"What?"

"I said, your grandmother asked me to ask you to bring 'limo boy' to the Friday night dinner this week. Something about you two seeming to be getting along at that "Yale Alumni" party, and in my opinion, I think she wants to do a little meddling."

"Why?"

"How should I know? I'm just the messenger," Lorelei quipped.

Rory sighed. "Okay. I have to call grandma and try to get myself out of this mess."

"Fine, but I still don't get why you gave your heart set against bringing Logan to dinner."

"Because we're just friends!" Rory lied through her teeth. "I've gotta go," she added hurriedly.

Once she'd hung up the phone, it started ringing again. "Welcome to the 'make Rory's life a living hell hotline'. Dial 1 if you're a long lost father, 2 if you're a harassing newspaper editor having a fling with my roommate, 3 if you claim you're exotic, 4 if you're an evil grandmother trying you get you to bring a smart ass playboy to dinner, 5 if you're a smart ass playboy, and finally 6 if you come in peace," she rambled angrily into the phone.

"5 ½?"

"Logan?"

"Hey Ace, I just got a call from you're grandmother."

"Great. Don't worry, I'll get you out of it." Rory sighed.

"You don't have to, It'll be fun."

"Stop Logan!" Rory giggled.

He slowly lifted his head from her neck. "Why?" he asked with a smirk.

"Because I am not going to 'do it' with you in your limo, with the driver watching, on the way to my grandmother's house.

"Fine," he winked. "We're here now anyway.

Rory looked up as the driver opened the door for them. She led Logan to the pool house, but was surprised to find all of the lights of. She walked to the front door, and read a note taped to it.

Lorelei and Rory

I am eating dinner in the main house tonight. We will have drinks there, so come on over.

"How odd," Rory said out loud to herself.

"What's odd?"

"My grandparents have been separated for months. Grandpa's been living in the pool house, and we've been having 'drinks here, dinner there' since.

"Emily and Richard Gilmore? Separated?" Logan asked in disbelief.

"Yup," Rory replied as her mother answered the door.

"Hey Logan, nice to see you again!" she smiled as she hooked her arm around Rory's and dragged her into the parlor. "I think my parents are getting back together!" she said in an excited voice.

"What makes you say that?" Rory asked, but Lorelei could see the hope in her eyes.

"Well, my mother seems extremely cheerful. She let the maid have the night off, and she hasn't insulted Luke once since we got here."

By this time, they had entered the living room. "Logan," Richard greeted him gaily. "Nice to see you again."

"What would you like to drink? Rory? Logan?" Emily asked with a smile.

"I'll have whatever Richard is having," Logan answered while politely shaking Richard and Luke's hands.

"You're twenty-one?" Emily asked politely.

"Since last month," he answered with a smirk towards Rory.

"I'll just have a soda," she said, avoiding the amusement in Logan's eyes. The last thing she needed was for Logan to think she wasn't respected enough by her family to have a drink. She just didn't like taking risks, so had never asked for one, or been desired to for that matter.

Everyone sat down, and were surprisingly comfortable in each other's company, making 'small talk'. Lorelei noticed how close and comfortable Rory and Logan seemed to be. They were sitting close, their legs touching, and their hands seemed closer together than normal, almost as if it wasn't odd to have them grasped together at any chance. 'There's definitely something going on there' she observed.

"So mom. You and dad seem happy. Are you guys in the 'do it all day and night when there's no company' stage before officially making up and living in the same house again?"

Rory and here grandmother stared at Lorelei horrorstruck.

"Mom!"

"What?" Lorelei smiled, seeing a window of opportunity. "It's not like she and I are the only 'sophisticated ladies' in this room who have been 'gettin some' lately."

At this Rory straightened, and Logan tried to hold back his laughter as he watched Rory fume and Lorelei glow with satisfaction.

"Lorelei, this is completely inappropriate when there are guests," Emily reprimanded, with a confused glance at Rory's sudden change in mood. "But I do have good news. During your break in February, your father and I are going on a private cruise to renew our vows!"

"That's great!" Rory interjected, glad for a change in topic.

"Yes, and you are coming with us! We have the whole ship to ourselves, so you can invite whomever you want! The ship is HUGE!" Richard added.

"Excellent!" Logan said with a smirk.