This just a short one shot as to what Lorelai was thinking at the end of 7.03. It has C/L undertones mostly although is pretty confused and doesn't whom she wants.
Lorelai was looking at her huge corsage, laughing at Michel's ornate taste. She remembered the one corsage Chris had given her during 10th grade winter formal, the only formal she and Chris had gone to. She remembered how her mother had driven her crazy by trying to make her wear this frilly pink prom dress that made Molly Ringwald's dress in Pretty in Pink look like haute couture. She remembered how they had spent the whole time screaming about the dress, and arguing over whether she should wear the old fashioned necklace that had been handed down through five generations of the Gilmore family, the necklace Emily had insisted she wear. She remembered the screaming and shouting until she had finally relented, silently agreeing that she would bring an extra non-Emily approved dress and change in the car. She was grateful she was doubling with her friend Trish and her date, so she hid the dress in Trish's car. She then wondered if she would have loved the pink dress if Emily hadn't been so insistent. After all, when Chris appeared at the door he seemed mesmerized, yet he teased her that she looked like the princess in candy land. She laughed. Still, she found herself unable to stop thinking about her recent discovery that she might have made some choices just to annoy her mother. Her forbidden blue short dress had been a hit with Chris and it matched the simple blue corsage that Chris had given her. It was a perfect fit, and she and Chris were the envy of the room.
Years later, though, she felt ashamed of that dress as she did most of her eighties clothes. What about Chris? Lorelai was a hundred percent sure she wasn't ashamed of him; he had given her Rory, and she treasured their past friendship and relationship. But was she ready to give him another chance? He was willing to wait for her. She supposed maybe she could call him after she got over Luke. It felt ridiculous to be thinking of another man, when just three weeks ago she had broken up with her fiancé. That had been a real relationship, not a teenage one. Yet Chris's words, "You're it for me," still stuck in her head.
Lorelai looked at the corsage, remembering her mother's cotillion. The kids there had seemed to have a good time, even the one who rebelled. She and Chris always had fun together at events. Was her rebellion at her mother another reason she had rejected Chris' attempts at second chances in the past, or why she hadn't contacted him or asked him to be with her? What if her parents loved Luke the way they loved Chris? Would she still be attracted to Luke? Would she be so adamant about being with him? Lorelai shook her head. Lorelai genuinely loved Luke, but yet her parents disapproval of him did make the relationship so appealing. She genuinely loved Luke, but why was she feeling butterflies towards Chris? Why were her eyes glancing away from the corsage towards the phone?
She had feelings for Chris, but she still had feelings for Luke. However, Luke did not want to marry her; he had said nothing when she had given him the ultimatum. He had stopped treating her as a confidante. Chris did, whether if it was about Gigi, Rory or his life. Chris had also wanted to marry her since she was sixteen, not that Lorelai was thinking of marriage at that moment. She needed to give her feelings for Chris a chance, so she shakily called the number she knew by heart, and said, "Hey, Chris."