Last night, I made coq au vin for dinner, so of course the subject of children came up.
All of a sudden, completely out of the blue, Jackson announces he wants four in four.
Four in four. Four kids in four years.
Well, who’s he gonna have these kids with?
See, here’s where, uh, the problem comes in.
Well, I was totally shocked when he announced it and I sort of said, "O. . kay" and . . but I think he took it as, "Okay!" So, apparently, now I have to get busy.
Do you want four in four?
No. But, I mean, I want kids. You know I want kids.
But I thought maybe one. Two if the first one is really quiet.
[Rory and Dean walk up to the table where Lane is serving food. Jess is in front of them.]
The sandwiches are for the dancers.
I’m dancing on the inside.
You have nothing better to do than to sit around inside a gymnasium all day staring at a dance marathon?
I don’t know. [to Dean] Do you have nothing better to do than sit inside a gymnasium all day staring at a dance marathon?
I wouldn’t direct any sort of comment toward me if I were you.
I’m just trying to support my town.
Good, then go back to New York.
Ooh, zing! I’ve been snapped!
You think you’re bugging me sitting in front of me staring like that?
You think you’re bugging me dancing in front of me staring like that?
Then how do you know I’m staring at you?
I am dancing. I cannot control where my glance goes. And the few moments that I can control it, my glance goes to Dean, not to you.
So you can’t control when you look at me, but you have to force yourself to look at him? Sorry, man. That’s cold.
My former comment still stands.
I’m not her boyfriend anymore.
You know, I tried to ignore this. I really did, but I don’t know what the hell I was thinking.
What are you talking about?
You don’t wanna be with me, Rory.
Oh, please! You’ve been into him since he got to town, and I have spent weeks – months, actually – trying to convince myself that it wasn’t true, that everything was fine between us. But now I know that I was an idiot. You’re into him and he’s into you, and Shane, who by the way, should be listening to this ‘cause it’s so damn obvious.
What’s obvious? What did I do?
Everyone can see it, Rory! Everyone. And I’m tired, but I’m over it, so go ahead, go. Be together. There’s nothing standing in your way now, ‘cause I’m out.
I can't even open my eyes.
That's okay, there's nothing to see. Kirk's in a Speedo, Taylor's in a skirt, Al's in assless chaps.
Oh my God, stop. I'm never gonna be able to close my eyes again.
[Jess walks up to Rory as she is sitting on the bridge]
Dean's a jerk yelling at you like that, breaking up in front of everyone. The guy's a total jerk.
No, he's not..he was right...everything he said, all those things about you and me, all those things about me...lying to him, messing with his head. He was right. [pause, she looks up at Jess] Well, wasn't he?....Fine, he was right about me then, now go away.
[Jess takes a breath]
He was right about...all of it.
You definitely broken up with Dean?
Yeah, I'm definitely broken up with Dean.
I have to go take care of something then.
What do you think is gonna happen?
You know what I think is gonna happen.
No, I don’t. Tell me. Tell me what I’m gonna do to her.
You’re not gonna do anything to her because when you’re at her place, there’s Lorelai, and when you’re here, there’s me, and when you’re out there, there’s Taylor.
Romeo and Juliet had warring families and they still managed to do a little damage, you know?
Well, as soon as I catch you in a pair of tights, I’ll get worried. Until then, do your homework.
Uh, listen, I just want you to know that I had a little talk with Jess earlier.
Yes, I did, and I really laid down the rules concerning him and Rory. Trust me, he now knows that I am going to be watching them every second they are together.
You know, they're together now.
Oh yeah. "I have to get a part for my car", "I'm going to go study" — that's kid code for "Meet me at the previously agreed upon location far away from my clueless uncle".
You're kidding me, right? You don't really think that… damn, they are. They're together. They used the kid code and now they're together.
Oh wow. I guess this means there really isn’t a Dean anymore, huh?
Yeah, that and it broke in the shower this morning. Though I probably would’ve taken it off anyway.
Or Jess would’ve done it for you.
It just meant Jess wouldn’t want you wearing another guy’s bracelet.
Or that Jess is a thief and he would’ve stolen it.
It does work on both levels, doesn’t it?
So this is how it’s gonna be from now on?
You like Dean and you hate Jess.
Jess will always be the evil guy who mouthed off to you and wrecked my car and Dean will always be the perfect guy who would come over and change the water bottle.
Aw, I forgot about the water bottle.
Rory, I said nothing. I didn’t mean what you thought I meant about Jess. I’m trying to be supportive about this.
Supportive. You know, go team.
I’m serious, I wanna know how it’s gonna be. Like, can I invite him over?
Of course you can invite him over.
Well, can he actually come into the house?
Yes, he can come into the house
Are you going to talk to him?
I'll at least match him grunt for grunt.
Okay. Now, let's say he's in the house and there's a fire and you can either save him or your shoes - which is it?
That depends, did he start the fire?
Yeah, here we are. So, tell me, what’s your decision about smoking that depending on?
[They kiss]
I’m glad you didn’t smoke it.
[they kiss again]
Well, whatever else happens between us, at least we know that part works.
What? Did I do something or –
No, no. This was. . . you were – are. . .it was wonderful, and I look forward to many similar occurrences in the future, but right now, I have to go. Understand?
It’s more fun that way, isn’t it?
