Good! Okay. [reaches around to pour her a cup of coffee]
PMiss Patti
It's so nice seeing you back in here.
It's been a long time. What, nine, ten months?
Yeah something like that.
Actually, I can tell you exactly when Lorelai was in here last [pulls out a notebook] cause I marked it in my calendar. May 22, 2006. Stool available. Question mark. It's important to..
Enough Kirk. [hands Lorelai her coffee] Here you go.
Here's a news flash for you, okay. Sports cars don't think they're better than other cars! Okay? Hatchbacks do not have SUV inferiority complexes!
Heh. Now who's ridiculous.
Yeah, and sedans aren't afraid to get dirty!
You know what I think it is? You're hungry.
Sometimes you get like this when you're hungry.
[digs in her purse] I think I have some cookies in here. Some Oreos.
I'm not! Besides I wouldn't eat anything that came out of that bag!
They're in a wrapper. [holds up a baggie of cookies]
I can't believe you still haven't cleaned that thing out!
How much time do you lose a day looking in that thing? Five, ten minutes? Multiply that by a year I bet you gain a month if you just took an hour and cleaned it out. [she smiles at him] What?!
[in disbelief] You're smiling.
What? No! You've got low blood sugar.
I do not have--okay. Are you going to buy a car or not?
Now, I want you to imagine your dream car. It can be anything you want. You're backing out of the driveway. You're driving through Stars Hollow. "Good morning, Townspeople! Top of the morning to you."
Why am I saying "Top of the morning?"
It doesn't matter what you say. It matters what you're in. Can you see what you're in?
Okay, what kind of car is it?
It's not really a car, it's more of a float.
In a shape of a swan. And I'm dressed all in white.
Oh, you're preparing for the big boat trip, huh?
Wow. Do you want me to just talk in nautical terms till you go?
All hands on deck. Now I'm done.
Oh we were thinking of heading up the coast.
You're really going on a boat trip, huh? You sure it's a good idea?
What's wrong with a boat trip?
Well I mean for starters, you're on a boat.
So! Anything could go wrong. You're on a boat in the water in the middle of nowhere. Haven't you seen "Dead Calm," "Open Water," "Das Boot"?
Okay, first of all, I did not purchase a u-boat.
"Titanic", surely you've seen "Titanic."
April's very excited about this.
Look instead of paying for this, can I just give you some of my sage advice?
I'd rather have the dollar.
April says she's very excited?
Yeah, she said she's very excited, but if I were you, I would plan a couple nights at a hotel so she can wash her hair and order room service. That's what I would do.
Okay and if you're heading up the coast, you have to spend as much time as possible on the southern coast of Maine.
And you have to go to Barnacle Billy's.
They have the best lobster you've ever had and you sit on the deck, look at the view -- you never want to leave.
For all that extra advice, don't I get a doughnut? [Luke opens the donut box] Thank you very much.
[about the news of Logan getting a great job] You're a serious guy. Look, you don't have to convince me. I voiced my concerns and you told me your plans, we had pie-- I'm cool.
Thank you! I appreciate that. That means a lot to me.
So the thing is-- as you can imagine, I'm pretty exited about all this.
But it does mean I'll move to San Francisco.
Oh wow! That's big. That's funny, Rory didn't mention it.
Well, actually I haven't told her yet.
And you are here 'cause you want me to tell her for you?
No, no. I'm gonna tell her. I just-- I wanted to talk to you first about it.
OK. That's... thoughtful.
Look, I love Rory. She means the world to me, and I want her to come with me to California.
But not just as my girlfriend-- which is why I'm here. I'm here to ask your permission, your permission to ask Rory to marry me.
[Lorelai looks at him so overwhelmed]
And then, on top of everything, there's the whole Luke thing.
Oh, thank God! I've been waiting and waiting all morning. I didn't think you were gonna say anything, and I didn't think I should say anything... So, there's a Luke thing?
I don't know, Sookie. I can't figure out what happened. I mean, clearly something came up when I sang that song.
But I don't know if it was a new, now feeling or the residue of an old feeling that came up because of the drinks and the lyrics and the hat.
Well, it was a deadly cocktail.
So that's why I'm going to the diner today to see how I feel sober and without the lyrics of I Will Always Love You streaming in front of me.
Gotcha, but just so you know, I think it was a new, now feeling. I mean, the way you were singing to him...
Sookie, you weren't even there.
I know, but I had enough people describe it to me.
No, we're just all excited about the possibility of you and Luke.
Look, I know everyone's heart is in the right place, but I need to figure out what I want.
Seriously, Sookie, I need your help with keeping all these people off my back.
Understood. But for the future, next time you want other people to stay out of your, you know, relationship...
Don't serenade your ex in front of the whole town?
You knew it was a serenade?
[in line to graduate] Okay. This is it.
Yeah. We've been drafting off each other since high school, and now it's each woman for herself. Who knows when we'll see each other again, right?
Paris, I haven't been able to shake you off all this time. I'm sure we're going to be friends for a very long time.
You're going to do such great things with your life, Rory. (gives her a huge hug)
All right, we can check the cake off our list. What else do I need to remember?
Don't worry cause I prefer footballs basically.
[enunciating] Don't worry cause I prefer footballs basically.
It's a mnemonic device|. Dress, wedges, champagne, ice, plastic flutes, beaded clutch. Beaded clutch is one word.
Don't worry cause I prefer footballs basically, Polly.
And tissues and my camera.
Don't worry cause I prefer footballs basically, Polly...teased...Chad.
Why would Polly tease Chad about footballs?
I don't know. Maybe Polly prefers soccer balls.
That doesn't make any sense!
[laughs] Well, then stop adding stuff to the list!
Logan...I'm sorry. I can't. I love you. You know how much I love you. I love the idea of being married to you. But...there are just a lot of things in my life right now that are undecided, which used to scare me, but now I kind of like that it's all wide open. And if I married you, it just wouldn't be.
So, what? I move to San Francisco, you stay back east, and we see each other occasionally?
Well, we can try long distance. We've done it before.
You really think that would work?
I think it would be hard, but--
I don't want to do that, Rory. I don't want to move backwards. If we can't take the next step...
Does it have to be all or nothing?
[Rory pauses, reaches into her pocket, and holds out the box with the ring in it; after a long silence, Logan takes it]
Yeah. Well, I mean, I'm not okay, I feel awful. I feel sick. I miss him already.
And it just sucks, you know, because I graduated today. This was supposed to be a happy day in my life, and now every time I look back on it, I'm going to think of this horrible thing that happened.
I'm sorry. But I think you made the right decision.
I do. One day, you'll meet someone, and you'll just know that it's right. You won't want to hesitate.
Mom, why do you want to loan me money?
All it would require is for the three of us to sit down and hash out the details. Of course, we'd want to get together with you from time to time to see how things are progressing, but we wouldn't become pests about it.
Mom, why don't we just talk about it Friday night at dinner?
Oh...[pause] So, our Friday night dinners will continue, then?
Well, we might as well. I've kind of gotten used to it.
All right. That sounds fine. But don't be late, and don't wear jeans.
Mom, when have I ever worn jeans to dinner?
Well, I don't know. It very well could have been Rory who enforced your dress code. I'm just saying that I don't think jeans are appropriate.
All right. Spandex and a tube top it is.
May I have your attention, please? I'd like to welcome you all to this Bon Voyage in honor of one of Stars Hollow's favorite daughter, Miss Rory Gilmore! [gestures to her and everyone applauds and cheers] I've known Rory as have most of you....
Have you given any more thought to my spa idea?
Oh, yeah. I don't think I'm interested, though.
...pregnant with pride and anticipation. Ready to birth you from our collective womb, fully gestated, and nourished, and so we breathe deep and with these last painful contractions, we push you out into the world, spank your bottom, and wipe the amniotic fluid from your eyes, as you issue your first independent breath.
Is this speech making you a little queasy?
Rory, would you like to say a few words?
[coming up to the front] Thank you, Taylor, for that very unique tribute. Um...I love this place. I just loved growing up here. I love all of you, and thank you so much for doing all this. It's amazing, it's just...it's so...oh, gosh, I'm on the verge of gushing, so I'm just going to stop myself. I don't want to gush, except for one more thing. To my mom, who...is just everything to me, and everything I am, and who I'm going to miss so much.
[Lorelai, watching from background, smiles and nods, with tears in her eyes]
