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Lorelai sped up as she left Stars Hollow. �It will be,� she said, firmly believing what she was saying.
The last time it had been her first instinct to run to her parents for help Lorelai had been four and the neighbour�s Pekinese had somehow gotten into the house and had given birth to a litter of puppies on her brand new duvet. Emily had blamed Lorelai for bringing the �filthy creature� into the house and Richard had announced that he was going to Prague for a week before turning around and going to pack for his trip. From that day forward Lorelai hadn�t turned to her parents for anything without running out of alternatives first.
But there wasn�t even a moment of hesitation this time around.
Last Friday night dinner Richard had mentioned that he would be working from home for at least a week while his office building underwent some kind of overhaul, a fact that normally would have gone in one ear and out the other but had somehow stuck in Lorelai�s memory which, any other time would have driven her crazy but this time helped her because she knew both her parents would be home and talk to them at the same time would make her life a lot simpler.
After parking her Jeep in front of the house Lorelai jumped out of the car and walked to the door.
The maid opened the door. �Can I help you?� she asked flatly.
�I�m Lorelai, Emily and Richard�s daughter. Are they home?�
�Yes, they are. Please, come in. I�ll get them to meet you in the living room,� the maid said.
�Thank you,� Lorelai said, smiling softly at the maid who she was almost certain wouldn�t be there come the next Friday Night Dinner. She went into the living room and debated about whether or not to make herself a drink but decided against it and opted for neurotic pacing in front of the unlit fireplace.
�Lorelai, this is a pleasant surprise,� Richard said as he came in from his study. Normally he wouldn�t be happy about being interrupted while working but a spontaneous visit from his only daughter when he was having a particularly bad day was more than welcome.