Lorelai, Luke, and Sookie finished unloading all the tables and chairs. Lorelai had set up the cash register that Al was nice enough to give to Luke. After some dusting, mopping, and straightening, the diner was ready for business.

"Luke, I just want to say thank you, again," Sookie replied.

"Sookie, you've told me thank you a hundred times." Luke smiled.

"I know… I'm just happy you're letting me help cook here at the diner. I mean the experience will be so helpful with my chef class and I'll also have you as a recommendation once I graduate. This is just so wonderful!"

Lorelai uncovered the large coffee cup sign. "We should hang this before it gets dark."

"Yeah…" Luke replied. "I'll get a ladder." Luke ran to the back of the diner.

"Wow…" Sookie said as she gazed at the sign. "This makes it official."

"I'm trying to talk him into menus, but he says he's going to just write everything he severs on the huge black board over there."

"Oh, but menus would be so much nicer and more convenient."

"Don't worry, he'll give in eventually." Lorelai smiled. "Wait till 100 people ask him for a menu and for the 100th time he tells them to look at the black board."

"Oh yeah, that'll get old fast." Sookie replied. "Hey, while you guys finish hanging up the sign, I could go pick up Rory for you."

"That'd be great, Sook."

"Alright, I'll be back in a few."

Luke returned from the back with a ladder. "Where's she going?"

"To pick up Rory."

"Oh… come on, lets hang the sign." Luke carried the ladder outside and Lorelai followed with the sign. Within a few minutes, the sign was hanging above the door. "Does it look straight?" Luke asked, still standing on the ladder.

From the ground Lorelai replied. "Well, maybe a little higher on the left side. No, that's your left, I meant my left."

"It's the same left." Luke groaned.

"Fine… the right side should be higher."

"How's this?" Luke leaned forward across the ladder.

"Perfect." Lorelai smiled.

"Are you sure? Cause I'm not climbing back up here."

"I'm sure."

"Alright. I'm coming down." Luke climbed down the ladder and stood beside Lorelai. "Lorelai… it's crooked." He scoffed.

"It is not." She defended.

"It is too, the right side is too high."

"The right side is perfect."

"Then the left side is too low." Luke retorted as he scaled back up the ladder. "There…"

"Luke, now it's crooked." Lorelai folded her arms.

Luke sighed. "It's fine." He climbed back down the ladder. He gazed up at the sign. "See, now it's straight."

Sookie walked up behind them with Rory in her arms. "Oh, Luke, your sign is crooked."

Lorelai tried to hold back her laughter, but couldn't resist. Luke grumbled and climbed back up the ladder, returning the sign to the way Lorelai had suggested.

The next day, Luke's was open for business. The first hour, Luke only served one cup of coffee and that was to Lorelai.

"Hey, don't worry… business will pick up. You have to give people time to hear about you." Lorelai comforted.

"I told all the people in my chef class about it." Sookie added.

"Miss Patty said she'd stop by for lunch." Lorelai smiled. "Maybe Stars Hollow just isn't much of a breakfast town."

"Yeah, it's probably more of a lunch town." Sookie replied. "Hamburgers and hotdogs…"

"And French fries." Lorelai grinned.

"Maybe you guys are right." Luke shook his head.

The bell above the door rang and Daisy stepped in. "Hey." She greeted. "What's the best thing on the menu?"

"Can't beat the pancakes." Lorelai smiled.

"Alright… I'll have one order of pancakes and bacon please." Daisy replied. She spotted Rory sitting in her playpen by the counter. "Hey, sweetie." She walked over and picked her up. "Goodness, Lorelai she's growing like a weed."

"Tell me about it." Lorelai replied. "I no sooner by her an outfit and she's outgrown it."

"She looks just like you." Daisy added. "I believe I even see a little bit of Joan in there."

A loud bang echoed from the kitchen. Lorelai turned around and saw Luke and Sookie crawling in the floor. She rushed back to them. "What happened?"

"Luke knocked me down!" Sookie replied as she wiped the pancake batter from her face.

"What!" Luke replied. "I did not!"

"I was making the pancakes… you saw me making the pancakes…"

"You were making them wrong." Luke tried to stand from the floor but slipped and fell again.

"Oh, and that gives you the right to knock me down!"

"I didn't knock you down!" Luke replied.

"Guys!" Lorelai shouted. "You're going to have to learn to work as a team. Sookie, you make the pancakes. Luke you fix the bacon."

"Why does she get to fix the pancakes?" Luke asked.

"You can switch next time, okay?" Lorelai sighed and turned back around to Daisy.

"Looks like a little confrontation in the kitchen." Daisy replied.

"Oh, it'll work out." Lorelai smiled.

Daisy placed Rory back in her playpen and returned to the counter. "Lorelai, I'll be honest with you. I feel you deserve that much. The word around town is that no one wants to eat at a place run by teenagers. People are expecting the food to be nasty, the diner to be unclean, and the service to be horrible."

"What?" Lorelai asked, her mouth gaping. "Why would people think those things. It's not like that at all. We cleaned for hours yesterday. And our food is great. Luke is a great cook and Sookie… she's so creative and our service… well, we've not actually gotten to that part yet, but I know it will be great too."

"I know, sweetheart." Daisy sympathetically replied. "It's just going to take some time to convince everyone that Luke's is a creditable diner."

"Well, spread the word Daisy. Best pancakes you've ever eaten."

"Of course." Daisy smiled. "Not to mention the cleanest diner I've ever been to, with fantastic service to boot."