Lorelai, Charlotte and Rory walked into Luke's and sat down at a table. "Hey." Lorelai smiled at Luke. "Geez, look at this place."

"It's a mess." Rory nodded.

"Hey." Luke said. "Nope, you can't sit here."

"Why not?" Charlotte asked.

"Three people got nailed in the head here earlier." Luke said.

"But their food was ok, right?" Lorelai asked.

"Will you just move?" Luke sighed. He then pointed to the door when Lorelai's cell rang. "Outside." He said.

"You know, if I sit here one more second, I just might be outside." Lorelai joked. She rolled her eyes when Luke just stared at her. "Order me some coffee." She told Rory and Charlotte before going outside.

Jess then appeared at their table and handed Charlotte an umbrella. "Trust me." He smirked.

"Oh, you are really funny." Luke grumbled from the counter. "You and Tom should put an act together." He said.

"I aim to please." Jess said dryly before walking away.

Luke shook his head before turning to Charlotte and Rory. "I'd leave it open." He admitted.

They sat there with the umbrella open when Lorelai walked in a few minutes later and sat down with a long sigh. "I'm going to a spa with my mother." She said.

"Lean forward." Rory told her, getting her to lean under the umbrella just as some debris fell down from the roof.

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Lorelai was sat on her bed the following morning as Charlotte and Rory walked around, helping to pack her suitcase.

"So, then we're all confirmed." Lorelai said on the phone. "Great. Thanks so much for your help. Ok, bye." She said hanging up. "Yeeessss!" She grinned.

"That was an evil yes." Rory commented.

"Not an evil yes. It's a 'yes, I'm pretty, but hello, I'm smart' kind of a yes." Lorelai explained.

"Oh sure, my mistake." Rory said.

"So here's the deal..." She told her daughters. "I go into my facial just as my mother is finishing her salt glow, which will end ten minutes after I've gone for my scalp treatment which puts me in the watsu massage pool at least six minutes into her back facial." She grinned. "So the day is so well planned I won't see her until dinner which will have to be cut tragically short sadly by the food poisoning I plan to contract."

"You are twelve and disgusting." Charlotte shook her head.

"And extremely petty." Rory added.

"I am trapped and desperate." Lorelai said.

"Do you really think you can avoid Grandma the entire weekend?" Charlotte said.

"Hey, I'm nothing if not a great organizer." Lorelai said. "Now, let's talk about what you two have got planned to do tonight. Throwing a party, I hope? Inviting hundreds of bikers and lowlifes who are going to trash the place?"

"I am going to do laundry, watch TV, order Indian food and go to bed early." Rory announced proudly.

"And I'm going to have Jess over and we're going to hang out in the bedroom all evening." Charlotte grinned.

"What?" Lorelai exclaimed.

"She's kidding, mom." Rory said shaking her head at Charlotte. "We've already agreed that the house is a no boyfriends zone and we're going to have a quiet night." She told her.

"Geez, don't scare me like that!" Lorelai said dramatically holding her hand to her heart. "I know Jess and I have sort of come to a mutual understanding and he may not be on my hate list anymore but geez..."

"Sorry." Charlotte smirked.

"I'm looking forward to falling asleep on the couch with the TV on." Rory said.

"Same." Charlotte said. "You're all packed." She told her mom.

"Thanks!" Lorelai said.

Just then a car honked from outside.

"I think Grandma's here." Rory said.

" Urghh...what's she honking for? She hates honking!" Lorelai said going to the window. "She calls it a mechanical bodily function." She said looking out of the window. "Oh god..." She groaned, heading downstairs.

Rory and Charlotte went to look as well and grinned at each other before following their mom downstairs.

As the three of them headed outside the found Emily standing in front of a limousine. "Hello, hello, hello!" She said cheerfully.

"What, are we going to the prom?" Lorelai said sarcastically.

"I just thought since this weekend is all about relaxing, we should start with the ride." Emily smiled.

"This is cool, Grandma." Rory marvelled.

"Very cool!" Charlotte grinned.

"Thank you, girls. So, are we all ready to go?" She said.

"I guess so." Lorelai said. "Bye you two." She said giving them both a kiss.

"Bye mom! Bye Grandma." Rory smiled.

"Have a good time!" Charlotte smiled.

They watched as the limousine disappeared from sight. "Mom is so going to have a terrible time." Charlotte smirked.

"You never know. They might surprise us." Rory smirked.

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At Chilton, in Rory's science lesson after their lab reports had been handed back, Paris walked over to her,

"So, I suppose that you have big Friday night plans also?" Paris asked.

"Well, kind of." Rory said.

"So the fact that I'm seeing my entire Harvard career slip away apparently is of no interest to anyone?" Paris exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" Rory sighed, used to Paris' freak outs.

"I got an A-minus, ok?" She said quietly.

"So?" Rory said confused.

"What do you mean, so?" Paris exclaimed. "I got an A-minus. I have never gotten an A-minus! I just can't focus lately. Things are so weird at my house. My dad finally figured out exactly how much it was going to cost him to divorce my mom, so now he's back and it's bad enough that I wasted all that time crunching the numbers with him, but now that he's back, they're fighting and redecorating. The place is a mess. I need help."

"Look, I can't tonight, but if you're still freaked out after the quiz on Tuesday, I will spend everyday next week helping you prepare for the final, ok?" Rory said.

"I guess." Paris huffed.

"Relax. It will be fine, I promise." Rory reassured her.

"All I had to do was move a decimal point and none of this would have happened." Paris grumbled going back to her seat.

"So you have big plans tonight?" Tristan asked Rory.

"Yeah, my mom's away for the night so Charlotte and I will have the house to ourselves." Rory told him.

"So do any of these plans include inviting your boyfriend over?" He said with his trademark grin.

"Sorry, no can do." Rory said.

"What?"

"Charlotte and I have agreed that it's going to be a no boyfriend zone. It's just we never really have the house to ourselves much so we were just going to have a quiet night in." She apologised.

"Oh." Tristan said. "Ok."

"Please don't be mad." Rory said. "Jess isn't invited either."

"I'm not mad. It's cool." Tristan said.

"Really? It's not because I don't want you there. It's just..." Rory rambled.

"Rory." Tristan smiled. "It's cool."

Rory smiled. "We can do something tomorrow though. I'm free all day."

"It's a plan." Tristan smiled. He leant across and gave her a quick kiss.

"Ok good." Rory smiled. "Now get back to your work and quit copying mine." She smirked.

"Of course ma'am." He smirked.

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Later that day, after school, Charlotte and Jess were kissing in the gazebo.

"Wow, your lung capacity certainly has improved." Charlotte smirked.

"Well, I've been fighting Chuck Presby a lot lately so my fitness has improved." Jess joked.

"Yet another reason for the town to believe this rebellious reputation of yours." Charlotte joked.

"I aim to please." Jess smirked. "So, tonight." He said.

"Yeah?" Charlotte said.

"I was thinking..."

"About?"

"Since your mother's going to be gone..."

"Yeah?"

"Maybe I'd come over." Jess said.

"Oh." Charlotte said.

"What?" Jess asked noticing the change in her demeanour.

"Well actually, Rory and I was thinking of pulling kind of a hermit thing tonight."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Just because it would be nice. We hardly get the house to ourselves."

"All the more reason for me to come over. We can spend some time together." Jess said. He looked at her. "You don't want me to come over?"

"No, I just...Rory and I wanted some sister time. We can finally do our laundry exactly the way we like it. Our mom always messes it up by putting darks and whites together. She's ruined so many of our clothes." Charlotte joked.

"You want to be alone to do laundry?" Jess frowned.

"And watch TV and eat the Indian food that we love but my mom hates the smell of and go to bed early and... I'm sorry, are you mad?" She asked.

"Why would I be mad? You want to spend tonight alone just with Rory." He shrugged.

"But hey, tomorrow, the whole day is all about you." Charlotte smiled. "I mean it, from morning til night. You plan it, or I'll plan it, or we can get a professional to plan it, whatever you want."

"Sounds like a plan." Jess smirked.

"Good." Charlotte smiled. "Are you sure you're not mad?"

"No, not mad. I'm used to your crazy ways." He smirked.

"Why thank you." Charlotte said sarcastically.

"You're welcome." He smirked. "So...shall we?" He said.

"Oh kissing...right!" Charlotte grinned before leaning in and resuming their kissing from before.

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Later that evening, Rory was on the phone while Charlotte was sat on the living room floor surrounded by piles of clothes.

"No, that's four orders of garlic naan, six samosas, and two chicken vindaloo. And rice, and the green sauce, and no salad, and..." Rory was saying when the house phone rang. "Can you hold on a sec?" She said.

"It's fine. You carry on, I'll answer it." Charlotte said getting up. She picked up the phone and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hi, this is Phil's Liquor. I'm supposed to be delivering a keg there tonight." Lorelai's voice was heard on the other end of the line.

"Hold on." Charlotte told her. "Hey Ror? Can you get me some rice as well?" She said.

Rory nodded. "Hi, yeah sorry about that." She said into her cell. "Can we get an extra portion of rice as well? Yeah that's it. Forty minutes? Great, bye!" She smiled hanging up. "All done. That mom?" She asked.

"Yep." Charlotte said. "I'm back." She said on the phone.

"What's going on?" Lorelai asked.

"We were ordering Sandeep's." Charlotte grinned.

"Oh. Good. Enjoy. Can you burn the house down afterward, because that's the only way we'll get the smell out?" Lorelai joked.

"Absolutely. How's the spa?" Charlotte said.

"Tranquil."

"Really?" Charlotte asked surprised.

"I wasn't done." Lorelai said. "Tranquilizers will be required if I have to spend one more minute with my mother."

"Sounds about right." Charlotte smirked.

"How's the spa?" Rory asked from where she was sorting out their laundry.

"Like we assumed it would be." Charlotte smirked.

Rory rolled her eyes and held out her hand for the phone which Charlotte gave her. "Please tell me you're at least trying to get along with Grandma?" Rory asked their mom.

"Oh, hey, I'm being a peach." Lorelai defended herself.

"Really?" Rory asked unconvinced.

"Well, I smell like a peach." Lorelai admitted. "Hey, was that the doorbell?" She asked hearing the doorbell in the background.

"I'll get it." Charlotte said going to the front door. She opened it and was surprised to see Paris standing there. "Oh. Hey Paris." She said.

"Urgh, it's Paris. I'll call you later." Rory told her mom.

"Wait! I want to find out why she's there." Lorelai said.

"The sooner you get back to your weekend, the sooner it'll be over." Rory said.

Lorelai sighed. "Fine but before you go, can you get out my address book and count how many friends I have? I'll wait." She said.

"Bye." Rory said rolling her eyes.

"Mean!" Lorelai pouted.

"Steal us some soap!" Rory joked before hanging up just as Paris came into the living room with Charlotte trailing behind her.

"Look who it is." Charlotte said.

"Paris...what...?" Rory asked before Paris interrupted her.

"I tried to stay home and study myself but I can't. I don't know what anything means anymore. I mean, I can't even read my own handwriting. What does this say? The person who wrote this should be dressed in a clown suit stuffing bodies under their porch." Paris exclaimed. She stopped for a moment and took in their appearances. "You're in your pyjamas." She stated the obvious.

"I know." Rory said.

"This was the big night you had planned? A rendezvous with Mr. Peanut?" Paris exclaimed.

"Well..." Rory said.

"You're doing laundry." She said seeing all the clothes.

"Yes." Rory nodded.

"You're doing laundry in your pyjamas."

"Ok I think we've established that already." Charlotte joked.

"Look, our mom is out of town and we never get the house all to ourselves." Rory explained.

"You mean you never get to go months on end without seeing your parents? Just getting an occasional postcard that doesn't even have a courtesy "Wish you were here" written on it? That does suck." Paris scowled walking back towards the front door. "Don't let me stand in your way." She retorted.

"Paris, wait." Rory sighed.

"No, forget it! I don't want to get in the way of your big night. I hear there's going to be some hot knitting going on later." Paris grumbled.

"Fine, I'll study with you!" Rory exclaimed.

"You will?" Paris said perking up.

"For one hour, that's it. We can do a quick review and a pop quiz and then you are going home. Deal?"

"Deal." Paris smiled.

"Well as much as I would like to join in, I'm not in your science lesson so I'll be in our room doing some sketching." Charlotte grinned.

Rory rolled her eyes at Charlotte's obvious joy at not having to endure Paris for an hour. "Go sit on the couch." She told Paris. "I'll be out in a minute."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go change." Rory told her.

"Ok, but my hour doesn't start until you get back out here, right?" Paris called after her.

Rory and Paris had been studying in the living room for the past hour. Charlotte had joined them for the last 15 minutes.

"So, given that those are the reactions occurring in the two half-cells, what do you do next?" Rory said.

"No idea." Charlotte quipped.

"Well, if we add them together, doubling the coefficients of the silver half equation but not the voltage, we get the equation for the complete reaction." Paris said ignoring Charlotte.

"Well, you're in much better shape than you want to think you are." Rory smiled at Paris.

"Impossible." Paris said.

Just then the doorbell rang and Rory stood up.

"Where are you going?" Paris asked.

"That's our food." Rory said.

"Another half hour, please!" Paris pleaded.

"No, you got your hour. You need to go." Rory groaned.

"But..." Paris protested.

"Go!" Rory said.

"Fine." Paris huffed.

Rory sighed and went to open the door. She was surprised to see Jess is holding a box of food. She rolled her eyes. "Charlie, it's for you!" She called going back to the living room.

Charlotte went to the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked surprised.

"Delivery." He said. "Nice pyjamas." He smirked.

"What are you doing here?" She asked again.

"Well, Luke figured since you're along tonight that maybe you wouldn't have any food in the house, so he sent over a care package." He said gesturing to the box.

"Luke did huh?" Charlotte asked suspiciously.

"Yep. You know how protective he gets. Not my fault he asked me to deliver it." Jess shrugged.

"Well sure..." Charlotte said smirking slightly. "Well we don't need a care package. We ordered food from Sandeep's."

"Really? Planning on burning down the house afterwards?" He asked.

"You and my mom are more similar than you think." Charlotte shook her head.

"Huh." Jess said. "It's the only way to kill the smell. So where should I put this?" He asked walking into the house.

"Jess!" Charlotte exclaimed following him into the kitchen where Rory was getting a drink.

"What's going on?" Rory asked.

"Luke sent a care package apparently." Charlotte said.

"Really? But we ordered food." Rory said.

"Yeah already told him that."

"So where should I put it? Table?" Jess asked putting the box down and starting to take the food out.#

Just then the doorbell went again and Rory went to answer it. She was surprised to see Tristan standing there. "Geez, how many uninvited guests are we going to get tonight?" She exclaimed.

"Not exactly the welcome I was hoping for." Tristan smirked.

"Yeah well you're not the first surprise we've had today." Rory sighed but stepped aside to let him in leading him through to the kitchen.

"Ah..." Tristan said spotting Jess. "So Jess had the same idea as me then?"

"Seems like it." Rory said. "Even though we both told you that this house was going to be a no boyfriend zone tonight." She said raising his eyebrows at him.

"Yeah...well I can't help it if I miss you, can I?" He smirked.

"I saw you at school!" Rory laughed.

"Yeah but I'm pathetic. I can't deal with not spending every waking minute with my girlfriend." Tristan exclaimed melodramatically.

Rory smirked. "Yeah, that is pathetic."

"Yeah?" Tristan smirked. "But does it get me a kiss?"

Rory rolled her eyes and leant forward to give him a kiss. She turned back to Jess and Charlotte and her eyes widened at the amount of food on the table. "God, how much food was in there? This could feed twelve." She exclaimed.

"Excuse me, I've seen you both eat." Jess pointed out.

"Fine, six." Rory said.

"Yeah, well, he wanted you taken care of. He wasn't sure how long your mom was going to be gone for." Jess said.

"Oh yeah, Luke right?" Charlotte smirked.

"Who else?" Jess said.

"Just tonight." Rory told him.

"Oh, he didn't know that."

"Well, now you can tell him." Charlotte smirked.

"I will." He nodded.

"So Luke sent you over with it and not Caesar?" Charlotte asked.

"I volunteered." He said.

"Oh so now you volunteered." Charlotte smirked.

"Yep. Just wanted to get out of the construction zone. There's nothing but banging and yelling. That place gives me a headache."

"Well I can imagine that." Charlotte gave him that one.

"Why? Did you think I wanted to come over here and see my girlfriend even though she told me not to?" Jess smirked.

"No." Charlotte said.

"Just needed some quiet." He said.

"Fine."

"That's all." Jess said.

"Doesn't make a difference to me." Charlotte played him at his own game.

"Huh." He said. "So, aren't you going to eat?"

"Eventually." Charlotte said.

"It gets cold fast."

"I can heat it up."

"Do they do this a lot?" Tristan asked Rory.

"Yep." Rory said.

"Reheated French fries really suck." Jess told Charlotte.

"They do suck." Rory agreed with him.

"I guess..." Charlotte said.

"Yeah, so, eat." Jess nodded.

"Ok, I will." Charlotte said. She then glanced at him. "You're still standing here." She said.