Lorelai walked into the Inn the next day holding a cup of Luke's coffee as usual and was completely shocked to see Sookie still not cooking. "Wow I didn't think this thing was going to last this long" Lorelai said in shock.
"Oreo?" Sookie asked, and raised her hand out with a black and white cookie.
"Thanks." Lorelai said grabbing the Oreo. "I never thought I'd live to see the day when you ate pre-packaged food."
"There was a point in my life where I could make some killer Oreos."
"You mean all these years you could have whipped me up a batch of the inside fluff and I wouldn't even have to eat the outside to get to it?!"
"Yeah but the inside wouldn't be as good if you didn't have to go through the outside to get it. You really feel like you've accomplished something eating that entire cookie."
"Yeah I get what you mean. So what are you doing for the basket auction then?" Lorelai asked, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Lunchables."
"No!" Lorelai said, laughing.
"Yes. It's about time Jackson gets used to less than perfect food."
"I didn't think you had it in you."
Later at the auction, Lorelai handed her basket to Taylor and took a seat next to Sookie and Jackson.
"Hey, isn't that Rory's boyfriend?" Sookie asked with a puzzled look.
Lorelai looked in disbelief at the very real Logan leaning against a tree trunk.
"Yeah, he does look like the guy that came out to buy her basket last year." Jackson added.
"I thought he left for Paris or Rome or something?" Sookie asked puzzled.
Lorelai left and walked up to him.
"Hey" she said in a calm and cool voice.
"Hey, is Rory here? I thought she would be she does this every year?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, she stopped at Lane's before the auction. I thought you were in London?"
"I decided to come back for a surprise visit."
Just then Taylor rang his bell like an angry school teacher waiting for the class to settle down. Lorelai went back to her seat and Rory came running up behind her not even noticing Logan who was still in the back leaning against a tree.
About ten minutes later, Taylor held up a basket that was familiar only to Rory so Lorelai turned around and gave Logan a signal. "And this lovely um, imitation wicker basket is over flowing with delicious treats like," Taylor paused. "Frozen Pop Tarts and Bagel Bites! Let's start the bidding at $5 anyone have $5?"
"1,000." A voice said from the back as Rory turned around to see Logan stepping out of the shadows.
Rory ran up and hugged him as Taylor asked, "Is this a legitimate bid because as you can see there are some considerably better baskets?"
Logan hugged her back at looked into her eyes whispered, "I love you." He kissed her then walked up to Taylor. He handed him ten 100 dollar bills and grabbed the basket.
They walked off and Lorelai half smiled seeing the couple hand in hand. Then her basket came up, and Taylor supplied the same half promoting half warning off sales pitch for her basket.
"$10" Kirk shouted.
"$15" Luke said calmly and cooly from the third row.
"$20" Kirk replied.
"$25" Luke said with a grin.
"Aw, come on! You know my Mom will only give me $20 in allowance a month!" Kirk said in a bummed voice.
"$25 going once, $25 going twice, $25 it is to the rather unshaven man in plaid."
Lorelai stood up and met Luke at the stand to get the basket.
"I thought I'd save you from Kirk trying to seduce you."
"How very thoughtful." Lorelai said with a simple smile.
They walked to the spot in the gazebo where they had eaten Luke's burgers instead of her packed lunch for the past 7 years.
Luke looked into her eyes "Lorelai, I want to be the one who always buys your basket."
She paused and looked back into his eyes as he leaned in and kissed her.
Lorelai was standing in a room with the spot light on 3 men. The room had no walls and seemed to go on forever. She focused on each man standing: Chris, then Max, then Luke.
Suddenly a piano started playing behind her and she turned around to see Alex Trebek playing the Jeopardy theme song on the piano. Other men started appearing in the background Jimmy Hopkins from the 9th grade and Jason Stiles from her fathers form. Last to appear was Bono but then again, this was a dream. The jeopardy music still playing all the men pulled out roses. She took a step forward and the three well light men kneeled and pulled out small jewelry boxes. She took a step forward and woke up.
She looked at the alarm clock and couldn't believe it was only 7:30! She raced down stairs to find her breakfast and see what Luke wrote. She brought the tray inside and disappointedly found no note attached any where. What could this mean? You'd think he'd have something to say after all that.
Lorelai got dressed and drove over to the inn. With the thermos in hand ready to pour herself a nice warm cup of coffee, Sookie walked up to her. "So, I saw the kiss yesterday I thought you'd be having breakfast at Luke's this morning!"
"I know but there was no note."
"No note? He's left a note every day this week!"
Lorelai opened the thermos and was about to pour herself a cup of coffee when a small folded post-it note came out the end.
"Clever." Sookie said with a smile.
Free coffee available for pick up at Luke's Diner.
Lorelai looked at Sookie.
"What are you doing standing here go, go!" Sookie said in glee.
Lorelai drove over to Luke's and on the way there everyone who saw her stared or pointed and Babette ran screaming over to Miss Patty's. When she got to the diner, there was a huge crowd. As they saw her coming the crowd parted and Lorelai read the giant purple letters on Luke's window.
Marry me Lorelai Gilmore.
She parked her car as she saw Luke coming out of the diner.
"For real this time?" Lorelai asked.
"For real." He said pulling her into his arms just as Taylor walked up to them.
"Luke, as you know, all signs of personal content displayed on store fronts must be cleared and authorized by the Stars Hollow Board of…" Taylor rambled on.
"Damn it Taylor." Luke shouted, then kissed his Bride to be.