CHAPTER TWO
** Miracles Happen When You Least Expect Them **
Genre: Romance
Pairing: Lane/Dean
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: Lane, Dean, Mrs. Kim, Richard and Emily Gilmore and all other recognizable "Gilmore Girls" characters belong to Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, and the WB. There is no profit from the copyrighted characters or infringement intended.
Lane avoided Dean for the rest of week at school. It wasn't easy, but she had pre-date jitters and didn't want to make things worse by getting tongue-tied or saying something dorky to Dean before he came to pick her up for their date in Hartford on Saturday.
She'd started planning her date outfit the very night he'd ask her out for their date. Since Mrs. Kim wasn't around, she was free to bring out her "forbidden" wardrobe without fear of getting caught. By Thursday night she'd decided on her outfit: hot pink tights, a black leather mini-skit, a spandex, hot pink, spaghetti strap tank top, along with a pair of black, thigh high boots and a stylish leather jacket. She even had a pair of contacts that she had saved to wear for a special occasion such as this.
Luckily, business had been slow Saturday afternoon and Lane was able to close the shop around 5:15 to start getting ready for her date with Dean. By the time Dean arrived to pick her up, she absolutely sparkled!
"Whoa! " Dean exclaimed. When he'd come by to pick her up for their date, he hadn't the slightest intention to make out with her, but her unexpected sexiness was extremely tempting. Dean opened the car door for Lane and announced their plans as Lane climbed in.
"Well, Lane, I know a lot about you since you're Rory's best friend and part of what I know is how you're forced to eat pretty awful garbage at your house , so I'd like you to pick out the restaurant tonight and I'll pick out the movie."
"Uh, okay, since you're letting me pick…." Lane replied smilingly, "how 'bout French food? I've never tried it and I'd love to say I've eaten it at least once."
"Good choice," Dean replied, "I know just the place." He would take her to a lovely, intimate French café called Chez Pierre. It had been the same restaurant he'd taken Rory to for their six month anniversary, where they'd enjoyed a lovely dinner before she decided not to reciprocate his "I love you" later on that night. Looking back, he realized he should have just called it quits then, but she had a power over him that it took him an incredibly long time to fight back against. Perhaps Jess had done him a favor in the end.
"Well, here we are," Dean announced as he pulled into the parking lot of Chez Pierre.
Lane started to open her door before Dean stopped her and let her know he'd get it for her. Lane felt her face grow flush with embarrassment. She knew she'd die if Dean knew this was her first real date. She didn't count chaperoned hayrides or Korean Bible studies as real dates and certainly any of those guys her mother handpicked for her would have been much too clumsy to have had a grasp on the normal level of social skills that Dean possessed.
Dean chose the "Chateaubriand for Two" from the menu for their dinner and "Moelleux au Chocolat," a molten chocolate cake, for dessert that was sinfully delicious. Over dessert they discussed going to see Lord of the Rings when Lane suddenly noticed Emily and Richard Gilmore were dining in the same restaurant.
"Dean, Rory's grandparents are here!" she exclaimed in a loud, frantic whisper.
"Where?" he asked in a normal voice. "Oh," he replied nonchalantly when he spotted them sitting stiff and properly at their table. "Who gives a shit if those snot asses are eating here? That 's one of the perks about breaking up with Rory is that I don't have to give them the time of day anymore."
"Well, I care," she replied in a frantic whisper. "I'm not stupid. I know we'll never go out again after my mother gets back and it's not worth it to me for my best friend to find out I'm dating her ex-boyfriend."
"Okay! Okay! Don't worry about. Take my keys and go out the side and wait in the car for me while I get the check. I actually think I'm going to have a little fun at their expense," he replied mischievously.
TO BE CONTINUED…
