"One cheeseburger and curly fries and a vegetable omelette with mash potato." Luke put the plates down in front of them.
"Thanks Luke." Rory said immediately picking up the tomato ketchup and covering the mash potato in it and stirred it in.
"I think that's enough hun." Lorelai stopped her from adding anymore.
"Thank you." Luke said.
"At least I didn't put maple syrup on it." Rory pointed out.
"Maple syrup?" Luke questioned.
"Or chocolate sauce." Lorelai suggested.
"I'm going to leave before I throw up." Luke told them.
"Some more coffee would be good."
"You've had eight cups that I know about. That is enough for at least another hour."
"Jess, can I get some coffee?" Lorelai called.
"Ask Luke, he's right there." Jess replied.
"Decaf or you wait." Luke told her.
"You'll bring me coffee." Lorelai looked him straight in the eyes.
"I don't think Jedi mind trick will work on him." Rory whispered. "She can wait half an hour as a compromise."
"Deal." Luke turned and walked away.
Lorelai looked at Rory.
"It's better than waiting an hour." Rory shrugged.
A few minutes later Kirk entered the diner and walked over to their table.
"Lorelai, Rory." He said.
"Hey Kirk." Lorelai greeted him.
"May I sit?" Kirk inquired.
"Sure Kirk." Rory agreed.
"Rory, I was wondering if I may talk to you…"
"Kirk if you're about to offer your services as anything, thank you but I'm not in need of anything right now." Rory told him.
"May I leave you my resume in case anything comes up?" Kirk inquired.
"Sure Kirk." Rory agreed.
GG
"You're back then." Paris said when Rory let herself into the apartment on Sunday evening.
"I'm back." Rory confirmed. "Did you have a nice weekend?"
"I got lots of studying done, but they had a party last night."
"It's college they always have parties." Rory pointed out.
"How did it go with your grandparents?" Paris inquired.
"My Grandma ran out, my Grandpa blamed Mom, I went and threw up and Mom defended Jess. So all in all a great evening."
"Sounds interesting."
"Hopefully they'll come around." Rory sat down.
"Anything else interesting happen in Stars Hollow?"
"Not in Stars Hollow exactly, my jeans won't do up any more so Mom and I went shopping in Hartford."
"I do not believe that falls into the category of interesting."
"But it will when I tell you we ran into Tristan."
"Tristan DuGray?" Paris questioned.
"Yes." She slipped her shoes off.
"He's not in college?" Paris questioned.
"He goes to Brown." Rory replied.
"Shouldn't he be in Providence?"
"His father had a bad heart attack so he's taking the semester off." Rory told her.
"Is he going to be okay?" Paris inquired.
"He should be."
"How did he look?"
"Tristan?" Paris nodded. "He looked good."
"How good?"
"Very good." Rory replied.
"Did you ever figure out where you stood with Jess?"
"We're together. I think I've practically moved in with him on weekends for the time being."
"That's quick."
"Mom has Luke over, so I stay with Jess which I don't mind."
"That is where my interest stops." Paris stated. "Have you eaten? I was going to order pizza."
"As long as you get just vegetables on my half."
TBC