"Hey Mom." Rory said when she walked into the diner the next morning.

"Hey kiddo, you're home." Lorelai hugged her.

"Jess is planning on bring everything in." Rory told her.

"We'll just sit here and look pretty." Lorelai suggested. "How did the celebration date go last night?"

"We had fun. We had dinner at really nice place and we saw a late movie."

"What movie?" Lorelai asked.

"Maltese Falcon." Rory replied.

"Good movie."

"Good book too."

"And a movie we've seen several times before."

"Which was good since I had to go to the bathroom about ten times." Rory remarked.

"Lorelai." Jess said as he walked past carrying a box.

"What happened to him?" Lorelai noticed the cut on his cheek. "You didn't hit him did you?"

"I moved in my sleep trying to get comfortable and knocked him out the bed. He cut his cheek on one of the boxes."

"Whoops." Lorelai said.

"I didn't even know I'd done it until this morning when I woke up, he went to sleep on the couch after it happened and he was debating Mark Twain with Paris."

"I'm sure he knows you didn't mean it."

"I did warn him before hand." Rory pointed out.

"Then I think you're covered." Lorelai replied.

"Hey Rory." Luke said when he came out of the kitchen. "You're back."

"I'm back." Rory agreed.

"Are you hungry?"

"Had breakfast at Yale, I still had credit on swipe card so we used some of that up. But thanks."

"She kicked your nephew out of bed." Lorelai told him.

"I didn't do it on purpose, it was an accident."

"While you two figure this out I'm going to go and help bring your things in." Luke stated.

"You'll need my keys." Rory handed them to him. "I have a couple of bags in the trunk."

"Okay."

"So what are we doing for the holidays?" Lorelai asked.

"I think Grandma and Grandpa are expecting us for dinner Christmas Eve, but we should get a nice quiet Christmas Day."

"You're coming over right?" Lorelai questioned.

"Of course."

"Good. How's the shopping going?"

"The only person I can't decide what to get is Grandma." Rory admitted.

"I haven't gotten her present either but I was thing how about we pool our money and get her a Palm Pilot."

"You do realise she'll probably never figure out how to work it." Rory pointed out.

"Then it will be fun to watch her try."

"It could be a good idea. She can keep track of her addresses and appointments. I'll see if I can find a good deal on the internet."

"What did you get Jess?" Lorelai inquired.

"I'll show you when he's not around." Rory replied.

"It's in your luggage?" Lorelai asked.

"All my presents are in the bags Luke is bringing in apart from Luke's."

"Aren't you worried Jess will peak before you can hide them?"

"No. I pad locked them." Rory replied.

"Sneaky."

"I think Paris is developing a crush on the delivery guy."

"I didn't think Paris would be one for uniforms." Lorelai remarked.

"Tell that to the FedEx guy." Rory replied.

"I think you may have just doomed him to boarding a FedEx plane that crashes leaving him on a desert island all alone apart from a soccer ball with a blood handprint on it."

"Mom, I don't he's Tom Hanks and it definitely isn't Castaway. I have to go to the bathroom; your granddaughter is definitely awake."

"I'll be here." Lorelai replied.

TBC