"Girls, don't you look wonderful this evening." Rory hugged her grandma briefly in hello. "Luke and Jess, hello." Both of them just nodded towards her and she led them through to the living room. "Richard, they're here." He lowered his paper as they approached.

"Ah hello. Marriage is suiting you Lorelai."

"Thank you dad." She took the drink her mum passed to her along with everyone else.

"It was a beautiful ceremony."

"Small but beautifully done." Her mum chimed in with the half compliment, her tone bright.

"Well, thanks mum."

"So, you went on a trip for a few days?" Her dad was the one to ask her.

"Yeah, it was Jess actually, he booked us a little honeymoon."

"How lovely." She tried to ignore the tone her mum used then. "Where did you send them?" Jess was surprised the question was pointed at him.

"It was Paris, just a few days away."

"Hmm, so many places in Europe to go..."

"And Paris was just amazing. A really great wedding present." She harden her tone then, stopping the conversation.

"Well, how are you two enjoying married life so far?" She smiled at her dad as he tried to fill the awkard lull.

"The presents are still coming so that's keeping me happy for now." He chuckled lightly at her.

"And things at the inn are going well, and the diner?"

"The inn is great, it ticked along well enough while I was away."

"Diner is good too, still going strong."

"I don't suppose you've thought about the franchise idea again?"

"Emily, he had made his displeasure of that subject known. Leave the man be." Her mum fell into silence at her dad's words then.

"Speaking of business going well, you will never guess who I spoke to just yesterday." She didn't wait for a reply. "Shira Huntzberger. Logan is doing so well in London, really taken to the business world. He's back visiting them for a few days."

"That's great. I'm glad he's doing well there." Rory replied quietly, this wasn't exactly the conversation she wanted.

"He always had a good business head on him."

"Yeah, I always knew if he applied himself he could go far." Rory found herself happy that Logan was doing well for himself.

"Well, he has gone far."

"Mum..." Rory saw her mum look at her grandma then in discomfort.

"I'm just relaying information Lorelai, Shira said he had wanted to contact Rory to tell him it was going well."

"Well, thank you for letting me know then grandma." She didn't want this to turn into a big argument.

"He very much wanted to talk to you..."

"We haven't spoken in a long time, really nothing to say to each other."

"Well, he has plenty to say, that's why I offered him a seat tonight. Give you two a chance to catch up a little." There was a knock on the door. "That must be him now." She got up to greet him.

"Mum..." Rory looked to her mum for help but she just got a apologetic look back.

"I'm sorry hun." She turned to her dad then. "Did you know about this?"

"No I didn't." Rory realised her grandpa wasn't looking happy.

"Well, he's here and doesn't he look good Richard." He didn't reply to her as she walked back into the room followed by Logan. "You may not have met Rory's friend, Jess."

"Hey Ace." She couldn't help the wince at the old nickname. "I have met Jess before."

"Rory, don't be rude, he came here to talk to you. Why don't you two go talk privately." She felt Jess tense behind her but he was staying silent.

"Grandma, why would you invite him?" She asked the question before she made the decision to.

"I told you, he was doing well and wanted to reconnect with you. I thought it would be nice for you both."

"Mum..." Lorelai was in shock that her mum had done this, with no warning.

"I...I'm sorry... I gott get out of here." Rory stood up then and started towards the door, Jess stood up with her to follow but saw Logan reach out to grab her, he quickly found himself between them with one of his hands on Logan's stomach. It wasn't pushing against him but it held him firmly at bay.

"Rory..." He still tried to push past him causing him to push harder against him.

"Don't..."

"Now gentlemen, there's no need to for pushing." It was Emily who had spoken but Jess was more concerned with the sound of the door he heard behind him signalling Rory walking out. He backed up from Logan then as if to follow her.

"This is just..." He had to stop himself from losing his temper, he knew he would say something bad if he allowed himself to.

"Jess, why don't you go out there with Rory, we will follow." Luke jumped in to try to help calm him down.

"Now, the young man has something to say to me, let him say it." He felt his blood boil as Emily said that and he couldn't keep it in any longer.

"This is typical! You can't just let her be, you can't just let her make her own choices. Do you even care what he did to her, that he was terrible for her, that she left school and he did nothing to get her back there, that the second things got rough he fell into other people's bed's, plural. You're still pushing her back to him because of his rich family." He was running out of steam now and he saw the different levels of shock on everyone's faces. "Doing this didn't hurt me, it won't affect me at all or my relationship with Rory, we will be fine and I will be around for as long as she wants me here. All this did was hurt Rory and it will put another distance between you two."

"I will not be spoken to like this by you!"

"You just hurt the person I love, so I will talk to you how I damn well please." He didn't wait for a responce as he turned to the door to follow Rory.

"Richard!" She was clearly hoping for some backup from her husband.

"If I knew you were going to do this, I would of told you how ridiculous of an idea this was." That seemed to be all he wanted to say on the matter. Lorelai saw her dad looking more unhappy than she had seem him for a long time. She looked up when she heard Jess reenter the room.

"Rory's gone, she took the Jeep." He looked so worried as he was walking back towards her.

"Here, call a cab. She's probably just gone home, we will meet you out there in a minute." She threw her cell to him and watched as he walked back out of the house. She felt Luke's arm tighten around her slightly before letting go to follow his nephew.

"Lorelai..." She looked daggers to Logan as he attempted to talk to her.

"That's Mrs Gilmore to you, and you don't get to talk right now."

"No you don't." She smiled over to her dad as he stood to tower over Logan before turning back to her mum.

"You had to know this would go badly, not even you could think this was a good idea. She is with Jess now and happy, mum. Now enjoy your dinner with your guest, we are going."

"Now Lorelai..." She was shocked to see her mum seemed to be about to stop her leaving.

"Let her go Emily. I'm not hungry anyway." She watched as her dad went out into his study and left her mum stood in the living room with Logan.

"I have never known anyone to talk to my mother like that, I've had my blow-outs with her but it's interesting to see from the outside." She was sat in the cab next to Jess, he looked terrible with his head in his hands.

"I shouldn't have done that, it was stupid of me." She could hardly make out the words.

"Hey..." She felt a hand on her arm now, Luke just shook his head at her and she fell quiet.

Jess was out of the cab before it had fully got to a stop, she followed slower while Luke paid the driver. She heard him yell Rory's name but didn't hear a responce, as she approached the door she saw him resting against the wall and he waved her towards the kitchen. She was confused why he hadn't gone in there himself.

"She's safe, my job is done. She needs you right now." She smiled and touched his arm softly.

She walked into the kitchen to see her daughter sat at the kitchen table.

"So, when you say you've gotta get out of there, we all just thought you meant outside."

"I'm sorry, I saw his car just sat there and I just had to leave, I couldn't deal."

"I get that, did you have to steal our way home as well?"

"Sorry, again. Jess...?"

"Was worried but I think he's ok now, he got pretty angry back there with your grandma."

"He didn't?"

"Oh he did, he yelled a lot and told her she had hurt you, there was even a 'damn' thrown in there."

"Oh god."

"I think he feels bad about it now but speaking from experience, I bet it felt pretty good in the moment."

"Mum..."

"She deserved it and he was right in everything he said back there." She sat down next to her and put a hand on her arm. "He stuck up for you in there, against the mighty Emily Gilmore, that's a special guy. He's really in love with you."

"I can't believe he did that."

"And then you terrified him by disappearing, you should have seen him, utter panic. You were so upset and he didn't know what state you were in, driving home by yourself."

"You're right, I was awful."

"No honey, you were upset and he understands. You owe him a hell of an apology though."

"Yeah I do." She stood up then and they linked arms to walk through to the living room. They saw both of the men sat on the couch.

"So, Friday night dinners strike again." Lorelai got what she aimed for as everyone laughed lightly.