Lorelai looked at the counter in front of her.

Placed in a square pattern were four objects : a fork, a spoon, a knife and a plate.

She frowned,

"LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKEY!!!!"

she heard a grunt echo from the kitchen,

"I take that to be a ‘hello, lorelai how are you this evening? Can I get you some more coffee? Because that would be a nice thing for me to do for a friend, and my name is lucas danes and I am a trekkie and –"

before she could ramble anymore a burger and fries were slapped onto her plate,

"there. Now, shut up."

"say, luke, I have a problem…"

He leaned onto the counter and rolled his eyes,

"what’s wrong with the food."

Lorelai grinned,

"well, I met a new person today! Its my imaginary robotic cow called billy-bob-bobo-bobby-joey-jonah-jonus-jacob-jojo-banjo-janob-jobeeeee the THIRD! And he says that we shouldn’t eat beef because that’s what he was made of – before he got into that horrifying smelting accident and then had to be made into a robot. But its really cool because not only does he make chicken burgers, but he makes chips and coffee too – so I just had to believe him!"

"fine! I’ll make you a chicken burger"

lorelai pulled a face, "yick! No! beef good – who gives a damn about the cow!"

Lorelai sank her teeth into her cheeseburger and took a huge bite

"oh for gods sake…" luke muttered under his breath

lorelai swallowed and eyeballed luke,

"you know my friend the robotic anteater tells me you are just the sweetest darn thing she's ever seen! And she makes coffee!" she quickly backpedalled, "not as good as yours of course, but you can see why I would – "

she trailed off as she saw jess pounding down the stairs, "YOU!"

<<oh dear god save me>>

"oh shit!"

Jess tried to run back up the stairs but lorelai had already jumped out of her chair and was chasing after him – she grabbed the back of his shirt,

"hey. We are going to talk about this whether you like it or not, ok buster?!"

<<mama… ooooooo.. I don’t wanna die! … I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all….

why am I suddenly hearing bohemian rhapsody in my head?>>

He turned around,

"why mzzzz Gilmore, what a present surprise! How can I help you?"

she turned him around again and pushed him down the stairs in front of her,

"you can help me by telling me exactly what your intentions are towards my daughter!" she shoved him into the storeroom and slammed the door shut behind her.

<<my grandpa always told me ‘honesty is the best policy’.

Hey, maybe – for once in my life – I ought to play it straight>>

"I love her," Jess stated confidently.

Lorelai’s eyes widened as she stumbled slightly

"you what?"

jess rolled his eyes and sighed, " I love her, with all my heart"

He loves her.

- although she’d never admit it…

"look, jess – I know what you are thinking. Rory is a very pretty girl and very sweet, charming, naïve, smart girl. And you ‘lurve’ her. Not possible. I know you jess, I know what your kind of guy are like – I know rory seems to see this side of you I could never see – but deep down you guys are all the same. Don’t you dare think that –"

jess interrupted her, "lorelai. I love her. I have never felt this way before, and I’ve had so many … well – I have never felt this way before. I would do anything for her attention – jump into a moving carriage, destroy a snowman –"

"ruin the rory curtain fiasco,"

"put police tape around taylor’s store,"

"anything!! She means everything to me. You are right, lorelai! She is beautiful, she is sweet, charming, smart – not naïve. She knows what she is doing. She challenges me, she stimulates me,"

"she means more to me than anything!"

Lorelai backed away,

He grabbed her shoulders and steadied her,

"lorelai, I love her. And no matter what you say and do – I will never stop loving her."