Gilmore House:

Lorelai is in the living room gathering the bed linen from the couch, she is dancing to Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" which is coming from the stereo.

Lorelai: "Rolling…rolling."

Lorelai imitates this with the motion of rolling the bed linen. Her head starts to move from side to side, along with her buttocks.

Paris and Rory stand in the hall with smirks on their faces. As Lorelai turns around still dancing like an extra from Grease, she sees the two of them just staring at her.

Lorelai: "This isn't what it looks like?"

Rory says trying to bite her lip, to stop her from smirking.

Lorelai: "No, no. I was just trying to do a little sprucing…and the stereo just started playing music and before I knew it, I was dancing and singing along like I was stuck in Fame…dancing like an idiot, trying to sing, except unlike the 80's comical flick, I'm lucky enough not to be stuck in the big hair and excessive make up era."

Rory: "Since when do you spruce?"

Lorelai: "I spruce."

Rory: "Ha! The closest thing you've ever done to cleaning was to pick up dirty laundry from your floor and put it in with my dirty laundry. That's hardly sprucing…wait, are the Grandparents visiting? That's usually when you spruce, you go crazy with polishing, hovering…having potpourri in the middle of the table."

Lorelai: "Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the Queen of Embellishment, my daughter Rory Gilmore."

Paris: "I hate potpourri. My so called mother has it located in every room of the house. She believes it creates a special aurora…she thinks the smell calms her nerves, when really it's the mixing of anti-depressants and alcohol at seven in the morning which does that. The smell is actually nauseating and well the presentation is pointless, why not just pick a bunch of dead flowers and throw it in a bowl?"

Lorelai looks at Rory and raises an eyebrow.

Rory: "She's like you: Cranky in the morning before a good cup of coffee."

Lorelai: "There's coffee in the pot."

Rory: "We're not going to Luke's?"

Lorelai: "Uh, no. I thought for a change, that I'd make coffee and I have to say, it ain't all that bad…sure it took me a couple of attempts to get it not to taste like tar, but finally I think I got it."

Paris: "I am not cranky before coffee. I am never cranky."

Lorelai and Rory exchange a same look of amusement. Paris looks at them.

Rory: "Paris, grab your jacket. We'll go to Luke's for coffee."

Lorelai: "But I have coffee here…and it doesn't taste that much like tar."

Paris and Rory each grab a jacket. Paris opens the door, Rory turns and looks at Lorelai.

Rory: "Are you coming?"

Lorelai: "But, I have coffee here."

Rory: "We always have coffee at Luke's. Why the sudden change?"

Lorelai: "No reason, I just thought as we have a guest…then we should, treat her to breakfast and coffee."

Rory: "We have no food."

Lorelai: "We have pop tarts."

Rory: "What's? Oh- Oh, I get it."

Lorelai: "Get what? There's nothing to get…Okay, you caught me out. I just – I didn't think you'd wanna go to Luke's and have coffee when most likely his hoodlum of a nephew would be there."

Rory: "I don't have a problem with Jess."

Lorelai: "Rory.."

Rory: "I really just wanna leave it all in the past."

Lorelai: "That's gonna be a little hard to do since your past is going to be meeting your present when he arrives."

Rory: "Mom, please…"

Lorelai: "I'm sorry hun, I keep expecting you to freak out over this whole situation, but the only one doing the freaking is me. I just find it a weird how this doesn't seem to be affecting you. In the past you'd be brain-storming."

Rory: "Thought shower."

Lorelai: "Excuse me?"

Rory: "Brain storming is now considered an offensive term to those with mental problems, so instead of saying brain storming an idea, you say I'm having a thought shower."

Lorelai: "That's stupid."

Rory: "I know."

Lorelai: "I just want you to be okay."

Rory: "I am okay. I can't explain why I am okay, I just am."

Lorelai: "Okay…well good, then I suppose we should get coffee."

Rory: "From Luke's."

Lorelai: "Hell yes. I've drank three cups of tar. What was I thinking?"

Lorelai grabs her jacket and heads out the door with Rory. As Lorelai, Rory and Paris start walking a silver Porsche boxter stops outside the Gilmore house.

Lorelai: "Oo, I want one."

The three of them walk towards the car. Babette from across the street peers out of the window. Logan gets out of the car.

Logan: "Morning ladies."

Rory: "Morning."

Rory walks up to Logan and kisses him. Lorelai looks away from the two of them to the car. Paris stares at the house across the street.

Paris: "Someone is watching us."

Lorelai: "What?"

Paris: "That window across the street, the curtains have moved four times since we stepped outside of the house."

The door across the street opens and Babette walks out of the house and over to them.

Lorelai: "Morning Babette."

Babette: "Morning Lorelai…I saw a flashy car pull up, so thought I'd come and see if you'd won the lottery."

Lorelai: "Ah come on Babette, you know if I won the lottery, I wouldn't be able to keep it quiet."

Babette: "True. So who's the Blondie?"

Rory turns and looks at Babette.

Rory: "Morning Babette."

Babette: "Rory…I heard you were home from college, made the second page of the Stars Hollow Gazette."

Paris: "Only second page? I thought Rory coming home from college was front page material…something must have happened. Did a pig start talking and call it self Babe?"

Babette walks closer to Lorelai and tries to whisper, but says quiet loudly.

Babette: "Is she nuts?"

Paris raises an eyebrow.

Lorelai: "No, she's just extremely uh…witty. Babette you remember Paris."

Babette nods and then looks at Logan.

Rory: "Oh, I'm sorry. Babette this is Logan…Logan this is Babette."

Logan: "Nice to meet you."

As Logan smiles, Babette nudges Lorelai.

Babette: "She's got a keeper there."

Lorelai: "Oh. Uh, em. I don't – uh."

Babette: "I gotta go wake Morey up. If he's not up before 9.37am he gets a little crabby. Bye. It was nice meeting you Logan…"

Babette walks across the street and back into her house. Lorelai walks closer to Rory, Logan and Paris.

Lorelai: "We had better get to Luke's before news spreads."

Logan: "What news?"

Rory: "You."

Logan: "Me?"

Lorelai: "Yeah, within 5 minutes the whole town will know that a cute blonde boy will have arrived at the Gilmore residence. You'll be the talk of the town. Be scared. Keep your wits about you. Here's the plan. I'll go to Luke's…and if in 20 minutes the three of you arrive, hopefully by then I'll have answered their questions and Luke will have scared them off.."

Logan: "I'm confused."

Paris: "You're not the only one."

Rory: "I'll explain."

Lorelai: "Okay, so Luke's in 20."

Rory: "Right."

Lorelai walks away from Logan, Rory and Paris with a mischievous smirk on her face. As Rory, Logan and Paris walk back towards the house Paris's phone goes.

Paris: "It's Doyle."

Paris walks away from Logan and Rory and round the side of the house. Rory opens the door and walks into the house, Logan follows.

Rory: "Welcome to the unusually tidy Gilmore house."

Logan walks in and follows Rory, she shows him around the living room…the kitchen and the points out her bedroom. Logan walks over to her bedroom and looks in. The room is fairly neat, with a couple of books on the floor.

Logan: "Very academic room, Ace."

Rory: "Yeah, well my whole childhood dream was to go to Harvard…so I was focused and then when it came down to choosing Yale and Harvard, Yale had the better pro list."

Logan: "What?"

Rory: "Pro and Con list…I was a nerd."

Logan: "Nah, It's cute."

Logan walks closer to Rory, holding her hands and intertwining their fingers together.

Logan: "Did I say a proper good morning?"

Rory: "Not a proper one, no."

Logan: "Okay then, morning Ace."

Logan leans in and kisses Rory a little more passionately than he did outside. After 20 seconds or so, Rory pulls back.

Rory: "I'm sorry."

Logan: "For what?"

Rory: "You'll see."

Logan raises an eyebrow.

Rory: "Let's just say you won't forget your visit to Stars Hollow."

Logan: "I'm sure everything will be fine."

Rory smirks.

Logan: "What? I thought you were joking around when you said I'd be big news here…you were joking around…you weren't joking around. Man…any advice?"

Rory: "Yeah, stay away from Taylor…he'll talk your ear off and Miss Patty, she'll if given the chance, nibble it off."

Logan: "Noted."

Rory: "You'll be fine…."

Logan: "I thought was gonna be, now I'm not so sure."

Rory: "Well the bonus is that your staying at Luke's and… Taylor's afraid of Luke…well not afraid, but he'll back away. Actually everyone will, so just stick near Luke."

Logan: "The guy who tried to kill me at your grandparent's renewal of their vows."

Rory: "Yeah. Oh, um. Luke's, err, nephew arrived in town a couple of days ago so he'll be there too."

Logan: "Anything else?"

Rory: "No, I think that's it…"

Logan: "Piece of cake."

Rory strokes the side of his face.

Rory: "Aw, so naïve."

She smirks at Logan; Logan bows his head and sighs.

: Luke's Diner :

Lorelai walks into the diner, seeing Taylor and Miss Patty among other people surrounding the counter. Lorelai sits down at a table and smirks.

Miss Patty: "So is it true Luke?"

Taylor: "You're withholding information that is very important to the town. I should have known…"

Luke: "Withholding information that is important to the town? How is Rory's personal life important information to the town? Her personal life is her private life, you understand that concept Taylor…everybody."

Miss Patty: "Ooh Luke, all we wanna know who the cute blonde boy is."

Lorelai gets up and walks over to the counter.

Lorelai: "He is cute, isn't he?"

Everyone turns around and sees Lorelai.

Miss Patty: "Lorelai, how good to see you. How are you this morning? How is Rory?"

Lorelai: "Oh we're fine thanks for asking Patty."

Miss Patty: "No problem dear…"

Taylor: "so are the rumors true?"

Lorelai: "What rumors?"

Miss Patty: "That Rory has a male friend."

Lorelai: "She has several, I think."

Taylor: "Lorelai, don't be so vague."

Lorelai: "You asked me if Rory has a male friend…Listen up Taylor, and everyone else. I do not disclose my daughters personal life to the public unless there is a decent exchange. Now for $20 bucks I'm a kiss and tell story."

Taylor starts digging through his pants in search of money. Lorelai looks at Luke who raises his hands shrugging, she looks back at Taylor.

Lorelai: "That was a joke Taylor."

Luke: "Okay that's it."

Luke walks around from behind the counter to the front. Taylor sees Luke walking towards him and speedily walks out of the door. Most of the people follow him.

Lorelai: "Patty."

Miss Patty: "Yes dear"

Lorelai: "His name is Logan. He is Rory's boyfriend. He drives a beautiful silver Porsche boxter. He's staying at Luke's."

Miss Patty: "I'll spread the word, stay away from the cutie or Luke will go pitch forking at the town folk."

Lorelai: "Thanks Patty."

Miss Patty walks out of the diner and Luke walks back in. The diner is now practically empty, apart from the people who were actually in there to eat. Luke walks over to Lorelai and kisses her once.

Lorelai: "Morning."

Luke: "What a morning it has been. It's been a fricken circus in here, questions constantly being thrown at me. Who's the blonde boy at Lorelai's? He is Rory's boyfriend? Is it true he drive a Porsche? Does he wear green underwear?"

Lorelai: "Green underwear? Ah, Kirk?"

Luke: "Bingo. So when did he arrive?"

Lorelai: "About 5-10 minutes ago."

Luke: "News does travel fast. So where are they?"

Lorelai: "Oh they'll be along in soon, I said I would go…do the meet and greets, take questions etc."

Luke: "Wise thinking."

Lorelai looks around. Luke looks at her.

Luke: "Looking for something in particular?"

Lorelai: "No, nothing in particular."

Luke: "Oh okay."

Luke walks behind the counter and pours a cup of coffee. Lorelai looks at him.

Lorelai: "Okay, so there is something in particular. Where's the nephew?"

Luke: "He was out earlier, he could be in now? I'm not sure, he kinda walks in and out without me seeing."

Lorelai: "Oh. So, find out why the sudden return?"

Luke: "Nope and I don't wanna know."

Lorelai: "You don't wanna know?"

Luke: "I asked if he was back because he was in trouble with the law, he said no. I asked if he was back because he needed some money, he said no. I asked if he was back because he needed my help, he said no. I asked if he was back just to irritate me, he said yes. So we left it at that."

Lorelai: "Wow."

Luke: "That's about as much conversation we had."

Lorelai: "You sure you've got room for Logan? I mean I can make room for him at home."

Luke: "He's staying here and that's the end of it."

At that moment the door opens, Rory, Paris and Logan walk into the diner. They walk over to the counter.

Rory: "And this is Luke's Diner, best coffee in Connecticut!"

Paris: "When she told me thought, I thought she was exaggerating but it is actually pretty good."

Lorelai: "So you guys got here alright? No press conference?"

Rory: "No. We walked past Taylor and he didn't say anything. No questions. We walked past Miss Patty and nothing…although when we walked past Kirk he randomly asked Logan if he was wearing green underwear."

Lorelai: "Oh man."

Rory: "No problem though…"

Lorelai: "Really?"

Rory: "Yeah, Logan just said yes and then Kirk went quiet."

Lorelai: "Excellent form"

Logan: "Thank you."

Rory: "Logan then asked Kirk if he wanted to swap underwear and skip around town holding hands."

Lorelai laughs.

Logan: "Yeah, he went a little red and then ran away."

Lorelai: "That's brilliant. I can't believe you managed to scare away Kirk, you must teach us. So, Uh Luke, you remember Logan, right?"

Luke: "Vividly."

Lorelai mouths 'Be Nice' to Luke. Rory, Logan and Paris take a seat at the counter.

Rory: "Three coffees to go, please Luke."

Lorelai: "So …any idea what your plans are today?"

Rory: "Basically gonna show them around the summer parade. Taylor put Lane's band in the actual line up, so they are playing this afternoon and then the bbq and firework display tonight."

Lorelai: "Eventful day."

Paris: "I'm actually going to have a look around the summer parade and then find this Taylor character, ask to look at the schedule for this evening, see if there is anything that needs re-working."

Lorelai: "Well have fun."

Rory: "Okay, we better get going. Thanks for the coffees Luke."

Logan: "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Rory raises an eyebrow.

Logan: "Do I have any place to put my things?"

Rory: "Oh right. Your things. Uh."

Luke: "Upstairs."

Logan: "Thanks."

Rory takes Logan upstairs. She shows him the bed and he puts his things down.

Rory: "Listen, we don't have to do all these things if ya want. I mean I want you to meet my friend Lane but we can."

Logan: "Rory – it's cool. You said you would show me a day in your wacky little town, so I'm expecting the full bizarre experience."

Rory: "You got it."

: Town Center :

The summer parade is in full swing. Little stalls set up with merchandise, games etc. Lane's band is playing in the gazebo. Rory and Logan are watching. The band finishes set and take five. Lane walks over to Rory and Logan.

Rory: "Lane"

Lane: "Rory"

They hug. Lane pulls back and looks at Logan.

Rory: "Lane, this is Logan, Logan this is my best friend Lane."

Lane: "Hey."

Logan: "You guys were awesome. I was expecting something completely different, like teeny bopper garage band style music, I'm sure why though not after everything Rory has said about you. One of the songs reminded me of the New York dolls."

Lane: "Oh my god. You know who the New York dolls are! What other bands do you like?"

Logan: "Off the top of my head, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Glands, Killers, Coldplay, Queens Of the Stoneage."

Lane: "That's right, you took Rory to the Killers concert in New York. That must have rocked."

Logan: "Yeah, it was awesome. I'm gonna get myself a drink, either of you two ladies want anything?"

Rory: "I'm fine."

Lane: "Me too."

Logan nods and walks away to the refreshment stand.

Lane: "Do I want anything? Ladies? Queens of the Stoneage? He's like a God. I mean he has manors, excellent taste in music. I approve."

Rory and Lane exchange smiles.

Rory: "He's doing his best to impress."

Lane: "Well, I am thoroughly impressed. Wow, I'm just stunned. I mean some of the things you said, I figured he'd be a Richie Rich style guy, but he actually seems down to earth…unlike."

Rory turns around and looks at Jess who is standing at a stall, looking through a cd collection.

Lane: "I heard he was back in town. How are you?"

Rory: "Honestly, I'm not sure. I keep telling my mom that I'm fine and that I'm over it, but she doesn't believe me but I am fine."

Logan walks back over to the girls, with a drink in his hand. Lane looks at Rory disbelieving.

Rory: "Oh they have cherry cola?"

Logan: "Yeah you want one?"

Rory nods.

Logan turns around about to make his way back over but Rory stops him.

Rory: "That's probably not a wise idea. I saw Miss Patty eyeing you up over there. Think I had better get the soda, and leave you with company."

Logan: "Thanks for the save."

Rory turns and walks away to the refreshment stand. Lane looks back over at Jess and gives him an evil look. Logan looks over to where she is staring.

Logan: "Ex boyfriend?"

Lane: "Are you kidding? No, no way. Not mine. That's Jess…"

Logan: "Jess."

Lane: "Yeah, Jess the Jerk."

Rory walks back over to the twosome.

Rory: "What are you guys looking at?"

Logan: "Apparently Jess the Jerk."

Rory looks at Lane and shakes her head no. Lane widens her eyes.

Lane: "Oh, you know what. I have to get back, I mean how can the band play without the drummer. Okay, well Logan it was nice meeting you…Bye."

Lane rushes away from the two of them. Logan raises an eyebrow at Rory.

Rory: "So, uh we should go."

: Later, Town Center. Firework Display :

The whole town is gathered around the gazebo. The bbq is in full swing. Lorelai and Luke are sat at a bench watching Paris and Taylor argue from afar. Rory and Logan walk past the gazebo and over to where Luke and Lorelai are sat.

Lorelai: "Hey kids, how was your day?"

Rory: "Good."

Logan: "Yeah, not exactly bizarre as Ace had told me to expect."

Lorelai raises an eyebrow when he says Ace.

Rory: "How has your day been?"

Lorelai: "The same, working at the Inn…pretty normal. Although Luke and I have been having fun watching Paris and Taylor argue for the past 20 minutes."

Rory and Logan look over to Taylor and Paris. Paris points at him and walks towards the microphone, Taylor protests and they start arguing again.

Luke: "This I have to say, has been the best part of my day. I thought I was the only one who could irritate Taylor, clearly I was mistaken."

Taylor finally walks up onto the stage and grabs the microphone.

Taylor: "Good evening Ladies and Gentleman. I would like to welcome you to the 7th annual summer parade, sponsored in part by Doosey's Market which tomorrow, is half a two for one sale on many items so don't forget to stop in for your market needs."

Lorelai: "Hey Taylor, does that include pop tarts?"

Taylor: "Lorelai this is hardly…"

Lorelai: "Hey, a consumer asking a simple question. I have market needs, I have pop tart needs."

Taylor: "The firework display will start momentarily."

Lorelai: "Wait; is there a pop tart firework display?"

Taylor: "Lorelai you're not amusing."

Lorelai: "I'm just a pop tart nut."

Taylor: "Must we do this every year?"

Lorelai: "Only every year you self promote your own business and not those that also sponsored this event."

Taylor: "Fine, this summer parade is sponsored in part by The Dragonfly Inn, are you happy."

Lorelai: "Happy like a pop tart!"

As the crowd laughs, the firework starts to go off. Everyone stands on their feet watching. Logan and Rory stand and take a couple steps back away from the bench. Logan stands behind Rory, wrapping his arms around her waist, looking up at the sky, Rory smiles. Rory looks up at the sky and then across to the diner, seeing Jess standing next to the door, looking at her. Rory looks back up to the sky as Jess walks into the diner.