." She told Rory. "And thanks for putting up with me when you obviously didn't want to." She said smirking slightly at Charlotte.

"You're welcome!" Charlotte grinned, slightly surprised but also amused that Paris actually seemed to have a sense of humour.

"Well I'll get going." Paris said heading to the door.

Charlotte and Rory exchanged a look.

"Wait!" Rory called after her.

"What?" Paris asked.

"Why don't you stay for dinner?" Rory suggested.

"But I thought..." She said confused.

"Hey, we've got tons of food and we can go over the notes more later. Well...you and Rory can. I'll just sit with you and pretend I know what you're talking about." Charlotte joked.

Paris smirked slightly. She looked at them both. "Are you sure?"

"What are friends for eh?" Charlotte smiled at her.

"Friends?" Paris asked surprised glancing at Rory.

"Yeah come on Paris. Come have some food with us all." Rory smiled.

"Is that mac and cheese?" Paris asked.

"Yep." Charlotte smirked knowing she was relenting.

"I love mac and cheese." Paris admitted.

"Great. Well come get a plate then." Rory said.

"Well ok." Paris said. "Can I borrow your phone to call my nanny?"

"Sure it's by the door." Rory said.

"Thanks." She smiled at them and then walked off to call her nanny.

A few minutes later, the five of them were all sat at the table eating. Paris, Jess and Tristan were engaged in a heated debate about books.

"A tragic waste of paper." Paris said.

"I can't believe you just said that." Jess exclaimed.

"Well, it's true, the Beat's writing was completely self-indulgent. I have one word for Jack Kerouac. Edit." Paris said smirking slightly.

"It was not self-indulgent! The Beats believed in shocking people, stirring things up." Jess said.

"They did believe in drugs, booze, and petty crime though." Tristan pointed out.

Rory and Charlotte exchanged an amused look as they were busy tucking into the food.

"Well, then you can say that they exposed you to a world you wouldn't have otherwise known. Isn't that what great writing's all about?" Rory intercepted into the debate.

"That was not great writing. That was the National Enquirer of the fifties." Paris said.

"You're cracked." Jess said.

"Typical guy response. Worship Kerouac and Bukowski. God forbid you'd pick up anything by Jane Austen." Paris rolled her eyes.

"Hey, I've read Jane Austen." Jess defended himself.

"You have?" Paris asked.

"Really?" Charlotte asked as well.

"Yeah, and I think she would have liked Bukowski." Jess commented, pouring some salt and pepper in the same pot.

"What are you doing?" Paris asked.

"Salt and pepper dip. Only way to eat a fry." Jess said.

"Really?" Paris asked, glancing at the others.

"It's fast food gospel." Rory nodded.

"She's right." Tristan nodded.

Paris tried it and smiled. "Mmm...that's good. That's really, really good." She said.

"Do you like hot sauce?" Jess smirked.

"I don't know. Should I?" Paris asked.

"I think it's wise." Jess said.

"I think it's wise that you stop this conversation right now." Charlotte quipped raising her eyebrows at her boyfriend.

Jess smirked. "What? I know you like hot sauce."

"Ok, eww!" Rory exclaimed. "Can we stop with these innuendos please?"

"Sorry." Jess smirked.

"Yeah sorry." Charlotte smirked.

"Right well since you're all here, why don't we take this food into the living room and put a movie on? We might as well make a night of it." Rory suggested.

"Sounds good." Charlotte nodded.

"You guys in?" Rory asked Jess, Tristan and Paris.

"Sure." Jess nodded.

"I'm in." Tristan said.

"Yeah ok." Paris said with a small smile.

"Cool, let's go." Rory grinned.

Much later that night, Paris had gone home and Charlotte and Rory were sat on the sofa. "They're such lightweights." Charlotte laughed, looking at Jess and Tristan who were lying down on the floor having fallen asleep.

"They're just not used to keeping up with our eating habits." Rory smirked.

Charlotte glanced at the clock. "So...should we wake them up?" She asked.

"We probably should." Rory agreed. "But it seems a bit mean to wake them up deliberately."

"I know." Charlotte said. She then sighed. "Do you think mom will be mad?"

"About what?" Rory asked.

"We told her Jess and Tristan weren't coming tonight." She said.

"I know but it's not really our fault. They just turned up." Rory pointed out.

"Yeah and we spent the whole evening with them." Charlotte pointed out. "Mom will freak that we spent the whole evening with our boyfriends in the house by ourselves."

"Yeah we spent the whole evening with our boyfriends...and Paris." She pointed out. "Paris was here too."

"I guess." Charlotte said.

"I'm sure she won't mind if we let them bunk here. They can stay in here and we'll be in our room. Totally innocent." Rory said.

"I guess..." Charlotte said biting her lip.

"What's wrong?" Rory asked.

"It's just...mom's just started liking Jess. I don't want them to go back to square 1." She said worried.

"They won't." Rory assured her. "Look I'll tell her it was my idea if you want?"

Charlotte sighed but smiled at her sister. "Thanks but it's fine. You're right. It would be mean to wake them up. Let's leave them and head to bed." She said.

"Ok." Rory said. "You go ahead. I'll just call Luke and let him know Jess is staying here."

"Ok." Charlotte said. "See you in a bit."

The following morning, Lorelai, Charlotte and Rory were sat at a table at Luke's.

"You actually got Grandma to steal a bathrobe?" Charlotte laughed.

"Yep! Although I did catch her trying to return it while I was getting the car." Lorelai grinned.

"Still, that's pretty impressive." Rory joked.

"I know. Life with my mother, one step forward, five thousand steps back." Lorelai joked.

"Excuse me, are you done?" Kirk asked from where he was stood right by their table.

"No sorry, not yet." Lorelai smiled up at him.

"So, you're going to eat that half a piece of bacon that's been sitting there for ten minutes?" Kirk asked.

"Kirk..." Lorelai said.

"I mean, of course, you must be if you're saying you're not done because that's the only thing left in front on you, unless you eat plates." Kirk pouted.

"Go away." Lorelai rolled her eyes.

"You're hogging the table!" He exclaimed.

"You keep it up, I'm ordering seconds." Lorelai warned him.

"Fine." He huffed.

"So, Tristan and Jess looked a little green this morning." Lorelai said.

"Yeah, they kind of couldn't handle the amount of food." Rory said.

"Yeah, I guess not everyone can be like us." Charlotte joked.

"People don't realize it, but it takes years of training to be able to eat the way we do." Lorelai nodded.

"Don't we know it." Rory nodded.

"It was ok that we let them stay the night, wasn't it?" Charlotte asked. "I know we said we weren't going to invite them round and we didn't but they came and then they were getting on with Paris so we watched a movie and..."

"Ok hon, take a breath." Lorelai smirked.

"Sorry..." Charlotte smirked.

"It's fine." Lorelai assured her. "They were in the living room. You were right. It would have been mean to wake them."

"Really?" Charlotte said.

"Charlie, I trust you ok?" Lorelai smiled.

"Ok." Charlote smiled.

"So did you have a fun night?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah it was fun." Charlotte smiled, thinking about how much she did actually enjoy it.

"Yeah it was good." Rory nodded.

"So...better than doing laundry by yourself?" Lorelai smirked.

"Definitely!" Charlotte grinned.

"Yeah I guess it was." Rory smirked.

"Good. Well I'm glad." Lorelai smiled.

"I'll go pay." Charlotte said. "Before Kirk combusts." She smirked.

"Thanks hon." Lorelai grinned. She watched as her daughter walked up to the counter.

"She was really worried, you know." Rory said.

"About what?" Lorelai asked.

"About letting Tristan and Jess stay. She knows you and Jess have just started getting along. I guess she didn't want you to start hating him again." Rory said.

"I guess that was kind of my fault." Lorelai said. "I've gotten her on edge about Jess."

"He's really not that bad." Rory said.

"Yeah I'm starting to realise that." She said.

"He could hold his own in a debate with Paris." Rory smirked.

"That's impressive!" Lorelai laughed.

"I know." Rory grinned.

Meanwhile, Charlotte was met by Luke at the counter. "Hey Luke." She smiled.

"What, you find a nail in your food?" He asked her. "I swear to God, Tom, you are dead! You hear me? Dead!" Luke shouted down the counter.

Charlotte smirked. "There's nothing wrong with the food, Luke."

"Oh." He said. "Sorry Tom." He called down the counter.

Charlotte stifled a laugh. "I just wanted to thank you." She said.

"Yeah, for what?" He asked.

"For the care package. It was really sweet of you." Charlotte smiled.

"What care package?" He said.

"Hey Luke, I think they hit the water line again." Jess said suddenly appearing at his side.

"What?!" Luke exclaimed walking away. "Tom, you are dead! You hear me? Dead!" He shouted.

"Interesting." Charlotte smirked.

"Hey, you want to pay?" Jess asked cashing it up at the till.

"I don't think Luke knew anything about the food last night." Charlotte commented.

"That'll be fourteen-fifty." He smiled politely at her.

"Which means you lied about why you came over yesterday." She continued handing him the money. "I was so right!"

"I don't have any quarters so I will have to give you nickels." He said.

"Just admit it, you missed me!" She grinned.

"Here's your change. Come again soon." Jess smirked.

"You wanted to come over! Tristan admitted why he came over. Admit it!" Charlotte grinned.

"I have to get back to work." He smirked.

"Jess!" Charlotte laughed.

"Alright, I wanted to come over ok? I wanted to see you! I give up. Is that so bad?" He exclaimed.

Charlotte grinned. "No." She said beaming. She leant over to kiss him. "There's nothing bad about that."

Jess smirked. "Good to know." He said.

"So are you free for our day together?" She asked.

"Yeah, just give me a minute to check with Luke." He nodded.

"Cool. I'll be here." She smiled. She watched him walk off and couldn't get the giddy smile off her face.

I hope you liked it! I know a few of you have been waiting for this chapter so I hope I did it justice! Please keep the reviews coming so I can see what you thought! Thanks! :)