Yes I know I'm rubbish at doing these stories but I find it hard to keep up with them all so I've decided to just focus on this one and make it my main one! So please give it a chance and I promise I will update as regularly as I can! :)
It will be set in season 1 and will be a javajunkie story although there will be plenty of Rory too so will follow her life as well. It will start during Rory's Birthday Parties episode but after that it will be AU. I will use certain episodes but it won't be the same timeline. I really hope you enjoy it! Oh and I will bring Jess into it but him and Rory will only be good friends and Lorelai won't hate him. :)
Chapter 1
Lorelai and Rory were stood outside the Gilmore Mansion.
"So how likely is it that they will let us out of Friday night dinner next week?" Rory said turning to look at her mom.
"Um how likely is it that I will miraculously start eating the oatmeal that Luke keeps trying to give us?" Lorelai replied.
"So that's a never then.." Rory concluded.
"I'm sorry hon. I will try but if they don't, we can have the party on Saturday. It will be just as fun." She smiled.
Rory nodded. "Yeh I guess." She smiled.
They eventually rang the doorbell and the maid let them in and directed them to the living room.
"Hey mom, dad!" Lorelai said.
"Lorelai, Rory!" Emily said greeting them.
"Hi Grandma, hi Grandpa!" Rory smiled hugging them.
They sat down and were given drinks by Richard.
"So how's Chilton, Rory?" Emily asked.
"Yeh it's good, I'm enjoying it." Rory smiled.
"And how about that charming inn of yours?" She said to Lorelai.
"Still charming." Lorelai joked.
They were soon called to the dining room for dinner which went uneventfully. After they were done, Lorelai broached the subject of next Friday.
"So mom, dad, you know next Friday is Rory's 16th?" She said.
"We know this." Emily said.
"Well we were planning on having a party at ours on the Friday. It's kind of tradition that we have it on her actual birthday.." She started.
"Lorelai, you made a commitment to us when we agreed to pay for Chilton. Fridays are our days." Emily said stiffly.
"I know but I was wondering just this once if we could change our meal to another day. We wouldn't be missing it, it would just be on another day." She said.
"I'm sorry but Fridays are our days and we were looking forward to actually spending the evening with our granddaughter on her actual birthday. We've missed so many." She said pointedly.
Lorelai sighed, knowing she was losing. "Fine. We'll see you then."
They said their goodbyes and drove home.
"Sorry hon, I tried." Lorelai said.
"It's fine. I sort of knew they wouldn't let us off." Rory said. "You tried."
Soon it was the following Friday and Rory's birthday. She walked into the diner with Lane and went to sit at the counter.
"You should skip school today. It is your birthday, after all." Lane said.
"Can't. Latin test." Rory said.
"Wow Chilton sure does have a lot of tests."
"Tell me about it!"
Luke the walked over to them. "Wrong seats." He said.
"Since when were there right seats?" Rory asked confused.
"Since the coffee cake I baked for you and the balloons I blew up for you are at that table." He replied.
They looked over and sure enough Luke had decorated a table for Rory's birthday. Rory turned back round. "Aw Luke, you did that for me?" She smiled.
"Is it anyone else's birthday today?" He said.
"Aw Luke you big softy!" Rory teased.
"Three seconds and it's gone." He said.
"We're gone." Rory said leading Lane over to the table where they tucked into the cake.
"So you're going to your grandparents tonight?" Lane asked.
"Yeh, they wanted to do a birthday meal." She said.
Lane nodded.
"You're still coming tomorrow right?" Rory asked her best friend.
"Definitely!" Lane smiled.
That evening, Lorelai and Rory went to the Gilmore Mansion again and were led through to the living room. They sat down for drinks.
"So Rory, how's your birthday been?" Richard asked.
"Yeh it's been good actually. School wasn't too bad." She smiled. She then turned to her mom. "Oh did I tell you what Luke did this morning?" She grinned.
"Oooh gossip, I love it!" Lorelai grinned.
"He baked me a coffee cake and blew up balloons for me at a table and it was all ready when I went in there!" She told her.
"Aw that's sweet!" Lorelai smiled. She loved how Luke cared about Rory.
"I know right!" Rory smiled.
"Although he is going to be severely mocked!" She grinned with a twinkle in her eyes.
"I would expect nothing less from you." Rory laughed.
"Who's Luke?" Emily asked.
"Oh he owns the diner in our town. We go there practically everyday." Lorelai said.
"I see." Emily said.
They had a nice meal and they were saying goodbye when Rory turned to them. "You two should come tomorrow to my party! It will be amazing. Mom throws legendary parties and you can meet everyone from the town." She said enthusiastically.
"Thank you Rory but I think we're busy. It is very short notice." Emily said, annoyed that they hadn't been invited before.
"Oh. Ok." Rory said disappointed.
"Hon, go get in the car. I'll be right there." Lorelai said seeing her disappointment.
Rory nodded and left.
Lorelai turned to her mom. "Mom, come tomorrow please. Rory really wants you there." She said.
"Well then why weren't we invited earlier? It's only polite to send invitations early." Emily replied.
"We don't do invitations and your granddaughter wants you there. I'm sorry we didn't invite you sooner but we only see you on Fridays. Just do this for your granddaughter." Lorelai said annoyed and then left.
They went home via the diner. Rory sat down at a table while Lorelai went up to the counter. "Hey!" She grinned at Luke.
"Ok you're never this cheery on a Friday. What is it?" He said.
"So a little bird tells me you're going soft in your old age and are baking cakes and blowing up balloons for girls' sixteenth birthday parties..." She grinned.
"Ah geez, she told you about that?" He said.
"Yep! I wonder what the town would think of you not being the grumpy diner owner they all know!" She teased.
"You tell them and you can get your coffee elsewhere." He said.
"But yours is the best!" She pouted.
"Your choice." He replied.
"Fine! I won't tell but you better give me coffee now or else I won't invite you to Rory's party extravaganza tomorrow!" She said.
Luke poured her a cup of coffee. "You don't need to invite me, you know." He said.
"I know but I would like you to be there." She said sincerely.
"Yeh? Ok then. 7?" He smiled.
"7. Oh and seriously though, Rory really enjoyed the cake so thanks." She smiled.
Luke nodded and smiled. "I'm glad."
Lorelai went over to rejoin Rory with a muffin for each of them. Rory started telling her mom about her day.
Luke came over a bit later. "I hear you're having a party tomorrow night?" He said to Rory.
"Oh yeh. Mom is famous for her parties. My 8th was a pretty memorable one." She grinned.
"Yeh?" He said.
"Yeh. The cops shut it down." Lorelai grinned.
"The cops shut down an 8 year old birthday party?" Luke asked somewhat amused.
"Yeh and arrested the clown!" Rory smirked.
"I don't want to hear anymore of this." He said walking away leaving the two of them to laugh.
The party soon came and was in full swing. Rory had opened lots of presents given to her from people from the town. She was chatting with Lane when she saw her grandparents walked in. She smiled and ran over to them and hugged them. "Grandma, Grandpa, you came!" She smiled.
They smiled at her enthusiasm and hugged her back.
Soon Sookie came rushing in to find Lorelai. "Lorelai, we're out of ice!" She exclaimed.
"What? How can we be out of ice?"
"I don't know. We just are!" She said.
Lorelai sighed. "I'll go get some." She said going to the door.
When she reached for her jacket though, the door opened and Luke came in carrying two bags of ice. "Oh my god, you're a vision! How did you know we needed ice?" She exclaimed.
"Well you can never have too much ice." He joked.
"Ahh you're the best!" She exclaimed and surprised him with a hug.
He chuckled and then took the ice through to the kitchen while Lorelai went to join Rory who was chatting to Emily and Richard in the living room.
Luke soon came in after leaving the ice with Sookie and walked awkwardly over to Lorelai. He didn't want to interrupt. Rory spotted him though and smiled. "Hey Luke! Thanks for coming!" She smiled.
"Well I couldn't miss another of your mom's famous parties!" He joked.
"Oh Luke, these are my grandparents. Grandma, Grandpa, this is Luke." She introduced them.
"How do you do?" He said politely but noticed them studying him intently which made him a bit uncomfortable. He turned back to Rory. "Oh I got you this. Happy Birthday!" He said handing her a present.
"You didn't have to get me anything!" Rory said and opened it. It was a first edition of a Jane Austen book. She smiled. "Aw thanks Luke!" She said giving him an awkward hug.
Lorelai smiled at this and caught Luke's eyes. She smiled at him and he smiled back. Just then, music came blaring on and Rory grabbed Lorelai's hand.
"Come on, mom! Let's show them how it's done!" She grinned, pulling her to the middle of the room and they started doing a silly dance with everyone laughing.
Emily and Richard watched in bemusement. They saw them then encourage everyone to join in and sure enough everyone did. Emily watched as Lorelai came up and grabbed Luke's hand. "Come on, Luke! It's a party! Everyone has to dance!" She grinned.
"Lorelai..." He growled but let her pull him towards Rory and Lane. "I don't dance!"
"You know, everyone from the town is here. I could just tell them how you're not as grumpy as you make out." She teased.
Luke rolled his eyes and joined in but awkwardly.
"That's a nice new trick!" Lorelai grinned at Rory who laughed back.
"Sorry Luke!" Rory smirked.
"You're just as bad as your mother! You know that, right?" He grunted.
"I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks!" She grinned.
Richard had gone and sat down to read while Emily was watching Lorelai, Luke and Rory and noticed the closeness between Lorelai and Luke. She didn't like it.
Soon the party was over and everyone had left. Rory joined Lorelai on the sofa. "Great party mom! Thanks!" She said sincerely.
Lorelai smiled. "Glad you enjoyed it! Although Luke did seem pretty mad at the end!" She laughed.
"Well you did throw a cupcake at him." Rory pointed out.
"Well he was in the way." She said.
Rory just laughed. "I'm going to head to bed but thanks again." She said giving her mom a kiss on her cheek.
"Night hon." Lorelai said. She smiled when she saw Rory pick up the book that Luke had given her and knew she would be up for a long time yet. She thought back to the party and realised how much she had enjoyed it. Her mind wandered to Luke and how she got him to join in with the dancing and the food fight and even after he offered to stay to help clean up. It was fun winding him up. She soon stopped herself from thinking too much though. Luke was her friend. That's it. She got up and went to bed and tried to think about something else.
So I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! :) Please let me know what you think by leaving a review! :) Thanks! :)