Disclaimer: I still don't own these characters.

A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while. I kind of forgot about this story what with moving back into college and such. Hopefully the plot is thickening somewhat. Enjoy!

Friday Night Dinner was going smoothly. Since Lorelai's wedding things between Lorelai and Emily had become quite pleasant. The past still haunted both of them from time to time but it had gotten much better. Emily had learned not to question her daughter's life choices and keep it to herself when she thought her daughter was making wrong decisions. Well, keep most of it to herself. When she didn't, Lorelai had to remember that Emily was only doing what she thought was right and Emily only wanted the best (or what she thought was the best) for Lorelai anyway.

Richard's relationship with Lorelai had always been a bit smoother than Emily's had been and there were no real problems there. Richard was also trying his best to get to know his grandson, Aaron, even though that was hard sometimes. He had also accepted Luke and Jess as part of the family and while he knew he wouldn't be begging them to join the club with him any time soon, he was forging a good and lasting relationship.

During dessert, Rory told her grandmother that she had a save the date card for her in the mail.

"I already know what day you're getting married," Emily scoffed. "I'm helping with the planning."

"Actually," Rory said. "We have changed the date."

"You can't do that!" Emily exclaimed, astounded that her granddaughter would even think such a thing.

"Yes, I can," Rory argued. "The church is in Stars Hollow and we can get married pretty much any day and time, the reverend doesn't care! And the reception is in the backyard of the Dragonfly, so that can be whenever."

"Well, when are you getting married?" Emily asked.

"Why don't you just wait until you get the card in the mail," Lorelai told Emily. Rory had moved the date up because of some training Jess wanted to attend before his first semester as a Yale teacher and they both decided they would like to be married and go on their honeymoon before. Lorelai also knew that Emily wouldn't be happy about such a change and figured she would say something that didn't need to be said at such a pleasant dinner.

"I need to know now so I can check our schedule and make sure I can cancel any arrangements, isn't that right, Richard," Emily said, trying to get her husband as an ally.

"Hmm," Richard asked, looking up at her. He actually hadn't heard a word of the conversation, having been engaged in a deep discussion about the merits of different authors with Jess and even having Aaron chime in from time to time. Seeing the look on his wife's face, Richard quickly agreed. "Of course, dear."

"If you have something on your schedule you can change it," Lorelai told her mother, desperately hoping her mother would leave it at that while knowing she wouldn't. She could just hear what her mother would have to say when Rory told her they were moving the date up.

Lorelai looked at her father who was now looking at her. She used her eyes to plead with him to getting Emily to stop. Richard may not have been the best father for all of Lorelai's years, but she was still his baby girl and he loved her and his granddaughter more than anything. Although he didn't know exactly what was going on he knew that if Lorelai was pleading with him it must be serious. He added his own plea. "Emily, I'm sure it's not that big of a deal. Lorelai is right. If we have something on the date we can just change it."

"No!" Emily continued to argue. "If we cancel or change something it is best that we do it as soon as possible. We might be considered rude if we don't and…"

Rory couldn't take it anymore. She knew the response this was likely to get from her grandmother and she quickly sent Jess an apologetic look. She wasn't sure if he caught it or not but forged ahead. "Grandma, we moved the wedding up a few weeks. It is now at the beginning of June instead of at the beginning of July."

All the members of the table turned to stare at Rory. Aaron and Emma were staring because everyone else was. Jess was staring because he wasn't sure where else to look; he definitely wasn't going to look at Emily. Lorelai was staring because she couldn't believe Rory just told her grandmother that, having to know the reaction such a statement would trigger and Richard was staring because he also couldn't believe Rory would say that to her grandmother while sitting at the dinner table (he also knew this was about to be bad). Emily was also staring at Rory with disbelief in her features.

"That's not a few weeks, Rory!" Emily exclaimed. "That's a whole month. Why are you pushing it up so much. That means the wedding is now only a mere month away! Many people won't be able to make it to your wedding now. It is proper to send Save the Date cards out much earlier than this!"

"I know, but everyone who's coming is either in our family or lives in Stars Hollow! The people in Stars Hollow have been waiting for me to get married for a while and I don't think they'll miss this. People in our family can rearrange things so they can come. Jess wants to attend some training before he starts to teach at Yale and we thought it would be better to have our wedding and honeymoon over before he had to leave," Rory told her grandmother. Well, at least she was allowing an explanation.

"Huh," Emily said.

"Mom, please," Lorelai groaned, knowing that utterance, having heard it from Emily's mouth many times herself. That remark tinted with disbelief usually came after Lorelai had told Emily a lie. Emily followed the statement with a loud speech about how she knew Lorelai was lying and what she really thought was going on.

"Emily, dear, I don't think we need this right now," Richard told his wife, knowing what Lorelai did as well, but believing his granddaughter and not wanting to start an upset after such a pleasant evening.

Rory sighed. She knew that whatever was going to come out of Emily's mouth was not going to be good so she turned to Jess. "Jess, do you want to take Aaron and Emma into Grandpa's study and read a book or something?"

Rory had phrased it as a question, but Jess knew this was not up for debate. He knew Aaron and Emma would have a book to read (they followed Rory's rule of taking a book everywhere) and he knew Rory just wanted to get him out of the room. He appreciated it greatly.

Jess began to get up and motioned for the twins to follow him when Emily stopped him. "No." Emily commanded. "You sit down. Since the topic for discussion is your wedding, I think you should be here when we discuss it."

"Grandma," Rory begged. "Please."

"Jess, sit down!" Emily commanded again.

Lorelai, Richard and Rory looked at Jess resignedly and that was when he knew he had to stay and he was about to endure the wrath of one, Emily Gilmore.

Emily shooed Aaron and Emma out of the room, but before they could get all the way out Jess called to them, "Hey, midgets. Shut the door to your grandfather's study." At that, Rory couldn't help but smile. She loved how much he cared for her little siblings.

"What do you think they are going to talk about?" Emma whispered to Aaron as they were walking to the study.

"I don't know, but there is one sure way to find out," Aaron told her. "Shhh."

The twins walked over to the study door, looked at each other and shut the door loudly, but didn't go in the study. They could tell this conversation was going to be big, and there was no way they were going to be left out of the loop.

What do you think they are going to talk about? As if you don't know. How will Emily feel? As if you don't know. If you read, please review…and hopefully I can get the next chapter up a bit faster. Thanks!