A/n: Sorry for the long wait…but here it is! Hope you like
Rory walked out of her room closing the door on loud music.
"Ugh I'm so tired." Lorelai complained.
"Maybe you shouldn't have spent all night with Luke."
"Well you were out all night with Jess and Pairs." Lorelai shot back.
"Not all night." Rory replied. "Wait, shouldn't you be baking?" Rory asked.
"Um...Shouldn't you be knitting?" Lorelai teased.
" Mom! Seriously, The Chilton bake sale is today!" Rory stressed.
"I know. It's already covered." Lorelai smiled and opened a magazine.
"They expect things editable, and homeaid. And you can't do either."
"I know. It's already covered." Lorelai repeated.
"By Someone other than Dolly Madison."
"I know. It's already covered." Lorelai put down the magazine and smiled up at Rory " Rory! Listen to me! I Have It Covered. Now get your stuff and turn off the radio because we're late, and we didn't even get to eat breakfast with the grandparents."
" It's not me." Rory grinned and opened her door to reveal Lane dancing.
"Where does your mother think you are?"
" On a park bench contemplating the reunification of the two Koreas."
" Huh. I am guessing this isn't on the list?"
" It would definitely not be included." Lane replied.
"School. Both of you." Lorelai led the two teens out of the house.
Rory sat at her seat on the bus when someone came up behind her.
"Hey." She heard.
" Ahh! Uh...Morning." Rory replied looking back to her book.
"Is it any good?" Dean asked pointing to the book.
" I wouldn't know since I am not reading it." Rory said referring to Dean talking to him.
" So thanks for helping me get a job at the store."
" No problem." Rory replied still engaged in the book.
" Are you always this serious?"
" No, only to people who fight with my family." Rory replied glaring at him.
"Oh...Uh...Well...he was asking for it." Dean replied.
" That's real mature." Rory shot back.
" Look. Last I heard you aren't even family. Just friends."
" No! We are family. Okay. Just get off the bus. Because this one is going to Hartford."
" Fine." Dean got up from his seat and walked out. Rory shook her head and went back to reading.
Later that day, Lorelai Rory and Sookie were at the bake sale aww'ing the different foods they had.
Mr. Medina walks up to them and smiled. " Good to see you, Lorelai."
" Good to see you, Mr. Medina."
"Max." He corrected.
"Mr. Medina." Lorelai replied.
" Max." He insisted.
"Mr Medina, meet Sookie, the chef at the inn. Sookie, Mr. Medina."
" Nice to meet you." He said to Sookie, but was still eyeing Lorelai.
" Same here." Sookie looked around in the crowd and spotted Luke and Jess walking toward their booth. "Oh Thank God. Their here, now I can get you two out of here." Sookie pointed toward Rory and Lorelai who grinned.
"Hey." Luke and Jess said as they approached them.
"Hey Hon." Lorelai flirted.
"Hey." He smiled and put his arm around her. Mr.Medina tensed when he saw that.
"Lore- I mean. Mrs. Gilmore, can I speak to you for a moment?"
" About what?" Lorelai asked confused. She looked at Rory who just shrugged.
"About School stuff and Chilton stuff, Rory." He rambled.
Lorelai looked over at Rory who just rolled her eyes.
" Sure. Come on Luke. Let's go talk with Mr. Medina." Lorelai smiled grabbing Luke's hand.
"Well...I'd actually like to discuss this with the parent only. It is more of a privacy thing for the child."
"Well. Luke and I are Rory's parents." Lorelai was not getting frustrated. Rory and Jess decided to make their exit.
"From what I've heard he's not even her Step-Dad."
" You know what. You can either talk to me with Luke there, or not at all. Sorry." Lorelai shot back.
" Never Mind." he muttered and walked away.
" He has a thing for you." Luke teased.
"I know. And he is so annoying. I mean seriously he knows I am taken." Lorelai smiled and looked up at Luke. " I love you." She smiled and kissed him.
" I love you too."
" Aw you are so cute." Sookie cooed. Luke rolled his eyes.
Jess, Lane, and Rory walk down the streets talking.
" So if you could live anywhere it'd be Philly?" Rory asked in disbelief.
" Yeah." Lane replied.
" Been there done that. Nothing exciting." Jess shrugged.
" Whatever. M. Night Shymalan, the guy who directed
'The Sixth Sense' Lives there." Lane said
" Huh, Still don't get why you'd live in Philadelphia." Rory replied as they walked across the street.
" I have to pick something up from the store." Lane said. Rory saw Dean in there and was hesitant at first but went in with her and Jess.
Rory walked down the candy isle with them. They walked up to the register and there was Dean, bagging groceries.
"Hey Rory."
" Hi." She shifts uncomfortably.
"Jess." Dean states.
" Deeno boy" Jess replies. Dean rolls his eyes.
Lane looks at Rory and shrugs.
" Hurry up, and let's get outta here." Jess says impatiently.
The cashier glared at Jess and he rolled his eyes.
" Come on. I'm done." Lane said as she grabbed the bag from Dean.
"Bye Rory." Dean smiles.
Rory waves her hand and walks out.
Lorelai and Sookie are in the diner trying to get some paper work done for the Inn. Amy and William are also in there and Amy is talking with the girls. William is just there with them at the counter.
"Hey." Luke says walking up and realizes they aren't even doing work, but rambling on about Jim Carey. "How do you get any work done?" Luke asks
"We don't." Lorelai smiles. Luke rolls his eyes and goes into the kitchen. Sookie quickly jumps up and goes behind the counter.
"Sookie!" Lorelai hissed. " Luke is going to be so mad. He doesn't even let me go behind the counter."
"...And she's sleeping with him." Amy smiles to Lorelai who's jaw just breaks and she just blushes.
" Amy! I am astonished at you!" Lorelai giggled.
" What are you doing behind there?" Luke screamed. "And what are you two doing giggling about?" Luke asked referring to Amy and Lorelai who were having a laughing fit.
" I wanted to add a little something to this man's food." referring to a costumer next to William.
"…And they are giggling about you and Lorelai's sex life." William add with a chuckle.
"Ah Jeez! Lorelai! Sookie get from behind the counter, and Lorelai! Ah!" Luke screams and walks back into the kitchen which makes Amy and Lorelai laugh even harder, and Sookie starts to laugh also.
" Mom!" Rory said rushing in with Jess by her side.
" Oh my god Rory! You just missed it. It was HALARIOUS!" Lorelai laughs.
" Mom. Come quick. You better hurry." Rory said pulling Lorelai up. Jess helps Amy off the stool.
" Whats going on?" Amy asks.
"It's cinnamon." Jess says as they walk out.
Amy and Lorelai are each on Babbettes side, as Jess and Rory are talking with Morey.
" She's gone. I can't believe it. It happened so
fast."
" I know." Amy soothed her.
" Tell me it wasn't the..." Morey broke down.
"No. Honey it wasn't the clams." Babbette reassured her husband.
" Clams?" Jess asked trying to to crack up.
" He saw me eating them...and he gave me this look, and I..." He couldn't finish.
" It wasn't the clams. She was 270 years old in human years." The vet says.
" Wow. That's a long healthy life." Lorelai nods.
" Yes it was." Rory agrees.
Later that night at the wake, Lane, Jess and Rory are sitting on the porch.
" So they rolled her into a lamp?"
" Yup." Jess replies and Rory nods her head.
" Did you laugh?"
"Yup." Jess grinned. Rory hit him playfully, and he shook his head.
" But you wanted to?" She asks
"Oh yeah." Rory says. Jess chuckles.
Sookie and Luke are inside still arguing.
" Is that meatloaf?" Sookie asked
" Yes."
" Ketchup?" Sookie asks in disgust.
" Making fun of my mother too?" Luke asked.
" No!" Sookie smiled.
" Hey Luke? Have you see Rory?" Lorelai asks.
" Yup. She headed that way." Luke said pointing toward the door.
Lorelai walks in the kitchen and sees Babbette crying.
" Hey Babbette." Lorelai smiled.
" Hey sugah." She said weakly.
" Aw Babbette what's wrong honey?" Lorelai asked.
" I was watch'n on that TV that parents who lose a child usually break up and end in divorce. I am afraid that me and Morey will never recover." She cried.
" Oh. Babbette you will recover this. Trust me. You and Morey are too much in love. I wish that one day I will have what you and Morey have." Lorelai smiled.
" You will Sugah. You will. That Lucas you got there is a real keeper." Babbette smiled and began to wash the dishes. Lorelai nodded and walked out the door to look for Rory.
" I understand if you don't like me, so I will just leave you alone." Lorelai heard a deep voice say.
" Dean. It's not that. It's just… Jess doesn't like you." Rory stated.
" So?"
" I won't date anyone that my best friend doesn't like." Rory frowned.
" Well… If that changes… I work at Doose's." Dean smiled and walked down the porch.
" Hey." Lorelai said finally coming around the corner.
" Oh Hey." Rory sighed and sat down on the porch.
" So…anything you want to tell me?" Lorelai asked.
" This guy dean likes me, but Jess and him hate each other, and it would be horrible if we started dating because we wouldn't be able to all hang out, and then I would be faced with the decision to either hang out with Jess or Dean, and I don't know." Rory sighed
" Honey. Breath… I understand…" Lorelai put her hands on Rory's shoulders.
" You have a decision to make. Do you really like this dean guy?" Lorelai asked. Rory shrugged.
" He's okay, but he's not really worth all this trouble." Rory looked down. " I just don't want to hurt him."
" Rory, you only hurt him more if you lead him on."
" Thanks Mom." Rory kissed her on the cheek and got up and walked back inside the house. Lorelai walked back to her house to check her answering machine when the phone rang.
" Hello?" Lorelai asked.
" Lorelai." Lorelai shut her eyes tight.
" Yes mom?" Lorelai asked as sweet as possible.
" Well… it is Rory's birthday on Friday is it not?" Emily asked
" Yes it is mom." Lorelai stated.
" Well… We wanted to have a little dinner for her on Friday." Emily explained.
" Mom… We always have a party for her on the day of her birthday." Lorelai attempted to explain. She put her free hand on her forehead.
" Well then the dinner will be on Saturday. No excuses. See you, Rory, that boyfriend of yours, and his parents, and nephew." Emily stated almost ready to hang up.
" Their names are Luke, Amy, Will, and Jess." Lorelai told her mother rolling her eyes.
" Yes. See you all Saturday." With that Lorelai heard a click.
" URGH." Lorelai hung up the phone and threw it on the couch.
" You okay?" She heard from the door.
Lorelai turned around and saw Jess standing there.
" Yeah… Just my mother." Lorelai crossed her arms.
" I don't get along with my mom either. Don't worry." Jess sat next to her.
Lorelai looked into Jess's eyes and could see hurt.
" Want some ice cream?" Lorelai asked. He just nodded. They both walked to the kitchen and got them self a bowl of ice cream and then went back and sat down on the couch.
" Lorelai?" Jess called all of a sudden. Lorelai turned to him.
" Hmm?" She asked with a mouth full of ice cream.
" I always considered you my mother. Ever since my first trip year." Lorelai smiled. "Do you remember it?" Jess asked.
" Yeah. Your mom had gotten in some trouble so you had to come for the summer. Then you were having a bad time since nobody knew you, so we through a huge party. You met Lane and that boy James. You four were inseperable that summer."
Jess nodded. " Thanks for everything you've done for me."
" Well… You are like a son to me too. I would do anything for you." Lorelai hugged him, after a while they separated.
" Anything?" Jess asked with a smirk. " Like getting Grandma and Grandpa to extend my curfew?"
" No." Lorelai laughed.
A/n: Pleease Review, and maybe the wait for the next chapter will be next!