After he had opened the diner, his mind was taken off of the letter. But not for long. He looks up and sees Lorelai walking through the square with Christopher. He sees Chris put an arm around Lorelai, and notices that she flinches a bit, completely unnoticed by the brain dead moron who only did one thing good in his life; help create Rory. 'And she said that they weren't together. She said in the letter that she still loves me. It doesn't look like it.'
'Hopefully before it's too late.' Could this be what she meant in the letter. That she was with Chris, and she wanted him to come and sweep her off her feet? Yes. This is exactly what she meant.
The bells jingle and he looks up, a bit shocked at who it is.
"Rory," Luke says.
She smiles weakly and says, "Hi, Luke."
He grabs for the coffee pot and asks, "Coffee?"
She smiles and accepts the mug of steamy liquid. "Luke, I have something to tell you."
He looks at the young girl and nods. "What?"
She sighs. "My Mom and Dad are dating, and Dad told me that he's going to propose to her. Luke, she doesn't want him. She wants you. She thinks that I believe she's over you. But she's not. She doesn't love dad. She loves you. The only reason why she keeps a relationship with him is because of me. She wants me and my Dad to have a relationship. What she doesn't know is that we already do. I'm talking to him right now."
He looks up, shocked, making the connection to what she said. "Rory-"
"No. Listen to me, Luke. Please." He nods. "She told me about that night. How she came to you and told you how she felt and that she walked away and didn't come after her. That was her worse nightmare come to life. The one man that she has ever loved didn't come after her. The letter she wrote you should tell you that she still loves you and that she still wants you."
Confused he asks, "You know about that?"
She nods. "Yeah. I was the one who delivered it. She was afraid that if she did, you wouldn't take it, and that she wouldn't be able to hold back her feelings." Rory pauses and takes a sip of her coffee, then looks at Luke and says, "Now, the question is. What are you going to do about it?"
At Lorelai's house, she and Rory are sitting on the couch watching something pointless on the television.
"So, what did you do today, babe?"
'Uh…' "Not much, you?"
"Walked around town with your Dad, then went to Black, White, and Read and saw A Star is Born."
"Which one? Janet, Judy or Babs?"
"Judy," Lorelai answers. She begins to hum the song that she knows by heart. The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter, and all because of the man who got away.
There's a knock on the door and Lorelai stands up, saying, "I'll get it, you stay here and watch this crazy person chase a snake."
She walks over to the door, and opens it.
"What are you doing here?" she asks.