Those Three Little Words
Part 9: "You Should Live in Happiness Too…Like the Oompa Loompas Doompa-Dee- Doo"
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Pairing: L/L, of course! :)
Summary: Previously—Luke and Lorelai shared their usual banter over coffee, but everything changed when Lorelai got a phone call that Rory and Jess had been in an accident. Luke and Lorelai fought. Three weeks later, Christopher came and Rory got her cast off. He asked for a second chance (or are we on his third chance?) with Lorelai and she gave in, realizing that it may have been meant to be for them since they can't manage to stay with anyone else. Lorelai gives a letter to Luke in which she apologizes and Christopher gets the news of his life which compels him to leave, yet again. Luke and Lorelai finally make up again and end up in a kiss. Lorelai, at first chance, gets scared and leaves without an explanation.
Disclaimer: Though I wish I could say that I own the rights to Gilmore Girls and whatnot, I *STILL* do not own or in any way have connection to those that do own the Gilmore Girls.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I love reading them! Not much to say today… For the first time, I think I'm just going to get straight to the chapter…what a concept! :) Enjoy! (Oh, and the title is my attempt to understand what the Oompa Loompas are actually saying in 'Willy Wonka.' While I'm thinking about it, does anyone else find that movie kind of anomalous and disturbing, or is it just me? That ride on the chocolate river freaks me out a little…). Wait, wasn't I supposed to just get to the story? Oops! :)
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Rory had figured out what would make her mother feel better, about an hour after Lorelai returned home: she got Lorelai in the living room, on the couch, gathered any and all junk food they had lying around, piled it next to her mother and found 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.' Lorelai couldn't resist smiling the moment the oompa loompas came on the screen.
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Lorelai had fallen asleep curled on the couch. Rory pulled a blanket over her and kissed her on the cheek, whispering "Goodnight." She turned off the movie and attempted to clean up the junk food that lay around them in half empty bags before she went to bed.
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"So, can we go back to the diner yet? We're out of coffee and the last time you took me to some other diner for coffee the cups were so little and the coffee wasn't as good."
"Sweetie, I know this is hard, going without coffee—"
"You're going to go *without* coffee?"
"Me? I couldn't! Coffee, second to only you, is why I live!"
"Well it's good that I come before your coffee addiction." Rory said, nonchalantly.
"Of course you do. Otherwise my coffee obsession would be a problem, wouldn't it?" Lorelai said, pouring herself a glass of orange juice. She took a sip and scrunched her face. "Ugh! How can people drink this?" She got another glass and filled it with water.
"It could taste bad because it expired three weeks ago." Rory explained, looking at the carton.
"Oh, well then, what is it still doing in the refrigerator?"
"Good question," Rory emptied the last of the juice into the sink and put the carton in the recycling bin. "Can we please go get some coffee?"
"Uh…" Lorelai looked down at her watch. "Oh my god, it's eight already? I have to get to the Inn. Don't you have school?"
"No. We have the day off. Teacher education thing."
"Oh." Lorelai paused. "I still have to run. I'm sorry. I really, *really* wish I could go with you to get coffee, but the Inn…"
"Yeah, sure. It's okay. I'll bring you a cup?"
"Really? I knew there was a reason I kept you around." Lorelai joked.
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"Rory?"
"Yes, Luke." She answered, sitting down at the counter. He walked over to her, watching the door closely. "She didn't come with me."
"Oh." He looked back at her. "'You want some coffee?"
"Yes, please." He handed her a cup.
"How's the wrist?"
"Great. I had a follow-up appointment yesterday. The doctor says it's fine."
"That's good."
"What happened last night?" She asked, after a moment of silence.
"What?"
"She was here. She told me that. They she kept saying that she ran away from you…"
He nodded. "Yeah. We were talking…well…uh…did she tell you anything else?"
"She just said that she'd left." Rory looked at him closely. "Did something happen between you?"
"I…uh…"
"Oh my god! What happened?"
"We were talking and then…we…" He paused. "Maybe you should ask her."
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No matter how hard she tried to think of something other than Luke and the kiss from the night before, she couldn't. He mind always wondered back to the way he held her. Everything just felt *right* when their lips met. She wasn't afraid of being hurt anymore, she didn't think about the past weeks, she couldn't think about anything except his lips against hers, the hair on his chin slightly abrasive against her skin from not shaving that morning, his hands traveling along her body. Her heart skipped just thinking about him.
The weeks she'd spent without him in her life had been hell. She hated how easily they were able to hurt each other when they didn't mean to at all. All he wanted to do was be near her, she knew that now, and if she had had the chance to really think about it, she would have realized she felt the same way about him.
"Lorelai?"
"Huh?" She jumped. "Sookie. Sorry, you startled me."
"What were you thinking about? You seemed a million miles away."
She shook her head and cleared her throat before busying herself with papers on the desk. "Nothing."
"No, it was something." Sookie smiled, mischievously. "Ooh! I know what it is! You were thinking about Luke!"
Lorelai blushed. "I…no…I…" A small smirk crossed her face.
"You were!"
"Yes, I was." She admitted slowly.
"Did you ever talk to him?"
"Last night."
"And?"
"And…that's it. We talked," she said, hoping, though she knew it wasn't going to happen, that Sookie would drop it.
"So you're good?"
"Uh…"
"You didn't fight again, did you?"
"I…uh…no, we didn't fight."
"Something happened though. You're playing with the papers again. You only shuffle the papers when you're nervous."
"What?" Lorelai asked, holding the papers against the desk, where she was previously making a nice, neat pile.
"Yeah, you do."
"Oh." She put them down and turned to Sookie.
"What happened?"
"We…how do I put this? Well, we kissed."
"You *what?!*" She asked, excitedly.
"Cliffsnotes version: It was raining and I was sitting in the gazebo and then I went over to Luke's. My clothes were soaked and he asked if I wanted to go upstairs because I was shivering…" Lorelai paused as Sookie broke out in a fit of giggles. "…And he gave me some clothes to change into while we dried mine—"
Sookie interrupted, "Plaid?"
"Actually, no, surprisingly." She smiled, remembering the previous night. "He made me some coffee and we sat on the couch. He covered us with a blanket…"
"Aw!" Sookie said, softly.
"…We were talking and suddenly, we just…kissed."
"Did he kiss you or did you kiss him?"
"I kissed him, I think, but he didn't really hesitate."
"Are you together now? Ooh! We should have a double wedding!"
"What?! Sookie! Are you listening to yourself?"
"Sorry. I guess I did get a little ahead of myself."
"Just a little."
"So then what happened?"
"The dryer finished and I went home."
"No!"
"Yes."
"Lorelai, why do you keep doing this to yourself? You find these wonderful, incredible men who just want to love you and you push them a way the first chance you get."
"I do not!" She answered, defensively.
"Why did you leave then?"
"Because…because Rory didn't know where I was and… How do I always manage screwing things up between us?"
"Do you love him?" Sookie asked, suddenly.
"Why would you think that?" Lorelai retorted, knowing the answer herself.
"I see the way he looks at you and the way you look back at him. There's something between you. There has been since the moment he say you. He loves you and Rory like no one else ever has." She paused. "I don't need an answer to that question, but you do, and Luke does. You deserve to be happy."
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A/N: Okay, so it's 8:30pm on Sunday by the time I'm publishing this. I said Sunday so here you go. Please, please, *please* review! The next chapter will be up sometime this week…
Part 9: "You Should Live in Happiness Too…Like the Oompa Loompas Doompa-Dee- Doo"
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Pairing: L/L, of course! :)
Summary: Previously—Luke and Lorelai shared their usual banter over coffee, but everything changed when Lorelai got a phone call that Rory and Jess had been in an accident. Luke and Lorelai fought. Three weeks later, Christopher came and Rory got her cast off. He asked for a second chance (or are we on his third chance?) with Lorelai and she gave in, realizing that it may have been meant to be for them since they can't manage to stay with anyone else. Lorelai gives a letter to Luke in which she apologizes and Christopher gets the news of his life which compels him to leave, yet again. Luke and Lorelai finally make up again and end up in a kiss. Lorelai, at first chance, gets scared and leaves without an explanation.
Disclaimer: Though I wish I could say that I own the rights to Gilmore Girls and whatnot, I *STILL* do not own or in any way have connection to those that do own the Gilmore Girls.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I love reading them! Not much to say today… For the first time, I think I'm just going to get straight to the chapter…what a concept! :) Enjoy! (Oh, and the title is my attempt to understand what the Oompa Loompas are actually saying in 'Willy Wonka.' While I'm thinking about it, does anyone else find that movie kind of anomalous and disturbing, or is it just me? That ride on the chocolate river freaks me out a little…). Wait, wasn't I supposed to just get to the story? Oops! :)
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Rory had figured out what would make her mother feel better, about an hour after Lorelai returned home: she got Lorelai in the living room, on the couch, gathered any and all junk food they had lying around, piled it next to her mother and found 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.' Lorelai couldn't resist smiling the moment the oompa loompas came on the screen.
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Lorelai had fallen asleep curled on the couch. Rory pulled a blanket over her and kissed her on the cheek, whispering "Goodnight." She turned off the movie and attempted to clean up the junk food that lay around them in half empty bags before she went to bed.
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"So, can we go back to the diner yet? We're out of coffee and the last time you took me to some other diner for coffee the cups were so little and the coffee wasn't as good."
"Sweetie, I know this is hard, going without coffee—"
"You're going to go *without* coffee?"
"Me? I couldn't! Coffee, second to only you, is why I live!"
"Well it's good that I come before your coffee addiction." Rory said, nonchalantly.
"Of course you do. Otherwise my coffee obsession would be a problem, wouldn't it?" Lorelai said, pouring herself a glass of orange juice. She took a sip and scrunched her face. "Ugh! How can people drink this?" She got another glass and filled it with water.
"It could taste bad because it expired three weeks ago." Rory explained, looking at the carton.
"Oh, well then, what is it still doing in the refrigerator?"
"Good question," Rory emptied the last of the juice into the sink and put the carton in the recycling bin. "Can we please go get some coffee?"
"Uh…" Lorelai looked down at her watch. "Oh my god, it's eight already? I have to get to the Inn. Don't you have school?"
"No. We have the day off. Teacher education thing."
"Oh." Lorelai paused. "I still have to run. I'm sorry. I really, *really* wish I could go with you to get coffee, but the Inn…"
"Yeah, sure. It's okay. I'll bring you a cup?"
"Really? I knew there was a reason I kept you around." Lorelai joked.
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"Rory?"
"Yes, Luke." She answered, sitting down at the counter. He walked over to her, watching the door closely. "She didn't come with me."
"Oh." He looked back at her. "'You want some coffee?"
"Yes, please." He handed her a cup.
"How's the wrist?"
"Great. I had a follow-up appointment yesterday. The doctor says it's fine."
"That's good."
"What happened last night?" She asked, after a moment of silence.
"What?"
"She was here. She told me that. They she kept saying that she ran away from you…"
He nodded. "Yeah. We were talking…well…uh…did she tell you anything else?"
"She just said that she'd left." Rory looked at him closely. "Did something happen between you?"
"I…uh…"
"Oh my god! What happened?"
"We were talking and then…we…" He paused. "Maybe you should ask her."
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No matter how hard she tried to think of something other than Luke and the kiss from the night before, she couldn't. He mind always wondered back to the way he held her. Everything just felt *right* when their lips met. She wasn't afraid of being hurt anymore, she didn't think about the past weeks, she couldn't think about anything except his lips against hers, the hair on his chin slightly abrasive against her skin from not shaving that morning, his hands traveling along her body. Her heart skipped just thinking about him.
The weeks she'd spent without him in her life had been hell. She hated how easily they were able to hurt each other when they didn't mean to at all. All he wanted to do was be near her, she knew that now, and if she had had the chance to really think about it, she would have realized she felt the same way about him.
"Lorelai?"
"Huh?" She jumped. "Sookie. Sorry, you startled me."
"What were you thinking about? You seemed a million miles away."
She shook her head and cleared her throat before busying herself with papers on the desk. "Nothing."
"No, it was something." Sookie smiled, mischievously. "Ooh! I know what it is! You were thinking about Luke!"
Lorelai blushed. "I…no…I…" A small smirk crossed her face.
"You were!"
"Yes, I was." She admitted slowly.
"Did you ever talk to him?"
"Last night."
"And?"
"And…that's it. We talked," she said, hoping, though she knew it wasn't going to happen, that Sookie would drop it.
"So you're good?"
"Uh…"
"You didn't fight again, did you?"
"I…uh…no, we didn't fight."
"Something happened though. You're playing with the papers again. You only shuffle the papers when you're nervous."
"What?" Lorelai asked, holding the papers against the desk, where she was previously making a nice, neat pile.
"Yeah, you do."
"Oh." She put them down and turned to Sookie.
"What happened?"
"We…how do I put this? Well, we kissed."
"You *what?!*" She asked, excitedly.
"Cliffsnotes version: It was raining and I was sitting in the gazebo and then I went over to Luke's. My clothes were soaked and he asked if I wanted to go upstairs because I was shivering…" Lorelai paused as Sookie broke out in a fit of giggles. "…And he gave me some clothes to change into while we dried mine—"
Sookie interrupted, "Plaid?"
"Actually, no, surprisingly." She smiled, remembering the previous night. "He made me some coffee and we sat on the couch. He covered us with a blanket…"
"Aw!" Sookie said, softly.
"…We were talking and suddenly, we just…kissed."
"Did he kiss you or did you kiss him?"
"I kissed him, I think, but he didn't really hesitate."
"Are you together now? Ooh! We should have a double wedding!"
"What?! Sookie! Are you listening to yourself?"
"Sorry. I guess I did get a little ahead of myself."
"Just a little."
"So then what happened?"
"The dryer finished and I went home."
"No!"
"Yes."
"Lorelai, why do you keep doing this to yourself? You find these wonderful, incredible men who just want to love you and you push them a way the first chance you get."
"I do not!" She answered, defensively.
"Why did you leave then?"
"Because…because Rory didn't know where I was and… How do I always manage screwing things up between us?"
"Do you love him?" Sookie asked, suddenly.
"Why would you think that?" Lorelai retorted, knowing the answer herself.
"I see the way he looks at you and the way you look back at him. There's something between you. There has been since the moment he say you. He loves you and Rory like no one else ever has." She paused. "I don't need an answer to that question, but you do, and Luke does. You deserve to be happy."
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A/N: Okay, so it's 8:30pm on Sunday by the time I'm publishing this. I said Sunday so here you go. Please, please, *please* review! The next chapter will be up sometime this week…