Jealousy Written All Over Your Pretty Little Face
A new girl comes into town and tries to seduce Luke, and Lorelai's a bit jealous. Nicole got out of the picture a little earlier than on the show. Set between Afterboom and Luke Can See Her Face.
Chapter One: Introducing Miss Allison Doose
The town looked so beautiful this time of year. Although she loved when it was blanketed in delicate white snow, she had to admit that it was just as breathtaking when the trees were in full bloom. She needed some lovely scenery like this. It made her feel happier, which helped her take her mind off of Jason. She had been so depressed since the breakup. She thought that she had found someone she could really be with. Even with his neurotic quirks, she found herself falling for him. But she thought that fate was telling her something: He wasn't the one. So her outlook on the situation was beginning to change. The cats came to her house, and she thought that meant she was destined to be alone forever. But there had to be someone out there for her, so she wasn't about to give up just yet.
She always loved the atmosphere of Luke's, no matter how packed or how slow business was. Just being there made her feel better. And she guessed that being around Luke helped in that "feeling better" process since he was her friend and everything. She found that there seemed to be a lull this morning, so she sat in a seat at the counter. Lorelai heavily sighed and realized that not even Luke was in the diner. She found this to be extremely strange. She had never heard such a silence here; it bothered her a lot.
"Luke! You here?" she yelled. It really fascinated her that no one was here.
She then heard loud footsteps coming from the stairs to Luke's apartment. He now entered her view. She saw he was wearing his usual outfit: a flannel shirt, jeans, and a backwards baseball cap. He was also wearing his usual attitude of grumpiness.
"What do you want?" he asked as he pulled out a pencil and an order sheet.
"Why are you not in the diner?" she lashed out at him.
"I am in the diner," he declared.
"I'm well aware of that, but you weren't before."
"Before what?"
"Before! I came in the diner, and the place might as well have had tumbleweed floating around the floor because that's how deserted this place was."
"After 4, the place usually has a lull until 6 or 7, so I take a nap upstairs."
"That's not the point. No matter what time of the day it is, it's still possible for you to have a customer. So if a random person comes in here and isn't aware of you little 'nap time', they might think you're not in business anymore or something."
"What point are you trying to make here Lorelai? I'm too tired to decipher this little speech of yours."
"All I'm saying is that it's kinda weird that you or Caesar or someone wasn't here in the diner."
"Well, technically I was in the diner since I live in the diner. Plus, the only people who come here live in Stars Hollow and they know the place is still here. Who would honestly be stupid enough to see all the lights on in the diner and in my place, the napkins and condiments on the table, and smell the scent of food and think we were closed for good?"
"Uh, hello, Kirk," Lorelai stated as a commonly known fact.
"Right. Kirk. Look, if it makes you happy, I'll have someone here all the time, 24/7. That way, if you have a brush with death at two in the morning, someone will be here to give you coffee and listen to your incessant ranting. So what if I have to dish out three times the normal amount of money I put in peoples' paychecks and I go bankrupt? I'll do it if you just shut up," Luke ranted.
"Wow. What's up with you Mr. Crankypants?" she questioned him.
"Nothing. I just have all these bills to pay and…"
Just then the bell on the door rang. He looked up and saw the creature standing before him.
"Allison," he declared.
"Allison?" Lorelai asked.
She had no clue what was going on. She turned around to see who it was. There stood a tall, lanky blonde with long curly locks and a face and body like Christie Brinkley's. She wore a white sundress and dark black flats, a ribbon in her hair and sunglasses on her head.
"Hello Luke," she whispered.
He quickly walked out from behind the counter and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug, grabbing her with such force that she almost fell over onto a table.
"Boy, I wasn't aware that Luke Danes had the ability to hug," she stated.
He ended the hug and sized her up, looking at how beautiful she was. She certainly looked better than the last time he saw her.
"I didn't really think you'd want to see me."
"Not see you? Al, why would you think that?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that I haven't called you in ten years could be why."
"Allie, it could've been fifty years since we'd spoken last and I'd still wanna see you."
"Well that's good because I really wanted to see you," Allison announced, "And who is this?"
Luke turned around and saw that her eyes were fixated on Lorelai. He saw how weirdly she was sitting and realized that she must have felt extremely awkward given the situation.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Allison, this is Lorelai Gilmore. Lorelai, this is Allison Doose," Luke introduced them.
"It's nice to meet you," Lorelai smiled as her and Allison shook hands.
"Wait, Doose? As in…"
"Taylor? Yes. Actually, that's why I'm here. I came to visit him. I'm his niece," Allison explained.
"Oh, geez! You scared me there. I thought that you were his long lost daughter or something. Boy, that would've been a heated topic at the next town meeting," Lorelai nervously chuckled.
"Uh yeah, sure Lorelai," Luke mumbled.
He couldn't keep his eyes off of Allison, nor could she keep her eyes off of him. Lorelai was beginning to feel like a 3rd wheel, so she decided she should go back to The Dragonfly.
"You know what? I just remembered that I have to get back to The Dragonfly."
"The Dragonfly?" Allison asked Lorelai.
"It's an inn. It's my inn. I own it. I own The Dragonfly. Well, I partially own it with Sookie, but nonetheless I own fifty percent of the property," Lorelai ranted.
Luke and Allison both gave her looks questioning her sanity.
"Okay, well I'm gonna go. Bye," Lorelai said as she practically ran out the door.
"But you didn't order anything!" Luke shouted out at her. She was already crossing the street.
"Just put it on my bill!" she yelled back at him, obviously not paying attention to what he had said.
Luke closed the door and looked back at Allison, who was trying very hard not to laugh at what had just happened here.
"She's not usually this weird," Luke told her.
"Yeah, sure. Right. If you say so."
Yes, it's not very eventful right now, but I promise that the next chapters will be better. That is, if you all want me to continue.
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