"Sookie stop freaking out, I don't want to go through this again" Lorelai complained.
"I'm sorry it's just so hard to think we might lose the business we've worked so hard for just because a new Inn moves into town!" Sookie protested.
"We won't lose the Inn, because I'm going to my parent's house to ask for the money to pay for a spa, I really wish I didn't have to do it, but I guess I won't have Friday nights free anymore. This whole ordeal really makes me want a cup of coffee… Luke!" Lorelai yelled.
"I'm not giving you any coffee; it'd be cheating on your no-coffee diet. Besides remember what happened last time you had coffee?" Luke chattered.
"Eh it's a little fuzzy in my memory," Lorelai replied.
"Exactly when you drink coffee you forget things it's a known fact!" Luke declared.
"First of all that's not true, and second I'm not sure you remember what actually happened that day, don't you remember how I slipped on Bootsy's beer bottle and hit my head on Kirk's podium at the town meeting, and then we went to the doctor and he told me to stop drinking coffee because it would slowly destroy my insides… oh and I had a concussion, not important" Lorelai defended.
"I don't think I remember that" Luke answered.
"It's also the day I went into labor and delivered Rome, so you might not remember it well since you fainted, oh by the way I'm taking Rome with me to my parent's house, the cuteness factor will help my cause… come along Rome," Lorelai breathed.
"Fine, see you in a couple hours" Luke proposed.
"Better not be that long," whispered Lorelai, under her breath.
"Great second time in a week I've had to knock on this door, do you want to do it honey?" Lorelai questioned; and Rome knocked on the large ornately carved door.
"Hello… I'm not sure if I should let you in… the the Gilmores said they don't want to be bothered," a maid on the other side of the door stuttered.
"Oh don't worry about it, I'm their daughter, I just needed to ask them…" Lorelai started.
"Oh I was informed the Gilmores only had a son… but if you say you're their daughter, then please come in" the maid replied.
"Okay then, where are they?" Lorelai asked.
"They're in the dining room, having dinner, with their son and Granddaughters," the maid replied.
"Wow so they're all one big happy family now, are they? Well I'm sure that Jeffrey is perfect for the role of prodigy child and son-my-Father's-never-had" Lorelai leered. "Let's just get this over with, come on Hun let's go." Lorelai finished, pulling Rome behind her.
"Lorelai! What are you doing here?" Richard questioned.
"What a girl can't return to the place where she was… born and raised? I see you're busy with company, how nice, and did you even think to invite my family to the party. Oh no I get it, you still think I'm a failure, and you still disapprove of my choice to marry Luke… don't you. Well you're being a great role model for your Grandson" Lorelai ranted.
"Lorelai where is all this coming from? This dinner was a last minute idea; the girls spent the day with me, while your Father was golfing with Jeffrey. We just thought it would be rude not to invite them to dinner when the snails were nearly prepared and they were standing right in the foyer!" Emily protested. "Plus you hate snails! You've told us several times!"
"Ha yes she has I can vouch for that!" Richard agreed.
"Listen maybe we should go Richard, you obviously have some issues to sort out, and our presence here is not a calming factor, in fact it's rather a contributing factor" Jeffrey murmured.
"Nonsense, you and your daughters have just as much right to be here as Lorelai and her son! We were in the middle of a dinner party when Lorelai so rudely interrupted, so if anyone should be leaving it's her!" Richard yelled.
"Great so now I've been replaced! By none other than the bastard child himself! Oh Rome don't repeat that word Hun" Lorelai screamed. "And you Mom I never thought you would give into this treachery! I came all the way from Stars Hallow, because I thought you might like to see your Grandson!"
"Lorelai?" Emily protested, as she gave Lorelai a suspicious glare.
"Okay so maybe I need… money too, but that's not the point, besides you told me anytime I wanted to add something to the Inn that you would be willing to pay for it, with the usual terms of course!" Lorelai whined.
"Listen if that's all you needed then you could have saved yourself all this embarrassment and asked outright for the money, I mean really Lorelai are you that starved for attention that you need to take away my newfound relationship with your Brother and his family!" Richard replied. "Will $40000 do the trick?"
"Yes" Lorelai answered.
"Come here Rome let your Grandma get a good look at you, just look how big you've gotten!" Emily proclaimed. "Look at this boy Richard he's going to be as big as his Grandfather someday!"
"Here you are Lorelai," Richard said, as he handed her the check.
"So we'll be seeing Rome, Luke, and you, on the 26th, your Father and I won't be here on the 19th as we have other business to attend to, so you're still free for one more week" Emily crooned.
"Yes, and you might see Rory too, I guess we'll see" Lorelai retorted.
"Rory! She's really going to be here!" Emily proclaimed.
"Yes she's actually coming in on the train tonight so I better get going, come on Rome" Lorelai transmitted this information.
"I hope you know, Mom, I'm not going to forgive and forget so easily" Lorelai began as Emily walked her too the door. "That new 'son' of yours is no Brother of mine, don't get me wrong, I'm glad I have the money, but if I were Dad and you, I would consider myself frozen." Lorelai finished, as she walked towards the car, not ever looking back, because she knew she would see the understanding and hurt on her Mother's face. "Bye Mom."
Although Lorelai was happy that she had the money for the Inn, she couldn't help but fight the jealously that seeped under her skin. Soon before she realized it, she made a promise to herself that she would freeze her parents out as long as she could, because while she didn't understand it, she was quite possible the angriest she had ever been at them. The 26th… hmm I'm sure Rome wouldn't mind having the imaginary flu on that day…
