"Jess, phone!"Charli called out. He had just gotten home from work and found her sitting at his kitchen table, reading his copy of On the Road.

"Thanks."he grabbed it."Hello?"

"jess, hey how's it going?"

"Hey Luke."Jess went back to the couch. He and Luke had been talking more the past few months.

"Listen I have a favor to ask."

"I'm busy."

"You don't even know what it is."

"I have cancer. I can't do it."

"Jess!"Luke sighed loudly into the phone.

"Sorry. What?"

"Lorelai wants to meet Charli."

"What?"

"Want to double date?"

"What?"Jess asked again.

"Please?"

"Luke."

"Jess, come on."

"No."

"You owe me."

Jess sighed."Fine."

"Okay great. You guys busy on Friday?"

"Hold on."Jess put the phone to his shoulder and went into the kitchen."Got plans on Friday?"

"I work till 4. Why?"Charli asked without looking up.

"She works till 4, I work till 5."Jess relayed to Luke.

"Okay, we can meet in Hartford around 7 then? Can you get here that fast?"

"I guess so."

"Good. We'll see you Friday at 7 at The Eagle's Club."

"Is that a joke?"

"It's a restaurant."Luke answered.

"Fine. The Eagles Club. Bye."

"Bye."the hung up and Jess sat on the chair beside Charli. She finally put the book down and turned to face him.

"What's going on? What about The Eagles Club?"

"It's a restaurant. We're double dating Luke and Lorelai there on Friday."

"why?"Charli asked. She didn't seem upset just curious.
"Lorelai wants to meet you."

"Oh, okay."Charli smiled and turned back to the book. Jess watched her read for a minute. A tendril of her wispy blonde chin length hair fell in her face. She left it and kept reading her green eyes moving slowly across the page. Jess tucked the hair behind her ear and went into the living room to find his own book.

A few hours later Charli came into the living room and sat cross legged on the couch, facing him.

"I gotta go."

"Okay."he put the book down.

"Tell me about Lorelai, first."she said.

"Lorelai is Luke's girlfriend."

"How descriptive."

"And Rory's mom. She's kinda crazy, immature, wild, addicted to coffee, always hungry and always teasing people. Don't be insulted, it basically means she likes you."

"Oh. She's nice?"

"Yeah."
"What will she think of me and you? I mean you dated her daughter."Charli looked concerned. Charli was usually easy-going about everything.

"She'll love you. She didn't like me when I was with Rory. She can stand me more now, she actually tolerates me. You she'll love. You 2 are so similar and she doesn't want me dating Rory. She won't even think about it."

"Okay."Charli nodded slowly and leaned over for a kiss and hug good-bye.

"See you Friday then? Or tomorrow?"

"Friday. I'm baby-sitting my brother's kids tomorrow. I'll meet you at the bookstore at 5 okay?"

"Okay, we'll leave right away."

"Okay."she kissed him again and left. He watched her leave and hoped what he said was all true before going back to his book.