The Diner was friendly looking, and they found a table. Xander sat so that he overlooked the crowd, and Toby sat so that he didn't have to look at anybody.
"Hi, what can I get you?" The man who came to take their order wore a cap, a flannel shirt, and a sour expression that seemed to match Toby's.
"Hi, I'll have a coke, a hamburger and some fries. He'll have coffee, lots of it, and pie.
"Not another oneÉ What kind of pie?
"What do you mean another one?" Toby asked affronted.
"Luke, I neeeeeed coffee." A tall brunette strode into the diner at a neck-breaking speed.
The man Xander assumed was Luke nodded in her direction. "That's what I meant. Lorelai Gilmore. Probably has enough caffeine in her blood to go days without noticing. It's not healthy.
"I'll have the cherry pie," Toby decided. "And black coffee.
Lorelai Gilmore found a chair and sat at their table.
"Do you mind," Luke said. "It's not like they asked you to sit down. Didn't Emily teach you anything?
"Yeah, she did. Hello, my name is Lorelai Gilmore the second. I'd like to officially welcome you two to Star's Hollow, before anybody else does. Whatever you do, beware a large man, and a large woman.
"Is she insane?" Toby asked Luke.
"Quite possibly. I'll get your food.
"How can you be Lorelai Gilmore the second?" Xander asked Lorelai. "I thought it was only men who had that Junior/Senior thing going.
"Well, I was named after my grandmother, Lorelai the first.
"Two Lorelais, isn't it an unusual name?
"Actually, they're three." Luke put down a coke and a cup of coffee.
"God help everybody." Toby grabbed the cup before Lorelai could make a beeline for it. She looked greedy, and he needed his coffee.
"Where is my cup, Luke?
"You've had enough.
"You always say that.
"How many cups have you had?
"Only one.
"Lorelai?
"Okay, two. But the one I made doesn't count.
"Why not?" Toby asked before he could help himself.
"Please," Luke held up a hand. "Don't get her started. I'll get the coffee.
"Thank you, kind proprietor.
"You remind me of my friend Willow," Xander said softly. "Not the way you look or anything, because Willow has reddish hair and is short. But the coffee thing.
"How can anyone not like coffee, I ask of you?
"We have to keep Willow on a tight leash, she gets hyper when she has too much." Luke who had returned to the table, with a large mug of coffee, rolled his eyes and pointed at Lorelai. "Oh, you too?
"I do not get hyper," Lorelai exclaimed, and grabbed the coffee from Luke. "I merely happen to show my inner child a lot.
"So what are you two doing together on the road? Family?" Luke asked.
"When I look at them I notice a resemblance, is he your father?
"No," Toby said. "We met in a bar, and drunkenly agreed that he would drive me to a series of lectures I'm holding at various universities.
"About that," Xander butted in before Toby could get any further. "My car broke down, where do I go to get it fixed?