This is my first attempt at a Gilmore Girls fanfic, I know its not perfect but I hope you will give it a go.

No beta so all mistakes are my own. English is not my first… okay that's a lie, I'm just not that good at it.

Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with the Gilmore Girls or there crazy town of Stars Hollow.

Chapter 1

The diner had been empty for about twenty minutes, it would be about an hour and a half before the dinner rush started. Caesar had just left and Ben wouldn't start for another hour or so. Luke wiped the counter, cleared the last table and stacked the dish washer. It had been a busy day but now he had the diner to himself. This was Luke's favorite part of the day. The quiet relaxed him. He had been alone, mostly, now for nearly ten years. He had no family left in town and his on/off ex-girlfriend had recently headed to… Congo, Peru… it was hard to keep track.

Rachel had been in and out of his life since high school. She couldn't understand his persistence to stay in such a small town when there was a whole world to explore. Luke had nearly left once to go to college, when his father had gotten sick in his senior year of high school he declined his track scholarship and stayed in town to take care of him and run his failing business. From time to time Rachel would return and they would pick up where they had left off, each time she had promised to stay, and each time she had left. This last time he hadn't even been as saddened by her departure. The town had taken it worse that he had.

Miss Patty and Babette has only just stopped reassuring him that she would be back or that he was better without her, depending on the day, they couldn't seem to make their minds up. They expected him to be heart broken like the first time she had left him to attend college in New York. At times it was comforting to feel like someone cared, but mostly it droved him nuts. He knew what the towns people had started to say things behind his back, though often right in front of him. They called him a hermit, a loner and a grump, some had even started to compare him to his Uncle Louie, hearing that had bothered him the first time, his Uncle Louie was a very unhappy, grouch of a man, he chased people off, insulted them and was down right rude. Kids had been scared of him. Kids weren't scared of Luke… at least he didn't think they were, he never really had anything to do with them so he couldn't be sure.

Sometimes, especially after a stressful day Luke wondered why he stayed in Stars Hollow. People here were a little on the crazy side, everyone knew and was in every body's else's business.

But... Stars Hollow was his home. All his memories lived here.

Stars Hollow was where his mother had died, where his father had died. They were buried in the cemetery behind the church not even a mile away from where he stood re-filling the coffee machine. This building where his diner stood once was home to his fathers hardware store, a place that held a lot of fond memories. The hours he spent here with his father outside of school hours, the things his father had taught him, he could fix nearly anything, build and carve anything he wanted, a skill he didn't often need but was able to enjoy when the mood hit.

Alone he had tried and failed to save his fathers hardware store, in the end he did the one thing he could do… turn it into a diner.

His mother had loved to cook, she would always be in the kitchen trying to make there family meals as special and creative as possible. Luke had loved to watch her work in the kitchen growing up and as he got older she included him more and more in the preparations of their meals. After she had died cooking had lost its joy but there was no one else to do it. Liz had always been running off getting herself into trouble, his father could not cook and had little time for it, he tried but after a couple of attempts Luke silently took over. It took a few years it became less of a chore and fun again.

The diner's establishment was helped along by with the help of his parents best friends, Maisy and Buddy, who had a restaurant a couple of towns over. They gave him ideas helped perfecting his recipes and assisted him with selling his parents home it order to pay for the renovations. The day the diner opened he throw up and gave himself a concussion but the town had rallied around him and helped him make the diner a success. Though most of the menu was simple diner food, and not as creative, fancy or healthy as he may have liked or was capable of making, he had been able add his own special ingredients that kept people coming back.

It was times like back then that he was thankful to have born in Stars Hollow. Then there were the days when the town frustrated the hell out of him. Sometimes he needed to be left alone, no one pestering him to paint the diner, to hang a poster in his window and to talk when he didn't want or have anything to say.

Just that morning Taylor had been in to bug him about putting up a poster for the Fall Festival the following weekend, in the eight years since Luke had turned his fathers hardware store into a diner he had only once agreed to one of these requests, it had been early on and Luke was still finding his feet. The moment he had said yes Taylor and made him regret his decision, as he made one demand after another. One time and eight years later Taylor still persisted to ask. They had gotten into their usual fight which had ended with Luke refusing service and kicking Taylor out. Luke knew he would be hearing about it for weeks but it was almost worth it just for the look on his face when Taylor found himself out on the street.

The bell above the door rang telling Luke that his peace was over, with a sigh, hoping it was not Kirk back for a fourth time. Kirk had already been in three times and Luke knew to expected him to make at least two more appearances before the diner shut at ten. Kirk thought Luke was his best friend and was in and out of the diner several times each day to keep Luke informed on every little thing that happened in their town. Luke had made the mistake of scaring off some bullies once when they had been high school and had been followed around by the odd ball that was Kirk ever since

Luke turned around from the coffee pot he had just finished re-filling. There was a young girl standing in the door way… at least it wasn't Kirk.

"In or out," Luke said picking up his rag.

"Sorry," the girl answered uncertain, not quite sure what her decision was yet.

After a moment she slowly stepped in letting the door close behind her.

"Weston's is closed," she told him "death in the family, according to the sign on the door, poor Fran" she rambled on nervously, "Mom gave me money to get something after school as she would be stuck in a meeting. I had to go to the book store first," she told him gesturing to the book in her hand.

"Pride and Prejudice. Mom and I are watching the mini series on TV and I just had to get the book. I don't know how I got to the age of ten… nearly eleven, without reading anything by Jane Austen. We watched Clueless a few weeks ago and that was a reworking of Emma but after the first part of Pride and Prejudice I knew that this was the one I had to start with. I was suppose to get the book and wait at Weston's till Mom could pick me up."

Luke listed amazed at the amount of words coming out the girl mouth.,

"Normally I get a cupcake, I… you don't have cupcakes do you?" she asked but didn't give him a chance to answer, "do you have pie? I also like pie," the girl continued as she placed her bag at one of the tables, sitting down she opened her bag pulled and pulled out a jar,

"Lettuce?" she asked pausing for a moment.

"Sorry?" Luke responded , confused.

"For Darcy, I saw a documentary last night about the process of caterpillars becoming butterflies, when I saw Darcy on the tree outside my window this morning I couldn't believe my luck, now I can watch and document the process myself."

Luke took a small step forward to look at the jar she held up.

"Ah… I think your caterpillar may be dead," Luke told her as he caught a glimpse of the insect.

So what do you think? I have got a few more chapters also started so I could update again soon if you think its worth it.

If there's a delay its just because I ran out of internet for the month.