Season 7 Chapter 2
Luke rings Liz and T.J.'s doorbell for dinner and Liz answers.
"Come in, come in." she says, and runs back into the kitchen.
"Liz is cooking her famous meatloaf for dinner." T.J. says as he gives Luke a hug. Luke's a little taken aback by this and T.J. notices. "What? You're my brother in law. I can't give you a hug?" T.J. replies.
Just then the oven dings. "Oh, my meatloaf's done." Liz says and pulls it out of the oven as T.J. and Luke make themselves comfortable at the table. Liz brings the meatloaf over and sits down at the table too. "So how's Lorelai?" she asks just to be polite.
"She left me." Luke responds trying to stay calm.
"What?" Liz says almost screaming. "What happened?"
"She gave me an ultimatum. She wanted to elope and I said I need some time to think about it. So she said if I didn't marry her then she would leave and I said I needed more time to think so she just left." Luke replied in a way that sounded like he had told the story a million times even though that was the first time.
"Well then, what are you doing here? You should be standing outside her window playing "In Your Eyes" on a boom box or something." Liz said.
"Or write her a song about how she killed all your plants." T.J. added.
"She didn't kill all my plants. I don't even have plants." Luke said
"Well, it worked in Music and Lyrics." T.J. Said.
"Oh, Oh, write her a letter for everyday of the year like in The Notebook." Liz said.
"That movie made me cry." T.J. Said. "Oh I got one. Buy a wedding ring for someone else but make it just a little to small to fit on Lorelai's finger then have her try it on and it will get stuck then wait until she goes on a trip and stop the bus then kiss her romantically."
"What movie was that?" Liz asks.
"The Family Stone." T.J. says.
"Oh right, right." Liz says.
"Oh! put little packets of ketchup inside a suit and pretend to die at your wedding to escape from the mob. Then she'll pretend to die from being shot by the mob and you'll run away together in the middle of a half marathon." T.J. Suggests.
"Right because that would win her back for sure." Luke says sarcastically.
"What?" Liz asks.
"Mickey Blue Eyes with Hugh Grant" T.J. Says.
"What do you stay up all night memorizing IMBD?" Luke asks.
"Well, Hugh Grant was also in Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Nine Months, About a Boy, and Love Actually." T.J. states with an air of excellence "Oh, and Bridget Jones's Diary."
"Oh God." Luke says.
"Seriously though, you have to do something to win her back." Liz tells him.
"She said it was over." Luke says.
"She didn't mean it was over, she just wants you to fight for her." Liz says.
"You think?" Luke asks.
"Absolutely!" Liz says excitedly. "Although, if you try and win her back in a cute way like in a Romantic Comedy you'll get bonus points."
"I'll keep that in mind." Luke replied.
"So, how is Rory?" Max asked.
"Oh she's doing great. She just finished her third year at Yale." Lorelai proudly pronounced.
"Oh great and how are things with you?" Max said.
"Good I own this inn, but other than that things are going good." Lorelai lied.
"Married, kids?" Max asked.
"No what about you?" Lorelai said although she had a feeling he wasn't married.
"I was for a bit, but I got divorced about two years ago and moved back to Connecticut." Max answered. "I've actually been thinking about you a lot lately."
"To tell you the truth you've recently crossed me mind a few times too." Lorelai said not asking why he had been crossing her mind.
"Are you engaged?" Max asked.
"Why?" Lorelai said.
"You… the ring" Max said.
"Oh, right, I was engaged I guess I just forgot to take it off." She said slipping it into her pocket.
"How recently were you engaged?" Max wondered aloud.
"To tell you the truth just a few days ago." Lorelai answered.
"Oh." Max said as Sookie brought over the food.
"Hey Max, can I barrow Lorelai for a minute?" Sookie asked.
"Sure." Max said with a forced smile as he thought about how Lorelai had just ended a serious relationship and maybe she wasn't really available like he had thought.
"Lorelai I know what you're thinking, but you can't go out with Max." Sookie said saving no time for small talk.
"I'm not gonna go out with Max." Lorelai said.
"Good, because it would just end up hurting you and Max... and Luke." Sookie added for reassurance.
"I'm not going out with Max." Lorelai said once again.
"And by going out you mean?" Sookie asked.
"Dating, kissing, sleeping with and or eloping" Lorelai said.
"You would have eloped with Max?" Sookie asked.
"I added it for reassurance." Lorelai stated.
"Okay good. Now go eat my Artichoke and Sun Dried Tomato Chicken." Sookie told her.
"That's not even what I ordered." Lorelai said.
"I know, but I wanted to try out the recipe so I made you something else." Sookie said.