- [after Jess admits a swan attacked him]
- Luke: I've just never heard anyone use "beaked" as a verb before.
- Luke: [Lorelai comes down the stairs from the apartment in the diner, she needed a book] Find everything ok?
- Lorelai: Oh yeah, found everything, including a couple coupling.
- Luke: Oh Rory and Jess?
- Lorelai: No Ben and J LO, yes Rory and Jess.
- Luke: Guess I shoulda told ya.
- Lorelai: You knew they were up there?
- Luke: They're up there all the time.
- Lorelai: On the couch. Horizontal. On the couch.
- Luke: They come up for air every so often.
- Lorelai: And you just allow this? Luke!
- Luke: Settle down, I go up there every 10 minutes pretending to get something to keep them from doing something we don't want them to do. You just going up there just down saved me a trip.
- Lorelai: Glad to be of service.
- Luke: It's a good system. It works.
- Lorelai: Every 10 minutes?
- Luke: Like clock work.
- Lorelai: Even if you're serving a customer, it's every 10 minutes?
- Luke: If I'm in mid-pour, I stop and go up.
- Lorelai: [ponders about that] Hmm, 10 minutes. Yup, pretty much the time it took to create Rory. And that included getting dressed and freshing my lipstick.
- [turns to walk away]
- Lorelai: Thanks for the book!
- Luke: [turns to chef] Ceaser, cover for me.
- [then proceeds to run upstairs]
- Luke: Where'd you get the black eye?
- Jess Mariano: You wouldn't believe it.
- Luke: Try me, tough guy.
- Jess Mariano: A swan.
- Luke: Excuse me?
- Jess Mariano: I was attacked by a swan. Okay, you happy? A stupid swan.
- Luke: -laughs- Now, how about the real story?
- Jess Mariano: That is the real story. It hangs out by Larson's dock. I was just walking by, and the thing came out of nowhere and beaked me right in the eye.
- Luke: It "beaked" you.
- Jess Mariano: You still don't believe me.
- Luke: I've just never heard the word "beaked" used as a verb before.
- Lorelai: [other two guys in the band almost found out about Dave and Lane liking each other, when Lorelei made a comment about Dave and Lane singing love songs] Guys, I'm so sorry! It just slipped out!
- Lane: That's ok.
- Lorelai: How long are you going to keep it a secret?
- Lane: For a while, at least, it's easier.
- Lorelai: Do you think it would be so bad if they knew? Keeping this secret seems awfully complicated.
- Lane: Not really, we have a system.
- Dave: Mmhmm, speaking of which
- [turns to Lane]
- Dave: it's 3:18, we can have the stuff packed by 3:40, what's the situation?
- Lane: At 3:40 my mom will be on her way to the yarn store for a bimonthly sew-a-thon with Lacy Swartzch and Bick-Ho.
- Dave: The yarn store's on Peach.
- Lane: Plum.
- Dave: That cuts us off from our usual route to the interstate.
- Lane: There's a back road, but it's gonna be muddy from the rain.
- Dave: How bout I have the guys take the usual route, I'll go by foot on Peach, down the alley, behind Allison's , over the fence, and they can pick me up a half mile down by the Shell Station?
- Lane: Perfect.
- [both let out a breath and turn back to Lorelai]
- Lorelai: [stares, mouth open]
- Lane: Uh, well, that's not complicated.
- Lorelai: Sorry I doubted you.
- Lane: Well, ok then!
- [Leaves]
- Luke: [said sarcastically about a beautiful, white swan that Jess claims attacked him:] Yes, its butt is terrifying.