Title: It All Starts With a Kiss
Chapter 1: Dates Turn Into Prunes
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls. It'd be cool if I did, though.
A/N: Hi! Welcome to It All Starts With A Kiss.This story is set about a year into the future. Both the girls are unattached at the moment and Rory lives at school. Anyway, enjoy the story!
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"More coffee, mister!" Lorelai slid her cup down the counter to Luke.
"No counter hockey." Luke scolded as he caught it. In response Lorelai slid her empty plate down the counter. Luke caught the plate, too, and put the dishes down behind him. Lorelai let out a whimper. Luke sighed and rescued the cup. He plopped it down in front of Lorelai, but paused before pouring the coffee.
"This makes what, twenty?"
"Two."
"Twenty-two?"
"Yeah, but, I need it! I have this date with this guy tonight, and I think he's cute, but I don't know, cause my mom set us up." Lorelai made a face.
"Your mom set you up?"
"She said I need something to do. I miss Rory like hell."
"We all do."
"Yale's too far away! I'm going to petition that they move it to Stars Hollow."
"Yeah, that'll go over well. For everyone invovled."
"Yep! Y'know, if Rory doesn't come home next weekend, I'm gonna cry."
"Yeah, we don't want that." Luke plunked a cup in front of Lorelai.
"Hah! You rock!" Lorelai downed the cup in almost one sip. "What time is it?" Luke pointed at her wrist. She glanced at her watch and ran out. Luke sighed and started cleaning up her place.
"You're an idiot."
Luke turned around to face a smirking Jess (like there's any other) leaning against the doorjamb to upstairs.
"Why am I an idiot?"
"Because you're both into each other! You anticipate each other's moves and tolerate each other's stupid jokes, and you're too dumb to act on it. That's why you're an idiot."
"Thanks for the nice sentiment, but don't you have class?"
"Not till one."
"Well, then, don't you have sleep?"
"Yep. Thanks for reminding me, Uncle Luke." Jess grabbed a bagel and turned around to head back upstairs.
"She has a date tonight." Luke called to Jess's back.
"Dates turn into prunes." He threw over his shoulder.
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Luke flipped off the light in the kitchen and entered the dining area. He swiped a wet rag down the counter one more time and headed back into the kitchen to deposit it near the sink. He completed this task and flipped the light in the diner off as he headed upstairs. He didn't make it very far before someone started rattling the locked door and yelling his name. He sighed and trudged over to unlock it.
"Lorelai." He nodded as a sign of greeting as she pushed past him, babbling about something or other. He recognized one word--"coffee"--and headed behind the counter to start a new pot.
"Why didn't you have a pot already waiting?" Lorelai paused in her rant and tilted her head as she stared at Luke, waiting for an answer.
"You had a date. I figured you'd get coffee with him, maybe."
"You were just hoping for that."
"Yep." Luke nodded as he slipped the coffee pot into the coffee maker. He stared at it for a minute, not wanting to turn around without something to do. He gathered his strength and faced Lorelai. She smiled at him in the dark. He slightly smiled back. She was really beautiful. He remembered what Jess had said earlier. He shook his head and headed toward the doughnut case. He pulled a chocolate and sprinkle covered doughnut and handed it to her. Their fingers touched slightly and they smiled again before each looking away. Lorelai started up again between bites.
"So I went out with this Dudly guy--his real name, I swear to God. He really lived up to it. He was so boring! He talked about how rock and roll is the devil's music for, like, two hours. And at first, I thought he was Mrs. Kim in disguise, but I checked. He went into the boy's bathroom, and she wouldn't do that."
"So basically you feel like you went on a date with a Bible-toting middle aged Korean woman?"
"Yep. I miss Rory so much!!!"
"Coffee?" Luke plunked a cup in front of Lorelai.
"You have to ask? I'm losing my touch." Lorelai took a long sip. "Ah, blissful caffeine. Hyperness running through veins. Mood lifting." Lorelai opened her eyes to find Luke staring at her. "Hi."
"Hi."
The two stared at each other for a minute, and then Luke leaned in and kissed Lorelai straight on the lips.
"Thank you." A shocked Lorelai said when they parted. She grabbed her purse and ran out of the diner.
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Rory and Paris sat at their respective desks typing in their laptops as fast as they could. Practically Saturday morning, neither one of them had class for two more days, but they were working diligently anyway. Then a loud, constant knocking started at the door. It went on for a few minutes before they noticed.
"Paris, there's someone at the door."
"How profound."
"It's probably Jamie."
"That's wonderful."
"It's your turn."
Paris sighed and slammed her laptop shut. She got up and opened the door.
"He kissed me he kissed me he kissed me he kissed me." Lorelai burst in the room.
"It's for you." Paris headed back to her desk. Rory got up and walked over to her bed where Lorelai was sitting, babbling.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"He kissed me."
"What? Who? Your date?"
"No, not Dudly Dullsville, Luke."
"Luke kissed you?"
"Yeah."
"Who's Luke?" Paris looked up.
"You met him. He owns the diner in Stars Hollow."
"Oh. I didn't know he and Lorelai were dating."
"We're not." Lorelai said. "Or maybe we are now. I don't know. It makes no sense."
"What makes no sense?" Rory asked.
"Luke kissed me. He kissed me, okay! I was just standing there, and bam!" Lorelai slapped her hands together. "He kissed me. No warning, nothing."
"Wait a second, Mom. Slow down, breathe, and start at the beginning."
"Okay, he was closing up, and I was just escaping from my date with Mr. Dullsville, who I mentioned before," Rory and Paris nodded, "and I went into the diner for my nightly pot of coffee. So he puts on a pot, and I'm telling him about the date, and how it was like I was going out with a Bible-toting middle-aged Korean woman--"
"What?" Paris whispered to Rory.
"I'll explain later." Rory whispered back.
"--and he gave me a doughnut, and then he gave me coffee, and then..."
"Bam! It happened." Paris and Rory slapped their hands together.
"Yep." Lorelai nodded. "Oh, and I ran out without paying--"
"Which we do all the time." Rory interrupted.
"Yeah, but now he's a potential boyfriend."
"Ah, completely different. I understand." Rory nodded.
"Do you really?" Paris asked.
"You need more coffee." The Gilmores said simultaneously, but Lorelai followed it up with "I've got a cold cup that I stole from Luke in the car."
"You stole a cup from Luke?"
"You stole cornstarch!"
"Yeah, but that was different."
"Yeah, you stole from the market. And Taylor."
"Unfair! I stole from the kisser's place of work. You stole directly from the kisser."
"Ah, the student has become the master. Good work, Grasshopper." Lorelai and Rory both bowed to each other. Paris looked from one to the other, completely confused. She grabbed a bottle of Tylenol from her desk and popped a few.
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Ten o'clock Saturday morning found Lorelai sprawled on the air mattress in Paris and Rory's empty dorm room. Lorelai stretched and pushed herself off of the floor. She scribbled a note to Rory and headed home. As she drove past Luke's, she slowed down and idled. She stared at Luke passing out coffee and yelling at Jess for about ten minutes until the horns honking behind her forced her to park. So she went in.
"Traffic sucks!" Lorelai threw her purse on the counter. Luke looked up from the order he was taking.
"Ah, Lorelai. You were missed."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows, but Luke pointed at the almost full pot of coffee.
"Speaking of...." Lorelai raised the cup she'd stolen the night before. Luke headed over and filled it.
"So, I've got dinner with my parents tonight."
"Really? I thought it was Friday nights."
"They changed it to Saturday so Rory could do schoolwork on Fridays and still make it to dinner." Jess stated. Luke and Lorelai stared at him. "What? We talk."
"Are you going out?" Lorelai asked.
"And take time away from her schoolwork? No, Christine Amanpour has to work eighty hour weeks."
Jess walked off to take orders. Luke and Lorelai stared after him before looking at each other and stating simultaneously, "They're going out."
Chapter 1: Dates Turn Into Prunes
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls. It'd be cool if I did, though.
A/N: Hi! Welcome to It All Starts With A Kiss.This story is set about a year into the future. Both the girls are unattached at the moment and Rory lives at school. Anyway, enjoy the story!
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"More coffee, mister!" Lorelai slid her cup down the counter to Luke.
"No counter hockey." Luke scolded as he caught it. In response Lorelai slid her empty plate down the counter. Luke caught the plate, too, and put the dishes down behind him. Lorelai let out a whimper. Luke sighed and rescued the cup. He plopped it down in front of Lorelai, but paused before pouring the coffee.
"This makes what, twenty?"
"Two."
"Twenty-two?"
"Yeah, but, I need it! I have this date with this guy tonight, and I think he's cute, but I don't know, cause my mom set us up." Lorelai made a face.
"Your mom set you up?"
"She said I need something to do. I miss Rory like hell."
"We all do."
"Yale's too far away! I'm going to petition that they move it to Stars Hollow."
"Yeah, that'll go over well. For everyone invovled."
"Yep! Y'know, if Rory doesn't come home next weekend, I'm gonna cry."
"Yeah, we don't want that." Luke plunked a cup in front of Lorelai.
"Hah! You rock!" Lorelai downed the cup in almost one sip. "What time is it?" Luke pointed at her wrist. She glanced at her watch and ran out. Luke sighed and started cleaning up her place.
"You're an idiot."
Luke turned around to face a smirking Jess (like there's any other) leaning against the doorjamb to upstairs.
"Why am I an idiot?"
"Because you're both into each other! You anticipate each other's moves and tolerate each other's stupid jokes, and you're too dumb to act on it. That's why you're an idiot."
"Thanks for the nice sentiment, but don't you have class?"
"Not till one."
"Well, then, don't you have sleep?"
"Yep. Thanks for reminding me, Uncle Luke." Jess grabbed a bagel and turned around to head back upstairs.
"She has a date tonight." Luke called to Jess's back.
"Dates turn into prunes." He threw over his shoulder.
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Luke flipped off the light in the kitchen and entered the dining area. He swiped a wet rag down the counter one more time and headed back into the kitchen to deposit it near the sink. He completed this task and flipped the light in the diner off as he headed upstairs. He didn't make it very far before someone started rattling the locked door and yelling his name. He sighed and trudged over to unlock it.
"Lorelai." He nodded as a sign of greeting as she pushed past him, babbling about something or other. He recognized one word--"coffee"--and headed behind the counter to start a new pot.
"Why didn't you have a pot already waiting?" Lorelai paused in her rant and tilted her head as she stared at Luke, waiting for an answer.
"You had a date. I figured you'd get coffee with him, maybe."
"You were just hoping for that."
"Yep." Luke nodded as he slipped the coffee pot into the coffee maker. He stared at it for a minute, not wanting to turn around without something to do. He gathered his strength and faced Lorelai. She smiled at him in the dark. He slightly smiled back. She was really beautiful. He remembered what Jess had said earlier. He shook his head and headed toward the doughnut case. He pulled a chocolate and sprinkle covered doughnut and handed it to her. Their fingers touched slightly and they smiled again before each looking away. Lorelai started up again between bites.
"So I went out with this Dudly guy--his real name, I swear to God. He really lived up to it. He was so boring! He talked about how rock and roll is the devil's music for, like, two hours. And at first, I thought he was Mrs. Kim in disguise, but I checked. He went into the boy's bathroom, and she wouldn't do that."
"So basically you feel like you went on a date with a Bible-toting middle aged Korean woman?"
"Yep. I miss Rory so much!!!"
"Coffee?" Luke plunked a cup in front of Lorelai.
"You have to ask? I'm losing my touch." Lorelai took a long sip. "Ah, blissful caffeine. Hyperness running through veins. Mood lifting." Lorelai opened her eyes to find Luke staring at her. "Hi."
"Hi."
The two stared at each other for a minute, and then Luke leaned in and kissed Lorelai straight on the lips.
"Thank you." A shocked Lorelai said when they parted. She grabbed her purse and ran out of the diner.
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Rory and Paris sat at their respective desks typing in their laptops as fast as they could. Practically Saturday morning, neither one of them had class for two more days, but they were working diligently anyway. Then a loud, constant knocking started at the door. It went on for a few minutes before they noticed.
"Paris, there's someone at the door."
"How profound."
"It's probably Jamie."
"That's wonderful."
"It's your turn."
Paris sighed and slammed her laptop shut. She got up and opened the door.
"He kissed me he kissed me he kissed me he kissed me." Lorelai burst in the room.
"It's for you." Paris headed back to her desk. Rory got up and walked over to her bed where Lorelai was sitting, babbling.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"He kissed me."
"What? Who? Your date?"
"No, not Dudly Dullsville, Luke."
"Luke kissed you?"
"Yeah."
"Who's Luke?" Paris looked up.
"You met him. He owns the diner in Stars Hollow."
"Oh. I didn't know he and Lorelai were dating."
"We're not." Lorelai said. "Or maybe we are now. I don't know. It makes no sense."
"What makes no sense?" Rory asked.
"Luke kissed me. He kissed me, okay! I was just standing there, and bam!" Lorelai slapped her hands together. "He kissed me. No warning, nothing."
"Wait a second, Mom. Slow down, breathe, and start at the beginning."
"Okay, he was closing up, and I was just escaping from my date with Mr. Dullsville, who I mentioned before," Rory and Paris nodded, "and I went into the diner for my nightly pot of coffee. So he puts on a pot, and I'm telling him about the date, and how it was like I was going out with a Bible-toting middle-aged Korean woman--"
"What?" Paris whispered to Rory.
"I'll explain later." Rory whispered back.
"--and he gave me a doughnut, and then he gave me coffee, and then..."
"Bam! It happened." Paris and Rory slapped their hands together.
"Yep." Lorelai nodded. "Oh, and I ran out without paying--"
"Which we do all the time." Rory interrupted.
"Yeah, but now he's a potential boyfriend."
"Ah, completely different. I understand." Rory nodded.
"Do you really?" Paris asked.
"You need more coffee." The Gilmores said simultaneously, but Lorelai followed it up with "I've got a cold cup that I stole from Luke in the car."
"You stole a cup from Luke?"
"You stole cornstarch!"
"Yeah, but that was different."
"Yeah, you stole from the market. And Taylor."
"Unfair! I stole from the kisser's place of work. You stole directly from the kisser."
"Ah, the student has become the master. Good work, Grasshopper." Lorelai and Rory both bowed to each other. Paris looked from one to the other, completely confused. She grabbed a bottle of Tylenol from her desk and popped a few.
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Ten o'clock Saturday morning found Lorelai sprawled on the air mattress in Paris and Rory's empty dorm room. Lorelai stretched and pushed herself off of the floor. She scribbled a note to Rory and headed home. As she drove past Luke's, she slowed down and idled. She stared at Luke passing out coffee and yelling at Jess for about ten minutes until the horns honking behind her forced her to park. So she went in.
"Traffic sucks!" Lorelai threw her purse on the counter. Luke looked up from the order he was taking.
"Ah, Lorelai. You were missed."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows, but Luke pointed at the almost full pot of coffee.
"Speaking of...." Lorelai raised the cup she'd stolen the night before. Luke headed over and filled it.
"So, I've got dinner with my parents tonight."
"Really? I thought it was Friday nights."
"They changed it to Saturday so Rory could do schoolwork on Fridays and still make it to dinner." Jess stated. Luke and Lorelai stared at him. "What? We talk."
"Are you going out?" Lorelai asked.
"And take time away from her schoolwork? No, Christine Amanpour has to work eighty hour weeks."
Jess walked off to take orders. Luke and Lorelai stared after him before looking at each other and stating simultaneously, "They're going out."