Lorelai was calling Rory's cell phone as she left Doose's market. And she was a little aggravated after arguing with Taylor for more than ten minutes that she was serious about signing her and Luke up for the dance marathon. He kept insisting it was some kind of prank or sick joke while she kept insisting she, and Luke, were serious.
Even after Luke gave the okay to them through the connecting window, and even after Lorelai swore to him there were no hidden cameras, Taylor was still more than a little suspicious.
Finally, after some prodding from Miss Patty, he allowed Lorelai to enter the contest, with threats of dire consequences if it was some kind of trick.
"Hi, sweetie, what's going on?"
"Not much, just catching up on some reading. What's going on with you?"
"Just another argument with Taylor. Look, the reason I called was that I was wondering what you and Logan are doing Saturday."
For several seconds Rory was silent. Then she said, "I'm not going to be your partner at the dance."
"I know. You already told me. And I respect that."
"Since when?"
"Whatever are you talking about? I always respect your decisions, even if they're not the correct ones."
"I'm still not going to be your partner."
"I don't need you to be my partner, I already HAVE one."
"Yeah, right. And just who might that be?"
"Well, FYI, it's Luke."
"Luke who?"
"You know very well which Luke. My Luke. Luke Danes."
"Oh, the Luke Danes from the Bazarro universe."
"No, not from the Bazarro universe. The one from the Do-As-I-Ask-Or-Be-Nagged-About-It-For-The-Rest-Of-Our-Married-Lives universe."
"How did you get him to agree to do it?"
"Because he loves me."
"And?"
"And he knows that when I'm happy, he's happy."
"And?"
"And he know how much this means to me."
"AND?"
"And I told him if he'd do it this time I would never mention it again after we were married."
"So, how's that Pinocchio thing working out for you?"
"Never you mind. So, you never said what you two were doing Saturday."
"Well, we're NOT entering any dance marathon."
"Rory? Why not? It'll be fun – me and Luke, and you and Logan, and Sookie and Jackson. We can triple team Kirk, twice."
"You really don't want Kirk to win again, do you?"
"I really don't. So, what do you say?"
"I don't know. I'd have to run it past Logan. But somehow, I don't think a twenty-four hour dance marathon in the Hollow is his kind of thing."
"You don't know, he might like to experience some of your world. I mean, you've been in his enough times. Just ask him, it couldn't hurt."
"Well, okay, but I'm not promising anything."
"Just don't tell him about the Runaround."
TBC