Different Circumstances
Summary- What if Luke & Lorelai met in a different time, different place? How would things go? What would they think of each other?
Yup, that's right, my second multi-chapter fic in one day.
Disclaimer- I don't own GG, even though I wish I did. But no, nothing's mine, just the creative insanity in my head.
An 18 year-old dark-haired boy stood behind the counter of William's Hardware Store. He spotted a girl who looked about 2 years younger than him standing on the sidewalk. She had bright blue eyes and long brown hair. She looked up and offered him a small smile. It was nervous, cautious, but a smile nonetheless. He returned the smile and then averted his eyes back down to the small paper with the contents of the order he needed to fill scribbled on it.
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Lorelai stood on the corner of a quaint little town. She stood in front of a big window looking into a store called William's Hardware. She saw a boy, who couldn't be more than 2 years older than her, standing at the counter. He was very handsome. She saw him glance at her and she offered him a weak smile, which he returned.
She looked down at her shoes as her mother walked up behind her and grabbed hold of her arm tightly. Her mom scoffed at the sight of the hardware store. Lorelai shuffled her feet as Emily dragged her along the sidewalk. She could not believe her mother was doing this.
All this just for a pregnancy test. She had to listen to the Emily Gilmore unabridged version of her lecture about how everyone in Hartford knows her. Thus, if anyone saw her in a convenience store, buying a pregnancy test for her 16 year old daughter, no less, the gossip would spread like wildfire and everyone would know that her daughter was a little harlot by the next morning.
She rolled her eyes at her mother's disguise- huge sunglasses that she must've borrowed directly from Jackie O herself, large gaudy pieces of jewelry, and a huge floral headscarf. Geez, way to look inconspicuous. That's a great way to not draw attention to herself. She played with the hem of her just-too-big blue sweater and looked down at her old sneakers. At first, Emily figured that her newfound weight gain was just a result of the Tootsie Rolls that she'd been hoarding in her drawer.
Well," Her mother spoke up, "Pick one."
"I don't know," Lorelai shrugged.
"It's not that hard!" Emily cawed.
Lorelai grabbed a box without even looking and tossed it in the basket her mother was clutching.
"Get three!" She insisted.
"Fine," Lorelai sighed.
Lorelai grabbed two more boxes and made her way up to the counter, with her mother close behind. As she stared out the big, dirty windows she couldn't help but think about the guy at the hardware store. There was something about him, and she just couldn't put her finger on it...
"Lorelai!" Her mother called in her voice that would frighten Satan, interrupting her train of thought as the small bell above the door jingled.
Lorelai slowly followed after her, dragging her feet. She felt uncomfortable in her clothes. She felt out of place. Nothing fit right; it was all too baggy, hanging off her new pregnancy curves. She would soon need to start buying actual maternity wear. Lorelai was both dreading it and looking forward to it.
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Luke locked up and turned the sign on the door to 'Closed'. His mind floated back to the brunette from earlier that day. She looked very uncomfortable, out of place, though in a strange way he felt that she would fit perfectly into the insanity that is Stars Hollow. He wondered why he'd never seen her before. He knew she didn't live around here, since it was a small town and he definitely would've remembered a girl like her. Why anyone would come here was a mystery to him. And she and her mother definitely didn't look like tourists.
Maybe if he sees her again he should try to strike up a conversation. Yeah, like that would happen, way to pass up a great opportunity, Luke, He thought to himself. But he thought more thoroughly about it. Man, how awkward would that be? He just happens to see her walking down the street and he runs outside onto the sidewalk to start talking to her. Yeah, that'd be smooth.
He shook his head at himself and trudged up the stairs and got into bed. He finally managed to get to sleep after he stopped all the thoughts of that girl from flooding his mind.
Author's Note- There you have it! Chapter one! Review if possible. Be constructive. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you're confused because I will answer. I'll post more ASAP.