"Hey Michel." Rory said when she walked into the Dragonfly.

"Rory." Michel greeted her.

"Is my Mom around?"

"There is a problem with Cletus which she is attending too."

"I'll just wait in the library." Rory told him. "Can you tell her I'm here?"

"I will take care of it the moment that she returns." Michel said is his sarcastic French tone.

"Merci." Rory said and headed to the library.

Rory walked into the library, she put the coffee cup on a coaster on the table and grabbed a random book from the shelf. She curled up in a chair and started reading.

"Rory?" Lorelai said when she spotted her later.

"Hey Mom."

"How long have you been here?"

"About half an hour." Rory replied after glancing at her watch. "Michel said he'd tell you I was here when you got back from dealing with Cletus."

"Well he didn't."

"I brought you coffee, although it might be cold by now."

"Luke let you have coffee?" Lorelai questioned.

"Jess gave it to me." Rory confessed. "He's going to ask you if you got it."

"Nice to know he trusts you." Lorelai sat down.

"By the way he thinks you're as crazy as the rest of the people in this town."

"I'll take that as a compliment." Lorelai said.

"I would."

"So you dropped by the diner on the way here."

"I dropped my bag off." Rory replied "And I had to tell him about the bubbles, which by the way he thinks is a lousy name unless you want a kid to be a clown."

"I'd agree with that. We're there more bubbles?"

"A few times this morning."

"That's exciting."

"Umm."

"What are you reading?" Lorelai asked.

"'Then There Were None.'" Rory replied.

"How's school?"

"I got all of my reading done, and my paper is almost finished, but I have another to research. I'll get it done when I get back."

"Are you going to have enough work done to get all your course credits?"

"I should do." Rory replied.

"Good." Lorelai paused. "Is everything else okay?"

"It's fine."

"Why don't I believe you?" Lorelai asked. "Is Paris okay?"

"She's fine, still Paris."

"Problem with Jess?"

"No Jess is great."

"So what is it?"

"I have no idea."

"Pregnancy mood swings." Lorelai guessed.

"Could be."

"Want to see if Sookie has anything sweet to eat?" Lorelai offered.

"Fruit pie?"

"Fruit pie. This is Sookie we're talking about it she doesn't she'll make you one. If you ask nicely Luke will make you one too. But are you sure you want fruit pie?"

"I have to eat healthily or as healthily as possible." Rory pointed out.

"Sacrilege."

"Mom!"

"I'll put my coffee in the microwave." Lorelai said.

"You do that."

"Let's go."

"So anything new I should know about?" Rory inquired.

"Cletus has decided that he's going to refuse to come out of his stable. Not even carrots or sugar lumps will entice him."

TBC