: Rory's Dorm:
Rory wakes up, hearing the phone ring. She turns looking at the clock; it reads 6:15am. Rubbing her eyes to waken herself up, she leans over picking up the phone.
Rory: "Hello?"
Lorelai: "Hey, you're up. Fantastic."
Rory: "Barely."
Lorelai: "Aw sorry babe, it's just I'm having a complete, major meltdown right now. I mean not only has my mother, your grandmother talked me into coming to tonight's Friday night dinner but, I also broke a nail. I'm so fragile, which is why I am going to ask you a huge favour, one that I would be indebted to you forever."
Rory: "I'm listening."
Lorelai: "I need you to come with me tonight."
Rory: "but I'm going to New York tonight."
Lorelai: "Please, please. I'm pulling the mom card; I'll pull any card as long as you don't let me go through this alone. I already tried talking Luke to come with me but, I think his last couple encounters with my mother have put him off the Gilmore family completely. Well apart from me, because I'm cute."
Rory: "I-"
Lorelai: "I'll buy you something pretty."
Rory: "Fine, I guess I can get a later train."
Lorelai: "You know you're my favourite daughter."
Luke (in background): "Lorelai!"
Lorelai: "Uh oh, busted."
Rory (smirking): "What's going on over there?"
Lorelai: "Luke didn't want me to call you. He said, you're a big girl Lorelai, I'm sure you can handle your parents alone for one evening. I for one, thought he knew me better than …Luke, what are you doing?"
There is a couple seconds of muffled sounds. Rory raises an eyebrow, hearing a commotion going on in the background.
Rory: "Mom?"
Rory: "Mom?"
Lorelai: "Yeah, don't fret I'm here. We fought for the phone; there was some punching on my part and blocking on his. I think I might have broken him."
Rory: "Aww, poor Luke."
Lorelai: "He'll live. Okay, well I gotta go before round two commences. So I'll see you tonight."
Rory: "Yeah, see you tonight. Oh and I'm holding you to that something pretty present."
Lorelai: "Milk the cow for all she's worth. Wait, I just called myself a cow, didn't I? It's too early… Okay well Luke's getting up off the floor, so I gotta go, bye Hun."
Rory hangs up the phone, smirking to herself. She turns and looks to the clock once more, before pulling the covers up over her head. Her arm moves over to the phone once more, picking it up. Moving her head from underneath the covers, she dials Logan's number, after a few rings it goes to his answer phone message.
Answer phone message: "Please leave your message after the beep."
Rory: "Hey Logan, its Rory. Erm, I'm just calling about tonight. I uh-"
Logan: "Rory?"
Rory: "Oh, hey. Wow, erm I didn't wake you did I?"
Logan: "No, I was in the shower, early riser. So what's up Ace?"
Rory: "I'm just calling about tonight."
Logan: "Backing out?"
Rory: "No, No. I just, I'm gonna am a tiny bit late. I promised my mom I would go to dinner at my grandparents, she has this thing with – anyways, so I planning on getting a later train and meeting you guys there. If that's okay?"
Logan: "It's not."
Rory: "It's not?"
Logan: "Are you kidding. Ace I can't let you get the train by yourself"
Rory: "I could drive-"
Logan: "Nah, we'll just leave later."
Rory: "I don't wanna disrupt the plan, I mean Colin wouldn't be very happy."
Logan: "True. Okay, here's an idea how about me and you get the later train."
Rory: "Together?"
Logan: "That's what I meant when I said me and you. You know the concept: Us, Together."
Rory: "Would you mind?"
Logan: "Nah, I'll just chill out in my room for an extra couple of hours. No big deal."
Rory: "Really? I feel bad."
Logan: "Well don't."
Rory: "You could always come to dinner with me."
Logan: "To Richard and Emily's?"
Rory: "Yeah, I know you probably don't want to which is completely understandable. I mean it hasn't been too successful in the past, when I've taken guests with me."
Logan: "Rory"
Rory: "Yeah?"
Logan: "Count me in. I mean this way it's simpler. Besides, I haven't seen your grandparents since they tried to set you up with some of Yale's most eligible suitors."
Rory: "That's not true. You saw them when they were renewing their wedding vows."
Logan: "Ah yes, how could I have forgotten. That was an awfully eventful night; I believe I was chased by the torch carrying villagers."
Rory: "My dad and Luke are just somewhat protective."
Logan: "Okay. So I'll pick you up at?"
Rory: "Six."
Logan: "Yeah and don't forget your train ticket and baggage. Colin has all the concert tickets; he doesn't trust anyone with the responsibility of holding onto their own ticket."
Rory: "Sounds like Colin."
Logan: "Great. Pick you up at six. Bye Ace."
Rory: "Bye."
Rory hanging up, then redials Luke's number.
Luke: "Hello?"
Rory: "Hey Luke."
Luke: "Rory, hey, listen I'm sorry I couldn't stop your mother from phoning you earlier. She's a vicious fighter and made me bleed."
Rory: "Aw I'm sorry Luke. Is she there by any chance?"
Luke: "Yeah, hold on a sec."
Rory stands up and picks up her dressing gown.
Lorelai: "Rory, your not cancelling, are you?"
Rory: "No, I'm not cancelling, but I am adding an extra dinner plate to the table. I mean if that's alright with you and grandma."
Lorelai: "Sure, the more the merrier. It means I don't have to talk as much. Wait, Logan wouldn't be the extra person eating off that dinner plate would he?"
Rory: "Yes he would. Is that okay?"
Lorelai: "Erm, yeah. Of course."
Rory: "He said he would wait for me, so we could catch the later train together."
Lorelai: "Isn't that sweet of him."
Rory: "Is that sarcasm?"
Lorelai: "No, no. Its frustration, Kirk's trying to eat my eggs."
Rory: "Oh, well I'll let you get back to your breakfast. So will you call grandma and-"
Lorelai: "Let her know to add another dinner plate, sure. See you tonight Hun."
Rory hangs up the phone and raises an eyebrow. She picks up her dressing gown and walks out of her bedroom and into the bathroom.
: Courtyard :
Rory is sitting in the courtyard, reading a second edition of Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre.' She puts the book down on the end of the bench and then leans over to pick her cup of coffee up from the ground. She takes a sip and sighs out of contentment. Putting the coffee back down on the ground, she goes to pick up her book which was at her side on the bench, but it's not there. She looks around, but doesn't see anyone. Suddenly the book reappears in front of her face, tilting her head back she looks up at Marty.
Marty: "You know if I was an addicted, sadistic and overall Charlotte Bronte fan then I would already be out of the country with this book. You should really keep an eye on your things; there are some fraudulent characters out in the big bad world."
Rory: "Yes, out in the big bad world of the Yale campus. I can see it now, a guy or girl, not to be sexually discriminative, skulking around in the shadows of the Yale courtyard, dressed in a black cat suit or just all in black with a ski-mask over their head, but then again this is Yale, so instead of the traditional bugler style outfit, he or she would be dressed in a suit and be wearing one of those plastic, very characture type masks of say one of the former presidents, Nixon maybe…or Lincoln, depending on the said persons degree."
Marty: "You know we often have these peculiar conversations."
Marty moves from behind the bench, to in front of it. He sits down next to Rory, handing back her book.
Rory: "Thank you."
Rory takes the book and puts it in her bag. She then picks up the coffee and takes another sip. She motions to Marty, asking if he wants a sip but he shakes his head no.
Marty: "You know I was never a fan of dear, old Charlotte. I read Jane Eyre back in 9th grade and it just seemed so mind-numbingly dreary and elongated."
Rory puts down her coffee and her mouth just drops. She doesn't say anything.
Marty: "I guess that was the conversation killer."
Rory: "How can you not like Charlotte Bronte?"
Marty: "I don't know, I just don't."
Rory: "That's preposterous, ludicrous, absurd…it's unnatural is what it is."
Marty smirks, Rory looks at him raising an eyebrow. She nudges him.
Rory: "You like to antagonise me… You Marty are truly a peculiar human."
Marty: "I try. So how have you been?"
Rory: "Good, can't complain. You?"
Marty: "Also can't complain."
Rory: "Well it's good neither of us are whiners then."
There is a moment of silence; Marty looks around the courtyard and Rory looks down to the floor.
Marty: "So got any big plans for the weekend?"
Rory: "Uh, not big. I mean I wouldn't say they were big, nothing too exciting. Just going to Friday night dinner tonight, like always and err, tomorrow I'm going to a Killer's concert."
Marty: "The Killers are playing in New Haven?"
Rory: "No, New York."
Quick to avoid the subject, Rory picks up her coffee again and sips it.
Rory: "Shoot what time is it?"
Marty looks at his watch and then back to Rory.
Marty: "1:55pm."
Rory: "I'm gonna be late for my lecture, shoot. Erm, I hate to just leave like this I mean, we really haven't had a chance to catch up but, we could next week? I mean if you're not busy?"
Marty: "I'll check my schedule and see when I'm working. I'll call you?"
Rory smirks.
Rory: "I'll answer."
Rory picks up her bag and puts it around her neck; bending down again she picks up her coffee.
Rory: "Bye Marty!"
Rory turns around, hurriedly walking/running away from the courtyard. Marty watches her leave, with a gloomy look on his face.
: Rory's Dorm :
There is a knock at Rory and Paris's dorm room. Paris walks over to the door, with a green sea-weed face mask on her face and wearing her pink pjs. She opens the door, to reveal Logan.
Paris: "Logan."
Logan raises an eyebrow and looks at Paris from side to side, as if trying to recognise her.
Logan: "Paris almost didn't recognise you there."
Paris: "Aren't you just the Jim Carrey of our generation, I would chuckle in amusement like a lady should but the face mask is stopping me from showing any facial expressions."
Logan: "but, not stopping you from talking."
Paris: "Uh. Rory. Logan's here with his wit, put on a mask because it's so sharp it might take an eye out."
Rory walks out of her bedroom wearing blue denim jeans, a matching jacket and a pink shirt, carrying her backpack. Logan walks over to her, taking the backpack from her hands.
Logan: "Hey Ace, you look nice. Ready?"
Rory: "Yeah, I have the essentials and if not, it's not like I'm going into the wilderness where I have to wing it, well unless the Plaza has gone down hill from the Home Alone 2 phase."
Logan smirks.
Rory looks over to Paris.
Rory: "Paris, you're supposed to take the mask off after 5 minutes otherwise it will harden and you'll have to do it all over again."
Paris: "I was going to but, I answered the door to lover boy here."
Paris turns around and walks back into her bedroom. Logan raises an eyebrow at Rory.
Rory: "She and Doyle are going out to dinner, she wanted to look nice. Never mind, let's hit the road Jack."
Rory opens the door and Logan follows, carrying her backpack.
: Gilmore Residence:
Lorelai pulls up outside the Gilmore House; she gets out of the car and looks around for Logan's car to see if he or Rory is here yet. She sighs, walking up the front door. Ringing the door bell, she doesn't wait long before Emily answers. Emily sighs.
Emily: "Oh, Lorelai. It's you."
Lorelai: "Yeah, don't sound too excited."
Emily: "I thought you were Rory. We were just wondering who she was bringing to dinner as you didn't specify it on the answer phone message you left. It sounded very cryptic."
Lorelai: "Sorry, I was busy and my cell cut out when I was talking so, really it was no fault of my own."
Emily: "So?"
Lorelai: "So what, mom?"
Emily: "Who is the mystery dinner date Rory is bringing?"
Lorelai: "You know who it is mom."
Emily: "I do?"
Emily pretends to act clueless. Lorelai sighs walking further into the house, taking off her coat.
Lorelai: "Yes, he is the reason you asked me to Friday night dinner. You know full well the Rory is dating him and that she, him and some of their friends are going to New York tonight to a concert."
Emily: "Don't be ridiculous Lorelai; I invited you to Friday night dinner to smooth things over."
Lorelai: "Please, you invited me to dinner to act as Sherlock Holmes, wanting to know how long they have been dating? Has she been introduced to his parents yet? And all of the other questions that have been filling your mind since Rory told you she was going away to New York."
Emily: "Has she been introduced to his parents yet?"
Lorelai smirks, walking into the living room where her father, Richard is sitting reading his newspaper. Lorelai walks over to the other couch and sits down, Richard looks up from his newspaper.
Lorelai: "Dad."
Richard: "Lorelai. Do we know what time Rory and Logan will be making their debut?"
Lorelai looks over to Emily and smirks. Emily walks over to the couch and sits down.
Emily: "Rory phoned me from the car, she said they were stuck in traffic."
Lorelai: "Wait, Rory phoned you? Yet you were still badgering me for information? Jeez, mom you should have worked for the German police."
Emily: "Well, perhaps if earlier on the phone you had mentioned that Rory was bringing Logan Hutzenburg to dinner, then I wouldn't have to badger you for information. However, I'm sure you left out that little tiny detail to throw me into a tail spin when the two of them arrive. I fortunately called Rory and asked her myself, who the guest was."
Lorelai: "I need a drink."
There is a knock at the door. Emily stands up and rushes over to the door. Moments later, a smartly dressed Rory and Logan enter the living room. Richard puts his paper down and walks over to the two.
Logan: "Richard, nice to see you again."
Lorelai rolls her eyes and stands up.
Logan and Richard shake hands.
Rory: "Mom, you remember Logan."
Lorelai: "Vividly. Nice to see you again Logan."
Emily: "Well, shall we sit."
Later
Rory and Logan stand in the hallway.
Logan: "Emily once again thank you, the meal was delightful and Richard I shall tell my father to make an appointment in his diary for a round of golf."
Richard: "Excellent."
Emily: "Well buckle up and drive safe."
The maid opens the door, Logan walks out and starts to make his way to the car.
Rory: "I'll be there in a second."
Logan nods walking to the car. Rory turns around and walks back into the house, finding Lorelai getting her coat.
Lorelai: "Hey. Thought you had already left."
Rory: "No, we're now about to."
Lorelai: "Okay."
Rory: "Why were you so hostile towards him?"
Lorelai: "Hostile? Rory, I wasn't hostile. I was polite. I asked questions, I listened to him talk. I didn't bring up the fact that the last time I met him we was getting his groove on with you in a closet at my parents wedding vow renewal ceremony."
Rory: "You were hostile. You barely spoke two words to him, you might as well have walked up to him at the start of the evening and said, Hi, I don't like you. Please don't look at my at any point during the duration of tonight's dinner, otherwise I'll give you my perfected evil eye stare."
Lorelai: "Rory, I can't help the way I feel about him, I mean he's not exactly prince charming. You certainly didn't think so when you first met him."
Rory: "That's because I didn't know him and now I do."
Lorelai: "No, you think you do. I know him, I've known guys like him. I used to party with guys like him, which is why I don't want you getting tangled in that web."
Rory: "I'm not getting tangled in any web and you don't know him."
Lorelai: "Sure I do, he's the guy who strung my daughter along for months, while dating other girls. He's the guy who has daddy bail him out when things get out of hand, like I don't know, crashing a yacht."
Rory: "What? How did you.."
Lorelai: "I googled him, yeah."
Rory: "You googled my boyfriend?"
Lorelai: "Rory, this kid is bad news. I just don't want you getting deeply involved with him, because sooner or later he will break your heart, just like Jess did."
Rory: "Okay. This conversation is over. I'm going to New York, with Logan and I'm going to have a great time, because I won't be worrying about whether I'm out too late, or when my next assignment is due or if I'm upsetting anyone with my slightly, so called erratic behaviour."
Lorelai: "Rory…"
Rory: "Night."
Rory turns around and walks out of the house, Lorelai slowly follows her, watching as Rory gets into the car with Logan. Lorelai walks out of the door, shutting it behind her. Getting into the car, she phones Luke.
Luke: "Hello?"
Lorelai: "Hey, it's me."
Luke: "Dinner over? What you kill the guy already? Need help to hide the murder weapon?"
Lorelai semi smirks.
Lorelai: "No, although it was highly tempting. He just, he was such a suck up in front of my parents and then Rory, Rory is falling for this guy and there's nothing I can do to stop it. I want to like him, because Rory likes him but something in my gut is just telling me this guy, isn't right for her."
Luke: "Does he have to be Mr Right?"
Lorelai: "No, just. We had words, I said something's, I probably should have kept to myself…I just don't know anymore, Luke, I don't what to do."
Luke: "Come home."
Lorelai smiles.
