Just Pretending... Right?
by Sarah Dawson
Chapter One: Lorelai's 'Escort'
Spoilers: None, unless of course they're hiding, in which case, I can't find them.
Pairing: L/L
Disclaimers: After everyone telling you WB and Amy Sherman-Palladino and all them own Gilmore Girls, you except me to claim I do? Yeah, right.
A/N: Just to catch you up, this takes place in some make-believe season where Luke, Lorelai and Rory aren't dating anyone and well, since they're practically the only people in the story, that's all you need to know. Yeah, and the whole story's just undergone a huge change, so if you're a bit confused as to why everything's different... there ya go. ~sarah
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Rory and Lorelai arrived at Luke's right before the morning rush and sat down at their normal table.
"Luuuuke! I need coffee, and then more coffee!" Lorelai groaned.
Luke sighed and walked over to them, pad and pen in hand. "Why should I give you coffee?"
"Pleeeeeaaase???" Lorelai pouted.
"Hangover." Rory noted.
Lorelai wrinkled her nose. "Blind date."
Luke paused, then gave in. "Just this once." he grumbled, pouring her a mug.
"My angel!" She grabbed the mug he had given her and drained it quickly. "Keep it comin'!" Lorelai ordered, holding out her empty cup. Luke grunted in response and poured her more.
"Why me?" he grumbled, frowning at her.
"Face it, you're as addicted to serving us coffee as Mom is to drinking it." Rory announced as she and Luke stared at Lorelai, who had grabbed the pot of coffee and poured herself more coffee.
"Never." Luke answered.
Lorelai looked up from her coffee frenzy. "What??"
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"So Lorelai, how's your social life going?" Emily Gilmore asked Lorelai that night at dinner.
Lorelai nearly spit out her wine. "Since when is that important to you?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well, there's this event at the club-" Emily began.
"No! There is no way I am letting you force me into going to one of those things where all the ladies hover over you saying 'oh dear, you would've turned out so well if only you hadn't gotten knocked up at sixteen!' over and over again!" Lorelai protested a bit angrily.
"But dear-"
"No! No-no-no!"
"Oh c'mon Mom, you know you want to." Rory chimed in.
Emily sighed. "Look, it would mean a great deal to your father and I if you would come, and if you don't I will give every single Chilton mother your phone number!" she threatened. Lorelai & Rory gasped.
"Mom, please!" Rory said in horror.
"Mom!!! That is totally unfair! You've gotta be kidding!" Lorelai complained.
"It would be nice for you to be there, Lorelai." Richard added, looking up from his paper.
"It's next Friday, down at the club. It's a family charity event. You would only have to come to dinner for a few hours, and you wouldn't have to come here that Friday, either.
Lorelai perked up. "No Friday night dinner?"
"Really?" Rory asked brightly.
Emily rolled her eyes. "Well, you can't be in two places at once. And I will expect to be at the club."
"Oh, this'll be almost as fun as the time you took us to the lawn party, Mom!" Lorelai replied sarcasticly.
"Oh, and you must bring an escort," Emily added, sipping her tea.
"Erm, excuse me?" Lorelai asked, confused.
"I believe you would refer to it as a 'date'?"
"What?! But I don't have anyone to bring!"
"Of course you do. Bring that man in the flannel, I've always wanted to formally meet him. And he seems to follow you everywhere anyways." Emily corrected her calmly.
Lorelai looked confused. "You mean Luke?? You want me to bring Luke??"
"Well, you two are an item, are you not?"
"Mom, is there something you'd like to share?" Rory questioned with a grin.
"Mom! Would you grow up! As I have told you many times, Luke and I are just friends! Th-that's all we'll ever be!"
"Just wait, you're going to regret saying that. Although when he comes, could you please make sure he wears something appropriate? I mean, not plaid and without a hat?" Emily continued, taking a bite of her food.
"Mom!" Lorelai cried.
"I'll see to it, Grandma." Rory told Emily with a small smile.
"Thank you, dear."
"My only child has abandoned me!" Lorelai whined.
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Lorelai walked into the diner nervously and took a seat at the counter, looking around for Luke.
"Hi Lukey!" Lorelai smiled sweetly at Luke, who approached from the other end of the counter.
Luke grimaced. "What do you want?" he asked warily.
"Oh, nothing really." Lorelai said in a sugary tone.
He frowned. "Nothing really or nothing?"
Lorelai sighed. "Fine. I was going to ask after I got my coffee, but whatever. So last night was dinner at the loony bin, and my mom got this crazy idea that I had to go to a club thing with her and dad."
"Tell me what you want, or no coffee!" Luke ordered sternly.
"Okay, okay, fine! My mother has this crazy idea that you and I would make a good couple, so she threatened me and said that if I didn't bring you to this family dinner thing then bad things would happen to me and my daughter! And if I don't bring you, then I'll never ever hear the end of it and I had this idea that maybe if you and I pretended we were dating when we went and then we could pretend to break up while we were there, then she wouldn't like you as much and she'd stop nagging me about it so much!" She took a deep breath. Luke just stared at her. "Saying something would make me feel a bit less awkward now."
"You're serious?" he grunted.
"Please????" Lorelai pouted.
"Wouldn't that be extremely weird for both of us?"
Lorelai looked uncomfortable. "Not any weirder than my mother asking me about you every five minutes."
Luke paused. "Oh. Oh, right." he said.
There was an awkward silence. "Cause I mean, that's always, um, strange, ya know? Since, there's not really anything going on, so it's just really really weird that my mom is like, obsessed, with the idea that there might be, and I'm just kind of sick of all of her 'Where's the iceman?'s and 'Why haven't I met that burger man yet?'s, and I'm not saying I don't enjoy talking about you, I mean you know how much I like to talk, it's just-"
Luke cut off her rambling with a sigh. "Fine." he answered, rolling his eyes.
Lorelai stopped, surprised. "Fine?"
"Fine."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"Alright."
"Alright." Luke nodded goodbye as Lorelai stood up to go.
"Then um... I'll see you tomorrow night?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, come pick me up around six... try to wear something non-flannel?" Lorelai questioned with a pained smile.
"We'll see." he answered with a sigh.
Lorelai gave a small wave and walked out the door, a shocked look on her face when she turned around.
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Lorelai walked into the kitchen of the Gilmore house, carrying takeout pizza. "Child of mine, get in here! I've got pizza!" she yelled towards Rory's room.
Rory appeared from the bedroom and grinned at her mom. "Yay! Pizza!" She tried to grab a slice, but Lorelai slapped her hand away.
"Wait! First we talk, then we eat." she declared.
Rory eyed the pizza box hungrily. "What's up?"
"Remember how Mom wanted me to bring Luke to dinner. Well, I kind of asked him to." she replied uncertainly.
"I wish I could've been there. How many ways did he find to say 'No way!'?" Rory said with a laugh.
Lorelai paused. "Actually, he said yes."
"You're kidding!" Rory cried.
"No! And he even might not wear flannel!" Lorelai answered in amazement.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"God, he loves you a lot." Rory muttered in surprise.
Lorelai eyed her suspiciously. "What did you say?"
Rory looks panicked and quickly tries to cover it up. "Uh- nothing, nothing, I said, um, 'he loves food a lot' you know, cause he's going to dinner with you. Yeah, that was it, uh huh!" she lied frantically.
"You did not!! You did not! You said 'He loves you a lot'! Now why the hell would you say something like that??" Lorelai cried, also freaking out.
"I didn't! I didn't! You must've been mistaking me for Schmory, my evil, lying twin sister!" Rory stuttered.
"No! It was you, you said that! Why would you say that?? No pizza if you lie!" Lorelai ordered, grabbing the pizza box away from her daughter.
Rory looks cornered. "The reason I said that... It might've been because, um, maybe Luke has a teeny, tiny crush on you?" she squeaked.
Her mom gaped at her. "What?? Luke and I are just friends," she corrected her, exasperated. "God, you're turning into my mother! Besides, if Luke had ever had a "crush" on me, he would have told me!"
"Why would he tell you?? So he could get his heart broken all over again?? Nuh uh, no way." Rory declared, trying unsuccessfully to get the pizza back from her mom.
"How do you know this?? Why didn't you tell me?? Did Luke tell you?!" Lorelai demanded, keeping the pizza out of reach.
Rory paused. "No, he didn't tell me, but-"
Lorelai cut her off. "See? You have no proof! End of discussion, no more talking about this!" she announced, throwing the food back on the table with a frown. "It's not true..." she mumbled to herself.
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TBC... Not to blackmail you or anything, but... Reviews are totally the best way to inspire me! Hehe, I really do love feedback, just so ya know. Review, or you could email me @ Raspberries424@aol.com!
by Sarah Dawson
Chapter One: Lorelai's 'Escort'
Spoilers: None, unless of course they're hiding, in which case, I can't find them.
Pairing: L/L
Disclaimers: After everyone telling you WB and Amy Sherman-Palladino and all them own Gilmore Girls, you except me to claim I do? Yeah, right.
A/N: Just to catch you up, this takes place in some make-believe season where Luke, Lorelai and Rory aren't dating anyone and well, since they're practically the only people in the story, that's all you need to know. Yeah, and the whole story's just undergone a huge change, so if you're a bit confused as to why everything's different... there ya go. ~sarah
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Rory and Lorelai arrived at Luke's right before the morning rush and sat down at their normal table.
"Luuuuke! I need coffee, and then more coffee!" Lorelai groaned.
Luke sighed and walked over to them, pad and pen in hand. "Why should I give you coffee?"
"Pleeeeeaaase???" Lorelai pouted.
"Hangover." Rory noted.
Lorelai wrinkled her nose. "Blind date."
Luke paused, then gave in. "Just this once." he grumbled, pouring her a mug.
"My angel!" She grabbed the mug he had given her and drained it quickly. "Keep it comin'!" Lorelai ordered, holding out her empty cup. Luke grunted in response and poured her more.
"Why me?" he grumbled, frowning at her.
"Face it, you're as addicted to serving us coffee as Mom is to drinking it." Rory announced as she and Luke stared at Lorelai, who had grabbed the pot of coffee and poured herself more coffee.
"Never." Luke answered.
Lorelai looked up from her coffee frenzy. "What??"
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"So Lorelai, how's your social life going?" Emily Gilmore asked Lorelai that night at dinner.
Lorelai nearly spit out her wine. "Since when is that important to you?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well, there's this event at the club-" Emily began.
"No! There is no way I am letting you force me into going to one of those things where all the ladies hover over you saying 'oh dear, you would've turned out so well if only you hadn't gotten knocked up at sixteen!' over and over again!" Lorelai protested a bit angrily.
"But dear-"
"No! No-no-no!"
"Oh c'mon Mom, you know you want to." Rory chimed in.
Emily sighed. "Look, it would mean a great deal to your father and I if you would come, and if you don't I will give every single Chilton mother your phone number!" she threatened. Lorelai & Rory gasped.
"Mom, please!" Rory said in horror.
"Mom!!! That is totally unfair! You've gotta be kidding!" Lorelai complained.
"It would be nice for you to be there, Lorelai." Richard added, looking up from his paper.
"It's next Friday, down at the club. It's a family charity event. You would only have to come to dinner for a few hours, and you wouldn't have to come here that Friday, either.
Lorelai perked up. "No Friday night dinner?"
"Really?" Rory asked brightly.
Emily rolled her eyes. "Well, you can't be in two places at once. And I will expect to be at the club."
"Oh, this'll be almost as fun as the time you took us to the lawn party, Mom!" Lorelai replied sarcasticly.
"Oh, and you must bring an escort," Emily added, sipping her tea.
"Erm, excuse me?" Lorelai asked, confused.
"I believe you would refer to it as a 'date'?"
"What?! But I don't have anyone to bring!"
"Of course you do. Bring that man in the flannel, I've always wanted to formally meet him. And he seems to follow you everywhere anyways." Emily corrected her calmly.
Lorelai looked confused. "You mean Luke?? You want me to bring Luke??"
"Well, you two are an item, are you not?"
"Mom, is there something you'd like to share?" Rory questioned with a grin.
"Mom! Would you grow up! As I have told you many times, Luke and I are just friends! Th-that's all we'll ever be!"
"Just wait, you're going to regret saying that. Although when he comes, could you please make sure he wears something appropriate? I mean, not plaid and without a hat?" Emily continued, taking a bite of her food.
"Mom!" Lorelai cried.
"I'll see to it, Grandma." Rory told Emily with a small smile.
"Thank you, dear."
"My only child has abandoned me!" Lorelai whined.
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Lorelai walked into the diner nervously and took a seat at the counter, looking around for Luke.
"Hi Lukey!" Lorelai smiled sweetly at Luke, who approached from the other end of the counter.
Luke grimaced. "What do you want?" he asked warily.
"Oh, nothing really." Lorelai said in a sugary tone.
He frowned. "Nothing really or nothing?"
Lorelai sighed. "Fine. I was going to ask after I got my coffee, but whatever. So last night was dinner at the loony bin, and my mom got this crazy idea that I had to go to a club thing with her and dad."
"Tell me what you want, or no coffee!" Luke ordered sternly.
"Okay, okay, fine! My mother has this crazy idea that you and I would make a good couple, so she threatened me and said that if I didn't bring you to this family dinner thing then bad things would happen to me and my daughter! And if I don't bring you, then I'll never ever hear the end of it and I had this idea that maybe if you and I pretended we were dating when we went and then we could pretend to break up while we were there, then she wouldn't like you as much and she'd stop nagging me about it so much!" She took a deep breath. Luke just stared at her. "Saying something would make me feel a bit less awkward now."
"You're serious?" he grunted.
"Please????" Lorelai pouted.
"Wouldn't that be extremely weird for both of us?"
Lorelai looked uncomfortable. "Not any weirder than my mother asking me about you every five minutes."
Luke paused. "Oh. Oh, right." he said.
There was an awkward silence. "Cause I mean, that's always, um, strange, ya know? Since, there's not really anything going on, so it's just really really weird that my mom is like, obsessed, with the idea that there might be, and I'm just kind of sick of all of her 'Where's the iceman?'s and 'Why haven't I met that burger man yet?'s, and I'm not saying I don't enjoy talking about you, I mean you know how much I like to talk, it's just-"
Luke cut off her rambling with a sigh. "Fine." he answered, rolling his eyes.
Lorelai stopped, surprised. "Fine?"
"Fine."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"Alright."
"Alright." Luke nodded goodbye as Lorelai stood up to go.
"Then um... I'll see you tomorrow night?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, come pick me up around six... try to wear something non-flannel?" Lorelai questioned with a pained smile.
"We'll see." he answered with a sigh.
Lorelai gave a small wave and walked out the door, a shocked look on her face when she turned around.
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Lorelai walked into the kitchen of the Gilmore house, carrying takeout pizza. "Child of mine, get in here! I've got pizza!" she yelled towards Rory's room.
Rory appeared from the bedroom and grinned at her mom. "Yay! Pizza!" She tried to grab a slice, but Lorelai slapped her hand away.
"Wait! First we talk, then we eat." she declared.
Rory eyed the pizza box hungrily. "What's up?"
"Remember how Mom wanted me to bring Luke to dinner. Well, I kind of asked him to." she replied uncertainly.
"I wish I could've been there. How many ways did he find to say 'No way!'?" Rory said with a laugh.
Lorelai paused. "Actually, he said yes."
"You're kidding!" Rory cried.
"No! And he even might not wear flannel!" Lorelai answered in amazement.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"God, he loves you a lot." Rory muttered in surprise.
Lorelai eyed her suspiciously. "What did you say?"
Rory looks panicked and quickly tries to cover it up. "Uh- nothing, nothing, I said, um, 'he loves food a lot' you know, cause he's going to dinner with you. Yeah, that was it, uh huh!" she lied frantically.
"You did not!! You did not! You said 'He loves you a lot'! Now why the hell would you say something like that??" Lorelai cried, also freaking out.
"I didn't! I didn't! You must've been mistaking me for Schmory, my evil, lying twin sister!" Rory stuttered.
"No! It was you, you said that! Why would you say that?? No pizza if you lie!" Lorelai ordered, grabbing the pizza box away from her daughter.
Rory looks cornered. "The reason I said that... It might've been because, um, maybe Luke has a teeny, tiny crush on you?" she squeaked.
Her mom gaped at her. "What?? Luke and I are just friends," she corrected her, exasperated. "God, you're turning into my mother! Besides, if Luke had ever had a "crush" on me, he would have told me!"
"Why would he tell you?? So he could get his heart broken all over again?? Nuh uh, no way." Rory declared, trying unsuccessfully to get the pizza back from her mom.
"How do you know this?? Why didn't you tell me?? Did Luke tell you?!" Lorelai demanded, keeping the pizza out of reach.
Rory paused. "No, he didn't tell me, but-"
Lorelai cut her off. "See? You have no proof! End of discussion, no more talking about this!" she announced, throwing the food back on the table with a frown. "It's not true..." she mumbled to herself.
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TBC... Not to blackmail you or anything, but... Reviews are totally the best way to inspire me! Hehe, I really do love feedback, just so ya know. Review, or you could email me @ Raspberries424@aol.com!
