Lukes - Evening - Day 4
The Diner is Empty
Lorelai walks in, a bit apprehensive. Luke, hearing the bell above the door, looks up and smiles at Lorelai.
LUKE: Hey.
LORELAI: Hey. (They kiss)
LUKE: So..Sookie okay?
LORELAI: Yeah, besides a few, uh, celebrity sitings through out the day, she is great.
LUKE: And the baby and Jackson..?
LORELAI: Yeah. All great. (smiles)
LUKE: Good. So, coffee?
LORELAI: Uhm..(stops and thinks for a minute, coming up with an excuse quickly)..you know, I had a TON of coffee at the hospital. So I think I'm good.
LUKE: Okay. (beat) Hey, you okay? You seem distracted.
LORELAI: No, I'm fine. Just tired. Waiting for someone else to push a baby out of themselves is just about as tiring as actually having to push a baby out of yourself. Hard work.
LUKE: ..I'm sure it is.
LORELAI: Yeah. (looks at Luke as he cleans up the counter a little. Clears her throat) So, it's a cool thing isn't it?
LUKE: Isn't what?
LORELAI: The giving birth to a kid, parenthood thing?
LUKE: Well I mean without the ja..
LORELAI: ..jam hands..
LUKE: Right, jam hands, I'm sure it's great for people.
LORELAI: Right. People. Not you though.
LUKE: Lorelai, what is going on?
LORELAI: Well usually people call this a conversation. Two people exchanging several words..
LUKE: Lorelai -
LORELAI: (bluntly) I'm craving apples.
LUKE: What?
LORELAI: The last time I craved an apple it wasn't actually me who wanted it. I hate apples. It was this little thing..person really..inside of me that wanted it.
LUKE: (wide eyed) The little per..so you're? I mean we're? You're (whispers though the diner is empty) pregnant?
LORELAI: I have no idea.
LUKE: My head hurts.
LORELAI: Well when I was at the hospital waiting for Belleville #2 to make her appearance I had A LOT of time to think. And I realized I wanted an apple. So during my journey through the hospital to find a whole apple, not some gross apple sauce that looked like it was from Ancient Eygpt, I remembered craving fruit when I was pregnant with Rory. So I stopped a doctor.
LUKE: You stopped a doctor?
LORELAI: To see if they could do a test.
LUKE: A test..?
LORELAI: To see if I was pregnant.
LUKE: Huh. Pregnant..
LORELAI: Oh my God. Stop repeating me.
LUKE: Okay, Lorelai, I know you already talk at the speed of light, and I'm good with that, but could you please hurry this story along?
LORELAI: He said I had to wait two weeks to take the test. He said that after just two days they wouldn't be able to get a definite answer.
LUKE: (shakes head trying to grasp a hold of the conversation) You thought you were pregnant from just two days ago?
LORELAI: The apples Luke. Apples.
LUKE: Right apples. (pauses again, still confused) Okay, so let me get this straight. Two days ago you didn't like apples?
LORELAI: Uh huh.
LUKE: And now you're craving...apples.
LORELAI: Right.
LUKE: And because you had a yearning for this particular fruit when you were pregnant with Rory, you think you're pregnant now?
LORELAI: Maybe. (Pauses) Maybe not. Maybe I'm just lacking like protein - or like my Adams apple wanted a female friend..Like an Eve apple..
LUKE: Lorelai! This isn't the time for you to joke around. I mean you could be having a..a..we could be having a uh...(makes hand gestures at his stomach and her stomach) together. Small..crying...
LORELAI: A baby?
LUKE: Yeah..that. (leans back heavily against the counter.)
LORELAI: Luke, are you okay?
LUKE: Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. This is...fine. (beat) I need to sit down. (walks around the counter and sits in the stool next to Lorelai.)
LORELAI: Look. I'm sorry to spring this on you. With the apples and all. I just thought you needed to know what was going on. With me. Why I might be cranky. Since I can't drink coffee for two WHOLE weeks. Ya know, and why I'm eating salads instead of fries.
LUKE: Right. Good. Good thinking. (Stares at the floor)
LORELAI: (with a tremble in her voice..worried about how Luke is reacting to this possibility) Luke?
LUKE: Yeah?
LORELAI: What if I'm pregnant?
LUKE: (looks up at her sweetly and sincerely) Then we are going to have a baby.
LORELAI: Yeah? You won't...um you wouldn't...
LUKE: I'm never leaving you're side again. Not now. Not if you are pregnant. Remember? I'm all in.
LORELAI: (wide smile) Good. Me too.
LUKE: Lorelai..
LORELAI: Hmm?
LUKE: I love you, you know that right?
LORELAI: (still grinning) Yeah. I had a pretty good idea. I love you too.
LUKE: (smiling now as well) Good. (takes her hand)
