Chapter 1

Rory sat in her bedroom that night listening to The Clash. She wasn't a huge fan of them but she thought she would try listening to it because Jess had suggested it.

Then Lorelai knocked on the door.

"Hey Rory, Wanna go to Lukes?" She asked.

"Sure, Mom." Rory replied.

Rory, turned off her music and grabbed her bag.

"So, what's up?" Rory asked her mom.

"Not much, your dad called today, he wanted to know if you would drive up and see him and Geegee," said Lorelai.

"When?" asked Rory.

"Soon, like later today." Responded Lorelai.

"Oh, ok if you don't mind." Rory replied.

"No, I don't mind. He's got a handful to deal with, especially with Sherri out of the picture." Lorelai said.

"I'm glad that his boss is letting him work from home though," said Rory, "Have you seen him latey?"

"I went to see him and Geegee a couple of weeks ago. She's growing to a very pretty little girl who's not going to know her mother," said Lorelai.

"I saw a lot of pain in Dad's eyes the last time I saw him." Rory said, "He's dealing with a lot more than he has to."

"Yea, I noticed that too but I didn't want to say anything." Lorelai said.

By that time there was a large commotion between Kirk and Mrs. Patty who were deeply discussing who was going to be in charge of the Musical Festival that was going to be held within the next couple of weeks. Kirk was insisting that he had should be in charge because he never gets a fair chance in town and his mom won't let him do anything. They both left in a fit because they weren't getting through to each other and people around them were starting take sides.

"Boy some things never change. I didn't even realize that there was another festival." replied Rory.

Rory and Lorelai then walked up the steps to Luke's Diner. They opened the door and tried to find an empty table.

"Hey, I'll be with you in a second," said Luke, "Hey, Rory how's school?"

"Good, thanks" replied Rory.

"Are you sure you want me to spend a whole day with dad. You aren't going to miss me or anything" asked Rory.

"Sure, I'll be fine. I have Sookie and Jackson coming over with Willa and Charlie." Replied Rory.

"And I'll be coming over for dinner too." said Luke.

Rory smiled. "I didn't know how well things were going."

"Well Lorelai keeps me on my toes and I have to cook dinner." Luke smirked

"He's teaching me how to cook. And if I say so I'm not half bad." said Lorelai.

"Hey Rory, how's it going." Asked a familiar voice.

"Good." Rory said as she turned around to see a tall familiar face carrying with Lindsay waddling in after him.

"Dean. I haven't seen you in ages. How are you?" She said, while giving him a huge hug.

"I didn't know you two were expecting." Rory exclaimed

"It's going to be a girl. We've decided to name her Lorelai. But we will call her Lai it's pronounced "lay"" he said.

"Oh, whoops, sorry.. Wait a minute you, your going to name her after me?" Rory said shocked.

"Lindsay thought it was a great idea. We had debated on it for a long time. I of course was against it." Dean smiled.

"So has this changed about your school stuff right now." Rory asked.

"Not a bit. I've been taking correspondence courses over the internet and I'm going into pre-law in a year or two." Dean said

"Pre-law, that's amazing Dean. I'm so happy for you." Rory said

"Really, I knew you would be." Said Dean.

"I really have to go, I'm going to see my dad today, do you want to get together and pal around like we used to or will Lindsay mind." Asked Rory.

"I don't think it would be a problem." Dean said.

"See you later." Said Rory as she gave him another big hug and walked out of the diner.

"Wow, Rory. She's gotten to be more beautiful." Dean said he didn't realize that Lorelai, Luke and Lindsay were looking right at him.

"Oh, I um" Dean said.

"Don't worry Dean. I give you permission to say that." Lorelai said.

"It's only the truth." Dean Said. "I can't remember the last time I saw her."

"She's quite a busy girl." Lorelai said. "I'm glad her boss told her to take a week or so off or she still would be working her little heart out."

"Does she have a boyfriend, lately?" Dean asked.

"No, the last guy she went out with turned out that he was using drugs from the hospital that Rory was prescribing to patients." Luke said.

"Did Rory get into trouble." Asked Dean

"No fortunately, it would have kicked her out of medical school. Someone caught the guy forging her signature and getting medicine."

"That's so crazy." Dean said, "Well I'd better get going. I was just coming to get some milk from Luke. Apparently it's the only milk Lindsay will drink right now.

"See you later Dean." Luke said.

"Bye Luke and Lorelai." Dean said.

"Well I've got to get to the Dragonfly; Michel will be on my toes when I get there." Lorelai said.

Lorelai got up and passionately kissed Luke and walked out of the diner.

"Geez, she's got to stop doing that." Luke said.