"You're late." Lorelai noted, as Rory walked through the door.

"Yeah… I had coffee with a friend." Rory replied casually.

Lorelai gasped. "You went to Luke's!"

"No, I went to Todd's."

"Todd's? The gas station on Maple Ave?" Lorelai asked as she squinted.

"Yep." Rory sat down her book bag.

Lorelai smiled. "Who did you have coffee with?"

"I told you, a friend."

Lorelai's smile faded. "Oh, no, Rory… please tell me you didn't…"

"I didn't what?" Rory asked as she walked towards the kitchen to fetch a bottle of water.

"You know what I'm talking about." Lorelai followed her daughter. "You had coffee with Sheena."

"No I didn't." Rory laughed lightly. "It was with a guy."

Lorelai's eyes bulged. "A guy? Who?"

"Dean." Rory blushed a little. "He's new in town."

"Oh." Lorelai said. Sheena she was prepared for, but a guy, well that one she hadn't thought out yet. "So, do you like this Dean."

"I don't know yet. He's really nice… and cute…" Rory added. " He asked me to watch a movie next Saturday."

"And?"

"And I told him I'd think about it and get back to him."

"That a girl." Lorelai said proudly. "Don't give it up easy."

"Mom…" Rory groaned. "It's nothing like that."

"I know sweetie." Lorelai smiled. "I'm just joking. So, how about a fun filled night of board games and ice cream? I had the idea while I was at work today… I saw Sookie making home made ice cream and then I heard Michel mention how bored he was with his current job."

"Michel is never satisfied…" Rory replied.

"So, true. I keep wondering why we haven't fired him yet." Lorelai added.

"Mom, it's Michel, you can't fire Michel."

Lorelai smacked her hand to her forehead. "Oh, yeah, that's the reason. I can't believe I forgot. So, what do you say? You game?"

"Sure… I just have to finish up some homework and I'll be all yours."

"Great. I had a feeling you'd say that… so, I had Sookie make extra ice cream." Lorelai opened the freezer.

"Wow." Rory gasped as she beheld the freezer full of cartons of ice cream. "There's like 20 cartons of ice cream in there."

"24." Lorelai corrected. "Well, it was 25, but I like I said you were late getting home and I couldn't hold out any longer."

Rory smiled, she didn't know what had gotten into her mother recently that made her even more fun to hang out with than before, but Rory was glad of it.

"I'll hurry and finish my homework." Rory replied as she glided off to her room.

Lorelai closed the freezer. At that moment, the phone rang. "I'll get it." Lorelai echoed through the house. "Hello?"

"Hey, Lorelai…"

"Luke? Hi." Lorelai replied awkwardly.

"Look, I just wanted to apologize for what happened the other day. I didn't mean to be such a jerk. I just..."

"I know." Lorelai quickly replied. "I had no right to treat you the way I did. You should give me advice about Rory… I mean I shouldn't be so controlling over the subject."

"No, you should. She's your kid. I should have just kept my mouth shut."

"I don't want you to keep your mouth shut." Lorelai said sweetly. "I want you to tell me what you think and what you feel… We're in a relationship, those things are important."

Though Lorelai couldn't see it, Luke was smiling. "It's funny. I thought maybe you wouldn't want to be in a relationship with me anymore after the other day."

"What? Of course I do." Lorelai replied. "I mean if you do."

"Oh, I do." Luke retorted happily. "More than anything."

"Alright, well… apology accepted."

A sigh of relief exited Luke's body. "See you tomorrow?"

"You bet."

"Bye, Lorelai."