"Rory, Rory honey?" Lorelai asked, peering into Rory's bedroom.
"I'm here Mum, just looking at these Harvard pamphlets."
"Yeah, and eating breakfast without me," Lorelai feigned annoyance and hurt.
"Sorry, Mum."
"Grrr..."
"I've got to go now," Rory kept the pamphlets and grabbed her schoolbag by the side of the bed.
"Aaaw...not even time for a cup of coffee at Luke's? My darling daughter, too busy for her own mother, slowly pining away, dying of loneliness..."
"You can not die of loneliness, Mum," Rory argued.
"Oh, no?" Lorelai gagged, falling dramatically onto Rory's lap.
"Okay, okay! But you owe me..." Rory compromised.
The close pair walked out the door and down the road to Luke's diner. As they entered, Jess stormed out angrily, shouting backwards at Luke, "You can't run my life!" When he turned around and saw Rory he added, "I can go and see Shane where I like - when I like!"
Pushing past brusquely, he added, "See you, Rory," in a tone that annoyed Rory, although she could not just identify why as yet.
Rory ignored him.
"What's his problem? Oh, hi Luke! Give us the usual and hurry - Rory's got to get to school," Lorelai said.
"Coming right up, O Queen of the Coffees," Luke said dryly as he worked the coffee machine expertly. In minutes he was back with the girls, offering them their coffee diligently.
"Aaaw...thanks Luke, I was joking - you didn't have to be snappy."
"Whatever," Luke left.
"So, Rory! How's Lane? We haven't heard from her in a while, have we?"
Rory wasn't listening, looking preoccupiedly at the shrinking figure of Jess entering the mechanics store where Shane worked.
"Hello? Hello!? We're here in Earth. Where are you?"
When Rory still didn't respond Lorelai became worried, "What's wrong, Rory?"
Suddenly snapping out of her trance-like state she said, "Huh? What?"
"How - is - Lane, - Rory. - We - haven't - been - hearing - from - her."
"Oh, right...Lane. Her Mum found the photo of her with her hair dyed and went ballistic. Lane's been grounded for 3 years - but she gets days off if she's lucky," Rory said listlessly, staring at the mechanical shop as though it were going to explode.
"Rory - what's really going on?"
"Huh, what? Nothing's going on," Rory, the picture of innocence.
"Oh my....God - I don't believe it," Lorelai ranted, "It's Jess, isn't it?"
"Jess? Jess who? What about Jess??"
"You know - Jess - Luke's nephew, the boy that caused you and Dean to break up?"
"He did not cause Dean and I to break up - it was a mutual decision," Rory cried defensively.
"Oh, sure, Rory," Lorelai retorted, sarcastic, "Look, why don't you just get it over with and ask him out!?"
"Oh, yeah - I'm sure that Dean will just be jumping with joy at the very thought!"
"Look, Rory - I'm just trying to help you - I'm looking out for your best interests at heart - you know that. And you also know that I know that you and Jess should get together, and, by gum are you and him going to cause a spark in Stars Hollow!"
"Mum, Jess and I are not going to get together - Jess and I will never get together."
"Sure you will!" Lorelai smiled, "I mean, I never really liked him after he nearly killed you in the accident, but I'm willing to forgive him if he gives you the star treatment," she hit Rory playfully.
"Mum! Jess and I will never, EVER get together! So stop acting like...like we're going to elope or something!"
"Jesus, Rory! Calm down! I was just joking - you know...'cracking a joke'? It does exist you know."
"Well, Mum, you're not being very funny right now, so if you'll excuse me, I have to get to Chilton before the bell rings," Rory grabbed her bags and ran out of the diner in a huff...
"I'm here Mum, just looking at these Harvard pamphlets."
"Yeah, and eating breakfast without me," Lorelai feigned annoyance and hurt.
"Sorry, Mum."
"Grrr..."
"I've got to go now," Rory kept the pamphlets and grabbed her schoolbag by the side of the bed.
"Aaaw...not even time for a cup of coffee at Luke's? My darling daughter, too busy for her own mother, slowly pining away, dying of loneliness..."
"You can not die of loneliness, Mum," Rory argued.
"Oh, no?" Lorelai gagged, falling dramatically onto Rory's lap.
"Okay, okay! But you owe me..." Rory compromised.
The close pair walked out the door and down the road to Luke's diner. As they entered, Jess stormed out angrily, shouting backwards at Luke, "You can't run my life!" When he turned around and saw Rory he added, "I can go and see Shane where I like - when I like!"
Pushing past brusquely, he added, "See you, Rory," in a tone that annoyed Rory, although she could not just identify why as yet.
Rory ignored him.
"What's his problem? Oh, hi Luke! Give us the usual and hurry - Rory's got to get to school," Lorelai said.
"Coming right up, O Queen of the Coffees," Luke said dryly as he worked the coffee machine expertly. In minutes he was back with the girls, offering them their coffee diligently.
"Aaaw...thanks Luke, I was joking - you didn't have to be snappy."
"Whatever," Luke left.
"So, Rory! How's Lane? We haven't heard from her in a while, have we?"
Rory wasn't listening, looking preoccupiedly at the shrinking figure of Jess entering the mechanics store where Shane worked.
"Hello? Hello!? We're here in Earth. Where are you?"
When Rory still didn't respond Lorelai became worried, "What's wrong, Rory?"
Suddenly snapping out of her trance-like state she said, "Huh? What?"
"How - is - Lane, - Rory. - We - haven't - been - hearing - from - her."
"Oh, right...Lane. Her Mum found the photo of her with her hair dyed and went ballistic. Lane's been grounded for 3 years - but she gets days off if she's lucky," Rory said listlessly, staring at the mechanical shop as though it were going to explode.
"Rory - what's really going on?"
"Huh, what? Nothing's going on," Rory, the picture of innocence.
"Oh my....God - I don't believe it," Lorelai ranted, "It's Jess, isn't it?"
"Jess? Jess who? What about Jess??"
"You know - Jess - Luke's nephew, the boy that caused you and Dean to break up?"
"He did not cause Dean and I to break up - it was a mutual decision," Rory cried defensively.
"Oh, sure, Rory," Lorelai retorted, sarcastic, "Look, why don't you just get it over with and ask him out!?"
"Oh, yeah - I'm sure that Dean will just be jumping with joy at the very thought!"
"Look, Rory - I'm just trying to help you - I'm looking out for your best interests at heart - you know that. And you also know that I know that you and Jess should get together, and, by gum are you and him going to cause a spark in Stars Hollow!"
"Mum, Jess and I are not going to get together - Jess and I will never get together."
"Sure you will!" Lorelai smiled, "I mean, I never really liked him after he nearly killed you in the accident, but I'm willing to forgive him if he gives you the star treatment," she hit Rory playfully.
"Mum! Jess and I will never, EVER get together! So stop acting like...like we're going to elope or something!"
"Jesus, Rory! Calm down! I was just joking - you know...'cracking a joke'? It does exist you know."
"Well, Mum, you're not being very funny right now, so if you'll excuse me, I have to get to Chilton before the bell rings," Rory grabbed her bags and ran out of the diner in a huff...
