She nods and starts eating, the house phone rings and Lorelai grabs it.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's uh, Luke."
"Luke? Oh..shoot." She mutters, hitting her forehead.
"I never heard from you last night, you said you were going to call."
"Yeah, sorry about that, things just got, crazy here."
"Crazy? Everything okay?"
"Yes, everything's fine, Rory and I were just having such a great movie marathon, I lost track of time."
"Oh that's good. Glad it was fun."
"It really was."
"So, you have a minute?"
"Sure."She says, wanting to give him time.
Lorelai sits on the couch with the phone.
"So, lets dive right in, I don't want to label us, but..."
"Its complicated."
"Exactly."
"I don't want it to be."
Luke smiles through the phone.
"So uh...this may sound lame, but do you want to be my girlfriend?"
"Oh..."
"Sorry, if you don't, it's okay..I.."
"It's just that, we've only been on one date."
"A great one."
"True."
"What if we go on another date?"
"I would like that."
"We can avoid my house."
Lorelai laughs.
"Good."
"How about your house?"
"I would rather not with Rory."
"Right."
"We will figure it out."
"Okay."
"But, another date would be nice."
"Good."
"Great." She says.
"The other night was fun."
"It was amazing."
"So next weekend, date number two?"
"Sounds good."
"I'll call you."
"Okay, great."
"Mommy, I spilled water."
"I gotta go. Rory spilled something."
"Duty calls?"
"Yeah."
They hang up and Lorelai rushes to Rory.
"Hey. Lets get this cleaned up."
"It was an accident."
"Oh I know sweetie, it's okay, sometimes accidents happen."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it's only water, it'll dry right up."
"Okay, good."
After she dries up and finishes eating, Lorelai asks her to get dressed, as does Lorelai and she gets her off to school. Around 1pm, Chris pulls up to Lorelai's house, she happens to have only had to work in the morning.
"Chris, hey, you're here."
"Told you I was coming."
"I know but I didn't.."
"Believe me?"
"It's not that."
"It's cool, Rory in school?"
"Yeah, she finishes at 3:30."
"Cool."
"You want to cone in?"
"Yeah, let me see the digs."
"Yeah, guess you didnt see it yet."
"Nooe."
"Well, come in."
"Thanks."
Once inside, Chris digs into his backpack.
"Before I forget, here's the check, oh and take some extra cash too."
"Chris, I just need the check, that's fine."
"Please take the cash, for Rory, I want you guys to have it."
"Alright, I will, thank you." She takes it from him and puts it in her pocket.
"Place looks great Lorelai." He walks around the main floor.
"Thanks."
"I can't believe you have your own place."
"Didn't have a choice."
"Right."
"Gotta have the best for my girl."
"Right, right."
"The potting shed at the Inn was getting a little small."
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"She loves having her own room."
"I bet."
"While you're waiting for Rory, do you want to take a tour of the town?" She offers.
He smiles. "That'd be great, I'd love to."
"Okay."
"Okay, lets go."
They grab coats and leave.
They are now walking down the main street.
"This is a dance studio."
"Rory go there?"
"I've been thinking of signing her up."
"Can she dance?"
"Ya know, I'm not sure yet."
Chris laughs. "Well you can't, but I can so she's got a 50/50 shot." Lorelai chuckles too and playfully shoves him.
"Shut up. So how's the big, fancy ivy league school."
"It's alright."
"Only alright?"
"I'm only going there because my idiot dad is forcing me to go. I'm glad this is my last year."
"Yeah. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"You'll be able to have a great job."
"Yeah. I guess."
"You will."
He nods.
"Be glad that you can go to school, get a job. I will probably be a maid my whole life."
"No you won't, you're the strongest person I know, if anyone can work their way up, it's you."
"Thanks Chris."
"It's not a given that I'll get a job after college either you know."
"You've got a better shot than I do."
"Hey," He gently puts his arm around her and she doesn't stop him. "You'll work your way up to something amazing."
She smiles.
"Thanks, I hope so."
"No problem."
Meanwhile, they walk and run into Luke.
"Luke. Hey."
"Hi."
"Luke, this is Chris, Rory's dad. Chris, This is my friend, Luke. We uh we are dating too."
"Nice to meet you."Luke says, putting out his hand
Chris does the same and shakes his hand.
"Uh yeah, you too man."
"Didn't know you were coming into town." Luke says.
"It was kind of a last minute thing." Lorelai tells him.
"Oh, cool."
"He's here to see Rory."
"of course. That's always good."
"You bet."
"Ok. We are going to walk around. I'll talk to you later."
"See ya."Luke says.
They continue to walk.
"So, dating someone? Took ya long enough."Chris teases.
"I've been a little busy."
"He seems, cool.."
"It's new, I don't want to jinx it."
"Right, I get it."
"He's really nice though, this whole town has been great."
"That's great Lor, I'm really glad you're happy."
"Yeah. It's a great feeling."
He smiles.
"What about you?"
"Me?"
"Any girls?"
"There has been a few."
"Uh huh. You are over me quick."She teases.
"Well yeah, I mean no, but it's.."
"Chris, chill, I am just giving you a hard time. You're in college, you should be having fun."
"Thanks, but it isn't all that fun."
"You know what I mean."
He nods. "I do."
Time passes quickly and soon they are in front of Rory's school, she sees Chris and gets the biggest smile Lorelai has ever seen on her face.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
She runs right into his arms, he picks her up and spins her around.
"Look at you! You're getting so big."
"I grew a whole inch!"
"I see that. You're getting so tall."
"Like mommy. She is tall."
She is." Chris smiles.
"You're taller."she points out.
"I am."He laughs.
"Maybe I'll be that tall too!"
"Yes, maybe."
He puts her down and holds her hand as the three of them cross the street.
"Daddy, are you coming to our house?"
"I am."
"Can you eat dinner with us?"
"Sure can, as long as it's okay with your mom."
"It's fine with me."
"yay!"
Lorelai smiles at how happy Rory is.
"Mommy can't cook though."
Chris laughs.
"How about we get some pizza?"
"Yeah! Can we mommy?"
"Yes, pizza sounds great."
"Yay! Daddy did you hear that!?"
"I did kiddo."
They decide to pick up the pizza on their way back to the house, once they get home, Rory doesn't let go of Chris's hand.
"Wanna see my room?"
"I'd love to." Rory gives Chris a little tour.
Lorelai smiles and sets the table for them to eat.
"Wanna see mommm's room?"Rory asks, coming out.
"I uh..."
"It's fine."Lorelai says.
"I'd love to see moms room."Chris says.