Rory looks at her mother strangely, "You're writing a pro/con list? About what?"

"Nothing big, have fun at Lane's?" Lorelai rises from the table and starts to pour some coffee, grimacing from her sip, "this coffee is ice cold."

"Lane's was good, MamaKim left us alone for almost an hour so I got to hear all about Dave and the band. Do you want to go grab dinner at Luke's, his coffee is always better than ours and I'm starving."

Lorelai stops the preparations she has already started for coffee.

She turns and looks at Rory. "Sweetie, you know how I try to keep my love life separate from us, and you right?"

Rory nods as Lorelai crosses and sits at the table with her. "Well, something unexpected happened and I need to bounce something off you, it's pretty much going to impact us no matter what."

"What did you make out with Luke or something?" Rory asks laughing; she stops abruptly when she sees Lorelai's face.

"You didn't? Now we can never eat there again, I told you this would happen." Rory starts looking through a stack of take-out menus.

"Well Ror, that's not all, maybe it is I don't know, I'm so confused." Lorelai lays her head on the table out of frustration.

Rory pats her mother's back. "Okay, the doctor is in, tell me everything and we'll figure it out like we did the dream."

They move into the living room and spread out on the couch. Lorelai begins talking quickly.

"Well, you know how I was upset about Luke spending all the time with his girlfriend and I got worried about him moving and Nicole running the diner and all the other crazy stuff. So I went to talk to him after you went to sleep the other night and after he assured me that everything would be fine and he would always be there. I gave him a hug and then before I knew it we were kissing and then it got more involved and then I ran out of the diner. Now here we are and I can't get it out of my head and I haven't had any diner coffee and I made a pro/con list."

Lorelai's eyes fill with tears and she puts her head in her hands. "Okay Mom, let's start with your list let me see it."

Lorelai reluctantly pulls the list from her pocket and hands it over. "Cons first. 1. If it doesn't work will have nowhere to eat. 2. Luke has a girlfriend. 3. It's Luke.

Pros: 1. Free diner food. 2. Free diner coffee. 3. Loves Rory. 4. Nice butt. 5. Looks good. 6. It's Luke. Okay Mom, the pros win, but I'm confused. You used its Luke twice as a pro and a con, explain."

Lorelai sits up and looks at Rory. "At first I thought it was bad, I mean its Luke. He knows everything horrible I've ever done; we've known each other so long it just seems weird. Then I thought it's Luke and we know each other so well and there would be no surprises. Then you came home and I decided to have a little breakdown with you. What do you think?" Rory pauses carefully before answering her mother.