Snow in Stars Hollow
Disclaimer: *sniff* They aren't mine.
Author's Note: This is my first Gilmore Girls fic. I like how it turned out, even though I don't feel like it's quite finished yet. It's also the first real 'fan'fic I've actually completed.
Summary: Well, it snows in Stars Hollow. Read to find out. L/L
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"Pleeeeeeeeeze Lukey? Just one?" Lorelai begged and whined; sticking her lower lip out and looking at him like a sad puppy.
Luke grunted, "No. You've had eight already. And don't call me 'Lukey'."
"Come on Lukester, one more?"
He sighed, "Fine." He couldn't take her pouting anymore; it was just too much for him. "But don't call me Lukester either."
Lorelai grinned happily, "Thank you Luke!!!!…ey." she added the last bit quietly.
"Hey mom, hey Luke." Rory greeted as she entered the Diner.
"Hello Rory!" Lorelai said very cheerfully as her daughter sat next to her on a stool in front of the counter.
"Hey Rory." Luke said in his usual gruff voice.
"Luke, what's wrong with mom?"
"Your mother is now consuming her ninth jumbo-sized cup of coffee."
"Mom! That's eighteen cups!" Rory exclaimed, astounded.
"I know," Lorelai grinned, "I'm just excited, it's supposed to snow tonight!"
"Mom, it's only flurries. Tomorrow morning, there won't be anything on the ground."
Lorelai pouted, "Well, I don't believe it. Your negative energy is depressing me. You need coffee. Lukey, get my daughter coffee please?"
"Not if you ask like that."
"But Luuuuke…" she whined.
"No."
"Luke, May I pleeeeease have a cup of coffee? Only one." Rory asked sweetly.
Luke sighed, "Alright. But I'm going to send both of you to rehab for caffeine addiction."
"Ha ha." Lorelai said dryly. "You wouldn't do that, you'd miss us too much!" she grinned.
'If only she knew.' he thought to himself. However he said, "I certainly wouldn't have to buy as much coffee!"
Lorelai turned around in an attempt to ignore Luke and saw that it was snowing outside, there was already two inches on the ground and it was coming down hard. Lorelai ran outside and spun around in the falling snow.
"What's she doing?" Luke asked confusedly.
"She says the snow is magical and good things happen when it snows." Rory answered.
"Oh really…" Luke said incredulously.
"You like her don't you?" Rory asked curiously.
"N-No, not in the…" he started to deny it and received a 'look' from Rory. He took in a deep breath, "Maybe…a little."
"A little like a lot?" Rory smiled.
Luke smiled back at her and nodded slowly while admiring Lorelai spinning in the snow.
"Go out there then and tell her." Rory suggested.
Luke's smile faded and his eyes widened, "No!" he said quickly.
"Why not?"
"Because that's insane. Like she would ever feel the same way." he scoffed.
"Oh come on Luke, you two always flirt in the morning and every time mom comes to the diner."
"That's not flirting. It's just friendly banter." Luke argued.
"Uh huh Luke, of course. Go out there." Rory ordered.
Luke shifted uncomfortably and went outside with his hands deep in his pockets.
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Lorelai was standing in the snow, admiring it. She didn't notice Luke come outside.
"…Beautiful…" Luke said to himself quietly. The way the snow was falling around Lorelai made her look a thousand times more beautiful than before.
However, Lorelai heard and was startled, she jumped and turned around to face Luke, "Geez Luke, don't do that! You scared the crap outta me."
"Maybe if you hadn't had so many cups of coffee you wouldn't be so jumpy." Luke smiled back at her.
"Hey! That's not fair…" she began to argue but instead sighed and gazed at the snow again, "it's so beautiful."
Luke was staring at Lorelai, "Yeah, beautiful."
Lorelai shivered and wrapped her arms around herself to keep warm. Luke noticed and was tempted to put his arms around her, "Let's go inside and get some hot chocolate." he suggested instead.
Lorelai nodded, "Alright." she said as they headed back toward the diner. As they entered Rory gave Luke, 'the look' and sighed.
"Hey mom, why don't we go home before there's too much snow." Rory suggested.
"Too much snow? That's blasphemous!" Lorelai said shocked.
"Ooh, big word for you. Now I know you've had too much coffee."
"No, I've just read too many of your Chilton papers." Lorelai said dramatically.
Rory laughed, "Alright, come on mom. It's snowing really hard now. Let's go!"
"Alright, alright. See you tomorrow Lukey! I'll want coffee, not hot chocolate!" Lorelai said happily.
Luke just rolled his eyes and grunted, "Goodbye."
Rory and Lorelai walked home in the four inches of snow.
~*~
"Hey mom?"
"What?"
"What do you think of Luke?" Rory asked curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"I think you know what I mean."
"I can't think like that, he's the coffee man. He's one of my best friends. He's Luke, the coffee guy." Lorelai said, beginning to get confused.
"Oh please mom, you know you flirt with him every morning!" Rory accused.
"It's just friendly banter." Lorelai began to deny.
Rory laughed, "That's exactly what he said."
"Wait, you talked to Luke?"
"Maybe."
"Rory." Lorelai said semi-sternly.
"Okay, yes, I did. But only because everyone but the two of you see it."
"See what?" Lorelai asked clueless.
Rory sighed and rolled her eyes, "Mom, who are the three people you can't live without?"
"Well, duh. You, Sookie, and…oh geez." Lorelai freaked out as she had a sudden realization, "Luke. The coffee man with the plaid flannel shirt and dirty, old, grungy, baseball hat. Oh geez." Lorelai said as she plopped onto the couch on the verge of tears.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh my goodness. He's been there all along, and I never even realized it. Right there, in front of my face and I didn't realize it." Lorelai was still in shock as tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"It's okay mom." Rory comforted as she sat on the couch next to her mother.
"I am the biggest idiot! I can't believe I didn't see it."
"If it makes you feel any better, Luke would've made a great double for the Lion in the Wizard of Oz."
Lorelai frowned, "And I would've been the scarecrow's double." she said sadly.
They sat in silence for a few moments while Lorelai gathered her thoughts and Rory wasn't quite sure what to say. Lorelai began to put on her snow boots. "Mom, where are you going?"
"Luke's. I have to tell him. Tonight."
"Mom! There's half a foot of snow on the ground and it's still falling strong!"
Lorelai smiled a little bit, "All the more reason to go now."
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Lorelai ran into Luke's as he was wiping the tables clean before he locked up, her face had evident trails of tears on her cheeks and immediately, Luke got concerned.
"Lorelai, what's wrong?"
Lorelai had a nervous smile on her face, "Come outside with me."
"Okay." Luke said confused as he followed her outside as she headed toward the gazebo.
She stood in the gazebo and gazed at everything around her for a moment and was in awe at how perfect everything looked. Luke caught up and stood across from her in the gazebo. They gazed into each other's eyes for a moment in silence.
"Luke, um, you know you mean a lot to me, and Rory. I mean, who else would put the bagboy in a headlock because he hurt Rory?" she smiled nervously and shivered from the cold.
"Uhh, Lorelai, what are you trying to say?" he asked.
"Luke, I'm sorry."
"Sorry? For what?" he asked nervously, he thought she was telling him that she and Rory were leaving.
"I'm sorry for being a scarecrow, for not realizing it."
"Lorelai, I have no idea what you're talking about. Let's go back to the diner and talk. It's getting really cold out here and the snow is piling up fast."
Lorelai sighed, "Alright. As long as you give me one more cup of coffee."
Luke smiled, "Hot Chocolate?"
Lorelai pouted, "with marshmallows?" she asked like a small child.
"Alright, with marshmallows."
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The two went back to the diner and Lorelai sat in a booth at the window, looking at the snow while Luke was in the back making their hot chocolate. When Luke came back he placed the hot chocolate with marshmallows in front of Lorelai who was in a daze, and sat down across from her.
"Lorelai?" Luke prompted, pulling Lorelai out of her thoughts.
"Oh, thank you Luke." She smiled, looking at her hot chocolate with marshmallows.
"No problem, so what were you going on about out there?" he asked.
"Luke, I uh, well, I think I might, well…" she sighed, 'I'm such a wuss.' "Luke," she looked into his eyes, which were gazing into her own, and a tear fell from her eye, "I love you."
Luke grinned like a child with a new toy and gently wiped the tear from Lorelai's face. "I love you too Lorelai."
Now it was Lorelai's turn to grin, "Really?"
"I always have Lorelai, ever since you first came into the diner."
Tears filled Lorelai's eyes and fell as she got up and moved to Luke's side of the booth and kissed his cheek. Luke caressed her cheek with his hand and wiped away the tears and kissed her forehead. "Come on," he smiled and looked out the window, "you should probably get home, it's still snowing really hard. I'll walk you home."
"Alright." she smiled, getting out of the booth.
Luke got up and they went outside and Luke locked up and took Lorelai's hand as they walked back to her house in the snow. Lorelai leaned her head on his shoulder as they walked. When they got to her house, they stood at the door for a moment. Luke took both of Lorelai's hands in his own, "Goodnight Lorelai. I love you."
Lorelai looked at their surroundings and how much snow was now on the ground, and up at the sky, seeing how much snow was falling. "Luke, do you wanna come in? I mean, it's snowing a lot and there's already a lot on the ground, it's dark. You could sleep on the couch."
"Are you sure? It wouldn't be weird for Rory? Or you?" he asked.
"Rory is probably still up waiting for me to come home to tell her all about what happened. I'm sure she'll be fine with it. And it's fine with Me." she smiled at how concerned he was about Rory.
"Alright." he agreed and Lorelai opened the door and they both went in.
Rory had been half sitting, half lying on the couch reading a book. "Mom! Luke!" Rory smiled as she jumped off the couch and hugged her mother.
"Hey Rory, is it okay for Luke to stay on the couch tonight?"
"Not a problem, there's a ton of snow outside and it doesn't look like it's planning on stopping anytime soon." Rory answered.
"Thanks Ror!" she kissed her daughter's forehead. "Go ahead to bed while I get the blankets." Lorelai told her.
"Alright. Your welcome scarecrow."
Lorelai smiled, "Thank you tin man."
"Hey, that was harsh." Rory acted offended.
Lorelai just smiled, "Love ya! Now, go to bed."
"Alright, alright, I'll leave you and the lion alone. Goodnight mom, goodnight Luke."
"Goodnight Rory." Luke and Lorelai said in unison.
Rory went to her bedroom and Lorelai went into a closet and got a pile of blankets while Luke sat on the couch and waited. Lorelai threw the pile of blankets on the couch, almost smothering Luke. Luke found his way out from under the blankets and glared at her playfully. "If you get cold…well, you shouldn't with all those blankets but if you do just come upstairs and let me know. The bathroom is down the hall and to the left." she said as she sat down next to him on the couch.
"Thanks."
Lorelai leaned across the blankets and caught Luke's lips in her own. Luke put his hands around her waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Their lips locked as they explored each other's mouths. A few long moments later they broke apart in need of oxygen. "Wow." was all Lorelai could say.
"Yeah, wow." Luke smiled.
"Well, I should probably go ahead upstairs and go to bed."
"Yeah. Goodnight Lorelai."
"Goodnight Luke." she said as she lightly kissed him and went upstairs.
That night, Lorelai couldn't sleep because she had been thinking about Luke and how happy she was so she put on her fuzzy pink slippers and quietly snuck down the stairs. When she got down the stairs she stopped momentarily to look at Luke, he looked nothing like the gruff diner owner she saw everyday but a gentler Luke. She moved toward the door and put her coat on and quietly opened the door. Luke heard the door open and felt a gust of cold wind and groggily jumped up. Lorelai didn't notice Luke get up and went outside to sit on the porch swing and watch the snowfall. Luke looked around the living room and didn't see anything so he went outside to look around and saw Lorelai sitting on the porch swing. "Lorelai, what are you doing out here?"
"Did I wake you up? I'm sorry." Lorelai apologized.
"It's okay. It's freezing out here, what are you doing?" he asked.
"I couldn't sleep so I came out here to watch the snow."
Luke rolled his eyes and shook his head. Then he went back inside and returned a few moments later with three heavy blankets from the couch. "Come on, get up." he said as Lorelai got off of the porch swing and he put one of the blankets down over it. Then he sat down and motioned for Lorelai to sit down next to him. Lorelai sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder and he put his arm around her and wrapped the blankets around them. "Now you won't freeze to death." he said as he kissed her forehead.
She snuggled in closer, "Much better." she smiled. Soon, they both fell asleep.
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Should I add more? Is it good, is it horrible? Do you have the sudden urge to become a witch doctor and make voodoo dolls of me or shrink my head? Depending on the kind of reviews I get I might continue it, or not. I might add how Rory wakes up with no Luke or Lorelai in the house… Just let me know what you people think or I might have to call Miss Cleo, and we all know I'm poor and can't afford that!
