Lorelai and Rory trudged slowly into the diner. They were in desperate need of coffee after the last few hours. Rory had been retelling the boat incident all afternoon whilst Lorelai packed the rest of her things up. This would have gone a lot quickly if her mother hadn't followed her round the room, unpacking the boxes Lorelai had just packed. They both dropped their bags on the counter and sat down on stools available. Within seconds, their heads were in their hands. Lorelai groaned.
"Never again" She spoke up.
"Never again" Rory repeated. Luke appeared from the storeroom a minute later, quickly spotting the pair he walked up to them.
"Coffee?"
"Extra strong with a side order of coffee" Lorelai answered.
"Bad day?" Luke collected two mugs and began filling them.
"Hey Mom, I'm too tired, I think I'm gonna head over Lane's and flop on her couch"
"Lane's not there honey, the band went on tour"
"Since when? Ugh, fine I'll go home and get into bed, I'll see you later" Rory kissed her mom's cheek and trudged back out the diner.
"Poor kid"
"Bad day?" Luke asked again.
"We met Rory's lawyer today"
"That Charlie guy right? What's he like?"
"Oh no, Charlie's having open heart surgery, on sick leave for the rest of the year"
"So who's the lawyer?"
"Nicole"
"Funny, I thought you just said my ex-wife was Rory's lawyer"
"I did"
"And you're okay with this?"
"She's not my lawyer, the question is are you going to be okay with this?. I mean you don't actually have to see her until the trial"
"Was it weird?"
"She spent the whole time being all nice and perky and serious like we've never met or that like I didn't know about the whole sock-man incident so yeah it was kinda weird but she's a good lawyer and she'll help Rory"
"Did you tell her about us?"
"God no, not with my mom sitting right there. I had to keep my left hand in my pocket all day. Me and Rory talked about it and we think Nicole should know. Would you wanna know if she was getting remarried?" Luke gave her a look. "Oh right, you hate her guts, pie"
"What?"
"I've finished my coffee I need pie now"
"I don't have any left and I know you didn't leave a message cos you showed me how to check"
"First of all, damn! I should stop teaching you things, second of all, we're getting married, you should learn to anticipate my every need"
"Pie's all gone but I have chocolate cake five minutes off being ready"
"You are too good to me"
"And for nothing in return" Lorelai grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer.
"Oh you will be rewarded," She whispered in her sexy voice. She kissed him deeply, giving him a taster of what was to come.