Title: I never
Rating: PG-13… Maybe a bit higher
Summary: Luke and Lorelai play I never (a drinking game). JavaJunkie. One-shot for now, but could be more if you want me to.
AN: This starts in episode 4.05 The fundamental things apply. Luke gets invited to the movie night at Lorelai's because Rory is on a date (with Trevor). Some things in the game are totally made up, some things really happened. The idea came to me in my Lost obsession, thinking it would be cool to do it in Gilmore Girls too…
I totally own Gilmore Girls, IN MY DREAMS! Not in real life, so don't sue me!
Enjoy the story…
A movie night with Lorelai. It sounded so simple when Lorelai asked him. Just a few hours in her company, watching movies.
Then, she explained the rules. No talking during the movies, no calling. There was barely anything that was allowed to happen.
And of course it was torture to just sit next to her. Flirting with her was much less difficult when there was a counter between the two of them. Now, she was sitting right next to him, every accidental touch seemed like torture, like hell to him.
He loved her. There it was. He had been in love with her the moment she handed him that horoscope. He never knew love at first sight existed until he met her. Of course there were Christopher, and Max on her side. And Rachel, and Nicole on his.
God, he was still married to Nicole. He would sign the divorce papers soon. It wasn't fair to Nicole, him being married to her while he loved someone else. And that someone else being Lorelai, who thought she was a good friend, nothing more.
Luke felt a tap on his shoulder, and looked over at Lorelai.
"Still awake, Lukey Pooh," she asked, smiling at him.
"No talking during movies," he replied, trying not to smile back at her. "But yeah, I'm still awake. I was just thinking about something."
About you, he thought. About how much I love you, and that I should really divorce Nicole.
"Let me guess," Lorelai said. "You were thinking about running of to Vegas with me and get married. Wait, not possible."
That was painful, and Luke couldn't hide the hurt look on his face in time.
"Ouch," Lorelai said. "Sorry, very wrong. You would just run away with me. We'd stay in cheesy motels, stay up really late, I would drink a lot of coffee and we would have a lot of fun together. Dirty! So what do you say Butch?"
It was too late to hide his smile this time. She could always make him smile.
"New rule," Luke said. "No calling me Butch during movie night. And that plan of yours: what about Rory? My diner?"
He looked at Lorelai, who was pretending to look hurt, and couldn't hide a smile again.
"So I can call you Butch when it's not movie night," Lorelai said. "And the diner? What's romantic about that? I bet Romeo didn't think about his job either when he married Juliet."
Good one, Lorelai, he thought. He loved their usual bantering.
"Romeo thought of his…," Luke said, "how can I put this in an appropriate way… He was just thinking about the honeymoon."
That definitely made Lorelai laugh.
"Dirty," she said.
"Dirty is my middle name," Luke said. They were back to their usual flirting.
"So it's Lucas Dirty Backwards Baseball Cap Danes," Lorelai joked. "That sounds nice. But it must be a hell of a lot of work when you need to write down your full name."
They laughed, being comfortable with each other again.
"Mostly I just write down Dirty Danes," Luke responded. "Then everyone already knows it's me. Or Butch might work."
Lorelai was now laughing out loud, and the both of them weren't paying attention to the movie anymore, so she shut it off.
"Let's play a game," she said.
"Lorelai, we're too old for playing hide and seek," Luke responded.
"You think I'm old and ugly," she pouted.
"No, I didn't say that," Luke said. "I don't think you're old at all. You're really young, and you are really pre… wait a minute, you just pulled a trick on me."
Lorelai laughed again, and Luke smiled also.
"I'm serious," Lorelai said. "No hide and seek, but a game for grownups."
Luke now started to laugh, and he noticed Lorelai wasn't so he explained it to her.
"Dirty,' he said, in a Lorelai voice.
"Point taken," Lorelai said, laughing out loud again. "I meant a drinking game. Have you ever heard of a game called I never?"
And that involved drinks? Shots, or just beer? He was probably going to get really drunk.
"Nope, never heard of it," Luke said.
"Typical drinking game for people in college," Lorelai said. "But I didn't get it from Rory. I just heard some girls talking about it somewhere, at Yale or something. Everyone who's playing gets a few drinks. You say 'I never' and finish the sentence. If it's something you did, you drink. If it's something you never did, you don't drink. That easy."
He was going to get really drunk, Luke thought. But he felt up for it.
"You get the drinks, or should I come with you," Luke said.
"I'll get them," Lorelai said.
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She had to call Rory to tell her not to come home. It would really be stupid if Rory would enter in the middle of the game. Who knows what would happen if Luke would get really drunk? And she would be drunk too? Dirty, she thought with a smile.
"Hi mom," Rory said. "Something wrong?"
Totally forgot Rory was on a date with some guy named Trevor. Oops, Lorelai thought.
"Hello apple of my eye," Lorelai said. "I need a favor. Don't even think about coming home tonight young lady. I have Luke in the living room and I have plans with him."
Did she ruin the date now? Lorelai hoped not.
"Ew mom, that's gross," Rory said. "I won't come home then. Won't call you. But you will call me tomorrow about the reason. And I don't want anything rated higher then PG-13."
The girls laughed, but Lorelai felt slightly uncomfortable. Did Rory expect something to happen between her and Luke? Or did she mean something else? Confusing.
"Call you tomorrow," Lorelai said. "Gotta go back to my dirty plans now."
Rory made a disgusted sound and the conversation was ended.
"How long does it take to find the drinks," Luke called from the living room.
"Got them," Lorelai screamed, grabbed the drinks and got back to the living room.
"You were calling Rory," Luke said.
"What," Lorelai said. "How did you knew?"
Luke smiled, and looked at her while she handed him one of the two bottles of tequila she had been carrying. Lorelai took the other one and sat down.
"You just told me," Luke said, smiling again.
"I did, didn't I," she said. "Let's get the game going."
They both shifted a bit, until they sat a bit more comfortable. I'm going to get drunk, Lorelai thought. But what if I blurt something weird out? Doesn't matter. I do that more often.
"Alright," Lorelai said. "I'll start, I know how it works. Let me see… How can I get you drunk very soon? Just joking Luke… Well.. I've never been married."
She knew it was kind of mean to Luke, but it was the only thing she could think of. Luke drank and sighed, probably thinking of a way to pay her back.
"I never wore pink," he said.
"Are you sure," Lorelai teased. "Cause I might have spotted you in something pinkish."
Luke gave her the evil eye, and she laughed. Then, she drank.
"On with some silly stuff," she said. "I never thought about Kirk naked."
She started giggling, and laughed even more as Luke drank.
"The guy is naked 24/7, how could you not think of it," Luke said. "You should drink too."
While she drank, she almost choked because she was laughing too loud.
"Dirty visuals," Lorelai responded. "It's your turn now Luke Duke."
Ouch, evil eye again. Lorelai giggled, and waited for Luke to speak.
"I never was pregnant," Luke teased, as Lorelai drank.
"It would be weirder if you drank," she responded. "You know what, let's try another drinking game. We'll get drunk faster. I wanna get drunk."
Luke looked at her like she was crazy, which she was of course.
"You're a crazy woman," he said.
"Stating the obvious here," Lorelai responded.
"What kind of drinking game," he replied.
"We'll watch Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory," Lorelai said, ignoring Luke's complaints, "and every time the word chocolate is mentioned, you need to drink."
She knew the word was mentioned way too many times, so they would probably pass out before the movie was done. She was going to need hangover food the next morning.
"Are you aware you mentioned the word two times already," Luke said. "Start drinking!"
That was mean, Lorelai thought with a smile. But the both of them drank anyway. After that, Lorelai put the movie on, and they started drinking.
Thirty minutes later, Luke pressed the stop button, seeming pretty tipsy already.
"I need a break," he said. "And I'm warning you, I get really talkative when I'm drunk."
Smiling, Lorelai wanted to start the movie again. But then, the world started spinning a bit, and she knew she was too drunk already. She should stop.
"You're drunk already," Lorelai said. "And so am I. So talk."
She looked over at Luke, who had a goofy grin on his face. It seemed like he was very drunk, and Lorelai guessed that was true. She expected a lot of mentions of chocolate, but this much?
"I'll talk," Luke said. "I think I won't be married for long. Nicole and I both have feelings for someone else. I'm almost sure on her part, and sure on mine."
Lorelai was shocked. Luke had feelings for someone else? Who would it be? What did she miss? She was getting really curious now. Who could it really be?
"Who is it, loverboy," she asked, curiously.
"Can't tell you, not that drunk," Luke said, still looking drunk.
"You're definitely drunk enough," Lorelai said. "If it gets any worse, I'm going to have to cook you hangover food. And you really don't want that, don't you Lukey?"
He still was sober enough to give her the evil eye.
"Then let me guess," Lorelai begged. Well, almost begged.
"Fine," Luke said. "You can ask questions, I'll answer with yes or no."
Curious as she was, Lorelai couldn't say no to that. She wanted to know.
"Does she live in Stars Hollow," she asked, and Luke nodded. "Has she ever been to the diner before? Did I saw her before?"
Luke was still really drunkish, and it was really funny to look at. If she hadn't been so drunk herself, she would have gotten a camera.
"Yes to both questions," Luke said. "She comes to the diner quite often. And I think you have seen her a lot of times before. Definitely."
He smiled, kind of an evil smile. Lorelai was thinking, but she couldn't figure it out.
"It isn't miss Patty, right," Lorelai said. "Cause that would be really disgusting. People who come in often. Kirk is not a she, Taylor neither. The regulars. Gross, definitely isn't Rory, cause then, I would sue your ass. That leaves… that leaves… me!"
When she looked at him, it changed everything. He nodded in agreement, and it was like the whole world was spinning again, but this time, it wasn't because she was drunk. It was because Luke Danes said he had feelings for her, Lorelai Gilmore.
"Yes," he said, when she remained quiet. "I think I'm in love with you since that horoscope you wrote me, the first day we met."
His hand grabbed his wallet out of his pocket. His drunk fingers couldn't seem to find something. Then, he took a piece of paper and handed it to her. Lorelai read it, and was surprised to find out it was the same horoscope she wrote when they met.
"You kept it," she asked, almost crying.
"Yeah," Luke said. "I kept it."
Luke Danes was in love with her. What did she feel about him? If only she knew. It was confusing enough when she was sober, but now she was drunk, it was worse. Having Luke as her friend, someone to depend on was great, but was she attracted to him? Maybe. Maybe all of the weird things she noticed about him lately, like the one time she kept staring at his butt, meant she liked him. Maybe it meant she was in love with him. It suddenly made their seemingly innocent flirting to be so much more. She had to make up her mind.
"Luke," she said, with a shy voice.
"Yes," he asked, not sure what she wanted from him.
"Will you kiss me," Lorelai asked.
He came closer to her, and she could feel his breath on her face. For a second, she was freaking out, but then she realized it was Luke, and it was okay. Things started falling into place when he finally kissed her. After all those years.
After all those years, she realized she could be in love with him.
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