"Ah Michel, Sookie, I'm heading home early. I gotta talk to Rory. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm sure Mum was just being delusional and crazy as usual but I still want to understand what exactly happened to make her act this weird. I know it can't be that huge."

"OK, hun. I'll see you tomorrow. Call me if you need any help? What was it about anyway?" Sookie asked.

"Well, I think the jist of the message was that Rory loves Lane or something. For some reason, I don't think she was talking about 'just friends' kinda love…"

"Lorelai, you cannot leave me here! The Hanser children have extended their stay until Friday and I can't handle their moaning and screaming!" Michel moaned at Lorelai.

"Michel, I can't stay. And they're hardly children yet! They haven't even gotten to the throwing food, running away from parents' stage yet. They're only babies! I don't think a one year old and three year old can be that tortuous!"

"Ugh, you have no idea. They are evil. The little one stares at me creepily. I cannot take it! And he dribbles all over the counter when the couple sits him on top to talk to me about changing tables and pureed food."

"Ah, I hate to break it to you Michel, but you were once an 'evil' drooler too"

"Ugh, no!! I refuse to believe that I exuded such terrible behaviour. I was a good baby."

"Yes Michel. Because babies that dribble and stare and do doodies in their nappies are so evil, right?"

"Exactly. I think you are beginning to understand my pain" Michel concluded.

"Yes well I can see how hard it is for you Michel having been a mother yourself. You must find it hard to find people to relate to. I'm sure people can't understand the lengths you have to go to when people with babies stay for up to a week! Maybe even a few days later than that! Must be tough. I don't recall having that much experience before, oh wait, actually its coming back to me. I think I slaved over Rory's dirty diapers and drooling for years. You know, my daughter"

"Now you are mocking me. I am leaving. I do not like your tone" Michel said, slinking away angrily.

"See ya later. Oh hi Mrs. Hanser! Say, I was just talking to Michel. I think he knows some new brands of pureed food that just work a treat. Isn't he an angel?"

"Lorelai!" Michel yelled pleadingly.

***

"Lane…did you hear something before? You know, when we were practicing" Rory asked Lane as she poured herself a glass of orange juice.

"Not here, but I thought I heard a car outside. Like maybe someone driving past. But I guess I was just too distracted by my thoughts to really pay any attention…oh, he's just so great Rory!"

"I know Lane, and so are you. You're going to tell him Lane. I know you can!"

"You know, I think I can Rory. I think this really helped. It made it easier for me to imagine doing it for real. Thanks again"

"No problem." Rory drank her juice, thinking about the earlier exercises.

"You know, I really thought I heard something. Like someone in the living room or something. I just didn't bother to check. But mums at work, so it couldn't have been her. I'm probably just being paranoid."

"No, actually I thought I saw your grandmother!"

"Haha, yeah good one. Humour, a good point to remember when talking to him"

"I will try to remember! I did think that was a pretty good joke myself. Emily Gilmore visiting. Hah!"

***

"Rory, you home?" Lorelai yelled from the doorway, as she took her coat off and went to put her handbag on the couch.

"In the kitchen!" Rory yelled back, scoffing down a chocolate muffin

"Oh, hey. You hang out with Lane today??" Rory asked, hurriedly approaching Rory and her chocolate companion.

"Yip. I'm so happy…" Rory began, munching happily and about to explain Lane's successes of that day.

"That's great hun, but we gotta talk. What happened with you and Mum?"

"Uh, I haven't seen grandma today, and ummm are you OK? Why would she be visiting? I think you need more sleep – you must have had another nightmare at work!" Rory replied, assuming this was the best explanation for her mum's weird behaviour.

"No Rory! Mum was coming to visit today, god knows why, and said she'd be here at 11.30! How could you miss her?"

"What? Oh my gosh, I thought I heard someone. Are you kidding me? Lane and I were joking that it would be funny if she was here, and then she IS here. I can't believe I didn't notice. Why didn't she say hello? It's not very Emily Gilmore-ish to visit and not even come and talk to me…" Rory started to ramble, confused and worried about where her mother was going with this conversation.

"Rory, calm down. She left because…well she was very angry and crazy eyed when she came to see me afterwards. She said something about walking in and seeing you say 'I love you' to Lane! I think she's been forgetting her meds lately or something! Don't worry about it…."

"Oh no! What does she think…that I'm a lesbian or something?? She must have seen me and Lane hugging too! Argh, sneaky grandma…"

"Wait, what? Back up girl"

"Me and Lane…" Rory began to explain the awkward situation.

"I don't wanna know Rory. If you and Lane have a thing, than keep it to yourself please. God I can't believe it. My mother was…right?"

"No Mum! She just misunderstood…"

"Ha, yeah well I know my mum's crazy Rory, but she's not one to lie about these sorts of things, especially if they could threaten her family name and all that jazz"

"You don't seriously think…"

"I don't know what to think Rory. You tell me."

"I did say those things, but I didn't mean them!"

"Well, that's not really fair to Lane then, is it? How does she feel about all of this, about you?!"

"Mum!" Rory said embarrassed, but mostly angry that this situation had gotten so out of hand, that even her mum couldn't understand her.

"Oh, god! What's Mrs Kim going to say? She's a devout Christian! And a Korean! That is a combination you don't mess with Rory. We had a huge conversation about this at the town meeting last year! Remember when Miss Patty was trying to convince Taylor to put on a dirty dancing day?! Mrs Kim is right up there in the list of most scary serious people, with South African bus drivers and Russians who own supermarkets! Don't tell me you've forgotten Kolek Mihailov!!"

"Yes, I remember, OK Mum! But I promise there's nothing going on between Lane and I. This has just gotten way out of hand. We were rehearsing and I was pretending to be her soon-to-be boyfriend" Rory explained, hoping her mum would see this time.

"Coz otherwise I think we'd have to go into hiding or else get a restraining order on the Kim family, because they'd be after us for sure. Who knows, they might have even teamed up with Kolek Mihailov's family to dispose of us properly. Ugh"

"You have nothing to worry about Mum. I just hope Mrs. Kim doesn't hear about this stupid rumour!" Rory said, starting to think about where this could lead.

"Gosh, who would have thought Emily Gilmore would be spreading rumours! What has the world come to?" Lorelai said dramatically.

"You're not mad are you, Mum?" Rory asked.

"No, of course not! Only at Mum!! I believe you Rory because I don't think you'd lie about something like this. And anyway, after a little mind-blowing I think I could handle this, if you ever changed your mind about your gender preferences…"

"Mum!"

"Well, at least I think. Although, I might have to kill Jess for not successfully keeping your attention. But really, you know I'll always love you, right?"

"Do you even have to ask? Let's go to Luke's. This is definitely a coffee crisis!" Rory said matter-of-factly.

"Agreed. Oh god, imagine what Friday night is going to be like! I think I'll be requesting a few bottles of wine to down that night!"

"And I'll be avoiding any weird questions aimed at me. Oh, why me, Mum!"

"Hah, your perfect streak couldn't last forever I guess hun. Don't worry; I'll be there if any Japanese martial arts are needed. You know I was the Karate Kid once right?"

"And I…liked Ninja Turtles as a kid! That could help." Rory added.

"Good work, Rory. Yes, I think we're definitely safe with turtle cartoons on our side".

"If we can survive seeing Kirk almost fully nude, we can survive this".

"Ewww, don't remind me! Images surfacing, vomit erupting…"

"Coffee waiting…" Rory reminded her mum.

"Ok, we're good. Let's go".

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A/N: Hey readers! So I know the last chapter was a little short… OK, really short. Truth be told, I just wanted to upload something coz I haven't uploaded in a while and didn't want to keep people waiting, although there probably aren't that many fans anyway LOL. And I'm sorry this chapter took a while :O I sort of got caught up with a few distractions… anyways hope you keep reading! And are more pleased by the length of this chapter :P I'm hoping to upload Jess' reaction soon. Don't want to give too much away, but I think it will generate some laughter. :P Also…it will include some lemony goodness, if you know what I mean, so I might put the rating up to M. Just a warning to all the younger people out there and people who only select 'T' stories to read. Just be aware mine will be M from now on :P Thanks again for reading

P.S I want to say a special thanks to cherrygirl. Your review literally brightened my day :) Thankyou so much!! *hug*