"So what are we going to watch tonight to ring in our new year?" Lorelai asked taking a seat next to Rory on the couch.

"Anything is fine." She said cheerfully.

"So are you going to tell me about earlier?"

"About what?"

"When you and Dean disappeared together for nearly two hours…I assume it has something to do with this new cheerful mood that you're in."

Rory blushed. "Maybe it does. Is it a crime to spend a few hours with a friend and be happy afterwards?"

"Maybe it is for you Scrooge. Seriously though what's going on? Are you two thinking about getting back together?"

Rory thought about the question for a moment, she wasn't quite sure how to answer it. Yes they had thought about it but it wasn't exactly that easy. Lorelai knew from the look on her face that something definitely happened.

"Wait a minute; I know that look…the two of you are having sex, aren't you?"

"Mom, please not so loud." Rory said embarrassed.

"What, no one else is home."

"Yes but Babette is right next door, probably outside."

"Sorry, didn't realize it was such a sensitive subject."

"Well it is."

"Why? I mean this is a good thing right? I mean I can't even remember the last time you were in a relationship."

"That's because it has been a very long time and it will continue to get even longer."

"Why…Dean doesn't want to be in a relationship?"

"No, it's not Dean, it's me. How could I possibly be a good girlfriend to him with my job the way it is right now? It's not fair and I'm not dragging him through that, I've already caused him enough pain."

"So you're just going to drag him through the emotions of getting intimate again and then leave him behind? Do you really think that's such a good idea?"

"No obviously not but I told him everything before anything happened, I explained the situation."

"And what did he have to say about it?"

"Well basically he told me that we should be married."

"What?" Lorelai asked shocked.

"He thinks my job is taking away from my other life experiences, he wants me to move back home."

"Wow that had to be a somewhat awkward conversation."

"Yeah but not really, I mean everything he said is right. I'm almost thirty years old and what do I have besides a job that I don't even like that much? When you were my age, I was already twelve. Do you realize what that means?"

"What?"

"That even if I had a baby right now I will be forty when she is twelve, I'm going to be an old mom."

"You want kids?" Lorelai asked surprised.

"Well yeah I mean I always thought I would at least have one."

"A girl right?"

"Yeah how did you know?"

"You said she will be twelve." Lorelai said with a smile. "So did you and Dean talk about having kids too?"

"No." She answered quickly. "It was just a thought that I had I guess."

"Oh okay, well if you do want a kid, you should get on that because you may want to be an old mom but I don't want to be an old grandma."

"Of course you make this about you."

"So I need details…is it different now?"

"Is what different?" Rory asked looking at her mom as if she had gone crazy.

"You know what I'm referring to…the last time you two were intimate was years ago, has he learned any new tricks?"

Rory couldn't keep herself from smiling. "Mom, I can't talk about this with you, it's too embarrassing."

"Why not…we used to be able to talk about this stuff? Either you start talking or I will be forced to tell you about some of mine and Luke's stories to make you feel more comfortable talking about this."

"Oh God please mom, no. No offense but that is a subject I really don't need to know about. I will tell you as long as you promise to never bring that up again."

"Okay fine, I'm listening."

"Well it definitely wasn't the same as when we were younger. I mean it was good then but this week has been an awakening."

"In what way?"

"Dean gave me my first orgasm, and my second." Rory proudly announced still a bit embarrassed talking about the subject.

"Seriously, you never did before?" Rory shook her head and smiled. "What about Logan, all that time you never…"

"Nope, not even once."

"Well did you tell Dean about it?"

"Mom he was there, I think he knows what happened."

"No I mean did you tell him that it was your first? It's a big deal and you would make him one of the happiest men on the planet by telling him about it."

"Oh well no I didn't mention it." Rory fidgeted with her hands.

"So what's going to happen now? Are the two of you just going to act like nothing ever happened?"

"No mom, Dean means a lot to me, I love him. I guess I will just live miserably in New York dreaming of the day that we can actually be together again."

"Tell me again why you two can't be a couple since you both want to be?"

"Mom you know my job takes all of my time. You even get mad at me for not making time enough to see you, imagine being with someone and also never being able to see them."

"It would be hard but if you really love him, it will also be worth it for the time that you can spend together."

"Maybe you're right."

"What are doing here anyway?"

"What do you mean; we are celebrating New Years Eve together."

"There's a possibility that the love of your life is spending New Years Eve alone a few blocks away from you right now and you're sitting at home with your mother to watch a movie?"

"You think I should go to him?"

"Yes I do and I also think the two of you should talk everything over again, there has to be a way for you to work something out. Isn't seeing each other sometime better then never?"

"Yeah I guess it is."

"Go be with him, if he's the one responsible for making you smile again like this, I want you with him."

Rory hugged her mom happily before getting up from the couch and ran towards her old room to change. Luke happened to walk in just as Rory ran by the foyer and she nearly knocked him over.

"Oh sorry Luke, I was just going to change." She said with a smile.

Luke nodded and turned to Lorelai who was still watching from her seat on the couch.

"What's with her?"

"She's in love."