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Chapter 5: Acceptance
Lorelai paced around her house nervously. Should she, or shouldn't she. That was the question. Luke Danes had been her mortal coffee enemy forever. Now what if she ruined that by asking him out? It was so confusing. The most confusing thing was all this time she just thought her always around thoughts of Luke were just friendly thoughts. She never thought of him as her boyfriend, and she didn't remember ever having a crush on him. Oh gosh! It was all so confusing for her. She didn't know what to do.
"Luke! Why did you have to do this to me????" Lorelai yelled at nobody in particular. "I shouldn't have to fret about asking a guy out. He should have to worry about doing it to me!!!! LUKE DANES I WILL KILL YOU FOR THIS!" Lorelai paced her bedroom in frustration. She was so utterly confused about what to do. She wanted to ask him out but she couldn't face rejection this late in her life, or at least that's what she was blaming for her teenage like emotions. "I'm the mature one! I can ask him out. He's so immature he doesn't know he wants me!" Lorelai started getting worked up about the whole Luke thing and finally decided to ask him out. But of course, that wouldn't happen today. She was so busy doing ummmm, ummm, "I'm having lunch and dinner with important people." Lorelai said in her mind. Even though she knew this was a shot in the dark she had to think of some reason she wasn't going to go to the diner to talk to Luke. Lorelai finally decided to face her fears and go to the diner to ask out Luke, but first she'd check out how Rory was doing.
"RORY!!!!" Lorelai called "Rory?" When Rory didn't answer Lorelai went to check things out. She went into her bedroom to see if she had taken a nap and not heard her. Rory wasn't there. Lorelai searched the entire house. Her last stop was the kitchen. There on the counter she saw a solitary piece of paper. She swiftly moved over to read basically already knowing what would be on the paper.
Mom,
Went to the mall with Tris,
Should be back around 7.
We are going to go have dinner than see a movie!
Love,
Rory
Lorelai placed the paper down and shook her head nonchanlantly. What Rory saw in that kid she'd never know, but she was glad Rory was getting out and doing things instead of moping about Dean. Lorelai never really understood what happened between Dean and Rory but knew better to ask. Some things were better left unsaid she thought.She warmed up some chicken noodle soup to calm her mind and to release all her stress that was building up inside her.
***
"Tristan this is great! I haven't had this much fun in a long time." Rory said excitedly. Tristan slowly reached over and put his arm around her. He waited for her to pull away and yell at him, but she never did, and for that he was relieved.
"So, you actually can have fun Mary?" he said jokingly. Rory hit him slightly then continued walking. She couldn't believe how relieved she felt being with him. He made her forget about Dean and everything related to him. Rory was liking Tristan more and more each day. "Hey Rory you okay? I've been tlak to you for the past five minutes and you've just sorta been staring into space. Something wrong?" Tristan asked.
"No, nothing is wrong. In fact I'm beginning to just notice how perfect everything really is." At this, she leaned up against him to his and her surprise. "So are you taking me to the annual summer Chilton dance in two days?" She asked.
Surprised, Tristan let his arm drop from her shoulders to his side. He stood still and speechless. "You mean, you actually want to with me, without having me plead and beg for you to come with me?"
"Yea, I don't know. I just really need someone right now, and since Dean is out of the picture, I really noticed you and all your good qualities. The way you try and act tough, but inside I know you really are a sweetheart." Rory told him.
"Wow. Interesting. I've never been called a sweetheart before Mary, but I guess there's a first time for everything." Tristan said chuckling. Then he turned serious. "You know if it wasn't for you, right now I'd be with the guys drinking, or breaking and entering or sometihng stupid like that. I'm really glad you came along Mary, now we can meet halfway. I can show you how to have real fun, while you can help me not get into so much trouble all the time. Deal?"
"Deal." Rory said. She hadn't known she was so important to him. She thought at first she was just another trophy for him to brag about. But knowing this made this whole thing so much more worth while. She admitted that much. Now that she was dating him she saw a whole new side to him that she was sure not many other people saw in him. "So about that dinner." Rory started as they walked through the crowded mall.
***
"Luke, I'm madly in love with you! No that doesn't work. Luke you know I've liked you for sometime now. No not that either. Gee for some reason I feel like some boy crazy teenage trying to get a boyfriend. And I think I'm crazy. I'm walking along here talking to myself about meaningless issues. Well Luke isn't exactly meaningless but..." Lorelai stopped talking as she realised she was in front of Luke's Diner. She cautiously looked through the window and saw Luke running around like a madman. SHe quickly walked inside the diner door.
"Luke, who or what died? The diner is next to empty yet your racing around like it's completely full. Coem to think of it, has you diner ever even been half full? But wait that's not my point. Why are you racing aorund like a freak?"
"Lorelai!" Luke yelled tkaing no notice of what she had just said, "Thank God your here! I need your help. My cousins are coming in and they are rich nobs who will do anything to see me fail. I need to get my diner in tip top shape before they arrive. My apartment too. Oh I'll never have enoguh time!" Luke wailed.
"Luke I never thought I'd be the one to say this but, SETTLE DOWN! When do they get here?" Lorelai said hastily.
"Tomorrow morning and I still have to do this and this and this and this!" he said pointing at numerous objects.
"Well if I help you, you should be able to get it all done." Lorelai said, forgetting why she was there in the first place. "What should I do?" She thne rememebred she was here to get Luke to date her. "Oh well," she thought "Luke needs my help right now, I'll ask him tonight after this settles down." After all she was here to help him out in a way wasn't she?
* A/N Oh my. I bet your all ready to kill me now arent you? I'm sorry I took so long to update and I'm even sure it was worth the wait. Well, who knows when I'll get chapter 6 up but I hope soon. I'll trrry to write it as quick as possible. Enjoy!*
Chapter 5: Acceptance
Lorelai paced around her house nervously. Should she, or shouldn't she. That was the question. Luke Danes had been her mortal coffee enemy forever. Now what if she ruined that by asking him out? It was so confusing. The most confusing thing was all this time she just thought her always around thoughts of Luke were just friendly thoughts. She never thought of him as her boyfriend, and she didn't remember ever having a crush on him. Oh gosh! It was all so confusing for her. She didn't know what to do.
"Luke! Why did you have to do this to me????" Lorelai yelled at nobody in particular. "I shouldn't have to fret about asking a guy out. He should have to worry about doing it to me!!!! LUKE DANES I WILL KILL YOU FOR THIS!" Lorelai paced her bedroom in frustration. She was so utterly confused about what to do. She wanted to ask him out but she couldn't face rejection this late in her life, or at least that's what she was blaming for her teenage like emotions. "I'm the mature one! I can ask him out. He's so immature he doesn't know he wants me!" Lorelai started getting worked up about the whole Luke thing and finally decided to ask him out. But of course, that wouldn't happen today. She was so busy doing ummmm, ummm, "I'm having lunch and dinner with important people." Lorelai said in her mind. Even though she knew this was a shot in the dark she had to think of some reason she wasn't going to go to the diner to talk to Luke. Lorelai finally decided to face her fears and go to the diner to ask out Luke, but first she'd check out how Rory was doing.
"RORY!!!!" Lorelai called "Rory?" When Rory didn't answer Lorelai went to check things out. She went into her bedroom to see if she had taken a nap and not heard her. Rory wasn't there. Lorelai searched the entire house. Her last stop was the kitchen. There on the counter she saw a solitary piece of paper. She swiftly moved over to read basically already knowing what would be on the paper.
Mom,
Went to the mall with Tris,
Should be back around 7.
We are going to go have dinner than see a movie!
Love,
Rory
Lorelai placed the paper down and shook her head nonchanlantly. What Rory saw in that kid she'd never know, but she was glad Rory was getting out and doing things instead of moping about Dean. Lorelai never really understood what happened between Dean and Rory but knew better to ask. Some things were better left unsaid she thought.She warmed up some chicken noodle soup to calm her mind and to release all her stress that was building up inside her.
***
"Tristan this is great! I haven't had this much fun in a long time." Rory said excitedly. Tristan slowly reached over and put his arm around her. He waited for her to pull away and yell at him, but she never did, and for that he was relieved.
"So, you actually can have fun Mary?" he said jokingly. Rory hit him slightly then continued walking. She couldn't believe how relieved she felt being with him. He made her forget about Dean and everything related to him. Rory was liking Tristan more and more each day. "Hey Rory you okay? I've been tlak to you for the past five minutes and you've just sorta been staring into space. Something wrong?" Tristan asked.
"No, nothing is wrong. In fact I'm beginning to just notice how perfect everything really is." At this, she leaned up against him to his and her surprise. "So are you taking me to the annual summer Chilton dance in two days?" She asked.
Surprised, Tristan let his arm drop from her shoulders to his side. He stood still and speechless. "You mean, you actually want to with me, without having me plead and beg for you to come with me?"
"Yea, I don't know. I just really need someone right now, and since Dean is out of the picture, I really noticed you and all your good qualities. The way you try and act tough, but inside I know you really are a sweetheart." Rory told him.
"Wow. Interesting. I've never been called a sweetheart before Mary, but I guess there's a first time for everything." Tristan said chuckling. Then he turned serious. "You know if it wasn't for you, right now I'd be with the guys drinking, or breaking and entering or sometihng stupid like that. I'm really glad you came along Mary, now we can meet halfway. I can show you how to have real fun, while you can help me not get into so much trouble all the time. Deal?"
"Deal." Rory said. She hadn't known she was so important to him. She thought at first she was just another trophy for him to brag about. But knowing this made this whole thing so much more worth while. She admitted that much. Now that she was dating him she saw a whole new side to him that she was sure not many other people saw in him. "So about that dinner." Rory started as they walked through the crowded mall.
***
"Luke, I'm madly in love with you! No that doesn't work. Luke you know I've liked you for sometime now. No not that either. Gee for some reason I feel like some boy crazy teenage trying to get a boyfriend. And I think I'm crazy. I'm walking along here talking to myself about meaningless issues. Well Luke isn't exactly meaningless but..." Lorelai stopped talking as she realised she was in front of Luke's Diner. She cautiously looked through the window and saw Luke running around like a madman. SHe quickly walked inside the diner door.
"Luke, who or what died? The diner is next to empty yet your racing around like it's completely full. Coem to think of it, has you diner ever even been half full? But wait that's not my point. Why are you racing aorund like a freak?"
"Lorelai!" Luke yelled tkaing no notice of what she had just said, "Thank God your here! I need your help. My cousins are coming in and they are rich nobs who will do anything to see me fail. I need to get my diner in tip top shape before they arrive. My apartment too. Oh I'll never have enoguh time!" Luke wailed.
"Luke I never thought I'd be the one to say this but, SETTLE DOWN! When do they get here?" Lorelai said hastily.
"Tomorrow morning and I still have to do this and this and this and this!" he said pointing at numerous objects.
"Well if I help you, you should be able to get it all done." Lorelai said, forgetting why she was there in the first place. "What should I do?" She thne rememebred she was here to get Luke to date her. "Oh well," she thought "Luke needs my help right now, I'll ask him tonight after this settles down." After all she was here to help him out in a way wasn't she?
* A/N Oh my. I bet your all ready to kill me now arent you? I'm sorry I took so long to update and I'm even sure it was worth the wait. Well, who knows when I'll get chapter 6 up but I hope soon. I'll trrry to write it as quick as possible. Enjoy!*