Later at the Gilmore mansion, Luke and Lorelai pulled up in front in Luke's green truck.
"Are you ready for this?" Luke asked.
"I don't think I'll every be ready to talk to them, especially after last night, but lets go." Lorelai said with a determined look.
"Ok, let's go."
They walked to the front door and rang the doorbell.
Inside the house, "Emily, who's at the door?" yelled Richard from the top of the stairs.
"I don't know Richard, I am not psychic." Emily yelled back as she walked to the door.
"Well, I thought maybe you were expecting someone." Richard said quietly as he walked downstairs.
The front door opens and Emily and Richard just stare at Luke and Lorelai. "What are you doing here? Were we expecting you?" Emily asks, a little rudely.
"No, you weren't expecting us. We need to talk to you, do you have a minute?" asks Lorelai.
"Of course we do, come in." Richard replies.
The four walk into the living room and just as they are about to sit down, Rory comes in and joins them. She was watching out of the pool house windowto see when they arrived.
"I thought it might make things easier if I was here." Rory explained.
"Make what easier? Lorelai will you please tell me what is going on?" Emily is confused and getting angry that she does not know what is going on.
"First of all, this does not change what happened last night. I have not forgotten, but I would like to put it aside for right now." Lorelai stated.
"Ok, agreed. We will discuss that later. Now what is going on?" Emily replies.
"Well, Mom, Dad, we are here to announce…" Lorelai starts hesitantly.
"We're here to announce our engagement." Luke finishes happily.
Emily and Richard are in shock. They do not know quite what to say.
Rory says "Congratulations you two, Grandma and Grandpa isn't this wonderful. When did this happen?" Rory wanted everything out in the open right away.
"I proposed last night and Luke accepted." Lorelai said proudly.
"I know it's a little backwards, but what do we expect from Lorelai." Luke added and they all laughed. It eased the tension in the room considerably.
"So when is the big day?" Emily asked. She just knew they weren't going to tell her that part because they were going to elope.
"We haven't set a date yet. We will let you know as soon as we do. I hope you will be there." Lorelai said sincerely. She may be upset with them, but she did not want to leave them out of this. She was only getting married once.
"We wouldn't miss it." Emily and Richard agreed, very happy that they were going to be included.
Emily and Richard both stood up to hug the bride and groom. Rory came over and sat next to Lorelai and gave her a hug also.
Emily stood up, "Lorelai, may I speak to you in the other room for a moment?"
Lorelai stands also, "Luke, I'll be back in a minute. Dad, be nice to Luke." She says jokingly.
Emily and Lorelai walk into the kitchen and Emily turns to look at Lorelai. "I know you're upset with us, and I know we've never seen eye to eye, but I would like to pay for the wedding. No strings attached. Whatever you want, anything you want, just tell me how much and I will give you a check. My daughter only gets married once."
Lorelai was touched, "Mom, thank you for that. We really just want a small Stars Hollow wedding at the Dragonfly. I would like for you to be included in some of the details, as long as it's nothing too over the top."
"Wonderful. I will call a wedding coordinator and have her come meet you and Luke sometime next week so you can start planning things." Emily said happily.
"Mom, slow down just a little bit. We need to pick a date first, after that we will start planning the details." Lorelai said. She was glad her Mom seemed happy with this.
"Ok, I will wait to call. Just let me know as soon as you've set a date." Emily pauses for a moment and then suddenly says, "Lorelai, I am happy for you. This is the happiest I've seen you, well, since Rory was born."
"Thanks Mom." Lorelai says, touched.
Meanwhile in the living room, Richard turns to Rory as soon as the ladies leave and says "Rory, could you go in my study for a minute?"
Rory, knowing that Richard wanted a few minutes with his future son-in-law says "Yes, I will be back in a few minutes."
"Luke, I just want you to know that I want to pay for the wedding. Anything and everything my daughter wants, she will have for this. No strings attached."
"That's very nice of you, sir." Luke says, happy to have her parents pleased with the marriage.
"Please, don't call me sir. Just Richard will be fine."
"Ok, Richard."
"Where are you planning on living? Lorelai's house does not seem big enough for everyone." Richard asks nicely.
"I bought Lorelai a house." Luke responds, a little sheepishly.
"What? You are buying her a house? Where?" Richard asks, surprised.
"No, I already bought her a house. It's the Twickham house in Stars Hollow. It is just down the street from my diner." Luke replied.
"Oh. How long have you had this planned?" Richard asks.
"I've wanted to ask her to marry me for awhile; I just didn't want to scare her. I signed the papers for the house two days ago. I hadn't figured out the right way to tell her about the house before she proposed." Luke said.
"That seems very responsible. I am happy to welcome you to our family." Richard says proudly.
"Thank you si- I mean Richard." Luke says as they stand up to shake hands.
Lorelai, Emily, and Rory walk back in and everyone says their goodbyes except Rory and Lorelai. Rory walked Luke and her mom to the truck. Luke got in the truck and Lorelai hugged Rory goodbye.
"Mom, I've been doing some thinking, I was up most of the night thinking actually. I haven't told Yale that I am not planning to go back, but I still need more time to think about what I do want to do. I may go back but I just don't know right now, I am so confused about everything."
"It'll be ok honey, I think I overreacted a little. I heard 'drop out of Yale' and I freaked. After all the hard work we put in I did not want you to throw it all away that fast." Lorelai responded.
"Let me think about this some more and I will let you know what I decide, Ok?"
"Ok, I'm sorry I said you couldn't come home. You can, anytime you want. Ok hon?"
"Ok Mom. I love you."
"I love you too kid." Lorelai said as she climbed inside the truck.
"What was that all about?" Luke asked as soon as she was inside and Rory was back in the house.
"Well, apparently Rory hasn't told Yale that she is not going back. She said she wants to think about it some more. I told her that I overreacted a little and she is welcome at our house anytime. I just don't want to lose her. I didn't want to argue with my mom so I just cut off communication. I wanted to live my own life and make my own decisions. I don't want Rory to run away from me just so she can make her own decisions without us arguing. I don't think I could handle that." Lorelai said, she was very emotional and toward the end she was crying.
"You're not going to lose her. She loves you and she knows you love her and are just trying to do what is best for her. Lets wait and see what she decides for herself and we will go from there." Luke replied gently, trying to calm her down.
"You're right." She said with a sniffle, wiping away her tears. "Lets get to you to the diner and I'll go tell Sookie and then Miss Patty. If that's ok with you?" She turned to him hesitantly.
"Of course it is. There is a ring on your finger, there is no way we are going to be able to hide that. Not that I want to hide it." Luke said.
Later at Sookie's house:
Lorelai walked up to Sookie's front door, but when she got there she paused, a little apprehensively. She screwed up her courage and rang the doorbell. Instantly a baby started crying. She looked upset and sorry that she had woken the baby.
Jackson came to the door with the baby over his shoulder, soothing her back to sleep.
"Lorelai, I wasn't expecting to see you. Sookie is in the bedroom lying down. You can go on back." Jackson said.
"I don't want to disturb her." Lorelai said.
"She's not asleep, she just got done feeding her." Jackson replied, pointing at the baby in his arms.
Lorelai walked back to the bedroom and quietly knocked on the door, just in case she was asleep.
Sookie called back cheerfully "Come in Lorelai."
"How did you know it was me?" Lorelai asked.
"Baby monitor." Sookie said simply.
"Well, I, um, I'm here because.." Lorelai started.
"What's got you so nervous, just spit it out." Sookie said with a giggle.
"I proposed to Luke last night."
"You what?" Sookie said, very startled.
"I said 'I proposed to Luke last night.'" Lorelai said again.
"I guess I did hear you right. OH MY GOD! You're getting married." She said happily. Then her face fell a little "He did say yes, right?" Sookie said.
"Yes, he said yes. I can't believe I asked, but then I had and I realized I meant it and I wanted it more than anything else that I've ever wanted, except Rory being born. He gave me this." She said the last holding out her hand so Sookie could see her ring.
"Ooh, It's beautiful. Congratulations!" She said happily pulling Lorelai into a hug. "I'm so glad it's Luke, I always knew you two were perfect for each other."
Lorelai pulled away slightly, "Can you tell Miss Patty for me?"
"No, this is your news and you need to tell her and Babette yourself. They will be happy for you, they like you and Luke together." Sookie replied.
"Ok, well I guess I better go get started on todays town gossip. I'll see you later Sookie." Lorelai said as she headed to the door.
"Bye, Jackson." She said quietly as she walked past him, the baby was back to sleep on Jacksons shoulder.
Lorelai walked briskly to the diner to see Luke before she tackled Miss Patty and Babette. As she walked in the first person she saw was Luke and as she walked to the counter she spotted Miss Patty and Babette eating breakfast together by the other window and walked their direction instead.
"Good morning ladies. Just wanted to give you todays gossip." Lorelai said holding out her left hand toward the two.
"Oh, my! Would you look at that Patty. That's a rock. Congratulations doll." Babette said.
"Oh my yes. I just knew he would ask you after he bought the house." Miss Patty added.
"The house, how do you know about the house? And besides, he didn't ask me, I asked him." Lorelai said proudly.
"Well, good for you honey. You have to go for what you want." Miss Patty said, ignoring the bit about the house.
"Well, I will see you gals later. Spread the news, will you?" Lorelai said, backing away toward the counter.
"Hey Hon," she said walking up to the counter.
"Hey back 'atcha. Sookie take it ok?" Luke asked
"Sookie was very happy for us. I can't stay, I have some work at the inn. Can I have some coffee to go?"
"Only if it's decaf." Luke said quietly, he was not ready to share that news yet.
"Ok, ok. Decaf." Lorelai said just as quietly. Luke handed her the coffee and she got up to leave, whispering "I love you," right before she turned around.
"I love you, too." Luke said, quietly.