"This place is really nice." Rory commented. "Are you sure you can afford it?"

"Rory, I may not have as much money in the bank as you do, but I can afford dinner and the bills."

"I'm paying half the bills from now on."

"Rory."

"Jess, I either get to pay half the bills or I go and live with my grandparents."

"One, you wouldn't survive a day you're too like Lorelai, two, Lorelai would lock you up for even suggesting it and three…"

"And three?" Rory prompted.

"You can pay half the bills."

"Thank you." Rory smiled.

"Let's leave the practical stuff out of it and have fun."

"Okay." Rory agreed. "Since I haven't been doing much over the last few weeks other than studying and getting kicked in the stomach why don't you tell me what you've been up to."

"You mean other than Lane dropping by?" Jess asked.

"I guess you've been come friends." Rory said.

"In between the rants about her mother, her band mates and other things I don't really care about she's okay."

"Nice to know you like my friends."

"She's one of your best friends, and she doesn't hate my guts." Jess replied.

"She never really did, only for my sake."

"Good to know."

"I hear there has been some shelf building and her perhaps a little decorating."

"We had to put the books somewhere so Luke helped me build a few shelves. TJ tried to help but he hit his thumb with the hammer and then complained about it for an hour." He shrugged.

"And the decorating?"

"Lorelai decided that fresh paint was needed."

"I'm presuming she picked the colours too."

"I refused to let her paint it pink, so the baby's part is a pale yellow, the main part is cream and the bedroom is a blue." Jess explained.

"You really let Mom paint the place?" Rory questioned.

"I painted it, but she picked the colours. She even let me sleep in your bed, so I could let the paint fumes clear."

"Wow."

"And she moved some of the furniture around, I think she was channelling Hildi."

"You watching Trading Spaces?" Rory questioned.

"I read about her in the TV Guide."

"She is a little wacky."

"I also came up with some more names for the not list."

"Okay." Rory agreed. "I came up with a few myself."

"No names that end with I and no plant names."

"You don't like Daisy?" Rory asked.

"Why you do?"

"No, but I was just asking."

"What did you cross of your list?"

"Names beginning with G or M."

"That's two sections of the book out the window." Jess smiled. "Do you have any ideas of what we should call her rather than what we shouldn't?"

"Not yet." Rory replied.

"Do you realise we're doing it again." Jess asked.

"What?"

"Practical stuff. Decorating and baby names."

"We got put slat bang in the middle of reality it's only natural that we talk about it."

"We both know we can talk about books, music, movies how about for one night we forget reality?" Jess suggested.

"Well reality just kicked my bladder so I'll be right back." Rory said.

"Okay." Jess agreed.

"This was a good idea."

"Glad you think so."

"Now I really have to go. Excuse me."

TBC