Rory looks up at the clock and realizes she was supposed to meet Lorelai at the diner five minutes ago. She had drifted off asleep while reading after a busy morning. She hurries to get shoes on and walks quickly over to the diner. Spotting her mom at their usual table, she sits down next to her. "Remind me to never trust reading in bed." said Rory. "I'm sorry I'm late."
"I'm more in awe of you being late." said Lorelai, with a laugh. "It's taken me 22 years and you finally learned you can be late. We need something to memorialize this moment - Rory finally being late."
"How about with two cups of coffee?" said Luke, walking over as he had spotted Rory entering.
"Not good enough!" said Lorelai. "I've been waiting two decades for this!"
"Two stale donuts as appetizers?" said Luke, remembering there was a couple leftover this morning.
"Perfect!" said Lorelai. "Just bring us our usual."
"Chili fries or plain?" asked Luke.
"Chili fries!" said Rory. "And pepperjack and cheddar on the burgers."
"What she said!" said Lorelai, cheering. A few minutes later Luke drops the donuts off at the table. Tearing one in half to nibble on it, Lorelai said, "So how did today go? And I already know Logan was in town."
Not being surprised in the slightest the news had reached Lorelai already, "Yeah he decided to come and see The Oasis while I was there with Lavie Anders. Babette was able to hook me up with the name." Rory bites into her donut.
"So, I need details here." said Lorelai. "Come on, tell Mommy the details. You know you want to."
Rory can't help but laugh at her mom's antics. "We toured the house, we both liked it." She paused for a bit of dramatic effect and could see Lorelai giving her a look to hurry up and say. "And we put an offer in."
"Really? All that in one day?" said Lorelai. "It must look way different." Luke drops the food off at the table, along with refills for the coffee, and they both pause long enough to thank him.
"It does. It looks really nice." said Rory, biting into a fry. She fills in her mom on the details of the house and almost wished she had snapped photos. "Plus we're like five minutes from you - you can't complain."
"I will definitely confirm that I don't mind." said Lorelai, internally cheering about having Rory so close. She tries to hide it by taking a bite of her burger. "So when do you expect you'll hear anything?"
"Lavie said it could be a few days." said Rory. "She's supposed to call and let me know as soon as she knows."
"So you and Logan are definitely getting serious, house and all." said Lorelai, still a little concerned for her daughter. "Guess we're both getting serious with our men."
"It is a little funny how it's working out that way. When is Luke moving in exactly?" said Rory, sipping at her coffee. "You didn't actually say."
"This weekend." said Lorelai a bit nervously. "It's soon, but guess you'll be out of the house in a few weeks - and I will miss you - but it's really about time."
"Well you already know on me and Logan with kids considering." said Rory sneakily gesturing to her abdomen. "Think you and Luke will want kids?"
"Big questions tonight. Well yeah before we talked about them and how we both might want them." said Lorelai. "If we did, it would mean the loss of your room as well your room. I don't think I'd want more than one though. I have you, Luke has April and essentially Jess. Seems like there's enough kids."
"I'll stop with the hard questions." said Rory finishing up her dinner. "As long as we get pie."
Lorelai waves at Luke and calls out, "Pie please, Luke, whatever you got." She turns back to Rory as Luke rolls his eyes, but starts to get out two slices of pie. "Let's take bets on what kind it is. I say blackberry."
"I'll bet on peach." said Rory. "It's his favorite to make."
Luke drops off the pie. "Do I even want to know what you two are discussing?"
"About boys and cooties and pie." said Lorelai teasingly, making Luke blush a little. She bites into a piece of pie. "Damn she wins."
"Betting on the pie again?" said Luke, laughing. "The usual wager I take?"
Lorelai hands Rory 5 bucks. "Yep." said Rory. "She always chooses her favorite versus what it's likely to be."
Luke laughs at how silly they are being and gets back to work while Lorelai and Rory eat their pie. "So are you worried about tomorrow?" asked Lorelai, putting enough cash on the table to cover the bill plus tip. She spies Rory shushing her and is nearly dragged out the door. "Okay okay I get it. You don't want town news. But it is the first appointment since you got home."
"In all honestly a little. Logan still plans to be there, so at least he'll find out anything I do." said Rory, walking arm in arm with Lorelai on the way back to their house. "Let's talk about something lighter...do we have any ice cream?"
"Who's house were you raised in?" asked Lorelai, giggling. "Of course. Not sure how much is left of the mint chocolate." She breaks into a run. "First one home gets the last of it."
"Not fair!" said Rory chasing after her mother.
