Had a quick read and thought that I can split the two part into a three parter if that is okay?
"So he attacked the man for no reason?" Emily asked as she passed the potatoes to her daughter at dinner that night.
Lorelai shrugged. "I have no idea why he did it."
"Who knows with Dean," Luke said. "I understand why that Becky woman freaked him out though, she is just odd. But his life is his business as long as it stays away from mine."
"Does seem to be staying away from us whenever he and his family are in town," Jess grudgingly admitted. "Well, most of the time."
"Chuck and Sera seemed more embarrassed about the whole thing than we were. Sera kept on apologising though I have no idea why. She wasn't to blame. Think even if we don't get the convention she probably will give us some compensation for what happened today."
"Dean should be paying for it," Jess replied. "And in front of his kid too."
"I don't think he planned for Willow to see him attack a writer the diner," Rory said causing the two small boys at the perk up.
"Is Willie visiting?" Alex asked to which Jess groaned.
"I don't know if she is going to visit you. As for you going to see her, we'll have to have a long think about it," Rory replied.
Jude pouted. "It wasn't her fault last time."
"Her fault or not, it is up to your parents if you see the girl," Richard explained to the small boys.
"Was the Angel there?" Alex asked to which everyone at the table rolled their eyes.
"So this guy knew Dean?" Jess asked the other adults at the table bringing the conversation back to the afternoon's event. "This pulp writer guy?"
"I'm not too sure," Lorelai said.
"Didn't you say Chuck's last name was Edlund?" Rory asked her mother. "I'm pretty sure Dean called him, Shurley."
Lorelai shrugged. "He's signed in at the Inn as Edlund and that the name on all his books."
"That means nothing," Jess stated.
"It could have been a case of mistaken identity on Dean's part and as for Mr Edlund, he seems pretty skittish. He was apologising to Michael this morning for all those feathers turning up in the linen closet." Lorelai said.
"What feathers?" Luke asked.
"Oh we found a load of feathers in the place we store the pillows. Probably one the new ones ripped and none of the maids are ready to own up. In fact I think whoever it was replaced it because we don't have any loses."
"What has that got to do with Dean chasing the guy down?" Luke asked. "Even with the crazy stuff the guy seems to be into?"
"Skittish or not, seeing, what, 200lbs of Dean Forester threatening to charge at you, wouldn't you run?" Lorelai pondered causing both Luke and Jess to look at her.
"Dean does look like he has…well been working out over the past few years," Rory admitted.
"Yeah," Lorelai retorted. "Sure look like he has."
"Really has he?" Jess said while looking at his wife.
"Jess can you please watch your tone at my table?" Emily said cuttingly causing a frosty atmosphere to descend.
"He was her Uncle you know," a small voice interjected after a few moments.
"What?" Luke asked as they all looked at Alex.
"The Angel," Alex said as he pushed the carrots round his plate. "The Angel was Willow's Uncle."
"Yes, you told us that before," Richard replied as Luke dropped his fork.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked as Luke went pale.
"Willow," Luke said quietly.
"What about Willow?" Lorelai asked.
"She called the nerdy guy 'Uncle' Chuck."
Dinner in the Forester house was a little quieter than was usually expected as Willow was sitting quietly at the table as her Mother was trying to get her little brother to eat.
"Okay, we're all going to be like that are we?" Jo said to all of them around the table.
"I just love being the middle of the gossip of this town, again" May said firmly to her somewhat embarrassed son.
"Mom, I'm sorry it is…." Dean started to say before slowly drifting off.
"Is what?" Randy said. "Aren't you going to explain why you felt the need to scare people at Luke's?"
Jo looked at Dean for a second before turning back to Randy. "He's sorry. He'll apologise to Luke and to Chuck tomorrow."
"I am not apologising to Chuck," Dean stated firmly.
"What are you five?" Jo asked.
"Becky was with him," Dean retorted.
"Who's Becky?"
"Mom," Dean calmly said. "She's just…. Chuck's friend."
"And that is a problem how?" May said causing her son to tense.
"Mom, I'm sorry," Dean said. "I just didn't expect Chuck or Becky to be there, talking to Rory and her mom."
May put down her fork. "Why is it you never seem to control yourself when Rory Gilmore is involved?"
"Mom! Rory had nothing to do with what happened today," Dean turned to Jo. "It wasn't like that."
Jo let out a laugh before she reached up and tenderly stroked his cheek before breaking out in a wide grin. "I know. Your ex-girlfriend has no effect on your life and hasn't for a very long time because I am your world and you know that you'll never find anyone else who'll put up with you. Though I can replace your butt in five minutes flat."
"Ahh, this is screwed up," Dean said.
"And while we were with Willow," May muttered, making Dean feel the full force of her disapproval.
"Actually your mom has a point," Jo said to Dean. "Technically, Becky hasn't actually done anything to you. So her being there shouldn't stop you from doing squat."
"Thank you Jo," May said.
Dean's face fell as he looked at the reasonable expression on his girlfriend's face. "I don't remember you feeling that way when you mouthed off about her and her site."
"She really doesn't have control over that," Jo said turning her attention back to her young son sitting in the high chair. "She stopped moderating it years ago and even when she did, you can't complain. I was the one that got painted out as an incompetent idiot who just wanted to split the guys up in my early appearances."
"If only that is what I got when it comes to the guys," Dean mumbled.
"Do you two ever make sense?" Randy asked somewhat confused to which the other two blushed a little.
"You don't want to know what we are talking about Dad and please don't make me explain," Dean admitted. "I'll apologise to Luke tomorrow, as well as Chuck, I suppose."
"Why Dad?" Willow asked her father. "It isn't like Uncle Chuck isn't used to you or Uncle Dean being angry at him for having the stuff."
"Willow, we are not angry at him for that," Dean explained his child. "We just have a difference of opinion about what happens with his 'stories'."
"But Uncle Cas says it is important for Uncle Chuck to do his work and he has to do his work."
"Sweetheart, you will understand when you are older," Jo said with a sigh before turning to her other half. "And you can't pretend forever the kids won't find out, even about…the fans and their tastes."
"Like they aren't going to be screwed up already," Dean reasoned.
"If whatever you are talking about gets to you that badly; quit that stupid world you two feel obliged to stay in and move," Randy interjected. "And don't go on about how we don't understand."
"Dad, if Chuck was only it, it would be easier," Dean said.
"Just wait a minute," Lorelai said, running up the stairs as soon as they all got in the house.
"What's she doing?" Jude asked to which Rory just patted her little brother on his shoulder.
"Sometimes we don't ask," she said as her mother returned carrying a handful of books
"What are you doing?" Luke asked.
"Research and you guys are going to help me," she replied tossing him as couple of paperbacks.
"Why?" Jess said as he caught one of the ones that were thrown in his direction.
"Because Willow called him Uncle Chuck," Lorelai replied. "Plus it would actually be very rude of me not to get to know what my perspective clients are into by failing to read the materials the agent sent me."
"I'm still confused why I have to read these things?" Luke said.
"Because you love me and you want to relieve my burden in any way you can."
"You still really want this booking?" Luke asked.
"It is four nights, the place would be completely booked plus the extras they were asking for. We do have the remodel on the kitchen coming up," Lorelai explained. "Also don't you want to know?"
"Know what?" Jess asked.
"Well, Chuck the writer and Dean Forester man of mystery now," Lorelai said. "Is there something in there that explains everything?"
"Everything?" Luke asked. "Like the whole mess that Dean's into now? Personally I don't want to know anything about what his friends are doing apart from the ones that threaten my family are in another state."
"Really? You guys aren't curious?" Lorelai asked.
"Mom, I think it might be best if you just leave it," Rory said as Jess flicked through a few pages mumbling how the book was no prize winner.
"You two don't want to help me land a big client because you are jealous that this guy has a following," Lorelai huffily retorted.
"Sure I am and you are really interested in what this guy does. You thought this Edlund guy wrote fantasy books, when it is pretty obvious he writes horrors about Fabio and his guy friend," Jess said gesturing to the cover of a couple of the books. "Bet it goes down big with the Twilight and homoerotic crowds."
"Jess," Rory curtly, ushering the two boys out of the room.
Jess sighed as Lorelai stood firm from her place on the stair case. Luke huffed for a second. "You aren't going to let this go are you?"
"No, so you two start reading," she said.
