Episode 8.12- Now That's What I Call News

Written by Sky Faunteleroy

OPEN AT LUKE'S

(Rory and Kelly walk downstairs. They sit at the counter. Lorelai, April, and Jess come in a second later and sit down.)

RORY: Did you guys all plan to come in at the same time?

APRIL: No we saw Jess walking over and we decided to walk together.

KELLY: You're going into the newsroom today right?

RORY: Yea why?

KELLY: Can I come?

RORY: You really like him don't you?

KELLY: You're not supposed to answer a question with a question.

RORY: Oh my god.

KELLY: We're just friends.

JESS: Really because it didn't look like you were just friends on New Year's Eve.

KELLY: You stay out of this!

APRIL: He's right though. I was there.

RORY: So was I.

LORELAI: Me too. (Luke walks out of the kitchen.)

LUKE: You too what?

LORELAI: I saw the Kelly/Sean kiss on New Year's

LUKE: Oh so did I. I didn't think it was going to end.

KELLY: Hey!

(Opening Credits)

NEWSROOM

(Kelly and Rory walk in. Sean gets up from his desk and kisses Kelly on the cheek. She blushes and smiles. Rory laughs and hums the wedding march.)

KELLY: Sean can I talk to you. (She pulls him out of earshot. Rory keeps laughing and turns on her computer. They come back a minute later. Sean sits down at his desk and Kelly leaves.)

RORY: You alright?

SEAN: I'm not her type.

RORY: Oh Sean. (Rory gets up and hugs him.) I'm going to kill her.

SEAN: I'm not her type.

RORY: Sean, don't listen to a word she says. She likes you I know she does. She just doesn't want to get burned.

SEAN: I won't hurt her.

RORY: I know that. She just doesn't know that. I'm going to go find her ok.

SEAN: Ok.

RORY: Ok. (Rory smiled and started walking away.)

CUT TO CHILTON LIBRARY

(April is studying before class like always. Brad walks in and sits down across from her.)

APRIL: Hi Brad.

BRAD: Hey. How was your break?

APRIL: Fine and yours?

BRAD: It was good. I had the whole house to myself well unless you count the staff.

APRIL: When did they leave?

BRAD: The day after school let out.

APRIL: You didn't spend Christmas with your family.

BRAD: No. But my old nanny came over for a little while. I heard you wanted to talk to me. What's up?

APRIL: This is hard to say but--

BRAD: Oh before you start are you busy this weekend?

APRIL: No why?

BRAD: I want you to meet my parents.

APRIL: You what?

BRAD: I like you and if they don't then they can just go to hell.

APRIL: Brad, listen, about that kiss--

BRAD: I'm so glad you decided to forgive me. Now what was it you wanted to tell me?

APRIL: I just wanted to know if you'd like to. (Pause) Be my date to my dad's wedding.

BRAD: I'd love to. (Brad leans across the table and kisses her then gets up and walks out he stops at the door and points up. The bell rings. April follows him out.)

CUT TO DRAGONFLY INN FRONT DESK

(Lorelai is standing at the desk talking to Michel.)

MICHEL: You asked me to plan because you were too busy. I'm planning.

LORELAI: You're planning a wedding for you! I asked you to plan a wedding for me! I knew I should've asked Sookie.

MICHEL: You did. She said she couldn't.

LORELAI: Oh right. Well I don't want doves, (Emily walks in) I don't want an ice sculpture, I don't want a limo. I want my 60's theme hippie wedding!

MICHEL: Hello Mrs. Gilmore.

LORELAI: Oh don't even try they're in--

EMILY: Hello Michel. (Lorelai turns around.)

LORELAI: Mom!

EMILY: Hello.

LORELAI: What are you doing here?

EMILY: Well when I heard that my only daughter was getting married in little over a week I came right back. Why wasn't I informed sooner?

LORELAI: Because neither was I.

EMILY: What?

LORELAI: We're kind of just throwing it together last minute.

EMILY: Oh. Well how's it coming?

LORELAI: Fine.

EMILY: I thought I heard a bit of fighting.

MICHEL: I was only trying to help.

LORELAI: Yes. (She turns to Michel.) And I appreciate it but it's not really what I has going for.

EMILY: You're passing up what seems like a lovely wedding for a hippie wedding.

LORELAI: Yes mom and don't try and talk me out of it.

EMILY: It sounds like fun.

LORELAI: It does?

MICHEL: It does?

EMILY: Yes it does. You will be letting Richard and I chip in correct.

LORELAI: Oh really mom I've got it covered.

EMILY: I know but I'd like to be able to pay for my daughter's wedding.

LORELAI: Ok mom.

EMILY: Splendid. Do you have a dress?

LORELAI: Yes mom.

EMILY: Well are you going to let me see it?

CUT TO JESS'S ROOM

(Jess is sitting at his desk writing. Doula pushes the door open and waddles in.)

DOULA: Dessy (Jess turns around)

JESS: Hey Doula. Where's mommy?

DOULA: Mama go bye bye.

JESS: Where'd she go?

DOULA: Lu

JESS: Ok is daddy here?

DOULA: No mama se stay heyor.

JESS: Great, great, great, great.

DOULA: Dessy mad?

JESS: No. (He picks her up and puts her on his lap.) no I'm not mad. I just have to work.

DOULA: I be kite n wat.

JESS: Ok you be kite n wat. (Jess goes back to writing.)

DOULA: Weed to me.

JESS: Uh this really isn't your kind of story. How about I read you a different book?

DOULA: No Dessy swory.

JESS: Um ok. (Jess smirks.) Ok I'll read it to you. Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a princess named Doula. One day Doula was visiting with her people when a dragon swooped down and took her away. Her parents were very sad. They told their best men to go and look for her. One of the commoners wanted to help too. He had seen the dragon before in his lair and went to go find it again to rescue the princess. He took the sword his mentor had been making for the king and went off in search of the princess. When he came back he'd slain the dragon and rescued the princess. The boy was recognized by the king as a son of one of the greatest knights. The boy and the princess were married at once and they all lived happily ever after. (Jess looked down at Doula who was now fast asleep in his arms. He smiled and put her on his bed.)

CUT TO OUTSIDE RORY'S BUILDING

(Rory chased Kelly out of the building. She finally caught up when she stopped to hail a cab.)

RORY: Is there a reason why you just totally blew off a guy who's been so nice to you? (Kelly turned around and Rory saw that she was crying.)

KELLY: He's too perfect.

RORY: You are completely self destructive! You throw yourself at every jerk you see and when a nice cute guy who really cares about you comes along you throw him to the curb.

KELLY: I know. I know.

RORY: Kelly I'm not going to try and tell you what to do but if you don't go up and apologize I think you're going to regret it.

KELLY: You're right. You're so right. What would I do without you Rory?

RORY: Self destruct most likely.

KELLY: I'm going to go apologize.

RORY: Good. I'm going to go get some coffee we're out.

CUT TO CRAP SHACK

(Lorelai walks in with Emily and points to a very light blue mini dress on the mannequin in the living room. Around the mannequin's neck hangs a long leather necklace with a peace sign on the end. On the floor are brown and black leather flip flops. On top of the headless mannequin is a pair of sunglasses.)

EMILY: It's (Pause) nice.

CUT TO NEWSROOM

(Kelly walks over to Sean. He turns and looks at her but doesn't say anything,)

KELLY: I'm sorry.

SEAN: Don't be sorry for being honest with me.

KELLY: I'm not. I'm sorry for lying to you.

SEAN: What?

KELLY: I like you Sean.

SEAN: You do?

KELLY: Yea.

SEAN: So do you want to go out with me tonight?

KELLY: Sure.

SEAN: Ok.

KELLY: Ok. I'll see you later.

SEAN: Yea.

CUT TO CHILTON CAFETERIA

(Mel sits down across from April.)

MEL: So how'd he take it?

APRIL: I didn't tell him.

MEL: you didn't?

APRIL: No. I couldn't he told me about how he spent Christmas with his staff and then he kept saying how happy he was that I forgave him and we were together again. I just couldn't do it. So I invited him to my dad's wedding instead.

MEL: April!

APRIL: I know I shouldn't have! I'm a horrible person!

MEL: Do you still like him?

APRIL: Of course I do but I'm just still so mad at him.

MEL: Well if you still like him maybe you should just look past it.

APRIL: I don't know if I can.

MEL: Won't know until you try.

APRIL: I guess you're right.

MEL: Of course I'm right I'm always right.

APRIL: He wants me to meet his parents this weekend.

MEL: Perfect. You can stay at my house Friday and go see his parents Saturday. That way if you need saving you don't have to make Rory hang in Hartford all day.

APRIL: Thanks.

MEL: No problem.

CUT TO LUKE'S

(Lorelai comes in and plops in an empty chair. Luke comes out.)

LORELAI: I had the worst day!

LUKE: What happened?

LORELAI: First Michel decided that our hippie theme was dumb and changed it. Then my mother came and she hated everything about the hippie wedding but she just kept saying that's nice.

LUKE: Sorry. (Liz walks downstairs.)

LORELAI: Liz?

LIZ: Hey Lorelai.

LORELAI: What were you doing in Rory's apartment?

LIZ: Oh I was just putting her Christmas present in her room. I told her I'd bring it to her as soon as I was done.

LORELAI: Oh ok. (Jess comes in with sleeping Doula in a stroller.)

LIZ: Hey baby. Why's she sleeping?

JESS: She was tired.

LIZ: She doesn't go to sleep without a story unless she's sick.

JESS: I told her a story.

LIZ: You told her a story. You just came up with a story like that.

JESS: It's kind of what I do.

LIZ: I know honey but you write adult books about strippers and drug dealers. You didn't tell her a story about strippers and drug dealers did you Jess because I'm trying not to screw this one up.

JESS: I didn't tell her a story about strippers and drug dealers. I told her a story about a princess named Doula who was rescued by a knight in shining armor.

LIZ: Good. I'll take her home. (Liz took the stroller from Jess and walked out. Jess sat down at the table with Lorelai. Rory walked in and sat down next to Jess kissing his cheek.)

RORY: Kelly and Sean are going out!

LORELAI: Big surprise.

RORY: Shut up I'm happy for them! (April walked in and sat down too.)

APRIL: Brad and I are back together and he's coming to the wedding.

LORELAI: Now that's what I call news.