Nothing had changed about Stars Hollow. When they pulled into the border of the town, they felt the same story book passion they had always felt, except death lingered in the air and that would have not been noticeable hadn't they have already known. Lorelai had been amazing all day that day. She had kept a calm cool head, and was taking Sookie and Jackson's death much better. Rory was very proud of her mother's strength and relieved that she had pulled it together. They pulled up to Taylor's, not sure really where to go. Taylor spotted them and came walking out.

"Lorelai, Rory." Taylor said in a very gloomy voice. "Welcome back."

"Thanks." Lorelai replied. "Um... Taylor..." Wow these words were going to be hard. "Where will the... the..." she couldn't say it.

"Where will the funeral be?" Rory asked for her.

Taylor's face let a sad emotion over take it. "At the church." he nodded across the street. "Tomorrow, at 11:00 am." he concluded. "If you need a place to stay, you're more than welcome to stay with me."

"No thanks." Lorelai replied. "We'll find something else." Lorelai tugged at Rory and began to walk off.

"Mom, that was kind of rude" Rory said almost shocked her mother had blown Taylor off that way.

"Let's not talk about rude, okay Rory." Lorelai snapped.

They walked on down the street and as luck would have it ran into Miss Patty.

"Oh you're home!" Miss Patty greeted hugging them both. "We've missed you both so much."

"We've missed you too." Rory added.

"You drove all this way for the funeral didn't you?" Miss Patty asked.

Wow, how easy it was for her to talk about it Lorelai thought. Rory shook her head yes.

"Well it'll be tomorrow at 11:00 over at the church... If you need a place to stay..."

Lorelai cut her off "Actually, we're going to stay somewhere else."

"Oh... well okay..." Miss Patty replied a bit hurt by Lorelai's cold tone.

The girls continued to walk down the street.

"Where exactly are we going to stay?" Rory asked.

"I don't know. At the inn... or in the jeep... or a motel somewhere." Lorelai's voice sounded deranged and dazed.

"I think we should cross out the jeep." Rory replied trying to lighten the mood.

They reached Sookie and Jackson's house. Lorelai abruptly stopped and gazed up at it. Finally, Rory convinced her to continue walking.

"Luke, I don't know how you do it, but you make the best coffee ever." Colleen smiled.

Luke dazed off for a moment, he was beginning to really enjoy the idea of having Colleen around. She was so beautiful, fragile, soft, yet strong. Her light brown hair fell over her face so gently making her even more appealing. Her dark green eyes, we're so enchanting, that Luke could find himself lost in them for hours. Her voice was so soothing, and feminine. She was what every man could ever hope for in a woman, and Luke was falling for her, whether he was ready to or not.

"You could open like a café or something." Colleen teased.

Luke got chills as she said let the sentence exit her mouth. He quickly changed the subject.

"So, what's on the agenda for today?" he asked.

"Well I have some paperwork I need to look over, but once I get that through, I'll have the rest of the day off."

"Great. We'll catch a movie or something this evening."

"A movie?" Colleen asked. "I haven't seen a movie in a quite a while."

"Well then don't you think it's time?" Luke asked.

"Yes, I do." Colleen laughed. "I'd love to watch a movie."

"Mom..." Rory began "Perhaps we should just go."

"No..." Lorelai replied softly "I'm fine."

"I don't think staying here at the inn where you're reminded so much of her is a good idea."

"Rory, I'm fine." Lorelai said again this time with a bit of aggravation in her voice.

Lorelai turned off the light and slipped into bed. Rory wasn't really sleepy but she figured she'd just follow along after her mother and keep things as smooth as possible. Lorelai didn't sleep very well at all, constant dreams of Sookie and Jackson haunted her mind. She finally gave up on sleep and decided to sit up for a while. Rory who wasn't sleeping so great herself woke up a few minutes after Lorelai, noticing her mother was not in bed.

"Mom?" Rory asked in a sleepy voice. "How long have you been sitting over there?"

"A few minutes." Lorelai replied never taking her eyes off the window she was staring out.

"Are you okay?" Rory continued.

"Being here... it hurts more now than it ever did." Lorelai replied.

"We're going to leave tomorrow after the funeral." Rory added, hoping it would help.

"No one will ever be like Sookie." Lorelai smiled. "She was so amazing. Her cooking was the best I had ever eaten."

"I know." Rory agreed. "Remember her cherry tarts? We used to beg her to fix them every year at Christmas."

"And she always would." Lorelai added. "She'd fix us anything we wanted when it came to food."

Rory walked over to Lorelai. "Come back to bed." she proposed. "You're going to need lots of rest for tomorrow."

Lorelai smiled. "What would I do without you?"

Rory didn't answer she stood, waiting for her mother to come to bed.

"You keep it all together, when I can't." Lorelai stood up sighed. "I'm so thankful for you Rory. Do you know that? Do you know that I could stand to lose anything and anyone, but losing you would kill me."

"I know." Rory replied. "I feel the same way about you."

"I just want to get out of here tomorrow as soon as it's over." Lorelai said walking towards the bed.

"And that's what we'll do." Rory replied following her.

Lorelai laid back down, and suddenly felt contentment flow through her body.

"She's so happy now." Lorelai stated randomly.

"Who?" Rory asked.

"Sookie."