Monday afternoon – Hartford Mall
Lorelai & Rory are staggering through the crowded mall, each loaded down with tons of bags.
"Do you really think it was necessary for you to buy everything you tried on in all of the stores we've been in?"
"Yes, because they were all very cute & I couldn't make up my mind what to wear for my date!"
"Okay, whatever you say but can we eat now? Shopping with you is exhausting."
"Sure, I'm pretty much done here so why don't we leave & stop by Al's?"
"Yeah, that sounds good, let's go" They carry all the shopping bags out to the car & drive back to Stars Hollow, stopping by Al's to get the ""Mystery Monday" cuisine.
Coming through the door, with all her purchases, Lorelai announces "How could you let me buy all of this! You're supposed to tell me exactly what to buy & stop me when I try to spend every bit of the money we possess"
"Mom! I did! You wouldn't listen to anything I had to say! Personally I think you should have gotten just the tan sweater & brown pants but noooo – you insisted on getting the blue sweater, the red sweater, the green top, the burgundy jacket & the black pants "just in case" you changed your mind & that's not even counting the 5 pairs of shoes you got! So don't blame me if we have to eat stale pop tarts for a week because you single-handedly spent all our money in less than 3 hours"
"You have a point, but it's not my fault that Luke asked me out & he's already seen all the cute clothes I already have so I was forced to go out & find the perfect outfit. You do want your mommy-dearest to look fabulous for her first date with Luke, right?"
"If you say so, sure. But I still don't think it was necessary to buy half the mall."
"Yeah, yeah, new subject, how was your day at school?"
"Oh, the usual, Tristan calling me Mary but the weird thing is Paris is actually acting civil to me which is a nice change from her trying to make me miserable everyday. How was everything at the inn?"
"About the same, Michel complaining every 5 seconds & guest complaining about Michel's complaining, you know how it is."
"Yeah"
After unloading all the bags they sit down at the table with the "Mystery" cuisine.
"What do you think the mystery cuisine is this week?"
"Smells Japanese, or maybe that's Cajun."
"Neither sound that good, (sniffs bag) smells like road kill to me, wanna go to Luke's?"
"Yeah!"
They both ditch the bags in the trash & run out the door.
Luke's – 10 minutes later
"Hey Lukeeey!" Lorelai calls, prancing into the diner.
"Hey & please don't call me that."
"But it's sooo cute, don't ya like it?"
"No, I'd prefer not to be called anything that is 'cute'"
"Yeah, yeah, sure, We want burgers & extra fries!"
"Coffee?"
"Do you even have to ask?"
"Of course not, what was I thinking."
Luke walks to the back to fix their burgers.
"So Luke's not acting any different is he, do you think he regrets asking me out?"
"Definitely not mom, don't worry, nothing will be different."
"Kay, whatever you say"
Luke walks back out carry two burgers. Sitting them down he picks up to coffee mugs & pours their coffee.
"Ohhhh thanks Lukeyy!" Lorelai squeals in a high-pitched tone.
"What did I say about calling me that?"
"Um… you loved it?"
"Guess again."
"Okay I'll stop, so are we still on for dinner tomorrow night?"
"Yeah."
"Kay, great. So were are we going?"
"I'm not saying but just dress nice, not to casual"
"It's a surprise! I hate surprises! Please, tell me, tell me, tell me, please!"
"Stop begging Lorelai, you're not a dog."
"I will if you tell me!"
"No, you'll have to wait til tomorrow"
(it's so cute how they playfully argue back & forth, I'm so glad they're going out, I mean finally!) Rory thought to herself as she watched her mom & Luke interact.
"Fine then. Bring us some pie please!"
"Okay"
Luke brings the pie & Lorelai & Rory eat it quicky.
Getting up to leave Lorelai calls out to Luke.
"Bye Lukey, see ya tomorrow!"
"Yeah, yeah Bye Lorelai." (wow, she's beautiful. I can't believe I'm going on a date with her!)
Kay, so next chapter will be the big date. R&R & give suggestions please!