Lorly stepped off the bus in Star's Hallow and made a B-line for Luke's. Not only was Luke's the family hang out, but Luke also made the best coffee in the state of Connecticut, and Luke was married to Nani, making him her grandpa for all practical purposes. Lorly knew that her Mom's dad was her real grandpa, but she'd only met him once, 12 years ago.
"Hi Mom. Hi Nani. Hi Luke." Lorly went through the series of hellos as she sat down at the table with her mom and took the perfect hot cup of heaven that her mom handed her and took a sip. "Ooh, did I mention how badly I needed this!"
"You don't NEED that. It'll kill you! Or you'll turn out like her!" Luke grumbled as Lorelai begged for coffee. They both knew he'd give in eventually, but he thought it was funny to see her beg.
"Don't listen to him, I had a feeling you would. You look as bad as I did at the end of my first day at Chilton. Sorry I couldn't pick you up, I had a patient come in with an emergency at the last minute. So enough about me, start talking I want to know every thing." Rory told her daughter as she drank more coffee.
After Lorly had relayed the day's events, strategically leaving out the parts about Dawn and Coach Thompson. "Well doesn't sound like you day went too bad. My first day there was MUCH, MUCH worse." Rory told her, she was glad her daughter had an easier first day than she had.
"So mom, do you know what ever happened to that Paris girl you hated so much in high school?"
"I didn't hate her, she just made me miserable. And no, after trying to kill me for beating her to Valedictorian, we went to college and I never saw her again."
"Well I think I know." Lorly told her with an omniscient grin.
"What? How? TELL ME!" Rory begged.
"Wow, you've been working on those patience's again I see." Lorly said to tease her. Then telling her the story about Dawn and their discussion at lunch.
"Wow. I guess wonder really do never cease! I'm glad you've made a friend… and you never know Paris and I may be able to patch up our differences yet." Rory tried to reassure Lorly, she didn't have much hope but she didn't want to disappoint Lorly. Since Lorly had never known her dad Rory swore never to disappoint her. So far she'd done a pretty good job and she didn't plan to break her promise yet. "So over all it sound like you had a good day. What classes do you have?"
BINGO! Just the question I was hoping for. Now I can ask if she knows coach. "Um you know the basics, English, German, Calculus, History, and Photography. Oh and Soccer." She told her mom praying she'd play into it. She didn't know why it felt so weird bringing up a guy. Maybe it was because her mom never talked about any of the guys she knew growing up. Nani said it was because her dad was the only guy her mom ever cared about, or was really interested in for that matter. When he was gone Nani said her mom was just to broken hearted to move on. Then she was born and her mom didn't have time to think about a love life.
"How's soccer? Is the team any good?" Rory asked excitedly. She was shocked and amazed that her daughter was good at a sport.
"I think it will be good. The team doesn't look bad. And the coach is nice. He said he lived here in Star's Hallow actually. Maybe you know him."
"Yea if he's lived here in my life I probably know him. What's his name?"
"His last name is Thompson… His first initial is D." Lorly said looking at her schedule and not seeing her mom turn ghostly white. "Does it ring a bell?" she asked after not hearing anything. When she looked up she saw her mom's expression and was truly afraid something was wrong. "MOM! What's wrong? MOM! Can you hear me?"
She yelled after getting no reaction.
"No… Nothing's wrong I just don't feel well. I think I'll go home and lie down. You can stay here and come home with your grandparent if you want." Rory said as she quickly picked up her stuff, stood up and rushed out of the diner leaving everyone confused.
"What just happened?" Lorelai asked suddenly becoming aware of what was going on.
"I… I don't know. One minute we were talking about my coach and the next minute she was really pale and she stormed out. I don't understand."
"What did you say about him?" Lorelai asked worried about her daughter.
"Well, I told her that he used to live in Star's Hallow and she asked his name then just jumped up and left."
"What was, is his name?" Lorelai inquired trying to understand Rory's actions.
"D. Thompson." Lorly told her. "Why? What's going on?" She didn't understand what was going on. She'd never seen her mom act this weird. Her mom was always the voice of reason to balance out her insane Nani.
"Oh God! I have to go find her. Stay here with Luke." Lorelai said gathering her stuff and leaving like her mother had, leaving Lorly confuse behind her with Luke.
"What is going on!" Lorly yelled, making the few people in the dinner turn and stare. "Oops, sorry." She could feel her cheeks turning red from the sudden attention.
"Here, sit down and drink some coffee." Luke instructed setting a hot cup of coffee in front of her. If he were right about what had happed, he'd need to keep Lorly entertained for quite a while. Even though he was worried sick about Rory, he knew Lorly need him. Rory was his daughter and Lorly was his grand daughter, even if it wasn't by blood.
"Lukels, I'm worried about my mom." Lorly stated calling Luke by the nickname she'd given him when she was four. She'd calmed down, but was still worried. "I've never seen her like that."
"I know sweetie, but everything will be fine. Your Nani will take care of her. Are you hungry?"