INT. DRAGONFLY INN KITCHEN - A SHORT WHILE LATER
LORELAI and SOOKIE are standing in the kitchen looking at a book intensely and with much interest.
SOOKIE: What about that one?
LORELAI: Nah, too pink.
SOOKIE: Well I can change the color.
LORELAI: (without looking up from the book) Really, because I was thinking yellow...
SOOKIE: Yellow! That's perfect!
LORELAI: But then again maybe I don't want a layer cake. Maybe I want it to be shaped like something.
SOOKIE: (grabbing the book excitedly) Those are in the back.
SOOKIE flips through some pages.
SOOKIE (CON'T): This one has roses on it...
LORELAI: Ooh, that's pretty. But they all have flowers on them. I need something...more original.
SOOKIE: Original...Well, this one has sea shells on it and looks like a sand castle.
LORELAI: I said original, not Laguna Beach.
SOOKIE: (laughs) Well can you be a little more specific?
LORELAI: I don't know, there's so many too choose from!
SOOKIE: Well, you don't have to decide today.
LORELAI pulls the book towards her.
LORELAI: This one.
SOOKIE: (excitedly) Which one?
LORELAI: (holding out the book happily) That one.
The smile on SOOKIE'S face fades.
SOOKIE: (pointing, looking at LORELAI with uncertainty) That one?
LORELAI: It has SNOWFLAKES on it.
SOOKIE: Yeah...it does...
LORELAI: It's perfect!
SOOKIE: You're getting married in May.
LORELAI: It can snow in May.
SOOKIE: In Antarctica.
LORELAI: And hey, Luke and I haven't decided on May, just discussed it. We might be getting married in May. It could change.
SOOKIE: But you're not getting married any time when it can snow. Pick another cake.
LORELAI: (defeated) Fine, I'll keep looking.
SOOKIE goes back to cooking. MICHEL walks in.
MICHEL: (in a cheery mood) Good morning.
LORELAI: Hey Michel. You're in a good mood this morning.
MICHEL: Ah, yes. Well I have a date tonight.
LORELAI and SOOKIE look at each other excitedly, smiling. LORELAI pours coffee.
LORELAI: Ooh, who's the lucky, uh, person?
MICHEL: (with a smirk) Wouldn't you like to know.
LORELAI: No, actually, I couldn't care less.
MICHEL: (with a frown) Fine.
He begins to walk away.
LORELAI: Wait, Michel!
She chases after him.
MICHEL: Yes? What remedial task that I am going to despise and be ashamed of do you have waiting for me today? I am all ears. Even though I am wearing an Armani suit, I am willing to get it dirty, because that is what I do for your enjoyment.
LORELAI: Oh, no remedial task, I was just wondering...see, Luke and I have started planning our wedding...
MICHEL: And you would like me to run it. Do all of the work because everyone else who works here is going to be in the wedding. Am I right?
LORELAI: (surprised) Uh...no, actually. I was going to ask if you'd like to be in the wedding. You know, an usher.
There is a pause. MICHEL seems taken aback.
LORELAI (CON'T): The wedding is probably going to be in May sometime...we haven't exactly set a date yet, but the second we do you'll be one of the first to know. And you don't have to do anything, just show up- you don't even have to actually usher people, you just have to stand there with the other guys and watch me walk down the aisle. Piece of cake. So...what do you say?
MICHEL: Well I'm not sure.
LORELAI: Oh...
MICHEL: I mean, I'll have to check my schedule. Ever since I signed up for blackplanet dot com, my social calendar has just been filling up.
LORELAI: Oh...okay.
MICHEL: But I shall think about it and let you know.
LORELAI: (smiles) Great.
MICHEL turns and smiles to himself before walking away.
LORELAI (CON'T): (to SOOKIE) I think Michel just agreed to be in my wedding.
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INT. LUKE'S APARTMENT BEDROOM - DAY
JESS is lying on his stomach on LUKE'S bed writing in a notebook. There are boxes and clothes lying around everywhere. A DOOR OPENING and CLOSING can be heard in the background.
LUKE: (Off-screen) (yelling) Jess? Jess, you here?
JESS looks up, and then looks back down at his notebook as he hears LUKE entering.
LUKE enters.
LUKE (CON'T): Jess. Great. Look, we need to talk.
JESS looks up from his notebook and sits up.
LUKE (CON'T): I'm gonna just cut right to the chase. Now, you know I don't mind you staying here…and I appreciate you helping out in the diner…
JESS: I can open up tomorrow morning if you wanna sleep in or something.
LUKE: That's okay…but that's what I mean, you've been great, but…it's been a month. Why are you still here?
JESS: You know how much I love this town. Why would I ever leave?
LUKE: Jess…
JESS: Everyone here has been welcoming me back with open arms. Just yesterday Lorelai's neighbor threw a fruit at me.
LUKE: All right. Stupid question. You're here because of Rory.
JESS: Ding-ding-ding. Tell him what he's won, Johnny.
LUKE: Jess, this whole dating Rory thing-
JESS: We're not exactly dating.
LUKE: Right. Okay. Well...
JESS: We are kissing. A lot.
LUKE: I've noticed.
JESS: There's some hugging involved.
LUKE: That's good to hear...
JESS: I'd like to get laid soon.
LUKE: Don't tell me that.
JESS: Rory wants to figure things out with her boyfriend first or something. That's all well and good, but how long can a guy wait?
LUKE: That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about.
JESS: Sex?
LUKE: Jess, please. You're freaking me out. What you do with Rory is your business, but I've known her since she was a kid, so it's a little weird for me to think of her...and you...
JESS smiles.
LUKE (CON'T): (shaking his head) Anyway. I was thinking...maybe you should give Rory a little space to work things out with her boyfriend. You've been spending a lot of time together lately and that's probably not leaving her much time to decide what to do...about him.
JESS: (nodding) Huh.
LUKE: I mean it Jess. Don't you go messing with her boyfriend. Let them work things out for themselves.
JESS nods.
LUKE (CON'T): So you plan on going back to California any time soon?
JESS: Maybe. To get my stuff.
LUKE: So you're moving in.
JESS: Didn't say that.
LUKE: But if you're getting your stuff-
JESS: Just because I'm not living there doesn't mean I'll be living here.
LUKE: You gonna pull a Kerouac and live On The Road again?
JESS: I was thinking I'd pull a Santa Claus and live on the North Pole.
LUKE: I thought Rory said she didn't want you to move back.
JESS: She did.
LUKE: So what the hell are you still doing here?
JESS: You really want me to go live with Jimmy?
LUKE: No, I just think you should at least call him and ask him to send your stuff if you're going to be living here pretty permanently. And you should make sure Rory's okay with that.
JESS nods.
LUKE (CON'T): I hate to bring this up, but..did you ever think about what you'll do if, say, for some reason, things don't work out with Rory?
JESS: Why?
LUKE: Just...in case.
JESS: In case what?
LUKE: In case she decides...
JESS: To be with him?
LUKE: Yeah.
JESS: Then I'll go back to California.
LUKE: And live with Jimmy.
JESS: Beats living in Stars Hollow.
LUKE: Jess these conditions are not that bad. I'm doing what I can. I'll get you a bed if you're gonna stay. I'll get you a dresser.
JESS: First you want me to leave, now you want me to stay.
LUKE: I never told you to leave. I told you to give Rory some space.
JESS: The apartment's not so bad you know. I like it here. It's once I step outside of the apartment that things start to get a little weird.
LUKE opens his mouth to speak. JESS keeps talking.
JESS (CON'T): Does that guy Taylor still live here? I think it was him that I saw this morning staring at me...you should have seen the look on his face.
LUKE: A lot of people aren't exactly thrilled that you're back in town.
JESS: Really, I didn't notice. I thought the whole fruit thing was some kind of Stars Hollow greeting.
JESS'S cell phone rings. JESS answers it.
JESS (CON'T): Hello?...hey...nothing...yeah I'll be right over.
JESS hangs up the phone.
LUKE: Rory?
JESS: Lorelai.
LUKE makes an angry face. JESS smiles, gets up, gets his jacket and heads towards the door.
LUKE: Where are you going?
JESS: Out.
JESS leaves slamming the door behind him.