Authors Note: Hiya everyone. This takes place in the 4d season, sometime after Kirk meets Lulu, Lorelai starts dating Jason, and Nicole comes to the diner to ask Luke to get back together. So between "An affair to remember" and "The Festival of Living Art" Anyways, I just want to thank my beta, Olivia for giving me the idea for this story and for just plain helping me. I love her so. I'll tell y'all her username…as soon as she gets one. Read!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these goofy characters. Gawd, I wish I did.

Crazy Townies and Us

Lorelai Gilmore was sitting at the counter at her favorite hangout, Luke's diner, happily munching on a burger and some fries. The diner seemed oddly quiet…Maybe it was because there was no sign of Kirk. Or Patty. Or Taylor. That's strange, Lorelai thought. They are always here. Gossiping. Where could they be…? She was bored. Rory was off at collage, and pursuing her dreams. Lorelai was stuck, alone. She desperately needed someone to get her out of her bored funk.

"Lukeee…" Lorelai called in a singsong voice. She loved annoying him. The look on his face after she sang some weird song or told a corny joke is freaking hilarious. Too bad she didn't know that she was madly in love with him.

"What Lorelai?" Luke replied in a bored voice.

"Make me laugh." Lorelai requested with a grin.

"No. I'm busy, working. Seeing as I own this place. Entertain yourself!" Luke grumbled.

"Dirty!" Lorelai quipped.

"Ah jeez."

Lorelai giggled. She loved driving him crazy. "What are you so busy doing exactly? I'm the only one here!"

"No, actually there are 3 other people here." Luke informed her.

"Ah well close enough. And they've been served, already. Come on…please!" Lorelai gave him the puppy dog eyes.

The "eyes" were lost on him, he didn't look up. "Eat."

Lorelai sighed. Luke was so stubborn. Oh well!

"So Luke…what's your favorite color? Mine's blue. Or red. And pink! OoOoOh, tie-dye!"

Luke threw up his hands and walked to the storage room to get something. Peace, maybe.

Lorelai happily nibbled at her fries and took a long drink of coffee. It was fun bugging Luke. Suddenly, the diner's phone rang.

"Luke…your phone is ringing!" Lorelai called out to him. "Luke? LUKE!"

No answer. Oh well. Guess I'll have to answer it.

Stepping behind the counter, Lorelai picked up the hanging phone. It was old and rugged. Like Luke. Well, he wasn't old but…you get the picture.

"Hello, Luke's diner." She said, using her receptionist voice. She was going to show Luke she wasn't messing around. Yup! He would be so proud. Yeah right.

"Lorelai? What are you doing at Luke's?" A raspy voice crackled through the phone. "Ohhh sugar, are you and Luke intimate? I knew this day would come!"

Lorelai rolled her eyes. Babette. "No Babette. I was just eating at the diner and the phone rang. Luke is in the back. What are you calling for anyway?"

"Oh." Babette said, obviously disappointed. "Well…Patty has a big show she's putting on in New Haven. And we all climbed in-"

Lorelai interrupted her. "All? Who is with you?"

"Uhh…the gang. Patty, Kirk, Taylor, Me, Morey, Apricot, and some hott broad named Lulu that has a thing for Kirk."

Lorelai laughed. "Wow, that's quite a bunch. What's the rest of the story?"

"Well, doll, we rented a van that we all piled into and unfortunately it broke down."

"Broke down?!?!?" Lorelai gasped.

"Yes hunny, that's what I said. It broke down in Woodbridge. On 87th and Pecan. We were calling Luke because he has a truck and he's well…reliable. We need him to pick us up and take us to New Haven."

"Babette, do you realize that Luke will never want to do that?" Lorelai asked.

"Well it's worth a try. So could you be a doll and go fetch him to me?" Babette asked.

"Alright-I'll go ask him. I'll call you back. Morey's cell?"

Babette laughed. "Ya know me too well, sugar."

"Bye."

Lorelai pulled back the curtain to see Luke opening boxes and stacking pickles.

"Luke?" Lorelai said softly.

"What? Why are you here? You shouldn't be back here!" Luke raged and jumped up.

"Well I need to talk to you." Lorelai said, while being pushed up the stairs and back into the diner.

"What is it?" Luke said, annoyed.

"Babette called on the diners phone and I answered it-" She was interrupted.

"What? You answered it? Why? God Lorelai that's not your phone." Luke was shaking his head.

"Relax Luke, I called your name to tell you that the phone was ringing. And no one answered so I picked it up. Sheesh." Lorelai explained. "Can I go on with the story?"

"Yeah, I guess." Luke mumbled and began wiping down the counters. Lorelai was right on his heels, talking a mile a second.

"Well Babette was shocked to hear me answer the phone and starting thinking we were sleeping together, so I-"

"WHAT?" Luke gasped. "Why would she think that?"

"Luke! Someone give this guy a chill pill. She was just shocked that I answered the phone. God. I told her we weren't "intimate" as she put it and everything was fine. Goodness." Lorelai said, looking at Luke. "It's like you thinking sleeping with me is the worse thing in the world."

Luke jerked his head up. "Well I-I-didn't-"

"Luke. I was just messing with your mind." She gave him a sweet smile and went on. "So she told me how her, Morey, Miss Patty, Taylor, Kirk and some chick named Lulu were all going to some show of Patty's in New Haven."

"New Haven? I'm not sure I like where this is going." Luke walked behind the counter and refill coffee pots, and Lorelai sat back down at the counter, right by him.

"Yeah well…their van broke down."

"Broke down?" Luke asked.

"In Woodbridge, yeah." Lorelai said. "Well the bottom line is that Babette was calling to ask you if you could bring the truck and pick them up and take them to New Haven."

Luke spun around instantly. "No. I am not taking a truck full of bozo's to New Haven just so Patty can go to one of her weird shows."

"Come on Luke! Babette called you reliable!" Lorelai pleaded. She didn't like letting her townies down.

"Lorelai-no. No way in hell." Luke shook his head. "Why would Babette think I would do this in the first place? I'm so not the come and rescue guy."

"Well…I guess I'll just call her back and tell her that they better start walking." Lorelai sighed and starting walking slowly to the phone, wishing for him to change his mind.

"Call." Luke said simply and started stacking chairs atop the tables. The crowd was thinning.

Lorelai sighed again. Obviously Luke wasn't going to budge on this one. Dialing Morey's cell, it went straight to voicemail.

Hello this is Morey. These cell phones are so not savvy. They're ruining my street credability. What's it you do on these? Leave a message. And try to make it interesting, will ya? Bye.

"Uhm…hi Morey, Babette. This is Lorelai. Your phones off? How can I possibly call you back? Well…Luke says no. Sorry."

Lorelai hung up the phone and stared at it. Why were they so irresponsible? She now started to call all of the cell phones of Patty and Taylor. Both off! Kirk didn't have a cell phone. His mom still didn't let him have rollerblades.

"Luke. No one's answering. You can't just leave them out there to rot. You have to go get them!" Lorelai looked up at him expectantly.

"Ugh. Lorelai…" Luke began.

"No Luke! As crazy as they are, they can't stay in a broken down car all night. No one deserves that." Lorelai begged. "Please! Do it for me, if anything. Please."

Luke looked at her for a long time. He sighed and gave in. "Fine."

"Yay!" Lorelai yipped and danced on her toes. She really didn't understand why she was so happy. Oh well.

"Get your coat."

"My…coat? Why?" Lorelai looked at him.

"Why?!? You got me roped into this, woman. You're coming and you're going to suffer through this, along with me. Let's go."

"But.." Lorelai began.

"Nope. No buts. Let's go."

"Oh alright." Lorelai sighed and gather coat. She sure was in for an…interesting evening. If that.

END of chapter one.

I really hope you liked it. It's going to be my first LONG chapter fic. And yes, this is a JavaJunkie. The main focus is Luke and Lorelai, but there are some other couples that pair up. Mwuahaha. Ha-ha just kidding guys! So, should I continue? Review! Well of course I'm going to continue, but please REVIEW.