0.3 A Hunk-O-Lovin'

[is it bad? i REALLY need your reviews.]

"Oh, my God! Raine! How are you?" Lorelai walked over and gave the visitor a hug.

Luke's eyes blurred as he looked at the hallucination in front of him.

"R-raine?" he whispered. The diner spun. He put the coffee down and squinted through the haziness. He opened his mouth to speak, but passed out instead.

"Still got it. Ha."

After Raine's little comment, she and Lorelai carried him onto a chair.

"Luke?"

"Hey, Mr. Luke!"

Raine slapped him on the face a couple of times.

When Luke finally awoke, he was greeted by a loud yell, "MR. LUKE! WAKE UP! Oh, sorry, I thought you were still passed out."

He could only utter a small groan. He sat straighter, still a little woozy. Lorelai took her mug and offered it to him.

"Here, Luke. Have some coffee."

"You've… grown." Luke said as he surveyed the smiling girl. The little hyper kid was gone. In its place now stood a young lady. But judging from the bellow he just recieved, her mind remained un-aged.

"Is that a good thing?"

From behind Raine, someone spoke, "I just want you to know, I was responsible for this transformation. It took a lot of work, but with a little hair-dye, a little eye-shadow," Leo motioned at Lorelai, "even YOU could look this fabulous."

Raine sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Raine, who is this man who mocks my make-up?"

"Oh. Ah, this is Leo. He's my stylist."

"You brought your own stylist to Stars Hollow."

"He's a stowaway. Snuck in my car when I wasn't looking. Now he's working as my useless gay manly bodyguard."


They spent the day talking, with Luke standing up once in a while to help some customers. As time went by, the diner was soon empty. A movement at the door broke their conversation. Raine saw the patron and quickly glanced at her watch. Oh, crap. Jess was home from school.

"Nobody move! Not a word!"

The four of them froze, sitting there like mannequins.

Jess entered. He turned his head slightly and caught a familiar face in the stoic gathering in the corner. He slowly walked to where Raine was sitting and stopped. He squinted at her with a dubious expression on his face.

"Damn!"

"Raine?"

She was in an utter and complete loss for what to say. What the hell do you say to someone you ran away from? Not knowing what to do, she just pretended to be as surprised as he was.

"Cheesebag?"

Jess stared at her for a while. Raine sucked in a breath, nervous to what he would say. After fifty years, he smirked.

"You'll never let me live that down, will you?"

Raine let out the breath she was holding and grinned.

"Well, well, well, is this the infamous Jess? You're quite a hunk-o-lovin'!"

"Oh. God. Did Leo just say that?"

"'Fraid so, Raine." Lorelai confirmed.

Jess just gave Leo a look. Leo didn't get what it meant and mistook it for something else. He wiggled his eyebrows at Jess.

But Leo understood the disgusted look he soon received from him. His eyes darted to Raine, who was shamefully covering her face with her hand.

"Welcome back, Raine." he said casually. He slung his bag over his shoulder and strode towards the stairs that led to the apartment upstairs.