Disclaimer – I do not own anything related to Gilmore Girls Nor do I own the title of the chapter which is a quote borrowed from the episode Leave it to Beaver of Veronica Mars

A/N Here's some fun banter and relationship talk between Rory and Lorelai it really helps Rory persue her love. No Rory and Jessness yet but it will be coming very soon!

The next day Rory and Lorelai set out for Hartford on a mother-daughter shopping trip to get last minute items for the wedding rehearsal which was only three days away now. Lorelai had an insane checklist that contained everything from bubble wrap to a pumpkin.

"What on earth could you possibly need bubble wrap for?" Rory asked her mother curiously.

"I'm going to wrap the inside of my shoes with it. You know so my feet don't get sore from standing up all day long." Lorelai responded as if this was a normal thing.

"You've truly lost it." Rory teased.

"So is Logan coming to the rehearsal?" Lorelai asked Rory casually as she browsed at raspberry and lime scented candles.

"Um no, I guess I forgot to tell you we broke up. I was actually going to ask you if Jess was going to be there." Rory admitted.

"Jess?" Lorelai asked. "You have a thing for Jess again? What happened with you and Logan?"

"Logan and I just didn't have time for each other anymore and I guess my feelings for him just started to fade. Physical separation leads to emotional separation you know. Plus we were never really right for each other. Logan doesn't have a sense of family and I wanted us to be able to spend time with you and Luke or even visit Stars Hollow with him but he's just not into that kind of stuff and I am and I want somebody I can share with you and Luke and the town because you're all such a big important part of my life and I've felt so disconnected from it lately."

"I see, so what about Jess?" Lorelai asked again excited for more news.

"Jess, I don't know. Jess is Jess. I think I'll always have feelings for him without actually being able to have him."

"Who says you can't have him if that's what you want, you're a Gilmore Girl for heaven sake!" Lorelai mocked

"Mom!" Rory said starting to get slightly frustrated.

"Okay, okay. So what is it?" She asked curiously.

"We're just never on the same page. I'm here and he's there I'm on and he's off. Its like fate is keeping us apart."

"I can't believe this! My own daughter is misreading fate!. No really honey, fate wouldn't do that. Fate doesn't keep people who love each other apart. Sometimes we do stupid things. Take me marrying your father for example. But look how that turned out? Here we are shopping for mine and Luke's wedding. Relationships take work from both parties involved. You have to decide if its worth what you have to put in, and if it is then you do what you have to make it work out for you."

"Yeah I know that. How do I know if he is really in it though?"

"Ummm you could try asking him for starters." Lorelai pointed out

"I can't do that!"

"Sure you can, or better yet ask him to be your date to the wedding." Lorelai suggested.

"That I could do, but I can't just ask him if he still loves me after four years."

"I bet he does and you wont even have to ask him." Lorelai said smiling at her daughter confidently.

"He's great you know. When we were dating before every time we were together it was like I was really living for the first time. I felt like there could never be anything more perfect than this." Rory was wearing a huge grin from ear to ear at the thought of her old love.

"You can't let something like that go Rory! You should call him, I bet Luke knows where he is."

"I'll call him when we get back to Stars Hollow."Rory said a little be reluctantly.

"Goody, maybe we can all do something tonight. Have a little bonding time before you become related to your boyfriend?" Lorelai laughed.

"Mom that's gross! We wont be related. There is no relation term for your mom's husband's nephew."

"You'll be kissin' cousins!" She teased some more.

Rory picked up a loofa from the display area they were looking at and thew it at Lorelai hitting her right in the forehead.

"Hey! Don't throw things at mommy!" Lorelai said throwing one back at her.

"Okay, okay! Truce." Rory cried.

"And that's why you don't mess with mommy." Lorelai laughed

"Seriously now, what do you think about me and Jess as a couple?"

"I think if you feel like you really love him you should go get him."

"I mean, do you think we'd be good together or not?"

"I don't know Rory, I can't say I thought you were good together in high school but Jess has changed a lot since then. He's respectful and grown up. I think if you really have a connection with him you can't ignore it. Take it from someone who has taken a long time to finally settle down with the right man you don't want to go most of your life without the person you love. Me and Luke should have gotten married years and years ago, we could have had a real long beginning instead of just a middle and an end. Ya konw?"

"Yeah I know. I think I do still love Jess but I don't know how to tell him or how he's going to react. When he showed up and told me he loved him out of blue I didn't handle it well. I got scared and told him to leave. What if he does the same thing?"

"I really don't think he will Rory. If that connection you were talking about really is there then it will work out." Lorelai assured her daughter comfortingly

"You're right. Thank you mom." Rory said giving her mom a side hug.

"Come on, lets go home and see our Gilmore guys." Lorelai said smiling.