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Lorelai sighed as she and Rory walked into the diner that night, still dressed in their dinner clothes.

"I still cannot believe that we agreed to take a trip with Emily Gilmore" Lorelai commented in a dry tone of voice.

Rory laughed at her as they sat down at the counter. "It won't be that bad. Plus, look what we're getting."

"Coffee please" Lorelai told Luke.

Then she turned to Rory and asked. "And just what are we getting?"

Rory sighed. "A free cruise, mom!"

"Oh, yeah" Lorelai said in between sips of coffee.

When she looked up, Luke was staring at her.

"What, did your cable go out?" Lorelai asked him.

"What?" He returned a question.

"Well, first of all you don't answer a question with a question, and second of all, I was talking about you staring at me" Lorelai answered.

Luke rolled his eyes. "No! I take it you're going on a trip. A cruise."

Lorelai laughed. "Looks like flannel man has big ears."

Luke touched his ears momentarily and then realized that she was joking.

Glaring at her, he poured Rory a second cup of coffee and ignored Lorelai's request for a second cup.

"Hey!" Lorelai protested.

"Hey yourself. You shouldn't have said that about my ears" Luke returned.

Rory laughed and said. "If you give her more coffee, then I'll tell you about our upcoming cruise."

"Fine" Luke said, as he poured Lorelai more coffee.

Lorelai shot Rory a grateful look and glared at Luke.

"We're going on a cruise with my Grandparents for Christmas vacation" Rory explained.

Luke nodded. "So, how long will you be gone?" he asked trying to appear casual.

Rory bit her lip to keep from laughing and answered. "We'll be gone pretty much the entire time. I think that we get back two days before school starts again."

Luke nodded again and gestured at Lorelai. "How did you get that much time off from work?"

"I have some vacation time due me, so I just went ahead and took it" Lorelai answered before glancing pointedly at her now empty coffee cup.

Luke sighed and poured them both some more coffee. "Drink that and then go home, so I can close the diner up."

Lorelai gave a pretend pout, but finished her coffee and they headed out the door.

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