Lorelai was in the car with an intent look on her face. She looked the same, talked the same, did things the same way, but there was something about her that had changed. Lorelai was more stern than normal, or almost more worried. Her eyes were still the same bright blue they had always been, but they had that motherly sense to them, and that was because she was a mother to a little boy. She had been for three years.
She turned her head and smiled at the three year old bouncing in the backseat. He had a giant grin on his face. He had Lorelai's eyes, and mousy brown hair, and Lorelai loved him more than anything in the world.
"You're saying this only to make me go," quoted Lorelai.
Her son replied, "I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
Lorelai and her son had always loved watching classic movies, and one of them was " Casablanca". Whenever they were on long road trips, or anywhere and needed something to do for that matter, they would quote lines from movies. This one happened to be William's favorite.
Some people told Lorelai that she shouldn't allow her son to see such adult movies at his early age, but Lorelai felt that they were classics, and her son would be sure to see them sometime in his life, why not get a head start.
As Lorelai drove on through familiar grounds, she suddenly became nervous. "Okay Will, we're almost there."
William clapped his hands together and picked up a coloring book. He began to color an underwater picture with a fish. The water was being colored purple.
Lorelai drove past the Stars Hallow Square, and slowed down to look at the place she had fled. She looked hard, but realized that it all looked the same. The gazebo was the same pure white, and the grass was green. As she continued thinking, another memory popped into her head. Her last memory till now, at the place she was staring.
She was driving home from a Friday night dinner with her parents. One of which was her mother's many plots to get her and Christopher together. Emily had informed Lorelai that her second cousin, good friends with the Hayden's was having a wedding. Lorelai and Christopher would both be invited, so Emily thought it would be a perfect opportunity for them to attend the wedding together. Lorelai remembered telling her mother over and over again that she was with Luke and would go with him, much to her mothers' displeasure.
Lorelai parked her car outside "Luke's" to go get some pie and spend time with her fiancé. When she walked in, Luke was talking to another woman- Nicole.
Lorelai- Hi, Luke.
Luke- Lorelai? Hi.
Lorelai- Hi, Nicole.
Nicole- Oh, hi, Lorelai.
Lorelai tried to act welcoming toward Nicole, but found it a little weird that she was with Luke at this time at night. Nicole sensed Lorelai's displeasure and decided to explain why she was there.
Nicole- I was on my way to my cousins in New York for the month, and thought I'd drop in on Stars Hallow for a week or two.
Lorelai still wanted to talk to Luke alone.
Lorelai- I'm sorry Nicole, but I've just had a long night, and was hoping to be able to talk to Luke a lone. Would you mind?
Nicole- Oh, no… uh, not at all. It's late, and I've been driving all day anyway- so I'll just see you guy's in the morning. Oh, and congratulations on your engagement. Night.
Nicole disappeared up the stairs to Luke's apartment.
Luke- Did you really have to do that?
Lorelai- Do what?
Luke- Make her leave like that… nothing was going on.
Lorelai- I never said anything was.
There was a long pause.
Lorelai- So, she knows about our engagement…?
Luke- Yeah, Patty told her when she was in the diner earlier.
Lorelai- Oh, how long has Nicole been here?
Luke- Only a couple of hours.
Lorelai- Oh. (Pause) So, is she staying here?
Luke- Yeah, I thought I'd let her have my apartment, and I'd stay at your house.
Lorelai- Oh, yeah- right.
Luke smiled at Lorelai, who smiled back. She had realized that nothing truly was happening.
Luke- Pie?
Lorelai- Yes, please! You have no idea what my mother attacked me with tonight!
Lorelai sat down at the counter and began telling her story while sharing a piece of apple pie with Luke.
Luke- What?
Lorelai- Well, apparently I have a cousin Daisy is who is having a wedding. So, we have to go to that and-
Luke- No.
Lorelai- What?
Luke- I don't want to go to a wedding. I won't fit in. I just don't want to go.
Lorelai was annoyed because she told her mother Luke was going.
Lorelai- Well, Luke. I already told my mom you would go.
Luke- Well, you shouldn't have said that. I never told you I would.
Lorelai- Luke, why don't you want to go?
Luke- I just don't like weddings. Can't you get out of it?
Lorelai- No. My mother was pushing for Christopher to take me, but I told her no, because I'm engaged to you.
Luke- Well, I'm not going!
Lorelai- Fine. Then-
Luke- Then what? You want to go with Christopher, don't you?
Lorelai stood up in disbelief.
Lorelai- I never said-
Luke- If you want to go with him, then fine! Go!
Lorelai- Maybe I will!
Luke- Fine!
He starts to walk upstairs.
Lorelai- Where are you going?
Luke- Upstairs.
Lorelai- With her?
Luke- Why are you acting like this?
Lorelai- Like what?
Luke- Like you don't trust me?
Lorelai- Well, Luke. You were married to her! You must have really liked her at some point!
Luke- It was less than a week.
Lorelai- Yeah, it shows how irresponsible you were!
Luke- I'm irresponsible?
Lorelai- Yeah.
Luke- Who had a kid at sixteen with Christopher!?
The shouting stopped after that. They just starred at each other in silence for what seemed like hours. Then Lorelai turned on her heal, only saying two, bitter, cold words.
Lorelai- Goodbye Luke.
And with that, she slammed the door to his diner, and left Luke looking sorry and upset.
Lorelai slammed her car door and picked up her son. She turned around and looked at a nice house, kept in good condition. Inside you could hear a television on and a woman yelling to turn it down.
Lorelai- We're here.