"Come on Dad, you have to come, someone's got to keep Mom and Rory under control" Katie pouted trying to convince Luke.
"Marty can do it" Luke replied simply as he continued cooking dinner.
"But Marty could never control Mom and I'm pretty sure you have more pull with Rory too, you got the dad thing going for you." Katie explained trying to convince him he was needed.
"What are we talking about" Lorelai asked entering the kitchen, giving Luke a kiss and sitting down at the table across from Katie.
"Trying to get dad to come to parent's day tomorrow, I've tried Mom, I think it's time for you to do your stuff." Katie said knowing that her mom proberly had fresh ideas to bring to the convincing.
"Hey" Luke said "Stop talking about me, you both want dinner don't you, because all those being sneaky will be restricted to greens."
"Oh sorry Luke" Lorelai said winking at Katie "What's our favourite chef cooking for dinner."
"Steak, new potatoes and Lorelai friendly salad" Luke replied smiling to himself.
"So Katie, who are we seeing first tomorrow?" Lorelai asked trying to sound as naïve as possible.
"First class is English with Mr Medina" Katie replied frowning sure she'd told her Mom several times.
"Hey you know what" Luke said suddenly very interested in the conversation. "I've been thinking and it would be silly for me not to come tomorrow. I mean I can easily get the time off work and Katie your right someone has to control your wayward mother."
"So you're really coming?" Katie checked "Just like that?"
"Yip" Luke said placing dinner in front of his family.
"And that's how you do it" Lorelai whispered to Katie as Luke turned back to get his own food.
"Mom" Katie asked as she muted the ads presently gracing the television "How did you get dad to agree earlier"
"Easy Baby Girl, easy. Although your dad is not a very materialistic man, he is prouder than some think of what a beautiful family he has scored. Though he doesn't seem one to show that off, when an ex comes into the picture the male pride complex does funny things. Let's let him be selfish for one day Baby, let him show us off to Max. After all we are getting his company in return, he did work hard to get the grand prize and your dad is really good at being so natural that's it hard to tell if he is trying to gloat or not." Lorelai said smiling that Luke was so happy to have them.
"So dad's going to show off to Mr Medina" Katie asked.
"No, he's just going to be there to send a statement, to show Max that he's always around"
"Ok thanks Mom, it wouldn't be the same without you both there. I mean I'm sure daddy would never agree to make out with you in a classroom he can spare me some embarrassment" Katie said giggling.
"Hey who told you that, Rory? That little devil I will skin her alive we swore that incident to secrecy years ago. And Katie how will you ever have the character of your sister if you mom doesn't embarrass you on a regular basis, be careful what you say because my pull with your father involves some things yours never could. I have a lot of sway and remember he is displaying his caveman like qualities tomorrow." Lorelai said giggling back causing Katie to wince.
"Ok first of all eww and second of all please mom for my sake behave yourself" Katie replied sternly.
"Katie I have tried that several times, I'm hoping you have better luck than my futile attempts" Luke said entering the room from dishes duty. "What has the lady of the house done this time anyway?"
"She is threatening a repeat offence of the classroom kissing of Rory's time, of course the partners changed but the principal is pretty much the same" Katie explained bursting into a fit of giggles
"Hey that's a pun; get it? The principal is still the same. Mr Charleston is still the principal." Katie clarified continuing to laugh, Lorelai joining in unable to control her hysteria over the unfunny joke as Luke sat in between the two and sighed.
"And we thought our daughter was bright" Lorelai said in between laughs.
"So what we watching tonight girls" he asked looking at a muted Alias rerun, hoping to get them both to calm down.
"Well" Katie said grabbing the remote "now that I have you here to form a majority and as a remote guard, we could watch that baseball game on 4. It's only about 10 minutes in."
"Great idea" Luke said as he restrained his wife who was furiously grabbing for the remote and cursing her daughter's strange sport liking.
"Shush you" He said kissing her to calm her down "and don't you think I didn't hear your little conversation before about getting me to come tomorrow, if I wasn't so damn proud of you I would pull out after hearing you had actually talked me into it that way."
"Oh shush you" Lorelai said kissing him in return, taking his hand and settling into the couch for a long night of men in tight pants and questions sure to provoke rants and induce outbursts.
There's the next chapter sooner than last time as promised. Hope you enjoyed it. I am still up for any suggestions or ideas and really interested in feedback. Last chapter I got 2 reviews thank you for your feedback and while I do not want to be one of those writers who demands reviews for an update as one reader is still entertaining some one, if you are reading it would be nice to know you are even if it is merely a I read this chapter I will read the next one too. I have made a resolution for myself to leave a review for every story or chapter I read at the moment in hope for some good review Karma I know that is weird but I am a little crazy some time. Anyway hope you enjoyed feedback would be appreciated especially if you have ideas for the parent's day or the wedding.
Thanks Katie.