Shooting Gilmores Again
Chapter Four
After their physicals, and after they had gotten their numbers and yellow cards, Lorelai circulated, looking for Kirk.
Not finding him, she want to see Miss Patty. And while Taylor droned on about the past mis-uses of the yellow card privileges, Lorelai tried to get her to tell her who his partner was.
"I'm sorry, Lorelai, but I promised him I wouldn't say a word to anyone. He wants it to be a surprise."
"So, it's not Lulu?"
"Well, he didn't make me promise not to say who it wasn't, so, no, it's not Lulu."
"Is it Gypsy?"
"Now you're just getting desperate."
"It's not you, is it?"
"Do you really think I could be on my feet for twenty-four hours straight? Honey, the dance starts in just a little while. Have some coffee, eat a donut, you'll find out soon enough."
Lorelai turned to head back to Luke and Rory and Logan when she stopped, stared for a few seconds, then hurried over to them.
"Did you see them?" Rory asked as Lorelai arrived, excited.
"I saw," Lorelai replied.
"Isn't it great?"
"Well, I guess it is. But I didn't think you'd think so."
"Are you kidding, Lane's high as a kite."
"Lane? What are you talking about?"
"The band! Lane's band. They're providing the music. They're back together!"
"Oh. Well, yes, that is good news. But that's not what I talking about."
"It wasn't? Then what were you talking about?"
"Dean and Lindsey, they're here, together."
"Dean? And Lindsey? They're together? They got back together?"
"I don't know about that, but I saw them just a few seconds ago."
"Were they wearing their wedding rings?"
"I couldn't tell."
"What were they doing?"
"Lindsey was pinning Dean's number on his back."
"Who are Dean and Lindsey?" Logan asked.
"Dean was my first boyfriend," Rory answered quietly. "And my third."
"Was he the guy with the pickup truck at your grandparents' party for all us Yale students?"
Rory nodded.
"That was the night we broke up, again." Her voice was barely above a whisper.
Suddenly there was the blast from Taylor's air horn.
"Okay, people! Sixty seconds until we start. Grab your partners and hit the dance floor."
Just as the countdown began, Rory yelled to Lorelai and pointed, "There's Kirk!"
"Ten … nine … eight . . . ," the crowd began to chant.
"Who's he with?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't know. I've never seen her before." Rory replied.
" . . . six … five … four . . . ."
"She's looks like she's about twelve!"
" . . . three … two … ONE!"
Taylor blasted his air horn then yelled, "It's show time!"
And Hep Alien began playing the first song of the night.
TBC