Author's Note: Sorry that's it's taken me a while to update.. but ya know, it's summer and life gets in the way. This chapter's a really short one. A lot of the reviews I've gotten are complaining about cliffhangers. I don't mean to be rude, but please don't critique my way of ending a chapter. Yes, constructive criticism is always good, but I like having the occasional cliffhanger, because it keeps the readers coming back for more. Secondly, please don't tell me that I shouldn't have Jess and Rory be caught twice in one story. This is my world, I get to do whatever I want with the characters. This, my fellow readers/authors, is called a plot. I do, however, appreciate all the reviews I get that are positive, or that give me pointers on certain things. I even appreciate those that tell me that they don't like my story because it doesn't fit their taste, but they always respect the effort. So say what you want, just please don't tell me what to do with my characters. Keep them coming. Once again, I apologize for not updating sooner. Enjoy.

Chapter Thirteen: Definitely Worth It

The sound of her feet hitting the concrete below her seemed to drown out the sound of her cell phone ringing. Eventually, Lorelai heard the cheery sound, and answered the call. "Hello?" she said, expecting Luke or Rory.

"Lorelai Gilmore!" Oh no. Emily. "I hope you're happy."

"Excuse me?"

"I just walked into the pool house, and do you know what I found?"

"No mom," she said, she knew the routine, "What did you find?"

"I found your daughter and that hoodlum, Jess, half naked on the bed. That's what I found."

Again? "What? Rory and Jess?" this wasn't what she'd expected.

"Yes. In my house! You should be ashamed of yourself! First your daughter comes here completely disrespectively yelling at me, telling me that I don't treat you right. Then she comes back, tells me she's moving in with you, breaks up with her boyfriend, and is all over some random boy. That's disgusting!"

"What? Come on, Mom, you CANNOT blame this on me." Lorelai had stopped walking and sat down under a tree on the way to Luke's. "Yes, Rory's made some bad mistakes lately. We resolved her going back to school. She told me what she said to you. I had no part in that. No part at all."

"I don't give a damn what you had a part in." Lorelai was cut off by Emily with more intense yelling. "That is your daughter. You raised her, and she is following your example. This is just as much your fault as it is hers."

"Is she still there with you?"

"Yes, she's packing up her things as we speak."

"Okay, I'm coming over." Lorelai snapped her cell phone shut and rushed over to Luke's diner. She burst into the door, shouting for Luke. He finally appeared from the kitchen. "What the hell are you screaming about?" Lorelai didn't answer him. She went behind the counter and pulled the sleeve of Luke's shirt. She lead him up into the apartment and slammed the door shut. "Lorelai! I have customers, what is this about?"

"Oh, do I have something to tell you, buddy."

"Again? What could you possibly have to tell me?"

"I just got a call from my mother," she paused, "Do you know what she said?" Luke put an expression of wonder on his face, just to satisfy Lorelai's need for leaving him clueless. "She told me that she walked into the pool house and saw Jess on top of Rory. Supposedly," she paused again, "they were both half naked!"

"Again!"

"Yeah. Twice in one day! Twice!"

"Okay, so what are we going to do? It's not like we can punish them. They're both almost twenty years old."

"Oh, maybe we can't punish them like we used to, but there's got to be some way to make them pay for me having to go over to my mother's house and explain this."

"Okay," Luke said, cleaning his hands with a ratty rag, "You go over there and get them, and come tell me everything that happened once you get back."

"Oh! I don't think so! You're coming with me."

Before Luke could protest, Lorelai was already dragging him down the stairs and yelling at Ceaser to take over until he got back. They walked over to Lorelai's truck and got in. He was fearing having to face Emily again. He never did like that woman, and from what he could tell, she didn't exactly fancy him either. She was the reason they'd broken up in the first place. Now they were getting married, and she was going to be family. He would have to deal with her sooner or later. He had no choice. He watched Lorelai as she drove, content at times, testy at others. He liked that she made little expressions when she saw a cute puppy on the sidewalk, or a pretty garden in front of a beautiful house. He could imagine what their house together would look like. He liked how she scowled at careless drivers, and tried to hold back screaming at them, and miserably failing. Facing, possibly, the worst mother-in-law-to-be- in the world was definitely worth getting to wake up next to this amazing woman every morning. Definitely.