Okay, so, chapters will start coming a lot slower, but still hopefully often, due to this whole school thing, we children are forced to go to, plus driver's Ed, and Masque and Mime (Yes, I'm a drama geek:-D) Anyhow, I hope you like this chapter.


The next morning, Lorelai went about her newly formed morning routine again, and then went to work as usual, still making her record time. When all was done Lorelai decided to make another trip to Luke's Diner. Sure, Luke's wasn't any Joey's Cafe, but it was quaint, and she liked the people there. She liked the people in the town, with their eccentric personalities, and charm.

Lorelai walked into Luke's Diner, immediately catching his attention, once again.

"What can I do for you?"

"Just a cup of coffee" Lorelai said with a grin.

"And for..." Luke trailed off, realizing he didn't know Lorelai's daughters name.

"Oh.. Rory. Nothing for her."

"Rory? That's an unusual name."

"Well, Lorelai, Rory for short. I was sitting in the hospital and I figured, men name children after them all the time, why can't I? I guess the feminist side of me just took over, after that." Lorelai giggled. Luke nodded his head and smiled. He gave Lorelai her coffee, and went to serve the rest of his customers, but Lorelai was still very interested in talking to Luke.

"So, you're Luke, I assume?"

"Yep."

"How old are you?"

"20, how about you?"

"17," Lorelai stated simply, suddenly feeling a little self conscious, but trying successfully not to show it. "So, do you have a girlfriend?"

"No" Luke laughed as he spoke. Lorelai was satisfied with Luke's answers, so she let him back to his work. When she was done drinking her coffee, she left him some money, stopped by a store to buy some curtain rods, and went back to the Inn. When she was done hanging her curtains, she went outside to explore. In the first few days she had been at the Independence Inn, she hadn't done much exploring of the property around her.

It didn't take Lorelai long to find a beautiful pond, and a gorgeous meadow, about 100 feet from the tool shed. This place quickly became Lorelai's favorite places of Stars Hollow and she knew she would always be grateful to Mia. When she was done investigating, Lorelai brought Rory into the Inn for some dinner, tonight Mia would eat with them.

"I've been working all day, I figure I can use a break, two get to know you two girls a little bit better." Mia said with a smile on her face, as she put a plate in front of Lorelai, and set one in front of where she would be sitting. She then walked around the table and sat down. "So, how do you like Stars Hollow so far?"

"The people here are crazy." Lorelai stated, "I love it."

"There's quite a few characters in this town." Mia confirmed. "Who have you met?"

"Not many people, I've been to town twice. Luke, mostly. I met Babette, Taylor and Ms. Patty briefly in there too."

"Seems you've met the three craziest, and the most normal, all at one time." Mia smiled at Lorelai. "They're good people, just a little crazy is all."

"They seem it. I talked to Luke, he seems very nice." Lorelai couldn't help but notice that she herself couldn't control her smile, and Mia noticed that as well. Lorelai tried her best to rush on to the next person. "Ms. Patty was a dancer?"

"She was." Mia said, and with the silence that followed continued to ask about Luke. "So, Luke, you like him?"

"He's 20." Lorelai said, trying to make it sound like an excuse.

"You're 17." At that point, Rory started to cry. Lorelai picked up her daughter and went to the front of the Inn, grateful to be away from the awkward conversation. I've just met him. She thought to herself while caring for Rory, I couldn't possibly already like him. I have a daughter, and I'm not over Chris. Lorelai reasoned her way out of admitting to even herself that she had a crush on Luke.

It took about 10 minutes to calm Rory down, Lorelai could not for the life of her figure out what had bothered her, but she was once again grateful that she had stopped. She then walked back into the Inn, and began feeding Rory. Mia and Lorelai had moved onto a different subject, Mia obviously aware that Lorelai was not ready to admit her feelings for Luke.

Lorelai and Mia were forming, what would become an amazing friendship, and a mother/daughter relationship Lorelai had always longed for. From that point, Lorelai promised herself that she would give that kind of relationship to Rory, when she got older. She promised herself, she would never raise her child in the kind of environment that she was raised in. Emily and Richard did the best they knew how for Lorelai, and Lorelai knew that, but it's not what she wanted. She promised herself that she would give Rory everything in her power. Rory would have more than Lorelai. Rory would become more than Lorelai, she'd have everything Lorelai didn't.

By the time Lorelai and Mia were done with their first real conversation, it was 10 o'clock, dinner had started at six. Lorelai amazed at how fast time had gone by, and hit with the reality that Rory was still awake, quickly went out back to her home. She quickly put Rory down to sleep, took a shower, and went to bed.


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