They slept in very late the next day, so they woke up with just enough time to shower and dress before meeting Lorelai for lunch. In fact they had so little time that they had to shower together, which neither of them minded.

They stood together looking in the mirror before going downstairs.

"You ready?" asked Rory, knowing that Logan wasn't too excited about it and hoping that her mom would give him a chance.

Logan nodded and without another word they went downstairs.

Rory immediately spotted the table reserved for them by the two large coffee pots on it. As she approached she also saw that there was a reserved sign on it, but Lorelai was not around.

"You sit down and I'll look for my mom." she suggested.

Logan sat down nervously. He knew that this time it was important to make a good impression on Lorelai because his future with Rory was important to him.

Rory finally spotted her mom behind the front desk, pestering Michel.

Lorelai looked up and smiled. "Morning kid. Ready for lunch."

"Always." Rory said. "But mom go easy on Logan, okay."

"I will. I'll be so charming he'll forget I'm your mother."

Rory smiled. "Okay then, lets go." They turned to leave. "Good morning Michel." she called over her shoulder.

"Go away." he snapped.

"What's his problem?" she said Lorelai quietly as they were entering the dining room.

"Someone rearranged his post-its again." Lorelai explained.

Rory nodded understandingly.

Logan stood up as they approached the table. "Good morning." he said.

"Good morning Logan." Lorelai said. They all sat down.

Just then Sookie entered the room. "Rory!" she squealed. Rory stood up to give her a hug. "Did you get the food I left for you?"

"Yes I did, thank you so much."

"I wanted to stay and make you something fresh but Jackson was watching the kids and I didn't want to abandon him. Oh you must be Logan." She said, suddenly turning to face him.

"And you are Sookie. I've heard a lot about you." he said with an easy smile.

"You haven't lived until you've tried my food. Go ahead, order anything you want. Challenge me." she demanded, excited to introduce someone new to her cooking.

"I actually tried it last night, and if it was any indication." Logan began.

"That was reheated leftovers." Sookie dismissed it, but still looked pleased at the compliment.

They ordered food and Sookie scurried off to prepare it.

Rory was surprised at how comfortable it was. There was no tension between her mom and Logan and they were all able to joke around and chat without feeling too self conscious. Rory knew that her mom knew about Logan gardening for the Gilmores but she didn't mention it or even allude to it, so the whole thing went very well. And when she didn't have to worry about defending Logan she had a great time hanging out with both of them.

Finally when the meal was done Logan went upstairs by himself to give Rory some extra time with her mom.

Rory was grateful because she had been meaning to talk with her mom about something.

"Mom, I wanted to run something by you. Please hear me out before you get mad or anything like that."

Lorelai could tell that this was serious. She didn't say anything, just nodded and prepared to listen.

"Well you know that Logan isn't in school anymore and even though he is working we are still having a lot of trouble paying for things. And its driving us crazy living with Paris and Doyle. The place just isn't big enough for four people. So, I was thinking about leaving school again, temporarily only, to work until we are on our feet again."

"No." Said Lorelai immediately. "Rory you can't leave school. You already tried that and you hated it. If you leave now you will never go back. It's not going to get any easier to afford, and you are so close to graduating. Please don't give up on school again. I know Logan is important to you, I get that, and I'm also starting to get why you like him, but you can't give up school for him."

"Mom I get what you are saying and school is important to me. I do have direction and I know what I want to do, I just don't know if I can do it right now. I really want to be with Logan and if that means putting school aside temporarily I'm willing to do that. I mean, Yale will always be there. And maybe then Logan could go back to school with me."

"Rory your best chance of getting a good job is to stay in school and graduate. I'm going to support you no matter what you choose but please don't drop out of school. Especially because as much as you love him and want it to work you don't know if it will, or if he will stick around."

"Yeah... I guess I'll talk more about it to you later."

Lorelai nodded, knowing it was the best she could hope for now. And she didn't want to alienate her daughter again.

"Is there something else going on?" Lorelai finally asked.

"No. Not really. I mean its probably nothing. I'm just not sure how we are going to make it together on just his small income." Rory said, somewhat unconvincingly.

"Okay well you know I'm always here for you." Lorelai assured her.

Rory gave her mom a hug and then went upstairs to be with Logan.

They spent the next few hours together, around the inn and going outside for a while to explore the entire place.

When Rory went up to the room for a quick nap Lorelai pulled Logan aside.

"Hey, can I talk to you?"

Logan nodded and they sat down.