You're Just Like Me, You Know

This is Chapter 2 of "You're Just Like Me, You Know". Thanks to those who reviewed the first chapter!

Lorelai, Lea, and Sophia arrive at the Dragonfly. Lorelai walks up to Michel as Lea, holding Sophia, hangs back.

"Michel?", Lorelai asks sweetly.

"Yes?", the Frenchman responds.

"Have you met Lea?", Lorelai gestures to the petite girl standing behind her.

"She handed me her bags. That's all. Very rude, if I may say so."

"You may not", she pauses, "Michel, this is Lea. She's a new maid here. She'll be living in my house for a few weeks, and then I will be giving her one of our rooms here."

"Who's the baby?" Michel asks as if he hadn't paid attention to what Lorelai had just said.

"She's my daughter. Sophia", Lea speaks up.

Michel nods and walks off, leaving Lea very confused.

"Don't mind him", Lorelai says, "Let's go to the kitchen. I'll introduce you to Sookie."

"What's a Sookie?", Lea asks.

Lorelai laughs, knowing this question haunts her friend, "She's my best friend slash business partner slash the chef here at the inn."

"Ahh…"

They walk to the kitchen and enter, hearing the clattering of pots and pans, as usual.

"Sookie?", Lorelai yells over the din.

Sookie pops up from behind a counter, surprising the girls, "Hello!", she yells back.

"Oh geez, Sookie! I think you just knocked five years off my life", Lorelai jokes.

Sookie laughs, "So, what's up?"

"I'd like you to meet our new maid. This is Lea."

"We were looking for a maid?" Sookie asks, confused.

"Not technically. Lea came in looking for a job and I couldn't resist. She's mini-me!"

"Okay…", Sookie is still confused.

"I'm seventeen with a baby who's a year old", Lea says bluntly.

"Oh.", Sookie says quickly.

"Well, we should go. Sook, I'll call you later."

"Okaay!", Sookie says enthusiastically. She then turns to one of her workers, "Chop! I said chop! That's slicing, clearly slicing! Those are two different things, bucko!"

Lea and Lorelai walk out of the kitchen.

"You weren't lying when you said this town was colorful", Lea comments. Lorelai laughs in response.

A little bit later, the girls arrive at Lorelai's house.

"Well, this is my humble abode."

"It's…cute."

"Thaanks."

They begin walking through the house.

"This is the living room", Lorelai points out, "Essential for movie nights. That's the stairway…"

"To heaven?", Lea interrupts with a grin on her face.

"Noo! To the upstairs! My room, the better bathroom…"

"Ahh…"

They walk through the hallway towards the kitchen area, "This is the kitchen. We barely use it. This is the coffee maker. He's my best friend."

Lea laughs, "I'm sure."

Lorelai smiles, "Moving on…that's Rory's room. She's away at school so this is where you'll stay."

Lea walks into the room, putting her backpack down on the floor.

"I've always wanted to travel", Lea says, noticing all of the posters of countries and cities on the wall.

"You still can."

Lea snorts, "I doubt it."

"Maybe not while Sophia's still young, but when she gets older…"

"I guess", Lea says, dejected.

"Come on. I told Luke we'd head to the diner for dinner."

"Who's Luke?"

"Ohhh…my fiancé. He keeps me in coffee. And cheeseburgers!"

"Hmmm…"

"He owns a diner", Lorelai explains.

"I got it."

"Do you want me to take Sophia? You've been holding her all day."

"If you don't mind…"

"Of course I don't mind. It's been a good long while since I've really held a one year old but I promise not to drop her", Lorelai smiles.

"That's encouraging", Lea quips as she passes a sleeping Sophia to Lorelai.

"Come on, kid", Lorelai says, unclear if it's directed to Lea or Sophia.

That's chapter 2, my friends. Reviews would be absolutely delightful!