Lorelai: I don't care if you go. I just don't want you to miss on any experience because you're too afraid.
Rory: I'm afraid? Of what?
Lorelai: Of asking Dean, of him saying no, of going to a dance with a bunch of kids who haven't accepted you yet, of dancing in public, of finding out you should never be dancing in public.
Rory: Okay, okay, I get it.
Lorelai: Listen, I know you are not Miss Party Girl, and I love you for that... But, [sighs], sometimes I wonder. Do you not join in because you really don't want to or because you're too shy? If the reason you don't wanna go is because you really don't wanna go and not because you are in any way afraid, then this is the last time I'll mention it. I promise.