"Only our Rory would put M&Ms in the cereal!" exclaimed Finn, eating his breakfast. "This is awesome."
"As if he needed another reason to eat sugar in the morning." said Colin, sipping at some coffee and taking the occasional bite of cereal. "No offense meant, Rory, really."
"I won't take any, Colin. And actually my mom came up with the tradition when I was a little kid." said Rory, sipping at the peppermint coffee she had ordered weeks ago to have in time for the holiday. "Like the cookie decorating was originally store bought cookies, but after the 'mishap' with the cookie amounts, there will be no need to buy any. I hope you two are cool with taking them over there for decorating."
"As long as cookies are involved, anything." said Finn. "Sounds like fun anyways." He looks sad for a moment. "Definitely not something I ever got to do."
"We're all pretty easy, Rory, and easily adaptable." said Logan, laughing and sipping at the peppermint coffee himself and wondering why he had never realized it was sold this time of year. "I almost want to stock up a year's worth of this coffee."
"It wouldn't be special if we had it all the time though." said Rory. "And honestly, I don't think I'd even enjoy it if it wasn't the Christmas season. Anyways, I told Mom we'd be there before lunch, so I think I'll grab the first of the showers."
A little while later, the group walks over to Lorelai and Luke's, Rory finding she has to take a break half way there and the boys are good sports about it. Rory gives a cursory knock on the door before just walking in. "Hey Mom, I come with cookies and men!" She laughs at her joke, realizing she sounds like her mom too often.
"Cookies and men, my favorite things!" jokes Lorelai as the group walks into the kitchen. She had been working on batches of icing and had already set out all the things necessary for decorating cookies. "Colin, Finn, good to see you - and hopefully you guys don't mind doing what some might find a childish activity."
"I don't think either of us got to as kids." said Colin, taking a seat after helping Rory to take a seat. "Though I should warn you I don't think any of us are good with any kind of art."
"Luckily Logan made plenty of cookies in case some don't look as pretty. The not pretty ones we eat now." said Lorelai, laughing, sitting in another seat and waves for everyone to sit down as she had gotten Luke to bring extra chairs to the table. "Luke's picking up April after the deliveries are done this morning and I talked Pete into delivering pizza here in a bit for lunch. So we should be set."
"Only you guys would make sets of cookies with the letters 'LDB' and make them look festive." said Rory hours later, examining their work. Most of the cookies had been decorated, lunch had been eaten, and more batches of frosting had been made.
"I stopped him from trying to make a gorilla one." said Colin, laughing and munching on one of the 'not pretty' cookies.
"You're no fun." said Finn in a fake pout before giving his husband a kiss.
"So we still on for dinner at our house tonight?" asked Rory to her mom, smiling at the boys since it was nice to see them together still and then munching on a cookie. "And then another one at your place tomorrow?"
"Yep to both dinners." said Lorelai, putting away some of the cookies that had dried in different containers. "Got a text from Luke that him and April are running late. I do have some last minute Christmas wrapping to do, so I'll be heading upstairs in a bit, but what do you all have planned?"
"Why don't we go walk around the town a bit?" said Logan, getting up and getting his jacket. "I don't know as for everyone else, but I keep finding all the decorations nice if a bit cheesy. Then we should probably head home and get dinner started."
"Oh, wonder if Taylor is in?" said Finn in a voice that sounds like he wants to be troublesome.
"Do we dare pull another prank on him?" said Colin, laughing. "Maybe we should take some pity and not ruin Rory's reputation in town?" He winks, knowing he is wanting to pull a bit of trouble.
"I think I might hang back." said Rory, laughing. "I don't think my feet can take it at this point." She rubs her stomach. "You guys go and have fun. I'll meet you all at home."
"Okay, we'll see you in a bit. I promise to not let them get in too much trouble." said Logan, leaning over and giving Rory a kiss. Noticing both Colin and Finn had already gotten outside, he yells after them, "Hey wait up!" He chases after them, knowing while they are all the same age, they definitely are more mischievous.
"I think I'm going to head home then. See you later Mom." said Rory, laughing at the trio that just left. "See you all around 7?"
"Sounds good. I will get Luke to bring over a couple gifts so we can all open one early." said Lorelai, helping Rory with her jacket. She notices Rory give her a look. "It's tradition and I made sure to get the guys a couple gifts apiece, though I had no idea what to get either of them. Luckily you could help with Logan or I'd be lost there."
"I let Logan do their shopping from us." said Rory laughing. "Alright I should really head home while I can talk my feet into it. See you later." She gives her mom a hug goodbye and starts the walk home.
Walking up to her house, she notices Mitchum's car in the drive and Mitchum sitting on the front step. "Hey, what are you doing here?" said Rory, trying to sound friendly while she's deeply confused and wonders why Logan's dad has dropped by without notice.
