Author's Note: Here's another chapter. Let me know what you think. ~happygirl0278
"Bye boys." Lorelai said as the girls left the diner. They walked towards their car and headed home. "I forgot to tell you something. Sookie told me that she caught one of Fran's lawyers after the funeral and talked to him about the Dragonfly. And before I sound too happy about this, we loved Fran and are not glad that she is gone in any way. But Sookie and I can buy it now! We can finally start working towards our dream."
"I'm happy for you, but you know you're going one step closer to that hotel suite in hell for negotiating at a funeral."
"Hey, I wasn't even there."
"But if you were there you would have participated."
"I can neither confirm nor deny what you are saying."
"Leave the lawyer lingo to Clem and Nicole, will you."
"While we're on the subject, Nicole is mad at Luke."
"Why? Weren't they staying at the inn and then going to a show or something?"
"They were, but Jess called Luke and he left to come to the hospital. Nicole got mad cuz you're not Luke's daughter or something. I knew he would show up once he heard."
"Everyone would have expected him to. But Nicole doesn't know normal Stars Hollow behavior. Are you happy about them fighting?"
"Why would I be? I want Luke to be happy."
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were happy that Nicole was jealous."
"I never said she was jealous and I never said I was happy about them fighting. If you recall I was expressing my concerns about the state of their relationship."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing."
"Rory be straight with me. Do you think I'm in love with Nicole?"
"Mom, the whole town knows Luke has a soft spot for you."
"He has one for you too, and for Jess, sort of." Lorelai interrupted.
"Okay, okay." Rory surrendered.
When they got home Rory went into her room to work on the massive mountain of homework she had to finish before finals. Lorelai wandered around the house trying to find something to do. Fifteen minutes later she stuck her head in Rory's room. "Remember there's a town meeting tonight. Luke's after for dinner?"
"Sounds like a plan, but you have to let me study. Go talk to Babette or something."
"Fine I'll let you be smart." A few hours later the girls rushed into Miss Patty's just as the town meeting was about to start.
"Settle down." Taylor said. "Everybody quiet. We have many things to discuss tonight and not a lot of time as usual. The first item on the agenda will be presented by Reverend Skinner. He would like to say a few words about the pot luck dinner being held at the church on Saturday." While the Reverend was speaking Lorelai leaned over to Luke, who was sitting next to you."
"Pst!"
"Shh! What?"
"Jeez shushy-McShusher pants. Calm down. I simply wanted to speak to you about something but you're so busy telling people to be quiet that I don't think you deserve to hear it."
"Did you lose you point in that spiel?"
"Yes my pencil needs to be sharpened."
"What do you want?"
"What do you think the odds are of the whole Christopher situation coming up tonight?"
"Probably as high as the odds of Taylor wearing that sweater to the next town meeting and the one after that and the one after that."
"It's his town meeting sweater. It's classic. Do you remember the time I spilled coffee on it and then it was stuck at the cleaners for a whole week?"
"We were taking bets on whether he would skip or wear a different outfit."
"I think he secretly bought more in case that ever happened again."
"So about the C word. Help me maintain the correct level of anger without making Rory upset. You know high enough so that the town thinks I'm mad, which I am."
"But in a way that doesn't make Rory mad."
"Exactly. Piece of cake."
"Yeah like performing surgery on a space ship?"
"Calm down McDreamy, this isn't a life and death situation. Nobody is asking you to poke around inside their brain." As the two continued to bicker, Jess leaned over to Rory.
"Did your mom just call Luke McDreamy?"
"She watched a Grey's Anatomy marathon while I was in the hospital. Whenever she's around hospitals, it's a different show. When my grandpa had his heart attack, it was ER, and when I broke my arm, it was Scrubs."
"So how long before they realize the bickering is flirting and they've been together since you were little?" Jess asked.
"Do you think I'd look funny with red hair?"
"What?"
"I thought we were playing a game."
"That involved asking random questions?" Rory nodded. "But seriously. How long?"
"Probably never with the rate they're going. Plus there's Nicole and Alex."
"Who's Alex?"
"Tall guy, dark hair. Last week he had a fake looking mustache."
"He came into the diner. He's the one that looks like the sheriff from those vampire movies."
"You're so right!" Rory exclaimed. "You swore you'd never let me talk you into seeing one."
"I still haven't because of the fifty percent chance you will actually love it and not want to mock it like I'm positive I would."
"Excuses, excuses. It's a cultural phenomenon."
"Pardon me." Taylor said loudly, causing the four in the back row to quickly stop talking. "As I was saying, anyone who wants to bring a dish, come see Patty after the meeting to sign up." He stared disapprovingly at them before continuing. "On to the next order of business. Since all the tennis balls have gone missing from the high school, we are asking you to look around your houses and donate any balls you find."
"Dirty!" Lorelai whispered.
"Has there ever been a day where you didn't say that?"
"The gutter that my mind is in is very slippery. Just when I start to climb out, I fall back in."
"So no?"
"Nope. When Rory was little she would try to clean something whenever I said it."
"I'll never know how she grew up to be so sane."
"She's a mystery to us all."
BTW I know that 2003 is too early for the whole Twilight phenomenon, but it makes my life that Billy Burke (aka Charlie Swan) was on Gilmore Girls. Also I personally love Twilight, but I feel like Rory and Lorelai would mock it. As always, let me know what you think. Reviews remind me to upadte :)