After their first meeting, Luke and Lorelai spend every moment they could with each other, at school and outside of school grounds. Luckily they have Richard on their side, and he lets them meet secretly. Lorelai always says that they're the Romeo and Juliet of Connecticut. Emily is very concerned with how late her daughter gets home but notices Richard is not.
"Richard, why is Lorelai always out so late? She is only four years old. She's doing something terrible isn't she?! Why is my baby rebelling against us?! Oh Richard!", Emily rants tearfully, making Richard cringe. "Emily, stop throwing a fit! Lorelai is being her own person. She is making friends outside of your social circle.", Richard says sternly. Emily sighs and says with a voice thick with emotion, "You better be right Richard. We are not losing that girl."
It's now been 7 months since meeting Luke that fateful August day. Lorelai with Richards permission goes to visit Luke in Stars Hollow. Richard drives her there and back, taking pride in listening to Lorelai as she talks about school and notices how happy she is. Richard pulls up at Williams Hardware and Lorelai jumps out and runs in the building while yelling goodbye.
Luke's dad William sees her and smiles, "Hey beautiful girl! Luke is in the back. He'll be right out." Right on cue, Luke enters the room smiling at Lorelai. Lorelai smiles back at him and giggles while pointing to her cheek, "Luke! Kiss!" Luke walks over and plants a kiss on her cheek and laughs, "Woman, you are very demanding." Lorelai laughs and sticks a finger out to poke it into his chest with mock anger on her face, "Hey don't blame me. I got it from my mother. But you sir, are very demanding as well." Luke laughs then turns serious, "Lorelai, we need to talk. Let's go up to the office."
Lorelai pouts and goes up the stairs and is the first one to step into the office, while Luke follows and steps in and closes the door. He takes Lorelai by the hand and takes her over to the couch and sets her down. Lorelai looks at Luke with concern as he suddenly starts pacing. "Lorelai, we've been best friends for 7 months now. Right?"says Luke.
Lorelai nods sweetly, "Yep. It's been seven months now." Luke smiles and stops pacing long enough to take her hand. "I feel a connection with you that can't be broken and, Lorelai… I don't wanna be just best friends with you anymore.", Lukes rant starts. Lorelai looks frightened, "Luke, why?! What's wrong?! We were fine earlier." She pauses with tears in her eyes and can't speak anymore. "Lorelai, I want to ask you a couple very important questions. But first, I will say that I've asked my dad if I should ask you all these questions and he told me to follow my heart. He… he really likes you Lorelai. He thinks you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You've broken me out of my shell. He thinks of you as his daughter. Then I went to your dad and asked the same question. He gave me his blessings. So here I go. Are you ready?", Luke's rant ceases for a moment as he tries to keep his composure. Lorelai looks into his eyes with a beautiful grin, "I'm ready Luke."
"Will you be my girlfriend, Lorelai? I want you permanently in my life forever. I knew you were meant for me the minute I looked at you the first day of school. And when we touched, I felt something so special and strong. I felt like I had been hit by lightning. I love you Lorelai Victoria Gilmore. I know we are young. But, I know that we are meant to be. No matter what happens. And…" He stops ranting long enough, to pull out a small box out of his pocket. Luke gets on one knee, grins up at her, and his rant starts back up as he gets even more serious. "… Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, I have a question for you… when we get older… will you marry me and come liv here in stars hollow? I want you to be mine forever. I love you so much, and I never really knew what grown up love felt like until I met you."
Lorelai watches him open up the box, and inside, is a beautiful small gold encrusted promise ring, with a modest sized diamond in the middle, and engraved on the inside of the band is both of their initials.
Lorelai feels the tears burn at the corners of her eyes and she could barely choke out a whisper, "Yes. Yes to every question."
Luke grins with tears in his eyes and pulls the ring out of the box, and slips it on her left ring finger. He stands up and pulls her into his arms and gives her a kiss on the lips for the very first time. They both feel another jolt through their body's, like the day they met. Luke whispers in her ear, "When we get older and the ring is too small, I'll get you a new one." Lorelai smiles and whispers back, "Sounds perfect. I'll be looking forward to that. Luke?" Luke looks her in the eyes,"Yeah Lorelai?" Lorelai looks right into his staring right back, "I love you too."
After realizing the time, both of them head downstairs. Luke looks over to where his dad is and gives him a thumbs up, and William grins and gives him a thumbs up back.
Richards car pulls up outside of the hardware store, and Lorelai turns around to look at her future husband and father in law. "Bye William. Thanks for letting me stop by.", she smiles brightly at him. William laughs, "Call me dad, from now on young lady."
She looks at Luke with one foot out the front door, "Bye Mr. Backwards Baseball Cap."
Luke grins at the sound of that and looks at his future wife, "Bye Mrs. Backwards Baseball Cap."
