[Scene opens with Lorelai in Lorelai's diner]
LORELAI: Come on Luke. Please make me pancakes.
LUKE: Pancakes are a breakfast food, not an afternoon snack.
LORELAI: But I wasn't here for breakfast.
LUKE: If you wanted pancakes you should have come here this morning for breakfast. Now can I get you something else?
LORELAI: Fine. I'll have a coffee to go. Actually make that two.
LUKE: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: At home. She's working on an article for the Franklin.
LUKE: Here's your coffee.
LORELAI: Thanks.
[Lorelai leaves Luke's diner and starts walking home. She sees Rory and Jess standing in the gazebo and frowns. Then Jess and Rory kiss. Lorelai looks shocked and drops her coffee]
[Opening credits]
[Scene changes to Rory sitting at her desk working on an article for the Franklin]
LORELAI: How's the article going?
RORY: It's nearly finished.
LORELAI: You've been working on it awhile.
RORY: Yeah, another 20 minutes or so and it'll be finished.
LORELAI: Okay.
[Lorelai walks out of Rory's room looking angry]
[Scene goes to Rory in a classroom. Paris is next to her. Madeline and Louise are sitting in front of them]
MADELINE: Did you hear about the new girl?
LOUISE: Who told you?
MADELINE: Claire has some classes with her.
PARIS: Oh for god sakes can't you find anything else to talk about?
LOUISE: She's supposedly in this class.
PARIS: What! Where?
LOUISE: Here. This class.
MADELINE: She doesn't care until it effects her.
PARIS: Grow up.
[The new girl walks into the classroom and sits on the other side of Rory]
RORY: Hi, I'm Rory.
KATHERINE: Katherine.
MADELINE: Hi, I'm Madeline.
LOUISE: I'm Louise.
KATHERINE: It's nice to meet you.
PARIS: So what are you doing here?
KATHERINE: I'm in your English class.
PARIS: That is obvious. I hope you except to work hard. This is not a school in L.A.
KATHERINE: Considering we're not in California, I didn't think I was at a school in L.A.
PARIS: Just don't expect this to be an easy class.
KATHERINE: I didn't expect any of this to be easy.
PARIS: Good.
[Scene changes to Sookie and Lorelai at the inn]
LORELAI: I saw them kissing.
SOOKIE: Who?
LORELAI: Rory and Jess.
SOOKIE: Oh.
LORELAI: It was awful.
SOOKIE: Did they see you?
LORELAI: No. How could Rory not tell me?
SOOKIE: I'm sure she's planning to.
LORELAI: I gave her the perfect opportunity and she lied!
SOOKIE: Honey, she'll tell you.
LORELAI: I don't know. Should I tell her I know? Ahhhh. Why'd it have to be Jess?
SOOKIE: Does Luke know?
LORELAI: I don't think so. Jess isn't exactly the sharing type. Do you think I should tell him?
SOOKIE: I don't know. Jess should probably tell Luke himself. But Luke does deserve to know.
LORELAI: I need coffee.
SOOKIE: Luke's coffee?
LORELAI: Yeah.
[Scene changes to Chilton, Rory is sitting in the cafeteria reading a book and eating her lunch. Paris walks up to Rory]
PARIS: Rory, have you met Katherine?
RORY: Yes.
[Paris sits down]
PARIS: Who does she think she is? Do you know she weaselled her way into the Franklin!
RORY: She's obviously a good writer.
PARIS: I'll determine that.
RORY: Anything else?
PARIS: No.
RORY: It'll be okay. She's not going to steal your position as editor.
PARIS: Like she could. Have you seen Madeline or Louise?
RORY: They're sitting with Katherine.
PARIS: What!
RORY: There.
[Points to where they are sitting a couple of tables away]
PARIS: This is not good.
[Paris gets up and walks towards them. Rory smiles to herself]
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Luke's]
LUKE: What can I get you?
LORELAI: Coffee and a Danish.
LUKE: Okay.
[Luke pours a cup of coffee and gets her Danish]
LUKE: Here.
LORELAI: Where's Jess?
LUKE: Out.
LORELAI: Where?
LUKE: I think he went to the movies with some friends from school.
LORELAI: He has friends from school?
LUKE: Apparently.
LORELAI: Oh.
LUKE: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: Well she said she was going to the library, but she could be anywhere.
LUKE: What do you mean she could be anywhere?
LORELAI: Well she could be at the movies for all I know.
LUKE: If she said she was going to the library then I'm sure that's where she is.
LORELAI: Yeah.
LUKE: Is something wrong? Rory is very trustworthy and you have never doubted her telling the truth.
LORELAI: It's nothing. Just me being weird.
LUKE: Are you sure that's all it is?
LORELAI: Yeah.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Lorelai is on the phone to Sookie]
LORELAI: I hated lying to him. Right to his face.
SOOKIE: It'll be okay.
[Rory walks into the room]
RORY: Hi mum. Who are you talking to?
LORELAI: Look I've got to go.
[Lorelai hangs up the phone]
LORELAI: Just Sookie. So how'd the library go?
RORY: Yeah, it was good.
LORELAI: You didn't borrow any books?
RORY: No. I've already got books that I'm reading.
LORELAI: Oh. Uh, Dean called.
RORY: Dean? What did he want?
LORELAI: He didn't say. Just that he'd call you back.
RORY: Oh, when?
LORELAI: Don't know.
RORY: Okay. I'm going to make some coffee do you want some?
LORELAI: Nah, I had some at Luke's. How was school?
RORY: Same as usual.
[Rory walks into the kitchen and starts making coffee. Lorelai follows]
LORELAI: Rory.
RORY: Yeah?
LORELAI: I saw you and Jess kissing.
RORY: What?
LORELAI: Under the gazebo.
RORY: I was going to tell you.
LORELAI: Why did you lie?
RORY: Because I knew how you'd react. I was waiting for the right time to explain everything.
LORELAI: Well it looks like you never found it.
RORY: I was going to tell you.
LORELAI: Where were you today?
RORY: I was at the movies.
LORELAI: With Jess?
RORY: Yes.
LORELAI: I don't like him Rory. He's not good for you.
RORY: You might not like him, but I do.
LORELAI: He made you lie to me.
RORY: He wasn't the one who lied to you. That was me.
LORELAI: He gave you a reason.
RORY: It was as much my fault as it was his. Stop blaming him!
LORELAI: No!
[Lorelai exits the kitchen]
LORELAI: I'm going out.
[She slams the front door]
[Rory walks into her room and sits down on the bed. Tears roll down her face]
[Scene changes to Lorelai knocking on Luke's apartment door. She's crying]
[Luke walks to the door and opens it]
LUKE: Lorelai, what's wrong?
LORELAI: She lied. To me!
LUKE: Who lied to you?
LORELAI: Rory!
LUKE: What? When?
LORELAI: Today. She's going out with Jess.
LUKE: What!
LORELAI: She's been lying to me.
LUKE: She's going out with Jess?
LORELAI: This is your fault.
LUKE: How is this my fault?
LORELAI: He's your nephew.
LUKE: How long?
LORELAI: I don't know.
[Lorelai calms down]
LUKE: It will be okay. Rory's a smart girl and Jess wouldn't do anything to hurt her.
LORELAI: I wish I could believe you.
LUKE: Rory isn't going to do anything stupid, she's too smart.
LORELAI: I know.
LUKE: It'll be okay.
LORELAI: Yeah. Got any coffee?
LUKE: Do you want to go downstairs and I'll make you some?
LORELAI: Yeah sure.
LUKE: Okay, come on.
[Lorelai and Lorelai walk out the door]
[Scene changes to Rory sitting on her bed still crying]
[The phone rings. Rory walks into the lounge room and answers the phone]
RORY: Hello?
DEAN: Rory?
RORY: Yeah.
DEAN: I tried to ring before.
RORY: I know.
DEAN: I wanted to apologise for punching Jess.
RORY: Then shouldn't you be talking to Jess?
DEAN: I already have.
RORY: Oh.
DEAN: I wanted to apologise to you.
RORY: Why?
DEAN: Because I was wrong to punch Jess.
RORY: What does that have to do with me?
DEAN: You were involved Rory. I'm also sorry about how I've acted the past few weeks.
RORY: Apology accepted.
DEAN: Well that's all I wanted to say.
RORY: Okay.
DEAN: Well, bye.
RORY: Bye.
[Rory hangs up the phone and walks out the front door]
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Luke's, drinking coffee]
LUKE: You feeling better now?
LORELAI: Yeah, but more pie would help.
LUKE: Okay, more pie coming right up.
[Luke gets more pie and hands it to Lorelai]
LUKE: Here you go.
LORELAI: PIE!
[Jess enters the diner]
LUKE: You're late for your shift.
JESS: Sorry.
LORELAI: I better go.
LUKE: Don't go on his account. Finish your pie.
LORELAI: No, I better go, Rory's at home. I can't avoid her forever.
LUKE: Bye.
LORELAI: Bye.
[Lorelai leaves]
LUKE: She knows about you and Rory.
JESS: What about Rory and me?
LUKE: You've been going out for god knows how long.
JESS: Going where?
LUKE: You and Rory have been going god knows where for god knows how long. Rory has been lying to Lorelai.
JESS: And I suppose that's my fault.
LUKE: I didn't say that, but that's what Lorelai thinks.
JESS: It's always my fault when it comes to her.
LUKE: Well, it doesn't look good from her point of view.
JESS: Yeah, well I don't care.
[Scene changes to Lorelai arriving home]
LORELAI: Rory!
LORELAI: Rory!
[Lorelai looks around the house and then grabs the phone and rings Luke]
LUKE: Hello?
LORELAI: Is she there?
LUKE: Who? Is who here?
LORELAI: Rory.
LUKE: No. You said she was at your place.
LORELAI: She's not here. Does Jess know?
LUKE: Hang on; he doesn't know where she is.
LORELAI: Oh god. I have to call other people. Ring me if you see her.
LUKE: Of course.
[Lorelai hangs up and dials another number]
LORELAI: Mum?
EMILY: Lorelai?
LORELAI: Is Rory there?
EMILY: No, why is everything okay?
LORELAI: Fine. Rory's just late and I wondered if she stopped by.
EMILY: Well she's not here.
LORELAI: Bye mum.
EMILY: Good bye Lorelai.
[Scene changes to Rory sitting on the bridge]
JESS: Thought I might find you here.
[He sits down next to her]
RORY: She knows about us.
JESS: I know. Your mum's going crazy.
RORY: I lied to her. I can't believe I lied to her.
JESS: Why did you?
RORY: Because I knew she'd freak out if she knew. I was going to tell her. Really, I was.
JESS: Well if that's true don't worry.
RORY: She doesn't believe me.
JESS: No one believes me. You get used to it.
RORY: I've never lied to her before.
JESS: You should go home before your mum calls in the army.
RORY: Yeah, probably.
JESS: I'll walk you home.
RORY: Thanks.
[They walk off together]
[Scene changes to Luke's. Lorelai walks in]
LUKE: Lorelai, did you find her?
LORELAI: No, I've been looking all over town.
LUKE: I'm sure she'll turn up.
LORELAI: I hope so. Can I have a coffee to go?
LUKE: Sure.
[Luke hands her a cup of coffee]
LUKE: She'll turn up.
[Jess walks in]
JESS: I saw Rory heading back to your place.
LORELAI: She was with you?
JESS: No. I just saw her.
LORELAI: Bye Luke.
[Lorelai runs out of the diner]
LUKE: You were with her weren't you?
JESS: So now you don't believe me.
LUKE: So you weren't with her.
JESS: I may have said hi when I saw her.
LUKE: Just hi?
JESS: I probably said bye as well.
LUKE: And in between the hi and bye?
JESS: Maybe a how are you.
LUKE: So you lied to Lorelai.
JESS: No. She wasn't with me. We had a brief conversation while passing.
LUKE: Well you chose not to mention it which is pretty much lying.
JESS: Hmm. Hi, bye and how are you. Not a real interesting conversation.
LUKE: Go take some orders.
JESS: Yes sir.
[Scene changes to Lorelai running through the front door]
LORELAI: RORY!
RORY: Yeah?
LORELAI: Where have you been? I have been looking everywhere!
RORY: I went for a walk to clear my head.
LORELAI: Next time tell me. You can't just leave.
RORY: You stormed out. Then Dean called.
LORELAI: And in that time you forgot how to write?
RORY: It slipped my mind. I was thinking about other things.
LORELAI: Like Jess?
RORY: No. Dean called and I was thinking about what he said.
LORELAI: Yeah, well fine.
RORY: He apologised.
LORELAI: For what?
RORY: The way he acted the past few weeks.
LORELAI: Oh. Coffee?
RORY: Yes please.
[Lorelai goes into the kitchen and makes coffee. She walks back into the lounge room and hands Rory the coffee]
RORY: He also apologised for punching Jess.
LORELAI: Oh. Can we not talk about Jess right now.
RORY: What do you want to talk about?
LORELAI: Nothing. Let's just sit.
RORY: Okay.
[Lorelai and Rory sit in silence]
LORELAI: Okay, this is too hard.
RORY: Yeah, it is.
[Scene changes to Lorelai and Sookie at the inn]
LORELAI: It was awful.
SOOKIE: I'm sure it was.
LORELAI: She wasn't anywhere!
SOOKIE: I know.
LORELAI: What am I going to do?
SOOKIE: I don't know.
MICHEL: As sad as this story sounds believe it or not we actually have work to do.
LORELAI: You have work to do, we don't.
SOOKIE: Ah well I do.
LORELAI: Fine. I'll be sulking in the corner.
MICHEL: If you want you can organise all these files.
LORELAI: No, I'm fine.
[Scene changes to a Franklin meeting]
KATHERINE: The other article will look better on the front page.
PARIS: I disagree.
KATHERINE: The other article is more interesting. It will be more appealing to readers.
PARIS: You've been a week how would you know what would be appealing to readers?
MADELINE: Um. Paris she has a point. Daniel's article is kind of boring.
LOUISE: Whereas Rory's is interesting.
PARIS: I'm editor. I decide that Rory's article goes on page 2.
KATHERINE: I respect the fact that you're editor, but you should listen to others opinions and accept that you can't always be right.
PARIS: And you think you're right?
KATHERINE: I didn't say that.
PARIS: Well then lets move on. Assignments for next edition, Rory you're doing the Chilton Fair with.
RORY: With who?
PARIS: David?
DAVID: Can't I'm busy.
MADELINE: Why not Katherine?
PARIS: We need someone with more experience.
LOUISE: No one else can go.
PARIS: Fine then, but don't blame me when the article turns sour.
RORY: Paris, I'm sure Katherine's a good writer.
PARIS: Whatever. This meeting is over.
RORY: Do you want to go get coffee and discuss the article?
KATHERINE: I can't tonight, but maybe tomorrow night?
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Rory getting off the bus]
[She sees Jess walking out of Luke's]
RORY: Jess!
JESS: Hey, another Franklin meeting.
RORY: Yeah. There's no escaping Paris.
JESS: So you okay?
RORY: Yeah.
JESS: Luke's hassling me about this whole thing.
RORY: Mum refuses to talk about it.
JESS: Lucky you.
RORY: I think she's just trying to avoid a fight.
JESS: You want some coffee?
RORY: Sounds good.
[They go into Luke's. Luke sees them together and frowns at Jess]
RORY: How was your day?
JESS: The usual, me cutting class, me getting caught. Na, it was okay. We're actually doing an okay book in English.
RORY: Which one?
JESS: Shakespeare.
RORY: Any particular play?
JESS: Comedy of Errors.
RORY: Interesting.
JESS: It shows how people are quick to judge.
RORY: That sounds familiar.
JESS: Yeah, that's probably why I like it.
[Rory laughs. Luke comes over with Rory's coffee]
LUKE: Here you go Rory.
RORY: Thanks Luke.
[Luke walks away]
JESS: Feel the tension?
RORY: Tighter than a stretched rubber band.
[Jess smiles]
RORY: Do you want to go somewhere else?
JESS: Nah. Drink your coffee.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Lorelai watching TV]
[Rory walks through the front door]
LORELAI: Hey, where have you been?
RORY: I had a Franklin meeting after school then went to Luke's for coffee.
LORELAI: So how was the ogre?
RORY: She doesn't like Katherine very much.
LORELAI: Katherine?
RORY: She's new. We're working together on an article about the Chilton Fair.
LORELAI: Chilton Fair? This is not going to be like the bake sale is it?
RORY: No, it's not like the bake sale.
LORELAI: And I take it there won't be any fairy floss or a huge Ferris Wheel.
RORY: At Chilton?
LORELAI: Do I have to go?
RORY: You don't have to.
LORELAI: Thank god.
RORY: But.
LORELAI: But? There's a but?
RORY: But you need to be more involved.
LORELAI: Ugh. Not that again.
RORY: Yeah.
LORELAI: I'll make an appearance, even if it's only to mock others.
RORY: You can't do that. You'll get into trouble.
LORELAI: I'll do it silently.
RORY: Good girl.
LORELAI: Do I get a cookie?
RORY: We don't have any cookies.
LORELAI: Do we need to shop?
RORY: Yeah.
LORELAI: Later, this is a good part.
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Doose's market]
[Lorelai goes to the checkout. Dean is at the checkout]
LORELAI: Dean! Hi. How's it going?
DEAN: Uh okay.
LORELAI: You can hardly tell you broke your nose.
DEAN: Yeah well.
LORELAI: How does it feel?
DEAN: Sore.
LORELAI: Right.
DEAN: That's $27.50. This is your once a month shop?
LORELAI: Yep. You've got your milk and bread.
DEAN: Well I'll see you around.
LORELAI: Yeah, bye Dean.
DEAN: Bye.
[Scene changes to Lorelai and Rory the next morning at the diner, Luke isn't there]
LORELAI: Ahh, I love Fridays.
RORY: And why is that?
LORELAI: Because it's the last day of the working week.
RORY: The Chilton Fair is on this weekend.
LORELAI: Suddenly liking Monday's.
RORY: Early mornings over the fair? What is our world coming to?
LORELAI: Be nice. So are you going to ask your boyfriend for free refills?
RORY: He's not going to give us free coffee.
LORELAI: Why? Dean gave us free coupons.
RORY: If you want free coffee ask yourself.
LORELAI: But he's your boyfriend.
RORY: And you're the one who wants more coffee.
LORELAI: Jess!
JESS: Yeah?
LORELAI: Coffee please.
[Jess comes over with coffee and fills her cup]
LORELAI: Thank you.
JESS: Rory?
RORY: Uh no, I have to go.
[Jess walks away]
LORELAI: I hope he realises I'm not paying for this.
RORY: You should probably make that clear next time. Bye.
[Rory gets up and picks up her bag]
LORELAI: See you hon.
[Rory walks out of the diner. Lorelai goes to pay. Luke walks downstairs]
LORELAI: Hey Luke.
LUKE: Lorelai.
JESS: That's $10.50.
LORELAI: Good boy.
LUKE: What did he do?
JESS: Free refill.
LUKE: Okay.
[Scene changes to Rory and Katherine at Chilton]
RORY: So do you have any ideas for the article?
KATHERINE: Well, I was thinking that maybe we could do it in the view of the students not the teachers because it seems to me like the teachers are trying to show us off and the school. There's not going to be anything to entertain us is there?
[Paris overhears this]
PARIS: You are not turning my paper into a revolt against the teachers.
KATHERINE: I'm not turning your paper into a revolt against the teachers. All I did was suggest a new angle.
RORY: Come on Paris. It's a great idea and you know it. If anyone else had suggested it you would have been all over the idea.
PARIS: No. This paper is for serious issues.
KATHERINE: Yes, like the boring fair where the teachers exploit us to make their school look better.
PARIS: If you write it I won't print it.
KATHERINE: And then what will you fill the space up with?
PARIS: David's story. Or I'll do one.
KATHERINE: Whatever. I have to go.
[Katherine walks away from them]
RORY: Paris!
PARIS: Don't start Rory. I trust you to keep her in line.
RORY: Out of curiosity, if I had suggested top write the article in the voice of the students what would you have done?
PARIS: I still would have said no.
RORY: Really? Because I find that hard to believe.
PARIS: Well believe it.
RORY: See you later.
[Rory walks off, leaving Paris standing alone]
PARIS: Fine leave.
[Scene changes to Lorelai sitting in the diner. Rory walks in]
RORY: Hi, how was your day?
LORELAI: Good. Yours?
RORY: Not so good.
LORELAI: Why?
RORY: Katherine thought of a great idea for our article and then Paris threw it straight back in her face.
LORELAI: Ah, Paris strikes again.
RORY: Yeah, enough to ruin anybody's day.
LORELAI: That girl needs a tranquilliser.
RORY: I don't think you could get a big enough dosage to stop Paris.
[Lorelai laughs]
LORELAI: Well I'm heading home. You coming?
RORY: I think I'll stay here for awhile.
LORELAI: Okay. Be home in time for our weekly meeting with the devil.
RORY: Of course.
[Lorelai leaves. Luke walks over to Rory]
LUKE: Can I get you anything?
RORY: Umm. Just a coffee thanks Luke.
LUKE: Sure.
[Jess enters]
JESS: Hey.
RORY: Hi.
JESS: Have a good day?
RORY: It was terrible until about a minute ago.
JESS: Well I have something for you.
[Luke comes over and gives Rory her coffee]
LUKE: Sorry about the wait.
RORY: Thanks Luke.
[Luke walks away]
RORY: What is it?
JESS: Ta da!
[He holds out a CD]
RORY: A limited edition Bangles!
[She hugs him]
RORY: Where did you get it?
JESS: I have my sources.
RORY: Thank you. I can't believe you found this. It must have been expensive.
JESS: Yeah, well I thought it would cheer you up.
RORY: Yeah it did. My day is now great. Paris is now forgotten.
JESS: Good.
RORY: I have to go, Friday night dinner.
JESS: Okay see ya.
RORY: Bye.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Rory runs into the lounge room]
RORY: Mum, mum, mum! Look what I got.
LORELAI: What? What?
[Rory put the CD on]
RORY: Listen.
[The Bangles starts playing]
LORELAI: Oh my god. Limited. You got limited!
[Starts dancing and singing]
RORY: Yes, I got Limited.
LORELAI: Where?
RORY: It was a present.
LORELAI: From the gods?
RORY: No. From Jess.
LORELAI: Oh.
[Stops dancing]
RORY: He gave you free coffee.
LORELAI: Yeah, but so does Luke.
RORY: Whatever. I'll be in my room getting ready if you need me.
[Rory walks out. Lorelai sighs]
[Scene changes to the Elder Gilmore house]
EMILY: I heard the Chilton Fair is on this weekend. Lorelai I hope you're involved.
LORELAI: I'm going.
RORY: I'm writing an article about it for the Franklin.
RICHARD: That's great.
EMILY: Yes, congratulations.
RORY: Thank you, but it's not just me writing the article, Katherine is helping me.
EMILY: Well we'll be going.
LORELAI: You will?
RICHARD: Of course we are, Lorelai.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: We'll keep an eye out for you.
EMILY: Is Dean coming?
RORY: No, Dean won't be going.
EMILY: Oh, what a shame.
LORELAI: Mum.
EMILY: What?
RORY: Dean and I broke up.
EMILY: Oh, Rory I'm sorry.
RORY: No, it's fine.
RICHARD: It's such a shame. I was just beginning to like him.
LORELAI: Mum, this is very nice. What is it?
EMILY: Deer.
LORELAI: Deer!
RORY: I thought you vowed never to ask what we were eating because you would rather enjoy the food.
[Lorelai whispers]
LORELAI: I was trying to change the subject.
EMILY: Lorelai it's rude to whisper.
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
RORY: Thank you.
LORELAI: No problem.
[Scene changes to Lorelai asleep]
RORY: Mum! Get up. It's time to wake up. The fair is today.
LORELAI: Mfgul.
RORY: I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that; you want to get up and repeat it?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Repeat what you said before.
LORELAI: I said something?
RORY: Yeah, not sure what.
LORELAI: Well get out and make coffee and I'll be down in a minute.
RORY: 5 minutes.
[Scene goes to Rory pouring coffee in the kitchen]
[Lorelai walks in]
RORY: About time.
LORELAI: I need breakfast.
[Lorelai grabs the coffee cup and drinks some]
LORELAI: Ahh, what is this?
RORY: We ran out of coffee.
LORELAI: Luke's.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Luke's diner, Luke is not there]
LORELAI: Where's Luke?
RORY: Second time this week.
JESS: He's talking to my mother upstairs.
RORY: Can we have some coffee please?
JESS: Sure.
[He fills two cups]
RORY: Thanks Jess.
JESS: Do you want anything to eat?
RORY: I'll have some pancakes please.
LORELAI: Same.
[Luke comes downstairs]
LUKE: Hi guys.
JESS: What did she want?
LUKE: She wanted to tell you herself, but I said I'd tell you. She and Steve are getting married next month and want you to be best man.
[Jess shakes his head]
JESS: NO WAY! I will not go and play happy families.
[Lorelai whispers to Rory]
LORELAI: Who needs TV?
RORY: Don't be mean.
LUKE: Jess, it's your mum's wedding, you were going to move back to New York and live there with them. Now you won't even stand through the ceremony and be nice.
JESS: I will go, I will act 'nice', but I will not be best man.
[Jess storms upstairs]
LUKE: He can't just be nice to his mother once, can he?
LORELAI: I don't like being nice to my mother.
[Luke glares]
LUKE: You're not helping.
LORELAI: Sorry.
RORY: You can be nice to grandma. You are sometimes.
LORELAI: But on the inside I want to stick kitchen knifes in her.
RORY: You still manage to be nice. You should talk to him.
LORELAI: Me! Nooooooo. Last time we 'talked' I wanted to shove him down the toilet.
LUKE: Come on Lorelai. Please. You're in a similar situation. Please, you'll be doing me a favour.
LORELAI: Rory would be better.
RORY: But I don't hate my mother.
LORELAI: No, but he'll listen to you. Plus does he really have to be best man?
LUKE: Liz wants him to be.
RORY: Okay, I'll go.
LUKE: Thank you Rory.
[Rory walks upstairs and knocks on the door]
JESS: Come in.
RORY: Hi.
JESS: If you're here to tell me I'm wrong save your breath.
RORY: I wasn't going to say you were wrong. Just that you should think about it more.
JESS: Well thank you for your input. Ahh, no.
RORY: Jess. Why don't you want to be best man?
JESS: Cos I don't want to.
RORY: You must have a reason.
JESS: No not really.
RORY: You should talk to your mother and tell you'll go but don't want to be part of the ceremony.
JESS: Can't be bothered.
RORY: Come on Jess. Just call her. How hard can it be?
JESS: Stop trying to make me.
RORY: Okay. I'm sorry.
JESS: But that's it, your not. You want me to ring. You want everything to be good. Well guess what, it's not Rory.
RORY: Well I don't know what it's like to be in this situation. I'm sorry that I don't understand.
JESS: Well then don't lecture me on it.
RORY: Sorry. I have to go or I'll be late or the fair.
JESS: Yeah.
RORY: Bye.
JESS: Bye.
[Rory walks out the door and down the stairs]
RORY: Mum, we should probably go soon.
LORELAI: Okay.
RORY: Can I please have some coffee to go Luke?
LUKE: Yeah, sure.
[Luke pours Rory coffee and hands it to her]
LUKE: Lorelai?
LORELAI: Luke, must you even ask?
LUKE: Yeah, yeah stupid question.
[Luke hands Lorelai a cup]
LORELAI: Bye Luke.
[Scene changes to Paris, Madeline and Louise]
PARIS: Have you seen Rory?
MADELINE: You're the one who's been here since the crack of dawn.
PARIS: She should be here reporting. She's missed the spelling bee.
LOUISE: And the whole world will suffer because of it.
PARIS: Look there she is.
MADELINE: And the world rejoices.
PARIS: RORY!
[Rory walks over to Paris, Madeline and Louise]
RORY: Yes Paris?
PARIS: You're late.
RORY: I know, I know.
PARIS: Where's Katherine?
RORY: Interviewing the winner of the spelling bee.
PARIS: I hope you convinced her to change her mind about the article.
RORY: We are collecting the information now and then worry about writing it tomorrow.
PARIS: Is that a yes or a no?
RORY: It's a we haven't discussed it yet.
PARIS: Well it's lucky I've also collected the information.
RORY: Why? It's our article to write.
PARIS: I will not have an article that attacks the teachers in my paper. Oh, James wait up aren't you in charge of Science?
[Paris runs off]
[Scene changes to Lorelai walking around the fair. She sees Emily and Richard and turns around and starts walking in the other direction. She sees Max and stops. She watches as he kisses a girl. Lorelai turns around quickly and runs into Emily]
EMILY: Lorelai, you look where you are going.
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
EMILY: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: She's writing. I'm supposed to be meeting her for lunch.
EMILY: Mind if we joined you?
LORELAI: Ah sure. We're meeting at the front in two hours.
EMILY: We'll meet you there. Goodbye Lorelai.
LORELAI: Bye mum.
[Emily walks off. Lorelai sees Rory and Katherine walking up ahead. Lorelai walks up to them and grabs Rory's arm]
LORELAI: Excuse me; I need to borrow my daughter.
RORY: Mum, we're discussing the article.
LORELAI: Max has a girlfriend! I saw them kissing.
RORY: Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?
LORELAI: No, I'm not. I am pathetic! I don't have a boyfriend. Oh my god what if I run into him?
RORY: Mum, calm down. You're creating a scene. Stop and calm down. We'll go and get some coffee and then we will try and avoid him.
LORELAI: I'm pathetic. Oh mum and dad are joining us for lunch.
RORY: You're not calming down.
[Lorelai turns and walks into Max]
LORELAI: Sorry. Oh, Max, hi.
MAX: Lorelai, hi.
LORELAI: Ah great fair.
MAX: Are you here with Rory?
LORELAI: Yes and my boyfriend. He's around here somewhere.
RORY: Mr. M, hi.
MAX: You can still call me Max.
RORY: Mum, aren't we supposed to be out the front?
LORELAI: Yeah. Okay well bye.
MAX: Goodbye Lorelai. Bye Rory.
[Max watches them walk away]
LORELAI: Oh my god. What have I done?
RORY: I think you just lied to Max.
LORELAI: I know! What if we bump into him again?
RORY: You'll survive.
LORELAI: But he'll know I lied.
RORY: Well it's done now. You can't go back and change what you said.
LORELAI: He cannot know I lied.
RORY: Then don't let him know.
LORELAI: Can we avoid him all day?
[Before Rory can answer Paris runs up]
PARIS: Quick, the English class is performing Shakespeare and Katherine's not there.
[Paris runs off]
LORELAI: Guess not.
RORY: You don't have to come, if you don't want to.
LORELAI: Maybe I could borrow someone to pretend to be my boyfriend.
RORY: Mum!
LORELAI: Well.
[Scene changes to Emily and Richard waiting for Lorelai and Rory]
EMILY: They're late.
RICHARD: I'm sure they have a good reason for being late.
[They watch as Lorelai and Rory come towards them]
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
RORY: Sorry grandma.
[The girl Max kissed walks past]
LORELAI: Rory! That's her!
RORY: That's who?
LORELAI: Max's girlfriend.
RORY: Oh, her.
EMILY: What are you talking about?
LORELAI: Nothing.
[Paris runs up to Rory]
PARIS: You must come quickly. There was an accident in the Science area!
EMILY: Oh dear. Was anyone hurt?
PARIS: I don't think so. Hurry Rory.
RORY: Okay, I'm coming.
[Rory walks off with Paris]
LORELAI: Well maybe we should cancel lunch.
RICHARD: Perhaps that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
LORELAI: Well I'll see you guys on Friday.
EMILY: Goodbye Lorelai.
LORELAI: Bye.
RICHARD: Goodbye.
[Scene changes to Rory and Paris looking at a very black table and a very shocked Brad]
PARIS: Trust Brad to do something like this.
RORY: What happened?
PARIS: I think he mixed the wrong chemicals.
RORY: Brad, what happened?
BRAD: I.I don't know.
RORY: Did you mix the wrong chemicals?
BRAD: M..M...Maybe.
PARIS: Look Brad, explain this from scratch.
[The school nurse walks up]
NUSRE: Sorry, Brad's coming with me.
[Brad and the nurse walk off]
PARIS: Great, there goes our story. Wait, come on.
RORY: Where are we going?
PARIS: We're going to follow them.
[Scene changes to Lorelai drinking coffee and walking around]
MAX: Lorelai, hello again.
LORELAI: Max! Again! Hi!
MAX: Has everyone deserted you?
LORELAI: Oh, Rory's writing her story.
MAX: Yeah, I saw her over near the Science area.
LORELAI: Someone blew something up.
MAX: Yeah. Where's you're boyfriend?
LORELAI: Getting me something to eat. You know me. Can' go anywhere without at least 12 meals a day.
MAX: Yeah, you're always eating. So what's this boyfriend of yours name?
LORELAI: Ahh Luke.
[Lorelai's eyes go wide as she realises what she has said]
MAX: The guy from the diner?
LORELAI: Um, well yes.
[Lorelai starts to squirm. The girl walks up to Max]
MAX'S FRIEND: Hey Max.
MAX: Sarah, hi. Sarah this is Lorelai, Lorelai this is my cousin Sarah.
LORELAI: Cousin!
MAX: Yes cousin.
[Lorelai laughs]
LORELAI: Well, it's uh nice to meet you. I better go and find Rory.
[Scene changes to Rory and Paris sneaking down a hall]
RORY: I think we lost them after the turn back there.
PARIS: Do you have any idea where they went?
RORY: No, I don't.
PARIS: Wait is that them?
[The nurse walks out of the room]
RORY: Paris, no we'll get caught. She'll be back anytime.
[Paris walks into the room]
RORY: Paris!
[Rory follows Paris into the room]
RORY: Paris, I'm going back.
PARIS: Fine, I'll get the story.
BRAD: H..Hello.
RORY: Brad, it's just Paris and me. We have to go Paris.
BRAD: Hey, don't go.
PARIS: What happened when you mixed the chemicals?
BRAD: Well the table blew up. I think Mr. Davis was hit.
PARIS: Any idea where he is?
BRAD: No.
RORY: Paris, we have to go before the nurse comes back.
PARIS: No.
[The nurse enters]
NURSE: What are you doing in here?
RORY: We...uh...we where just seeing if Brad was okay.
NURSE: I think you had better go.
[She pushes them out the door]
PARIS: We HAVE to find Mr. Davis.
RORY: You can, but I'm not going with you.
PARIS: Rory if you want to be a journalist you have to be sneaky.
RORY: I have to find my mum.
[Rory walks away from Paris towards the exit]
PARIS: I'll remember this!
RORY: Goodbye Paris.
[Rory walks out the door. Paris sighs and then sees a teacher]
PARIS: Miss. Morgan!
[Scene changes to Rory walking up to Lorelai]
RORY: Why didn't you save me form Paris?
LORELAI: What? Oh um sorry.
RORY: We just got caught inside because she wanted to find Brad.
LORELAI: Well you've escaped now, because we are going.
RORY: Wait, where are we going? What happened?
LORELAI: I ran into Max.
RORY: What did you say?
LORELAI: That Luke was my boyfriend.
RORY: What! Why?
LORELAI: Well he asked what my boyfriends name was and Luke just came to mind. I was drinking coffee and we were talking about food and then bam, what's your boyfriends name. And food and coffee were still in my head and bam, Luke's name slipped out.
[Rory laughs]
LORELAI: It's not funny. That girl wasn't even his girlfriend! She was his cousin!
[Rory laughs even harder than before]
RORY: I'm sorry, but you said Luke and that girl was his cousin.
LORELAI: We are leaving NOW!
RORY: Okay, okay.
LORELAI: Thank-you.
RORY: Your welcome.
[Katherine runs up to Rory]
RORY: Katherine, I have to go, can you get the rest of the information for the article.
KATHERINE: Uh I guess, but what about Paris?
RORY: She's on her own wild goose chase she'll leave you alone.
KATHERINE: Okay, do you want to go through the information tomorrow?
RORY: Yeah.
[Scene changes to the jeep]
RORY: Are we going to Luke's for coffee?
LORELAI: We don't have coffee at home?
RORY: No, we ran out this morning.
LORELAI: Well I'm not that thirsty.
RORY: You want coffee and you know it.
LORELAI: Fine.
[Scene change to Luke's]
JESS: How was the fair? Full of freaks?
RORY: The fair was eventful.
LUKE: Coffee?
RORY: Yes please.
LUKE: Enjoy the fair, Lorelai?
LORELAI: Ah, um, well fine. It was fine.
LUKE: You don't sound very convinced.
LORELAI: Well it was fine. A bit boring and the coffee sucked.
LUKE: The Coffee?
LORELAI: Yeah. Half the reason we left early.
JESS: Your mum is acting weird.
RORY: Oh, just something that happened at the fair.
JESS: Did Paris go crazy?
RORY: Understatement of the year.
JESS: What happened?
RORY: Well she sort of took over on the article and dragged me through the school building and then the nurse caught us. Oh and the science experiment blew up.
JESS: Sounds fun.
RORY: It wasn't that bad, just a bit annoying.
JESS: Lane was looking for you.
RORY: Do you know what she wanted?
JESS: Not really.
RORY: How was your day?
JESS: Okay. Luke's bugging me.
RORY: About the wedding?
[Jess scowls]
JESS: Yeah, I'm going up next week.
RORY: Sorry about this morning.
JESS: Forget it. [Small pause] I can bring a guest.
RORY: Can you?
JESS: Wanna come?
RORY: Yeah okay.
JESS: Really!?
RORY: Why wouldn't I?
JESS: No reason, although one person does come to mind.
RORY: My mum.
JESS: Bingo.
RORY: I'll talk to her and see what she says.
JESS: She might need to fend for herself for the weekend Luke's closing the diner while we're away.
RORY: She'll probably end up at Sookie's.
[Jess laughs]
[Camera shifts to Luke and Lorelai talking]
LUKE: Liz's wedding is in 2 weeks. Jess and I are leaving next week.
LORELAI: Oh, so Jess came around?
LUKE: He's going, but doesn't want to be in the wedding.
LORELAI: Oh, so is Caesar going to be in the diner?
LUKE: No.
LORELAI: What!
LUKE: The diner will be closed while I'm gone.
LORELAI: Don't joke like that Luke, it's not funny.
LUKE: I'm not joking the diner will be closed.
LORELAI: What!
LUKE: The diner will be closed as of Thursday night.
LORELAI: Your not joking.
LUKE: No.
LORELAI: What are we going to eat?
LUKE: You'll survive.
LORELAI: Says you.
LUKE: If you get desperate you could try and cook something.
LORELAI: Me cook! No way! Will you be open on Sunday?
LUKE: Sunday? Probably not.
LORELAI: Well it looks like I'll have to buy lots of coffee.
LUKE: Good idea.
LORELAI: Well we better get going.
LUKE: Good bye.
JESS: See ya Rory.
RORY: Bye Jess. Bye Luke.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Lorelai and Rory are eating Chinese in front of the TV]
RORY: Luke and Jess are going to New York for the wedding next week.
LORELAI: I know. Luke's will be closed. We'll have to order pizza.
RORY: Jess asked me to go to the wedding as his guest.
LORELAI: WHAT!?
RORY: Jess is allowed to take a guest to the wedding and he asked me.
LORELAI: Well do you want to go?
RORY: I would like to.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: What do you think?
LORELAI: Well if you want to go.
RORY: Does that mean I can go?
LORELAI: Yeah, I suppose. Does Luke know?
RORY: I don't know.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: I'll stay if you don't want me to go.
LORELAI: No, go. You'll have fun.
RORY: Are you sure?
LORELAI: Yes go.
RORY: Okay. I'm going to go to bed.
LORELAI: Okay. I'm going to stay up awhile longer.
RORY: Good night.
LORELAI: Night.
[Lorelai grabs the phone]
LUKE: Hello?
LORELAI: Hey Luke.
LUKE: Lorelai? Do you have any idea what the time is?
LORELAI: Uh no. What's the time?
LUKE: About 11.30.
LORELAI: That's not late.
LUKE: Did you want something?
LORELAI: Not really. Well yeah.
LUKE: Well.
LORELAI: Well uh, what do you think about Rory and Jess?
LUKE: What about them?
LORELAI: Well about there relationship.
LUKE: There's not a lot we can do about it.
LORELAI: I know that it's just.
LUKE: Awkward.
LORELAI: A bit. Did you know he asked her to the wedding?
LUKE: I knew he could take friend, but I didn't know he had asked Rory.
LORELAI: Well he did.
LUKE: Are you going to let her go?
LORELAI: Yeah, I guess but look after her Luke okay.
LUKE: Of course I will.
LORELAI: Thanks.
[Scene changes to Rory and Katherine talking about the article]
KATHERINE: That's it. We're done.
RORY: Now all we have to do is print it off.
KATHERINE: Let's hope it's to Paris's liking.
RORY: Here's hoping.
[Paris enters the room]
PARIS: Are you finished?
KATHERINE: It's printing now.
PARIS: Did you write it how I wanted you to?
RORY: We wrote about the explosion.
PARIS: Good and the rest?
KATHERINE: A cross between our opinions.
PARIS: Well be warned I may cut out some of it if it's too long.
[Paris grabs the printed article from the printer and leaves the room]
KATHERINE: Do you think she'll like it?
RORY: I don't know. Maybe.
KATHERINE: You know her.
RORY: I don't know her.
[Scene changes to Rory arriving home]
LORELAI: Hey, I'm in here.
[Rory walks into the kitchen]
RORY: What are you doing?
LORELAI: Well I was shopping in Hartford and there was this woman and I swear she looked like Martha Stewart. Anyway she was cooking this cake for some demonstration and she made it look so easy.
[She looks around the very messy kitchen]
LORELAI: Guess it's not.
RORY: Where's the cake?
LORELAI: In our ancient oven.
RORY: When will it be ready?
[The timer goes off]
LORELAI: Now!
RORY: Well, go and check it.
[Lorelai opens the door and looks in]
LORELAI: Well.
RORY: What?
[Lorelai takes out the cake. It has sagged in the middle and is dark brown]
LORELAI: It looks okay.
RORY: It looks a bit burnt.
[Lorelai cuts a piece]
LORELAI: Well here goes.
[She eats the cake and makes a face]
LORELAI: Luke's now!
RORY: Not good?
[Lorelai grabs her car keys]
LORELAI: Definitely not good.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Luke's diner]
LORELAI: Luke coffee NOW!
LUKE: Okay. Rory?
RORY: Yes please.
[Luke grabs two cup and pours coffee]
RORY: Thanks Luke.
LORELAI: I tried to bake a cake.
LUKE: Why?
LORELAI: Because the lady in the shop did.
LUKE: That's never inspired you to cook before.
LORELAI: Yes it has. The burritos and the pork roast.
LUKE: Do I need to point out that they both total disasters.
LORELAI: Please don't. I've had a bad week.
LUKE: It's Monday.
LORELAI: Well a bad 4 days.
LUKE: Make tomorrow a good day.
LORELAI: I'll try but the new owners of the inn are really making my life hell.
LUKE: More coffee?
LORELAI: Please.
[Luke refills her cups]
LORELAI: They want to change the brand of coffee we serve at the inn!
LUKE: To what?
LORELAI: Some other brand.
LUKE: But not the one you like?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Where's Jess?
LUKE: Upstairs.
RORY: I'm going upstairs. LORELAI: Bye.
[Rory goes upstairs. You can still hear Luke and Lorelai talking about the cake]
[Scene follows Rory, she knocks on the apartment door. Jess opens the door]
JESS: Hey come in.
RORY: Thanks.
JESS: So how was your day?
RORY: It was okay. Mum tried to bake a cake.
JESS: Really!
RORY: It didn't turn out very well. It was burnt and sunk in the middle. Not to mention the huge mess she made.
JESS: So you're here for cake.
RORY: And coffee.
JESS: So what are you doing up here?
RORY: I came up here to tell you that I talked to my mum and I can go with you to the wedding.
JESS: Yeah?
RORY: She was a bit reluctant at first but then gave in and said I could go.
JESS: Well good! Now I won't have to kidnap you.
RORY: Kidnap me?
JESS: Yeah I was thinking about it.
RORY: Well now you won't have to.
[Rory and Jess come downstairs holding hands. Lorelai watches them with a sad look]
*** SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 4 ***
While Rory is away Lorelai goes on a date only to realise what she has been looking for has been right under her nose. Meanwhile Jess and Rory find themselves in trouble after a night out in New York.
LORELAI: Come on Luke. Please make me pancakes.
LUKE: Pancakes are a breakfast food, not an afternoon snack.
LORELAI: But I wasn't here for breakfast.
LUKE: If you wanted pancakes you should have come here this morning for breakfast. Now can I get you something else?
LORELAI: Fine. I'll have a coffee to go. Actually make that two.
LUKE: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: At home. She's working on an article for the Franklin.
LUKE: Here's your coffee.
LORELAI: Thanks.
[Lorelai leaves Luke's diner and starts walking home. She sees Rory and Jess standing in the gazebo and frowns. Then Jess and Rory kiss. Lorelai looks shocked and drops her coffee]
[Opening credits]
[Scene changes to Rory sitting at her desk working on an article for the Franklin]
LORELAI: How's the article going?
RORY: It's nearly finished.
LORELAI: You've been working on it awhile.
RORY: Yeah, another 20 minutes or so and it'll be finished.
LORELAI: Okay.
[Lorelai walks out of Rory's room looking angry]
[Scene goes to Rory in a classroom. Paris is next to her. Madeline and Louise are sitting in front of them]
MADELINE: Did you hear about the new girl?
LOUISE: Who told you?
MADELINE: Claire has some classes with her.
PARIS: Oh for god sakes can't you find anything else to talk about?
LOUISE: She's supposedly in this class.
PARIS: What! Where?
LOUISE: Here. This class.
MADELINE: She doesn't care until it effects her.
PARIS: Grow up.
[The new girl walks into the classroom and sits on the other side of Rory]
RORY: Hi, I'm Rory.
KATHERINE: Katherine.
MADELINE: Hi, I'm Madeline.
LOUISE: I'm Louise.
KATHERINE: It's nice to meet you.
PARIS: So what are you doing here?
KATHERINE: I'm in your English class.
PARIS: That is obvious. I hope you except to work hard. This is not a school in L.A.
KATHERINE: Considering we're not in California, I didn't think I was at a school in L.A.
PARIS: Just don't expect this to be an easy class.
KATHERINE: I didn't expect any of this to be easy.
PARIS: Good.
[Scene changes to Sookie and Lorelai at the inn]
LORELAI: I saw them kissing.
SOOKIE: Who?
LORELAI: Rory and Jess.
SOOKIE: Oh.
LORELAI: It was awful.
SOOKIE: Did they see you?
LORELAI: No. How could Rory not tell me?
SOOKIE: I'm sure she's planning to.
LORELAI: I gave her the perfect opportunity and she lied!
SOOKIE: Honey, she'll tell you.
LORELAI: I don't know. Should I tell her I know? Ahhhh. Why'd it have to be Jess?
SOOKIE: Does Luke know?
LORELAI: I don't think so. Jess isn't exactly the sharing type. Do you think I should tell him?
SOOKIE: I don't know. Jess should probably tell Luke himself. But Luke does deserve to know.
LORELAI: I need coffee.
SOOKIE: Luke's coffee?
LORELAI: Yeah.
[Scene changes to Chilton, Rory is sitting in the cafeteria reading a book and eating her lunch. Paris walks up to Rory]
PARIS: Rory, have you met Katherine?
RORY: Yes.
[Paris sits down]
PARIS: Who does she think she is? Do you know she weaselled her way into the Franklin!
RORY: She's obviously a good writer.
PARIS: I'll determine that.
RORY: Anything else?
PARIS: No.
RORY: It'll be okay. She's not going to steal your position as editor.
PARIS: Like she could. Have you seen Madeline or Louise?
RORY: They're sitting with Katherine.
PARIS: What!
RORY: There.
[Points to where they are sitting a couple of tables away]
PARIS: This is not good.
[Paris gets up and walks towards them. Rory smiles to herself]
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Luke's]
LUKE: What can I get you?
LORELAI: Coffee and a Danish.
LUKE: Okay.
[Luke pours a cup of coffee and gets her Danish]
LUKE: Here.
LORELAI: Where's Jess?
LUKE: Out.
LORELAI: Where?
LUKE: I think he went to the movies with some friends from school.
LORELAI: He has friends from school?
LUKE: Apparently.
LORELAI: Oh.
LUKE: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: Well she said she was going to the library, but she could be anywhere.
LUKE: What do you mean she could be anywhere?
LORELAI: Well she could be at the movies for all I know.
LUKE: If she said she was going to the library then I'm sure that's where she is.
LORELAI: Yeah.
LUKE: Is something wrong? Rory is very trustworthy and you have never doubted her telling the truth.
LORELAI: It's nothing. Just me being weird.
LUKE: Are you sure that's all it is?
LORELAI: Yeah.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Lorelai is on the phone to Sookie]
LORELAI: I hated lying to him. Right to his face.
SOOKIE: It'll be okay.
[Rory walks into the room]
RORY: Hi mum. Who are you talking to?
LORELAI: Look I've got to go.
[Lorelai hangs up the phone]
LORELAI: Just Sookie. So how'd the library go?
RORY: Yeah, it was good.
LORELAI: You didn't borrow any books?
RORY: No. I've already got books that I'm reading.
LORELAI: Oh. Uh, Dean called.
RORY: Dean? What did he want?
LORELAI: He didn't say. Just that he'd call you back.
RORY: Oh, when?
LORELAI: Don't know.
RORY: Okay. I'm going to make some coffee do you want some?
LORELAI: Nah, I had some at Luke's. How was school?
RORY: Same as usual.
[Rory walks into the kitchen and starts making coffee. Lorelai follows]
LORELAI: Rory.
RORY: Yeah?
LORELAI: I saw you and Jess kissing.
RORY: What?
LORELAI: Under the gazebo.
RORY: I was going to tell you.
LORELAI: Why did you lie?
RORY: Because I knew how you'd react. I was waiting for the right time to explain everything.
LORELAI: Well it looks like you never found it.
RORY: I was going to tell you.
LORELAI: Where were you today?
RORY: I was at the movies.
LORELAI: With Jess?
RORY: Yes.
LORELAI: I don't like him Rory. He's not good for you.
RORY: You might not like him, but I do.
LORELAI: He made you lie to me.
RORY: He wasn't the one who lied to you. That was me.
LORELAI: He gave you a reason.
RORY: It was as much my fault as it was his. Stop blaming him!
LORELAI: No!
[Lorelai exits the kitchen]
LORELAI: I'm going out.
[She slams the front door]
[Rory walks into her room and sits down on the bed. Tears roll down her face]
[Scene changes to Lorelai knocking on Luke's apartment door. She's crying]
[Luke walks to the door and opens it]
LUKE: Lorelai, what's wrong?
LORELAI: She lied. To me!
LUKE: Who lied to you?
LORELAI: Rory!
LUKE: What? When?
LORELAI: Today. She's going out with Jess.
LUKE: What!
LORELAI: She's been lying to me.
LUKE: She's going out with Jess?
LORELAI: This is your fault.
LUKE: How is this my fault?
LORELAI: He's your nephew.
LUKE: How long?
LORELAI: I don't know.
[Lorelai calms down]
LUKE: It will be okay. Rory's a smart girl and Jess wouldn't do anything to hurt her.
LORELAI: I wish I could believe you.
LUKE: Rory isn't going to do anything stupid, she's too smart.
LORELAI: I know.
LUKE: It'll be okay.
LORELAI: Yeah. Got any coffee?
LUKE: Do you want to go downstairs and I'll make you some?
LORELAI: Yeah sure.
LUKE: Okay, come on.
[Lorelai and Lorelai walk out the door]
[Scene changes to Rory sitting on her bed still crying]
[The phone rings. Rory walks into the lounge room and answers the phone]
RORY: Hello?
DEAN: Rory?
RORY: Yeah.
DEAN: I tried to ring before.
RORY: I know.
DEAN: I wanted to apologise for punching Jess.
RORY: Then shouldn't you be talking to Jess?
DEAN: I already have.
RORY: Oh.
DEAN: I wanted to apologise to you.
RORY: Why?
DEAN: Because I was wrong to punch Jess.
RORY: What does that have to do with me?
DEAN: You were involved Rory. I'm also sorry about how I've acted the past few weeks.
RORY: Apology accepted.
DEAN: Well that's all I wanted to say.
RORY: Okay.
DEAN: Well, bye.
RORY: Bye.
[Rory hangs up the phone and walks out the front door]
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Luke's, drinking coffee]
LUKE: You feeling better now?
LORELAI: Yeah, but more pie would help.
LUKE: Okay, more pie coming right up.
[Luke gets more pie and hands it to Lorelai]
LUKE: Here you go.
LORELAI: PIE!
[Jess enters the diner]
LUKE: You're late for your shift.
JESS: Sorry.
LORELAI: I better go.
LUKE: Don't go on his account. Finish your pie.
LORELAI: No, I better go, Rory's at home. I can't avoid her forever.
LUKE: Bye.
LORELAI: Bye.
[Lorelai leaves]
LUKE: She knows about you and Rory.
JESS: What about Rory and me?
LUKE: You've been going out for god knows how long.
JESS: Going where?
LUKE: You and Rory have been going god knows where for god knows how long. Rory has been lying to Lorelai.
JESS: And I suppose that's my fault.
LUKE: I didn't say that, but that's what Lorelai thinks.
JESS: It's always my fault when it comes to her.
LUKE: Well, it doesn't look good from her point of view.
JESS: Yeah, well I don't care.
[Scene changes to Lorelai arriving home]
LORELAI: Rory!
LORELAI: Rory!
[Lorelai looks around the house and then grabs the phone and rings Luke]
LUKE: Hello?
LORELAI: Is she there?
LUKE: Who? Is who here?
LORELAI: Rory.
LUKE: No. You said she was at your place.
LORELAI: She's not here. Does Jess know?
LUKE: Hang on; he doesn't know where she is.
LORELAI: Oh god. I have to call other people. Ring me if you see her.
LUKE: Of course.
[Lorelai hangs up and dials another number]
LORELAI: Mum?
EMILY: Lorelai?
LORELAI: Is Rory there?
EMILY: No, why is everything okay?
LORELAI: Fine. Rory's just late and I wondered if she stopped by.
EMILY: Well she's not here.
LORELAI: Bye mum.
EMILY: Good bye Lorelai.
[Scene changes to Rory sitting on the bridge]
JESS: Thought I might find you here.
[He sits down next to her]
RORY: She knows about us.
JESS: I know. Your mum's going crazy.
RORY: I lied to her. I can't believe I lied to her.
JESS: Why did you?
RORY: Because I knew she'd freak out if she knew. I was going to tell her. Really, I was.
JESS: Well if that's true don't worry.
RORY: She doesn't believe me.
JESS: No one believes me. You get used to it.
RORY: I've never lied to her before.
JESS: You should go home before your mum calls in the army.
RORY: Yeah, probably.
JESS: I'll walk you home.
RORY: Thanks.
[They walk off together]
[Scene changes to Luke's. Lorelai walks in]
LUKE: Lorelai, did you find her?
LORELAI: No, I've been looking all over town.
LUKE: I'm sure she'll turn up.
LORELAI: I hope so. Can I have a coffee to go?
LUKE: Sure.
[Luke hands her a cup of coffee]
LUKE: She'll turn up.
[Jess walks in]
JESS: I saw Rory heading back to your place.
LORELAI: She was with you?
JESS: No. I just saw her.
LORELAI: Bye Luke.
[Lorelai runs out of the diner]
LUKE: You were with her weren't you?
JESS: So now you don't believe me.
LUKE: So you weren't with her.
JESS: I may have said hi when I saw her.
LUKE: Just hi?
JESS: I probably said bye as well.
LUKE: And in between the hi and bye?
JESS: Maybe a how are you.
LUKE: So you lied to Lorelai.
JESS: No. She wasn't with me. We had a brief conversation while passing.
LUKE: Well you chose not to mention it which is pretty much lying.
JESS: Hmm. Hi, bye and how are you. Not a real interesting conversation.
LUKE: Go take some orders.
JESS: Yes sir.
[Scene changes to Lorelai running through the front door]
LORELAI: RORY!
RORY: Yeah?
LORELAI: Where have you been? I have been looking everywhere!
RORY: I went for a walk to clear my head.
LORELAI: Next time tell me. You can't just leave.
RORY: You stormed out. Then Dean called.
LORELAI: And in that time you forgot how to write?
RORY: It slipped my mind. I was thinking about other things.
LORELAI: Like Jess?
RORY: No. Dean called and I was thinking about what he said.
LORELAI: Yeah, well fine.
RORY: He apologised.
LORELAI: For what?
RORY: The way he acted the past few weeks.
LORELAI: Oh. Coffee?
RORY: Yes please.
[Lorelai goes into the kitchen and makes coffee. She walks back into the lounge room and hands Rory the coffee]
RORY: He also apologised for punching Jess.
LORELAI: Oh. Can we not talk about Jess right now.
RORY: What do you want to talk about?
LORELAI: Nothing. Let's just sit.
RORY: Okay.
[Lorelai and Rory sit in silence]
LORELAI: Okay, this is too hard.
RORY: Yeah, it is.
[Scene changes to Lorelai and Sookie at the inn]
LORELAI: It was awful.
SOOKIE: I'm sure it was.
LORELAI: She wasn't anywhere!
SOOKIE: I know.
LORELAI: What am I going to do?
SOOKIE: I don't know.
MICHEL: As sad as this story sounds believe it or not we actually have work to do.
LORELAI: You have work to do, we don't.
SOOKIE: Ah well I do.
LORELAI: Fine. I'll be sulking in the corner.
MICHEL: If you want you can organise all these files.
LORELAI: No, I'm fine.
[Scene changes to a Franklin meeting]
KATHERINE: The other article will look better on the front page.
PARIS: I disagree.
KATHERINE: The other article is more interesting. It will be more appealing to readers.
PARIS: You've been a week how would you know what would be appealing to readers?
MADELINE: Um. Paris she has a point. Daniel's article is kind of boring.
LOUISE: Whereas Rory's is interesting.
PARIS: I'm editor. I decide that Rory's article goes on page 2.
KATHERINE: I respect the fact that you're editor, but you should listen to others opinions and accept that you can't always be right.
PARIS: And you think you're right?
KATHERINE: I didn't say that.
PARIS: Well then lets move on. Assignments for next edition, Rory you're doing the Chilton Fair with.
RORY: With who?
PARIS: David?
DAVID: Can't I'm busy.
MADELINE: Why not Katherine?
PARIS: We need someone with more experience.
LOUISE: No one else can go.
PARIS: Fine then, but don't blame me when the article turns sour.
RORY: Paris, I'm sure Katherine's a good writer.
PARIS: Whatever. This meeting is over.
RORY: Do you want to go get coffee and discuss the article?
KATHERINE: I can't tonight, but maybe tomorrow night?
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Rory getting off the bus]
[She sees Jess walking out of Luke's]
RORY: Jess!
JESS: Hey, another Franklin meeting.
RORY: Yeah. There's no escaping Paris.
JESS: So you okay?
RORY: Yeah.
JESS: Luke's hassling me about this whole thing.
RORY: Mum refuses to talk about it.
JESS: Lucky you.
RORY: I think she's just trying to avoid a fight.
JESS: You want some coffee?
RORY: Sounds good.
[They go into Luke's. Luke sees them together and frowns at Jess]
RORY: How was your day?
JESS: The usual, me cutting class, me getting caught. Na, it was okay. We're actually doing an okay book in English.
RORY: Which one?
JESS: Shakespeare.
RORY: Any particular play?
JESS: Comedy of Errors.
RORY: Interesting.
JESS: It shows how people are quick to judge.
RORY: That sounds familiar.
JESS: Yeah, that's probably why I like it.
[Rory laughs. Luke comes over with Rory's coffee]
LUKE: Here you go Rory.
RORY: Thanks Luke.
[Luke walks away]
JESS: Feel the tension?
RORY: Tighter than a stretched rubber band.
[Jess smiles]
RORY: Do you want to go somewhere else?
JESS: Nah. Drink your coffee.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Lorelai watching TV]
[Rory walks through the front door]
LORELAI: Hey, where have you been?
RORY: I had a Franklin meeting after school then went to Luke's for coffee.
LORELAI: So how was the ogre?
RORY: She doesn't like Katherine very much.
LORELAI: Katherine?
RORY: She's new. We're working together on an article about the Chilton Fair.
LORELAI: Chilton Fair? This is not going to be like the bake sale is it?
RORY: No, it's not like the bake sale.
LORELAI: And I take it there won't be any fairy floss or a huge Ferris Wheel.
RORY: At Chilton?
LORELAI: Do I have to go?
RORY: You don't have to.
LORELAI: Thank god.
RORY: But.
LORELAI: But? There's a but?
RORY: But you need to be more involved.
LORELAI: Ugh. Not that again.
RORY: Yeah.
LORELAI: I'll make an appearance, even if it's only to mock others.
RORY: You can't do that. You'll get into trouble.
LORELAI: I'll do it silently.
RORY: Good girl.
LORELAI: Do I get a cookie?
RORY: We don't have any cookies.
LORELAI: Do we need to shop?
RORY: Yeah.
LORELAI: Later, this is a good part.
[Scene changes to Lorelai at Doose's market]
[Lorelai goes to the checkout. Dean is at the checkout]
LORELAI: Dean! Hi. How's it going?
DEAN: Uh okay.
LORELAI: You can hardly tell you broke your nose.
DEAN: Yeah well.
LORELAI: How does it feel?
DEAN: Sore.
LORELAI: Right.
DEAN: That's $27.50. This is your once a month shop?
LORELAI: Yep. You've got your milk and bread.
DEAN: Well I'll see you around.
LORELAI: Yeah, bye Dean.
DEAN: Bye.
[Scene changes to Lorelai and Rory the next morning at the diner, Luke isn't there]
LORELAI: Ahh, I love Fridays.
RORY: And why is that?
LORELAI: Because it's the last day of the working week.
RORY: The Chilton Fair is on this weekend.
LORELAI: Suddenly liking Monday's.
RORY: Early mornings over the fair? What is our world coming to?
LORELAI: Be nice. So are you going to ask your boyfriend for free refills?
RORY: He's not going to give us free coffee.
LORELAI: Why? Dean gave us free coupons.
RORY: If you want free coffee ask yourself.
LORELAI: But he's your boyfriend.
RORY: And you're the one who wants more coffee.
LORELAI: Jess!
JESS: Yeah?
LORELAI: Coffee please.
[Jess comes over with coffee and fills her cup]
LORELAI: Thank you.
JESS: Rory?
RORY: Uh no, I have to go.
[Jess walks away]
LORELAI: I hope he realises I'm not paying for this.
RORY: You should probably make that clear next time. Bye.
[Rory gets up and picks up her bag]
LORELAI: See you hon.
[Rory walks out of the diner. Lorelai goes to pay. Luke walks downstairs]
LORELAI: Hey Luke.
LUKE: Lorelai.
JESS: That's $10.50.
LORELAI: Good boy.
LUKE: What did he do?
JESS: Free refill.
LUKE: Okay.
[Scene changes to Rory and Katherine at Chilton]
RORY: So do you have any ideas for the article?
KATHERINE: Well, I was thinking that maybe we could do it in the view of the students not the teachers because it seems to me like the teachers are trying to show us off and the school. There's not going to be anything to entertain us is there?
[Paris overhears this]
PARIS: You are not turning my paper into a revolt against the teachers.
KATHERINE: I'm not turning your paper into a revolt against the teachers. All I did was suggest a new angle.
RORY: Come on Paris. It's a great idea and you know it. If anyone else had suggested it you would have been all over the idea.
PARIS: No. This paper is for serious issues.
KATHERINE: Yes, like the boring fair where the teachers exploit us to make their school look better.
PARIS: If you write it I won't print it.
KATHERINE: And then what will you fill the space up with?
PARIS: David's story. Or I'll do one.
KATHERINE: Whatever. I have to go.
[Katherine walks away from them]
RORY: Paris!
PARIS: Don't start Rory. I trust you to keep her in line.
RORY: Out of curiosity, if I had suggested top write the article in the voice of the students what would you have done?
PARIS: I still would have said no.
RORY: Really? Because I find that hard to believe.
PARIS: Well believe it.
RORY: See you later.
[Rory walks off, leaving Paris standing alone]
PARIS: Fine leave.
[Scene changes to Lorelai sitting in the diner. Rory walks in]
RORY: Hi, how was your day?
LORELAI: Good. Yours?
RORY: Not so good.
LORELAI: Why?
RORY: Katherine thought of a great idea for our article and then Paris threw it straight back in her face.
LORELAI: Ah, Paris strikes again.
RORY: Yeah, enough to ruin anybody's day.
LORELAI: That girl needs a tranquilliser.
RORY: I don't think you could get a big enough dosage to stop Paris.
[Lorelai laughs]
LORELAI: Well I'm heading home. You coming?
RORY: I think I'll stay here for awhile.
LORELAI: Okay. Be home in time for our weekly meeting with the devil.
RORY: Of course.
[Lorelai leaves. Luke walks over to Rory]
LUKE: Can I get you anything?
RORY: Umm. Just a coffee thanks Luke.
LUKE: Sure.
[Jess enters]
JESS: Hey.
RORY: Hi.
JESS: Have a good day?
RORY: It was terrible until about a minute ago.
JESS: Well I have something for you.
[Luke comes over and gives Rory her coffee]
LUKE: Sorry about the wait.
RORY: Thanks Luke.
[Luke walks away]
RORY: What is it?
JESS: Ta da!
[He holds out a CD]
RORY: A limited edition Bangles!
[She hugs him]
RORY: Where did you get it?
JESS: I have my sources.
RORY: Thank you. I can't believe you found this. It must have been expensive.
JESS: Yeah, well I thought it would cheer you up.
RORY: Yeah it did. My day is now great. Paris is now forgotten.
JESS: Good.
RORY: I have to go, Friday night dinner.
JESS: Okay see ya.
RORY: Bye.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Rory runs into the lounge room]
RORY: Mum, mum, mum! Look what I got.
LORELAI: What? What?
[Rory put the CD on]
RORY: Listen.
[The Bangles starts playing]
LORELAI: Oh my god. Limited. You got limited!
[Starts dancing and singing]
RORY: Yes, I got Limited.
LORELAI: Where?
RORY: It was a present.
LORELAI: From the gods?
RORY: No. From Jess.
LORELAI: Oh.
[Stops dancing]
RORY: He gave you free coffee.
LORELAI: Yeah, but so does Luke.
RORY: Whatever. I'll be in my room getting ready if you need me.
[Rory walks out. Lorelai sighs]
[Scene changes to the Elder Gilmore house]
EMILY: I heard the Chilton Fair is on this weekend. Lorelai I hope you're involved.
LORELAI: I'm going.
RORY: I'm writing an article about it for the Franklin.
RICHARD: That's great.
EMILY: Yes, congratulations.
RORY: Thank you, but it's not just me writing the article, Katherine is helping me.
EMILY: Well we'll be going.
LORELAI: You will?
RICHARD: Of course we are, Lorelai.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: We'll keep an eye out for you.
EMILY: Is Dean coming?
RORY: No, Dean won't be going.
EMILY: Oh, what a shame.
LORELAI: Mum.
EMILY: What?
RORY: Dean and I broke up.
EMILY: Oh, Rory I'm sorry.
RORY: No, it's fine.
RICHARD: It's such a shame. I was just beginning to like him.
LORELAI: Mum, this is very nice. What is it?
EMILY: Deer.
LORELAI: Deer!
RORY: I thought you vowed never to ask what we were eating because you would rather enjoy the food.
[Lorelai whispers]
LORELAI: I was trying to change the subject.
EMILY: Lorelai it's rude to whisper.
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
RORY: Thank you.
LORELAI: No problem.
[Scene changes to Lorelai asleep]
RORY: Mum! Get up. It's time to wake up. The fair is today.
LORELAI: Mfgul.
RORY: I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that; you want to get up and repeat it?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Repeat what you said before.
LORELAI: I said something?
RORY: Yeah, not sure what.
LORELAI: Well get out and make coffee and I'll be down in a minute.
RORY: 5 minutes.
[Scene goes to Rory pouring coffee in the kitchen]
[Lorelai walks in]
RORY: About time.
LORELAI: I need breakfast.
[Lorelai grabs the coffee cup and drinks some]
LORELAI: Ahh, what is this?
RORY: We ran out of coffee.
LORELAI: Luke's.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Luke's diner, Luke is not there]
LORELAI: Where's Luke?
RORY: Second time this week.
JESS: He's talking to my mother upstairs.
RORY: Can we have some coffee please?
JESS: Sure.
[He fills two cups]
RORY: Thanks Jess.
JESS: Do you want anything to eat?
RORY: I'll have some pancakes please.
LORELAI: Same.
[Luke comes downstairs]
LUKE: Hi guys.
JESS: What did she want?
LUKE: She wanted to tell you herself, but I said I'd tell you. She and Steve are getting married next month and want you to be best man.
[Jess shakes his head]
JESS: NO WAY! I will not go and play happy families.
[Lorelai whispers to Rory]
LORELAI: Who needs TV?
RORY: Don't be mean.
LUKE: Jess, it's your mum's wedding, you were going to move back to New York and live there with them. Now you won't even stand through the ceremony and be nice.
JESS: I will go, I will act 'nice', but I will not be best man.
[Jess storms upstairs]
LUKE: He can't just be nice to his mother once, can he?
LORELAI: I don't like being nice to my mother.
[Luke glares]
LUKE: You're not helping.
LORELAI: Sorry.
RORY: You can be nice to grandma. You are sometimes.
LORELAI: But on the inside I want to stick kitchen knifes in her.
RORY: You still manage to be nice. You should talk to him.
LORELAI: Me! Nooooooo. Last time we 'talked' I wanted to shove him down the toilet.
LUKE: Come on Lorelai. Please. You're in a similar situation. Please, you'll be doing me a favour.
LORELAI: Rory would be better.
RORY: But I don't hate my mother.
LORELAI: No, but he'll listen to you. Plus does he really have to be best man?
LUKE: Liz wants him to be.
RORY: Okay, I'll go.
LUKE: Thank you Rory.
[Rory walks upstairs and knocks on the door]
JESS: Come in.
RORY: Hi.
JESS: If you're here to tell me I'm wrong save your breath.
RORY: I wasn't going to say you were wrong. Just that you should think about it more.
JESS: Well thank you for your input. Ahh, no.
RORY: Jess. Why don't you want to be best man?
JESS: Cos I don't want to.
RORY: You must have a reason.
JESS: No not really.
RORY: You should talk to your mother and tell you'll go but don't want to be part of the ceremony.
JESS: Can't be bothered.
RORY: Come on Jess. Just call her. How hard can it be?
JESS: Stop trying to make me.
RORY: Okay. I'm sorry.
JESS: But that's it, your not. You want me to ring. You want everything to be good. Well guess what, it's not Rory.
RORY: Well I don't know what it's like to be in this situation. I'm sorry that I don't understand.
JESS: Well then don't lecture me on it.
RORY: Sorry. I have to go or I'll be late or the fair.
JESS: Yeah.
RORY: Bye.
JESS: Bye.
[Rory walks out the door and down the stairs]
RORY: Mum, we should probably go soon.
LORELAI: Okay.
RORY: Can I please have some coffee to go Luke?
LUKE: Yeah, sure.
[Luke pours Rory coffee and hands it to her]
LUKE: Lorelai?
LORELAI: Luke, must you even ask?
LUKE: Yeah, yeah stupid question.
[Luke hands Lorelai a cup]
LORELAI: Bye Luke.
[Scene changes to Paris, Madeline and Louise]
PARIS: Have you seen Rory?
MADELINE: You're the one who's been here since the crack of dawn.
PARIS: She should be here reporting. She's missed the spelling bee.
LOUISE: And the whole world will suffer because of it.
PARIS: Look there she is.
MADELINE: And the world rejoices.
PARIS: RORY!
[Rory walks over to Paris, Madeline and Louise]
RORY: Yes Paris?
PARIS: You're late.
RORY: I know, I know.
PARIS: Where's Katherine?
RORY: Interviewing the winner of the spelling bee.
PARIS: I hope you convinced her to change her mind about the article.
RORY: We are collecting the information now and then worry about writing it tomorrow.
PARIS: Is that a yes or a no?
RORY: It's a we haven't discussed it yet.
PARIS: Well it's lucky I've also collected the information.
RORY: Why? It's our article to write.
PARIS: I will not have an article that attacks the teachers in my paper. Oh, James wait up aren't you in charge of Science?
[Paris runs off]
[Scene changes to Lorelai walking around the fair. She sees Emily and Richard and turns around and starts walking in the other direction. She sees Max and stops. She watches as he kisses a girl. Lorelai turns around quickly and runs into Emily]
EMILY: Lorelai, you look where you are going.
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
EMILY: Where's Rory?
LORELAI: She's writing. I'm supposed to be meeting her for lunch.
EMILY: Mind if we joined you?
LORELAI: Ah sure. We're meeting at the front in two hours.
EMILY: We'll meet you there. Goodbye Lorelai.
LORELAI: Bye mum.
[Emily walks off. Lorelai sees Rory and Katherine walking up ahead. Lorelai walks up to them and grabs Rory's arm]
LORELAI: Excuse me; I need to borrow my daughter.
RORY: Mum, we're discussing the article.
LORELAI: Max has a girlfriend! I saw them kissing.
RORY: Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?
LORELAI: No, I'm not. I am pathetic! I don't have a boyfriend. Oh my god what if I run into him?
RORY: Mum, calm down. You're creating a scene. Stop and calm down. We'll go and get some coffee and then we will try and avoid him.
LORELAI: I'm pathetic. Oh mum and dad are joining us for lunch.
RORY: You're not calming down.
[Lorelai turns and walks into Max]
LORELAI: Sorry. Oh, Max, hi.
MAX: Lorelai, hi.
LORELAI: Ah great fair.
MAX: Are you here with Rory?
LORELAI: Yes and my boyfriend. He's around here somewhere.
RORY: Mr. M, hi.
MAX: You can still call me Max.
RORY: Mum, aren't we supposed to be out the front?
LORELAI: Yeah. Okay well bye.
MAX: Goodbye Lorelai. Bye Rory.
[Max watches them walk away]
LORELAI: Oh my god. What have I done?
RORY: I think you just lied to Max.
LORELAI: I know! What if we bump into him again?
RORY: You'll survive.
LORELAI: But he'll know I lied.
RORY: Well it's done now. You can't go back and change what you said.
LORELAI: He cannot know I lied.
RORY: Then don't let him know.
LORELAI: Can we avoid him all day?
[Before Rory can answer Paris runs up]
PARIS: Quick, the English class is performing Shakespeare and Katherine's not there.
[Paris runs off]
LORELAI: Guess not.
RORY: You don't have to come, if you don't want to.
LORELAI: Maybe I could borrow someone to pretend to be my boyfriend.
RORY: Mum!
LORELAI: Well.
[Scene changes to Emily and Richard waiting for Lorelai and Rory]
EMILY: They're late.
RICHARD: I'm sure they have a good reason for being late.
[They watch as Lorelai and Rory come towards them]
LORELAI: Sorry mum.
RORY: Sorry grandma.
[The girl Max kissed walks past]
LORELAI: Rory! That's her!
RORY: That's who?
LORELAI: Max's girlfriend.
RORY: Oh, her.
EMILY: What are you talking about?
LORELAI: Nothing.
[Paris runs up to Rory]
PARIS: You must come quickly. There was an accident in the Science area!
EMILY: Oh dear. Was anyone hurt?
PARIS: I don't think so. Hurry Rory.
RORY: Okay, I'm coming.
[Rory walks off with Paris]
LORELAI: Well maybe we should cancel lunch.
RICHARD: Perhaps that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
LORELAI: Well I'll see you guys on Friday.
EMILY: Goodbye Lorelai.
LORELAI: Bye.
RICHARD: Goodbye.
[Scene changes to Rory and Paris looking at a very black table and a very shocked Brad]
PARIS: Trust Brad to do something like this.
RORY: What happened?
PARIS: I think he mixed the wrong chemicals.
RORY: Brad, what happened?
BRAD: I.I don't know.
RORY: Did you mix the wrong chemicals?
BRAD: M..M...Maybe.
PARIS: Look Brad, explain this from scratch.
[The school nurse walks up]
NUSRE: Sorry, Brad's coming with me.
[Brad and the nurse walk off]
PARIS: Great, there goes our story. Wait, come on.
RORY: Where are we going?
PARIS: We're going to follow them.
[Scene changes to Lorelai drinking coffee and walking around]
MAX: Lorelai, hello again.
LORELAI: Max! Again! Hi!
MAX: Has everyone deserted you?
LORELAI: Oh, Rory's writing her story.
MAX: Yeah, I saw her over near the Science area.
LORELAI: Someone blew something up.
MAX: Yeah. Where's you're boyfriend?
LORELAI: Getting me something to eat. You know me. Can' go anywhere without at least 12 meals a day.
MAX: Yeah, you're always eating. So what's this boyfriend of yours name?
LORELAI: Ahh Luke.
[Lorelai's eyes go wide as she realises what she has said]
MAX: The guy from the diner?
LORELAI: Um, well yes.
[Lorelai starts to squirm. The girl walks up to Max]
MAX'S FRIEND: Hey Max.
MAX: Sarah, hi. Sarah this is Lorelai, Lorelai this is my cousin Sarah.
LORELAI: Cousin!
MAX: Yes cousin.
[Lorelai laughs]
LORELAI: Well, it's uh nice to meet you. I better go and find Rory.
[Scene changes to Rory and Paris sneaking down a hall]
RORY: I think we lost them after the turn back there.
PARIS: Do you have any idea where they went?
RORY: No, I don't.
PARIS: Wait is that them?
[The nurse walks out of the room]
RORY: Paris, no we'll get caught. She'll be back anytime.
[Paris walks into the room]
RORY: Paris!
[Rory follows Paris into the room]
RORY: Paris, I'm going back.
PARIS: Fine, I'll get the story.
BRAD: H..Hello.
RORY: Brad, it's just Paris and me. We have to go Paris.
BRAD: Hey, don't go.
PARIS: What happened when you mixed the chemicals?
BRAD: Well the table blew up. I think Mr. Davis was hit.
PARIS: Any idea where he is?
BRAD: No.
RORY: Paris, we have to go before the nurse comes back.
PARIS: No.
[The nurse enters]
NURSE: What are you doing in here?
RORY: We...uh...we where just seeing if Brad was okay.
NURSE: I think you had better go.
[She pushes them out the door]
PARIS: We HAVE to find Mr. Davis.
RORY: You can, but I'm not going with you.
PARIS: Rory if you want to be a journalist you have to be sneaky.
RORY: I have to find my mum.
[Rory walks away from Paris towards the exit]
PARIS: I'll remember this!
RORY: Goodbye Paris.
[Rory walks out the door. Paris sighs and then sees a teacher]
PARIS: Miss. Morgan!
[Scene changes to Rory walking up to Lorelai]
RORY: Why didn't you save me form Paris?
LORELAI: What? Oh um sorry.
RORY: We just got caught inside because she wanted to find Brad.
LORELAI: Well you've escaped now, because we are going.
RORY: Wait, where are we going? What happened?
LORELAI: I ran into Max.
RORY: What did you say?
LORELAI: That Luke was my boyfriend.
RORY: What! Why?
LORELAI: Well he asked what my boyfriends name was and Luke just came to mind. I was drinking coffee and we were talking about food and then bam, what's your boyfriends name. And food and coffee were still in my head and bam, Luke's name slipped out.
[Rory laughs]
LORELAI: It's not funny. That girl wasn't even his girlfriend! She was his cousin!
[Rory laughs even harder than before]
RORY: I'm sorry, but you said Luke and that girl was his cousin.
LORELAI: We are leaving NOW!
RORY: Okay, okay.
LORELAI: Thank-you.
RORY: Your welcome.
[Katherine runs up to Rory]
RORY: Katherine, I have to go, can you get the rest of the information for the article.
KATHERINE: Uh I guess, but what about Paris?
RORY: She's on her own wild goose chase she'll leave you alone.
KATHERINE: Okay, do you want to go through the information tomorrow?
RORY: Yeah.
[Scene changes to the jeep]
RORY: Are we going to Luke's for coffee?
LORELAI: We don't have coffee at home?
RORY: No, we ran out this morning.
LORELAI: Well I'm not that thirsty.
RORY: You want coffee and you know it.
LORELAI: Fine.
[Scene change to Luke's]
JESS: How was the fair? Full of freaks?
RORY: The fair was eventful.
LUKE: Coffee?
RORY: Yes please.
LUKE: Enjoy the fair, Lorelai?
LORELAI: Ah, um, well fine. It was fine.
LUKE: You don't sound very convinced.
LORELAI: Well it was fine. A bit boring and the coffee sucked.
LUKE: The Coffee?
LORELAI: Yeah. Half the reason we left early.
JESS: Your mum is acting weird.
RORY: Oh, just something that happened at the fair.
JESS: Did Paris go crazy?
RORY: Understatement of the year.
JESS: What happened?
RORY: Well she sort of took over on the article and dragged me through the school building and then the nurse caught us. Oh and the science experiment blew up.
JESS: Sounds fun.
RORY: It wasn't that bad, just a bit annoying.
JESS: Lane was looking for you.
RORY: Do you know what she wanted?
JESS: Not really.
RORY: How was your day?
JESS: Okay. Luke's bugging me.
RORY: About the wedding?
[Jess scowls]
JESS: Yeah, I'm going up next week.
RORY: Sorry about this morning.
JESS: Forget it. [Small pause] I can bring a guest.
RORY: Can you?
JESS: Wanna come?
RORY: Yeah okay.
JESS: Really!?
RORY: Why wouldn't I?
JESS: No reason, although one person does come to mind.
RORY: My mum.
JESS: Bingo.
RORY: I'll talk to her and see what she says.
JESS: She might need to fend for herself for the weekend Luke's closing the diner while we're away.
RORY: She'll probably end up at Sookie's.
[Jess laughs]
[Camera shifts to Luke and Lorelai talking]
LUKE: Liz's wedding is in 2 weeks. Jess and I are leaving next week.
LORELAI: Oh, so Jess came around?
LUKE: He's going, but doesn't want to be in the wedding.
LORELAI: Oh, so is Caesar going to be in the diner?
LUKE: No.
LORELAI: What!
LUKE: The diner will be closed while I'm gone.
LORELAI: Don't joke like that Luke, it's not funny.
LUKE: I'm not joking the diner will be closed.
LORELAI: What!
LUKE: The diner will be closed as of Thursday night.
LORELAI: Your not joking.
LUKE: No.
LORELAI: What are we going to eat?
LUKE: You'll survive.
LORELAI: Says you.
LUKE: If you get desperate you could try and cook something.
LORELAI: Me cook! No way! Will you be open on Sunday?
LUKE: Sunday? Probably not.
LORELAI: Well it looks like I'll have to buy lots of coffee.
LUKE: Good idea.
LORELAI: Well we better get going.
LUKE: Good bye.
JESS: See ya Rory.
RORY: Bye Jess. Bye Luke.
[Scene changes to the Gilmore house. Lorelai and Rory are eating Chinese in front of the TV]
RORY: Luke and Jess are going to New York for the wedding next week.
LORELAI: I know. Luke's will be closed. We'll have to order pizza.
RORY: Jess asked me to go to the wedding as his guest.
LORELAI: WHAT!?
RORY: Jess is allowed to take a guest to the wedding and he asked me.
LORELAI: Well do you want to go?
RORY: I would like to.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: What do you think?
LORELAI: Well if you want to go.
RORY: Does that mean I can go?
LORELAI: Yeah, I suppose. Does Luke know?
RORY: I don't know.
LORELAI: Oh.
RORY: I'll stay if you don't want me to go.
LORELAI: No, go. You'll have fun.
RORY: Are you sure?
LORELAI: Yes go.
RORY: Okay. I'm going to go to bed.
LORELAI: Okay. I'm going to stay up awhile longer.
RORY: Good night.
LORELAI: Night.
[Lorelai grabs the phone]
LUKE: Hello?
LORELAI: Hey Luke.
LUKE: Lorelai? Do you have any idea what the time is?
LORELAI: Uh no. What's the time?
LUKE: About 11.30.
LORELAI: That's not late.
LUKE: Did you want something?
LORELAI: Not really. Well yeah.
LUKE: Well.
LORELAI: Well uh, what do you think about Rory and Jess?
LUKE: What about them?
LORELAI: Well about there relationship.
LUKE: There's not a lot we can do about it.
LORELAI: I know that it's just.
LUKE: Awkward.
LORELAI: A bit. Did you know he asked her to the wedding?
LUKE: I knew he could take friend, but I didn't know he had asked Rory.
LORELAI: Well he did.
LUKE: Are you going to let her go?
LORELAI: Yeah, I guess but look after her Luke okay.
LUKE: Of course I will.
LORELAI: Thanks.
[Scene changes to Rory and Katherine talking about the article]
KATHERINE: That's it. We're done.
RORY: Now all we have to do is print it off.
KATHERINE: Let's hope it's to Paris's liking.
RORY: Here's hoping.
[Paris enters the room]
PARIS: Are you finished?
KATHERINE: It's printing now.
PARIS: Did you write it how I wanted you to?
RORY: We wrote about the explosion.
PARIS: Good and the rest?
KATHERINE: A cross between our opinions.
PARIS: Well be warned I may cut out some of it if it's too long.
[Paris grabs the printed article from the printer and leaves the room]
KATHERINE: Do you think she'll like it?
RORY: I don't know. Maybe.
KATHERINE: You know her.
RORY: I don't know her.
[Scene changes to Rory arriving home]
LORELAI: Hey, I'm in here.
[Rory walks into the kitchen]
RORY: What are you doing?
LORELAI: Well I was shopping in Hartford and there was this woman and I swear she looked like Martha Stewart. Anyway she was cooking this cake for some demonstration and she made it look so easy.
[She looks around the very messy kitchen]
LORELAI: Guess it's not.
RORY: Where's the cake?
LORELAI: In our ancient oven.
RORY: When will it be ready?
[The timer goes off]
LORELAI: Now!
RORY: Well, go and check it.
[Lorelai opens the door and looks in]
LORELAI: Well.
RORY: What?
[Lorelai takes out the cake. It has sagged in the middle and is dark brown]
LORELAI: It looks okay.
RORY: It looks a bit burnt.
[Lorelai cuts a piece]
LORELAI: Well here goes.
[She eats the cake and makes a face]
LORELAI: Luke's now!
RORY: Not good?
[Lorelai grabs her car keys]
LORELAI: Definitely not good.
RORY: Okay.
[Scene changes to Luke's diner]
LORELAI: Luke coffee NOW!
LUKE: Okay. Rory?
RORY: Yes please.
[Luke grabs two cup and pours coffee]
RORY: Thanks Luke.
LORELAI: I tried to bake a cake.
LUKE: Why?
LORELAI: Because the lady in the shop did.
LUKE: That's never inspired you to cook before.
LORELAI: Yes it has. The burritos and the pork roast.
LUKE: Do I need to point out that they both total disasters.
LORELAI: Please don't. I've had a bad week.
LUKE: It's Monday.
LORELAI: Well a bad 4 days.
LUKE: Make tomorrow a good day.
LORELAI: I'll try but the new owners of the inn are really making my life hell.
LUKE: More coffee?
LORELAI: Please.
[Luke refills her cups]
LORELAI: They want to change the brand of coffee we serve at the inn!
LUKE: To what?
LORELAI: Some other brand.
LUKE: But not the one you like?
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Where's Jess?
LUKE: Upstairs.
RORY: I'm going upstairs. LORELAI: Bye.
[Rory goes upstairs. You can still hear Luke and Lorelai talking about the cake]
[Scene follows Rory, she knocks on the apartment door. Jess opens the door]
JESS: Hey come in.
RORY: Thanks.
JESS: So how was your day?
RORY: It was okay. Mum tried to bake a cake.
JESS: Really!
RORY: It didn't turn out very well. It was burnt and sunk in the middle. Not to mention the huge mess she made.
JESS: So you're here for cake.
RORY: And coffee.
JESS: So what are you doing up here?
RORY: I came up here to tell you that I talked to my mum and I can go with you to the wedding.
JESS: Yeah?
RORY: She was a bit reluctant at first but then gave in and said I could go.
JESS: Well good! Now I won't have to kidnap you.
RORY: Kidnap me?
JESS: Yeah I was thinking about it.
RORY: Well now you won't have to.
[Rory and Jess come downstairs holding hands. Lorelai watches them with a sad look]
*** SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 4 ***
While Rory is away Lorelai goes on a date only to realise what she has been looking for has been right under her nose. Meanwhile Jess and Rory find themselves in trouble after a night out in New York.