A/N This part is taking place the next day. Rory didn't tell Lorelai anything about her fight with Jess. In my world, this would be a Sunday, not sure if it actually was on the show or not...

"What should we do today?" Normally, they would have a movie night, but they had just had one last night, and Lorelai didn't think Rory wanted to have another. Plus, it was still morning.

"Well, I told Lane I would go to her house, and then I have to study." Rory was hoping to avoid spending too much time with her mom, because she knew she would end up telling what happened at the store the day before, which she didn't want to do.

"Oh, ok, but what about tonight?" Lorelai was able to sense something wrong with Rory, and had noticed it since Rory left Doose's last night. She wanted to know what happened that made her so on edge.

"I don't know, I have a lot of studying to do."

"Oh, ok. Well, why don't we go to Luke's now before you go to Lane's?"

"Oh, um, uh, ok, I guess, but I won't stay long." Lorelai didn't understand why Rory didn't want to got to Luke's. Normally, Rory would have jumped on that offer. Lorelai didn't want to push anything, and she knew Rory would tell her when she was ready.

"You never answered. What are we going to do tonight?"

"Oh, I think I'm just going to study."

"Honey, you know I support you studying, but you are going to have all day, and you studied yesterday, too!"

"So?"

"So, I just think maybe you're doing too much studying."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I think something happened that you don't want to talk about, and that's why you don't want to do anything today." She let curiosity get the best of her. She hadn't been meaning to ask that right then, but she was tired of hearing lame excuses from Rory.

"No, nothing happened! I won't study tonight. We can do something together. We can have another movie night with any movie of your choice."

"Are you sure about that? You may regret what movie I pick." Lorelai tried to believe Rory that nothing happened, but she knew something did. Obviously, Rory didn't want to talk about it, so Lorelai decided to let it drop.

"Yes, I'm sure. Now I'm going to go to Lane's."

"Wait! What about Luke's"

"Oh, um, ok, I guess we can still go."

"Well, yeah, I can't be coffee deprived for my day alone! And you should have some coffee in you for all that studying, too!"

"Fine. But I really am NOT staying long."

"Ok, let's go!"

A/N Sorry, I know this was a really short and really bad chapter There will only be a few more (short) chapters of this boring stuff before the good Literati story comes into play. Sorry for the boringness, just don't want to rush the story, and it kind of needs a little set-up.