"Lukey!" Lorelai yelled as she walked through the door of the diner, making everyone look up at her.
She smiled and gave them a little wave as she walked up to the counter and sat down on a stool.
"Lukey!" she tried again, a little quieter this time. When she was sure that he wasn't anywhere close, she quietly got up from her stool and snuck behind the counter.
"Lorelai, you aren't supposed to be behind the counter." Kirk said sounding like a six year old boy.
"What ever Kirk, Luke isn't going to find out." Lorelai said grabbing a cup and reaching for the coffee pot.
"Ok." Kirk said as he watched Luke walk out from the kitchen and his eyes widen from seeing Lorelai behind the counter.
"See Kirk, he is never going to… Agh!" she said turning around and coming face to face with Luke making her jump five feet in the air.
"What are you doing? I told you, you aren't supposed to be back here." Luke said glaring down at her while Kirk snickered behind him.
"Shut up Kirk." Lorelai said trying to glare at him, but couldn't because Luke was in the way.
"Lorelai." Luke growled.
Lorelai sighed and rolled her eyes, "I called you and you didn't answer, and I was about to die because I haven't had coffee since I left the inn." When Luke didn't stop glaring at her she gave him her best pout and added, "You don't want me to die, do you?"
Luke sighed he could never beat her pout, "No, just don't come behind the counter any more, you can wait a minute for coffee."
"What ever you say, but if one day you come out and find me lying on the floor of your diner, dead, just remember, it is all your fault." She said jabbing him in the chest.
"Lorelai," he said grabbing her hand, "stop poking me and get on the other side of the counter."
"Fine." She said doing as she was told and watching him go back in the kitchen.
When she was done with her coffee she called for him again. When he didn't answer, a wicked grin came over her face. She got off her stool, got down on her knees and laid down on the floor, sticking her tong lazily out of her mouth, pretending to be dead.
"Lorelai, what are you doing now?" Kirk asked looking down at her from his stool.
"Shhh!" she hushed him, magically coming back to life then going right back to being dead.
"Luke!" Kirk whined.
"What do you want Kirk?" Luke said angrily coming out of the kitchen.
Kirk just pointed at the floor to where Lorelai was laying.
Luke gave him a confused look then walked to the front of the counter to see what he was pointing at.
"Lorelai!" he yelled when he saw her lying on the floor, "What are you doing?"
When she didn't answer, he went over, wrapped one arm around her shoulders and the other under her knees and carried her bridal stile towards the stairs.
"My oh my, what is going on in here?" Ms. Patty said after walking into the diner and seeing Luke carrying Lorelai.
"Nothing, Ms. Patty, Lorelai is just being stupid." Luke said disappearing with still 'dead' Lorelai behind the curtain leading to the stairs.
"Right." Ms. Patty said to the diner.
When Luke got into his apartment he literally dropped Lorelai on the couch.
"Umph!" Lorelai grunted hitting the couch, "What did you do that for?"
"Teaching you that if you ever do that again this is what is going to happen to you." Luke said still standing in front of her.
"Oh, well I wouldn't mind being carried up to an apartment by two big, strong arms." Lorelai teased him sitting up on the couch.
"Just don't do it any more, it is unsanitary." Luke told her sitting on the now empty space next to her.
"Fine, what ever. I actually need to ask you something." She said turning to face him a little.
"Really?" he said raising an eyebrow, "What is it?"
"Well… my parents go to Cabo, Mexico every year and this year, my dad has to go away on business and my mom doesn't want to go by herself so she gave me and Rory the tickets." She explained.
"So you want me to pick up your mail and look after your house?" Luke finished for her, a little disappointed that he wasn't going to see her for a week.
"No, not exactly, Rory can't go because she has to study for finals, and of course Sookie can't go because she has Davey and Jackson, so I was wondering…" she explained.
"Yeah…" Luke eased her on.
"I was wondering if you would like to come with me?" she asked quietly looking down at the ground.
"Really?" he asked, almost not believing it.
"Yeah, I mean you are my best friend. It would be fun." She said shrugging, "So, do you want to go?"
"Yeah, sure." Luke said smiling at her.
"Yeah!" she squealed, clapping her hands.
"So… when do we leave?" he asked.
"Oh, that's the thing, my dad just found out about his trip yesterday and they told me this morning, so we are leaving tomorrow, at three." She said smiling at him.
"Oh, ok." Luke said.
"You can still go, can't you?" Lorelai said looking at him with eyes full of hope.
"Yeah, of course." Luke said.
Lorelai let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding, "Good." She said smiling.
"How long is this trip?" Luke asked.
"Oh, right! Umm… it is a week long so we'll be back next Friday, right in time for Friday night dinner, which I have to go to, to tell them about the trip." She said rolling her eyes.
"Ok, sounds good." He said.
"Good. So I'll come by the diner at noon, with my stuff and we'll have lunch then leave?" she asked.
"Yep, sounds good." Luke said smiling at her.
"Ok, I'll see you later?" she asked getting up.
"Yeah, see you later." He said getting up behind her.
"Thank you Luke." Lorelai said kissing his cheek then walking out of his apartment.
Luke blushed, but then shook his head and followed Lorelai down to the diner.
So… here is my new story. For all of you that are also reading Life is Good, I promise I will finish it. So, I know this is another 'this is so predictable' story, but hey, I like them and I wanted to write one. Also, I actually went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (Cabo for short) this past summer and I wanted to make a Java Junkie story out of it. I don't know how long it will be in between chapters because of school, but I'll do my best to be as quick as I can. Hope you liked this first chapter! Tell me what you think of it!
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