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On the drive over, Tristan was nervous. She could see it and she tried the best she could to console him.

"Tristan, calm down. You are making me nervous." He smiled.

"I'm sorry, it's just that…I've never done this before." She put her hand on his knee and smiled.

"Just be yourself. I promise! They'll love you. If only because I do." He smiled at her attempts to comfort him. "Ok, pull in here." Her face lit up. She loved this place, that much was evident. She jumped out of the car and went running to her mother who was on the porch. "Mom!"

"Hey Kiddo!" They hugged for awhile and jumped up and down. Tristan smiled as he watched the two of them. She was really lucky to have a family she liked.

"Hey, I'm Luke." Said the man to their right. This was the infamous Luke. He looked tough, but in a good way.

"Hi. Tristan DuGray. It's nice to meet you." Lorelei looked over and saw Tristan and immediately let go of Rory.

"Bibleboy!" She shouted from the porch. "Let me have a look at you." She got close to him and glanced sideways at him, "Are you in love with my daughter?"

"Yes ma'am, I most certainly am." He said honestly.

"Agh, Don't call me ma'am."

"Sorry, North Carolina habit. It's hard to break." He smiled

"Just…don't break her heart." She said her confidence faltering a little.

"I don't think it's possible. I couldn't live with myself."

"Good answer." She patted him on the back. His intentions were most certainly noble.

"So, did you pass the test?" Rory asked as she grabbed his arm.

"I think so." He said, much more comfortable now. They walked into the house.

"I knew you would." She turned around. "What's for supper?"

"Luke's or Al's." Lorelei replied.

"Better make it Luke's, I don't think Tristan could handle Al's quite yet." He looked at her funny and said,

"Yeah, I'm going to take her word for it." Lorelei laughed.

"Burgers and fries ok with everyone?" Luke asked.

"And Shakes." Rory said with a smile.

"Ooo, yeah, better throw in some pie too."

"Yeah, Pie is good." Rory said with a smile.

"Tristan, you wanna come with me? I may need an extra hand with all this food." Luke asked.

"Sure." He said

"He doesn't bite," Rory said as she kissed him on the cheek. "Have fun." Tristan smiled as he followed Luke out the door.

"Don't worry. I don't mean to scare you or anything. I just thought you being the only male in the house might be dangerous. Plus, I really do need a hand with all the food." Tristan laughed.

"I don't know how you do it. Rory tells me you keep the Gilmore girls fed?"

"Yeah. It got a little easier when Lorelei and I got married. Plus Rory is off at Yale."

"She misses you guys a lot." He stated

"Lorelei and her are really close."

"Yeah, but I mean, she talks about you like you're her hero. She's really lucky to have you guys."

"Well, we miss her too. She's a great kid." Luke said as Tristan nodded in agreement.

"Ok so first of all, How lucky are you?" She said as she watched him leave through the back door.

"I'm really lucky."

"He's gorgeous, sweet, well-mannered, and crazy about you." Rory smiled.

"Yeah well, the feeling's mutual."

"Why men like that are still in the market, I'll never know."

"It's amazing. It's like fate pushed us together exactly when we were ready for each other. We weren't ready for each other, we both grew up, got our stuff together, and bam. There he is." Lorelei smiled.

"Love is funny like that. I'm happy for you babe." She said as she hugged her. "So what do you think Luke is doing?"

"He doesn't have a Bop-It in the truck does he?"

After they ate and hung out for awhile, Rory took Tristan to the Dragonfly. Lorelei was still sitting on the couch with Luke.

"They're good together." She said.

"They seem to be." Luke said

"I can't believe it, she's so grown up. I mean, she basically told me she wanted to marry him." She paused. "I'm old!" she realized.

"You are not old." Luke said reassuring her.

"I want her to be happy. She looks happy right?" She looked at him

"Yes, she looks very happy." He smiled and kissed her.

"Here's your room." She said as she opened the door.

"Wow. This is awesome." He said truly impressed.

"Mom decorated. Sookie makes the best food in the entire world. Not even kidding. She's a 5 star chef. So tomorrow I'm coming by for breakfast." She said.

"I wish you were staying with me." He said honestly.

"I know, me too. I seriously owe you for last night." She said with a wicked smile as she went for his neck.

"Oh, don't torture me now. That's just cruel." He said with a frown.

"Some guys like it, DuGray." She stated as she leaned in close but didn't kiss him.

"You're going to be the death of me," he said as he caught his breath.

"But what a way to go," she winked as she walked out the door.