Richard looked at his wristwatch impatiently & called up the stairway, "Lorelai, if you want to come with me, you have to hurry up, I will not be late!" A young 6 year old Lorelai stepped into view, "I'm coming daddy!" She ran down the stairway in her little cute pink boots & dress, it didn't have a lot of frills, but it was still uncomfortable. Emily had seen Lorelai run down the stairway," Lorelai Gilmore! You will not run in this house! Do you hear me!" Lorelai rolled her eyes," Yes mom." " Do not use that attitude with me, young lady!" Emily scolded.
Richard looked at his wristwatch again, "Come Lorelai, we have to get going, goodbye Emily." Richard said as he picked up his suitcase & hurried towards the front door, with Lorelai at his heels.
-In The Car-
"Daddy, you said that there's going to be a boy about my age, right?" Richard glance at his eager daughter once before turning his attention back to the road, "Yes Lorelai, there will be a boy about your age, his name is Lucas, but I hear that he likes to be called Luke." "Luke", Lorelai repeated softly to herself, "I hope he'd like to be my friend, I don't have any friends." Lorelai thought, as she looked out the window. After a while they passed a sign that said "Welcome To Stars Hollow!" Then they parked in front of a store that said "William's Hardware".
-In William's Hardware-
Richard opened the door & stepped in, "William?" He called. Lorelai watched as a man & a boy stepped out from the back of the store, anyone could tell that they were father & son. "Hello Richard!" The man, who she guess was William, said cheerfully, as he went forward to shake Richard's hand. After that he looked down at Lorelai & said, "& who might you be?" He asked playfully. Even though Lorelai had only just met this man, she had instantly liked him, he had a cheerful face & looked & sounded very nice.
"This is Lorelai, my daughter." Richard said, as Lorelai smiled at William, "Funny, dad sounded almost proud when he said that." Lorelai thought.
"Well, nice to meet you Lorelai." William was saying. " Lucas, come here & say hello to our guests." William called to the boy, the boy walked slowly over, almost shyly. "Hello Mr. Gilmore." the boy said. "Hello Luke." Richard replied. "Lucas this is Lorelai, Lorelai this is Lucas, though I'd advice you to call him Luke, he doesn't like being called Lucas very much." William said. "Hey Lorelai." Luke said. "Nice to meet you Luke." Lorelai replied politely.
"Well Luke, Lorelai, could you excuse us for a minute, William & I have some business to attend to."Richard said."Sure." Luke said, Lorelai just nodded. "Luke, why don't you take Lorelai on a tour of the town." William then looked at Richard, "That is if, you don't mind." "No, of course not." Richard replied. He then looked at Luke, "Just have her here by 3:30, 6 hours is more thenenough time for you guys to finish the tour & get to know each other." Luke nodded. He waited until the adults went up stairs, & then he turned his attention to Lorelai. "Ready?" he asked. "Totally!" She replied excitedly. Luke nodded & they were out the door.
