"Hey. You’re breaking your own rule."
"To you. Learning it."
Rory smiles. She sets the hourglass between them. They watch the sand fall in silence. Not awkward. Just… present. Luke’s Diner. Next morning. Las Chicas Gilmore 5x14
"I don’t have time for patience. I have a deadline."
"Don’t worry. I brought my own." (holds up a tiny egg timer) "Baby steps." I’ll drive there. No
"I’ll call the bakery. No, I’ll drive there. No, I’ll invent a time machine and bring back the churros of 1952—"
"Or maybe—" (she takes a breath) "—maybe waiting doesn’t mean losing. Maybe it means not spilling everything at once." sugar-free and fun-free churros!"
"Now they want gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and fun-free churros!"