He saunters back to Rory and asks her to go to the dance with him. She says he's not stupid enough to think that she'd actually want to go with him. After some banter, he leaves, and Paris, having witnessed the whole thing with Tristan-lust in her eyes, calls Rory an idiot for not accepting. Rory asks why, if she likes Tristan so much, Paris doesn't just go to the dance with him. She gives Paris money and Paris icily tells her she has no change.
Money makes people shallow.
Her hair is done up, and Lorelai sprays some stray strands into place with about a pound of hairspray. Sookie comes over, weilding burritos and yummy stuff. She tries to help Rory spray her hair and ends up spraying her own eyes. She heads to the bathroom to wash up with something that isn't soap, and Lorelai, alarmed, makes Rory go help her. Emily comes over, ready to take photos of a picture-perfect Rory, and said granddaughter walks out of the kitchen with a burrito in one hand and a napkin bib down her dress.