The next morning Lorelai awoke to the smell of coffee and quickly went downstairs to find Rory studying away at the kitchen table.

"Hey babe, you're up early for a Saturday, it's before noon isn't it?" Lorelai squinted at the clock on the microwave as she poured herself some coffee.

"Yeah, I have a ton of studying to do this weekend, the earlier I start it the sooner I'll finish it." Rory placed a mark in the book she was reading and looked up to talk to her mother.

"A little mother-daughter time before you go insane?" Lorelai asked hopefully and was happy when Rory nodded her head.

The two of them sat at the kitchen table with large cups of coffee in their hands. "So mom, how was Luke's wallowing session last night?" Rory asked using air quotes when she said wallowing session.

Lorelai shrugged her shoulders, "He didn't wallow that much, plus we ate carrots and celery instead of actual junkfood. I think it was okay though, he just needed to get things out, I mean as much as Luke can. He's not a talker."

Lorelai took her coffee upstairs and left Rory to her studying.

A few hours later Lorelai slipped out of the house as Rory studied away at the kitchen table, walking leisurely Lorelai headed for the diner.

"Luke! Coffee me, burger boy!" Lorelai yelled as she sat on a stool at the counter. Luke rolled his eyes as he poured her mug.

"I take it you got to sleep in today?" Luke's face looked tired as Lorelai looked up at him.

She nodded her head slowly, "Somewhat, Rory was up early to study but I did get to sleep more than you."

She gave him order for lunch, along with a to-go order for the studying fool. "You know Luke, I can help out down here while you go take a nap." Lorelai suggested excitedly, hey eyes lighting up.

Luke gave her order to Caesar and rolled his eyes, "I don't seem to recall it going really well the last time we tried it." He started to leave but she stopped him.

"Seriously Luke, I can hand people their plates as long as Caesar is doing the cooking. Go sleep, I feel like I should help since it is my fault you're so tired."

Luke reluctantly agreed after a few more minutes of pleading and pouting by Lorelai. She practically pushed him up the stairs before hurrying back down to the counter.

Two hours later a freshly showered Luke came downstairs to find the diner packed, but not with customers. As he looked behind the counter he saw Lorelai performing some sort of 'Cocktail' performance with ketchup and mustard.

A crowd had gathered to watch her, the only one not impressed seemed to Kirk, who was busy complaining about people 'breaking his bubble of space.'

"Lorelai, what are you doing?" Luke asked as he grabbed an apron and joined her. Looking up she yelled catch and tossed the ketchup to him underhand, only to have it hit his chest and fall to the floor.

"Luke, you're supposed to be Bryan Brown! Let's try again, catch this time." He grabbed her wrist before she could throw the mustard at him too.

"Okay everyone, that's the end of the show. If you're not eating you're leaving." The crowd left mumbling to themselves and before the long only a few diners remained.

As Lorelai looked up at Luke with her pouty lips she realized he was still holding her wrist, and was a little surprised about the feeling it gave her.

"Have a good nap, Sleeping Beauty?" Lorelai asked as Luke dropped her wrist and took her by the shoulders to lead her back infront of the counter.

Luke sat her on a stool before responding, "It was nice, thank you. Now I know to never let you run the diner again."

"No fair, the show was fun and I made a ton of tips when I got on the counter…" she trailed off as she saw Luke's eyes widen. "I'm only kidding. I did nothing unusual, minus the tossing of ketchup and mustard, now I will leave you to the diner and take food to my daughter."

Lorelai grabbed her to-go bag and left the diner with a smirk on her face. Kirk noticed her leave.

"You know Luke, you should let her take over more often, it's not often you see a recreation of 'Coyote Ugly' here in Stars Hollow." Luke rolled his eyes and turned to the kitchen.

Across the park, Lorelai was walking into her house talking as she looked for Rory. "Fruit of my loins? I come bearing sustenance for studying."

She found the kitchen as she left it, Rory pouring over books in a hurried state, she looked up when Lorelai came in. "Mom, you're the best, I was craving Luke's but I didn't think I had time to go get it."

She pushed her books aside after marking her places and dug into the burger and fries her mother held out to her.

"You were gone forever, is Luke's packed?" She asked with a mouthfull of food.

"Charming, it's really not that busy. I watched the counter while Luke took a nap, I figured it was fair since it's my fault he's so tired." Lorelai stole a french fry as Rory continued.

"Don't let Patty hear you say that, it sounds all kinds of dirty." Rory laughed. "Did you use your diner language again?"

"No, I was actually very restrained today, although I did re-enact 'Cocktail' at least until Luke woke up. I'm just glad he missed my rendition of 'Coyote Ugly'." Lorelai headed to the living room.

"You didn't sing did you?" Rory asked her eyes wide.

"My own version of 'Pour Some Sugar on Me, of course. Study, I'm going to leave you alone now."

Hours later Rory walked in to find her mother asleep, sprawled across the bed with a half-open 'InStyle' being used as a pillow.

"Mom? It's seven. I know you want some Luke's…wake up! There will be coffee." Rory paused a few minutes and started to leave when Lorelai popped up.

"Five minutes, don't leave me. I need coffee." Lorelai crawled out of bed, her eyes half open, she scrambled for some shoes and ran downstairs to Rory.

"I can't believe it, I say the word coffee and you're up in five point two seconds. I hope you have the same reaction if there's an actual emergency." Rory pulled the front door open and followed her mother onto the porch.

"How about if there is ever an emergency, instead of yelling 'fire!' or 'burglar' you yell 'coffee!' then we'll know for sure that I'll get up."

Twenty minutes later they were sitting at Luke's waiting on their burgers. As Luke set the food infront of them, they both dug in.

"It's like you two haven't eaten in days the way you dive into your meals." Luke observed as he refilled their coffees.

"Well Luke, it's just that everything you make is so good we can't help ourselves." Lorelai resonded, batting her eyelashes at him.

Luke rolled his eyes as he walked away. "Good save, Mom. What are you up to tonight? You'll probably be awake since you've been sleeping all day."

Lorelai shrugged as she ate, "I'll probably sleep some or watch movies if I can't. Same old, same old. Do you still have a lot of studying to do?"

"Yeah, I wish I didn't though, the movie theater is showing some really good old movies tonight, you should go, I think there showing a Tennesse Williams theme. 'The Long Hot Summer,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' All the steamy ones."

Lorelai's eyes widened, "Really? How'd I miss that? I have to go, I always imagined myself a southern heroine. After all, tomorrow is another day." Lorelai finished with an affected accent, which Rory couldn't help but giggle at.

"That's my mom, the Scarlett O'Hara of Stars Hollow. Although she isn't a Williams heroine." Rory finished up her food and started for the door. "I'm going to head home to study some more, I'll see you after the movies."

Luke walked back to the table when he saw Rory leave. "She's working herself to death isn't she? When will school be over?" He sat across from Lorelai.

She shrugged, "Graduation is next week, her finals should be over before that so she'll have a little break soon. I'm just trying to give her some room to get what she needs to do done. The less pressure the better. So I'm excommunicating myself from my house tonight so it will be quiet for her, what are you up to tonight Danes?"

Luke smirked, "Well, since I slept a good part of the afternoon I'll probably be up all night, not really sure what I'm going to do, why?" he raised his eyebrow as Lorelai's face broke into a huge smile.

"Perfect, you can go to the Tennessee Williams movies with me! We can pretend to be drunk, sweaty Southerners. It will be so much fun." Lorelai finished her coffee and stood excitedly, pulling Luke up with her.

"Go change out of your diner clothes, I'll go get snacks and meet you here in fifteen minutes!" Without giving Luke anytime to respond Lorelai was out the door and bouncing over to Taylor's to get the necessities.

Luke shook his head as he walked up to his apartment with a small smile on his face.