A week passed. Rory had been in the diner a few times, but they seemed to be avoiding each other pretty well, so it wasn't that uncomfortable in the diner.
At the moment only Kirk was in the diner.
'Kirk would you just order'
'I need time'
'You've had 15 minutes, how much longer do you need?'
'I'm trying to decide on the soup or salad'
'Why not get both?'
'Both, that sounds good'
'Good' Luke turned around he looked like he was going to strangle Kirk. Jess held back a laugh.
'Actually'
'What Kirk'
'I think I would like a turkey sandwich. Lettuce and tomatoe and marble cheese make sure it's marble, no Mayo, but a little squirt of mustard.'
'Is that all?'
'For now'
Luke walked back to the counter, where Jess was laughing quietly.
'You can deal with him next time'
Just then Lorelia walked into the diner and yelled out 'RORY!' Then looked around 'She's not here'
'Good observation'
'We were supposed to meet here 15 minutes ago, did she leave?'
'She was never here'
'Oh' she sat down at the counter. The door opened and Rory walked in.
'Where have you been, I've been sitting here for 15 minutes waiting for you. You better have a good reason for being late little missy!'
'Don't listen to her, she just got in now'
She gasped' Luke are you accusing me of lying to my own daughter, I'm insulted how dare you say that'
'I saw you come in Mom'
'Oh well, I was just trying to make you feel guilty'
'I know'
'Would it have worked?'
'Possibly'
'Good, so you're on break now?'
'If you call break two essays and a research paper, sure I'm on break'
'That much'
'Yep, but luckily this week I managed to get most of my research for my paper done, plus I have a rough draft for one of my essays.'
'How you escaped the procrastination gene I will never know'
'Are you two going to order?'
'Hello Luke'
'Hello Rory, are you going to order?'
'Burger, fries coffee'
'Me to'
'Jess go get that'
'Your closer to the kitchen'
'Jess'
'Fine'
Just then Kirk called from across the room. 'There is Mayo on my sandwich I specifically asked for no Mayo'
Luke looked panicked ' On second thoughts you go deal with Kirk I'll get this'
'But Uncle Luke, you can't just go changing your mind all the time and giving me different orders I may become confused, then what will I do?'
'Just go to Kirk'
'Whatever you say Luke'
He winked at Rory, then remembering that they were avoiding each other he quickly went over to Kirk. He could feel her eyes watching him, but he ignored it.
The next morning Rory and Lorelia were sitting at a table finishing breakfast and talking.
'So what are you doing today?'
'Umm probably going to work on my essay. Why?'
'Just thought if you needed a break you could come to the Inn and, well, help me work!'
'If I need a break I might stop by, but I'm not working'
'Ok well I got to go, so I'll see you later'
'Bye Mom'
Rory got up after her mom left and came up to the counter with her coffee cup.
'Jess' he looked up as she sat down
'Yeah'
'Friends?'
He smiled 'Friends' he poured her a refill and settled down to talk. 'So what book are you reading?'
She took a sip of her coffee, 'Well'
Okay more filler, there are two more chapters of basically filler, then I'm doing some important things!
