Lorelai rushed to the nurse desk at the hospital. Rory followed close behind. "Excuse me, I'm looking for Luke Danes." Lorelai said breathlessly.

The nurse checked her papers. "I'm sorry, there's no Luke Danes on my list."

"Check the list again." Lorelai replied.

"Ma'am…"

"Check it again!" Lorelai repeated in a higher tone.

The nurse quickly scanned through her papers. "No. There is no one here under the name of Luke Danes."

"Oh God…" Lorelai said nervously. "What if…" She couldn't bring herself to even say it.

"Mom, no." Rory answered, knowing what was going through her mother's mind. "Luke's probably fine. He's probably already checked out and on his way home."

Suddenly, a voice from down the hall called out towards Lorelai. "Lorelai?"

Lorelai turned around quickly and saw Luke walking towards her. Without even thinking she ran quickly towards him and wrapped her arms around him.

"Lorelai what are you doing here?" Luke asked, as he held her close.

Lorelai who was so relieved that Luke was okay, let out a large breath of air. "Oh thank God you're okay." She replied her voice muffled by Luke's shoulder.

"Of course I'm okay. Why are you here?" He pulled her away from him.

"Babbette called… she said there was a horrible accident and you were at the hospital. Babbette made it sound like…" Lorelai paused and took a good look at Luke. "You're not hurt."

Luke smiled. "No."

"Why did I get a phone call saying you were?"

Luke shrugged. "I guess the information got crossed."

"Well, could you uncross it for me… please." Lorelai replied becoming a bit annoyed.

"I was driving down Main Street and there was this guy selling vegetables by the road. I took my eyes off the road for one second just to change the radio station and when I looked up, I was nearly on top of the vegetable stand. I tried to dodge the stand, but it was too late. I crashed into a whole rack of tomatoes and cucumbers. I jumped out of my truck to check on the guy and he was buried under all the vegetables. He said he was fine, but I brought him to the hospital anyway. It didn't even hurt my truck… ruined his stand though. And well, you know how quickly news gets around Stars Hollow. I guess it just got kind of jumbled this time."

Rory, who had been watching the entire scene slowly walked up beside her mother. Lorelai reached over and put her arm around Rory. "Well, we're glad to see it's all a misunderstanding."

"Yeah, sorry about that…"

"It happens…" Lorelai paused. "Well, I guess we'll head back home. Seeing as how you're okay."

Luke's face dulled. "Oh… Well… sure."

"Okay… well, bye."

"Bye." Luke replied, feeling a bit of hostility between him and Lorelai.

Lorelai turned to leave, but Rory wouldn't move. "Mom, what are you doing?" she asked in a high whisper.

"Leaving." Lorelai replied. "Or at least trying to."

"Why?"

"Because… he's fine… the truck's fine… the veggie guy is fine… the poor stand is gone, but I've looked like an idiot for long enough now. We're leaving."

"You didn't look like an idiot."

Luke watched as the girls whispered back and forth between each other. Deciding to try to convince Lorelai to stay, he cleared his throat. "Hey… guess who the man at the vegetable stand was."

Lorelai glanced back at Luke. "Who?" She asked, not really concerned.

"Jackson." He walked closer to Lorelai and Rory.

"Jackson?"

"You know… that weird funny guy from high school."

"Kirk?" Lorelai asked.

"No… Jackson… Jackson… Crap, what was his last name? You used to hang out with him."

Suddenly, Lorelai's mind flashed back to the group of kids she sat with at lunch. "Oh… Oh… Umm… Damn it. What was his name?"

"Mellville?" Luke asked.

"Belleville!" Lorelai shouted in victory.

"Belleville!" Luke shouted as well. "That's it!"

"Wow… I haven't seen him in forever."

"Well, if you wait around for a few minutes, he should be out." Luke looked down at Rory. "Hi." He replied as if he had just noticed she was there.

"Hi." Rory repeated, humored by the outrageous u-turn that Luke and Lorelai's conversation had taken.

"Sure. I guess we could hang around for a few minutes." Lorelai said as she walked over and sat down in a nearby chair.

Luke walked over and sat down beside her. "You know what else I remembered about high school today?"

"How bad the food tasted?"

"That time you burned me out in the school yard." Luke smiled.

A large smile crossed Lorelai's face as well. "Yeah, I did have a way with words didn't I?"

"I totally deserved it." Luke added. "What was it you said… I'd need all my speed to out run…"

"Alimony and child support collectors." Lorelai finished in a laughing tone. "Oh, gosh that was harsh."

"It worked though." Luke replied. "After that, I never considered myself such a big shot. I always appreciated your honesty."

"I figured so…"

"You did?"

"Yeah…. I mean, when I saw you at Taylor's a couple of years later I could tell you had changed so much… Which I know that wasn't because of me."

"It had a lot to do with you Lorelai." Luke smiled. "More than you might think." He slowly put his hand on hers. "You never give yourself enough credit…"

Rory watched in amazement at the incredible bond between the two. She could feel the love bursting out from all around them. There was no doubt in her mind this was the man her mother should be with.

Not used to showing affection towards men in the presence of her daughter, Lorelai quickly removed her hand. She stood from the chair as she saw a man walking towards Luke and her. Luke stood as well.

"So, everything checked out okay?" Luke asked.

"Right as rain." Jackson replied.

Lorelai was shocked to see that Jackson looked exactly the same as he did in high school. Luke cleared his throat.

"Jackson, this is…"

Before he could finish a loud gasp escaped from Jackson. "Lorelai Gilmore!"

"Hey, Jackson." Lorelai smiled.

"Wow!" Jackson was memorized by how attractive Lorelai was and how young she had stayed. "You look freaking …" Jackson quickly hushed as he saw a young girl walk up beside Lorelai. "Uh… Happy." Jackson added.

"So, I guess I should run you back to your stand. What's left of it anyway." Luke noted.

"Yeah, we'd better get going too." Lorelai replied. "It was good seeing you again, Jackson."

"You too." Jackson replied not looking Lorelai in the eye.

"I'll call you later?…" Luke hesitated to ask.

Lorelai nodded. "Okay." She ended with a smile.

As Rory and Lorelai pulled out from the hospital parking lot, Rory couldn't resist it any longer. "Oh my God, it's just so cute!" she burst.

"What is?" Lorelai asked.

"You… Him… All of it! You're soul mates!" Rory's eyes lit up.

Lorelai laughed. "I don't know about that."

"Mom, come on… he's the one for you. See, coming back to Stars Hollow has been the best idea we ever had."

"Rory, try not to get too excited."

"Why not?" Rory asked. "Everything is going perfect."

"Because, I don't want you to get your hopes up…"

"With Stars Hollow?"

"With Luke." Lorelai clarified. "I don't know what my future holds with Luke, and I don't want to feel like there's an obligation for me to make it work with him."

"But…" Rory paused. "But, you love Luke. Luke loves you. With time, I'll love Luke and I already love you." Rory cast a cheesy smile.

"Sweetie, please, just stop thinking about it, okay."

"Why?" Rory asked, becoming aggravated. "What's so wrong with wanting to have a family?"

"Rory you have a family." Lorelai replied a bit hurt from the comment.

"A traditional family… a mother a father and kid… maybe a dog or cat… preferably a cat, dogs tend to be too hyper and chew a lot."

"Traditional is highly overrated." Lorelai remarked.

"Well, maybe I'd like overrated… maybe you'd like overrated if you'd give it a try."

Lorelai narrowed her eyes. "Maybe someone needs to let mom worry about what to do with overrated."

"Oh yeah? Well, has mom ever thought about overrated's feelings?"

"Is that really someone's business?." Lorelai snipped.

Rory sighed. "You shouldn't hide behind words."

"I'm not hiding behind words." Lorelai quickly replied. "You're the one referring to ppl as "overrated" and "someone". I have nothing to hide, anyway."

"Oh, yes you do."

"Really?"

"Yes, Really." Rory shot back.

"What do I have to hide?" Lorelai asked.

"Your feelings for Luke." Rory answered. "Why you feel the need to hide, I'm not sure yet."

Lorelai quickly became upset at Rory's wise judgment. Rory was no longer a child that could have her opinions and perceptions easily persuaded. "Just, stop…" Lorelai's voice was cold. "Stop."

"Fine. I'll stop." Rory said as she crossed her arms and began to stare out the window.

"Damn know it all." Lorelai muttered under her breath.

"What?" Rory asked as she jerked her head back towards Lorelai.

"Don't it beat all…" Lorelai replied. "Seeing Jackson after all these years."

Rory rolled her eyes and focused her attention back to the window.