When Lorelai woke up the next morning, Luke was already at the diner, even though it was 7 hours until the Thanksgiving meal would be served. Lorelai went into the kitchen and found that Luke was sweet, and left a full pot of coffee for her and Rory. The two of them mostly hung out around the house that morning. By 4:30, they got out of their PJs, and got ready to go to Luke's. Before they arrived at Luke's, Rory stopped by to grab some of the unwanted flowers. They entered Luke's and after the whole "I don't have a vase;" "Well than buy a vase;" bit was over, they went to find a table to sit at. Even though on Thanksgiving Luke's was technically closed and these were only invited guests the diner was packed, and Lorelai and Rory were forced to sit with to Kirk.

"Hi," Kirk said with a very upset look on his face.

"What's wrong Kirk?" Lorelai asked

"Cat Kirk died, last night."

"Oh Kirk, I'm so sorry." Rory said.

"I'm going to miss him or her so much."

"You never found out if it was a- " Lorelai began, but Rory gave her this look, that said, don't even bother going there.

"Well at least you have the memories." Rory said.

"And the scars." Kirk said.

"Yes, that too." Lorelai said.

Though they may not have had the most pleasant of conversations luckily Lorelai and Rory made it through the meal, without TOO many mental images of Kirk that would scar them for life.

Richard and Emily walked in exactly on time, no surprise. They tried to act pleasant, and as if they were happy to be there, but it wasn't hard to see through them. Emily, though she attempted to hide it, was shocked that Luke was wearing a baseball cap and jeans, even on such an occasion, to which of course they were over dressed. Though it was obvious that the Grandparents were not content, they managed to be civil, because really the had no other choice. Luke was going to marry Lorelai, they finally had faced the facts. They sat down at the table aside Lorelai's and Luke served them each a plate of food.

"Hi mom." Lorelai managed to say.

"Hello Lorelai." Emily said.

They ate their food in silence for a few minutes. Then Emily said, "Luke the food is very good."

Luke smiled, "Thanks Emily."

This friendly conversation gave Lorelai a boost of confidence, "We set a date, for the wedding."

"Oh, that's nice," said Emily. "When is it?" She was actually doing a good job at trying to keep things sound casual.

"January 15th."

"Oh my gosh! That's soon! There is so much to do!" Emily said frantically.

"I knew this was going to well." Lorelai whispered to Rory. Then looking at Emily, she said, "Mom, don't worry about it. It is my wedding and I have it under control."

"Fine." Emily said, showing she had the will power to mind her own business, even if she really didn't.

The meal continued, without any large fights or outbursts. Somehow Emily and Richard managed to leave Stars Hollow, without Lorelai or Rory being angry with them. The girls knew they were lucky that the night had gone so well, but Lorelai feared that this was not the end of Emily interfering with the plans of the wedding. Emily knew she could not stop the wedding. But as Emily always did, she wanted everything done the way she feels is proper. Lorelai was ready to do what ever it took, to assure that this wouldn't be the way her wedding would be done.