"Well mom, I think that you may have feelings for Luke and the sudden realization that Luke may make a permanent connection with Nicole is scaring you." Rory declares.
Lorelai looks at Rory, deep in thought. "I guess that explains why this all happened at once. I just don't know what to do."
Rory pats her mother's leg, "You can either pretend you never had this realization and hope things return to normal or talk to Luke about it and see if he wants to take things further. Either way you do have to clear the air with Luke, so we don't have to starve."
"You're right kiddo, I guess I have to decide now. How about pizza for dinner?" Lorelai looks at Rory hopefully.
Thirty minutes later, once the pizza had been demolished, Lorelai leaves Rory alone to study and goes upstairs to sort out her feelings.
Okay Lorelai, here goes. What do you want to do about this? On one hand, you can pretend this never happened chalk it up to late night hysterics and leave things as they are.
On the other hand, you can go tell Luke that you have suddenly developed feelings for him and want to see where this could lead. What do I want to do?
You know what really sucks about this is that the one things I really need right now to help me through this is a cup of Luke's coffee.
Lorelai giggles to herself and stretches out more on her bed, "Okay, time to focus."
Lorelai takes a deep breath and settles back onto a pillow, before she knows it she falls into a restless sleep.
She wakes up a little later, pale and sweaty. Her dream was realistic, she saw the diner and it seemed like a normal day but when she went in everything was different.
Luke as behind the counter and Nicole was in the kitchen cooking. The diner menu was entirely healthy and Luke didn't even remember Lorelai's name.
She gets out of bed quickly, sure of what she has to do and runs down the stairs and out the front door, stopping only for her shoes.
She gets to the diner and she sees that it's busy, but goes in anyway.
Luke looks up as she enters, his face looks both hopeful and confused, and he quickly nods to her and looks away to help his customers.
She sits at the counter alone and absentmindedly looks at the new menu Nicole convinced Luke to get.
She's startled when a cup of coffee is placed in front of her, she looks up to see Luke with an order pad.
"What can I get you today?" He asks, not quite looking at her, his pen poised on the pad.
Lorelai resolves her courage before she speaks, "Um nothing, I already ate. I really just wanted to talk to you if you had a minute."
Luke's face reddens and he looks around before answering. "Sure, give me about ten minutes." Lorelai nods as he turns toward other customers.
She is sipping her coffee idly when he comes back. "Okay, let's talk."
Lorelai shakes her head as she sets her coffee down. "Upstairs." He looks at her oddly, "Miss Patty is eating by the window."
He nods knowingly and follows her upstairs to his apartment.