Chapter 4:

Almost immediately after Lorelai rang the doorbell they were greeted by a new maid.

While she took their coats Lorelai couldn't resist making a comment.

"Ah, I see my mom's got a new flava of the week." she said to nobody in particular.

After seeing Logan's raised eyebrows she added; "Don't worry, it's nothing sexual, just sadistic. My mom goes through maids like normal people go through toilet paper. For every arm charm you've had, my mom's had a dozen of maids. But then again, she's been going at this since the beginning of mankind." she rambled on.

"Didn't know they had maids back then." Logan smirked, he liked her.

"They didn't, except for Emily Gilmore that is."

Lorelai was about to make another comment but was interrupted by the harsh voice from her mother.

"See, I knew I heard the doorbell. Why are you lingering in the hallway?" she asked them, not waiting for an answer. She already decided it was Lorelai's fault. It always was.

"For God sakes Lorelai, you really want to embarrass your daughter by setting a wrong example in front of her young man?"

Lorelai was about to respond when Logan cut in.

"I'm sorry Emily, it was entirely my fault. I'm afraid I needed some reassurance before going in. It doesn't happen very often that I get to re-meet friends of my parents as the grandparents of my girlfriend, or introduce her to my parents for that matter. I'm a bit nervous, especially since it's happening both at the same time." He said in his most charming voice as he took her hand and kissed it.

"Might I add you look absolutely ravishing this evening?" he offered her his arm and escorted her toward the living room.

"Yes," Emily responded while walking with him "when I got the news of you and Rory I decided to invite your parents too, so they wouldn't miss out."

"That's very smart thinking of you Emily, plus, this saves me from having these nervous feelings twice." Logan smirked, hiding the truth in his eyes from her by glancing over at Rory. She looked exactly as he felt; flustered, anxious and ready to run.

Right before they walked in Lorelai whispered in her daughters ear; "I like him already. He's just what the doctor ordered."

Rory smiled, she was glad her mother approved. The smile dropped from her face immediately after Lorelai added; "Plus, he'll give me beautiful grandchildren." And with that she walked back to Luke, who was keeping his distance.

"Look who I found." Emily exclaimed.

"Logan, there you are." his mom said walking over to him and she kissed him on his cheeks.

"Hi mom, fancy meeting you here. Hello dad." Logan nodded his head towards his older version before turning to Richard.

"Well hello Richard, nice to see you again. How is everything going?" he asked while extending his hand.

"Very fine Logan, thank you for asking." he answered shaking the young man's hand.

"Christa, Mitchum, I'd like you to meet my wonderful granddaughter Rory." Emily cut in, not liking the lack of attention.

"Hello, it's nice to meet you Mrs. Huntzberger and you too Mr. Huntzberger." Rory said politely but a bit shy.

"Please child, call us Christa and Mitchum. And it's lovely to meet you. I know Logan has a nose for beauty, but you definitely exceed my expectations. You're divine." the female Huntzberger praised her.

Rory blushed so bad that you could almost feel the heat coming from her face.

"Thank you very much. And about the first names; maybe later, when the knot in my stomach has disappeared." Rory replied. This answer got her a smile from everybody in the room and Logan's parents liked her immediately.

"You did a wonderful job Lorelai, just like I told you would." Christa said moving her attention to the girl she had know most of her life.

"Thank you Chrissy, she's absolutely my pride and joy." Lorelai answered. She walked up to Christa and hugged her. Christa eagerly hugged her back and smiled tenderly.

"It's good to see you again kiddo."

"You too girlfriend."

The two women got all teary and quiet. It was when they heard a cough they realized everyone was staring at them. Their blush resembled that of Rory.

Emily was the first to speak. "You two know each other?" she asked sounding disgusted.

Lorelai couldn't help but to feel annoyed, her mom made it sound like she had just described a hot night of sex with Luke to the entire room, very detailed. But before she could respond Christa did, sounding exactly like she was feeling.

"I'm sorry Emily, I must have missed the rule in the Hartford book of rules and etiquette that says that nobody can have friendly feelings towards your daughter."

Her sudden outburst got her surprised looks from everybody in the room.

"Chris" her husband started in an obvious attempt to cool her down.

"No Mitchum, we hugged because we haven't seen each other in a while and Emily acts like it is a crime. I hardly think that is far towards her daughter. Don't you Emily?" she asked, turning her attention to the still stunned woman.

Emily didn't know how to respond so she choose arrogance as her defense. "I just think you two behaved very inappropriate. I don't think your children like to be embarrassed like that."

That comment only got her a raised eyebrow. "Logan, Rory, do you feel embarrasses by us?"

"No mom…" Logan started.

"… just curious." Rory finished his sentence.

"Don't you think this is a whole lot of fussing over nothing?" Luke chipped in. When the attention was turned to him he raised his hands and mumbled a low "Sorry"

"No, Luke is right. Let's just all have a drink and let mom and Mrs. Huntzbe… Christa… tell us all about their history together." Rory suggested, trying to light the mood.

Of course Emily didn't agree. Because if she did, well, then she just wouldn't be Emily.

"I'm sorry Rory, but I expect an apology from the both of them first for displaying such absurd behavior in my house!" she said, sounding all high and mighty.

"Oh come on Emily," Richard started "that's not really necessary now is it?" He also felt like his wife was exaggerating.

"Yes it is!" she replied, her voice had a high pitch of anger in it. She looked like she was about to resort to stomping her feet.

"In that case Emily, enjoy your dinner. We're leaving." To everybody's surprise it was Mitchum who said this. "I'm hoping the rest of you will join me. I'll take you out to dinner because this is not the way this night was supposed to go. These two young people are romantically involved and wanted to meet each other's family. And this is no way that the families in question should act. Now, I'm going to try to save this evening." He said as he walked toward the rest of the group who all looked ready to go.

"Richard, will you be joining us also?" Mitchum enquired after asking the maid for their coats.

Richard looked at Emily and said; "I'm sorry Emily, but this time you really went to far and I do want to share this night with our granddaughter."

After that he led them all outside leaving a astounded Emily behind.