Luke took Lorelai's hand and twirled her towards him. She smiled and started to laugh.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!" the towns people shouted. Then Taylor blared his horn and the marathon was off and running.
Luke twirled Lorelai around the floor and held her close to him. Marty and Rory attempted to do a few swing moves. Everyone was having a great time. Somewhere during the second song, Babbette and Morey left and continued to watch and cheer on Lorelai and Luke and Rory and Marty.
By noon, Andrew and Lulu were out. Soon people were dropping like flies. Taylor still had his microphone on and was talking rather drunkenly about the time he was a magician's assistant. Miss Patty was standing next to him just waiting for him to fall asleep so she could steal his megaphone.
"See, town events aren't so bad," Lorelai said to Luke. "This is fun."
"No, it's not so bad at all," he said, giving her a twirl. "I like dancing with you."
They shared a sentimental kiss and looked over at their daughter. She seems to be having the time of her life. She and Marty are laughing and having fun. Rory hadn't taken the time to have fun in a long time. Once she went back to Yale she worked double time to get caught up. She had found that she enjoyed teaching so she changed to a double major of education and English literature. She had broken things off with Logan to which Lorelai rejoiced happily.
A few more hours passed and then the horn blew and Lorelai remembered her least favorite portion of the marathon: The Run-Around.
"Luke there is no way I'm going to be able to run and not stay in the lead. You're going to have to carry me."
"Now there's something I enjoy doing very much," he chuckled, scooping her up. They took a spot in line and Miss Patty shot off the starting gun.
"Hold on to your partners cause the last five couples to finish behind the red line are automatically out," Miss Patty announced.
She had taken over for the drunk and asleep Taylor. He of course would be up and at it again in a few hours and Miss Patty was going to take full advantage of it.
About three minutes later the Run-Around was over and Luke and Lorelai were still in. Surprisingly enough so were Sookie and Jackson. When Luke looked at Lorelai she was asleep in his arms. As much of the rules that Luke knew they couldn't be eliminated because they were both on the floor, touching and moving. So he let her sleep.
Lorelai awoke around midnight. Still had six hours to go. She looked up at her husband, who was dead tired but still held her close to him.
"Luke, honey, you can put me down now. I had a good nap."
He set her down carefully and she hugged him. "Thank you for not letting us lose."
"You want to win, so I do what I can."
"Now that I've worn out, I've worn out the world, I'm on my knees in fascination, looking through the night. But the moon's never see me before but I'm reflecting light."
"Hey, that's our song," she whispered.
"That it is. I love you Lorelai," he whispered before kissing her.