J.Stone, starshollow108, gilmoregrly4life: Thank You soooooooooooo much! It means a lot.

hollyfan4eva: Thanks for the review. I didn't see Luke's daughter as a badass either. The look plays an important role. Both in why she has it (explained in this chapter) and how the kids at Chilton react to it (even though she is wearing a uniform) on her first day. Don't worry, it'll all make sense soon.

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A/N: What's waiting for them at home? Oooooooooh.

Luke and Lorelai were both walking home having just finished with the paper work and were now the legal guardians of Miss Piper Danes, as David had put it. Luke had his arm wrapped protectively around Lorelai's shoulders and she had her arm around his waist.

"I like her. I mean she likes to cook." Lorelai made a face of disbelief. "But she has a great personality."

"Yeah, but I can already tell you two are going to double-team me all the time."

They smiled at eachother and Lorelai added, "Ooh, you two can totally combine your cooking powers to make me amazing meals all the time!"

By this time they were entering their house and they were greeted by smells of pure deliciousness, as Lorelai had put it, and a banner that read 'Thanks Mom and Dad'.

They were both still standing in the doorway stunned when Piper came to see what was taking so long. When she saw their reaction to her banner she shrugged. "Well, Sookie wouldn't let me help with dinner until she trusted me, so I had some time."

"Sookie is very particular about who she let's touch the food in her kitchen."

"Yeah, I learned that the hard way. I stirred the sauce."

Lorelai gasped, "Oh my god! You tried to stir one of Sookie's sauces! You never stir Sookie's sauces. You always stir too slow, too fast, too hard, not the right technique; no one can possibly know Sookie's stirring technique!"

"It's a really nice banner," Luke said quickly to stop Lorelai's oncoming rant about Sookie's sauces.

"Thanks."

"And I love your outfit." Lorelai added when she noticed Piper's form-fitting black leather pants, black corsette-style top, and dark eye make-up that made her eyes look even brighter.

"Yeah. The eye liner is actually from China. You can have some. When madre and I saw that it didn't expire we decided to stock up. I'll be wearing black for a while, though. I know it's been a few weeks since she died, but I'm still mourning and I can't bring myself to wear any other colors yet. I've always let my outfit's reflect my emotions."

"That's fine. Do whatever you need to," Luke told her.

"Yeah, listen …" Lorelai paused long enough to take Piper by the shoulders and lead her to the living room and Luke got the hint and went up to their bedroom to change. "You know you don't have to call me mom. I'm only your stepmother, I mean you had a mom …"

"No, I had a madre. The word madre holds all those special, birth mother, loving feelings for me. And you're right, no one can ever replace my madre. But the word mom is a blank slate for me. And I would really love it if you would be my mom and all the connotations I have with the word would come from you."

Lorelai felt ecstatic. Piper was practically insisting she call her mom. She was afraid that if she tried to talk she would start to cry, so she learned over and gave Piper the tightest hug she could give; one that Piper eagerly returned.

Sookie popped out of the kitchen. "What's taking you guys so long!" Sookie was oblivious, as usual, to the special moment she was interrupting, but Lorelai and Piper didn't mind. "Lorelai, this girl is amazing in the kitchen."

"What?" Lorelai looked at Piper confused.

Piper told her, "I said we got off to a rocky start; with the sauce and the trust building, but after that she let me help and …"

"She did great! Come on, Jackson and the kid's are ready. This meal is amazing!"

"You two go in and I'll get Luke." Lorelai went into their bedroom where she found Luke. She walked over to him and hugged him tightly.

"I'm somebody's dad."

"And I'm a mom again." They each pulled back from the hug with huge smiles on their faces and went downstairs to eat a truly amazing meal.

A/N: Awwwww, they're cute. Review. Preferably now ;)