EXT. GILMORE RESIDENCE – PORCH – DAY
Rory freezes for a moment and then looks into the hole that Jess had fallen through.

RORY
Jess? Jess! This isn't one of those sick, funny moments! Get up!

No answer. Rory starts to panic. She pulls out her cell phone and makes a call.

RORY
Mom… come on… answer the phone!


INT. INDEPENDENCE INN – FRONT DESK – DAY
Lorelai is busy with a bunch of papers.

The phone RINGS.

LORELAI
Independence Inn.

EXT. GILMORE RESIDENCE – DAY
Rory is holding the phone to her ear.

RORY
I think I just killed Jess.


INT. INDEPENDENCE INN – DAY
Lorelai drops her pencil to the floor. She disappears under the front desk in search for it.

LORELAI (O. C.)
Rory, that wasn't a very good joke. A joke is supposed to be funny. And funny usually concerns clowns, pies, Johnny Knoxville…
(beat)
Not manslaughter.


EXT. GILMORE RESIDENCE – DAY
Rory smacks her forehead.

RORY
I'm serious! He fell off the ladder and went through the porch!


INT. INDEPENDENCE INN – DAY
Lorelai's head pops up from behind the front desk.

LORELAI
What?! Is he breathing?


EXT. GILMORE RESIDENCE – DAY
Rory starts pulling on her hair.

RORY
I don't know! He's UNDER THE HOUSE!


INT. INDEPENDENCE INN – DAY
Lorelai grabs her bag and shoves the papers to MICHEL, who has just come into the shot.

MICHEL
Hey, don't do that. It chafes my Donna Karen suit. It's new. It's expensive.

LORELAI
(to Rory on the phone)
Call Luke. I'll be right there.


INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
Luke, Rory and Lorelai stand around Jess' bed in the hospital.

Jess is slightly woozy.

The DOCTOR examines Jess' charts.

RORY
Is he going to be okay?

DOCTOR
Yep. He's just resting. His back's a bit on the technicolour side. He's got a dislocated shoulder after he hit it against the wood. He also twisted his ankle. But he's groovy.

LORELAI
Now, there's a fun word.

LUKE
Were you able to, uh, fix him?

Doctor Brown smiles and pulls Jess upright.

DOCTOR
I'll be doing that right now. Nothing disgusting. Just—

He takes Jess hand.

A NURSE comes by and holds Jess steady.

The Doctor yanks at Jess' hand. We hear a small POP.

Jess' eyes bug out and he grimaces.

JESS
AUGH!

LORELAI
Eew.

DOCTOR
Hah! You should have seen his ankle a few minutes ago. It actually looked like that hairy fellow from Monsters Inc.

LUKE
Oh, God.

LORELAI
The movie or the ankle?

Luke puts a hand to his stomach, looking very sick.


EXT. SIDEWALK – DAY
We see Jess leaning on a crutch, his foot wrapped in a thick cast. He is (obviously) in a bad mood.

He limps out of the Diner as he sees Rory coming toward him.

Rory sees him and comes closer.

RORY
How's the ankle?

JESS
Normal. If you could call it that.

RORY
I'm really sorry, Jess.

JESS
It's not your fault you called me down the ladder which resulted in my various injuries.
(beat)
Oh, wait. It is.

Jess rolls his eyes and starts to move; but his crutch hits Rory's foot.

Rory yelps and jumps.

Jess loses his balance and falls onto Rory.

RORY
Yah!

JESS
Oh, good God.

They lay there for a moment, looking at each other nervously.

RORY
Are you okay?

JESS
Uh, yeah. Are you?

RORY
Never better.
(beat)
This was my fault again, wasn't it?

JESS
Yeah.
(beat)
I'd get off you, but I'm pretty much handicapped.

RORY
I'd stand and help you, but I'm pinned to the ground.

LORELAI (O. C.)
Hey! "Sex on the streets" was not a literal term!

Lorelai walks over to them and helps Jess up.

Rory stands, dusts her pants off, and hands Jess the crutch that started it all.

LORELAI
You guys okay?

JESS
Yeah.
(beat)
Thanks.

LORELAI
What? I think I got a chunk of hair gel in my ear. Did you just thank me?

JESS
Yeah. Don't get used to it, though.

Jess walks (or, actually, hobbles) away.

LORELAI
(flustered)
… I won't!

JESS (O. C.)
Nice comeback!

Lorelai makes a fist and shakes it in front of her.

LORELAI
Oooh. If he wasn't on crutches, I'd… BANG!

She punches the air in front of her.

RORY
Come on, let's go.

They enter Luke's Diner.


INT. LUKE'S DINER – DAY
Luke sees Lorelai and Rory enter.

LORELAI
Hey, manly man.

Luke rolls his eyes.

LUKE
I could report you for assault, you know.

LORELAI
Okay. You do that.
(beat)
So, movie tonight?

LUKE
What movie?

LORELAI
I don't know.

LUKE
Sure.

LORELAI
Great.

LUKE
Meet you at your house at seven.

LORELAI
Charming.

LUKE
Oh, damn!

LORELAI
What's up? Got another girl lined up for tonight?

LUKE
Jess!

LORELAI
Jess? Can I say, "Ew?" and "You should be arrested?"

LUKE
No, Jess kind of needs me tonight.

LORELAI
Personal slave?

LUKE
Something like that.

RORY
I'll do it.

They both look at Rory.

RORY
What? I just feel really guilty for doing that to him.

LORELAI
Sure.

RORY
It's true! I'm Guilty Gilda!

LORELAI
Guilty Gilda.

RORY
Yes!
(beat)
Someone who's really feeling bad about what she's done!

LUKE
(to Lorelai)
Stop harassing your kind-hearted daughter.
(to Rory)
Thanks, Rory.

RORY
(to Lorelai)
See? Luke here understands the concept of feeling bad!

LUKE
No, I was just trying to let you off the hook. A hook, which, apparently, you cannot let go of.

RORY
There is no hook!

LUKE
Okay. Sure, Rory, whatever you say.

RORY
Since when did you two become the super-evil-to-Rory couple?

LORELAI
Since you said, "I'll do it!"

RORY
I can just see the two of you meeting in some random room, with blueprints and evil mad scientist coats, just snickering evilly at the next plan you have to torture me.

LORELAI
We have matching evil spandex suits, too.

RORY
I will never win this, will I?

LORELAI
There's two of us and only one of you, Rambo.

INT. LUKE'S APARTMENT – NIGHT
The door OPENS and Rory peeks inside.

Jess is leaning on the countertop in the kitchen, reading the directions in a can.

RORY
Hey, Jess!

Jess jumps and drops the can to the floor with a THUMP.

Rory enters.

RORY
Sorry.

JESS
Hey, at least it didn't hit my foot or anything.
(beat)
What are you doing here?

Rory bends to pick up the can.

RORY
Keeping you company.

JESS
Personal slave? Alright!

RORY
Look, Jess, I'm really—

JESS
If you say, "Sorry" one more time, I will seriously hit myself with this meat tenderizer.

RORY
Okay. So—

Jess picks the metal mallet up threateningly.

RORY (cont'd)
Okay. Okay.

An awkward silence develops between them.

Jess starts to fiddle with the meat tenderizer.

JESS
So, how'd Lorelai react when you told her that you were no longer part of the SuperCouple?

RORY
She was pretty calm about it. She knew it wasn't working.

JESS
Did you?

RORY
(thinks)
I guess I did, but I didn't want it to be true.

JESS
Denial is always the way to go.

RORY
It's not just a river in Egypt, either.

Rory stares at Jess intently. And surprisingly, Jess looks away first.

JESS
Want to see a movie?

RORY
I hear it's all the rage.

JESS
Which one?

RORY
Whatever works for me.

JESS
I have…

CUT TO: A few moments later.

The apartment is now dark, only the light from the movie illuminates the scene.

Jess has his foot propped up and Rory sits with her legs tucked under her. Between them, a bowl of chips.

Jess turns his head a bit to see Rory staring at his bandaged ankle.

JESS
Will you stop staring at it? It's really not your fault, you know. Well, it is, but I'm not holding any grudges.

RORY
But I still feel bad about it.

JESS
Don't.

Rory lifts her eyes to look at Jess.

She smiles lightly.

Her eyes widen as Jess slowly leans closer until their faces are a few inches apart. It's just like the movie, which we see in the background.

Rory is breathing hard now, excited and nervous at the same time. She closes her eyes and waits.

Jess comes closer. Closer. A bit more.

Then, he STOPS.

Rory quickly opens her eyes.

RORY
He—

Before she continues, Jess suddenly kisses her.

Rory closes her eyes and puts her arms around Jess, pulling him to her.

Jess suddenly breaks away—

JESS
Ankle! Watch the ankle!


INT. LUKE'S APARTMENT (HALLWAY) – NIGHT
Lorelai and Luke are back from their date.

Lorelai puts her arms around Luke and kisses him.

Luke smiles and opens the door.

Jess and Rory are still kissing, no longer watching the movie, which is already rolling the credits.

Lorelai and Luke look at each other knowingly for a second.

LORELAI
My place?

LUKE
Hell, yeah.


EXT. SIDEWALK – NIGHT
Luke puts his arm around Lorelai. We follow them as they walk towards Lorelai's house.

On the way there, we pass by CHANCE, who is hugging a girl tightly. Most likely, it's LOURDES.

END.