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"HEY, MAEVE." LORELAI cheerfully greeted as both her and her daughter strode through the diner's door.
As Maeve walked past them with the coffee vat secured in one of her hands, she sent them a tight-lipped smile. "Hey."
"Anywhere?" Lorelai's eyebrows quirked upwards curiously as her eyes followed Maeve's retreating figure, Rory just looking around the diner.
"Anywhere." Maeve repeated over her shoulder, affirming the question as her focus was on refilling a customer's empty coffee cup.
"Could you move, please?" Lorelai turned to face a customer sitting in a seat, eliciting an entertained smile to coax the corners of Maeve's lips upwards.
"What?" The man furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced up at the woman.
"Anywhere where there's no people." Luke hastily interjected as he appeared beside Lorelai, his hand hovering behind her back.
"Oh, like I'm a mind reader. I was just joking," Lorelai let out an over-exaggerated breath. Then, when Luke departed, both her and Rory advanced towards a free table. "Hmm, that's funny."
"What?" Rory inquired as she kept her eyes on her mother while Maeve filled their coffee cups.
"Something's different here. Something's changed." Lorelai slowly drew out before shooting Maeve a grin as a 'thank you'.
"Impossible." Rory countered as Maeve retreated back to the counter when the girls began their lighthearted exchange, which soon concluded with Lorelai pestering Luke for the 'special omelette' multiple times, then Rory rambling about how she knew that Jess' handwriting was on the special's board.
