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One month before Christmas….
Lorelai and Christopher were sitting in the lawyers office as he went over their divorce settlement. This was the first time they had seen each other in over a year. They had agreed to sell the house and split whatever they get in the middle. Lorelai would have sole custody of Rory and Zoe and Christopher was free to visit whenever he wanted, but Lorelai knew he probably wouldn't do much of that.
"I guess this is it," The lawyer said as the formely married couple looked at each other. "I pronounce you no longer husband and wife."
It was a cold winters day and Lorelai was walking to her car when Christopher called out her name and she stopped in her tracks.
"Ex wife, that is going to be weird to say." Christopher broke the silence.
"Or you can just call me Lorelai," Lorelai tried to make a joke. "We did the right thing Chris. And this doesn't mean you stop being a part of our lives. You are their dad, that doesn't just go away."
"I know," He said now. "We had a good run."
"We did have a good run," Lorelai smiled. "There were some great moments."
"I guess I this is me," Christopher stopped at his car. "Say hi to the girls for me."
"I will," Lorelai said now. "Don't be a stranger."
Current day…
It had been a few weeks since the the Christmas argument at the Gilmore house. Lorelai was now working the front desk at the inn and it was a busy day. She was on her lunch break and was sitting with the new chef Sookie.
"So the house sold?" Sookie asked. "That's exciting, you can finally get a home for you and the girls."
"I know," Lorelai smiled. "Zoe is almost crawling and have no space out there and Rory is so excited to have her own room again."
"When you get a place you better have a house warming party. And I want to cater it." Sookie said excitedly.
"I don't know if I will." Lorelai said now.
"There are all these new recipes that I want to try." Sookie was now coming up with a menu for a housewarming party that was non-existant, so Lorelai knew she would just be ignored.
"What are you two talking about?" Their boss Mia came into the room.
"Lorelai is going to be moving out." Sookie said before Lorelai could say anything.
"It's about time, right?" Lorelai looked at her boss. "I can't thank you enough for taking me and the girls in. I don't know what I would have done without you. I know this past year hasn't been easy with a newborn baby screaming and Rory-"
"It was my pleasure Lorelai," Mia said now. "I'm just lucky your one my best workers."
Lorelai was a person who made a lot of her decisions on her emotions, which often backfired. They had been house hunting for a while and stumbled upon an older Victorian home.
"My room is right next to the kitchen," Rory beamed. "I love this house mum. Can we get it, please."
"It is a pretty house." Lorelai said, looking out the kitchen window.
Lorelai could see them living there. It had a beautiful porch that wrapped around the house, Rory could have her own bedroom and Zoe would be in the room upstairs next to Lorelai's bedroom and the girls could actually play outside. Somehow, it was in her price range. Like it was meant to be. Lorelai put a down payment on it two days later.
"Okay," Lorelai put a suitcase down in the living room a few weeks later. We are home, girls."
There was stuff everywhere because the removalists had dropped off Lorelai's furniture from their old house that she got in the divorce. This included her bed, Rory's bed, a fridge, a TV and the rest of Rory's toys that she hadn't even seen in a year.
"I am going to find a place for all of my books." Rory ran off towards the kitchen and Zoe was sitting on the floor with one of Rory's old toys.
That was when the neighbour knocked on the door and Lorelai scooped Zoe up into her arms before opening it.
"You're the single mother, right?" The older woman asked. "I'm Babette. I live next door. Is this your baby?"
"Yes, this is Zoe and I am Lorelai," Lorelai smiled. "My older girl Rory is somewhere around here."
Babette left soon after and Rory and Lorelai slowly started packing everything away. Sookie came over that night with a bottle of wine while the girls were sleeping and Lorelai was watching the neighbourhood from her new porch not believing that this was her life now.
A/N: Thank you for all your lovely reviews and I am glad that you are enjoying the story thus far.