Just One Week… Part Seventeen
Disclaimer: Though both authors are supremely ingenious, neither came up with the premises for this, or any, show. But the overwhelming creativity has overflowed and the result is what you have before you.
Authors' Note: This is a fairly long chapter compared to the average length of most out the other chapters. We hope you enjoy it. By the way, in regards to the whole: "this is written by two best friends, a blonde and a brunette… which one do you think is crazier??", no one responded!! In fact, only one person reviewed at all. So, many thanks to PaceyLilMcPhee. But seriously, it's our new poll (ok, so it's our only poll). Take a wild guess at which half of the blondebrunette duo is crazier.
PART SEVENTEEN:
Cut to Rory and Lane dancing. They look to be having a great time. (Don't forget the whole yelling thing that was explained in part sixteen…)
Rory: Lane!
Lane: Huh?
Rory: I'm going to get some water.
Lane: You caught her? Who?
Rory: WATER!
Lane: Oh. Right.
Rory and Lane begin to weave their way towards the bar/canteen. They successfully manage to buy two bottles of water and push their way to the back of the room, where it's a bit quieter.
Rory: What time is it?
Lane: It's around 1:30.
Rory: We should go back to the hotel soon. We have to drive home tomorrow.
Lane: Yeah, I guess. Man, I never noticed how many people are here.
Rory: Yeah. And how old some of the people are.
Lane: It's crazy. Look at that guy. He's gotta be at least 35.
Rory: And he's dancing to angry girl music just like the rest of us.
Lane: That lady looks around 40.
Rory: It also looks like there's a reason she's listening to angry girl music.
Lane: And there's that man over there. He's what, around 30?
Rory: I say 35ish.
Lane: Really? I was going with 33 at the oldest.
Rory: Are you sure? Lane?
Lane: What?
Rory: Is that?
Lane: Oh my…
Rory: Lane- that's my dad!
Cut to Lorelai and Luke in the jeep driving back to Stars Hollow. Luke is driving.
Lorelai: Oh man, what time is it?
Luke: It's quarter to two.
Lorelai: I voluntarily stayed at my parent's house until almost two in the morning.
Luke: Can you believe it?
Lorelai: I was having fun!
Luke: Amazing, isn't it.
Lorelai: I almost agreed to stay overnight and go home tomorrow.
Luke: Yeah that was when I knew I had to get you home.
Lorelai: Did you know that when I went to the washroom, I snooped through my mom's closet a bit, and I found the robe that she stole with me when we went to
that spa.
Luke: (laughs) I have no idea what you're talking about.
Lorelai: She kept it. All this time I figured that she would have sent it back.
Luke: But she kept it.
Lorelai: She even had her name embroidered below the spa logo.
Luke: I think that I now know who you got your craziness from.
Lorelai: Luke?
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: Thank you for coming with me tonight.
Luke: No problem.
Lorelai: No, I'm serious. I wouldn't have made it through this night without you.
Luke: Sure you would have.
Lorelai: Well, I would have made it for about fifteen minutes and then I would have attacked my mother. I would have escaped out a window and the maid would have watched me drive away and gone and told my mother when I was gone. That's how it would've happened.
Luke: But it didn't happen like that.
Lorelai: That's only because of you.
Luke: Anything for you.
Lorelai: Thank you. Really thank you.
Luke: Just 'thank you'?
Lorelai: What do you mean?
Luke: Well, I said "anything for you" and I thought that that would inspire some sort of crazy description of everything you would make me do for you.
Lorelai: I wouldn't make you do anything different than you already do.
Luke: Nothing?
Lorelai: Maybe not nothing…
Luke: I don't like your tone there.
Lorelai smiles and it's obvious that her brain has started moving far too quickly for 2 am.
Luke: What's with that smile? Wait- I don't think I want to know.
Lorelai: Are you sure? Why not?
Luke: Because we're home.
Lorelai: Nice excuse.
Luke: It worked well.
Lorelai: Do you want me to drive you home? Or do you just want to drop me off and take the jeep home with you? I could get it in the morning.
Luke: No, I'll leave it here. I can walk home. Who knows, maybe I'll meet up with Jess and we can go commit some horrendous small town crimes together.
Lorelai: Then I'll have more stories for my parents.
Luke has parked the jeep and he gets out. Lorelai stays in her seat, leaning on the car door. She has become lost in thought, when suddenly the car door flies out from behind her, and she discovers that she is hanging upside down, halfway out of her jeep, and Luke is looking at her with the strangest expression she has ever seen… upside down. Lorelai begins to laugh and it appears like Luke too will succumb to laughter. Lorelai's laughter overtakes her and she falls the rest of the way out of the jeep. By this point, Luke has also lost complete control of his laughter and he is sitting beside her on the ground.
Lorelai: Hey mister- you're not allowed to laugh.
Luke: Why not?
Lorelai: Because I'm the one who just fell out of a jeep, and it's not allowed to be funny to you unless I give you permission first.
Luke: I don't follow you. But I am wondering how you didn't realize that the door was opening.
Lorelai: Um… well, I was thinking and then I was hanging upside down out of the jeep. I'm not really sure how it all happened.
Luke has returned to a standing position and he offers his hand to Lorelai.
Luke: My lady.
Lorelai: Ack. The worst thing in the world is to be a lady. I'm fine with girl, woman, chick, anything other than lady. My mother is always telling me to act like a lady.
Luke: Just give me your hand and stand up.
Lorelai puts her hand in Luke's, and as he leans over and kisses it, just like a proper gentleman. He begins to pull her up off the ground, and she pulls down on his hand, causing him to land soundly on the ground next to her.
Lorelai: Ha. That's what you get for the lady remark.
Lorelai jumps up onto her feet and skips towards the door.
Lorelai: Ya know, I haven't had any coffee for two hours. Maybe that's why everything is so fuzzy.
Luke stands up and walks over to Lorelai on the porch
Luke: You don't need any coffee now. You need some sleep.
Lorelai: For once, I think you're right.
Luke: Are you being serious?
Lorelai: I'm just as serious as when I thanked you for saving my parents lives tonight.
Luke: Well, you seemed awfully serious then, so I'll assume that that was your round about way of saying yes.
Lorelai: I totally didn't follow that.
Luke: Go to sleep Lorelai.
Lorelai: Thank you for coming tonight. I had fun.
Luke: Me too.
Lorelai opens her house door and begins to walk in. On a second thought, she leans back out of the doorway and kisses Luke on the cheek. Then she smiles and goes into the house, closing the door softly. Inside, Lorelai slides to the floor, places her head in her hands and lets out a large sigh. Outside, Luke sits down on the front steps of the porch, and smiles.
Disclaimer: Though both authors are supremely ingenious, neither came up with the premises for this, or any, show. But the overwhelming creativity has overflowed and the result is what you have before you.
Authors' Note: This is a fairly long chapter compared to the average length of most out the other chapters. We hope you enjoy it. By the way, in regards to the whole: "this is written by two best friends, a blonde and a brunette… which one do you think is crazier??", no one responded!! In fact, only one person reviewed at all. So, many thanks to PaceyLilMcPhee. But seriously, it's our new poll (ok, so it's our only poll). Take a wild guess at which half of the blondebrunette duo is crazier.
PART SEVENTEEN:
Cut to Rory and Lane dancing. They look to be having a great time. (Don't forget the whole yelling thing that was explained in part sixteen…)
Rory: Lane!
Lane: Huh?
Rory: I'm going to get some water.
Lane: You caught her? Who?
Rory: WATER!
Lane: Oh. Right.
Rory and Lane begin to weave their way towards the bar/canteen. They successfully manage to buy two bottles of water and push their way to the back of the room, where it's a bit quieter.
Rory: What time is it?
Lane: It's around 1:30.
Rory: We should go back to the hotel soon. We have to drive home tomorrow.
Lane: Yeah, I guess. Man, I never noticed how many people are here.
Rory: Yeah. And how old some of the people are.
Lane: It's crazy. Look at that guy. He's gotta be at least 35.
Rory: And he's dancing to angry girl music just like the rest of us.
Lane: That lady looks around 40.
Rory: It also looks like there's a reason she's listening to angry girl music.
Lane: And there's that man over there. He's what, around 30?
Rory: I say 35ish.
Lane: Really? I was going with 33 at the oldest.
Rory: Are you sure? Lane?
Lane: What?
Rory: Is that?
Lane: Oh my…
Rory: Lane- that's my dad!
Cut to Lorelai and Luke in the jeep driving back to Stars Hollow. Luke is driving.
Lorelai: Oh man, what time is it?
Luke: It's quarter to two.
Lorelai: I voluntarily stayed at my parent's house until almost two in the morning.
Luke: Can you believe it?
Lorelai: I was having fun!
Luke: Amazing, isn't it.
Lorelai: I almost agreed to stay overnight and go home tomorrow.
Luke: Yeah that was when I knew I had to get you home.
Lorelai: Did you know that when I went to the washroom, I snooped through my mom's closet a bit, and I found the robe that she stole with me when we went to
that spa.
Luke: (laughs) I have no idea what you're talking about.
Lorelai: She kept it. All this time I figured that she would have sent it back.
Luke: But she kept it.
Lorelai: She even had her name embroidered below the spa logo.
Luke: I think that I now know who you got your craziness from.
Lorelai: Luke?
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: Thank you for coming with me tonight.
Luke: No problem.
Lorelai: No, I'm serious. I wouldn't have made it through this night without you.
Luke: Sure you would have.
Lorelai: Well, I would have made it for about fifteen minutes and then I would have attacked my mother. I would have escaped out a window and the maid would have watched me drive away and gone and told my mother when I was gone. That's how it would've happened.
Luke: But it didn't happen like that.
Lorelai: That's only because of you.
Luke: Anything for you.
Lorelai: Thank you. Really thank you.
Luke: Just 'thank you'?
Lorelai: What do you mean?
Luke: Well, I said "anything for you" and I thought that that would inspire some sort of crazy description of everything you would make me do for you.
Lorelai: I wouldn't make you do anything different than you already do.
Luke: Nothing?
Lorelai: Maybe not nothing…
Luke: I don't like your tone there.
Lorelai smiles and it's obvious that her brain has started moving far too quickly for 2 am.
Luke: What's with that smile? Wait- I don't think I want to know.
Lorelai: Are you sure? Why not?
Luke: Because we're home.
Lorelai: Nice excuse.
Luke: It worked well.
Lorelai: Do you want me to drive you home? Or do you just want to drop me off and take the jeep home with you? I could get it in the morning.
Luke: No, I'll leave it here. I can walk home. Who knows, maybe I'll meet up with Jess and we can go commit some horrendous small town crimes together.
Lorelai: Then I'll have more stories for my parents.
Luke has parked the jeep and he gets out. Lorelai stays in her seat, leaning on the car door. She has become lost in thought, when suddenly the car door flies out from behind her, and she discovers that she is hanging upside down, halfway out of her jeep, and Luke is looking at her with the strangest expression she has ever seen… upside down. Lorelai begins to laugh and it appears like Luke too will succumb to laughter. Lorelai's laughter overtakes her and she falls the rest of the way out of the jeep. By this point, Luke has also lost complete control of his laughter and he is sitting beside her on the ground.
Lorelai: Hey mister- you're not allowed to laugh.
Luke: Why not?
Lorelai: Because I'm the one who just fell out of a jeep, and it's not allowed to be funny to you unless I give you permission first.
Luke: I don't follow you. But I am wondering how you didn't realize that the door was opening.
Lorelai: Um… well, I was thinking and then I was hanging upside down out of the jeep. I'm not really sure how it all happened.
Luke has returned to a standing position and he offers his hand to Lorelai.
Luke: My lady.
Lorelai: Ack. The worst thing in the world is to be a lady. I'm fine with girl, woman, chick, anything other than lady. My mother is always telling me to act like a lady.
Luke: Just give me your hand and stand up.
Lorelai puts her hand in Luke's, and as he leans over and kisses it, just like a proper gentleman. He begins to pull her up off the ground, and she pulls down on his hand, causing him to land soundly on the ground next to her.
Lorelai: Ha. That's what you get for the lady remark.
Lorelai jumps up onto her feet and skips towards the door.
Lorelai: Ya know, I haven't had any coffee for two hours. Maybe that's why everything is so fuzzy.
Luke stands up and walks over to Lorelai on the porch
Luke: You don't need any coffee now. You need some sleep.
Lorelai: For once, I think you're right.
Luke: Are you being serious?
Lorelai: I'm just as serious as when I thanked you for saving my parents lives tonight.
Luke: Well, you seemed awfully serious then, so I'll assume that that was your round about way of saying yes.
Lorelai: I totally didn't follow that.
Luke: Go to sleep Lorelai.
Lorelai: Thank you for coming tonight. I had fun.
Luke: Me too.
Lorelai opens her house door and begins to walk in. On a second thought, she leans back out of the doorway and kisses Luke on the cheek. Then she smiles and goes into the house, closing the door softly. Inside, Lorelai slides to the floor, places her head in her hands and lets out a large sigh. Outside, Luke sits down on the front steps of the porch, and smiles.