A/N: Who's Charlie? Read!

That night Sookie and Jackson had left early to put the kids to bed and Lorelai and Piper had persuaded Luke to watch a Friends rerun marathon on TV.

At ten o'clock there was a knock at the door and Luke got up to answer it knowing that neither one of the girls were going to move while Rachel was in the middle of a fight with Ross.

When Luke opened the door David was standing on their porch with a large german shepard sitting obediently next to him.

The dog heard Piper laughing at one of the show's jokes and ran towards the living room. When it saw the girl it jumped on her and started to lick her face.

Luke ran into the living room filled with worries, but Piper's giggles instantly dissolved them.

"Charlie!" Piper shrieked.

"I was going to drop her stuff off by the diner, but you weren't there," David informed them.

"Remember David; you said you didn't know what time you could drop off her stuff and we said we might be at home," Lorelai told him.

"You have a dog?" Luke asked Piper.

"Yeah. He's a purebreed german shepard and is very protective of me. A large, protective dog is ideal for a girl when travelling around foreign countries."

"I agree," Luke said when he realized having a dog for Piper made sense.

"The rest of her stuff is in my truck, can we please go unload it at your diner."

"Yes, of coarse," Lorelai told David.

"Can I walk there with Charlie? Pleeeeeeeeeeease!" Lorelai and Luke nodded. They took Lorelai's jeep and David followed them in his truck.

Luke was driving and turned to Lorelai. "Are you okay with the whole dog thing?"

"Well, Piper moved all her life from one unfamiliar location to the next. The only steady things in her life seem to be her madre and Charlie. Her madre is gone and I really don't have the heart to take Charlie away from her. I've always wanted a pet, I've just never been able to take care of one. Now I have a pet and a kid who will take care of him for me."

By the time Lorelai was done they had arrived at the diner and Lorelai looked at Luke expectantly. He shrugged and said, "I like dogs and I love big dogs."

They both got out of the car and walked over to David's truck. "This is both the items from the room she was currently staying in and their storage room's."

"Storage room?" Luke asked.

"Yes, Piper and her mother kept their items from each country in a storage room located in the center of England."

"It's mainly clothes," Piper said as she and Charlie approached. "Madre and I needed to blend into the countries we were in. Clothes, shoes, make-up; you know, the essentials."

Lorelai was in awe. Shoes, clothes, and make-up from all around the world. She read the labels on the boxes from all over.

The men carried the boxes up to the apartment and the women tested them to find the lightest boxes to carry so that by the time they had found the lightest boxes the men were done and David was leaving.

"That was fun," Lorelai told Piper.

Piper couldn't help but giggle and Luke threw in, "Yeah, for you two."

"Okay, I'm tired and I need to make my bed and find my pajamas."

"We would have done it for you but we have no idea what country your pajamas and bedding are from," Luke told her.

"Don't worry, I'll do it. Night mom. Night dad." She each gave them a kiss on the cheek and went upstairs with Charlie close behind.

"Night," Lorelai and Luke said. And they went back home to take advantage of their empty house before they would soon have to be more cautious.

A/N: Cute! Charlie's a dog! Heh.