You're a "friend" of Ava's from High School, you generally hang out with Lorelai and her friends as well as Lorelai's boyfriend. Today Lorelai wanted to invite Ava to the Fall Festival.

[ ONE WEEK LATER ]

Lorelai and the others are late to the Fall Festival due to the traffic, so it'd take them longer to arrive. Meanwhile, since your home is closer to it, you chose to walk there instead. You've now gotten to the entrance of the Fall Festival.

[ What you do next is up to you. ]