Note: I've forgotten to add this to the rest of the chapters, but I don't own Gilmore Girls, unless this is how it would have gone.
CD's and Memories
"Can I have a peanut butter and banana sandwich?" Kirk whined at Luke in the diner.
"No, Kirk. For the 500th time, I don't serve peanut butter and banana sandwiches."
"Do you have peanut butter?"
"Yes."
"Do you have bananas?"
"Yes, Kirk!"
"Just put them together, it's really quite simple. Mother makes them for me all the time."
"If I get you your stupid sandwich will you shut up and leave me alone?"
"Yes."
"One peanut butter and banana sandwich coming up." Luke sighed and turned around to tell Cesar the order. He looked at the clock, which read 9 o'clock. Lorelai should be coming by anytime now. Maybe she could help him get Kirk to shut up. The bell above the door jingled cheerfully, announcing the arrival of Lorelai and Rory. They were chatting about something; he couldn't tell what. They were talking too fast.
"What about pizza with pepperoni, sausage, bacon, extra cheese, mushrooms, and sprinkles?" Lorelai was asking Rory when Luke approached.
"You're going to die at a very young age." He remarked.
"Only because I looked at you." Lorelai joked.
"Well I'm a pretty heart stopping guy."
"That you are."
"Hey, do you want to do something next Saturday?" Luke asked Lorelai.
"Yeah, ok. I'll come by here around…."
"Noon is good."
"Alright. Noon then."
"Yeah, and just wear jeans or something."
"What? No fancy dinner?" Lorelai play gasped.
"I have something planned."
"Hello, anybody remember a poor, helpless, hungry girl over here?" Rory said, waving her hand at her mom and Luke.
"What do you want?" Luke asked, turning towards Rory.
"I know what mom wants…" Rory began. Lorelai elbowed her in the stomach.
"I want waffles and coffee. Rory'll take what ever you leave out in the alley for the dogs."
"Add some pancakes to that." Rory piped up.
"Be back in a minute."
A few days later….
"So, Jess is coming over?" Lorelai asked Rory as she almost fell down the stairs putting on a pair of red Nikes.
"Yeah. We're just going to watch movies, hang out. Eat popcorn."
"Have fun!" Lorelai called as she walked out the door and to her car. It was a short drive to Luke's, but she drove because it was hot outside, and also because it was already 12:03.
"Hey. Sorry I'm late." Lorelai said to Luke as she walked into the diner.
"It's ok. Cesar, I'm leaving!" Luke called to the kitchen. Cesar stuck his head out.
"You and Lorelai going somewhere?" he asked, and Luke and Lorelai suddenly remembered that no one from the town knew that they were together.
"Uh, no." Luke said before rushing out. He opened the passenger side door of his green truck for Lorelai.
"Where are we going?" she asked as he let himself in the driver's side door.
"It's a surprise."
"Are we driving to China?"
"Yes."
"How far is it?" Lorelai yawned. The sun was hitting her face and it was making her sleepy. He eyelids drooped.
"Not too far. Just go to sleep." Luke took his eyes off the road for a second to look at Lorelai and stroke her hair. Lorelai laid her head on the window and fell asleep quickly. Luke stared at her as he pulled onto the highway. The sun lit up her face, and her hair lightly dusted the back of her white t-shirt. Luke thought about how long he had known Lorelai. How long he liked her. He had known that he very possibly loved her since about the day they met. And that was confirmed that night at the Dragonfly. Luke Danes loved Lorelai Gilmore.
"Lorelai." Luke whispered into Lorelai's ear. They had arrived at his destination, and he was trying to wake Lorelai up. He kissed her cheek and her eyes fluttered open gently.
"Hi," she smiled, and Luke simply melted. "Are we in China yet?"
"Yes. But close your eyes."
"But Lllluuuukkkee…" Lorelai pouted.
"Just for a second." Lorelai shut her eyes and Luke noticed a freckle on her left eyelid. How cute. He opened his door, shut it, and walked around the back of his truck to open Lorelai's door.
"Ok, take my hand." He said as he opened the door. Lorelai reached for his hand and he helped her out. Luke turned her to face something. "Open." Lorelai's eyes opened, and, at almost the same time, her jaw dropped. Because she was facing the Empire State Building.
"Oh my God. Luke!" she squealed, wrapping her arms around Luke's neck and giving him a strong and passionate kiss on the lips. They pulled apart and Luke kissed the tip of her nose.
"Gorgeous," he said, trance like.
"It is, isn't it?" Lorelai leaned her head against his shoulder.
"I meant you," Luke kissed her hair, which was slight messy from her nap. "Ready?" he asked.
"For what?"
"To go up in it," Luke grabbed Lorelai's hand and began to run towards the building. Lorelai had never seen him run. She had never seen him smile so wide. No wonder she liked -loved?- him so much. They ran all the way up to the revolving doors, and then burst through those and into the elevator.
"Luke?" Lorelai finally spoke.
"Yeah?" Luke leaned against the back of the elevator. Lorelai took both of his hands and they swung their arms around a bit.
"I have to tell you something."
"What's that?"
"I've never been up so high before."
"Don't worry. I'll hold you close," Luke laughed.
"Well then maybe I'm really scared," Lorelai laughed along with him. There was a small ding and the elevator doors opened slowly, like curtains in a play. Luke firmly held Lorelai's hand and they walked across the roof, the only ones there. There were hundreds of people below them, scurrying like ants, in a hurry. Time was passing for them, but it wasn't for Luke and Lorelai. They stood along the wall at the edge, looking below, Lorelai clinging to Luke. After a second, she eased up a bit.
"You ok?" Luke asked, rubbing her arm. But Lorelai didn't say anything. She walked away quickly, to the other side of the roof.
"Lorelai!" Luke called, following her. But she stopped, looking over at New Jersey suburbs, at the quietness and slowness, rather than at the hustle and bustle of New York.
"They have lives. Just like us." Lorelai whispered. "They might not live as big or as fast as the people in New York. They're the more normal ones," Lorelai's' eyes glazed over, becoming even more striking blue. "Luke?" she turned to face him, now almost crying.
"Lorelai- what's wrong?" Luke placed his hands on Lorelai's shoulders, one on each.
"I love you," Lorelai said it shakily, but she had never been more certain of anything before in her life. Tears fell freely from her eyes and Luke felt as though he just might tear up as well.
"I love you, too." Luke wrapped his arms around Lorelai's stomach and picked her up, swinging her like in a movie he had seen so long ago. Time, which had almost stopped for them, now had. They had no reminder of the time passing on the other side of the roof. They could only see each other, and the quiet, normalness down below in New Jersey. They finally kissed, and Lorelai felt as though she might explode. She was on the top of the Empire State building. She and Luke had just exchanged 'I love you's. The sun was slowly slipping behind the New York City skyline. She buried in her face in Luke's neck, still crying tears of joy and happiness. Because this was it. This was love.
Rory sat on the couch in her mom's house, which was still technically hers, watching commercials. She moved her shoulders a little bit to a Manwich commercial.
"Oh mama, don't you make me another meatloaf. Forget the mac and cheese. I want some fun piled on a bun, I want a Manwich please," The doorbell rang during "Make tonight a Manwich night" and it startled her. Rory squealed out of sudden fright.
"Rory?" a voice called from outside.
"Oh, Jess, you scared me!" Rory exclaimed, jumping up and opening the door.
"I don't know how to respond to that." Jess chuckled as the door opened. He gave her a quick kiss.
"Like that." Rory said simply before flouncing back to the couch. A Sprint commercial was now on.
"It even protects us against meteors." A man was saying. The lawyer behind him shook his bald head. "Well, that's the word on the street." The other man said, putting his hands in the pockets of his black pants. Rory switched to the CW channel (hehe) and began to watch That 70's Show.
"I love this show!" she giggled, and Jess sat down beside her. Rory laid her head down on his chest, and Jess played with her hair a bit. It was the series finale, where a couple of the friends were at the water tower. Kelso was tricked into falling off. Rory switched the channel again and the Brady Bunch came on. It was the one where the girl got hit in the eye with a football.
"Remember when you got hit in the eye with a football?" Rory asked, tilting her head up to look at Jess's face. "It was when you were going to meet my grandma, and I thought that you got in a fight with Dean. You had a big black eye." Rory giggled slightly, but Jess looked at her, confused. Then his eyes shone with realization, and he laughed harder than Rory.
"Did I ever tell you that it wasn't a football?" he asked, an amused expression on his face.
"Was it a fight with Dean?" Rory asked, suddenly alarmed. Jess chucked.
"No."
"Then what was it?"
"A swan."
"What?"
"A swan. It beaked me."
"Beaked you?"
"Yeah, that's what Luke said. Then we went looking for it. It was an evil swan."
"You got attacked by a swan." Rory was hysterical.
"Said the girl who has probably fallen down a lot of stairs because she was holding too many books to see."
"Hey, that happened once." Rory said defensively. Jess raised his eyebrows. "Ok, maybe more like 3 or 4 times. Like it's never happened to you."
"As a matter of fact, it hasn't."
"Yeah, well at least I've never gotten a black eye because of a swan."
Lorelai and Luke were driving back to Star's Hollow from New York, playing the license plate game.
"I pick Connecticut!" Lorelai said as they crossed into Connecticut.
"I pick Ontario."
"What?"
"Ontario. It's in Canada."
"I know where it is, but the object of the game is to find the most license plates of your choice."
"Oh, look. Ontario," Luke pointed to a white car in front of them. Lorelai punched Luke in the arm.
"I quit," she announced. They talked for a little while and soon pulled up at the diner. "Thanks, Luke. I had a great time." Lorelai said, climbing out of his truck.
"Yeah. Me, too." They walked over to Lorelai's Jeep. They stood awkwardly for a second, until they both said, "I love you," at the same time. They kissed, first quickly. But, as Lorelai started to pull away, Luke brought her closer, arms around her waist.
"Is Rory expecting you home?" he breathed in her ear. Because if she wasn't, this could very possibly turn into something else.
"Yeah. I'm sorry." Lorelai said.
"I'll see you tomorrow, then."
"Can't wait." And Lorelai got in her car, waved goodbye to Luke, and drove off. When she got to her house, she made as much noise as possible so that Rory and Jess would hear her coming. She opened the door with her eyes squeezed shut.
"I'm home. I am closing the door. I am hanging up my coat. I am coming into the living room. Please be decent."
"Mom." Rory said from the couch. "You can open your eyes." Lorelai did and found Rory and Jess just sitting on the couch, watching television.
"Just trying to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation," Lorelai exclaimed.
"Well, I should get going. See you tomorrow." Jess said, getting up and leaving.
"Bye, Jess." Rory called after him.
The next day, Lorelai and Rory walked up to the diner.
"So, when are you and Luke going to announce that you're dating? And in love?" Rory asked before she opened the door.
"I don't know, kid. You know how this town is." Luke and Jess were standing behind the counter, cleaning, when the door opened. It was noon, and normally, there would be a large crowd of people at the diner, but today was all-you-can-eat egg roll day at Al's.
"Hey, Lorelai. Can I talk to you?" Luke asked immediately.
"Yeah, sure," Lorelai was confused by his immediate talking-ness. She followed Luke to the kitchen.
"I made you something," Luke said eagerly, pressing a CD and a large wad of paper into Lorelai's hand. "Jess told me how to burn a CD. At first I thought you really burned it or something, but you don't. It's like a mix tape, just on a CD." Luke scratched the back of his neck.
"Wow. Thank you, Luke," Lorelai started to unfold the paper.
"No, not yet. Read it later. It goes with the CD. It's lyrics and a couple of notes."
"Oh, ok. I'll do that." Lorelai left the kitchen, ordered, and ate quickly. "Hey, hun, I'm going to head home. I want to listen to the CD." Lorelai said to Rory.
"Ok. See you later." And Lorelai left, walking quickly. She was curious to what was on the CD. She opened her door, and headed straight for the CD player. She put the shiny, colorful side on the bottom, closed the door thing, and pressed play. As the CD player started to read the CD, she opened up the paper. A sweet melody came out of the speakers, and Lorelai began to read.
A/N: everything in parenthesis are what Luke wrote next to the lyrics
She's Everything, Brad Paisley
She's a yellow pair of running shoes (I know you don't exercise, though)
A holey pair of jeans
She looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's I want a piece of chocolate (and more coffee)
Take me to a movie (a chick flick)
She's I can't find a thing to wear
Now and then she's moody (and throws forks at me)
… A/N: skip ahead in the song
She's everything I ever wanted
Everything I need
I talk about her I go on and on and on (and that annoys some people)
Yeah she's everything to me (Lorelai- you are everything)
Lorelai felt her eyes start to tear up as the song went on and then switched to another one
You Had Me From Hello, Kenny Chesney
One word
That's all you said (Ok, you said a lot more than one word)
Something in your voice caused me
To turn my head (and gave me whiplash, thank you very much)
Your smile
Just captured me
And you were in my future
Far as I could see (you came back every single day. Not that I mind.)
And I don't know how it happened
But it happened still
You ask me if I love you
If I always will (yes, I will)
Well you had me from hello
I felt love start to grow
The moment that I looked into your eyes
It was over from the start
You completely stole my heart (please don't give it back)
And now you won't let go (hopefully you never will)
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from hello
The song went on and Lorelai sank to the ground in tears. For the second time today, she was crying tears of joy. Tears of love.
She remembered when she first met Luke. How long ago was it? Eight years? Ten? More than that? She didn't know how long ago it was. She didn't remember the season. But she did remember that it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon and she had not had nay coffee. Her coffee maker had broken, so she went searching for a diner. When she saw Luke's, she almost passed it because of the William's Hardware sign. It struck her as odd that that was there.
But she drove by, looked in, saw coffee, and slammed on her brakes, nearly crashing into a parked car. Lorelai remembered getting out after parking, in a hurry, and in desperate need of caffeine. She pushed the door open and walked straight up to the counter.
"Ok, diner man, I need coffee. I need it big, I need it strong, and I need it now," she had said quickly, sitting down and putting he purse on the counter. Luke sighed.
"One coffee," he turned around and poured her a cup, then handed it to her.
"Wow, these mugs are huge. What'd you do, hijack a plastic company?" that was when Luke really looked at her, and Lorelai saw the stubble on his cheeks, the blueness in his eyes. And a backwards baseball cap.
"Gee. How'd you know?" he asked sarcastically. Lorelai hadn't realized it at the time, but he was flirting with her.
"Hey, are you the owner?"
"Yeah."
"Duke."
"It's Luke."
"Duke."
"Drink your coffee." Luke pointed to the mug. Lorelai took a good, long sip.
"Wow. That's the best coffee I've ever had." Lorelai continued to glug the rest of it, finishing in about 30 seconds. When she looked up, Luke was staring at her.
"That's disgusting," he had said.
"Excuse me, Mr. Duke the Diner Man, this is delicious, and I think I just beat my own personal record."
"That stuff's gonna kill you," and the next day, Lorelai went back. And the day after that. And the day after that. It became a ritual, one that she liked. And one that she now loved.
A/N: I really had fun writing this one. It took a little longer to update than I expected, but I'm glad to update now. I like this one, and was very surprised when I looked up and saw that it's 11 pages long!. I like how this story is going, but it might take a little bit of time until it's updated again. And to those of you that might live in another country that doesn't have Manwich or Sprint, Manwich is a sloppy joe like sandwich filling, and Sprint is a cell phone company.
I've been planning on doing the CD part for a while, before I came up with the idea for the story. It was just going to be a oneshot about the CD. But I really love that song, She's Everything, by Brad Paisley. If you get the chance, try listening for it on the radio (it's a country song) or looking p the lyrics. The first time I heard it, my ears went on radar, realizing that it sounded like something Luke would say to Lorelai. But the parts of the song thta remind me a lot of her wouldn't fit in to this story, they fit in with the show. I'll try to update soon, but I am very busy lately. Orchestra auditions tomorrow. Some ting at school tomorrow. I'm behind on homework. I have to get my schedule for next year filled out. And sleeping and eating would probably be helpful, too. I'll try by--- Thursday. Hopefully Thursday.
SPOILER ALERT SPOLIER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT
I have received information from HSCharmed4Life that has proven me wrong. Episode 13 is not when Lorelai and Luke get back together, but when Lorelai realizes that Luke is the one for her. It will be one of Michel's dogs that dies. And, at the end of this season, Lorelai and Luke will not only be together, but married and expecting a baby.
You may have heard about there being bumped heads over a season 8 of our beloved Gilmore Girls. According to there is a rumor that Alexis Bledel (Rory) wants out. There has been discussion of continuing without her, but Lauren Graham (Lorelai) refuses to go on without Alexis. Noting is confirmed yet, but, apparently, the possibility of an 8th season is looking grim. Also on Lauren has apparently said that she would rather finish the show with people thinking that they could have gone on, than with people thinking that they overstayed their welcome. But they're always welcome in my book!
However, all great things must come to an end, even on television. Especially on television. But if things go the way they are supposed to, with Lorelai and Luke married and expecting, then there won't be anything else to add to their story. This is Rory's senior year al Yale, and then what? The show shows her as a journalist? Although I would find that entertaining (I am looking into the field of journalism myself), that's probably not the way David Rosenthal (the writer) would want it to go. But, hopefully, there will be an 8th season. It could show Lorelai and Luke finally together again, and happy, and married. It could show Rory becoming successful, and marrying someone. Hopefully Jess, although I doubt that that would happen.
P.S. I have just recently started my love for this show, so I missed a lot of stuff. One of them being that Alexis Bledel and Mio Ventimiglia (Jess) actually went out in real life. If they were going out in season 3, it would have been really convenient.
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To be continued…