The next morning Lorelai was back to her usual self. After she woke up, and began functioning after her 2 cups of coffee she ran into Rory's room. "Let's go dress shopping." Lorelai suggested.

"Sleeping…. Shhhhh….." Rory said.

"Come on…. I'm bored!" Lorelai whined. Lorelai finally got Rory to wake up, and they went to buy Rory's maid of honor dress. After hours of trying things on, they finally found a beautiful, pink, dress that made Rory look even more gorgeous than usual. "That's perfect!" Lorelai said enthusiastically.

"Good. Now, let's go." Rory said grumpily.

"What's with you?"

"Sorry, after 3 hours I begin to get annoyed."

"So, I'm guessing you don't want to pick out shoes…" Lorelai said.

Rory smiled, starting to be positive again, "Why don't we save that for tomorrow."

"Fine… Fine. But please… can we get some ice cream."

"Okay, but then we have to go home."

"Okay… mom"

"Hey!" Rory shouted. "You're going to regret that! Now were not going for ice cream!"

"But mommy please… I'm sorry."

"You can go!" She smiled at her power, since she knew this was not true.

"You have the keys!"

"Oh yes. I do." She grinned. "Ok, ok let's go!"

"Yay!" Lorelai said.

They ordered out for dinner, because Luke was at the diner until late, doing prep work for thanksgiving. They had a fun night, just the two of them, and fell asleep on the couch. Luke pulled a blanket over them, when he came in. The next day Lorelai and Rory went shoe shopping, and they went to Luke's to grab a burger for dinner.

"This is good." Lorelai said pointing to the burger.

"Thanks, I tried something new." Luke said.

"What! Really?" the girls said panicked.

"Of course not! It's been the same for 15 years!" Luke said.

"Anyway," Rory said changing the subject. "Who's coming to thanksgiving at the diner tomorrow?"

"All of the usual, plus town troubadour, TJ, Liz- "

"Jess?"

"No…."

"Good." Rory said relieved.

"Rory, if you and Dean really are so close, you should be able to handle him."

"I know. Anyone else coming?"

"Emily and Richard." Lorelai said quietly.

"Whoa, What did you say" Rory said.

"Well, they were trying to get me to come to their house, and I was saying how I wanted to spend the holiday, with my fiancé, and my daughter. So they sort of invited themselves over."
"Is this a good idea?" Rory questioned.

"Nope," Lorelai said.

"Definitely not." Luke added.

"Okay…" Rory said. "I think I'll stop asking questions, now."

"We'll make due." Lorelai said.

"That's very mature of you." Rory said surprised.

" And if it doesn't go well, two people will regret it when they don't find an invitation in their mailbox…"

"Mom!"

"What?" She was grinning.