�Look, Lor, I know I haven�t been there in the past, but this is different ...you know it is. I really feel like I can...I can ...be there for you.�
�How do you or I know you won�t leave like you always have before?�
�The last time I came to see you and promised I could stay, I had a pretty good reason to leave. Lor my girlfriend was pregnant.�
�What, I had no idea! ...I know she was pregnant, Chris. I forget a lot of things, but this, this, I think I can remember, thanks.� A few minutes pass in silence. It seems like an hour to both of them, �How can you leave her now anyway, your kid is only a couple years old?�
�I already told you, she doesn�t want to be with me. She thinks I�m...�
Lorelai cuts him off, �Immature, inadequate, un...�
Chris then cuts off Lor, �She thinks I�m still in love with you, and I should do what I can to make myself as happy as possible. She says she still loves me so she wants me to be as happy as possible.�
�Is she right? ...Do you still love me?�
�Why would I come all the way down here to tell you that my wife kicked me out, if I didn�t still care for you?
�Of course you still care for me, everyone does, but that�s not what I asked.�
Chris kisses her passionately; but she doesn�t feel the spark that was always there before. She pulls away.
He gets up, turns around to see if she says anything. She doesn�t. As the door slams as loudly as possible behind Lorelai...
...Lorelai wakes up and starts crying. She doesn�t know why, but she hasn�t done it in while. She needs a nice cry by herself after the dream that tells her nothing. She already knew all her feelings for Chris had left with his baby, but she cried anyway for no reason whatsoever...that she could think of.
Later that day, at about quarter to nine, she heads to Luke�s. For the past few weeks she�d been excited to wake up and get to see Luke. She didn�t know why; she just thought she liked to see one of her best friends in the morning. Luke felt the same. He always seemed to wake up, go to work, and wait �til Lorelai came in. They smile when they see each other. Babette and Miss Patty talk about them in the corner.
�Why don�t they just get married already. They know they love each other,� Babette comments to her gossip queen.
�I don�t think they know that yet, but they should. I know I love to watch �em flirt.�
�You call that flirting?! Luke maybe, but Lorelai is just sittin� there waiting for her coffee�
�Awww, Yeah. Aren�t they too cute?�
�I hope they figure it out eventually.�
Luke�s in the kitchen making Lorelai her pancakes and eggs. When he turns around with her food, he sees her standing behind the counter getting herself coffee.
�Lorelai, why are you back here?!�
�Cause I asked for coffee like thirty seconds ago, and still haven�t gotten it.�
�Lorelai! I tell you not to come back here almost everyday, but you do anyway.�
�I forget things.� At this comment she thinks back to her dream, but she�s with Luke now.
�Only today though, this time I won�t pour it down the sink. You know I hate to see you cry.�
�Thanks.� She puts the top on her to-go cup. �Mmm, yummy food!� she says snatching her precious breakfast away from Luke.
�How can you eat this stuff everyday; it�s so bad for you?�
�How can you act so boring and predictable by complaining about the same thing everyday? I know you�re not boring. Have you ever even tried pancakes?�
�Once maybe twice after I woke up with hangover�
�Wow, twice huh!?�
�Get out from behind my counter and eat.�
�I cannot picture you with a hangover, Mr. Healthnut.�
�Well, it was at a bachelor party�
�And the other time?�
�I don�t remember,� obviously lying and trying not to think back on the time he got drunk alone because Max proposed to Lorelai.
�Luuukkee?�
�Yeeess?� with the same inflection as Lorelai.
�Can I have some more coffee?�
�What, no?!�
�But, but, ..but.�
He snatches her cup away from her and refills it. �No more after this!� He can�t disappoint her.
Lorelai finishes off her breakfast as Luke glances over every once in a while. �Gotta go,� she says noticeably sad that she can�t stay.
�Will I see you later?�
�Where else would I have dinner? I�m Not gonna go to Al�s to eat by myself. That would be kinda depressing, wouldn�t it?�
�I could go with you,� he says hopefully.
�Really? You wanna come watch me eat a lot of food that�s really bad for me even though you don�t have to?� she asks surprised at his suggestion.
�Never mind.�
�No, you can come if you really want to. I�d like the company.�
�I can pick you up around eight?�
�Pick me up? You make it sound like a date.�
�What do you want me to say?�
She thinks, �Uh, I dunno. You can pick me up around eight, I guess. See you later, Luke. Love you.�
Babette and Patty listen in the corner, obviously interested.
�Excuse Me?!� Luke says looking like he�s about to have a heart attack.
�What?� she says turning back around.
�Hon, I think you just told Luke that you love him,� Babette chimes in from the corner.
�Oops, guess it just slipped out. It was an accident. You know like if you accidently dropped a piano on someone�s head or an anvil. I prefer anvils myself....Sorry, Luke. Didn�t mean to tease you.�
�Tease me? Why would that be teasing me? To tease me would be to tell me something that I really want to hear and not mean it. You weren�t teasing me. I didn�t want to hear that. I�ve never wanted to hear you say that you love me.�
�Well excuusse me.�
�Why did you say that anyway?�
�I just spent all last week with Rory on her break, and I say it every time I say bye to her. I just got used to saying it at the end of conversations over the past week that it just slipped out. Again, I�m soo sorry I scared you like that.�
�Lorelai, you didn�t scare me either. I was just surprised and confused. That�s all.�
�Sure,� she says with a grin on her face. She turns around and starts to leave.
�Lorelai?!� As she leaves he shakes his head about what just happened, smiling as well.
Later that evening Lorelai is getting ready for her thing, whatever it is, with Luke. She picks up her cell and holds down the one to call Rory on her speed dial.
�Hello?� Rory asked sounding tired and stressed out.
�Hey, what�s wrong?�
�Oh, nothing just this Math assignment.�
�Yuck!�
�Exactly. So what�s up with you? Why�d you call?�
�Well I�m going out with Luke and...�
Rory cuts her off, �Since when are you going out with Luke? Mom, why didn�t you tell me?! When will the wedding be? How many kids are you planning on having? Are you gonna be buried next to each other?�
�Rory?! Stop it, evil!�
�Kay, I�m quiet now I promise. So explain please.�
� I don�t know what it is exactly, but it�s not a date. I�d tell you if Luke and I were dating, and we�re not dating. I promise. I�d probably be ranting about us dating if we were dating, and I�m soo not ranting right now.�
�Sure you�re not.�
�You promised to keep quiet....wait, sure we�re not dating or sure I�m not ranting?�
�Maybe a little of both.�
�Rory, you�ll just have to get over the fact that I�m not dating Luke and never will be dating Luke. What is everyone�s obsession with this anyway?!�
�Argh! How can you still not get it? Luke likes you a lot. For all I know Luke may love you.�
�Oh yeah...,� remembering that morning, �I guess I should tell you before you hear it somewhere else.�
�What?�
�I told Luke that I love him. I mean I obviously didn�t mean it; it just slipped out, you know?�
�Out of where? Your brain without coffee or your ...(in a Shakespearean tone) heart?�
�Rory?!�
�Mom?!�
�I had coffee in me I just, ..it just...It just slipped out.�
�Since when do you have nothing to say? How did it just slip out?�
�As I said bye to him it just slipped out. I always say it after I say bye to you, so I had gotten used to it. Now go away; you�re using my phone minutes.�
�Mom, you called me! Remember?! Now why did you call? I know it wasn�t just to tell me that you�re dating Luke.�
�Rory! ..I called to ask what you think I should wear. Luke�s seen me in everything.�
�I thought you said this isn�t a date? Now you�re worrying about what to wear for Luke I�m sure he�d be happy with anything...or nothing.�
�Rory?! I told you like a thousand times already, this isn�t a date.�
�If you tell me what it is I�ll help you figure out what to wear.�
�I don�t know what it is...You know what, never mind. I�ll just call Sookie.�
�You�ll have to have this conversation all over again.�
�Okay, ...so let�s just say that this is a date, Kay?�
�Oh my god! Mom, you just admitted to dating Luke?! Luke as in Luke�s diner?! Luke as in my new daddy?! Oh, I�m so happy for you! I knew you�d get together one of these days.�
�You know I�m calling this a date metaphorically, now what would I wear in that situation?�
�Hmm...how about those black pants?�
�The one�s that Luke complimented me on last week?�
�He seemed to like them ...or maybe he liked what was under the back pockets.�
Ignoring her daughter�s last comment, �And for the top?�
�That red scoop-neck thing.�
�Kay, thanks, Hon�.�
�Wait, so this wasn�t metaphorical? It really is a date?�
�Huh?�
�Well you asked what you should wear if you did go out on a date with Luke, and that�s what I told you.�
�Bye, Hon�,� smiling at her last comment.
�I guess I�ll talk to you when you come home from you and Luke�s date?�
�Bye bye, hon�,� still smiling.
�Love you. Bye.�