"Lorelai, what are you doing!"
He sees all her clothes and her suitcases all over the bed and she is packing with tears coming down her face.
"I am going home Luke. Nothing is going right, here."
"Why can't you just talk to me about whatever is bothering?"
"Because I don't-," She sees Joe walk into the room. "Hi Joe."
"Did you invitehim up here, because you know Lorelai, we are married so it may not be the greatest idea to be having a man you don't know, up to our hotel room!"
"I didn't invite him up here!" She looks at Joe. "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I will ask her that, she is my wife!" He moves closer to Joe.
"Joe, I think you should leave." Lorelai says politely so that they won't start a fight.
He looks at the both a them and then runs out down the hallway of the hotel, away from their room. Lorelai gives Luke an angry stare and then goes back to packing.
"What the hell is wrong with you Lorelai?" He yells and she doesn't look up at him. "Dammit Lorelai, look at me and tell me what is wrong!"
She throws her things harder into the suitcase and this pushes Luke over the edge. He goes over to the bed, picks up the suitcase and throws it down; all the contents of it fly all over. This causes Lorelai to jump back scared. He walks over to her and pulls her gently over to the bed. Then he pushes her down and kisses her hard on the lips. He was determined to make her know that he loves her and to remind her that she is the most important person in the world to him. At first she gives in to the kiss but then pushes him off of her.
"I'm going to take a nap." She takes a blanket and pillow and lies down on the couch, on the opposite side of the suite.
Luke sits on the bed with his head in his hands and sighs.
Time Lapse: 20 minutes.
Lorelai is sound asleep and Luke had gone out, bought a tape recorder and was now dialing Sookie's phone number.
"Bellville residents." Sookie answers.
"Hi it's Luke."
"Oh hey Luke, how's the trip going?"
"It's going okay. How are the kids?"
"They are great."
"Good. Do you mind putting each one of them on the phone, I have to do something and I need their help."
"Sure."
Sookie calls for Mia and Mark, they come in the room, bringing the triplets with them.
"Your dad wants to talk to you, Mark, you first."
"Okay." He says and takes the phone from Sookie.
"Hi dad."
"Hi son. Here's what I need you to do. Speak into the phone and make believe you are talking to your mother. She is upset kid, I she really needs to know how much we love her. Can you do this for me?"
"Yeah sure. Is mom going to be okay?"
"She will be. Now go ahead, I am going to record your voice."
Mark to his mom:
Hi mom I love you, I hate it when you are sad. We all really miss you. Please don't be sad mom, don't cry, everything is going to be okay. See you when you get back, bye.
"That was great Mark, thank you. Now put your sister on the phone."
Mia to her mom:
Mommy please don't cry. I don't want you to get hurted mommy cause I love you and I would miss you too much. Guess what, Davy and I are going to go to Yale just like Rory. That cheers you up. Right mommy? I miss you, bye.
Sookie takes the phone from Mia and brings the triplets to the phone, Sookie and the triplets to Lorelai:
Hey Lorelai, I want to know why Luke is making us do this. Are you really in that bad of shape? You are strong; you can make it through anything. I want details when you get back. OH, the triplets learned something this week, here listen.
Lov oo mama, Lauren's voice
Mommy home, Michael's voice
Sookie: Now this one you will be very surprised with, I guess she is just like Rory, a fast learner.
I love you mommy, Samantha's voice.
Hopefully that will cheer you up some. See you when you get back.
Luke stops the tape recording and listens to it back to make sure it worked. It did. Now on the phase two.
He bought a fancy table cloth and some candles and set up and table and two chairs right in the middle of their hotel suite. He bribed the kitchen people to let him cook some pancakes and eggs, since it was still early. After telling them what his plan was, they all thought it was a great idea and helped him out.
The room was all set up, he dimmed the lights and the food and table was all set up, now all he had to do was wake up Lorelai. He walks over to the couch and kneels down by her head. He strokes her hair lovingly in order to wake her up. She slowly starts opening her eyes.
"Luke?"
"Yeah. You have been asleep for a half hour. I made you breakfast."
"You did?"
"Yes, it's right over there." He points to the very nicely set up table.
They walk over and sit down. She lifts the top off her plate and sees the pancakes and eggs.
"How on earth did you make these here?"
"I have my ways." Luke smiles at her and she looks down and starts eating.
They continue to eat in silence until Luke is the first to break it.
"So, are you feeling okay?"
"Uh, yeah I'm fine."
"No your not, Please tell me what's wrong."
"Sometimes I wish our lives were different." She says quietly and not looking at him.
"Different how?"
"I wish that 2 years ago you would have been home more. I wish we never fought, I wish I never kicked you out of the house. I wish you never slept with Rachel. I wish I never got into that car accident after leaving you with the kids, I wish Mia was never almost kidnapped. I wish Joe never touched me that night. I wish I never made you so mad that you would throw all my stuff on the floor. Almost everything that has happened in our lives is pretty much my fault and I wish the feeling that I hurt everyone would just go away. I don't belong with you, in this family.
She dropped her fork and started crying. Luke moved his chair over and pulled her onto his lap. She buried her face in his chest and started crying even more.
"Shhh….Your parents really did a number on you when you had Rory, didn't they? Lorelai, none of what happened is your fault. You can't always control what happens in life. What matters is that everything is okay now, and it will continue to be okay. You didn't hurt anyone. You shouldn't be thinking like that. You belong in this family more than you will ever know. People may not have accepted you or respected you when you were 16 but they do now. That is all that should matter. I love you Lorelai, don't ever forget that."
She calms down, smiles at him and wipes her tears.
"Do you feel a little better?" He asks.
"How do you do it?"
"Do what?"
"You know when something is wrong. You are able to read beyond the smaller problem and you see the bigger one. You always make me feel better. I love you so much Luke. Thank you for saying all that." She gives him a kiss which he returns.
"Anytime, now I have a surprise for you."
"Really?" She says, and gets excited. She sits back in her chair and Luke pulls out the recorder.
"While you were sleeping a called the kids and had them tell you something. I think it will make you feel better."
She nods.
Lorelai listens to it:
Mark to his mom:
Hi mom I love you, I hate it when you are sad. We all really miss you. Please don't be sad mom, don't cry, everything is going to be okay. See you when you get back, bye.
"That was great Mark, thank you. Now put your sister on the phone."
Mia to her mom:
Mommy please don't cry. I don't want you to get hurted mommy cause I love you and I would miss you too much. Guess what, Davy and I are going to go to Yale just like Rory. That cheers you up. Right mommy? I miss you, bye.
Sookie takes the phone from Mia and brings the triplets to the phone, Sookie and the triplets to Lorelai:
Hey Lorelai, I want to know why Luke is making us do this. Are you really in that bad of shape? You are strong; you can make it through anything. I want details when you get back. OH, the triplets learned something this week, here listen.
Lov oo mama, Lauren's voice
Mommy home, Michael's voice
Sookie: Now this one you will be very surprised with, I guess she is just like Rory, a fast learner.
I love you mommy, Samantha's voice.
Hopefully that will cheer you up some. See you when you get back.
"Wow," Lorelai says, speechless. "He is just like you, you know."
"Who?"
"Mark. He tires to protect me and make me feel better just like you do."
"Well then I guess we are raising him right."
"I guess so." Once again they smile at each other.
"I can't believe how fast they are growing up."
"Neither can I." He looks at her for a moment. "What do you say we check out 2 days earlier then we planned, I know you want to be back in Stars Hollow."
"That sounds perfect."
Luke walks over to the Cd player and turns on some music.
"May I have this dance?"
"Luke it's like 7:30 in the morning."
"So what."
"Okay." He takes her hand and they start dancing around the dimly lit room. Luke leans closer and whispers in her ear.
"Happy birthday."
She smiles and puts her head on his shoulder.