Rory's POV

It had been just over two weeks since I convinced mom that Kirk was her boyfriend and in the beginning it had been fun. It was funny seeing Kirk and mom together, they were so awkward, but it somehow worked. Nothing had happened between the two though. Mom tried on several occasions to get close to Kirk, to kiss him, but Kirk always skillfully avoided it. Mom was slightly disappointed but Kirk somehow convinced mom that it would be more special to wait until they were married. Kirk was always half excited and half scared, and mom was always blissfully unaware.

I only did it for a joke, but it quickly got out of hand. I didn't take Luke into consideration and by the time that I realized how upset he was... well I was too chicken to let him in on it. I didn't want him to lecture me, it was just a joke, I didn't think that it would get this bad. The first time I realized my mistake was dinner with the grandparents, yes mom invited Kirk to come with us. To say Richard and Emily were furious was an understatement. One good thing did come out of that dinner though, Emily offhandedly said that she'd prefer mom with the diner guy, so there may be hope for Luke and mom yet, but with how things are heading I doubt that.

After the dinner when we got home, I pulled mom aside and confessed everything, but it was too late. She didn't believe a word of it. She actually told me that she loved Kirk, now I know that it was only because of what Kirk and I had told her, but it was so devastating to hear her say that. Every day I tried to convince her. Asking her random questions, bringing up Luke's name, but nothing. I was beginning to think that I was doomed to have Kirk as my stepfather forever. Mom asked him to move in yesterday, but thankfully he declined. He told mom that his mother was ill and that she needed him home for the time being, but mom made him promise that when his mother was better that he'd move in, he accepted.

All this brings us today. Parent teacher day at Chilton, and aside from the fact that mom had to see Mr. Medina again, well guess what, yes she invited Kirk. She convinced him by telling him that I was his stepdaughter and that he should be involved in my life. Oh and on that note, Kirk's mother has taken to hugging me and calling me her granddaughter every time she sees me and it's creeping me out. But here we were, me, mom, and Kirk, sitting outside Mr. Medina's classroom. Mom didn't seem to remember her relationship with Mr. Medina and Kirk was clueless as well. I spent the whole time watching them making lovey faces at each other whilst I dreaded seeing Mr. Medina.

The door opened. "Rory, you're up," Mr. Medina said to me and then he smiled at mom.

"I'm Lorelai," mom said as she held out her hand for Mr. Medina to shake. Mr. Medina looked at me confused and I just shrugged my shoulders. "And this is Kirk."

"I'm Mr. Medina, but please call me Max," Max said as he shook both mom and Kirk's hand and held the door open for them. He stopped me at the door and looked at me confused.

"She lost her memory," I told him quickly before walking into the classroom trying to evade any further questions.

"Okay let's get this over with," Max said as he came into the classroom and stood in front of us. We were all seated at desks in the front row whilst Mr. Medina leant back against his desk. "Well Rory's a great student, one of the best in the class actually," I caught Max glancing from mom to Kirk and back again.

"She gets that off me," Kirk told Max proudly.

"Oh no Kirk honey," mom said as she turned and faced Kirk. "We've been through this, Christopher is Rory's father not you."

"Oh right," Kirk said sadly. "I apologize."

"Umm," Max faltered it looked as though he was still trying to figure out mom and Kirk's relationship. "Rory always completes the set work on time and to a high standard, and her homework is always in on time. Umm, I'm happy with her progress. Do you have any questions?"

"Yes I have one," Kirk said and I immediately cringed. "What is this class?"

"English Lit," Max answered. "I'm sorry I thought you knew that."

"Okay," Kirk said and I was just dreading what was going to come out of his mouth next. This had to be the worst day ever. "Does this school allow solicitation?"

"Solicitation?" the three of us questioned Kirk confused.

"Yes," Kirk said. "I don't want my daughter to offer sex for money."

"What?" I asked Kirk confused. Surely this was all a dream and I'd wake up from this. Pinch, nope still here.

"Umm, no," Max said nervously. "There is no solicitation at this school."

"How can you be sure?" Kirk challenged him. Mom grabbed his hand in hers in an attempt to soothe him.

"Any more questions?" Max asked dreading the answer.

"Yes," Kirk spoke again. "I'm an inspirational speaker and I was wondering if this school took speakers on to talk to the students."

"What do you speak about?" Max asked him. He was probably wondering what kind of gem Kirk would come up with, I knew I was.

"My father was killed during the Vietnam war," Kirk replied and for some reason I was not expecting that.

"So he was killed in Nam?" Max questioned him sadly.

"No, Stars Hollow," Kirk explained. "Though his traumatic death affected me a lot."

"How did he die?" Max asked. I don't think he cared anymore he was just trying to get this over with as fast as possible.

"Heart attack," Kirk told him. "He was fat so we expected it."

"Oh, look at the time," Max said glancing at his watch. "The next person will be here soon, but thank you for coming, Rory is an excellent student."

"Thank you," Kirk said as he shook Max's hand again. "Just call me to let me know what time to be here for my speech," Max just nodded his head.

"It was nice to meet you," Mom said as she took Max's hand in hers and smiled up at him.

I was trying to get out of there as fast as I could but Max called me back, "a word please Rory."

"I'll be out in a minute," I told mom and Kirk. "Yes?" I asked Max.

"Rory what is going on?" Max said sighing as he sat down at his desk. "Your mom is with Kirk? She told me so many stories about Kirk when we were together and not once did I think that she liked him."

"She doesn't like him," I said dropping my head. "She has memory loss."

"Is she alright?" Max asked me concerned.

"Yes, physically at least," I told him regretfully.

"Look Rory I don't know the whole story and I'm not entirely sure that I want to know, but you have to do something, you have to fix this," Max told me sternly.

"I will Max," I promised. "I'm sorry about tonight, I never meant for you to witness this."

"It's okay," Max told me giving me a quick hug. "Just fix it."

I smiled up and him and then left. I walked out of the classroom and mom and Kirk were hugging. "Eww, no public displays of affection please," I told them as I passed them.

"But Rory," Mom whined. "Kirk was just about to give me my first kiss since I lost my memory."

Wait, what? No way. There was no way I was letting Kirk kiss mom. If that happened then there would be no turning back.

"You should wait a few days," I told them trying to buy some time.

"Why?" Kirk asked me and mom pouted.

"Just trust me, it will make it all the more special," I shuddered at the thought.

"Okay kiddo," Mom accepted. "I like that guy Max, Kirk, he seemed cool."

"Yeah he was cool," Kirk agreed.

I had to do something and I had to do something fast. I was so over all this. I just wanted my mom back. This could still be turned around, I still had time, but something told me that once mom and Kirk kissed that there would be no turning back. There was only one person I could think of to help me out of this mess. We weren't exactly seeing eye to eye at the moment, but there was no one else.