Lorelai ran back into the inn, through the kitchen, lobby, and to the bathroom. Sookie thought she heard some sniffling as she watched her best friend run by. Wiping her hands on her apron, she instantly followed her, walking into the bathroom.

From his desk, Michel observed first Lorelai, then Sookie going into the bathroom with mild interest. Chalking his concern up to simple gossip and not actual feelings of friendship, Michel also went into the bathroom.

Lorelai sat in a stall, trying hard to fight her tears. Someone knocked on the door, and she heard Sookie and Michel arguing with each other.

"Lorelai?" Sookie called. "Are you okay in there?"

"I'm fine." She replied, drying her eyes with toilet paper.

"Come out sweetie, and talk to us."

"Yes, the desk is absolutely backed up with guests. Do you expect me to manage them all?" Michel nodded. Sookie stepped on his foot and he cursed in French. Sighing, Lorelai opened the stall door and looked at her friends.

"Oh honey!" Sookie picked her up off of the toilet and hugged her. "Tell me what's wrong." She brought her out of the stall and over to the sinks, standing in front of her. To Lorelai's surprise, Michel also came over, his face not as hard.

"It's Rory's Dad." Lorelai explained. "I told you that it was Luke, who left me and got married?" Sookie nodded and Michel just shrugged.

"Well I'm not sure that it's him. There were two other guys around the same time…" Sookie's eyes went wide.

"Oh sweetie! You should have told me!"

"I never thought I would have to." Lorelai sighed. "I never thought I would see any of them again. Especially not in the shed behind the inn. Right before Rory's wedding." Sookie and Michel turned to each other.

"The shed?" They exclaimed in unison, and fled the bathroom.

"No!" Lorelai cried chasing them. "Come back! You'll only encourage them!" When she got to the back, Sookie and Michel had already entered the shed, only to find it totally empty.

"Where are they?" Michel asked, clearly disappointed at the lack of drama.

"They must have left." Lorelai said with a relieved, yet still pensive, expression. "Thank goodness! They all better hope that they never come back. I'll go all Jake LaMotta on em'!"

"I'm sure you will." Sookie said sympathetically, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Considering that nothing is going to happen, I am going back to the desk." Michel said, leaving the women.

"Gee, thanks for the support Michel. Glad to know how upset you are when things go wrong for me." Lorelai called sarcastically.

"How else am I to spend my time at this place?"

"Actually doing your job?" If he could have tossed his hair, he would have. Sookie looked at Lorelai.

"So now what are we going to do? What if they come back?"

"Honestly, I have no idea Sooks. As long as Rory never finds out, it really doesn't matter."

"But Rory's a cool kid." Sookie pointed out. "Maybe she won't be that upset with it." Lorelai burst out laughing.

"I guess you've never met Rory. I would actually like to be talking to her before her wedding. Now come on, we have more important stuff to be worrying about." She ushered Sookie back into the kitchen, but looked wearily at the shed as she left.


"Would you like to meet them?" Rory asked her friends. "Maybe you guys could help me figure out which one is my Dad."

"Why not? Is not like I have anything more important going on in my life at the moment." Paris snapped, shutting the book she was reading. Lane was far more receptive to the idea.

"Sure. I'd like to see the man in question. Or men as it would happen." Rory got off the chair she was seated on and left the room, her friends following. They entered the lobby, and Lorelai ran right over to her daughter, giving her a hug.

"Hey, everything alright?" Rory asked, concerned.

"It's nothing just… you know that I love you. Right?"

"I recall you having mentioned it at some point." Her daughter smiled. Lorelai beamed back.

"Good. I've got all my bases covered then. Go back to your pre-marital fun!" She shooed the girls away, and they all left through the kitchen together. Rory took them out to the back yard and opened up the shed, but it was empty.

"Where are they?" Rory gasped, suddenly panicking. "If my Mom catches them she'll lose it!" She began to pace, while Paris crossed her arms.

"Alright, we have to make a plan. Where could they have possibly gone? Judging by your Mom's attitude, she hasn't seen them yet. Thus, they haven't gone in the inn. Let's go check out the town, they might have gone out because it got too cramped in there or something." Rory sighed, pulling herself together.

"You could be right. But I told them to stay in there! If we find them, I'm going to kill them!"

"Noted." Lane nodded, and they took off towards the main town. They started down the block, walked around a bit, before finally seeing all three of them huddled in the gazebo in the town square.

"Hey! You three!" Paris shouted. They all turned to the three girls, and were almost instantly accosted by them.

"What are you doing out here?" Rory demanded. "I said specifically to stay inside the shed. What if my Mom sees you?" The three men exchanged a look, before Luke spoke up,

"She did see us. I'm surprised she didn't mention it. She kicked us out of the shed and told us to leave." Rory groaned inwardly. Of course, the fates had always hated her.

"So you're not coming to my wedding?" She asked hollowly.

"At the risk of incurring your mother's wrath?" Chris raised an eyebrow. "Not likely."

"Don't worry about her right now." Rory said dismissively. "She's really stressed out with all of the planning for my wedding, and she's not thinking straight. She'll be happy to see you tomorrow."

"You think?" Luke snorted. Rory sighed.

"What are you guys doing here anyway? Why in the gazebo?"

"Luke was showing us some of the sights of Stars Hollow." Max explained. Rory gazed at the baseball player in question.

"You've been here before?" Luke gave a smile, almost smile.

"I grew up here. Lived here all my life." He pointed at a building that had become an extension of Doose's grocery store. "That used to be my Dad's hardware store. I was going to turn it into a diner. But… stuff happened."

"Stuff being my Mom?" She asked. He shrugged. "Can you tell me about her?"

"What about your friends?" He asked and she turned to see Paris and Lane walking away. The latter turned and made a "go" motion with her hands.

"I think they've got something to do." She smiled. "Why don't we go somewhere and you can tell about what she was like back then. All of you." Chris and Max smiled back and nodded. They looked at their grumpy acquaintance.

"Let's go." Luke agreed.