Rory Gilmore was in shock. There was nothing else to explain her state of mind. Wow, wow, wow those words kept repeating themselves in her head. I can't believe this…. Lorelai Medina….. no, that doesn't sound right. And mom can't marry the guy if the name doesn't sound right. So it's settled I won't approve of the marriage. Good. Rory was satisfied with her thought process.
"Rory, get a grip!" she said to herself
O.k. It's not like mom can't marry him just because of his last name. I mean c'mon he's my teacher!! Isn't that a good reason. Then she started to get angry. I mean didn't mom think about how this was going to affect me before this, she is so selfish, thought Rory.
"O.k. no she isn't, Rory. It's not her fault, it's his fault!!!" The younger Gilmore yelled at herself.
At exactly that time the 2nd Lorelai was unlucky enough to have Taylor walk by.
"Oh, um Taylor…hi…" Said Rory nervously… her face turning a faint tint of red at being caught talking to herself.
"Rory." Taylor began in his normal severe voice. "How many times do I have to tell you young people not to do drugs!" Rory could tell Taylor was getting ready for a famous speech.
"But Taylor, that's ridicules, I'm not on drugs."
"Oh really, well the only people I know that talk to themselves are shoplifters or druggys." Taylor squinted at her suspiciously, as if trying to find out how Rory could hide stolen merchandise in her Chilton uniform. "Either that or shoplifters who steal drugs."
"Taylor… you don't know that. Crazy people talk to themselves, maybe I'm just temporarily insane." Not to far from the truth, thought Rory happily. I mean after all my mom was just proposed to by my TEACHER!!!
"Yes Rory, do you know what else crazy people do? They shoplift! And then do you know what they plead?"
"Um, guilty?"
"No Rory, they please temporary insanity!" Said the grocery store owner. Obviously at the high part of his speech.
"Yes, but sometime murderers also plead temporary insanity when a nosy store owner is blocking the way of a Gilmore and a coffee shop." Said a rough male voice.
Rory turned around happily, "Luke, thank God!"
"Um, Luke… no need to be temperamental I was just telling Rory the effects of drugs on the brain. You can be my living example." When Taylor saw the look Luke gave him his voice got squeaky. "Well, now, I'll just be going... bye!"
With that Taylor scurried off into the night leaving Rory and the coffee angel alone together.
"Oh Luke, my hero!" Said Rory in a high falsetto voice.
"Yea, yea, get inside the shop Rory, you look terrible." Was Luke's only reply.
"Well thank you Luke, I feel terrible, but of course you could have lied and said I looked good, or even half-good in hopes that that would make me feel better!" Said Rory teasingly.
Luke just stood there. She did look terrible, quite in contrast with her mother who looked so bouncing with energy and hyper with happiness. Rory actually did look fully energized, and he could tell that her brain was in full overtime trying to figure out something.
"Here." Said Luke handing Rory a cup of coffee. "Coffee for your thoughts?"
"No, no," was Rory's reply, quite to the shock of Luke. "I don't think I can take coffee at just this moment…. Large whole in the ceiling… it wouldn't be good."
"Oh my God!" Exclaimed Luke. "I think hell just froze over!"
"Huh?"
"Well when both of the Gilmore girls refuse coffee at the same night it means that I'm going to have to close down my store! ¾ of my money comes from you and your mother."
Luke's voice only hinted at the surprise he was feeling. Whatever made Lorelai so happy, she obviously told her daughter. And it seemed Rory was only made more pensive than usual about it.
Luke decided a different approach to getting to Rory's mind. "So, Rory, how was your day?"
Rory inwardly smiled. Luke was such a great guy trying to figure out what was wrong. She decided to toy with him just a little bit. "Well," she began. "Dean and I are back together…"
"What?!?" Exclaimed Luke. "Your back together with that punk kid. Rory I swear I thought you had more brains than that. It's a good thing you turned down my coffee, because if you didn't, I'd be dumping it down the drain because of you! If that kid hurts you one more time, just tell me, I'll make sure his life in Stars Hallow is complete hell."
"Thanks for your concern Luke, but it's o.k. Really, we got together again and I've never been happier."
"Well…if your happy, then I guess he can buy food here again," said Luke grudgingly.
"Thank you Luke!"
"But I'll only serve him if he sits in the shadows, only comes between the hours of 1 and 2 and if…"
"Luke…"
"It's o.k., I'm just kidding." Said Luke.
The Café owner was a little surprised. Well, at least Rory's happy, even if she is back together with…. Shudder…Dean, thought Luke. Yet, she doesn't look happy, there's something else going on in her mind. Luke walked behind his counter and saw the yellow daisy sitting there. He absent-mindedly, picked it up and started twirling it in his fingers.
"Oh my gosh, the yellow daisy? You know don't you. I can't believe she told you before me, I mean what is she, yelling it to the whole town…"
"Rory, I don-" began Luke.
What is Rory talking about he thought questioningly. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure Lorelai would have wanted me to know from her, and it seems to be making Rory pretty upset.
"…I mean is she just running around the town yelling 'guess what Rory's teacher proposed to me, I'm so happy, but I don't think about the effects this could have on my daughters life!' "
"WHAT?!" Luke exclaimed loudly. "Who proposed to your mom? How, when, where! Oh my gosh, I knew it all along, I'm too late. Rachel was right. Rory, what happened?"
Rory gave the older man a quizzical look. Oh know thought look, I let the cat out of the bag, to her own daughter. But fortunately for Luke Rory was to worried about her mistake to realize Luke's.
"Oh my gosh, you didn't know? Oh nevermind then. Nothing, nothing at all…"
"Oh no, don't think your getting out of this that easy! C'mon Ror, I want answers."
Rory was going to just get up and run out of the dinner, if not for the pleading look she saw in Luke's eyes. Wow, she thought. Luke really is an angel, he cares about me and mom so much. And it's not like mom wouldn't tell him anyway.
"O.k Luke, I'll tell you. Under one condition, this is not, I repeat NOT town gossip, this is purely for your ears and your ears only. As a matter of fact we never had this conversation, correct?"
"Um…what conversation?" Luke replied with a devilish glint in his eyes.
"Good! Quick study. Well, my English teacher Max, proposed to mom." She said giving him the quick version.
"Oh my God, damn!" Said Luke. "I mean, this looks like it's hard on you." Luke quickly added.
"Yea well, It's just kinda like a wow-I-never-thought-this-would-happen kind of thing. I mean it's so sudden I had no idea that they were this close even." Rory's voice got all dreamy and far away.
After a very long pause the bringer of coffee asked Rory, "Well, how did it happen?"
"Well, I guess you might have been there for part of it." Said Rory, remembering her mom mentioned Luke was at the house right before the proposal.
"I was?" questioned Luke.
"Well, my mom said you were over and then you left and her and Max had a small argument and then he proposed and the my mom said no because there should be a thousand yellow daisies and a horse and then the next day at the Inn there was a thousand yellow daisies but no horse and Max asked her to marry him because he loved her."
Rory said that whole thing without taking a single stop for air. And she looked at the shocked expression oh Luke's face.
"A horse?" That was all he said.
"My reaction too, I guess horses are romantic creatures…"
"It's Lorelai, I should have guessed."
"Yea, but look, I'm really sorry I better head home now…remember… this never happened."
All Luke could do was nod his head; completely dumbstruck as the younger Gilmore exited his shop.
"Oh God Luke, Rachel was right. I waited to long." A single tear slipped down Luke's face, and then he closed the shop for the evening.
"Rory, get a grip!" she said to herself
O.k. It's not like mom can't marry him just because of his last name. I mean c'mon he's my teacher!! Isn't that a good reason. Then she started to get angry. I mean didn't mom think about how this was going to affect me before this, she is so selfish, thought Rory.
"O.k. no she isn't, Rory. It's not her fault, it's his fault!!!" The younger Gilmore yelled at herself.
At exactly that time the 2nd Lorelai was unlucky enough to have Taylor walk by.
"Oh, um Taylor…hi…" Said Rory nervously… her face turning a faint tint of red at being caught talking to herself.
"Rory." Taylor began in his normal severe voice. "How many times do I have to tell you young people not to do drugs!" Rory could tell Taylor was getting ready for a famous speech.
"But Taylor, that's ridicules, I'm not on drugs."
"Oh really, well the only people I know that talk to themselves are shoplifters or druggys." Taylor squinted at her suspiciously, as if trying to find out how Rory could hide stolen merchandise in her Chilton uniform. "Either that or shoplifters who steal drugs."
"Taylor… you don't know that. Crazy people talk to themselves, maybe I'm just temporarily insane." Not to far from the truth, thought Rory happily. I mean after all my mom was just proposed to by my TEACHER!!!
"Yes Rory, do you know what else crazy people do? They shoplift! And then do you know what they plead?"
"Um, guilty?"
"No Rory, they please temporary insanity!" Said the grocery store owner. Obviously at the high part of his speech.
"Yes, but sometime murderers also plead temporary insanity when a nosy store owner is blocking the way of a Gilmore and a coffee shop." Said a rough male voice.
Rory turned around happily, "Luke, thank God!"
"Um, Luke… no need to be temperamental I was just telling Rory the effects of drugs on the brain. You can be my living example." When Taylor saw the look Luke gave him his voice got squeaky. "Well, now, I'll just be going... bye!"
With that Taylor scurried off into the night leaving Rory and the coffee angel alone together.
"Oh Luke, my hero!" Said Rory in a high falsetto voice.
"Yea, yea, get inside the shop Rory, you look terrible." Was Luke's only reply.
"Well thank you Luke, I feel terrible, but of course you could have lied and said I looked good, or even half-good in hopes that that would make me feel better!" Said Rory teasingly.
Luke just stood there. She did look terrible, quite in contrast with her mother who looked so bouncing with energy and hyper with happiness. Rory actually did look fully energized, and he could tell that her brain was in full overtime trying to figure out something.
"Here." Said Luke handing Rory a cup of coffee. "Coffee for your thoughts?"
"No, no," was Rory's reply, quite to the shock of Luke. "I don't think I can take coffee at just this moment…. Large whole in the ceiling… it wouldn't be good."
"Oh my God!" Exclaimed Luke. "I think hell just froze over!"
"Huh?"
"Well when both of the Gilmore girls refuse coffee at the same night it means that I'm going to have to close down my store! ¾ of my money comes from you and your mother."
Luke's voice only hinted at the surprise he was feeling. Whatever made Lorelai so happy, she obviously told her daughter. And it seemed Rory was only made more pensive than usual about it.
Luke decided a different approach to getting to Rory's mind. "So, Rory, how was your day?"
Rory inwardly smiled. Luke was such a great guy trying to figure out what was wrong. She decided to toy with him just a little bit. "Well," she began. "Dean and I are back together…"
"What?!?" Exclaimed Luke. "Your back together with that punk kid. Rory I swear I thought you had more brains than that. It's a good thing you turned down my coffee, because if you didn't, I'd be dumping it down the drain because of you! If that kid hurts you one more time, just tell me, I'll make sure his life in Stars Hallow is complete hell."
"Thanks for your concern Luke, but it's o.k. Really, we got together again and I've never been happier."
"Well…if your happy, then I guess he can buy food here again," said Luke grudgingly.
"Thank you Luke!"
"But I'll only serve him if he sits in the shadows, only comes between the hours of 1 and 2 and if…"
"Luke…"
"It's o.k., I'm just kidding." Said Luke.
The Café owner was a little surprised. Well, at least Rory's happy, even if she is back together with…. Shudder…Dean, thought Luke. Yet, she doesn't look happy, there's something else going on in her mind. Luke walked behind his counter and saw the yellow daisy sitting there. He absent-mindedly, picked it up and started twirling it in his fingers.
"Oh my gosh, the yellow daisy? You know don't you. I can't believe she told you before me, I mean what is she, yelling it to the whole town…"
"Rory, I don-" began Luke.
What is Rory talking about he thought questioningly. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure Lorelai would have wanted me to know from her, and it seems to be making Rory pretty upset.
"…I mean is she just running around the town yelling 'guess what Rory's teacher proposed to me, I'm so happy, but I don't think about the effects this could have on my daughters life!' "
"WHAT?!" Luke exclaimed loudly. "Who proposed to your mom? How, when, where! Oh my gosh, I knew it all along, I'm too late. Rachel was right. Rory, what happened?"
Rory gave the older man a quizzical look. Oh know thought look, I let the cat out of the bag, to her own daughter. But fortunately for Luke Rory was to worried about her mistake to realize Luke's.
"Oh my gosh, you didn't know? Oh nevermind then. Nothing, nothing at all…"
"Oh no, don't think your getting out of this that easy! C'mon Ror, I want answers."
Rory was going to just get up and run out of the dinner, if not for the pleading look she saw in Luke's eyes. Wow, she thought. Luke really is an angel, he cares about me and mom so much. And it's not like mom wouldn't tell him anyway.
"O.k Luke, I'll tell you. Under one condition, this is not, I repeat NOT town gossip, this is purely for your ears and your ears only. As a matter of fact we never had this conversation, correct?"
"Um…what conversation?" Luke replied with a devilish glint in his eyes.
"Good! Quick study. Well, my English teacher Max, proposed to mom." She said giving him the quick version.
"Oh my God, damn!" Said Luke. "I mean, this looks like it's hard on you." Luke quickly added.
"Yea well, It's just kinda like a wow-I-never-thought-this-would-happen kind of thing. I mean it's so sudden I had no idea that they were this close even." Rory's voice got all dreamy and far away.
After a very long pause the bringer of coffee asked Rory, "Well, how did it happen?"
"Well, I guess you might have been there for part of it." Said Rory, remembering her mom mentioned Luke was at the house right before the proposal.
"I was?" questioned Luke.
"Well, my mom said you were over and then you left and her and Max had a small argument and then he proposed and the my mom said no because there should be a thousand yellow daisies and a horse and then the next day at the Inn there was a thousand yellow daisies but no horse and Max asked her to marry him because he loved her."
Rory said that whole thing without taking a single stop for air. And she looked at the shocked expression oh Luke's face.
"A horse?" That was all he said.
"My reaction too, I guess horses are romantic creatures…"
"It's Lorelai, I should have guessed."
"Yea, but look, I'm really sorry I better head home now…remember… this never happened."
All Luke could do was nod his head; completely dumbstruck as the younger Gilmore exited his shop.
"Oh God Luke, Rachel was right. I waited to long." A single tear slipped down Luke's face, and then he closed the shop for the evening.