Late the next morning Lorelai woke up to music being played downstairs, looking at the clock she slowly rose and padded downstairs.

Rory was sitting on the couch with a book in her lap, nodding her head to the music. "Mom, you're up! Lane's helping me study."

Rory jumped up and got her mother some coffee, "I met Lane at Luke's this morning and brought you home some coffee, I think Luke felt bad because I'd been studying so much. Lane's playing studying music form me while I read though my notes again. What are you going to do today?"

Lorelai exhaled loudly as Rory finished, "Most likely scrape you off the kitchen floor when you crash in 2.4 hours. How much coffee have you had? You did go to sleep right?"

Rory handed Lorelai her coffee, "Yes, I slept. Then I woke up and started studying, I feel like I've gotten a good grip on all of the material. Lane got an afternoon free from MamaKim so she volunteered to help me."

Lorelai sat on the couch and motioned Rory to sit next to her. "You know sweets, you may be going a little overboard. I'm just glad you're almost done, starting tomorrow night we're officially in a study free zone."

Rory nodded in agreement and reached for her book. Lorelai left her alone and walked into the kitchen, pausing to say good morning to Lane. After looking around the kitchen for a few minutes Lorelai went upstairs, changed clothes, and headed to Luke's.

Walking through the door Lorelai announced her arrival rather than waiting to be noticed. "I need food!" She crossed over and collapsed onto the empty counter.

Luke rolled his eyes and poured her a cup of coffee. "Rory still ignoring you for school?" Lorelai nodded as she drank her coffee.

"This is her last day of studying, tomorrow night we're having the biggest movie night since the great one of 1994. I didn't think it was possible to watch every John Hughes movie in one sitting, but we managed it only took three pizzas and all of the candy in Doose's but it was worth it. This year we're trying for all the Kevin Smith movies."

"Pancakes?" Luke asked, completely ignoring the logical debate about junk food. Lorelai nodded and Luke turned to give the order to Caesar. "How are you avoiding Rory today? I know you can't stay in the house and leave her alone.

Lorelai stuck her tongue out at Luke, "I could if I really wanted to, I'm going to the inn to try and get some paperwork done and get ready to tell everyone about the inn."

"That's going to be tough." Lorelai shrugged her shoulders. "The only people left to tell are Sookie and Michel. I didn't realize that we've had to lay off most of the others. I'll probably just take some alcohol for me and Michel and ask Sookie to cook, that way it won't seem as bad."

"Don't drink too much, I'd hate to see what Taylor would do to you if he caught you drunk. I think tar would be involved." He placed the pancakes infront of Lorelai and went on to his other customers.

Two hours later, after going home and changing clothes again, Lorelai is sitting in the lobby of the inn with Sookie and Michel. After taking a long drink of wine Lorelai went into her 'talk.'

An hour later Lorelai and Sookie were alone on the couch, each looking depressed. "Lor, this could be a blessing in disguise. Now we won't have to feel so guilty about opening up the Dragonfly."

Lorelai smiled half-heartedly. "I guess you're right, it's just so sad to see this place close. Plus, we don't actually own the Dragonfly yet, or know if we want to it could be a mess, but we can get more serious about it."

Sookie sat up excitedly, "Yeah, we can go out and check everything out and deal with our finances and make a bid."

Lorelai started to catch some of Sookie's excitement. "Yeah, I still have some of the money from my dad and I can have Luke go and check it all out. He'll definitely tell it like it is."

After the two of them talked a few more minutes and they each leave excitedly.

On her way home Lorelai stopped by Doose's, picked up junk food for dinner, and went home to catch up on some sleep, to be prepared for the next night's celebration.

After seeing Rory off to her last day of finals and finishing some closing paperwork at the inn Lorelai stopped at Luke's for some burgers and coffee to start the evening off with Rory.

Avoiding her usual demands for food Lorelai quietly went to the counter and took a seat, waiting for Luke to come to her.

"You're quiet today, no bellowing for coffee? What's wrong?" Luke poured her a cup of coffee as he waited for an answer.

"Everything is fine I'm just excited about movie night, I need two burgers and two coffees to go." Lorelai collected her food, paid Luke, and headed home to her waiting daughter.

"I'm home and I have burgers, movies and a ton of candy. Ready for a Jay and Silent Bob overload?" She walked into the kitchen and set her bags down on the table.

Rory bounded in from the living room; "I am so ready! It is so great to have this studying all over and done with for a little while. I can relax and have movie nights and hang out with Lane and read for fun."

She took the movies from the bags and headed back into the living room to get everything set up while Lorelai got the food out.

Four and a half-hours later the two of them were sprawled on the couch, empty plates in front of them and candy wrappers surrounding them.

"You know I still think 'Mallrats' is my favorite, gotta love Brody, he's so quotable." Lorelai half-spoke, half-groaned as the two of them waited for the movie to rewind before starting the next one.

"That's true mom, but what about 'Chasing Amy' there are a ton of good quotes from all the characters, but just Jason Lee." Rory argued, slightly weakly from her end of the couch. "The movies done, you should switch it."

Lorelai groaned, "you're younger, you change it." Lorelai half-heartedly pushed Rory's arm towards the VCR. "I did it last time."

Rory shook her head, "That's the same excuse you used last time, it's your turn." Lorelai refused to budge. "Okay, we don't have to watch a movie, we can talk instead. What happened while I was studying?"

Lorelai shrugged, "Taylor's still insane, Miss Patty is seeking out her next husband. The inn is closing. Luke is still grumpy, but not quite so monosyllabic. Sookie is still pregnant. We're going to look into the Dragonfly. Rory is still annoying...hey, that's you. Sorry, forgot who I was talking too."

Rory laughed sarcastically, then her eyes got huge. "The inn is closing? You're going to get the Dragonfly? That's so great, I can't believe that you didn't tell me sooner." Rory sat up and leaned towards her mother.

"I didn't want to throw off your studying schedule. We're not going to buy it yet, I'm going to ask Luke to come out and look at it before we make an offer. But the inn is definitely closing, this is the last week."

Rory got quiet, "That's weird to think about. I hope the Dragonfly works out, when is Luke going to look at it?"

"I haven't talked to him about it yet, I'll ask him tomorrow." Lorelai started eating a candybar and sighed loudly. "I think I'm going to be okay with the inn closing, it'll be a little therapeutic I guess. One chapter of our lives will be over and done while another is opening."

Rory nodded, "Yeah, everything is changing this year isn't it? School, work, boyfriends, its going to be hard." Lorelai nodded in agreement. "Speaking of changes…what's going on with Luke?" Rory asked with a smirk on her face.

Lorelai looked shocked, "What are you talking about?" Lorelai groaned as she stood up and started gathering up trash.

"You guys have been really chummy lately. What does Nicole think about that?" Rory followed Lorelai into the kitchen.

"Luke and Nicole broke up. We've just been wallowing the last week or so, no big deal." Rory's eyes widened. "So he's on the market again then, huh?"

Lorelai threw her arms in the air, "Yes, Luke is single and I am single. Therefore we must be dating, because it is categorically impossible for a grown man and woman to be friends, isn't it?"

She crossed to the refrigerator and pulled out a beer. "Okay mom, maybe I'm reading something into it that's not there…You two just seem different. That's all."

Lorelai shrugged, "We're the same. I mean, maybe a little different, but not a lot." She walked back into the living room and plopped back on the couch, Rory following close behind.

"What does that mean? Different how?" She asked as she sat next to her mother.

Lorelai shrugged, "I think Luke and I were in a really good place before your accident and then we had almost four months of nothing but the Iceman. It's taken awhile but I think Luke and I are getting back to that comfortable place in our friendship. So that's how it's different."

Rory nodded along with her mother, "So if you and Luke weren't horribly disrupted off of that track you two would be married by now. That was just a ploy that kept you two apart."

Lorelai almost choked on her beer, "Where the hell did that come from? Luke and I were not on our way to getting married; we were just better friends then than we were for a little while. Jeez, Ror!"

Rory shook her head at Lorelai, "No, if you two have a relationship that is evolving through different levels, it's inevitable that one of those levels will be romance. Just look at 90210, all friendships will at some point lead to romance."

Lorelai rolled her eyes; "There goes my Yale-bound daughter using 90210 to analyze a non-existent relationship." She stood up and headed towards the stairs. "I'm going to get some sleep, if you find some sort of relevant example that isn't tied to Aaron Spelling in some way, write it down and mail it to someone else."

Rory rolled her eyes behind her mother's back and started heading to her own room. As Lorelai went up the stairs, she had small smile on her face.