Snow in Stars Hollow
Chapter 2 *NEW UPDATED LOTS OF CHANGES VERSION*
Disclaimers: Same as before *sniff* I don't own Xena either, that bit is in honor of Kevin Smith, the actor who played the god of war we came to know and love, Rest in Peace. Nor do I own Willy Wonka, Oompa Loompas, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Author's Note: WOW!!! I Love all of you who reviewed! Now I feel loved =D Thanks guys, I really didn't think it was that great. And Jewls13, I totally agree with the Scrabble thing! LOL! Everyone- Thank you SOOOO much!!!
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Rory walked through the living room, "Okay, no Luke. Maybe he went upstairs." She continued through the rest of the house, "Where are they?!" she wondered frantically. This wasn't like her mother to leave without at least leaving a note. She decided to call Luke's. "Luke?"
The voice on the other side shuttered, "No. It's Jess. Do you know where Uncle Luke is?"
Rory sighed, "No, I was hoping he was there. You haven't seen my mom have you?" she asked.
"Nope."
"You're no help."
"Sorry! Maybe they went out for a walk or something. You mom is a little odd like that and Luke would follow her like a little puppy."
"Jess! There's like…" she opened the front door and saw that the stairs leading to the house were completely covered and the snow was threatening the porch, "three feet of snow on the ground." She looked around the porch, "Found them! Bye!" she said as she hung up the phone. She looked at Luke and Lorelai on the porch and smiled, it certainly had taken long enough for Lorelai to realize it. She almost felt bad about waking them up but then decided it was probably a good idea because it was really cold outside. She went over and shook them, "Mom, Luke?"
"Hey Rory." Luke said groggily as he rubbed Lorelai's arms to wake her up.
"Ten more minutes?" Lorelai whined.
"You can sleep all you want, just come inside to do it! It's freezing out here!" Rory said.
"Mmm, I'm fine here." she said sleepily.
"Coffee?" Luke bribed.
"Luuuuuukeeeeeeyyyyyyy, that's not fair. You're making me choose between two of my favorite things in the world!" she pouted.
He grunted, "Don't call me Lukey. Come on, we'll go inside and I'll make you tea."
"Hmph! And I thought you loved Me." she pouted.
"Ah, you misunderstand. I don't want you to die because of your hardening arteries and all that cholesterol building up because of the coffee you drink and the burgers you eat constantly."
"You're mean." she glared at him.
"Alright, fine. One cup of coffee."
She smiled happily, "That's why I love you." she said as she kissed his cheek.
Luke got up and pulled Lorelai up with him and they gathered the blankets and went inside.
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Rory went to her room to read and Luke brought a florescent pink coffee mug back into the living room where Lorelai was watching TV. He sat down next to her and handed her the coffee. "What are you watching?" he asked inquisitively as a woman flipped out of a tree.
"Xena." she answered simply. "Thank you for making me good coffee." she said taking a sip.
"Xena? Isn't that the show with the two women who are ancient Grecian lesbians?" Luke asked.
Lorelai glared at him, "Depends on your point of view. I personally think Xena is madly in love with the oh so sexy god of war…" Luke looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "Whose got nothing on you!" she smiled.
"Good recovery." he smiled back at her.
"I know." She leaned over to him and gently kissed him, which quickly progressed into a deep, passionate kiss. Lorelai pulled away after a long moment.
"I love you." Lorelai grinned.
"I love you too." Luke replied, putting his arm around her.
They sat in each other's warmth for a while; Lorelai flipping through channels and deciding that there wasn't anything on. "You wanna watch a movie?" Lorelai asked.
"Hmm, what movie would you be suggesting?" Luke asked.
"Willy Wonka?"
Luke shook his head, "No, Oompa Loompas scare me." he joked.
Lorelai glared at him, "Hey, leave my Oompa Loompas alone. How about Monty Python and the Holy Grail?"
"Sounds good to me." he smiled.
"Perhaps if we build a large wooden badger?" Lorelai said in a British accent.
Luke laughed, "The sooner you get up, the sooner we can watch it."
She sighed, "Alright. I suppose I will." she said as she got up and got the movie and put it in the vcr."
As they watched the movie, they were quoting the script and making commentary and laughing, loudly. Rory came into the living room, "Ooh," she said as it dawned on her, "you're watching Monty Python. 'Kay."
"Why?" Lorelai asked curiously, she was unaware that they were that loud.
"Because I can hear you guys in my room."
"Oh. Sorry."
"It's okay." she smiled, "Only a flesh wound." she continued in a British accent as she turned around and started toward her room.
"Do you wanna watch with us?" Luke asked.
Rory looked at the television, "Nah, Galahad hasn't been saved by almost certain temptation yet." she smiled, "Let me know when they go to face the killer rabbit and use the holy hand grenade though." she said as she went back to her room.
Luke and Lorelai continued to watch the movie for another ten minutes when the phone rang. Lorelai let it ring again, until Rory picked it up. Rory came back into the living room again, "Mom, it's for you. It's Miss Patty." she whispered.
Lorelai sighed, "Alright. Thank you Rory. Galahad has yet to be saved from almost certain temptation yet." she said as she took the phone from her and she went back to her room again. "Hello Miss Patty." "Yes, the snow is fascinating." "Yes, there's a lot of it." "Yes he's over here." "Yes he did." "Oh, but I have every intention of having his children so it's okay." "No, Miss Patty, it was a joke. But ask me again next weekend." "No, not really." "What?!" "No, but I'll ask him." "No, I don't want to hear it from you. I'll ask him myself." "Yes I did get my coffee this morning." "Alright Miss Patty, well I'm a very busy person so I have to go." "Busy doing the things busy people do." "Yes on a snowy day." "Yes he's still here." "No you can't talk to him." "Because, he's, uh, helping Rory with a project for school." "Alright, I will ask him about her after Rory is finished interviewing him." "Goodbye Miss Patty." Lorelai finally said as she hung up the phone, exhausted.
"I'm helping Rory with a project?" Luke asked.
"Yes. I had to get her off the phone, and save you."
"Why thank you princess charming." he smirked.
"Just doing my duty, saving diner men in distress." she joked
"Diner men? I'm not the only one?"
"Well Lukester, you can't be that self-centered. There are other diner men who can't save themselves, but quite frankly, none of them kiss quite as well as you."
"And you've tested this?" he teased.
"Why? Jealous?" Lorelai raised an eyebrow.
"No."
"No?!"
"That's right. I'm not jealous." he said slyly as his lips formed a feral grin.
"Oh really?"
"That's right." he placed his hands on her cheeks and brought her face to his and began to kiss her lips gently. Lorelai joined in and eagerly kissed back as she climbed into his lap. Luke's hands traveled down her sides and wrapped around her lower back as Lorelai wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling them closer together. Their kisses became more aggressive and Luke ran his fingers up and down her back causing her to shiver. He pulled away, "Why would you want another diner man?"
"Good point." she smiled. "But maybe those other diner men give me coffee."
He shook his head, "You are hopeless."
"I know." she said as she stood up and straightened out her clothes and went to the kitchen and came back with two bottles of water and gave one to Luke.
"Bottled water?"
"Yeah, is there a problem?"
"This isn't laced with caffeine is it?"
"Ha ha, very funny. You know there's caffeine in that precious tea of yours." She taunted.
"Yes, but not as much as your coffee. And I'm not addicted to my tea."
"You know, that macho thing you've got goin' on is really impeded by your tea drinking habit."
"Are you saying I'm not 'macho'?"
Lorelai smiled slyly, "No, we'd have a problem if you weren't macho." She said, raising an eyebrow.
"No kidding." He smiled at her eyebrow raise.
"Hey Luke, do you wanna go outside and play in the snow?" Lorelai asked like a small child.
"That would do a lot for my machoness."
"Would it help if I said snowball fight?"
"Yes. I'll go outside with you. You should probably put some real clothes on and change out of those pink fluffy slippers first."
"You don't like my fuzzy pink slippers?!"
"Go upstairs and change."
Lorelai raised a suggestive eyebrow, "You mean you don't want me to change here?"
"Lorelai, I have the Y chromosome. I wouldn't try that if I were you."
"Alright, alright. I'll be back." Lorelai said as she bounded up the stairs.
Lorelai came back downstairs a few minutes later all bundled up, however still wearing the pink fluffy slippers.
"Lorelai, you're forgetting something."
"What? I'm wearing my long johns, pants, and a couple shirts. I think I'm good. I've been dressing myself for almost thirty years now."
"What about those pink fluffy slippers? I'm not going outside with you wearing those."
Lorelai pouted, "No?"
"Do you want your feet cold and wet?"
Lorelai sighed, "No, I suppose not. You're no fun."
"Come on! I'm going to go out to 'play in the snow' with you and I'm no fun?!"
Lorelai smiled, "Alright. Let's go!" she said as she put on her boots and they went outside.
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"You have to!" Lorelai argued.
"No, I don't. There is no way I'm doing it!"
"Pleeeeease? For me Luke?" she pouted.
"No. I didn't do it when I was five, I'm not going to do it now."
"Please? Just once?"
"No, the snow will collapse on us and we'll be trapped under the snow and they won't find our bodies until the snow melts."
"Wow. Morbid much? Come on Luke! It won't collapse on us!"
"Yes it will. There's too much snow to do that. Why don't we make a snowman?"
"You just don't want to do it." she pouted.
"Stop pouting."
"Will you make snow angels with me?"
Luke sighed, "Fine. But only because you were pouting."
"YAY!"
He grunted, "We're going to die."'
"Stop that." she whined.
"Alright, fine. But you tell anyone and I'll be sure that you die."
Lorelai's eyes widened, "You wouldn't kill me!"
"No but I'd deprive you of coffee." he smirked.
Lorelai grinned, "Okay! Fine. I won't tell anyone!" she fell back in the snow and kicked Luke's leg out from under him to make sure he didn't decide he didn't want to do it. Unfortunately her plan didn't go quite as planned and he fell on top of her. Lorelai raised an eyebrow, "Luke, all you had to do was ask."
"Shut up." Luke said as he began to turn a little bit red.
Lorelai grinned; she loved the affect she was having on him. "You know Luke, I've only really shut up a couple of times since I've known you."
"I just seem to have that affect on women, don't I?"
"Don't get egotistical," she smirked, "I just have low standards."
"Gee, thanks Lor', you sure know how to make a guy feel good."
"Oh but I do." Lorelai smiled suggestively and raised an eyebrow.
Luke laughed a little bit and leaned down to kiss her. She met his lips about half way. Lorelai pulled away with a pensive look on her face. "What's wrong Lorelai?"
"What?"
"You look like you're thinking about something."
"And immediately you assume something's wrong, because I was thinking?" Lorelai smiled.
"Yes," Luke almost laughed, "but seriously, "What are you thinking about?"
"Something Ms. Patty said."
"Oh." They sat in silence for a few moments, "What did she say?" he asked.
"Why did Rachel leave? Honestly?"
"Let's go back on the porch, it's cold and wet down here." he said as he got up and pulled Lorelai up with him and they climbed back to the porch and sat on the swing. Luke looked at her and sighed, he wouldn't have told her this before he knew how she felt, but now she did so he could tell her. "She left because I didn't love her. Then she told me to tell you who I did love."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"So who is it?" She joked
Luke shrugged, "Some crazy coffee addict."
"Not me?" she gasped.
"Denial is the first stage."
"I'm not addicted! I just get very grumpy and discontent when I don't have coffee for long periods of time."
"Long periods of time?"
"Hey! Half an hour is a long period of time!"
"For someone who's addicted to coffee, I suppose."
"Maybe I'm not really addicted to the coffee. Maybe it's you."
"Addicted to me? I'm not sure that's quite possible."
"Not addicted silly. Maybe I just go to the diner to see you, the coffee just happens to be an added plus."
"No, I'm sure you're addicted to the coffee and you have fun annoying me."
"No! Well, okay, I'll give you that much. Alright, I give in, I'm addicted to your coffee."
"And on to step two." Luke smiled and kissed her forehead, "I'm proud of you, we might not have to take you to Coffaholics anonymous meetings."
"Wow. Imagine that for a minute."
"Oh my God. It'd be fifty Lorelais, all hyper and giddy."
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
"Of course not. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't always begging me for coffee, or on a caffeine high."
"You'd be a lonely diner owner with only half the profit."
"You don't know how true that is. If it weren't for you and Rory eating all that junk that's going to kill you both then I'd be a lonely, broke diner owner."
"But you'd still have Kirk!" Lorelai laughed.
Luke groaned, "I'd be stuck with Kirk. Kirk. I wouldn't own the diner if it was just Kirk. I'd leave and hide somewhere."
"Nah, you'd never leave the diner." Lorelai shook her head.
"I value my sanity more than that. I love the diner but it wouldn't be worth it to listen to Kirk all day. Think about it Lorelai, listening to Kirk, ALL day."
Lorelai shuttered, "Ugh. I don't want to think about that ever again."
"No kidding. I should probably get back to the diner before Jess burns it down or something."
"Okay, I'll go with you. I need some of your good coffee." Lorelai smiled.
"You just had some. I made you coffee earlier."
"It wasn't diner coffee. It doesn't have the full affect unless it was made in the diner."
Luke just shook his head, "Fine."
Lorelai grinned and opened the door, "Rory! I'm going to the diner with Luke, be back later!" she yelled as she closed the door again and Luke and Lorelai trudged through the snow to the diner, having small snowball fights along the way.
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Author's Note: Hey! Was this version better/worse? I haven't slept in a while. Sorry. Softball just started and the end of the marking period is comin' up so that means projects galore! aaaargh! *sigh* Why are there only 24 hours in a day? And why is abbreviated such a long word?!