A/N: I haven't written fanfiction in awhile. I decided to try writing originals. It didn't go so well so I'm back to writing fanfiction. This is my season 8. Lit fans enjoy.
Sorry to anyone who read this before I got a chance to fix it. There were supposed to be brackets around all of the actions. I didn't realize FanFiction had taken them away until I looked back over it. Sorry.
Episode 8.1- When In Philly
Written by: Sky Faunteleroy
OPEN IN BUS
(Rory is sleeping. She is suddenly awoken when her cell rings. She digs through her purse and takes out her phone.)
RORY: Mean!
LORELAI: Offspring!
RORY: Mean!
LORELAI: Oh were you sleeping.
RORY: Well that's what I usually do at 3 in the morning.
LORELAI: Sorry.
RORY: Wait we're in the same time zone. Why are you up?
LORELAI: I had a weird dream.
RORY: Paul Anka?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Luke?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Mom.
LORELAI: Yea.
RORY: Go back to sleep.
(Opening credits)
TOWN HALL MEETING
(Rory is stand in the back of a crowded room she is raising her hand trying to get noticed. She is pointed to.)
RORY: What's your opinion on the Bush administration?
(A man walks out and whispers something in Barack Obama's ear)
OBAMA: I'm sorry no more questions. (Exits)
RORY: (Looks around and decides to wait for the crowd to clear.) Why does he always do that to me?
GIRL: You're from an up and coming webzine.
RORY: Great.
GIRL: Rory right?"
RORY: Uh yea how'd you-
GIRL: Your name traveled up the bus when your phone woke everyone up.
RORY: Sorry about that
GRIL: I wasn't sleeping anyway my editor needs daily updates. I'm Kelly by the way.
RORY: It's nice to meet you.
KELLY: You too (Kelly looks around and sees the crowd has cleared.) Hey you know there's this great little bookstore I know I was going to go down there you want to come.
RORY: Yea I'd love to.
KELLY: Awesome
CUT TO DRAGONFLY KITCHEN
(Lorelai is eating chocolate chips out of a big bowl of cookie dough. Sookie walks in.)
SOOKIE: What's wrong?
LORELAI: Luke and I kissed at Rory's party.
SOOKIE: I know.
LORELAI: That's it! He hasn't done anything else.
SOOKIE: Maybe he wants you to make the next move.
LORELAI: I made the first move. Long pause. I think.
SOOKIE: Well talk to him. See where you guys stand.
LORELAI: It's been a month I think we're sitting.
SOOKIE: Just find out.
(Michel enters)
MICHEL: Lorelai your diner man is here.
SOOKIE: Go get him
CUT TO FRONT ENTRANCE OF TRUNCHEON
KELLY: Tell you what I'll go see if he's there if he's not you come in wit me if he is we both go back to being lonely just out of college up and coming webzine reporters and sit at the hotel alone.
RORY: I'd rather not go back to that. (Rory walks into the bookstore. Jess is walking down the stairs.)
KELLY: Go talk to him.
RORY: NO!
KELLY: Hey Jess over here. (Kelly waves at Jess. Rory turns around.)
JESS: Hi Kelly. Who's your backwards friend?
KELLY: Hotel alone!
Rory: (Spins around on her heel.) Hi Jess.
CUT TO DRAGONFLY INN FRONT DESK
(Luke is looking at his shoes. Lorelai walks in and smiles.)
LORELAI: Hey Luke
LUKE: Looks up and turns around. Lorelai.
LORELAI: What are-
LUKE: Are you busy Saturday?
LORELAI: Yea Rory calls on Saturday
LUKE: Oh right.
LORELAI: But you're welcome to come over. I know she'd love to talk to you.
LUKE: Oh she calls me Thursday.
LORELAI: Well great I'll come over tomorrow and you come over Saturday then we both talk to her twice a week.
LUKE: Ok. Luke nods.
CUT TO TRUNCHEON BOOKS
(Rory and Jess are sitting where they sat in The Real Paul Anka.)
JESS: Wow congratulations
RORY: Thanks. I mean it's not that big of a deal. It's just a small basically unknown webzine.
KELLY: (Off-screen.) It's an up and coming webzine.
JESS: Matt is upstairs
KELLY: (Walks over and sits in between them.) Thanks but I promised him I wouldn't bother him while I was here.
JESS: Perfect.
RORY: How do you know him?
KELLY: He's my brother.
JESS: She's his annoying sister.
KELLY: Shut up or I'll teach your little sister everything I know.
JESS: You're going to teach an infant to ask me out every time she sees me.
RORY: Every time?
JESS: Every time.
KELLY: Not this time.
JESS: Yes and I think Rory for that.
KELLY: You should thank your hair for that. I like it so much better when you do something with it. That crazy just rolled out of bed look isn't too hott.
RORY: Kelly!
JESS: Kelly leave.
KELLY: Fine! (Kelly walks away angrily.)
JESS: So how does your boyfriend feel about you being gone so long?
RORY: I think he'd be fine with it if we were still together.
JESS: What happened?
RORY: He wanted more that I could give him right now.
JESS: Kind of like what happened with us.
RORY: Yea I guess.
JESS: Miss him?
RORY: No
JESS: Miss her?
RORY: Oh yea
JESS: Bet you talk to her everyday.
RORY: No only Saturdays. I email her everyday though and whenever we move I send her a postcard.
(Kelly runs back into the room.)
KELLY: Guess who the last to hear about a last minute press conference is.
RORY: The up and coming webzine reporters.
KELLY: Ding, ding, ding.
RORY: Great. It was nice to see you Jess.
KELLY: Stay you can listen to my tape later.
RORY: I can't ask you to do that.
KELLY: You don't have to. (Kelly walks away.)
RORY: Fine but I'll take the next one.
KELLY: (Off-screen.) Deal
JESS: I'm hungry. Are you hungry?
Rory: Always.
Jess: Right. Come on let's get some food
CUT TO LUKE'S APARTMENT
(Luke and Lorelai are sitting on the couch staring at the phone.)
LORELAI: Why don't we just call her?
LUKE: What if she's busy?
LORELAI: Ok well we should do something while we wait.
LUKE: Ok
LORELAI: TV?
LUKE: Ok
CUT TO PHILLY RESTAURANT
(Jess and Rory are sitting at a table. A waitress walks over.)
WAITRESS: Hi my name is Jordan I'll be your server tonight.
JESS: Jordan you work at Truncheon I know your name. I come here almost every day.
JORDAN: Jess I know you're a monk but bringing a girl to a restaurant you go to all the time for a date doesn't impress girls.
JESS: This is not a date. This is my old friend Rory.
JORDAN: Whatever. What can I get you.
JESS: Usual.
JORDAN: Rory what would you like. We have awesome Philly Cheese Steaks
RORY: Well when in Philly.
JORDAN: Eat Philly Cheese Steaks.
RORY: Coffee too please.
JORDAN: Coming up. (Jordan exits.)
RORY: Oh shoot I forgot. I'm supposed to call-
JESS: Luke
RORY: How'd you (Short pause.) Never mind. Do you mind if I call?
JESS: Go ahead.
RORY: Thanks. (Rory grabs her phone out of the front pocket of her purse.)
CUT TO LUKE'S APARTMENT
(The phone rings. Luke lunges for it.)
LUKE: Hello
CUT TO PHILLY RESTAURANT
RORY: Hi
CUT TO LUKE'S APARTMENT
LUKE: Hey Rory
(Lorelai grabs the phone from Luke's hand)
LORELAI: Offspring
CUT TO RESTAURANT
RORY: Mom?
CUT TO APARTMENT
LORELAI: Yea we decided that on Thursdays I'll go to Luke's and on Saturdays he'll come over our house. That way we both talk to you twice a week.
CUT TO RESTAURANT
(Jordan comes back with a soda for Jess and a coffee for Rory.)
JESS: Thanks Jordan
CUT TO APARTMENT
LORELAI: Who's that?
CUT TO RESTURANT
RORY: Jess
CUT TO APARTMENT
LORELAI: Jess?
CUT TO RESTAURANT
RORY: Rhymes with Tess
CUT TO APARMENT
(Lorelai covers the phone and looks at Luke.)
LORELAI: She's with Jess
LUKE: Is that good?
LORELAI: I don't know. (Lorelai uncovers the phone.) Is that good?
CUT TO RESTAURANT
RORY: I think so
CUT TO APARTMENT
LORELAI: Well put on the speaker
CUT TO SPLIT SCREEN- RESTAURANT/APARTMENT
(In the restaurant Rory turns on the speaker on her phone and sets it down on the table. In the apartment Lorelai does the same with Luke's phone.)
RORY: Jess say hi.
JESS: Hi
LORELAI+LUKE: Hi Jess.
LUKE: How did you two meet up?
RORY: Oh this girl Kelly is Jess's friend's sister.
JESS: Annoying sister.
RORY: She's not that bad.
JESS: You've known her for what a day.
RORY: Hey I've been on a bus with her for a month.
JESS: That doesn't count. You never even spoke to her.
LORELAI: Rory, honey, finish the story. How'd did you meet up with Jess?
RORY: Oh right. So she took me to Truncheon and forced me to go in.
JESS: Then she called me over.
RORY: And we started talking.
JESS: So we decided to go eat
LUKE: Wow.
LORELAI: You guys are sickening.
LUKE: Finishing each other's stories.
RORY: You know what the best things about phones are?
JESS: What's that?
RORY: You can hang them up.
LORELAI: Very funny
CUT TO PHILLY STREET
(Rory and Jess are waking to the bus station.)
RORY: You know I always wondered what would've happened if I went to New York with you that night.
JESS: I know exactly what would've happened. We'd both get crappy jobs. We'd live in a crappy apartment. We'd lead crappy lives for about a month until you came to your senses and went home.
RORY: I wanted to go I just couldn't-
JESS: It was the wrong time. It always was with us.
RORY: Yea I guess.
JESS: Think you can squeeze me into your phone call schedule.
RORY: How does Wednesday work for you?
JESS: Well I'll have to move some stuff around but I think we can work it out.
RORY: Good
(Kelly runs out of the bus station.)
KELLY: Rory Gilmore! Hurry up. I had to kiss the 60 year old bus driver with no teeth to get him to stop.
JESS: Wednesday
RORY: Wednesday
CUT TO DRGONFLY KITCHEN
(Sookie is making butterscotch cookies. Lorelai enters.)
LORELAI: What's with all the cookies?
SOOKIE: Bake sale remember. We're competing with Weston's and Luke's. Speaking of Luke how'd it go?
LORELAI: It was awful. It was awkward. Then Rory called and she was with Jess and we started talking about old times and well we're going out again tomorrow.
SOOKIE: Who knew Rory and Jess would be the ones to get you two to stop being stupid.
LORELAI: Yea I'm not too sure how I feel about it yet.
(Michel enters)
MICHEL: Lorelai a postcard from New York arrived for you.
LORELAI: Great let me see it.
MICHEL: It's on the desk get it yourself.
LORELAI: Thank you Michel.