HI HI I back! Reviews go a long way to get me to come back! Thank you for the effort, SERIOUSLY appreciate it

Yay summer! I'm sorry for the long break, but I'm counting on Summer Happiness for forgiveness.

Also, if you all want a refresher by skimming over the old chapters, I'd love it seeing I've updated a bit MADE DEAN RORY BREAKUP BETTER.

Hope you all are doing good! -PS

"Lane, you said to be here by 4, 4:30 latest!" Rory says unwrapping her blue scarf, taking a sit at the counter stool at the end- closest to the diner's windows.

"She's not off till 6" Luke throws in walking around the counter to give Rory a one armed hug.

"Lane!"

Lane brings out a plate, smiling as she placed it in front of the old man who lived a couple of houses down from Stars Hollow Middle School.

"I know, I know. But you've been so busy lately, I assumed you'd be late and that you'd want to go home first and then come. You are almost an hour late" She goes around the empty tables, building a tower of dirty plates.

"Yeah well Paris woke me up this morning, superb story for later. And then I couldn't get back to sleep, so I got a head start on my day, finished everything early and beat the traffic."

"Ah, I didn't factor in Paris. Probably impossible to." Lane says.

"Probably" Rory agreed pulling a menu from under Lane arm.

"How can you possibly still need a menu? Pretty sure you can recite the dishes and their ingredients from memory." Lane laughs.

"That's true. I'd be a better waitress than you!"

"No!" Luke says without looking up from a catalog he was reading from the other side of the counter sensing the idea that popped into Rory's head.

"Oh come on! I'd be perfect-" Rory tries before something catches her eye. Dean, walking down opposite street, towards Luke's, making eye contract with Rory.

Luke looks up to see why Rory stopped with her genetic convincing skills. "Rory? Okay?"

Rory takes a breath for a second before replying "-yeah. Yes, it's been a month. I'm okay" she gives Luke a small smile.

Luke accepts nodding. These gilmore girls, can't be vulnerable. Thank god, I wouldn't know what to do with those feelings.

"Besides I basically got live over-the-phone coverage of the earful Lane gave him. Now it was just audio, but I'm assuming the "Put me down! Put me down!" was prompted by you lifting her away?" Rory smiled a bit bigger, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah well, had he needed to go to the hospital from inside the diner- Richard would've paid." Luke said.

"Mhm. I understood." Lane said as Luke gave her a look. "Understood later. Can't have any of that Gilmore Insurance going towards that worthless piece of-"

"We get it Lane." Rory laughed, before becoming serious. "Really, let it go. I've hurt him plenty in the past and he didn't have anyone potential threaten putting me in a hospital bed. I'm just glad I didn't fall to his level."

"Like you ever could." Luke mumbled.

Rory had heard the bells jingle and didn't even need to turn around to know it was her mother from the instantaneous joy evident through Luke's expression. He went from a look of disgust to absolute happiness faster than you could blink. God, I want that.

"Fruit of my loins!" Lorelai yells before engulfing her daughter from the back. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?!"

Lorelai kissed Rory's cheek before immediately moving to Luke like there was a gravitational pull.

Rory and Lane shared a happy look before Rory started to answer. The girls had always seen the connection Lorelai and Luke shared, years before either one of them saw it. It was the kind of thing the girls dreamed of.

"I wasn't suppose to stay! Lane and I were going to celebrate this FFN by going to that Frank Pepe Pizza place I told you about and hit the Ikea in New Haven before she spent the weekend in my dorm. Sunday's Paris' Fleming Honoring Night thingy. I need a biased in-my-favor third party to help me keep Paris as close to being in line as possible. But, she conned me into getting here almost on time." Rory ranted.

Lorelai takes a sit next to Rory and takes a piece of pie out before delivering a belated gasp. "Lane Kim, how could you do such a thing. Rory's only ever late for us. You basically conned her into loving you! She's never late to Friday Night Dinner, but on Free Friday Nights she always is for me. Teach me your ways!"

Luke hands each of them a spoon before heading to the back.

"Ugh, not this again. I don't feel the need to rush to meet you guys. You aren't really 'late' if there aren't any consequences- like with you guys. So actually- I'm not ever late." Rory argues to her mom.

Lane laughs at the mom daughter duo's mock arguments, wrapping up her duties before getting off of work.

"Why are you here anyways?" Rory questions.

"Wow. Ok. Way'd make me feel loved."

"You know what I mean, you like showering right after work. God, you make it sound like you're lacking love which isn't possible with the amazing Luke finally permanently around.

"Yes, impossible. Luke keeps me satisfied with love in every aspect" Lorelai says with an grin knowing what the girls' reactions would be.

"Ew!"

"Gross!"

Lorelai laughed excited. "Luke is interviewing today! For another temporary Lane, so we can take that cruise Emily and Richard are mysteriously providing- but we aren't going to ask the horse for an explanation anyways- I marked interview day in my calendar weeks ago. Stored popcorn here and everything!"

"Ah that was yours? I should've figured." Lane said reaching under the counter to get her bag.

"Lorelai! You can't stay for the interviews!" Luke exclaimed- having returned.

"Why nooooot?" she whined.

"Because you'd make them nervous"

"I'd make them nervous?" Lorelai questioned as she got up to kiss the side of his face in attempts to persuade him into letting her stay.

"And that's our queue to leave" Rory said getting up from the stool. "Update me on this. We can have a dinner date here on their first day before you two leave!" She got up to hug her mom and Luke as Lane moved to open the door, waving.

"Sounds perfect kid! I knew I liked you for a reason. Bye Lane, stay alert around Paris!"

Would love reviews as always!

Paris' Fleming situation to come soon with a special addition of Lane! :)