"Good morning Luke, can I have the usual?" Rory asked, half asleep.

"Of course, coming right up… Hey did you have a rough night or something? You don't so well, you're pale and you look kind of sick" Luke noted.

"I had a dream that T-a-y-l-o-r was haunting me" Rory whispered.

"Eh don't worry about it, for a long time after he died I dreamed that I was the Siberian husky that pushed him overboard, I sure do envy that dog" Luke joked. "Anyway I'll be in the back, Tom is dropping off some more hot dogs, and I'll put in your order."

"Caesar I need a stack of pancake, two eggs over easy, one sausage link, one bacon link, plus hash browns, and orange juice…" Luke started.

"Luke why didn't you tell me Rory was here?" Caesar beamed.

"Just get the order, I've gotta go meet Tom and bring in my order… before the hot dogs get any pinker," Luke finished. "Hey Tom, here let me help you with that."

"Say thanks Luke, pretty heavy stuff, hot dogs are, I still think you would sell a lot more brats" Tom replied.

"I think I'll just stick with the hot dogs, for now, besides my wife hates brats" Luke chuckled.

"Ya speaking of family, ya know I talked to my daughter the other day, you remember Lori, she goes to the same college as your daughter April, up in Tuscan… well I gotta tell you Luke, she's been hearing things about April that I'm not sure you'd know about, bad things" Tom blubbered.

"What are you talking about, what kind of rumors has she heard?" Luke prompted.

"She says that she saw your daughter with Phoenix Penderbroke, and he's a bad dude Luke. A very bad dude. They say he's the ring leader of a gang up in Tuscan. Anyway Lori says she's seen April doing drugs with him late at night in an alleyway behind the beauty parlor, where she works. She also says that for the first time this semester April didn't make the Dean's list. Not to mention when my wife and I went to visit Lori, I saw that April has gotten a lot of tattoos. Anyway I just wanted to tell you, Lori seemed pretty concerned, and they used to be friends until April started hanging out with that Phoenix" Tom shrugged… "So I'll see you next week, think about those brats will you?"

"Wait, that can't be true, April is a straight A student, she would never let a guy ruin that… I'm sure of it" Luke thundered, in disbelief.

"Maybe Lori's wrong then, I don't know, I just wanted to warn you in case the situation got out of hand… I'm really sorry Luke, she really is a good girl, but nobody can resist the lure of Penderbroke" Tom mused.

"Yes that's right I'm inquiring about my daughter April's current grades… yes I can hold… she's what! She can't be failing all her classes, she's a straight A student!" Luke yelled. "Yes I understand it's not your problem but… she hasn't been attending classes! Where has she been?... Yes I realize that is also not your problem but… Ugh thank you for your help!"

"Luke what's wrong?" Lorelai inquired, hugging him from behind.

"What? Oh it's nothing, Tom just screwed up my order he gave me brats instead of hot dogs, that's all" Luke replied.

"Are you sure, because if you have a problem then you know you can always talk to me" Lorelai prodded.

"No everything's great… Rory's home, Rome is at daycare and behaving himself I'm sure… plus neither of them does drugs or hangs out with people named after mythical creatures, so all is well" Luke faltered.

"Ya I agree it's great that they don't do… any of that. So how about a cup of coffee?" Lorelai pleaded.

"No I am not letting you have a cup of coffee!" Luke yelled.

"Well that's too bad because I already had one!" Lorelai beamed.

"Just one?" Luke inquired, suspiciously.

"I guess you should probably add three more to that grand total," Lorelai added. "Plus Sookie begged me to try a new creation of hers, coffee cake with blackberries and pecans, so I'm not sure if that counts."

"It does… So I've gotta go made a phone call, why don't you go sit and order lunch, I'll be out in a minute" Luke prodded.