Chapter 9
What Happens in a
Snowstorm
Luke's Apartment
Malina is lying on the couch looking at the ceiling; Rory's doing her homework under flashlight; Rachel is sitting on a chair reading a book
"Mel?" Rory asked, looking up from her homework.
"What?" Malina said.
"Are you hungry yet?"
"Nope."
"Are you bored?"
"Yup."
"Do you wanna play a game or something?"
"Nope."
"Are you mad at me?"
"Yup."
"Are you going to stay mad at me forever?"
"Nope."
"When the snowstorm's over are we going to have our traditional snowball fight?"
"Yup."
"Okay." Rory said. She looked at Malina and went back to her homework.
Lorelai's House
Lorelai is sitting on the couch across from Luke; Luke is staring at the candle burning in front of them
"Luke, I'm hungry." Lorelai said breaking the silence that was between the two of them.
"And what do you want me to do about it?" Luke said.
"Gee, I don't know Luke, something that won't make me hungry." Lorelai said sarcastically.
"What would you normally do if you were hungry?"
"Are you serious about that?"
"Do I look serious to you?"
"Is that a trick question?" Luke gave Lorelai a look. "Well, if you must know, I would normally go to Luke's, and well since Luke's is apparently closed, I'm stuck."
"Well as you can see, there is no electricity, what am I supposed to do about that?"
"Call God and ask him to make the snowstorm over so I don't have to be stuck with you anymore, and I get electricity back."
"Hang on a sec, let me find the number." Luke deadpanned. Lorelai rolled her eyes, and turned her back to Luke.
Luke's Apartment
"Rory I'm bored." Malina said a few hours later. Hours before, they had all eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner. She and Rory were sitting in her room, while Rachel was sleeping on the couch.
"And…?" Rory said.
"And you have to do something about it."
"Are you still mad at me?"
"Yes."
"But yet you still want me to entertain you in some way?"
"You got that right."
Rory sighed. "What do you want to do?"
"I don't know anything that can make me not bored."
"What time is it?"
"How should I know?"
"Do you have a watch?"
"I don't wear watches."
"Does Rachel have a watch?"
"Do I care if Rachel has a watch?"
"You know, this isn't getting us anywhere, Mel. Just because you're mad at me, doesn't mean that you have to act all bitchy."
"I'm not; I'm just really irritated right now."
"You better not be. So, do you want to play cards or something?"
"Sure, why not." Malina said. She hopped off her bed, and went to get the cards in the kitchen.
"Malina." Rachel said.
Malina slowly turned around. "What?" Malina snapped.
"Are you hungry or anything?"
"Why do you care?"
"Malina I'd appreciate if you dropped the attitude." Rachel said calmly.
"Give me a second to think about that." Malina pretended to think, and said, "Nope!"
"Malina!"
"Mel, did you get the cards?" Rory asked as she came out of her room.
"You think that you could just come here and make everything alright, but you can't! I'm tired of you trying to become all buddy/buddy with me, okay, I'm tired! I'm tired of you trying to change everything that you can't! I'm tired of you trying to compete with Lorelai and trying to take her place! But you can't take her place! You just…" Malina was beginning to cry. "You just can't!" and that was it. Just as Malina collapsed on the floor and started crying, the lights turned back on.
Rory quickly came to her side. She put her arms around her, to try and comfort her. Malina turned to face Rory, and put her arms around her neck. Rachel quietly went over to the phone, and dialed a number she knew all too well.
Lorelai's House
"Thank God!" Lorelai cried as she woke up. Lorelai looked around her and found the she was lying on Luke's chest with his arm around her.
How we got into this position is beyond me, Lorelai thought. This feels kinda nice. No! Stop it Gilmore! It's Luke, the coffee providing, Mr. Fix-It, backwards baseball cap flannel wearing Luke, who you just happen to be mad at, even though he looks kinda cute while he's sleeping…get those thoughts out of your head Gilmore!
She slowly got off of Luke, trying not to wake him, but failed greatly.
"What? What's happening?" Luke asked as he started waking up.
"The lights turned back on."
"Finally." Luke said. He looked around. "Did we fall asleep?"
"Oh yeah. Do you think you can make me some coffee?"
"Fine, whatever." Luke got off of the couch and went into the kitchen.
Just then, the phone started ringing. "I'll get that!" Lorelai said. She climbed over to the couch, and hurried to get the phone.
"Yeah, yeah?" Lorelai said when she answered the phone.
"Hi Mom!" Rory said into the phone.
"Hey hon! How's everything over there? Did you guys have a good time?"
"Well it depends on your definition of good time."
"What happened?"
"Malina had a total breakdown. She started yelling at Rachel and that was it, she collapsed from there."
"Oh my gosh. How's she doing?"
"Well, I got her to get into bed, but when the snow dies down, she wants Luke to come, and only when the snow dies down. She wanted to make that very clear. She doesn't want anything to happen to him."
"Okay, I'll tell him."
"So how was everything over there?"
"Well, before the storm, Luke and I got into a fight."
"About what?"
"Rachel."
"Rachel?"
"Uh huh. It was actually really pointless. There's no need to go into detail. And currently, I'm not sure what we are, if we're fighting or not."
"I see. Well, I'll be home as soon as possible. I'm going to go check on Malina."
"Okay, honey. Where's Rachel anyway?"
"She went downstairs to the diner."
"Oh okay. You stay safe hon, and give Malina a hug and a kiss for me."
"Okay I will. Bye Mom."
"Bye Rory." Lorelai put the phone back on the base, just as Luke came out with the coffee. "Thank you so much." She said as Luke handed her the mug.
"You're welcome." Luke said. The two of them sat back down on the couch.
After a short while, Lorelai place her mug on the coffee table, and went over to the radio. She turned in on, and listened to hear what was playing.
"Hey, I used to like this song!" On the radio was playing Slow Dancing by Johnny Rivers.
"When I was a little girl, I used to play this song over and over and pretended that I was dancing with someone." Lorelai said in a daze. She began quietly singing the words to the song. Luke watched her in admiration. "Luke?"
When Lorelai said Luke's name, it knocked him out of his daze. "Yeah?"
"Will you dance with me? I know we're mad at each other and everything, but I would really like to dance with someone to this song for once." Luke nodded. He stood up and took Lorelai's hand and they began dancing.
Hold me, hold me
Don't ever let me go
Luke looked at Lorelai as they danced. Lorelai smiled shyly, and put her head on his shoulder.
As we dance together in the dark
There's so much love in this heart of mine
You whisper to me and I hold you tight
You're the one I thought I'd never find
Luke couldn't believe that this song was saying all the things he wants to say to Lorelai.
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl
Luke and Lorelai looked each other in the eye. As the song began to fade, they felt their faces move closer together. And then…
Author's Note: That was fun, just stopping there. I'll try and update soon so you can see what happens to Lorelai and Luke, as well as Rachel and Malina. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. How has your week been? Hope it's good. Anyway, I gotta go. There's School House Rock Jr. Live at my school tonight, and I'm in it, so I need to go get ready. Bye :) Cristina
