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Chapter 11

Friday soon came and Lorelai, Rory and Sophie were stood outside the Gilmore Mansion. Luke wasn't going as he had to close up the diner. The maid let them in and took their coats and motioned them to the living room.

"Hi mom." Lorelai said.

"Hey Grandma!" Sophie and Rory said.

"Lorelai, Rory, Sophie!" Emily greeted them. She looked around. "Where's Luke?" She asked, saying his name like it was a foreign language.

"He had to close up the diner." Lorelai said as they sat down.

"I see." Emily said. She then turned her attention to the girls. "So how's school?"

"Fine." Sophie replied.

"Yeh it's good Grandma." Rory said.

Richard then came in. "Hello girls! Where's Luke?"

"He had to close that diner of his." Emily said.

"I see." Richard said joining them.

After they did some small talk, dinner was served so they went to the dining room.

"So what are your plans for the weekend?" Richard asked the girls.

"Nothing much. Some studying." Rory said.

"I'm starting work at the diner." Sophie mentioned.

Emily and Richard froze and Lorelai waited for the onslaught.

"Lorelai, can I see you in the kitchen please?" Emily said and got up and left.

Lorelai sighed and followed her. "What is it mom?"

"How dare you let your daughter work in a diner?!" Emily scolded.

"Mom, it wasn't my decision. Sophie wanted to. She asked Luke who said she could. She wanted to earn some cash and she likes hanging out with Luke." Lorelai said gritting her teeth.

"Nonsense! Who would like hanging out with that man and at that awful place?" Emily said furiously.

Richard, Sophie and Rory could hear all this from the dining room. Sophie put her head in her hands. Why did she say what she said?

"MOM! I am NOT going to have you insult Luke like that. I love him! And the diner is not an awful place! Everyone in that town loves it!" Lorelai said.

"Yes well that's believable seeing as they're all crazy. I mean why on earth would you want to raise your daughters up in that environment?"

"Mom! Insult me all you want but you do not insult the town where I live or the people in it. They are great people and they have looked after us. The girls love it there!"

"Only because they don't have a choice."

"I don't have time for this. I'm leaving." Lorelai snapped leaving the kitchen.

"Lorelai! You can't just leave! We're having dinner. We have a contract!" Emily said.

"Screw the contract! If all you're going to do is insult me and my friends and my boyfriend then I'm not staying to hear it." She snapped. She then softened her voice as she looked at the girls. "I'm going now but if you two want to stay to finish dinner, that's fine. I can pick you up later." Lorelai said.

"I'm coming with you." Sophie said quietly.

Rory who usually tried to make peace shocked everyone. "Yeh me too mom. I don't want to stay if you two aren't."

Lorelai nodded and they stood up.

"Rory, Sophie!" Emily said. "It is rude to leave during dinner. Please don't turn into your mother!"

They didn't say anything and just left.

"Richard do something!" Emily scolded her husband.

"I think you've done enough. I'm going to my study." Richard said leaving the room.

The drive back was a quiet one.

"Mom I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned working in the diner." Sophie said quietly.

"Oh hon, it's not your fault. This was a long time coming. My mom just said everything to me that she has always wanted to say." Lorelai said.

They drove home to find Luke fixing the porch rail. "Oh hey! You're early." He remarked and then he noticed their faces. "Are you ok?"

Rory and Sophie went inside to give them some space.

"Lorelai?" Luke asked concerned.

"I had a huge fight with my mom..." She sighed, close to tears.

"I'm sorry.." He said pulling her into a hug.

"Sophie mentioned working in the diner and she lost it. Started insulting you and the diner but then she started insulting the town and our friends. She was basically saying how much of a disappointment I was and she didn't know how I could raise my daughters in such an awful environment." She said, suddenly breaking down in Luke's arms.

"Shhhh it's ok!" He soothed her, rubbing her back. He was angry at Emily. How could she treat her daughter like this? "Are Rory and Sophie ok?"

"I don't know. They were pretty quiet. Sophie thinks it's all her fault because she mentioned working in the diner." Lorelai said.

"Should we go check on them?" He asked concerned.

Lorelai smiled at his concern. "Come on, let's go in."

They found Rory and Sophie on the sofa watching tv.

"You two ok sweets?" Lorelai asked.

They nodded.

"Yeh we just want to forget about it. Forget about what she said to you. It wasn't true." Rory said.

"Yeh mom! You're the best mom we could have asked for." Sophie said going to hug her.

"And we love this town." Rory said joining the hug.

Luke smiled at the three of them.

"Hey Luke, why don't you join us for a Gilmore movie night?" Lorelai smiled at him.

"Is that ok?"

Rory and Sophie nodded. They all settled down and enjoyed what was left of the evening.

The next day, Rory and Lorelai went into the diner at lunch to see Sophie at work. They found her and Luke joking about something.

"I'm glad to see you're having a horrible time!" Lorelai joked.

Sophie grinned at them. "Hey mom!"

"Enjoying it?" She asked.

"Yeh it's really fun! I get to talk to lots of people." Sophie said enthusiastically.

"She's a natural. Everyone loves her!" Luke smiled.

Lorelai smiled proudly at her daughter. "Well when you're ready, we'll have our usual!" She said giving Luke a kiss.

"Coming right up." Luke said. "Sophie, you can take your lunch break now if you want." He said.

"Thanks Luke!" Sophie grinned and sat with her mom and sister.

Luke watched them from the kitchen laughing and joking with each other and he knew he wanted to be a big part of their lives.

After lunch, Lorelai and Rory left them to it. Lorelai watched them from outside. She loved how happy Sophie looked and she was so happy at how she had such a constant male role model in Luke. Rory went back to her mom when she'd noticed she'd stopped. "She looks happy." Rory remarked.

"Yeh. She does." Lorelai smiled.

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