Disclaimer: I still don't own the Gilmore Girls. Although, I wish I owned Luke and Jess.

Chapter 15

"So where's Richie Rich?" Lorelai teased as she and Rory walked down the street.

"Why is everyone calling him Richie Rich?" Rory asked.

"Because all the men in your life have a title."

"No they don't."

"Dean is Narcolepsy Boy. Jess is the Spawn of Satan…"

"Mom."

"Fine. Dean called him the Hefty Man or something once. But I'm telling you, the first one fits better. And now, there's Richie Rich. So, where is he?"

"He's going to meet us at the diner."

"Hope we get there before he does. Luke might serve us Logan instead of turkey. That is if he hasn't killed and stuffed Petey yet. Do you know what parrot tastes like?"

"No and I prefer not to find out." Rory was about to turn into Doose's to get the flowers, but Lorelai kept walking down the street. "Mom, where are you going?"

"The diner."

"But the flowers…"

"No. No flowers. There will be no flowers. I've learned my lesson."

"Just took you nine years." Logan was arriving at the diner as they were. "You're here."

"Hey Ace," Logan greeted with a smile, kissing Rory on the cheek. "Hello Ms. Gilmore."

"I see Grandpa's Jag across the street," Lorelai remarked, ignoring Logan. "We better get inside before Luke jumps into the oven with the turkey."

The tables in the diner had been pushed together to make on long one. A few of the people there were Kirk and Lulu, Patty, Babette and Morey, Max, Rachel, Paris, Lane, Liz and TJ, and Sookie and Jackson (and their children).

"Hey," Luke greeted when he saw Lorelai and Rory walk in. He gave Lorelai a quick kiss.

"Where's your family?"

"They went home because they all have work tomorrow. They wanted to say goodbye, but when I tried to wake you up, you kicked me...in the head. Where's the flowers?"

"I didn't get any this year."

"You always bring flowers."

"You always tell me not to because you don't have a vase."

"I bought a vase."

"You bought a vase? Why did you buy a vase?"

"Because you always bring flowers."

"You told me not to anymore. And when did you have time to buy a vase?"

"I had Jess get one at Doose's. And since when do you listen to me?"

"Since when do you listen to me? Every year I bring you flowers and every year you tell me you don't have a place to put them. So every year I tell you to buy a vase."

"And every year I tell you I don't need a vase because I never have flowers."

"And then I remind you we bring you flowers every year on Thanksgiving."

"Then I tell you to stop bringing me flowers."

"You always tell me to stop bringing me flowers. We do it every year."

"And every year you point that out."

"And every year you point that out."

"And every year..."

"Ok, we all know how this ends," Rory interrupted. "Just have Jess return the vase and we'll have this argument next year."

"Good idea Rory," Luke remarked. He spotted Logan and the smile on his face faded as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Who's your friend?"

"Oh. Logan, this is my mother Lorelai Gilmore and her fiancé, Luke Danes. Mom, Luke, this is Logan Huntzburger, my boyfriend."

"Hello Logan," Lorelai greeted.

"Logan," Luke said.

"Rory," Emily called as she and Richard walked over. "Happy Thanksgiving."

"Thank you Grandma. Same to you," Rory said hugging Emily then Richard. "Happy Thanksgiving Grandpa."

"Thank you Rory," Richard smiled. "Logan? Why this is quite a surprise. What are you doing here?"

"Hello Richard," Logan greeted, shaking Richard's hand. "I'm here with Rory."

"You did? Did you hear that Emily? Logan's here with Rory," Richard said with a smile.

"I did hear that," Emily said, also smiling.

"Hey Luke, when do we eat?" Kirk asked from his seat.

"We'll eat when I say we eat," Luke replied.

"When's that?"

"When I say."

"Are we waiting for someone?"

"No."

"Then how come we can't eat?"

"Kirk, if you don't shut up, I'm going to shove you in the oven with the turkey."

"Oh yay. You didn't cook Petey," Lorelai joked.

"Are you sure you want to marry him Loreali? He's rather violent," Kirk said.

"That's it! I'm getting my sledgehammer," Luke threatened.

"Does he really carry his sledgehammer around with him?" Logan whispered to Rory.

"Of course not," Rory replied. "He has three. The third is in the back of his truck."

"Hey Luke, you didn't prepare the turkey like last year did you?" Sookie asked as she walked up to the group.

"Yeah," Luke replied. "Why?"

"No reason. Do you think I can…"

"Sookie, stay out of my kitchen."

"Yeah, but can I just…"

"Stay out of my kitchen."

"But the…"

"Stay out of my kitchen."

"Is it always like this?" Logan asked Rory.

"Just on a good day," Rory laughed.

"Alright everyone!" Lorelai yelled to get everyone's attention. "Luke here has informed me that the 'bird' is ready. So if we could all take our seats, we can finally eat!"

Luke went upstairs and got Jess to come down. He froze for a second when he saw Logan. The only sensible seat close to his family was the one between his mom and Rory.

"Hey Jess. Happy Thanksgiving," Rory said.

"Yeah. You too," Jess mumbled. "Who's he?"

"Logan Huntzburger," Logan introduced himself, extending his hand to Jess. But Jess didn't shake it. He stared at it for a minute and took his seat. Logan pulled his hand back and shoved it in his pocket. "Right."

Jess wasn't the only one having a hard time find a seat. Max was in the bathroom when it was time to sit. He stood off to the side as everyone rushed to sit next to their friends. Luke walked over to Max.

"You can sit here," Luke said, leading Max to the seat next to Rachel. "Max, you remember Rachel from my birthday party don't you?"

"Uh yeah," Max stuttered. "The photographer right?"

"Yes," Rachel replied. "You're a Literature teacher aren't you?"

"Yes ma'am."

"I'll let you two talk," Luke said. He smiled to himself as he walked back to his place beside Lorelai.

"I knew you were up to something," Lorelai remarked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You were trying to get Max and Rachel together aren't you?" she asked in a whisper.

"I am not," Luke replied in the same tone.

"Then why are you whispering?"

"Because…because you were too. They do make a nice couple though, don't you think?"

"Yes they do. Good job Luke."

"Thank you." Luke turned to the elder Gilmores. "Richard, why don't you take the seat at the head of the table?"

"Luke, I can't sit there," Richard remarked. "The head of the family sits at the head of the table. And you are the head of this family." Richard put his hands on Luke's shoulders and led him to the head of the table. "So you will sit here and I will sit over there."

Luke and Lorelai shrugged and sat where they intended Richard and Emily to sit. When everyone was seated, Luke told Caesar to bring out the food. After the side dishes were put on the table, Caesar wheeled out the turkey. Luke picked up the carving knife and everyone clapped as he carved the turkey.

"Thank you for behaving around Logan," Lorelai said to Luke as they walked into the house. "I know it meant a lot to Rory."

"There were too many witnesses anyway," Luke joked. "So I hear you enforced a 'no boys allowed' rule."

"Where did you hear a thing like that?"

"Word spreads quickly around here. You never had that rule before did you?"

"We should have." Luke raised an eyebrow at Lorelai. " Luke, you're new at this whole dad thing. It'll help to start you off slow."

"I've been helping you raise Rory for nine years."

"So you're telling me it's not going to bother you when this house is empty, Rory has Logan in her room."

"I'll admit I over reacted to Logan, but how do you know I'm going to do it again?"

"How do I know you won't?"

"I get it now."

"Get what?"

"It's not that you think it bothers me. It's bothering you."

"No it is not."

"Yes it is."

"No it's not."

"Yes it is."

"Ok, what are we? Ten?"

"You're just hoping Dean and Rory will get back together."

"Dean was a great guy, but like you said many times before, he's married."

"Is this about Jess?"

"Of course not. We found Logan under Rory's bed."

"So it's about Logan."

"Why would you say something like that?"

"If this were about Rory having guys under her bed or bringing them home when we're not, you would have said 'guys' or 'boys'. But you specifically said Logan. Twice."

"You're talking crazy."

"And you're not denying it. Why don't you like him?"

"He's not a prince. You said Rory deserves a prince."

"Why don't you like Logan?"

"You don't even know him. What if he's a fugitive on the run for murderer or bank robbery? What if he's a druggie?"

"I highly doubt he's a fugitive if he knows your father, but if it'll make you feel better I'll have someone run a background check on him. I'll also have him take a drug test."

"What if he trips old people or takes candy from babies for kicks? What if he tortures small animals?"

"What if you just told me why don't you like him?"

"I never said I didn't like him."

"And you never said you did. Just tell me why you don't like him."

"Because."

"Because what?"

"Ok, you know what? You win. I don't like Logan. Can we drop it now?"

All Luke needed to do was look into Lorelai's eyes and he had the answer he was looking for. "How about we go to bed?"

"It's only six thirty and you want to go to sleep?"

"Who said anything about sleeping? I asked you if you wanted to go to bed." Luke put his arm around Lorelai and they went upstairs to their room.