'Mom?'

'I'm up here.' She yelled.

Rory headed upstairs. 'What are you doing?'

Lorelai was sitting on her bed towel-drying her hair. 'I had to re-clean half the rooms at the Inn. I guess we have to re-train the housekeeping staff!'

'Thought maybe you were getting all dressed up to go to Luke's for dinner.'

At the mention of Luke, Lorelai smiled. Rory saw. 'Mom, you really like him don't you?'

'I do.' Lorelai admitted.

'So will you tell me what happened or is it too NC-17 for your only daughter?'

'It's not NC-17. You know how Jason was hanging around the Inn? Well, they ended up talking and Jason told him that we working things out, which of course we are not. Then I saw Luke before he went upstairs and he told me that Jason said we were still together, I told him we weren't and he kissed me.'

Rory giggled, 'How cute!'

'It was, then I kissed him. Then Kirk ran down the stairs naked and Luke started to chase him!'

'And..' Rory leaned forward waiting for more details.

'And that's it. I haven't seen him since. But I talked to him on the phone after you left with Lane.' She paused. 'He told me you were thinking about taking grandma up on her offer to take you on a trip.'

'I was thinking about it but I was going to talk to you first. Would you be mad if I went?'

'Of course not. He said you were thinking of going so I could concentrate on the Inn and I wouldn't worry about you. Then he asked me if you were OK.'

She looked up. 'I guess I couldn't hide it too well.'

'Rory, you know going away with Grandma will not solve your problems, they will still be here when you get back and you do have to deal with them sometime.'

'I know, Lane said the same thing. OK, now tell me about this 'Naked Kirk' thing….'

There was a knock on the door. Rory and Lorelai looked at each other.

'I'll go down, stay here.' Lorelai told Rory.

'Mom, if it's Dean...'

'Do you really want to do this now if it is?'

'Yes.'

'OK, I'll be up here if you need me.'

Rory opened the door. 'Hi'

'Hi Dean, come in.'

'Thanks. Rory, I need to say this right away without interruptions, OK?'

'All right, then I need to tell you something too.'

'I told Lindsay that I was moving out, we had a big fight and she accused me of seeing you. I couldn't deny it but I did not tell her what happened either. I'm sorry if this is going to cause you problems but she will probably be telling everyone the worst. I should have never come over last night, I should have done this right, moved out first. Everything is so messed up.' He hung his head.

'I am thinking of going away with my Grandma for a couple weeks, I wasn't sure what your plans were and I think we both need some time. You need to sort through some things and so do I. I think it would be best, then things would calm down here too.'

'Rory, I'm sorry, I did not want it to happen this way.'

'I didn't either, it felt right being with you, but the circumstances were all wrong.'

'So how are you?' Dean tried to smile for Rory's sake.

Rory smiled, 'I'm OK.'

'What did your Mom say?'

'Well, she wasn't happy with the circumstances either. We had a fight but things are getting better.'

'Well I'd better go. I'm going back to my parents, if you want to talk.'

'Dean, I don't think it would be a good idea if we saw each other or talked for a while, considering.'

'I understand, it will be hard not to at least talk to you but it probably is for the best.'

Dean opened the door. 'Bye.'

'Bye Dean.'

She shut the door and went upstairs to her Mom's room, Lorelai was sitting on her bed, reading a magazine.

'It was Dean?'

Rory sat next to Lorelai and she put her arms around her. 'Yeah, he told Lindsay he was moving out and they had a big fight. Dean said that Lindsay is probably going to be spreading the worst about their breakup and me. He's moving back to his parents house.'

'That's tough. So do you still want to go to Luke's for dinner? I would understand if you didn't.'

'No, we can go. I know you want to see Luke.'

'I do but I wouldn't put you through the whispers and stares of the town just to do it.'

'I'd have to sometime.'

'But not tonight, we'll stay in.'

'There is no food in the house!'

'I'll take care of that.' She got off the bed and headed downstairs.

A/N: Thank you for the reviews so far. This is fun. More L/L in the next few chapters, I'm trying to get some of the loose ends cleaned up first (Rory's decision to go to Eurpoe with Emily or not, the first day of the Inn, Jason yuck will probably make another appearance).