"So, no parties, no beer, no smoking, drugs, or sex, you got that." Luke is telling Maria as they are heading down the stairs to the diner.
"Dad, I know, do you really think that I'm that stupid. Besides, I'll have the whole town watching me; I won't be able to take a shower without someone knowing." She explains to her dad. "Don't worry, you'll have a great time, relaxing is the whole reason your going, now how are you going to relax if you're worrying about me? You're going to be fine, I'm going to be fine, and now mom is waiting for you to pick her up so you better be going now." Maria says as she basically pushes Luke out the door.
"Alright, I call you when we get to the hotel. Now the number is on the fridge if you need it" Luke says as he is loading up the truck. He heads around to get in when Maria does the same thing on the passenger side. "What are you doing?"
"Mom called and wanted to say goodbye herself so I'm coming with you" She says as he turns on the truck.
Once they get to the Gilmore house, Lorelai is actually waiting out on the front steps.
"Mom, you're early for once. Why so early?" Maria asks as she gets out of the truck.
"I'm just early because I'm excited about New York baby!" Lorelai says as she heads to the truck.
Luke is packing Lorelai's bags into the back of the truck and when he is done, he comes around and stands next to Lorelai.
"Now did your dad lay down the rules?" Lorelai says looking back and forth from Luke to Maria.
"Yes he did, 'no parties, no beer, no smoking, drugs, or sex' I think I'm covered" Maria recites what her dad said before.
"O, now I have to call Merv and Hal and tell them the party's off." Lorelai says in a joking manner. She goes up to Maria and kisses her forehead. She then gets in the truck.
Luke comes and kisses her on the check and then heads around to the drivers side.
"Bye!" Maria yells to her parents as they back out of the driveway. She turns around and heads into the house. Once inside, she looks around to see and hear the peace and quite and silently says to herself. "Yes!"
A couple hours later, Maria calls Brett.
"Hello"
"Hey Brett, what are you up to this weekend?"
"Nothing much…..why?"
"O nothing…..my parents are in New York this weekend, that's all. And I was thinking about having a party. Nothing too big but a party no doubt."
"Cool, tell me who can come, when and where and I'll make it happen."
It goes to Saturday night and Maria and Brett are waiting for Jason to come over. When he gets there and sees that nobody is around, he gets confused. "Where is everyone?"
"O, they don't get here till seven" Maria explains with a smile on her face.
"So why am I here at six?" he asks.
"We need help moving the couch" Brett tells him.
So they finish getting the house ready and by the time they are done, everyone has arrived. There is music blaring and there is a karaoke machine in the middle of the room. Maria gets up on a make-shift stage and grabs the microphone. "Ok everybody, this may be a little juvenile but I love to sing and cant wait for you guys to make fools of yourselves, so we are having this and it's my party so what I say goes. Now who is going to go first?"
Everyone is silent and looks around and then you hear someone in the back of the room say "I will"
By time that person gets through the crowd, Maria can see that it was Jason who volunteered. She has a smile on her face and steps down from the stage.
Jason takes a while to pick a song but eventually he turns around and the music starts.
Don't
you wanna dive on in, yeah the water feels right
Dancin' on the
edge of the love you're a beautiful sight
So why're you still
standin' there in the half moonlight
Come on, baby, give me a
little more you
Come on baby, give me a little more you
Your
batten' those baby blue eyes and, honey I swear
The way you got me
needing you girl, it just ain't fair
You've given me a little bit
yeah, but don't stop there
Come on, baby, give me a little more
you
Come on, baby, give me a little more you
I'm here
fallen' for ya
My hearts callin' for ya
I know I never can get
enough
Don't hold back one bit of your love
Strong and steady
for ya
I'm all ready
Come on, baby, give me a little more
you
Come on, baby, give me a little more
You're teasin'
me with a touch and the whole world shakes
Keep holdin' that river
back and the levee may break
There's only so much that this ol'
boy can take
Come on, baby, give me a little more you
Come on,
baby, give me a little more you
I'm
here fallen' for ya
My hearts callin' for ya
I know I never can
get enough
Don't hold back one bit of your love
Strong and
steady for ya
I'm all ready
Come on, baby, give me a little
more you
Come on, baby, give me a little more you……
Once as the song is over, Jason steps off the stage and Maria goes up and kisses him right there. They both don't seem to mind that they have a crowd watching.
Meanwhile in New York…
Luke and Lorelai have already checked into their hotel and now they are at a bar downtown. Luke doesn't seem to notice but Lorelai is extremely happy when she looks around and finds something. She tells Luke she has to go to the bathroom. In a little bit, Luke looks around to see Lorelai on stage. "Ah, jeeze, what is she doing?" he mumbles to himself. The music starts and Lorelai stares right at Luke.
Hear
the train in the distance
Such a lonely sound it makes
When
it's gone there is silence
you can hear the sound of my heart
break
See
these arms, now they're empty
Because they used to hold onto you
I
said I'd never let go
But somehow you slipped on through
Now
I know that's how love goes,
When love goes away
I'm gonna cry
some,
Then I'm gonna lay here and die some
All because I know
there ain't no one else
baby, if I can't live with you,
guess
I'll have to,
Live with lonesome.
There's a prayer that I'm
praying
there's a dream that I always will dream
and the hope
keeps me waiting
for the day when you come back to me
It's
a curse and a blessing
to find love above all the rest
now I'd
rather have nothing
than to settle for less
Now to everyone else this song may be sad but to Luke and Lorelai, they know the true meaning. In this song, she is meaning that it was her mistake to let Luke go and she would rather be with no one if she couldn't be with him. Lorelai steps off the stage and goes to Luke. "Well, what do you think?"
Luke replies with saying "I don't want you to live with lonesome" and he kisses her right then and there.
They go back to the hotel and do a little something if you know what I mean.
Back in Stars Hallow, the party has died down to the fact that Maria, Jason, and Brett are the only ones there.
"Well, that was one hell of a party" Brett says with a smile on her face as she looks at Maria and Jason.
"Yes it was" Maria says and looks at Jason. The two of them are sitting in a chair while Brett is on the couch.
"Well, I'm going to go now, mom said be home half an hour ago so…I should be going" Brett says and leaves.
"And then it's two" Jason says with a smile on his face. They start to make out a little bit, but then Maria backs off. "I'm my mother's daughter" is all that she says.
Jason looks at her with the weirdest face "What?"
"My mom got pregnant at my age by being all alone with her boyfriend; everyone says I'm just like her, so I think we should stop before we do something that we'll regret." Maria says.
"Ok" Jason says but when they look at each other, they go right back to kissing.
The next morning is when Luke and Lorelai come home and when they walk through the door, they see Maria and Jason lying on the couch under a blanket, sleeping.
"What the…." Lorelai says with a shocked look on her face