"Ugh." Rory sank onto the couch.

"Mommy." Three year old Libby ran to her mother and jumped on her lap.

"Uh." Rory fake groaned. "You're getting heavy."

"Am not." Libby stated adamantly. "How school?"

"School went great thank you. Today was my last day for the summer. So we get to spend some more time together."

"Yeah." Libby gave her a hug.

"Where's Daddy?"

"Writing his book." Libby replied.

"Let's go and say hello and how about we go out for ice-cream?" Rory suggested.

Libby nodded in agreement.

Rory set Libby down and they both went into the kitchen where Jess was working on his laptop.

"Hey." Rory said.

"Hey." Jess looked up. "How was the last day of school?"

"Long. Remind me why I'm doing this?"

"So you can get a well paid job and keep me in the lifestyle I've become accustomed to." Jess replied.

"Right." Rory agreed. "How's it going?"

"Slowly." Jess admitted.

"You'll get there in the end."

"They started filming today." Jess leant back against his chair.

"That's good."

"My accountant called. We're doing pretty well."

"That's good too. Libby and I are going for ice-cream."

"There's one other thing." Jess replied.

"What's that?"

"I told Lorelai we'd watch Will and Casey tonight. She and Luke are going out to dinner and a late movie so we'll have to sleep over."

"That's fine. Lib say goodbye to Daddy."

"Bye Daddy." Libby replied.

"Bye kid and don't get too many sprinkles this time."

"Yes Daddy."

"We'll be back in an hour."

"Have fun." Jess replied.

GG

"So what flavour ice-cream do you want?" Rory asked. "Vanilla? Strawberry? Chocolate?"

"Chocolate." Libby replied.

"Can I get two Triple Chocolates with marshmallows and chocolate sauce?" Rory requested.

"Coming right up." The woman behind the counter replied.

Rory hand over the money then glance over at Libby. She was stood on tip toes trying peek through the window.

"Hey Lib what are you trying to do?"

"See grandpa." Libby replied.

Rory walked over and picked her up so Libby so she could see.

Luke was busy working around the diner refilling coffee cups, taking orders.

It was Kirk who first noticed Libby looking through the glass. Libby stuck her tongue out. Kirk copied her.

"Kirk, what do you think you're doing?" Luke asked.

"Making faces at Libby."

Luke glanced at the glass and waved to Libby who waved back.

Luke met them outside.

"Hey grandpa." Libby greeted him.

"Hey Libby, Rory."

"We're just getting some ice-cream." Rory replied.

"Are you okay with babysitting tonight?" Luke asked.

"It's fine." Rory agreed. "We're going to eat this in the gazebo, I'll see later. Say goodbye."

"Bye grandpa." Libby said.

TBC