Shenanigans- I hate you for 2 reasons. 1) Your grading scale is better than mine. 2) I owe you a prize. Oh, and I moved to a horribly horrible place called Powhatan, VA. I love Virginia, but I hate the country. Here, there are only 22,000 people, and in Midlothian (where I moved from) there are 74,639 or something close to that. No malls here, or movie theaters, bowling alleys. It's like the desert without all the cacti and sand and not as hot.

LittleGGlover - You are special. All of my reviewers are special though… my readers are special too, but they'd be specialer if they'd review… My friends say I'm "special." And my mom says I'm special… ed. Isn't that a great thing for a mother to say to her daughter? She makes me SO mad sometimes ARG… Oh and I owe you a prize too… actually I only owe you half a prize since you guessed two people… Have fun with that paper. Sometimes, when my friends write papers, they ask me to edit them. cough TARA cough haha She thinks I'm a good writer, oh and btw, you shouldn't hate writing. You can strongly dislike it, but don't be hatin'. I think this may be the longest again!

GilmoreHorseFreak04- I'm going crazy too! Good to know I have something in common with a reader besides GG… actually I guess since GG is what's making us crazy… And No. It's not Jason, but he may show up soon too. Like I said, I'm going to have EVERYBODY. DUN DUN DUNDY DUN!

Kylie1403- I know…

Tara- … HAHahA… You get half a prize because you guessed two people, and you're only supposed to guess one. I'll try to be nice, but I don't see why I should since you're leaving me in less than a month… See how good I am? I used your own excuse to get back at you! HA! I could be on a debate team that debates about simple stuff like… Power Rangers… Boo Ha ha!

Previously: When Lorelai was done eating, she put her plate in the sink and went into the dining room. She was watching everyone chat happily. The event planners walked up to her and talked to her for a bit. They told her that the inn was beautiful, and that she's a great planner. They said they'd be honored if she would have them as recurring guests. She smiled and thanked them. She said she'd be happy to have them. They're great guests. When the two planners went back to their table, Lorelai thought she saw someone she had net before, but she could only see the back of his head. He looks so familiar. Who could it be? Maybe it's just someone I met at one of my parents' functions. I know who it is; I just know I do! Turn around! He must of heard her thoughts because just then, the man she was watching turned his head to talk to somebody behind him. Lorelai gasped. Oh my… It couldn't be…

Just Can't Help It

Chapter 21

…Max.

He stood up and followed the man he was talking to into the lobby. Lorelai quickly turned around so he couldn't recognize her, but she forgot that he was going to walk back, and she ended up bumping into him. "Oh. I'm sorry." He looked at whom he had bumped in to. "Lorelai."

"H-Hi, Max."

"Hello. Uh… What are you doing here?"

"I uh… I work here… Actually I uh… I own here. This. I own the inn with Sookie. We uh… own it together and um…"

"Right. Yeah. You told me you'd wanted to. I'm glad it finally happened, Lorelai."

"Yeah. Thanks. Me too."

I man waved to Max. "Oh. I'm sorry. I have to go. We uh… we should catch up."

"Yeah. Okay."

"I'm staying here, room 4. I'll be here for a couple days. We can have lunch here or something."

"Yeah. Okay. Lunch. Good."

He smiled. "Okay. I'll see you later then, I guess."

"Yeah. B-bye."

He walked back over to his table and started talking to the man who was waving at him. Sookie walked into the lobby and saw Lorelai with a shocked look on her face. "Lorelai? What's wrong? Are you okay? You look like someone just kicked your dog… if you had a dog…"

"Yeah. I uh… I'm good. I just um…"

Sookie gasped. "Lorelai, is that who I think it is?"

"Yeah."

"Lorelai, Max is in the dining room."

"Mhm. He wants to have lunch. With me. Sometime this week."

"Wow. What did you say?"

"I think it was something like 'uh… d-um… yeah. Okay.'"

"Aw, Lorelai. Did you make yourself look like a dork again?"

"I think so."

"So… sometime this week?"

"Yeah…"

She stared off into space, and Sookie left Lorelai with her thoughts. When she got home that night, she went straight to the kitchen and got herself a cup… or three of coffee. Rory was sitting on the couch and saw her mother come in. Lorelai's face looked the same as it had earlier, maybe a little less pale. When she sat down on the couch, Rory got fed up with this silent treatment type thing she was giving her, so she asked. "Mom?"

"Mmm?" She groaned.

"Are you okay? You don't look too good."

"Thanks… I'm not feeling too good right now."

"Maybe you should go to bed."

"No. Need coffee. I… I saw Max at the inn today, my inn."

Rory's mouth fell open. She didn't say anything first, but when she realized her mouth was hanging open, she decided to try and make words come out of it. "W- What? Max was at your inn? Why?"

"Yeah. I don't know why. I didn't ask. I guess I'll ask him at lunch… I'm having lunch with Max Medina, my ex-fiancé." Her head shot up and a panicky look popped onto her face like in those old cartoons when one of the characters runs off a cliff and runs in place for a second before realizing 'Hey, I just ran off a cliff! Uh oh…' "Oh no. I have to tell Luke."

"Oh. That explains the creepy look on your face. When are you going to tell him?"

"I guess I'll tell him at breakfast tomorrow. He really isn't going to like this, Ror."

"Mom, I'm sure he'll be fine. He might get a little jealous, but I think he'll be fine. He knows you love him."

"Yeah. I hope you're right."

"What are you going to say to Max?"

"I don't know. I think it just depends on the topics that come up. We'll probably just talk about the inn and whatever he's doing now. I'll mention Luke… This is so weird, Rory. I feel like I'm dreaming except it's not a dream. It's not a nightmare either, but-"

"Mom! You'll be fine. Go take a shower and get to bed early. You can sleep on it. Go. Go. Go." Rory pulled her mother off the couch and started pushing her towards the stairs.

"Yeah. Okay. I'll do that. Then, in the morning. I will talk to Luke, and everything will be fine. I wonder how Max feels about all this."

"Go!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Lorelai saluted Rory and went to her room. She didn't come back down until the next morning.

"Coffee. Coffee. Coffee!"

"No, actually, the name's Rory. Ro-ry. I'm surprised you can't remember. You're the one who named me."

"Ha ha. Very funny."

"I thought so. Now what did you want again?"

"Rory!"

"Well, you've got me. I'm right here."

"Gah!" She walked over to Mr. Coffee and filled her mug. She took a long sip, and moaned. "Now that's the stuff!"

Rory laughed. "You should be in a 'Hostes' commercial."

"Oh hush!"

"Mom, you better get moving. You've got lots of stuff to do today!"

Lorelai was very grumpy. "Shouldn't you be looking for a job or something?"

She walked away, back up to her room, but she could still here Rory call after her. "Now that's the stuff! Hostes!" Rory laughed, and Lorelai walked faster.

When she got to the diner, she paused at the door for a second rehearsing what she was going to say to Luke before she walked in. She went in and didn't see Luke anywhere, so she sat at the counter. When he came out from behind the curtain, he walked over to her and pecked her on lips from across the counter. "Hey."

"Hi. Good morning."

"You too." He noticed her distant look. "Is something wrong?"

"Luke, I have to tell you something."

A/N: I feel like being mean today. Sorry, guys! More tomorrow! Thanks for reading. Review pretty please! For me? Aw I knew you would. Ha! This is pitiful. I'm having conversation with imaginary people.