A/N: Yeah, I really don't know.

The bells above the diner door rang and, out of habit, Luke looked up to check who it was.

If it was Taylor he would instinctively tell Caesar to take over while he took care of the problem. If it was Lorelai he would immediately grab the coffeepot. If it was Patty or Babette he would make himself look busy. And if it was anyone else he would make sure he noted that a new customer needed to be served.

But instead he didn't see anyone standing by the open door. Until he looked farther down. Standing their was a small boy, Luke guessed about three or four, with light brown hair and piercing green eyes.

Luke didn't particularly like children, but this one was quietly standing there.

'At least out of all the kids who could've come in here I get a behaved one.'

But then the boy was joined by another boy who seemed to be the same age. They were about the same height, but the new boy had darker brown hair and blue eyes.

And then two more young boys walked in, and stood right next to the previous two. The newest boys both had dirty blonde hair. One had green eyes and one had blue.

And then a lady walked in with a girl of the same age as the four boys holding her hand. Both woman and girl had bright, green eyes and jet black hair. All six of these new strangers had the brightest eyes Luke had ever seen and he stood staring for a while. Then he noticed the woman … 'young lady,' he corrected himself.

But as Luke continued to stare at the lady's young age he noticed the reason they were not taking a seat. The largest table's in the diner offered four seats while their were six of them.

Luke approached the group, "Hey, how about we just take two seats from another table."

"That would be great, thanks," was the young girl's response. Luke couldn't help but wonder who these five children were. He grabbed two chairs from the table Kirk was sitting at and shot Kirk a glance that clearly warned him not to complain.

He sat down the two chairs and waited while the group got settled. He currently had a lot of people occupying the diner and needed to return to the demands of his customers.

"Mummy, I want eggs," was the girl's demand and it was shortly followed by a chorus of agreement.

"Okay, mummy's gonna go up to the counter and order our breakfast's. You sit here and behave."

"Yes, mum," was the reply of the children.

She walked straight up to Luke who was behind the counter giving an order to Caesar. When he was finished and turned around he found himself face-to-face with his newest customer.

"Hello, my name is Madison and we're ready to order," she said while pointing to the five children all sitting and quietly talking to one another at her table.

"What'll you have," Luke asked and pulled out his ordering pad.

"One coffee, five orders of one scrambled egg, three pieces of toast, and an order of blueberry pancakes. Oh, and could you possibly fill these," she pulled out a stack of five sippy cups, "with orange juice."

"Sure thing." He filled a mug with coffee and gave it to Madison.

She returned to their table and a short while later Luke came over with their food.

Madison gave Luke his five forks back, reached into her bag, and handed each of her kids a dull fork so that they wouldn't poke themselves. She cut the three pieces of toast in half and gave each kid a half. Luke handed each a kid a sippy cup of juice and gave Madison her food.

They all finished their food and left in about twenty minutes. Luke was surprised to find six plates stacked in the center of their table with Madison's fork and cup on top. Next to the stack was a tip and note that read, 'Thank You.'

Madison entered the Dragonfly Inn ten minutes later and sat her kids down in a room she thought looked very much like a living room.

She then walked straight up to the check-in counter and immediately addressed the young brunette standing behind it.

"Hello, my name is Madison and I'm here today to meet with a Miss. Sookie St. James."

"Oh, right. Sookie told me you were coming. I'm Lorelai, by the way."

Lorelai extended her hand and Madison gladly accepted the gesture. But when Madison attempted to pull out of the hand shake Lorelai held her hand firmly and Madison realized that she was looking at the silver charm bracelet she was wearing. It was the only luxury Madison had allowed herself in a while.

"This a really pretty bracelet. What are the letters for?" Lorelai asked Madison while giving her a warm smile.

"Well, the five letters are J for Joseph, M for Michael, M for Matthew, C for Christopher, and K for Kennedy. And they are in that specific order because that was the order my babies were born in."

"Your babies?" Lorelai asked, a little shocked.

"Yeah, they're in your … living room?"

"Yeah, sure."

Madison lead Lorelai to the room where her five children were sitting looking at the pictures in the magazines left out for the quests.

"Well, I have to tell you I don't think I've ever seen kids that small behave so well, especially in a group like that."

"Thank you. They're three and a half years old and angels. They behave well in front of strangers, but as soon as they get to know you you'll see the difference."

"So, you're obviously going to be staying here for a while."

"Yeah, we just moved here."

"Nice, it's a great town."

"Yeah, well I hope so. These five deserve it."

"So, these are you're kids?"

"Yes. That's Kennedy," she told Lorelai while pointing out the kids, "Christopher is the dirty blonde with blue eyes, Matthew is the lighter brunette, Joseph is the dark brunette, and Michael is the dirty blonde with green eyes."

"Wow. But you seem young. Really young. I mean, I had a kid when I was sixteen, but you look … young."

"Yeah, I'll be sixteen in January. These five are gonna be four in May. They aren't my kids and I've told them that. I'm their big sister. But our mom died and she left them to me."

"Wow, that's a lot of work for a teenager."

Madison just shrugged. "I guess I've never thought of them as work. Where's the kitchen? They seem good."

"Down that hallway."

Madison talked to Sookie about her job and it was arranged that she would start working in three days to give her some time to get settled. Shortly later Madison was leaving the inn to see if the movers had arrived at her house yet.

A/N: Yeah, I still don't know. Where this came from? The dark and unexplained depths of my mind, kids … we won't try and go there.