INT. LORELAI'S BEDROOM - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
LORELAI and LUKE are lying in bed together. LUKE is asleep. LORELAI is lying awake reading Literati. The room is dark except for one light on near LORELAI'S side of the bed. LUKE stirs and wakes up. He sits up.
LUKE: Can't sleep?
LORELAI looks up from the book.
LUKE: Jess's book?
LORELAI: (looking back down) Yup.
LUKE: What do you think?
LORELAI: I think...I'm glad I decided to read this.
LUKE: Yeah?
LORELAI nods. LUKE looks over her shoulder to see what she is reading.
LUKE (CON'T): How far did you get?
LORELAI: (reading from the book) So I went to the Inn...Hollowtown isn't that big, so it wasn't too hard to find the wedding. I heard people singing and laughing...weird people being weird. Once I got there I didn't have the slightest idea how I was going to find her...After standing around for a while, trying to avoid being seen, I wondered, 'What the hell am I doing here?' I longed for New York and the city and smog and hot dog stands and thousands of people rushing past me...and there she was...
As LORELAI reads, the camera pans to show LUKE listening intently with a smile on his face.
LORELAI (CON'T): ...Out of the corner of my eye I saw her and a man I presumed to be her father walking towards me. I watched her and the man talk and laugh. 'She's having a good time, I'm not there, she doesn't miss me,' I thought, and all kinds of horrible thoughts raced through my head, where was her boyfriend, where was her sociopathic mother, what if Mary saw me and thought I looked like a maniac, spying on her, stalking her, what if she regretted coming to...just before I went mad, the man took a call on his cell phone and stepped away from her. She turned and saw me. My heart skipped, hell, twenty beats. She nearly jumped out of her dress.
LORELAI stops reading, puts the book down and smiles at LUKE.
LUKE: Oh, don't leave me hanging!
LORELAI rolls her eyes.
LORELAI: You've read it before.
LUKE: I skimmed it. (with a shrug) I think I missed this part.
LORELAI rolls her eyes again.
LORELAI: Fine.
She picks up the book, gives LUKE a smug smile, and continues to read.
LORELAI (CON'T): (reading from the book) I was cursing myself for being such a damn fool. Why did I come here? She didn't want to see me. I was ruining her life. I had fractured her wrist. I had wrecked her car. Before I could think she was walking towards me. She had on a blue dress. "What are you doing here?" I said something back, probably stupid or sarcastic. I noticed a pattern, flowers I think on the side of what I thought was just a plain blue dress. On her hip. "You look nice." I said. "Thank you." She was nervous. "What are you doing here?" She asked again. "I moved back." She fidgeted nervously, looking around to see if anyone was watching us. I had forgotten about everyone else; about the wedding, about her boyfriend. All I saw was her, the blue dress, the flowers in her hair."But-what-why?" For the first time in my life, I couldn't think of anything to say. "Just...wanted to." She stopped fidgeting and looked at me, grabbed me, and kissed me. I closed my eyes, but I didn't kiss her back right away-it was one of those moments that you can't possibly respond to, because never in a million years would you ever dream it could actually happen. After a few seconds I kissed her back. She pulled away. "Oh my God...Oh my God..." she panicked. "Mary..." "Don't say a word." She pleaded. "Okay," I said, wondering if she regretted what she had just done. "I have to go." She ran away, looking back and shouting "Welcome home." She didn't regret it. I watched her run away, still trying to catch my breath. It was the best day of my life. And I swore I'd be with her, no matter what I had to do, no matter that her mother hated me, no matter that her boyfriend was ten feet taller than me, I didn't give a damn, just as long as I'd be with her.
LUKE is resting his head on LORELAI'S shoulder. LORELAI puts the book down and looks at him. LUKE smiles at her adoringly.
LORELAI (CON'T): What?
LUKE: (shaking his head) Nothing.
LORELAI: I am not a sociopath.
LUKE: That's all you got from that?
LORELAI: It was very...
LUKE: Nice?
LORELAI: (smiles) Yeah...So that was their first kiss.
LUKE: Apparently.
LORELAI: Rory never really told me about that. She told me she kissed him, but that's all she said. No details. She told me everything about her first kiss with Dean, how they were standing in Doose's market, by the fruit, how she was holding corn starch...
Her and LUKE exchange smiles.
LORELAI (CON'T): She didn't tell me anything about kissing Jess. She didn't tell me anything about Jess. Probably because I... (with a sigh) didn't want to hear anything about Jess.
LORELAI looks at LUKE sadly.
LUKE: It's not too late. I'm sure she'd be happy to tell you.
He smiles at her softly. They kiss.
LUKE (CON'T): I have to tell you something...and I don't want you to tell Rory...or Jess...or anyone. I mean, whole town is gonna know about it anyway within a day or two...
LORELAI: (worried) Did something happen?
LUKE is silent. He stares at LORELAI.
LORELAI: (wrapping her arms around him) Tell me.
LUKE: Remember that blonde girl that Jess went out with the summer after Sookie's wedding?
LORELAI: You mean the floozy he paraded around town with to make Rory jealous. Yeah, I remember.
LUKE: And you wonder why Rory didn't tell you anything.
LORELAI: Sorry. Keep going.
LUKE: Jess saw her today.
LORELAI nods.
LORELAI: And?
LUKE: She has a kid.
LORELAI: (nodding) Wow. That's too bad. She's young. Hey, I know how it is.
LUKE: (sighing heavily) Jess thinks...it might be his.
LORELAI'S expression fades.
LORELAI: (quietly) Oh.
LUKE: (looking down) Yeah.
LORELAI: Did she say anything to him?
LUKE: No. He ran away when he saw her.
LORELAI: (sarcastically) I'm shocked. So...what's he gonna do?
LUKE: I don't know.
LORELAI: Well it's been this long right? If the kid was his she would have probably let him know a while ago...she knew where the diner was.
LUKE: You're probably right.
LORELAI: (unconvinced) Yeah. He's gotta find out.
LUKE: I know.
There is a pause.
LUKE (CON'T): I'm really hoping it's not his.
LORELAI: Yeah...me too.
There is a moment of silence. LORELAI turns out the light and lays her head down on the pillow with a worried expression on her face.