Sookie and Lorelai are best friends, colleagues and co-owners of the Dragonfly Inn. They meet through their mutual employment at the Independence Inn, and form a strong bond over several years. It is not mentioned that Lorelai met Sookie when she arrived at the Inn, nor is any age difference ever remarked upon, but Sookie did know Lorelai when the latter was moving from the potting shed at the Independence Inn into her house in 1995. Set up as a kind of straight man/absent-minded duo, their friendship has many facets and endures conflicts.