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int. luke's diner, morning

LORELAI walks into the Diner, now dressed and ready for work, she plops herself down on one of the open seats at the counter and waits for Luke to turn around.

Lorelai

I like escalators, because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There should never be an escalator out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs, sorry for the convenience, sign.

Luke

Do you listen to yourself when you speak?

Lorelai

I drift in and out.

Luke

Good to know.

Lorelai

So where's that coffee that you promised me in bed this morning?

Luke

I'm not sure I should give it to you, considering your mental state.

Lorelai

What's wrong with my mental state?

Luke

You came into my diner babbling about escalators, you tell me.

Lorelai

That doesn't mean there's anything wrong, that just goes to show that I haven't had any coffee, my brain isn't functioning yet, I need coffee, then there will be no more talk about escalators.

Luke

You have more to say about escalators?

Lorelai

We could have already moved on if you had just given me coffee when I walked in.

Luke

Fair enough.

(LUKE pours LORELAI a mug of coffee then wonders away to serve more customers)

LORELAI goes around the counter and takes one of the TO-GO cups and pours the remaining coffee into her cup before heading to the door of the diner.

Lorelai

Luke, I'll see you back at the house for dinner?

Luke

Probably late, I'll bring something from the diner; I don't want to have to cook after ten. Or do you want to just stop by here for dinner, and I'll just come home when I close?

Lorelai

I'll come by for dinner.

(Kisses LUKE and leave the diner as KIRK comes in)

KIRK takes the seat that LORELAI has vacated and waits for LUKE to notice him.

Kirk

It's so nice that you and Lorelai have reconciled again. Lulu is very happy about it; she feels that the two of you are perfect together.

Luke

Kirk, does Lulu ever feel the need to actually speak for herself, or does she feel content letting you speak for her?

Kirk

I don't know what you mean.

Luke

Never mind. What can I get for you Kirk?

Kirk

I'm not sure, what are your specials.

Luke

Kirk, my specials haven't changed in five years, neither has my menu, just order something.

Kirk

I'll have to consult the menu.

Luke

I'll be back.

(LUKE wonders away from KIRK to take someone else's order)

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int. trunchen books, day

RORY and JESS walk in, clearly in the middle of a debate.

Rory

You're wrong! I'm right! Gosh, it feels good to say that.

Jess

See if I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

Rory

That's not the point. I'm not entirely sure what the point is, but that certainly is not it.

Jess

The point is that Rand is crazy and her books are unreadable, I have completely given up trying to read 'The Fountain Head' I tried three times in high school for you, and twice since then, I refuse to try again.

Rory

Like Hemingway is any better, he's just an excuse for me to take a nap. I took a class in college on him, just so that one day I could tell you I did, and I was constantly experiencing Hemingway induced narcolepsy.

Jess

I say we agree to disagree on this one.

Rory

I refuse to agree to disagree.

Jess

Then how about a truce until later?

Rory

I hate the word 'truce'. It means 'fun's over'.

Jess

The fun's not over, it's just on hold until I don't have actual work to do.

Rory

I still can't believe that you actually do work.

Jess

Yep, real work. Sometimes I even work on my novel.

Rory

Is your novel finished?

Jess

A novel is never finished, only published.

Rory

Pullman?

Jess

Yep.

Rory

Is that why you're always writing in your books, and mine?

Jess

Possibly.

Rory

Your new novel is getting published soon right?

Jess

I'm still marveling over the fact that they published the first one, let's not push the second.

Rory

I thought you said it was going to press in a few days.

Jess

I'm suppressing.

Rory

Can I read it?

Jess

When it comes out.

Rory

Why not now?

Jess

There are three people who have read it so far, myself, my editor and my publisher. Until it comes out, no one else is going to read it.

Rory

Are you saying that I'm not special?

Jess

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Rory

You're mean.

(Pouts at JESS)

Jess

You are aware that your pouting does nothing to convince me to give you my novel.

Rory

(Grins)

It was worth a try.

RORY and JESS walk into the back of TRUNCHEN to find CHRIS completely engrossed in a video game.

Jess

Has my editor called, Chris? I'm still waiting on the final copy of my book so we can get it to print on time. I have a few bookstores breathing down my neck, asking me when it's going to hit the shelves.

Chris

I can't talk right now, I'm shooting aliens.

Jess

This is slightly more important than your high score.

Chris

Maybe to you, but to me, there is nothing more important then beating Matt's score, its all about being king of the bookstore.

Jess

You really need to watch less TV.

Chris

Bones is an educational and intelligent show.

Jess

Not when you say things like 'King of the bookstore'.

Chris

Hey, mystery woman, back me up here.

Rory

What's with this mystery woman thing?

Jess

Well, after you came to visit a year and a half ago, I was pretty down, and the guys kept asking why. I wouldn't tell them, so they concluded that it was because of you, but they couldn't remember your name, and I wasn't going to tell them, so they call you mystery woman.

Rory

Ah, well, my name's Rory.

Chris

Nice to meet you, Rory. Now back me up on the high score verses editor debate.

Rory

Well, that depends. If I back you up, will you sneak me a copy of Jess' book?

Chris

Deal.

Jess

Hey!

Rory

Then, I'm sorry, Jess, but I have to agree with alien boy, his high score is more important.

Jess

Which you said entirely to read my book, so that negates your argument.

Rory

I disagree.

Jess

That's because you're crazy.

Rory

That's possible, but that doesn't change the fact that I agreed with your friend here. Now, show me the apartment, I want to move.

Jess

And then I can finally rest in peace and write.

Rory

Makes it sound like your dying. Please don't do that, it'd be awkward.

Chris

Zombie author!

JESS leads RORY up the stairs to the apartment leaving CHRIS to shoot aliens.

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int. dragonfly inn, day

LORELAI walks into the Inn, and sees SOOKIE chasing MICHEL around with a plate of cupcakes.

Sookie

Eat my cupcake!

Lorelai

Dirty!

Michel

I will not eat your cupcake; it is flour and sugar, both I will not eat. I can not have that fattening thing and you know it.

Sookie

Michel, I need someone to try them, it's a new recipe and I need to know if it's any good. Now eat the cupcake!

Michel

Then ask Lorelai to try it, she will eat anything, but I must fit into my low rise jeans, I have a date this weekend and I will look my best. Now leave me alone, cooking woman!

SOOKIE turns to LORELAI

Sookie

Eat my cupcake!

Lorelai

Dirty!

Sookie

What?

Lorelai

Never mind. What kind of cupcake is it?

Sookie

Banana nut.

Lorelai

Get Luke to eat it, he likes healthy stuff.

SOOKIE looks horrified at the prospect of having to go through the conversation all over again.

Sookie

But, then I'd have to go all the way to the diner, and I need to have these made by lunch, so that they're ready…

Lorelai

Sookie, relax, I'll eat the cupcake.

(LORELAI takes the cupcake and starts to make her way back to the kitchen)

Is there any coffee?

Sookie

In the pot, Sweetie.

Lorelai

You always support my habit.

Sookie

What?

Lorelai

Thanks for the cupcake.

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int. trunchen apartment, day

JESS is sitting on the window sill watching RORY wonder around the apartment.

Rory

It looks great, are you sure you don't want more for it?

Jess

I'm sure, the building is already paid for, and it would just be extra money coming into the bookstore, it's not like we have been desperate to rent this space out.

Rory

So why are you offering it to me.

Jess

You need a place to live, I have an apartment I can rent to you, seems like a good match.

Rory

As long as you have a good reason.

Jess

Rory, I miss having you in my life, it sucked not talking to you and this past year I have wanted to call you so many times. I have my life together, which I have been trying to do for you since I left at the end of senior year, I came back to show you that I was ready for you, that I could be that guy, and I find you a mess. Then you come to see me, and you tell me everything's fixed, but it wasn't. I have been waiting for almost five years for the two of us to get it right again, and I have every intention of continuing to wait until it's the right time.

RORY leans into JESS and kisses him softly on the lips; JESS puts his arms around RORY's waist and pulls her into him. They continue to kiss until RORY pulls away.

Rory

We were not kissing.

Jess

Oh really? Can we not kiss again?

Rory

Yes.

(RORY pauses)

I mean, no, we can't. It's too early; I'm not ready to jump into another relationship.

Jess

So, let's not jump, let's take it slow, we can ease in to it. I'm not asking you to jump into bed with me, Rory, I'm just asking for you to give me the chance I've been waiting for, a real chance.

Rory

I'm not sure if I can give you a real chance right now. I may not have really ever been in love with Logan, and you where totally right about him, but he still broke my heart when he walked away. It's not something that you just recover from, and I don't want that over shadowing our relationship. When I give you your chance, I want to know I'm one hundred percent committed to it; I want to be able to dive in head first. I want to not think about Logan at all when you are in the room, and I'm not ready for that yet.

JESS looks disappointed, but understanding.

Jess

Okay, I can wait. I've waited this long, and hey, this time I know where you are.

Rory

Yep, I'll be right here, waiting to be ready. You know I want this as much as you do, right?

Jess

Really?

Rory

I never meant any of those things, I never meant to say 'no' to you that night in my dorm, I wanted to go with you so badly, and it hurt so much to tell you no, but you and I both know you weren't ready.

Jess

No, I wasn't, and I'm glad you said 'no', it would have ruined both of our lives, and it made me grow up a lot.

Rory

And when I came here and kissed you, I saw stars, I was so ready to go back to New Haven and break up with Logan, but then I got the call that he was in the hospital, and I was right back in it.

Jess

Just let me know when your ready.

Rory

You'll be the first to know.

Jess

Promise, you're not going to tell your mother first.

Rory

I promise, but she will be the second person to know, you know how much she likes to keep tabs on me.

Jess

It's freakish the way the two of you are.

Rory

Hey, at least I've convinced her that I don't need to know about her sex life, for a while after she found out I was having sex she felt that we should share, it turned out to be very not good.

Jess

Rory, never tell your mother that we're having sex, ever. Tell her I'm a eunuch, I don't care; just never tell her we're having sex.

Rory

We're not having sex.

Jess

Not right now, but one day, I definitely plan on it, I've been planning on it since I met you.

Rory

I know, I remember you as a teenager. And I'm planning on it too.

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