The rest of the ride to Sandusky consisted of a lot laughing between Lorelai and Rory. Paris and Luke just rolled their eyes and grunted at the silly comments that the Gilmore Girls came up with. Lorelai and Luke didn't talk much during the rest of the ride. Somewhere near Ohio, Lorelai and Paris happened to switch places so that Rory and Lorelai were in the back and Paris and Luke were up front. Both Paris and Luke became very annoyed when Lorelai climbed over and changed the station whenever a bad song came on. Lorelai sang to every song that she liked on the radio. Her suckiness was amusing. Luke got annoyed at Rory and Lorelai constant, "How much longer till we get there?" comments. A couple of times during the trip Luke threatened to pull the car over and leave the girls on the side of the road.
"Yay, we're here!" Rory exclaimed as they pulled into the Holiday Inn that Lorelai got reservations for. Lorelai was sleeping but woke up as Rory yelled.
"Oh, my God! That Top Thrill Dragster Ride really is huge." Paris said, looking at the visible rides at Cedar Point.
"How did you know which rides are which?" Lorelai asked Paris while rubbing her eyes.
"You do not agree to go to an amusement park without thoroughly checking out what kinds of rides that they have there and if they're safe or not." She replied.
"She made me check out the website with her 5 times." Rory said, rolling her eyes and glaring at Paris.
"Well, the proper procedures need to be taken." Paris argued.
"Says the woman dating a professor." Rory shot at Paris.
"You're dating a professor?" Luke looked dumbfounded. "Isn't that illegal?" he asked shocked.
"No, maybe if you were taking the professor's class." Paris replied and shot a nasty look at Rory. "I do believe it is illegal to be in a class with a teacher that your mother has 'special relations' with though." Paris said nastily. This remark made Rory shrink.
"Hey, no fair. It's not illegal. You just shouldn't do it. And don't blame Rory for who I decide to date." Lorelai shot at Paris.
"And almost marry." Luke mumbled under his breath.
"What was that?" Lorelai shot a nasty look at Luke.
"Um, Paris, I think that we should, um, go inside and get our, um, room key." Rory stumbled. "Mom, Luke, you guys should unpack the car." Rory grabbed Paris by the shirt sleeve. She knew that Luke and Lorelai needed to talk.
When they were inside, Luke said, "Um, I guess we should unpack the jeep."
"Yeah," replied Lorelai.
They started taking out the bags.
"Luke, "Lorelai," They both spoke at the same time.
"Me first," Lorelai said. "I have no idea what I said wrong at the gas station that got you so pissed about. Care to explain."
"Yeah. Well, um, I've been having a really bad week." Luke said. "I think the only reason that I agreed to this trip was to, well, get away." Lorelai's frown deepened at this. She almost looked a little sad. Luke noticed this and immediately explained, "I mean, it did really sound like fun. It's just that, well, me and Nichole got in another fight and this is probably gonna be a divorce fight."
Lorelai's look turned to sympathetic. "Oh, I'm sorry Luke." she said, patting Luke's arm. She's a bitch anyway. Lorelai thought.
"Nah, it's fine, really. The marriage wasn't meant to last. It was a complete mistake anyway." Luke said. Lorelai looked at him sympathetically.
"Mom! We have a slight problem with the room." Rory said coming out of the hotel. Lorelai and Luke turned to her.
"What is it hon?" Lorelai asked, concerned.
"Well, come see." Rory said heading back into the hotel.
Lorelai turned back to Luke and gave him a hug. Luke, who was completely shocked, just returned the hug. "I'm sorry, really, Luke." Lorelai said while breaking the embrace.
"Nah, don't worry about it. Are we good?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, Luke. We're great!" Lorelai assured Luke.
"MOM, LUKE, HURRY UP." Rory yelled from the entrance to the hotel.
"RORY, GET OVER HERE AND HELP US FIINISH UNLOADING THE JEEP." Lorelai yelled back.
"FINE," Rory yelled, annoyed. She walked over to the jeep. "Paris is fighting with the maid that is still cleaning our room."
"Oh, I can't wait to see that!" Lorelai said sarcastically while pulling her big pink and orange suitcase from the trunk. When they all had their bags, Lorelai got a luggage cart and Luke went to park the car.
When they got close to their room, you could hear Paris screaming at the maid. "YEAH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE CLEANING BY NOW! WE'RE ALL HER AND HERE YOU ARE IN OUR ROOM AND STILL CLEANING. DO YOU KNOW HOW ANNOYING IT IS TO WAIT FOR YOUR ROOM?"
"Calm down miss, you're disturbing the other guests." the maid said, clearly annoyed.
"WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE OTHER GUESTS!" Paris screamed back.
"Paris, calm down." Lorelai said when she and Rory reached their room. "Sorry." She said to the maid. "I've been a maid at a hotel before, so I've been in your position. I really have to apologize for this." Lorelai said. She now turned to Paris, "Paris, let Miss Corby here do her job." She said after reading the maid's nametag. "Wouldn't you rather have a clean room, than one that hasn't been cleaned? And trust me, I've been a hotel maid before. Sometimes you find some very unpleasant things on the floor…or…ha…on the bed." Lorelai whispered that last part. "Isn't that right Miss Corby?" she said to the maid.
"Yes, can I get back to work now?" Miss Corby replied. She had an accent.
"Yes you can." Lorelai answered.
"Thank you, Mrs…?" Miss Corby asked.
"Miss Gilmore." Lorelai replied. "Never call me that though, I prefer Lorelai."
"Right."
After the maid was done, about 7 minutes later, Rory, Paris, and Lorelai entered the room.
"Well, this is nice." Rory said, looking around.
"It's just like every other Holiday Inn."
"Yeah, I guess. It's bigger than I expected, though. I have never been to a Holiday Inn." Lorelai said. "Not bad, nice bathroom, it has a T.V. and…" Lorelai paused when she saw something. "Hon, what is this." Lorelai pointed to the beds and turned to Rory.
"Um, beds." Rory said slowly and confused.
"I know that Rory…count." Lorelai said, still pointing at the beds.
"Oh," Rory said, after noticing that there were only two beds in the room.
"I totally forgot about sleeping arrangements… Ok… This is what we'll do. Rory you can sleep with me and Paris can sleep with Luke." Lorelai said, and then noticed the amused looks on both Paris and Rory's faces. "Ok, no that won't work, how about…" Lorelai stopped to think.
Rory whispered to Paris, "She'll think of every idea possible to avoid sleeping in the same bed with Luke."
"Why?" Paris whispered back,
"Cause she won't admit it, but mom has a thing for Luke."
"Ok, I've noticed that, but why would that cause Lorelai to not want to sleep in the same bed with him."
"Because she's in denial. That or she's afraid that she'll rape him in his sleep." Rory said a little louder than a whisper. Paris laughed.
"I heard that. And I will not rape Luke in his sleep." Lorelai protested.
"What about raping Luke in his sleep?" Luke asked coming up behind Lorelai.
"WHAT!" Lorelai jumped. "Oh my God Luke, don't sneak up on me like that."
"Sorry, now what about raping me?" Luke repeated.
"How did you get in?" Lorelai asked avoiding the question.
"The door was still open, mom." Rory intervened. "Mom is afraid that she'll rape you in your sleep. Right, mom?" she said, shooting an evil glare at her mother.
"What! That is not true." Lorelai protested, shooting a 'You're mean' look at Rory. "It's just that there are only two beds in here, and…um…the only way that that would be able to work out is if I slept with you…no that is not meant to be dirty. So I was brainstorming options when Lorelai the second over there decided to make up a pathetic thing, like me raping you in your sleep. Haha. I mean why would I do that right?" Lorelai explained in a quick rant.
"I think that it would hardly be rape, Lorelai." Paris giggled. Both she and Rory were ready to start cracking up.
"You two better shut up before I make you," Lorelai said, causing Rory and Paris to giggle more.
"Why don't you just call room service and ask for a trundle." Luke asked Lorelai.
"Huh, that's a good idea Luke." Lorelai said. She was slightly disappointed, but was able to cover it up. Why would she be disappointed, though? It's only Luke, right?
She walked over to the phone, picked it up, and pushed a number. "Hello. Um… we need a trundle for our room." Lorelai said. She was now listening, "Oh, ok, thanks anyways."
She hung up the phone. "Ok, here's the verdict. No more trundles. Looks like Luke I'm stuck sleeping with Luke."
"I pity you Luke." Rory said. Paris giggled.
"I pity me too." Luke smiled at Lorelai.
"Oh, come on I'm not that bad in bed." Lorelai protested.
"Dirty!" Luke, Rory, and Paris all said at once.
Lorelai just decided to play along. "Oh, well, if you look at it that way, I'm great in bed!" Lorelai joked.
"Lucky you, Luke." Rory joked to Luke. Luke felt his cheeks getting hot.
"Let's not give them ideas, Rory." Paris chimed in. Rory laughed.
"What did you teach your kid, Lorelai?" Luke asked accusingly to Lorelai.
"I like keeping my kid well informed. Thank you very much. If there is a great new position that I learn in 'Cosmopolitan' magazine, Rory is the first to know." Lorelai said while giggling.
"Ok, new conversation." Rory said, "Let's play Skipbo." She continued, walking over to her suitcase and pulled out the card game.
"Oh, come on Rory. You know that the positions that I find in Cosmo are useful." She laughed. "I know that they help me."
"Yes mom, that's why your relationship with Jason didn't work out." Rory replied.
"No, he was just bad." Lorelai argued.
"Who the hell is Jason." Luke asked, confused.
"Oh, you don't know about Digger." Lorelai said. "He's this guy that I was dating." She paused, "Sorry that I didn't tell you."
"Yeah, why didn't you tell me?" Luke asked. He was a little mad, especially sense they just got I a fight about Luke not telling Lorelai that he moved in with Nichole, but he didn't want to make a big deal about it.
"Yea…um…he is my dad's business partner. He…um… wouldn't let me sleep in his bed. He just um…yeah…and then made me sleep in the guest room." She was really nervous and fidgety talking to Luke about this. It didn't go unnoticed by Rory. So she saved her mom.
"Hey, um, you guys wanna play Skipbo?" Rory asked. Lorelai gave her a grateful look.
"Yeah, how do ya play." Luke asked.
"Ugh, I still can't believe that you won." Lorelai said coming out of the bathroom with her pajamas on. She was wearing a yellow spaghetti strap shirt and Spongebob shorts. "Must be beginner's luck."
"Actually, card games are just games of chance. If the cards are dealt good for you, then you have a good chance of winning. The rest is just you strategizing and paying attention." Paris said.
"Yeah, which we all no isn't mom's strong point. In fact, I don't think that you ever won a card game when you played." Rory said.
"Not true, I am great at Poker." Lorelai said.
"Yes, Lorelai, the last time that we played Poker together, you made me let you cheat." Luke said.
"Oh, yeah. You never did end up ever beating my butt after that night." Lorelai said. She smiled remembering that night.
"Yeah, I still owe you another game huh?" Luke smiled, capturing Lorelai in a gaze. He remembered that night as the night that he almost asked Lorelai out.
Lorelai walked over to the bed and laid down. Luke too laid down on the bed.
Rory and Paris were watching this interaction from their bed. "So, it's gonna be a long night isn't it." Paris asked quietly.
"For them, not for us." Rory knew that neither of them were going to sleep very well knowing that they were both sleeping in the same be.
Luke turned off his light and so did Paris.
Ten minutes later, Lorelai turned to face Luke. "Luke, are you awake still?" she whispered.
"Yes, what do you want, Lorelai?" Luke mumbled.
"Can I sleep on that side of the bed."
"Ugh," Luke got up, and moved to the other side of the bed and Lorelai slid over.
Five minutes later, "Luke, move your foot." He moved it.
Two minutes later, "Can I borrow one of your pillows."
"MOM," "LORELAI," "JESUS," Rory, Paris, and Luke yelled at once.
"Sorry," Lorelai whispered.
Both Lorelai and Luke were terrified to find out what position they would be in, in the morning. They fell asleep after about an hour of constant squirming.