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Lorelai had always promised the girls that when Rory graduated high school they would go to Europe. She figured by the time that happened it would give her enough money to save for an overseas trip. They had a very early flight and Lorelai was banging the door to the diner at 5am because he promised to open super early so they could get coffee and decent meal before their flight.
"LUUKKKKKE." Lorelai called out as both Rory and Zoe were shushing her.
"Seriously," Luke grumpily came to the door. "Could you not wake up the entire street."
"Coffee," Lorelai said as they came in with their backpacks, before they turned to Rory and Zoe who were pretty excited and reading a travel book together. "Maybe just for me."
"I want coffee." Rory called out as Luke poured the second cup.
Luke made them breakfast and they headed to the airport. Zoe was probably the most excited because this would be the first flight she had ever been on. But by the time they got to their first stop the excitement of air travel had disappeared and the jetlag was really setting in.
"I am tired, but not tired." Lorelai lay down.
"Same," Zoe said turning to her mother. "I think there was a board game in the cupboard."
"We need to sleep now so that we don't spent our first week jetlagged." Rory argued with her eyes closed.
"Yes mum." Lorelai and Zoe said at the same time.
They all eventually drifted off to sleep but were up ridiculously early the next morning, so they all got a early head start of their first day of travelling.
In the few weeks they saw so many countries, all which they loved everything about – the people, the food and the sights that they saw. They were now in Paris and walking down a cobble stone street and looking at all the stores.
"Do you think this place will have something for grandma?" Rory said as they looked in the window.
"She will hate anything we get her." Lorelai said now.
"But she said that Paris is her favourite place in Europe." Zoe said now.
"Look at these." Rory was eyeing off figurines of monuments in Paris.
"The Eiffel tower," Lorelai said as Rory picked it up. "That is the most classy one and a good gift."
"She won't hate it?" Rory asked now.
"Not if you give it to her." Lorelai quipped.
Rory and Zoe were hesitating until Lorelai promised them that Emily would love any gift they got her and she would especially love the Eiffel tower figurine, so they bought it.
"Off to the Louvre." Zoe said excitedly as they left the store.
"Off we go." Lorelai said as Rory took her map out to make sure they were walking in the right direction.
They had been away for eight weeks and it was their last day of their European adventure. They were out for breakfast in London and Rory confessed that she did kind of miss being home.
"You miss your books, right?" Zoe asked now.
"No," Before Lorelai and Zoe gave her a look. "Okay, maybe I do. What do you miss?"
"Um, my clothes and the burgers at Luke's." Zoe said now.
"Oh, his burgers," Lorelai interjected. "I do miss those."
"That's the first thing I'm eating when we get back." Zoe said matter-of-factly.
"Me too." Lorelai agreed.
"I miss stars hollow," Zoe said now. "Like all the people knowing who we are."
"Do you think they miss us?" Lorelai asked.
"I am sure they do," Rory said taking a sip of her coffee. "Especially Luke."
"Why especially Luke?" Lorelai asked now, almost doing a spit take.
"Because we basically pay for his diner to stay open," Zoe said quickly. "We are there every single day."
"Yeah." Rory looked at Zoe and was pretty impressed with her coming up with that so quickly.
Even Rory and Zoe knew that Lorelai liked Luke, but was too afraid to say anything and that he liked her back. But they didn't exactly want to talk about it and make it awkward, so it was best that they avoided the topic.
A/N: Let me know what you think as usual.