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A/N: the more reviews the faster the update! Ok sorry about the spacers thing. I put some but they didn't show. I hope the 8's help! On with the story!...

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"Rory, it's almost Christmas!" Lorelai said. She was unable to control the giddiness she felt even if she wanted to. "Aren't you excited?" She asked running into her daughters room.

"Very. Get out." Rory said writing in a notebook.

"Seriously that's how you speak to your mother?" Lorelai asks peering over Rory's shoulder.

"If you want me to spend Christmas with you then get out! I have work to do!" She says gesturing wildly to her papers.

"It's Xmas break chill a little the weather certainly has." She says mentioning the snow again. "Ok, bad quip, let's go." Rory sighed and gave in. She loved the snow and a walk in the snow sounded good to her.

"Ok." Rory said trying to hide her giddiness but it wasn't working. "Snow!" She said happily and she ran out of the house." She slipped on and ice patch and fell on her butt.

"Rory? Are you ok?" Lorelai asked. She was trying to contain her laughter but I t wasn't working.

"Just fine." She said getting up. "Snow." She repeated again looking around.

"Snow." Lorelai agreed slipping her arm around Rory's shoulders. Rory laughed and slipped her arm around Lorelai waist and they made there way to Luke's for breakfast.

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APRIL'S POV

Lorelai and Rory walked into the diner laughing brushing snow off of their jackets. They had fallen a couple times but never let go of each other.

"Ok, seriously I think I broke my arm." Rory laughed untangling herself from her mother.

"Or a leg." Lorelai agreed walking over to an empty table.

"Lane!" Lorelai called when she saw her across the diner. Lane took the man's order and walked over to Lorelai and Rory even though there were, like, a million people before them.

"What'll it be?" Lane asked. "Coffee obviously." She added as an afterthought.

Rory and Lorelai giggled and nodded.

"Guess what Lane?" Lorelai asked the young girl.

"What?" Lane answered.

"I got her out of her funk!" Lorelai cheered happily.

"It was so not a funk!" Rory complained.

"Yes it was." Lane and Lorelai both said at the same time.

Jeez, she clicks with everybody doesn't she? April thought. The prodigal daughter or Stars Hallow.

"We had to take some falls but we got here. And look she's smiling." Lorelai pointed out.

"I saw you guys falling from here." Lane laughed and pointed her finger to a spot where they had fallen multiple times.

"That's not fair. There was ice there." Lorelai pouted.

"Ok." Lane said in a sarcastic tone.

"Did…she…?...oh my God…she…she used my own tone on me!" She said pouting once again.

"I learned from the best." Lane said.

"Cause we're the best teachers?" Lorelai asked.

"Cause you're the best teachers." Lane agreed. "What'll it be?" She asked once again.

"Rory you order for me I'm going to go annoy Luke." She said happily pointing to the counter. Rory nodded and rolled her eyes.

"Lane. When will they ever just get together?" She asked frustrated.

"I have no idea." Lane agreed.

I can't believe this. They think they should be together too? Ok, well I can. They've known Lorelai and dad for 20 years or whatever. Oh I just called him dad. That's good. Progress. It starts out in your head.

"April." Lorelai nodded to me. I smiled in greeting. "You know, you have the oddest times off." Lorelai told me.

"Don't I know it." I agreed.

"I mean, its winter break now. I get it but like before when I came in looking for Rory. It was Monday and it wasn't a holiday." Lorelai ranted. "And don't I know all of them." She added as an after thought.

I smiled. She was nice. I liked Lorelai. She was funny and I heard her talking about music with Rory the other day, she has good taste. She liked absolutely every movie and she eats junk food and coffee. Although I'm not sure if those are good qualities I like them about her. And so does dad. I called him dad again. Good. But not the way dad likes her. He loves her. She's good for him.

"Butch Danes get over here. Let's see the old Butch, RUN!" She said.

"It snowed didn't it?" He asked her coming out from the kitchen.

"Correction: It's snowING." She accentuated the ing and he had to laugh. I smiled. She liked snow?

"To well." He sighed getting her a blue cup. He put it back and grabbed the white one.

I don't understand that move.

"You remembered." She said batting her eye lashes.

"Some things never change." He says.

"My snow-coffee-cup." She tells me. I get it. Somehow I get her. I nod.

"OH MY GOD." Rory screams. Lorelai follows Rory gaze and it ends up on a motorcycle.

"No, no, no." Lorelai repeated to herself. She looked up at dad with pleading eyes and he understood. I didn't it was a motorcycle. The man on it took his helmet off and suspensions were confirmed. Lorelai's eyes dropped down to the counter and she muttered, "Better get this over with." The man walked into the diner.

"Dad!" Rory said getting up to hug him.

"Chris." Lorelai dead panned.

"Come here Lorelai." She sighed and went over to hug him.

"Sit." She said. She obviously doesn't like Rory's dad.

She walked over to dad and pulled him away. They where talking in a hushed tone but hands where gesturing wildly. I thought Lorelai was going to cry a couple times but she didn't the only words I heard was: Leave. Sherry. And Gigi. Dad touched Lorelai's arm and she calmed down. He had that effect on her and she did on him. Lorelai nodded numbly and walked over to her daughter and the man.

"So, Chris. How's life?" She asks. "I see no Volvo." She says.

"Yeah well Sherry took Gigi. I didn't want the Volvo so I sold it. Sherry came back and told me to keep Gigi and then she left." He sighed.

"Yeah, sucks to be a single parent doesn't it?" Her voice dripped with sarcasm. Remember what Luke said. For Rory. Be nice for Rory. She repeated it like a mantra in her head. Over and over again. But soon the words meant nothing. "Where're you staying?" She asked to change the topic.

"I don't know." He said.

"The Dragonfly." Lorelai stated. She was so not having Chris sleep in her house. Rory saw how stiff Lorelai was so she nodded in agreement. Chris's face fell and he didn't hide it.

Lorelai doesn't seem to care if she hurts this man.

"Chris come over here." She asks pointing to a stool two stools away from me in the corner. "What the hell are you doing?" Lorelai asks in a harsh voice. Who knew she had it in here.

"I came to see my girls." He replied.

"Your girls? YOUR girls? Your GIRLS?" Lorelai was freaking out. She started laughing. Hard. "You…" giggle. "Think…" giggle. "That…" giggle. "We're your girls?" She finished giggling. He flinched.

"I know. I haven't been there before but-" He started but Lorelai cut him off. Eyes cold.

Who knew such a loving person could have such cold eyes? I mused.

"Been there? Chris you have been here. Many times. And then you left. Many times." She said.

"Listen, I think you should leave. I'm not saying leave like you did when I had Rory. I'm saying leave Stars Hallow and visit Yale if you want to see you daughter not your EX girlfriend." She finished walking away.

I heard everything. She didn't know it but I did. And I'll never forget that look because I'm sure that look doesn't come across her face very often.

NORMAL POV.

"I'm sorry Rory. I didn't think. I sent him away." Lorelai said.

"No. You told him to visit me not you. It's fine mom. Coffee?" She asks. Lorelai immediately perks up and smiles again. Chris forgotten.

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Lorelai walks into the diner the next day. She was happy. It was snowing. Her daughter was here. She was at Luke's. Wait, when did Luke go on my happy list? Oh, hell, a best friend can make you happy even if it's a hot diner owner. Whoa there Gilmore…slow down.

"Luke. I need you to fix my banister." Lorelai sighed sitting down. Think of anything but sexy Luke. Think of Kirk. Good Kirk's good. Kirk is scrawny. He's funny. Possibly crazier then me.

"What are you thinking about?" Luke's voice made her get out of her funk.

"Kirk." She answered truthfully. "Whoa…that sounded wrong. Kirk being crazy." She corrected herself laughing. Her newfound feelings scared her. Ok. So I think he's sexy! Does that matter? No! Why not? Cause I said so! Talking to myself…actually in my head but it'll come out one time and I'll be embarrassed. Ok he's sexy and I tingle every time we touch. That means nothing, Gilmore! "Fix my banister. It's the upstairs bar thingy. It's lose." She said. "Ok, it broke off because I fell down the stairs." She said.

"Are you alright?" Wow, his worrying is cute. WAIT Gilmore sexy, tingly, and cute? NO think of Kirk!

"Oh yeah…it was the shoes fault. Trying to get it on while walking down the steps."

His face turned from worry to amusement once he heard she was ok.

"Glad I amuse you." Lorelai said rolling her eyes.

"Tonight?" Lorelai nods.

"I'll be there around six. Rory is sleeping over Lane's. With Lane. No dirty. With Lane's band. Whoa Rory is sleeping with Lane's band." Stop babbling. "Right, I'll be home around six and Rory is going to come gets some stuff she brought back from Yale." Lorelai smiled.

"Ok. Six. Got it." He smirked. He made her nervous.

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Luke wanted to be a nice friend and decided to get to Lorelai's house around 5:30 to start on the banister. She lied. It was more then one. It was three. Must have been a hell of a fall. He sighed and got to work. Around 5:45 somebody walked into the house.

"Rory?" Luke called out. No answer. "Fixing the banister your mom broke yesterday. Or the day before. Not completely sure. She said you'd need to get some stuff." Foot steps where heard on the steps and Luke was sure they weren't Rory's. "Lorelai? Home early? I thought I'd surprise you-" It wasn't Lorelai or Rory. It was Emily Gilmore. "Mrs. Gilmore?" Luke asked.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him nose turned up.

He pointed at the broken stairs. "Lorelai broke them." He laughed at himself. "Something about shoes. Didn't get the whole story." It didn't look like Emily believed him but he didn't care. "So what are you doing here?" He asked. The door opened. "Rory?" Luke called out in desperation.

"Luke?" Rory called out. "Mom finally told you about the banister eh?" She asked.

"This morning. Must have been a bad fall." He said descending the steps.

"Only heard a couple bones crack." Rory laughed from her room. She was getting CDs. Luke walked over into her room followed by Emily. Luke laughed.

"Grandma what are you doing here?" Rory asked.

"Rory you need help?" Luke asked. She nodded and pointed to the first 5 CDs on her CD rack. Luke got up on his toes and got them for her. "I'm gunna go make sure your mom doesn't kill herself when she walks upstairs tonight." Luke laughed.

"Grandma what are you doing here?" She asks turning around grabbing some books and putting them in a bag.

"You guys just let him come in here? What does he have, a key?" Emily asked horrified.

Rory shook her head. "Grandma. That lock hasn't been used in years. Luke wants to fix it but mom won't let him." Rory shrugged. "He comes and fixes things" She added.

"How long has your mother been seeing him?" Emily asks.

"Not very long." Rory started. "About," she paused and pretended to think, "Never." She said. "So, what are you doing here?" She asked again.

"In the neighborhood." Emily replied.

"Grandma…Stars hallow isn't a town where you're just 'in the neighborhood' it's the type of town that you go to when you're trying to escape the mental ward." Rory laughed.

Luke knocked on the frame of the open doorway. "I'm done. Tell your mom that next time she decides to put her shoes on to do it either upstairs or downstairs. Never mind make that downstairs wouldn't want her tripping over her heels." He laughed and so did Rory.

"I've been telling her that for years." She shook her head in mock disappointment. "Bye Luke."

"Bye Rory. Bye Mrs. Gilmore."

When Luke left Emily turned to Rory. "Are there really escaped mental patients here?" She asked.

"Oh yeah. Mom's one of them." She laughed. "Relax grandma I was kidding."

"I came to see your mother."

"She won't be here for a while. She said she'd be here around six. But that means she would stop at Luke's at six. And now that he fixed her banister she's probably there eating." Rory shrugged and got out a sweater. "Oh I smell coffee!" She shrieked running into the kitchen. "No…he didn't!" Rory said happily grabbing a cup. "Grandma you want some? Luke makes the BEST coffee ever!" She said.

"Sure?" What the hell is this man doing coming in and out of their house making them coffee? "This is…pretty good." She said taking a sip. Rory's phone rang.

"Hold on." Rory says answering her phone. "Hello."

"Hey Rory!" Lane's voice came on the phone.

"What's up?"

"I wanted to ask you if you had my Nirvana cd." Lane asked.

"You mean my cd?" Rory asked laughing.

"Sure?" Lane said giggling.

"I'll go get it. I think I have it." Rory put her phone on the counter and walked into her room. "Grandma?" Rory called.

"Yes." Emily said walking into Rory's room.

"Can you hand me my phone." Rory asked. Emily got her the phone and she smiled a thanks. "Not here."

"You sure?"

"Lane you've seen my room. Everything's in order. I'll go get another one tomorrow." Rory said laughing. "Go ask Zach or Brian." She said.

"Zach…Nirvana…no. And Brian? Are you off your meds?" Lane said giggling.

"Ok…I'll go get another one. I'll get mom to get it for me tonight. Bye." She hung up and turned to her grandma. "Sorry." She said picking up her bag. "You want me to wait for you?" She asked drinking her coffee.

"Oh, no. Your grandfather and I are leaving for Christmas but we will have our two weeks till Christmas party. I want you both there." Emily said.

"Ok." Rory shrugged. The phone rang and she let the answering machine answer.

It's Lorelai and Rory we're either here or we don't feel like talking. Leave a good one or don't leave one at all. BEEP

"Lorelai? It's Sookie! Call me. It's the J word-" Rory sighed and picked up the phone.

"Sookie? I'm tired of hearing about Jesus and Mel Gibson!" Rory laughed. "I'm fine about him…I was just about to leave….yeah…it's ok…see you later." Rory laughed and tossed the phone aside.

"That's your answering machine message?" Emily asked horrified.

"For now." Rory said shrugging. "I'll tell mom you stopped by. Bye grandma." Rory walked out but Emily made no move she sat down on the couch and waited for Lorelai to come home.

A/N: cliffy…sort of… what does Emily want? Review to find out! Don't worry LL soon!