It took Rory only two seconds to realise that Lorelai, on the couch next to her had stopped stuffing her face with Buffalo wings.

Rory put her plate down. "What is it?"

"You eat like a pig…"

"…Nuh uh, like a Gilmore!"

"True." Lorelai shrugged and continued.

Silence. Both of the Gilmore's had stopped eating.

"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked, wishing desperately for an answer that deep down she knew she wasn't going to get.

Rory paused. "I'm sure."

Lorelai breathed in sharply. Being an outrageously hip, cool, fun, supportive Mom has always been so easy but now…Come on, you knew it was going to happen eventually…eventually? As in, maybe another 10 years time and with someone other than Jess… scumbag Jess…unpredictable Jess…car crash Jess…bra pincher Jess…

"You are ok with this right?" Rory asked, staring straight ahead, her voice tinged with doubt.

"I'm ok."

Rory's POV

Liar.

"Look Mom, I'm not ignorant or naïve…I'm seventeen and I think…I know I'm ready now…for it." Rory winced.

"Right…and you know I trust you, it's just that…"

"Don't." Rory interrupted.

"Don't what?"

"…Tell me that Jess is going to break my heart or that I'll be just another notch on his bedpost and that he doesn't feel the way I feel about him and that he doesn't quite fit the bill because you hate him and he crashed my car one time and you loved Dean and I deserve someone better and I should wait…"

Tears were pricking her eyes.

" Stop! That is unfair! That was not the way I was going to put it!"

"Oh, so how were you going to word it exactly, " Rory, I will now emotionally blackmail you…have sex with Jess and we're through?""

"I can't believe this… you know I would never emotionally blackmail you…god, do you think I'm my mother or something!"

Rory sighed angrily and got up to clear away their take out things.

Lorelai followed her despairingly and continued, "Give me a break…I…I've never done this before and I'm trying to do things right…I'm trying to be the great mom who you can trust and confide in because I know how it feels…because I never had that…"

" Uh, This has got nothing to do with Emily or your life…this is all about the fact that you have this prejudged opinion of Jess, in which you think he's a complete jerk, incidentally making the idea of me and him…him being my…you know…the worst thing known to man!"

"Well my opinion of him, is unfortunately largely based on truth…facts, events, actual eye witnessess…"

"No it's not…it's based on that he isn't like Dean…he's not as 'girlfriend's mom friendly', he's not as predictable, he's not as easy to read…"

"Big understatement! I mean you've been going out a day and he's already taken off your bra…" Lorelai interrupted.

Rory ignored her and continued, "He's not a bad person and I just wish that everyone…you would give him a chance!"

"Oh, is that what you've done Rory, given him a chance!"

"NO, because unlike everyone else, I'm not baying for his blood and I don't feel like he's got anything to prove to me…"

"I 'gave him a chance' when I let you tutor him, and look where that ended up, you were in a CAR CRASH!"

"Oh so just because of one insignificant occurrence, you now deem him not 'good' enough for me to be with? Have you never heard of the phrase 'accidents happen'?"

"Rory don't you DARE lecture me about accidents! You think I don't know full too well how 'accidents can happen'!"

Rory looked up at her, instantly hurt.

"When I had you it was the best day of my life…but when Chris wasn't there to see you grow up…it hurt so much, so badly and it still does…and I don't want that to happen to you."

"I'm not going to get pregnant…if me and Jess…do this…we're going to plan it…"

Lorelai looked sceptical, "Right…cos Jess is just the planning type…"

"Mom, Jess is not going to mess up my life!"

Lorelai laughed humourlessly, "Famous last words Rory…I think you're being incredibly naïve…I'm not saying you can't…with him, but I want you to understand the consequences!"

"No look Mom, you may find this ever so hard to believe…but I am NOT going to screw my life up like you did."

Rory stormed out of the house into the night air, slamming the door behind her.

Lorelai slumped down at the kitchen table and put her head in her hands. I guess that was 'the talk' – I suck!