Title: Mission: Find my Dad
Summary: Lorelai 'Rory' Leigh Gilmore-Danes is on a mission to look for her father. AU. java junkie, LukeRory father daughter scene.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not ever. Sigh.
A/N: just incase any of you forget. The timeline in this story is different from the show so just go with it.
And sorry for the long wait. I've been very busy and I'm trying to catch up on the chapters. So sorry…it might take a while before I update again. Sorry.
Chapter 11 The Date and Other Revelations
"What about-no. ooh-no. Ah I got it-no." Lorelai sighed in defeat. Then she turned and faced the girls. "This is not gonna work. I am never gonna find anything to wear on time." she buried her face into her palms.
"Mom, you are gonna find something to wear." Rory assured.
"But nothing looks good enough!" she cried. "I have to look amazing. This is my and Luke's first date after seventeen years. I have to look like I'm the most beautiful woman he's seen. I have to look like nothing else can compare, that way, he wont leave me for someone else pretty."
"Mom, dad is not gonna leave you." she rolled her eyes at her dramatic ness. "He loves you and he will not care about what you wear. All he cares is about you and your evening together. So don't get yourself stressed out on this."
"But I am!" Lorelai cried. "This is our first date after seventeen years, I have to look perfect. Oh, why didn't I buy that dress when I was in Madrid. And why the hell didn't I pack a lot more dresses from home?" she ransacked through her outfit again. Paris and Rory just looked at each other amused.
A few seconds later, there was a knock on the door. Rory walked over and opened it. "Hello grandma." she smiled, letting her grandmother in her mother's childhood room.
"Hello girls." she smiled, then seeing the puddle of clothes strewn everywhere. "Lorelai what are you doing?"
Lorelai didn't answer her. She just continued to look through her clothes. "Well grandma, she's looking for something to wear for her date tonight." Rory answered.
"What's there to look for? You have a lot of clothes as it is. I'm sure you can find something to wear."
"No I can't!" Lorelai cried, looking panicked. "Everything I have, Luke's already seen me in it. And any other dresses I have, looks lame!"
"She's very hysteric." Paris said, looking bored. "Which was amusing for the first five minutes. But now it just gets old."
"Lorelai calm down." Emily walked up to her closet. "Let's see what you have. What about this?" she pulled out a burgundy dress. "It's very pretty."
"Yeah if you're going to an Opera." Lorelai scoffed.
"Well where is he taking you?"
"I don't know. He just said something casual. We're just going to dinner, probably a movie."
"Alright." Emily looked in the closet again. "Oh here." she pulled out a black, polyester dress that lands just below her knee. "I think this is lovely. Don't you?"
Lorelai was about to protest, when she looked at the dress more closely. "It does look pretty." she agreed softly. She took the dress from her mother. "I forgot I brought this."
"Well there you go. Crisis averted."
"Thank you mom." Lorelai smiled. Then she went into her bathroom and changed.
Emily stayed with the girls. "So are you two all set up?" she asked them.
"Yeah we are. We're just waiting for mom to finish." Rory replied. It was already 6:30, and the date was at seven.
"So how will you be able to get to Stars Hollow?"
"Mom will drive us there, then she'll meet dad for their date."
"Luke wont pick her up?" Emily asked incredulous.
"No. seems silly since they'll need to drop Paris and I there."
"I see."
A minute later, Lorelai came out with the dress on and her hair already down, still curly. "What do you think?" she asked nervously.
"Mom you look amazing. Dad is not gonna know what hit him." Rory gushed.
"Yeah Lorelai, you look great." Paris agreed.
"I sure hope so." she said. "Hand me my necklace will ya." Rory brought the necklace to her mother. Luke had given it to her the day after they got back together. Liz had made it. Apparently, Liz makes jewelry for fun, and she has her own store in Stars Hollow, its small, nothing big, but her jewelry is in demand. "So which shoes should I wear?"
"The black one." Rory said.
Lorelai took them and put them on. "Do they look like 'Come and get it' to you?"
"Yes they do." Rory replied.
"Good." she grinned.
"Honestly Lorelai." Emily rolled her eyes. "The things you say in front of these girls."
"They should know by now mom." Lorelai rolled her eyes. "It is how they were conceived."
"Aw jeez." Rory muttered. Paris just ignored it.
"Lorelai!" Emily hissed.
Lorelai rolled her eyes. "All done. How do I look?" she did a little twirl.
"Amazing." Rory said.
"I agree." Emily said, giving her nod of approval.
"Ok. We should go. Are you guys ready?" she asked the girls, picking up her purse.
"Yes."
"We've been ready since we got here." Paris pointed out.
"Oh. Ok well, we should go." the girls sighed in relief and got up.
Downstairs, Paris and Rory already had their bags set and they were at the foyer saying goodbye to Emily.
"You girls have fun. And be safe." Emily said to Paris and Rory.
"We will grandma." Rory gave her grandmother a hug goodbye. The two walked out and got into Lorelai's jeep.
"Thanks mom." Lorelai said to Emily.
"Should I even expect you to come home tonight?"
"Wouldn't count on it."
"I thought so. Have fun."
"I will, bye." she waved and then headed outside as well.
"So where are you taking me?" Lorelai asked for the umpteenth time that night as Luke drove them to their destination in his truck.
"I already told you it's a surprise." Luke said, acting annoyed.
"Come on Luke. I hate the suspense!"
"We're almost there, don't worry." he assured.
"Well is it a good place?"
"Yes."
"Restaurant?"
"Yes."
"Fancy?"
"No."
"Good." Lorelai smiled. "Wow, our first date. You know what's funny?"
"What?"
"We never had a first date before didn't we?"
"Huh." Luke said. "You got a point there."
"It's weird, we were together for months, we had sex a lot, we even have a daughter together, yet we've never been on an actual date. We usually hung out in Stars Hollow or talked on the phone. So technically, this really is our first date."
"How bout that." Luke smiled. A few minutes later, Luke had parked the truck. They got out and walked into a restaurant named Sniffy's Tavern.
"Wow, lovely place." Lorelai commented when they entered. "Very prancing pony. Where did you find this place?"
"Actually, I go here a couple times a week."
"Really?" the two sat down at a booth that was marked Reserved. "Ooh, reserved, fancy."
"Well I wanted this to be special."
"So you come here?"
"Yeah." he nodded. "It's a nice place, since I know the owners."
"Who?" before Luke could answer, they heard a woman call for them.
"Lucas!" came the voice.
Lorelai's eyes widen. "No." a smile spread across her face. "You didn't!"
Just then, a woman, near Mia's age, walked over to their table. "Lucas, there you are." Luke stood up and the woman immediately enveloped him in a hug. "We've been expecting you. And your lady friend." she looked over at Lorelai and a look came upon her. "You must be Lucas's lady friend. You look oddly familiar. Have we met before?"
Lorelai grinned and nodded. "Maizy, remember Lorelai." Luke said.
Maizy's eyes went wide and she gasped. "Oh my god. Lorelai!" she immediately pulled Lorelai up and pulled her into a hug. "Oh look at you. You are still beautiful as ever."
"Thank you Maizy." Lorelai grinned. "You look great too."
"Oh you. Ooh! Buddy!" she called. "He is gonna be happy to see you. He always loved those jokes of yours."
A second later, Buddy appeared. "Is Lucas here yet?"
"Yes." Maizy said. "And look who he brought. It's Lorelai."
"Lorelai!" he exclaimed, then pulled her into a hug as well. "It's so good to see you."
"You too Buddy."
"Lucas, why didn't you tell us Lorelai was here?"
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise." he said as he and Lorelai sat back down.
"And a surprise it was." Lorelai said. "He didn't even tell me."
"Well Lorelai, tell us, how are you." Maizy asked. "Last we saw you were turning into a young lady."
Lorelai blushed. "Well, I work at this company who has chains of hotels around the world."
"Fancy."
"Actually…" Luke glanced at Lorelai, she nodded then he turned back to Buddy and Maizy. "There's something we have to tell you." the two listened anxiously. "We…have a daughter." the two gasped and their eyes went wide.
"She's 15 right now." Lorelai went nervously. "While I was in Spain for work, she and her friend stayed with my parents and then they took a road trip to Stars Hollow to meet up with Luke."
"And she's really bright." Luke went. "She likes to read, she loves music, she loves school. Practically the female version of Jess, only nicer."
Lorelai agreed. "She's in Stars Hollow right now, she's sleeping over at her friends house."
The two were still silent, which made Luke and Lorelai even more nervous. Suddenly, Maizy's expression changed. "Well we've got to meet her." she said, then she and Buddy smiled which put Luke and Lorelai at ease. "We want to meet her and soon. Don't you dare skimp out on us Lucas."
"Wouldn't dare to." Luke said.
"Well we should leave the two of you alone." Buddy said. "Wouldn't want to ruin your date. Your food will be out in a minute." then Buddy and Maizy walked away.
Once they were gone, Lorelai sighed in relief. "God, I don't think my heart was about to pop out of my chest."
"I have never been more nervous in my entire life." Luke said.
"Me too." Lorelai agreed. "I mean besides me talking to you after I found out you found out about Rory. Wow, they took it better than I would have imagined them to. I thought they'd hate me."
"They don't hate you. They love you." Luke assured. "Ever since they met you they've loved you."
"Well I love them too." Lorelai said. "So this is their restaurant." she glanced around. "God, I remember when they were just planning this. I remember telling them about my input on the setting of this place. God I wanted so badly to come to the opening. They promised me they would make me their special Sundae."
"I remember. You were doing cheers about it."
"I scream for ice cream." Lorelai grinned remembering it. "I can't believe you took me here."
"Well I wanted you to see it and Buddy and Maizy would have killed me if I didn't."
Lorelai agreed. "I definitely want to take Rory here. She's gonna want to meet them. And by the looks of it Buddy and Maizy would want to meet her. I mean, it's the least I could do after I hid her from them."
"They will love Rory. Just as much as they love you." Luke assured.
"What was that green thing your mom made us eat?" Paris asked with a grimace. "I think it was moving."
"And I think it winked at me." Rory added with a shudder. "It was literally flirting with me."
"Honestly, I have no idea." Lane said. "I just try and not to eat it without having Mama Kim notice." she pulled up one of her floorboard and took out a snack pack potato chips.
"Thank god, real food." Rory said, she and Paris gobbled down the thing. "We bow down to you. You live a very sad life."
"Thanks, but I have people who donate food to me." Lane said understandingly.
"I've got to say, the floorboard thing, ingenious." Paris commented. She and the rest of the girls were seated on the bed.
"Thanks. I had help from Jess." Lane said with a smile. "We worked on it for almost a month. every time my mom's at bible study, he comes over and helped me demolish the floor."
"My cousin ladies and gentlemen." Rory said, taking another bite. "Such a juvenile."
"By the way, you're gonna have to eat that really fast and then wash your hands cause Mama Kim will sense it and she will make sure you will not get within 100 feet from me."
"Gotcha." they said.
As the girls ate up the chips, they heard a light knock on the window. Lane turned and saw a familiar figure. She smiled then got out of bed and walked up to the window. She unlatched the lock and opened it the Jess came in.
"Wow, does Prince Charming know about you?" Rory joked when he entered.
"Haha." he said dryly.
"Jess does this all the time." Lane explained, closing the window and locking it. Then she and Jess got back on the bed. "Ever since fifth grade when we became friends."
"How did you guys become friends anyway?" Paris asked.
"Well we were in fifth grade," Lane went, "And Todd Bayers took my lunch again, then Jess comes over and almost beat him up. That's basically how we started being friends."
"He got sent to the nurses office." Jess said proudly.
"Did Mrs. Kim wig out when you started hanging out with Jess?" Rory asked.
"At first yes. But we just pulled it off by saying Jess was my science partner and we had a project due." Lane explained.
"And after an interrogation scene, which lasted two weeks by the way, I made it as far as the kitchen in the Kim house hold."
"Which is the farthest any of my friends ever get, well, except for the two of you and that's only because Rory's Luke's daughter and Paris is your friend and my mom likes Luke because she thinks that he's a respectable young man, which he is."
"Well don't I feel special." Rory said.
"You know," Paris added, "You seem to be hanging out with Jess a lot. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen you hang out with anybody else before. Don't you have any other friends that are girls, or any other guy friends?"
Lane and Jess looked at each other. Then to Paris and Rory. "Well every other people at school are either brainless or stupid." Lane said.
"They're just really lame." Jess said.
"I hear that." Paris said. "Rory and Tristan are actually the only ones who understands what we talk about in school."
They all chuckled. Then hey heard footsteps nearing. Quickly, Jess sprung from the bed and hid in Lane's closet, Paris and Rory hid the chips underneath the pillow. Then Lane took out books and placed it in the middle. The door opened and Mrs. Kim entered.
"Hello mama." Lane smiled.
"Lights out at ten." was all she said.
"Ok mama." Lane smiled. Mrs. Kim just looked at them for a moment, then closed the door and left.
The girls sighed in relief. "You can come out now." Lane said. Then the closet door opened and Jess walked out.
"So Jess, how long are you staying?" Rory asked as Jess got back on the bed.
"What are you talking about, I'm sleeping over." he said as a matter of factly.
"You're sleeping over here?" Paris asked as if it was foreign to her.
"Yes."
"And how is that possible?" Rory asked. "Mrs. Kim will be here you know. And plus, don't you have to check in with dad on this?"
"Mrs. Kim will only check from outside. I'm gonna sleep in the closet, where it's specially designed to make sure I'm comfortable. And as for Luke, I'm sure he'll appreciate the fact that I wont be there so he and your mom can have… coffee." he smirked.
"Oh gross. Jess." Rory grimaced.
"Well it's true."
"Besides," Lane said, "Jess and I do this all the time. Even back when we were kids. How do you think he mastered climbing up the tree?"
"But we're supposed to be having a girls night here." Rory pointed. "How are we supposed to have fun, swap stories, talk about boys, when one is right here?"
"That's what you guys do?" Jess asked, looking at Lane.
"Oh well…not all the time." Lane stuttered, turning nervous and guilty.
"Lane are you turning red?" Rory asked, she and Paris looked closely at their new friend.
"No." she quickly turned her head away. Jess was still staring at her.
"Yes you are, are you ok?"
"I think you had too much of that green stuff your mom served." Paris said.
Rory looked back and forth between Jess and Lane. Jess was still staring at Lane in curiosity mixed with slight hurt, and Lane was still red, not looking at anybody in particular. Then realization dawned on her. "Oh my god." she exclaimed. "Are you guys together, together?"
Lane and Jess looked at them and nodded slowly. The two gasped. "Well no wonder." Paris said.
"I can't believe I didn't see it before." Rory said. "How come you guys never told us?"
"Well it's not really something we like to tell people about." Lane said. "No body else really knows. Well I think Luke knows."
"No he doesn't." Jess interjected.
"What are you talking about, we mostly hang out at your place. He has to have some idea that we're together." Lane said looking at Jess.
"My uncle can be pretty dense. I mean, until Rory and Lorelai came into his life, he was a hermit."
"That is true." Lane nodded in agreement. "Thing is, we don't like to announce our relationship. I mean, if we do, then people will talk, and if they talk, my mom might find out and well, she's still trying to set me up with potential Korean doctors."
"Wow, you are very patient." Paris commented to Jess.
"Well the Korean doctors are good for mocking." he explained.
"Yes, very mockable." Lane agreed. "But now that you guys know, you two can't tell anybody."
"We promise." Paris said. "But you guys aren't gonna start making out are you? I mean, it's bad enough as it is seeing Rory and Tristan going at it." that earned her a smack on the arm from Rory.
"Don't worry, we're not good on PDA's." Lane said. "Specially since the word can get out to Mama Kim."
"Well now I have a lot of questions." Rory said. "Like, when did you guys started going out?"
Lane smiled and started to tell the story of how she and Jess got together. Jess just stayed quiet, though added his two cents in sometimes.
"I still can't believe they remembered." Lorelai said.
"Well there are a lot of things about you that can't be forgotten." Luke said.
Lorelai smiled at him. "That was the best Sundae I've ever had in my life. And trust me, I live five blocks away from Serendipity. Nothing compares to the one I had at Sniffy's."
"I should tell Buddy and Maizy that."
"You should." Lorelai agreed. "Thank you for bringing me there. That was the most sweetest, romantic thing that anyone has ever done for me."
"Well seeing as how we've done nothing more than catching up with old friends, I'd thought to catch up with them."
"Thank you." Lorelai smiled. She slid closer to him and kissed his cheek. Luke just smiled and kept his gaze focused on the road. Lorelai placed a hand on his thigh and left it there, not even bothering to move back. "So, where are we going now?"
"I don't know." he shrugged. "Do you want me to take you home?"
"Or…?"
"Or…we could go for a cup of coffee at my place?"
"Huh." Lorelai thought for a moment. "Will Jess be there?"
"No. he's probably at Lane's since Rory and Paris is staying over there."
Lorelai was surprised by this. "How is he gonna get pass Mrs. Kim?"
"Climbs up the tree and into Lane's window."
"Wow. I never had a guy do that when I was a kid." she said amazed. "You never had to climb the window cause you were free to use the front door."
"Yup."
"So he's gonna be there how long?" she asked casually.
"He's probably gonna spend the night."
"And how is he gonna get passed through Mrs. Kim with that?"
"He sleeps in the closet." he shrugged.
"And you're fine with that?"
"As long as he does nothing stupid to hurt Lane, I'm good. And so far, Lane still goes in the diner."
"So…what you're saying is…we'll be alone at the house?" her grip on his thigh got tighter.
Luke gulped, and tried not to think too much into it. "Yup." his voice came out hoarse so he cleared his throat.
"Then I guess I could go for some coffee." Lorelai's eyes were glinting, her grip on his thigh still tight. And somehow, it had gotten higher, close to his zipper.
Short chapter I know. But think of this as a filler. Anyways, I liked this chapter because it showed a mother daughter relationship between Lorelai and Emily, which we never got to see on the show. And I just like showing another side of Emily that's never been seen before. And I also think that the whole Lane and Jess thing was cute.
And again, sorry for the wait. And the lame chapter.
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