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Title: Good Answer
Background info: Luke and Lorelai are a couple. They've been so for about a year. So, this story takes place in May of 2005.
LUKE'S DINER--NIGHTTIME
Lorelai is the last customer in the diner, as usual. She sits at the counter, watching Luke wipe off the coffee machines. She taps her fingers against the counter, growing more and more impatient.
Lorelai: (sighing) Are you gonna pour my coffee anytime soon, or should I call up Juan Valdez to bring me some of his?
Luke: (talking with his back to her) Keep your pants on!
Lorelai: (arching her eye brow and smiling) Would you like to rethink that request?
Luke: (turning around to face her) I'll revise it...Keep your pants on.....while you're in my diner.
Lorelai: (mischievously) So I can take them off anywhere else?
Luke: (rolling his eyes) Well, I wouldn't recommend doing it near a church, school, police officer...or Taylor.
Lorelai: (fake pouting) Awww...but I wanna flash Taylor.
Luke: (pointing at her) You're sick.
Lorelai: (eyes widen) Hey, you think Taylor is all freaky in bed? I do....He probably has whips, chains, collars...Oh, and one of those tables that you get strapped to, and it spins around.
Luke: (grossed out) Stop talking about that!
Lorelai: (smiling) Why? It's funny. Bet he likes to be hand-cuffed...
Luke: Lorelai!!!
Lorelai: (sighing) Fine...No more Taylor Freaky Sex Talk...
Luke: (relieved) A great rule to live by!
Lorelai: So, you almost done here?
Luke: Yeah...(stalling a bit)....in a few minutes.
Lorelai: Good, cuz there's that pint of Ben and Jerry's in the freezer at home that's calling my name.
Luke: (sighing) Always with the food.
Lorelai: It really is, you know. It's saying, "I'm cold...I'm delicious...Lorelai, eat me...eat me with a spoon." Hehe...dirty...
Luke: (shaking his head) You need help.
Luke then smiles and leans over the counter to kiss her. After the kiss, Lorelai pulls back, smiles and responds.
Lorelai: (smiling) No, I need ice cream....Let's go.
Lorelai starts to get up to leave.
Luke: (nervously) Wait...
Lorelai: For what?
Luke walks around the counter and takes her by the hand.
Luke: Just....(motions with his head towards behind the counter)...C'mere...
Lorelai: (surprised) Behind the counter?
Luke: Yeah.
Lorelai: (gesturing towards herself) You mean you are letting me, a NON- diner employee, enter sacred ground?
Luke: Lorelai. Come on. (He starts to pull her hand.)
Lorelai: (stopping him) Don't I have to undergo some sort of purification ritual before I can set foot on....
Luke: (interrupting) Move it or lose it.
Lorelai: Bossy!
He walks her behind the counter. Then stops and looks at her. He doesn't say anything at first.
Lorelai: (looking around) Okay, I'm back here. Now what?
Luke: (holding both of her hands with his) Okay...Remember that night about 5-6 years ago when we were in here...drinking beer...deciding what color we wanted to paint the diner....
Lorelai: (confused) Yeah.
Luke: (half-smiling) Well...I almost kissed you that night.
Lorelai: (eyes widening, smiling) You did?!? When?
Luke: We were sitting here...behind the counter...looking at that order my Dad took when he ran outta paper.
Lorelai: (remembering) Oh, I forgot about that....(moving towards the end of the counter, making Luke back up) It's right around here....(crouching down to find it)...Yeah, there it....(suddenly Lorelai's facial expression changes dramatically as she sees that above the order, the words "Lorelai, Will you marry me?" have been written. She sits, and then looks up at Luke, who's still standing.) That's not just the order. (Her voice shakes while she says it.)
Luke: (sitting down too, looking at her) No, it's not.
Lorelai: (still in shock, searching Luke's face for an answer) Luke?
Luke: (taking a deep breath, then speaking) See...Here's the thing...Pretty much since the first time I saw you...I knew there was something different about you...It drove me crazy. You drove me crazy. You got inside my head...and never left...I couldn't stop thinking about you...Then one day, I realized I was down for the count....really in love with you...But, we were supposed to be "just friends"...and I tried...a long time...to be just that...But, I wasn't happy...I figured out that the only way I was ever gonna be happy was if I was with you...And so I made a move...and it worked...and now I have you.........Lorelai....I can't be the guy who buys you the best of everything....and I can't be the guy who likes to get all GQ'ed up everyday...and I can't be the guy who whisks you away to Paris and quotes Shakespeare to you....Hell...I don't even feel comfortable using the word "whisk"...But, I can be your partner, your husband, and I wanna be...if you let me...
Lorelai: (tears filling her eyes) Oh my God.
Luke: (looking into her eyes) Lorelai...I love you. So, what do ya say? (pulling a ring from his pocket and holding it up to her) You wanna marry me?
Lorelai: (smiling) Oh yeah.
Luke: (smiling) Good answer.
Lorelai laughs through her tears as he puts the ring on her finger.
Lorelai: (looking at the ring) God, it's beautiful.
Luke: Really? I found it in a Crackerjack box.
Lorelai: (smiling) Wow...You're lucky...I only got a Sponge Bob eraser from mine.
Luke: (looking at the ring) It was my mother's.
Lorelai: (touched) Aww...Luke...I...I feel really honored.
Luke: (smiling) She would have wanted you to have it.
Lorelai: (hugging him) I love you.
Luke: I love you too. (pulling back and looking at her) So, how'd I do?
Lorelai: (sniffling) Hey, that proposal was top quality, buddy. Very original. Very romantic. You scored some major points.
Luke: (half-smiling) Really? But there was no music, no candles, no white horses, no 1,000 daisies...
Lorelai: (rolling her eyes and standing up) Oh, who needs all that crap?
Luke: (standing up too) I thought you wanted all that crap.
Lorelai: (smiling) I want you. I want this. I don't care about that other stuff.
Luke: (sighing) Okay...good.
Lorelai kisses him, and then pulls back.
Lorelai: Besides, with a proposal like this...I can say "Yes" and then celebrate right away by drinking your coffee and eating some pie...and maybe a side of onion rings...
Luke: (grossed out) Pie and onion rings?
Lorelai: (nodding) Yep...and maybe a chocolate chip muffin.
Luke: (shaking his head) Disgusting...I can't believe I'm marrying you...
Lorelai: (walking around to the other side of the counter) Well believe it, Sparky...Hey, you knew what you were getting into when you proposed?
Luke: (behind the counter still) Yeah...maybe I should rethink this...
Lorelai: (sitting down on the stool, holding up her hand) The ring's on my finger now, babe...and it ain't ever comin' off...
Luke: (leaning across the counter) When we're married, will you at least try to eat healthier?
Lorelai: (leaning in) When we're married, will you watch reruns of Queer Eye with me while we paint each other's toe nails?
Luke: Hell no.
Lorelai: Well, there's your answer.
Luke: Fair enough. (walking around the counter) Let's go home.
Lorelai: (getting up and following him towards the door) Yeah, you're so gonna get lucky tonight...
Luke: (turning off the light and opening the door) Fine by me.
Lorelai: (walking out the door) I'm gonna be Mrs. Backwards Baseball Cap.....Finally!
Luke: (following her and then shutting the door behind him) Yeah...I mean it only took, what, ten years... and a zillion cups of coffee...
Fade to Black.
Title: Good Answer
Background info: Luke and Lorelai are a couple. They've been so for about a year. So, this story takes place in May of 2005.
LUKE'S DINER--NIGHTTIME
Lorelai is the last customer in the diner, as usual. She sits at the counter, watching Luke wipe off the coffee machines. She taps her fingers against the counter, growing more and more impatient.
Lorelai: (sighing) Are you gonna pour my coffee anytime soon, or should I call up Juan Valdez to bring me some of his?
Luke: (talking with his back to her) Keep your pants on!
Lorelai: (arching her eye brow and smiling) Would you like to rethink that request?
Luke: (turning around to face her) I'll revise it...Keep your pants on.....while you're in my diner.
Lorelai: (mischievously) So I can take them off anywhere else?
Luke: (rolling his eyes) Well, I wouldn't recommend doing it near a church, school, police officer...or Taylor.
Lorelai: (fake pouting) Awww...but I wanna flash Taylor.
Luke: (pointing at her) You're sick.
Lorelai: (eyes widen) Hey, you think Taylor is all freaky in bed? I do....He probably has whips, chains, collars...Oh, and one of those tables that you get strapped to, and it spins around.
Luke: (grossed out) Stop talking about that!
Lorelai: (smiling) Why? It's funny. Bet he likes to be hand-cuffed...
Luke: Lorelai!!!
Lorelai: (sighing) Fine...No more Taylor Freaky Sex Talk...
Luke: (relieved) A great rule to live by!
Lorelai: So, you almost done here?
Luke: Yeah...(stalling a bit)....in a few minutes.
Lorelai: Good, cuz there's that pint of Ben and Jerry's in the freezer at home that's calling my name.
Luke: (sighing) Always with the food.
Lorelai: It really is, you know. It's saying, "I'm cold...I'm delicious...Lorelai, eat me...eat me with a spoon." Hehe...dirty...
Luke: (shaking his head) You need help.
Luke then smiles and leans over the counter to kiss her. After the kiss, Lorelai pulls back, smiles and responds.
Lorelai: (smiling) No, I need ice cream....Let's go.
Lorelai starts to get up to leave.
Luke: (nervously) Wait...
Lorelai: For what?
Luke walks around the counter and takes her by the hand.
Luke: Just....(motions with his head towards behind the counter)...C'mere...
Lorelai: (surprised) Behind the counter?
Luke: Yeah.
Lorelai: (gesturing towards herself) You mean you are letting me, a NON- diner employee, enter sacred ground?
Luke: Lorelai. Come on. (He starts to pull her hand.)
Lorelai: (stopping him) Don't I have to undergo some sort of purification ritual before I can set foot on....
Luke: (interrupting) Move it or lose it.
Lorelai: Bossy!
He walks her behind the counter. Then stops and looks at her. He doesn't say anything at first.
Lorelai: (looking around) Okay, I'm back here. Now what?
Luke: (holding both of her hands with his) Okay...Remember that night about 5-6 years ago when we were in here...drinking beer...deciding what color we wanted to paint the diner....
Lorelai: (confused) Yeah.
Luke: (half-smiling) Well...I almost kissed you that night.
Lorelai: (eyes widening, smiling) You did?!? When?
Luke: We were sitting here...behind the counter...looking at that order my Dad took when he ran outta paper.
Lorelai: (remembering) Oh, I forgot about that....(moving towards the end of the counter, making Luke back up) It's right around here....(crouching down to find it)...Yeah, there it....(suddenly Lorelai's facial expression changes dramatically as she sees that above the order, the words "Lorelai, Will you marry me?" have been written. She sits, and then looks up at Luke, who's still standing.) That's not just the order. (Her voice shakes while she says it.)
Luke: (sitting down too, looking at her) No, it's not.
Lorelai: (still in shock, searching Luke's face for an answer) Luke?
Luke: (taking a deep breath, then speaking) See...Here's the thing...Pretty much since the first time I saw you...I knew there was something different about you...It drove me crazy. You drove me crazy. You got inside my head...and never left...I couldn't stop thinking about you...Then one day, I realized I was down for the count....really in love with you...But, we were supposed to be "just friends"...and I tried...a long time...to be just that...But, I wasn't happy...I figured out that the only way I was ever gonna be happy was if I was with you...And so I made a move...and it worked...and now I have you.........Lorelai....I can't be the guy who buys you the best of everything....and I can't be the guy who likes to get all GQ'ed up everyday...and I can't be the guy who whisks you away to Paris and quotes Shakespeare to you....Hell...I don't even feel comfortable using the word "whisk"...But, I can be your partner, your husband, and I wanna be...if you let me...
Lorelai: (tears filling her eyes) Oh my God.
Luke: (looking into her eyes) Lorelai...I love you. So, what do ya say? (pulling a ring from his pocket and holding it up to her) You wanna marry me?
Lorelai: (smiling) Oh yeah.
Luke: (smiling) Good answer.
Lorelai laughs through her tears as he puts the ring on her finger.
Lorelai: (looking at the ring) God, it's beautiful.
Luke: Really? I found it in a Crackerjack box.
Lorelai: (smiling) Wow...You're lucky...I only got a Sponge Bob eraser from mine.
Luke: (looking at the ring) It was my mother's.
Lorelai: (touched) Aww...Luke...I...I feel really honored.
Luke: (smiling) She would have wanted you to have it.
Lorelai: (hugging him) I love you.
Luke: I love you too. (pulling back and looking at her) So, how'd I do?
Lorelai: (sniffling) Hey, that proposal was top quality, buddy. Very original. Very romantic. You scored some major points.
Luke: (half-smiling) Really? But there was no music, no candles, no white horses, no 1,000 daisies...
Lorelai: (rolling her eyes and standing up) Oh, who needs all that crap?
Luke: (standing up too) I thought you wanted all that crap.
Lorelai: (smiling) I want you. I want this. I don't care about that other stuff.
Luke: (sighing) Okay...good.
Lorelai kisses him, and then pulls back.
Lorelai: Besides, with a proposal like this...I can say "Yes" and then celebrate right away by drinking your coffee and eating some pie...and maybe a side of onion rings...
Luke: (grossed out) Pie and onion rings?
Lorelai: (nodding) Yep...and maybe a chocolate chip muffin.
Luke: (shaking his head) Disgusting...I can't believe I'm marrying you...
Lorelai: (walking around to the other side of the counter) Well believe it, Sparky...Hey, you knew what you were getting into when you proposed?
Luke: (behind the counter still) Yeah...maybe I should rethink this...
Lorelai: (sitting down on the stool, holding up her hand) The ring's on my finger now, babe...and it ain't ever comin' off...
Luke: (leaning across the counter) When we're married, will you at least try to eat healthier?
Lorelai: (leaning in) When we're married, will you watch reruns of Queer Eye with me while we paint each other's toe nails?
Luke: Hell no.
Lorelai: Well, there's your answer.
Luke: Fair enough. (walking around the counter) Let's go home.
Lorelai: (getting up and following him towards the door) Yeah, you're so gonna get lucky tonight...
Luke: (turning off the light and opening the door) Fine by me.
Lorelai: (walking out the door) I'm gonna be Mrs. Backwards Baseball Cap.....Finally!
Luke: (following her and then shutting the door behind him) Yeah...I mean it only took, what, ten years... and a zillion cups of coffee...
Fade to Black.