Visitation
It was already late in the evening, when the trio arrived at the Diner. No guests seemed to be in the small restaurant any longer and from outside the two observed Luke while he was cleaning up the tables. "It is closed!", the younger one of the two determined. But the older one looked confused at her. "Since when was that a problem? In addition Luke is my fiancé and as a future married man, he must care for my well-being!", Lorelei decided and went into the Diner.
"We're closed!", Luke murmured, standing the back turned to the door, when he heard the ringing of the door bell. "However not for fiancée inclusive daughter and dog! Otherwise I must think about marrying you again", Lorelei joked and ran toward her lover. Rory observed her mother with Luke, the good friend of many years, helper, father replacement and recently fiancé. She was pleased about the couple that everything had turned to the positive and that they finally had found each other. One could recognize clearly the love in their eyes and the often so calm and sulky owner of the diner, flowered directly up with the presence of Lorelei. The two were at the same time so differently and nevertheless terribly similar. Being silent Rory watched the lovers, how he kept her tenderly in the arms and they kissed themselves carefully. It seemed, as if the two were still freshly in love. The whole scenery hurt Rory with regard. Of course she was pleased for the luck of her mother, but with her momentary feeling situation she could not bear this sight any longer.
When she turned insecure away, movement came into the couple and Lorelei turned again to her daughter. "What do you like to eat? Cheeseburger and Fries?"
"And a large cup coffee!", Rory supplemented. With a smile on his lips Luke went behind the bar. He knew the preferences of his Gilmore Girls after eight years and was perfect in preparing it.
During Lorelei studied the menu for Paul Anka, Rory studied the diner. Already for some weeks she had not been there and nothing had changed. Luke's Diner had remained a continuous instance in her life for years, like Luke himself. She knew that she could always rely on the calm man. He had been always interested in her and he always was supporting at her side. Her view curved in the area around and she discovered an innovation after a short moment. On the wall behind the bar there hung a photo. From the distance she recognized two persons, who sat on a bank in front of the city pavilion. She remembered the photo. It showed Luke and Lorelei at Christmas some years ago. The photo was taken by Rachel, Luke's ex-girlfriend. Rory asked herself whether Luke had hung that up by himself or whether a pretty brunette, coffee-addicted woman was the initiator.
In the moment when she turned smilingly away from the picture, she heard, how the door bell announced an arriving of a guest again. When she recognized the person, she her breathing stopped for a while. Like frozen she stared at the young man, who she actually wished to the other end of the world.
"What are you doing here?", Lorelei examined the newcomer.