"Mom!" Rory called walking into the house on Wednesday. Then turning to the person behind her motioned for them to come in.

"Polo!" Lorelei called from somewhere in the house.

"Mom." Rory tried again.

"Polo." Lorelei cried once again. However, this time Rory figured out she was upstairs. And after dropping her stuff in her room she headed in that direction with her friend following.

"There you are." Rory said entering the spare room. "Wow. What've you been doing?"

"I thought I would do some cleaning. Sookie banned me from the Inn."

"That was smart." Rory said.

"Hey you're supposed to be on my side young lady." Lorelei said getting up from the floor. "Hey Marty. Good to see you."

"Hi Ms. Gilmore." Marty said uncomfortably.

"Call me Lorelei." She said smiling.

"So what were you doing?" Rory asked.

"Cleaning. If I remember right it was your idea." Lorelei said.

"I know it was, I just didn't think you'd actually do it."

"Well I had to clean out my closet so Luke's stuff would fit. I figured I could put the extra stuff in here until I got a chance to sort through it. But when Sookie banned me I thought why not?"

"Ok."

"Give me a chance to shower then we'll go get some food. I'm sure your hungry after your drive."

"Luke's?" Rory asked.

"I don't know, I was thinking maybe Al's…Of course Luke's!" Lorelei said shutting the door to her bedroom.

"Come on, we can watch a movie or something. It might be a while." Rory said leading the way down the stairs, with a bemused Marty following.

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"Wow I think that's a record! Only 20 minutes." Rory said as her mother descended the steps.

"Well I'm ready before you." She said looking at Rory's shoeless feet. "Hurry up."

As the group of three entered Luke's the bell overhead chimed causing Luke to look up from the counter he was wiping.

"Hey stranger." Lorelei said giving him a quick kiss. "I believe you know Rory, but this is her friend Marty."

"Hi." Luke said putting out his hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Hi, you too." Marty said shaking his hand.

"Rory and Lorelei your usual?"

"Yes please." They said together.

"And what would you like Marty?" Luke asked.

"Uh…"

"I'd get the cheeseburgers they're the best."

"I guess I'll have one of those." Marty said.

"Ok, Lorelei?" Luke said heading back to Caesar.

"Excuse me." Lorelei said excusing herself from the table they had chosen. "Yes?" Lorelei asked Luke as they neared the counter.

"He seems nice." Luke said.

"He is." Lorelei said smiling.

"How are things going?"

"Sookie banned me from the Inn." Lorelei said as Luke started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"The thought of Sookie banning you for interfering too much."

"Is Jess here yet?" Lorelei asked changing the subject.

"He's due here any minute."

"What?"

"Ops! I didn't realize that…" Luke started but was stopped by Lorelei's hand over his mouth.

"Rory knows. I told her a while ago. However, I think I might go warn her." Luke just nodded.

"I'll go get your food." Luke said as Lorelei went back over to the table.

"So what are you kids talking about? Lorelei asked sitting down.

"Not much. I was telling Marty about the town." Rory said.

"Ah…"

"And not to listen to the crazy kooks like you."

"Hey be nice…I have information you might want." Lorelei said taking a drink.

"What?" Rory said as the bell above the door rang out. In walked a ghost from the past. "Jess?" Rory said.

"That's what I was going to tell you." Lorelei said as Jess walked over.

"Hey Lorelei." Jess said. "Congratulations. I'm glad uncle Luke finally came to his senses."

"Thanks."

"Hi Rory."

"Hi…. Oh sorry introductions. Jess this is Marty, Marty this is Luke's nephew Jess. Marty and I go to school together."

"Marty huh. Hi."

"Hi." Marty said. "Nice to meet you."

"You too. Where's Luke."

"In the kitchen getting me my food." Lorelei said.

"He is going to go bankrupt." Jess said walking away.

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"Hey some crazy lady says she wants her food." Jess said walking into the kitchen.

"Jess!" Luke said giving him a hug. "Thanks for coming."

"Whatever, anyway the crazy…"

"You can tell Lorelei her food will be out in a minute." Luke said. "And if you want you can put your stuff upstairs.

"Ok." Jess said and started to walk away. "Congratulations."

"Thanks………Hey Jess,"

"Yeah?"

"It's good to have you back."

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"So what are we doing tonight?" Rory asked as they entered the house.

"I thought maybe a movie night. That way we can all hang here and Marty doesn't have to be worried about going out in this crazy town, as you so kindly put it."

"Oh don't worry about me. My family is just as strange as this town, if not worse." Marty said uncomfortably.

"So movie night?" Lorelei asked.

"Sure. And since we have a newbie we'll have to make sure it's a good one."

"Willy Wonka?"

"Hmm…you don't think it's too much for him?" Rory asked.

"I'm standing right here." Marty said amazed at the pair in front of him.

"I guess we could ask him." Lorelei said.

"What do you think about Willy Wonka?" Rory asked Marty.

"Never seen it."

"What! Then we must watch it." Rory said.

"I'll go call Luke." Lorelei said, "You kids have a seat."

As Lorelei called Luke Rory and Marty took a seat on the couch.

"Sorry about that. I forget you haven't been around my mom and me together."

"It's ok. It's nice that you have that kind of relationship with your mom."

"Yeah I guess it is." Rory said then explained the movie night "rules." Then she got up and went to find her mother.

"Hey mom, Luke coming?" Rory asked.

"Yep, he was going to finish an order then turn it over to Caesar." Lorelei said putting some popcorn in a microwave.

"When did you get that?" Rory asked pointing to the microwave.

"A while ago, Luke and I got it." Lorelei said punching a few buttons. "Oh Jess is not coming. He said he was busy. But I think he is just going to read."

"Ok." Rory said trying to sound nonchalant. "I went over rules with Marty."

"About Marty." Lorelei started. "You like him?"

"What?"

"I said…"

"I know what you said. I was just surprised."

"So? I do have a right to know."

"Maybe. We'll see. Just don't push it."

"Ok." Lorelei said as the front door opened. "Luke!"