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"Hey, mom" Rory called as she walked into the Independence Inn's lobby.
"Hey, sweetheart. Are you bringing mommy what mommy thinks you're bringing her?" Lorelai asked with a grin on her face.
"Could be" Rory said with a laugh.
"Hand it over and you'll be mommy's bestest friend!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"I already am your bestest friend!" Rory said and rolled her eyes at her mother's childishness.
"Well, then I will love you forever" Lorelai said desperation creeping into her voice.
"You already do love me and will forever," Rory said with a big grin as she watched her mother look up at the ceiling racking her brain for more things to tell her.
"I'll let you pick the movie for movie night this Saturday night" Lorelai said and wiggled her eyebrows up and down. "You can't refuse that!"
"Actually, I could but I'm tired of this game and the coffee's starting to burn my hand through this paper take-out cup." Rory answered.
"Aha!" Lorelai squealed.
"Aha! What?" Rory asked.
"It is coffee!"
Rory rolled her eyes and handed the cup of coffee to Lorelai, who had eagerly stretched her hand out for it.
Lorelai gleefully took it and started to take a big sip.
"Don't burn your mouth, it's really hot" Rory cautioned her.
Lorelai ignored her and took a big sip anyway. "Me, Lorelai Gilmore, hurt herself with a cup of coffee? Never!"
But after her second sip, she winced and set the cup on the desk.
"Burned yourself didn't you?" Rory asked with a raised eyebrow.
Lorelai just wrinkled her nose.
But when she thought Rory wasn't looking, she fanned her mouth with one hand.
"Ha! I knew it. You did burn yourself. Maybe next time you'll listen to me" Rory said triumphantly.
Lorelai just rolled her eyes and answered the ringing phone.
"Hello, Independence Inn. This is Lorelai speaking."
Rory wandered around the lobby while her mom took the call.
Hearing, Lorelai say goodbye, Rory walked back over to the desk and took a seat in the chair that sat behind the desk.
"So, was Luke's busy?" Lorelai asked her.
Rory shrugged. "Not really."
Lorelai noticing that Rory looked a little funny, so she asked, "Are you okay, hon? What's going on?"
Rory, who had been caught up in her thoughts about Dean and Jess, started. "Oh, um…"
"What is it?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't really want to talk about it here" Rory replied.
"Okay. We'll discuss it at home then" Lorelai said.
"Is it okay if I work at Luke's for a little while?" Rory asked suddenly.
Lorelai looked startled. "Why? Does he need the help?"
"Not particularly. But his nephew just got here and he's gonna work in the diner, and Luke thought it might help him adjust better if he had someone his own age hanging around. So, he asked if I would work in the diner with Jess and him for a bit." Rory told her.
Lorelai shrugged. "Okay. It's fine by me."
"Thanks, mom" Rory said and stood up just as Michel walked up to the desk.
"You had better not have been sitting in my chair" He said in his thick French accent.
Rory just laughed and headed for the kitchen.
"Whatcha doing, hon?" Lorelai called after her.
"Seeing if Sookie has something to eat" Rory answered.
"That's my smart girl!" Lorelai said with a laugh.
Rory just shook her head and turned back around.
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