"So when are you getting off the train! Hurry up Hun; I can't wait to see you!" Lorelai yelled, happily, while talking to Rory on the phone.
"Mom the train just pulled in give me time to, I don't know breath for a second. Sitting in an uncomfortable seat for hours while pregnant is actually a lot harder than it looks so give me a break" Rory protested. "How will I recognize you? I haven't seen you in so long!"
"Oh that'll be easy, I'm the one wearing the chauffer's suit, and holding up the sign that reads Huntzberger, plus I have a blue child with me, Rome got into some dye, we're not sure how though" Lorelai joked.
"Mom you aren't really wearing a chauffer's suit are you?" Rory panicked.
"No of course not, you know me well enough to know that I would not wear a chaffer's suit in public!" Lorelai protested.
"Well you have made some questionable fashion choices in recent years. It must be the old age" Rory teased.
"Name one bad fashion choice" Lorelai again protested.
"Three words, fuzzy, pink, UGGS!" Rory laughed.
"Uh excuse me I do remember getting complimented at least once on my choice of footwear!" Lorelai murmured.
"Yes and that compliment was a thank you because a dog got infatuated with those boots, followed us home, and ended up being Kirk's dog, that had been missing for three months" Rory stressed. "Mom I can see you! Oh my Rome really is blue, are you sure he's okay?"
"We took him to the doctor! Come here give your Mother a hug!" Lorelai yelled through the crowd, as she clicked end call on her cell phone.
"I'm so glad to see you Mom, you have no idea, and I'm so relieved you aren't wearing a chauffeur's suit!" Rory exclaimed. "And look at you Rome, you've gotten so big!"
"Can you say hi Rome? don't you remember your big sister?" Lorelai asked. "No, well I'm sure you two will get to know each other plenty over the next couple months" Lorelai finished winking at Luke as he walked up.
"Hey Rory! It's great to see you kid. I got you something from the gift shop, I felt kind of embarrassed that we didn't even get you a homecoming present, so here" Luke said, smiling.
"Wow it's a… t-shirt that says Spring Break 2012 in a double extra- large, that's great Luke, thank you!" Rory replied, trying to seem excited.
"Well it was between that and a mug that said "I'm a little engineer" so I figured the shirt would be the way to go" Luke answered, clearly not ruffled by Rory's look of disgust at the extremely large and inappropriate t-shirt.
"So are we ready to get home, you must be starving" Luke murmured.
"Oh no I'm fine I ate on the train, I don't want you to have to cook anything" Rory protested.
"Come on Rory, you know I love cooking for you and your Mom, besides it's been a good four years since you've had any freshly made food from the diner, it'll be no trouble at all!" Luke insisted.
"Mm mm you were right Mom this is really amazing, I'm so glad you added Coney dogs to the menu Luke!" Rory interjected.
"Your Mom insisted she wouldn't leave me alone until I made changes to the menu, I guess that's what getting married entitled… what's mine is yours" Luke laughed, looking down at his wife, and Rome who was stuffing a hot dog into his mouth.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the diner.
"Luke are you open!" Babette called from the steps "can I get a piece of pie, see my blood sugar's low, and the doctor, you know Doctor Barnette, hunky fellow, such a hot dog, anyway he told me if I started feeling shaky to eat something sugary, and I'm feeling shaky, so…"
"What do I look like a twenty-four hour eatery, diner closes at 6:00 and it's 9:45" Luke answered; however upon seeing their disappointed faces, he changed his mind. "Fine come on in, yes Patty you can come in to," Luke indicated.
"Thanks doll, hey look at this the diner looks smaller at night, doesn't it Patty?" Babette inquired.
"Yes it does, Luke have you ever noticed how creepy your diner is this late at night? Oh look its little Rome! How are you honey? Look at those cute little cheeks, I just want to pinch them" Babette answered.
"Miss Patty did you notice that we have a guest in our midst?" Lorelai questioned, slightly shocked at their lack of attention towards Rory.
"Oh yes, yes I did, it's nice to see you again Rory. Wow look at that boy stuff his face, he's going to be as strong and tall as his Daddy one day!" Miss Patty exclaimed.
"I sure hope so this town needs more tall boys, have you seen Sookie and Jackson's boy, he looks like he's five years old! Oh Luke can I get that pie now?" Babette insisted. "Apple if you have it Hun, remember Dean? He was such a hunk!"
"Didn't you hear? Dean and Jess are back in town, they're here to see Clara. Apparently they've become business partners, some sort of writing thing, don't ask me, that family can keep more secrets than my ex-husband!" Miss Patty gossiped.
"Really, when did they get here?" Babette exclaimed, as she stuffed a piece of pie in her mouth.
"Just yesterday, and I think they're planning on staying for four or five days" Miss Patty answered.
"Well I guess we should get going, we don't want to be late for karaoke, thanks for the pie Luke, see you Lorelai, and Rome work on getting taller!" Babette yelled as she walked out of the diner.
"Wow that was…" Lorelai started.
"Awkward… what was wrong with them? They acted like I was invisible; did I do something to them… or what?" Rory stuttered.
"I don't think so, in fact they haven't really asked about you much for a while" Lorelai replied.
"So that's it then, I guess I've officially been replace!" Rory yelled. "I'm so stupid, I should've known that coming back to the town that used to treat me like royalty would just forget about me, when Rome came along… how could they do this to me? Don't you remember the time that Taylor tried to make me Ice Cream Princess?"
"Rory, don't say that name!" Lorelai screeched.
"Why? And what name?" Rory asked, confused.
"Don't say the name T-a-y-l-o-r! Kirk made it a taboo ever since Taylor died; personally I think he's been watching too much Harry Potter" Lorelai informed.
"Wait, who died!" Rory screamed.
"Didn't you know that T-a-y-l-o-r died? I must have told you, it was the talk of the town for a long time. There was a public mourning and everything, then the fight for new town selectman broke out at his burial, of course it ended with Kirk winning. That is after he set Andrew's underpants on fire, accidently of course. It was a big mess. For the first time in ten years the cops actually got to use their sirens" Lorelai noted.
"No this can't be how did I not know about Taylor's death!" Rory yelled.
"Shhh! Rory don't say that name in this diner!" Luke whispered.
"Whatever! Nothing is going to happen if I say the name Taylor, nothing!" Rory screeched.
"Alright everyone inside Luke's diner come out with their hands up!" yelled a voice from outside.
"Thank you Rory, you see what you've done, now we're going to have to deal with Officer Barney Fife!" Lorelai scoffed.
"Kirk! There's no need to use the bullhorn, we were just explaining to Rory that you can't say the name of a certain dead town selectman, while in the presence of any citizen of Stars Hallow!" Luke exclaimed, while giving Kirk a menacing look.
"It doesn't matter; you should have briefed her beforehand, Jerry I'm afraid you're going to have to take these four to the clink!" Kirk yelled.
"First of all I'm right here Kirk, there's no need to yell. Second I don't have any reason to take this normal looking family to prison for saying a name that someone as unimportant as the likes of you made into a taboo" Jerry retorted.
"I thought we discussed this. Could you at least put them in the car and turn the sirens on" Kirk begged.
"No Kirk I'm going back to the station so I can watch Golden Girls, I've already missed ten minutes, come on Anton let's go," Jerry answered, motioning to the officer.
"You can't do this, I could have you fired, and I'm town selectman!" Kirk proclaimed, as he ran after the police car.
"I'm telling you that kid is a monster… I really miss you-know-who" Luke sighed. "Let's go home."
