Two Guys and Two Gilmores
Written by - Fiana Muhlberger
PLEASE READ the A/N!!!! :-)
A/N - Takes place directly after the last chapter. To the person who said about how I should have a more "true-to-life" Dean, I totally agree with you and I'm going to have him be a little nicer in this chapter because I think that he would say that he's sorry on the show if this had actually happened. On the other hand, he does tend to overreact about Jess so it is entirely possible for him to flip out over the Jess issue. Thanks for the suggestion and unlike a lot of writers, I really do appreciate constructive reviews, I like to know what people want and I enjoy honest reviews. Oh! And, I 'm SO sorry that it took me this long to post up the new chapter but I had TWO research/term paper thingys due for English and History, ugh, so anyway, I really do live on reviews so THANK-YOU for reviewing so nicely! :- ) Enjoy and review! (please!)
Summary - Lorelai and Luke stay great but Lorelai ends up listening to the messages Jess left on Rory's answering machine and Rory finds out. Lorelai/Rory drama and a little Luke/Lorelai romance. There will be a LOT more of that in later chapters (L/L). I actually considered making a strictly L/L story but decided against it, anywho, its a dramatic chapter but everything will end up happy. Oh, and in my mind, the episode "Lost and Found" does not exist. :) (I liked it but it doesn't go well with the story).
BTW - I'm NOT gonna turn this story into a R/D, trust me, I'M NOT! It might sound like it in this chapter but I won't, I promise! Don't worry lol. :)
Two Guys and Two Gilmores
Chapter 2 - Right From Wrong
The next morning, Lorelai felt something brush up against her arm and heard the deep breathing of somebody next to her. She opened her eyes and found herself wrapped up in a soft, cotton blanket. Luke's arms were draped over her body, holding her close. She let out a small laugh. She never thought that she'd be waking up next to Luke! She let her eyes close again and drifted off to sleep. About an hour later she awoke, still laying on the couch, to discover that Luke was gone. She let out a deep, exasperated sigh and sat up slowly. As her eyes adjusted to the light, she noticed that Luke's hat was still on the floor. She breathed in deeply and smelled food. *Pancakes* she thought. A smile crept across her face. He didn't leave. She walked into the kitchen and found Luke, hovering over the stove, flipping pancakes.
"Mmmmmm, pancakes. Banana?" She looked into his eyes, hopefully.
"Sorry, you were completely out of bananas." He walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"I can't for the life of me remember the last time we bought bananas."
"The last time?"
"Okay, so we never bought bananas." She admitted, playfully.
"Didn't think so." He put a couple of pancakes on her plate and sat down with her, at the table. She took a few bites and the room got very quiet.
"So...last night." Lorelai said, looking up from her food.
"Oh, yeah. Listen, I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean for anything to.....I wasn't planning on-" He trailed off.
"No, Luke. I'm happy." She took his hand in hers and looked at him, sweetly.
"Really?"
"Really."
He let out a sigh of relief. All of a sudden a look of panic spread over Lorelai's face.
"Luke!" She yelled.
"What? What's the matter?" He said, sounding alarmed.
Lorelai started babbling quickly. "The town! Luke, everybody. You stayed here, oh no, oh no. God, they're gonna think we....ya know."
"But we didn't." Luke stammered.
"I know."
"Nothing happened." He stated, panicky.
"I know."
"We kissed, we hugged, that's it. End of story."
"I know."
They stared at each other for a moment. Then Lorelai smiled a bit.
"Hey, if anyone asks questions we'll just tell them we never went out." She said soothingly and rubbed his hand.
"Right. I never came over."
"Right."
"Okay." Luke fiddled with his hands for a moment before speaking again. "Um, you're not uh, embarrassed or anything of me, are you?" He looked uncomfortable.
"No! Why would I be?" She looked shocked that he would even ask such a question.
"Just making sure, ya know."
"Luke, I would never be embarrassed to be with you. I just don't wanna be bombarded with questions and stuff by our nosy little neighbors yet, okay?" She smiled at him reassuringly. He was smiling again now, too.
"Yeah, okay." They got up and hugged each other. He rubbed her back and kissed her cheek. "So, I better get to the diner."
"Luke, it's only seven. I'm sure the diner can afford to open a little late once and a while."
"Jess is there by himself and if I don't get there before he wakes up then he's gonna think something's going on and then I'll never hear the end of it."
"Right. So, I'll see you later then?" Her eyes lit up giddily.
"I look forward to it." He grabbed his green jacket and kissed her again but this time on the lips. He pulled her closer to him so that their bodies were smushed together. He ran his fingers through her hair before parting from her. Their eyes smiled at each other as he walked out the kitchen door. She leaned back into the chair and sat thoughtfully. She got up and walked into Rory's room. She was dead to the world, sleeping soundly. Lorelai sat on the bed and watched her sleep. She looked around the room at all of the posters of Harvard and all of her books. She thought about how lucky she was to have a kid like Rory. A kid that she really didn't need to worry about constantly and fight with all of the time. She glanced over at the dresser and noticed that her caller I.D. had Luke's phone number written as the last number dialed. A surge of anger raced through her body when she figured out who it was. She had heard rumors that Rory had spent a few hours with Jess, alone in the diner, after hours, but chose to ignore them. She figured Rory would have told her about it. She got off of the bed, shakily, and picked up Rory's cordless. She clutched it into her hands for a moment before pressing anything. She didn't want to invade her daughter's privacy, but she was aching to find out what was going on. She looked at Rory sleeping for a good ten minutes before taking the Rory's phone out of the room.
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The Same Day - Dean's House - 7:00pm -
Dean was pacing back and forth in his bedroom, staring at the phone, praying that it would ring and that it would be Rory on the other line. Memories of him and Rory played over and over again in his mind. The time he took her to the ball where he dressed up like a penguin, just for her. The time that they stood in the Chilton parking lot and Rory first told him that she loved him. He couldn't lose her, he just couldn't. He kept saying that to himself. He knew that he had acted like a jerk last night, but Jess just made him so mad. He cursed the day that he had ever met him. When he watched the two of them together talking about books or some other nonsense, it made him want to barf. He decided to go and talk to Rory before it was too late. He got dressed and walked around the town for a while, hoping to spot Rory. He wouldn't dare go into Luke's alone, without Rory, because otherwise Luke would clobber him. If Rory wasn't with him, Luke was vicious. He never had forgiven him for dumping Rory. It was getting late and the streets were starting to get pretty empty, stores were closing. He walked up into the gazebo and sat patiently, hoping that some telepathic force would make Rory know where he is and she would come to him. No such luck.
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8:00pm - Same Night
Lorelai had to stay at the Inn a few hours extra because Michel and Sookie were sick. Well, Michel got it first but he was angry that he got it and nobody else did so he came into work and gave it to Sookie. So, after an extra long day at work, Lorelai came into the living room and saw Rory sitting on the couch. She was staring at her mom like she was ready to explode.
"Hey, sweets." Lorelai said to Rory, uneasily, and sat beside her on the couch. "What's the matter?"
"Why did you listen to my messages?" She asked her mom, sharply. Lorelai gave her a shocked look. *How did she know?* She asked herself.
"Honey, don't-"
"I don't understand. What exactly did I do that makes you and Dean think that I'm so untrustworthy. I don't get it. What did I do? Hang out with a friend at his house? Why is Jess automatically assumed to be the guy that I'm supposedly "cheating on Dean with". I know everybody in the town is a little crazy, but I thought you were different," Rory's eyes teared up, "I thought that you would be the one person who would always trust me and believe me. But, I guess that isn't true anymore, I guess you're turning into an Emily Gilmore, who never trusted her daughter to make the right decisions."
Rory got up and slammed the book that she was reading onto the coffee table. She grabbed her coat and walked toward the door.
"Rory! I'm sorry, don't leave, let's talk about this."
"Why don't you talk to Dean, you know, your little Jess-bashing chat buddy. And by the way, I think breaking up with Dean was the right decision, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna "go bad" by hanging out with Jess." Rory said in a pained voice that practically broke Lorelai's heart. "I'm going for a walk, don't wait up." She slammed the door behind her, leaving Lorelai sitting on the couch, crestfallen.
She whispered in a hoarse voice, "I made a big mistake."
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A loud knocking echoed through Luke's diner. Someone was banging incessantly on his door. Luke groggily lifted himself from his slumber and mumbled something about it being 4:00 in the morning. He looked down at Jess, sleeping like a baby through all the racket. He shook his head and ran down the stairs. When his eyes focused, he saw that through the glass on the other side of the door, was a tearful Lorelai Gilmore. He ran to the door in a panic, slamming himself accidentally into the glass door and let her in.
"What happened? What's the matter?" He kept saying loudly, over and over. She sobbed into his arms, in the doorway of the diner. He brought her over to a booth and sat her down.
Through sniffling and crying, she spoke, "You were right, Luke," She let out a large tearful cry, "You were r-r-right." He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
"What was I right about?" He asked as he moved back away from her, gently.
"R-r-rory, you said I should trust Rory. And I didn't. I listened to some stupid phone messages that Jess left on her voicemail and I guess I accidentally deleted them. Oh God, Luke, She was so mad," Her voice got hoarse and soft, "So mad, Luke. She hates me."
"She doesn't hate you." She looked at him doubtfully, "I know this, trust me, she doesn't hate you.", And rubbed her arm softly.
She looked down at her lap, "Then why is she spending the night at my parents house?" Her heart sank. Luke lifted her chin up and looked into her swollen eyes.
"I don't think you should be alone tonight. You can stay with me." He held her for a very long time until she spotted Jess staring at them from the staircase. He glared at Lorelai, sadly, not meanly. He went behind the counter and poured her some coffee. They three people were silent for a while, sitting in the diner, staring at each other. Lorelai was still in Luke's arms.
Jess got up to go back upstairs but turned around to face Lorelai.
"I'm sorry about all this, I know you hate me and you have good reason to but Rory doesn't hate you, she loves you. I won't call her again", his heart sank and he looked down at his shoes blankly, "Sorry about all this."
Jess reached into his pocket and revealed the braclet Dean had made for Rory. He placed it onto the table that her and Luke were in and walked out of the diner, not even going back up to the apartment. Lorelai looked up at Luke and tearfully and kissed him on the cheek. He looked sadly at the bracelet. He knew that it belonged to Rory and he got sad for a moment. He thought that he was finally reaching Jess and that mabye Jess was starting to get better, as in not showing klepto-maniac tendencies.
"I'm sorry." Luke told Lorelai
"It's not your fault." They kissed lightly and went upstairs.
TBC....
*Sorry if this story sucks, but I had to make some kind of conflict. Everything will turn out happy, i promise!* Anyway, please read and review! :) *
Written by - Fiana Muhlberger
PLEASE READ the A/N!!!! :-)
A/N - Takes place directly after the last chapter. To the person who said about how I should have a more "true-to-life" Dean, I totally agree with you and I'm going to have him be a little nicer in this chapter because I think that he would say that he's sorry on the show if this had actually happened. On the other hand, he does tend to overreact about Jess so it is entirely possible for him to flip out over the Jess issue. Thanks for the suggestion and unlike a lot of writers, I really do appreciate constructive reviews, I like to know what people want and I enjoy honest reviews. Oh! And, I 'm SO sorry that it took me this long to post up the new chapter but I had TWO research/term paper thingys due for English and History, ugh, so anyway, I really do live on reviews so THANK-YOU for reviewing so nicely! :- ) Enjoy and review! (please!)
Summary - Lorelai and Luke stay great but Lorelai ends up listening to the messages Jess left on Rory's answering machine and Rory finds out. Lorelai/Rory drama and a little Luke/Lorelai romance. There will be a LOT more of that in later chapters (L/L). I actually considered making a strictly L/L story but decided against it, anywho, its a dramatic chapter but everything will end up happy. Oh, and in my mind, the episode "Lost and Found" does not exist. :) (I liked it but it doesn't go well with the story).
BTW - I'm NOT gonna turn this story into a R/D, trust me, I'M NOT! It might sound like it in this chapter but I won't, I promise! Don't worry lol. :)
Two Guys and Two Gilmores
Chapter 2 - Right From Wrong
The next morning, Lorelai felt something brush up against her arm and heard the deep breathing of somebody next to her. She opened her eyes and found herself wrapped up in a soft, cotton blanket. Luke's arms were draped over her body, holding her close. She let out a small laugh. She never thought that she'd be waking up next to Luke! She let her eyes close again and drifted off to sleep. About an hour later she awoke, still laying on the couch, to discover that Luke was gone. She let out a deep, exasperated sigh and sat up slowly. As her eyes adjusted to the light, she noticed that Luke's hat was still on the floor. She breathed in deeply and smelled food. *Pancakes* she thought. A smile crept across her face. He didn't leave. She walked into the kitchen and found Luke, hovering over the stove, flipping pancakes.
"Mmmmmm, pancakes. Banana?" She looked into his eyes, hopefully.
"Sorry, you were completely out of bananas." He walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"I can't for the life of me remember the last time we bought bananas."
"The last time?"
"Okay, so we never bought bananas." She admitted, playfully.
"Didn't think so." He put a couple of pancakes on her plate and sat down with her, at the table. She took a few bites and the room got very quiet.
"So...last night." Lorelai said, looking up from her food.
"Oh, yeah. Listen, I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean for anything to.....I wasn't planning on-" He trailed off.
"No, Luke. I'm happy." She took his hand in hers and looked at him, sweetly.
"Really?"
"Really."
He let out a sigh of relief. All of a sudden a look of panic spread over Lorelai's face.
"Luke!" She yelled.
"What? What's the matter?" He said, sounding alarmed.
Lorelai started babbling quickly. "The town! Luke, everybody. You stayed here, oh no, oh no. God, they're gonna think we....ya know."
"But we didn't." Luke stammered.
"I know."
"Nothing happened." He stated, panicky.
"I know."
"We kissed, we hugged, that's it. End of story."
"I know."
They stared at each other for a moment. Then Lorelai smiled a bit.
"Hey, if anyone asks questions we'll just tell them we never went out." She said soothingly and rubbed his hand.
"Right. I never came over."
"Right."
"Okay." Luke fiddled with his hands for a moment before speaking again. "Um, you're not uh, embarrassed or anything of me, are you?" He looked uncomfortable.
"No! Why would I be?" She looked shocked that he would even ask such a question.
"Just making sure, ya know."
"Luke, I would never be embarrassed to be with you. I just don't wanna be bombarded with questions and stuff by our nosy little neighbors yet, okay?" She smiled at him reassuringly. He was smiling again now, too.
"Yeah, okay." They got up and hugged each other. He rubbed her back and kissed her cheek. "So, I better get to the diner."
"Luke, it's only seven. I'm sure the diner can afford to open a little late once and a while."
"Jess is there by himself and if I don't get there before he wakes up then he's gonna think something's going on and then I'll never hear the end of it."
"Right. So, I'll see you later then?" Her eyes lit up giddily.
"I look forward to it." He grabbed his green jacket and kissed her again but this time on the lips. He pulled her closer to him so that their bodies were smushed together. He ran his fingers through her hair before parting from her. Their eyes smiled at each other as he walked out the kitchen door. She leaned back into the chair and sat thoughtfully. She got up and walked into Rory's room. She was dead to the world, sleeping soundly. Lorelai sat on the bed and watched her sleep. She looked around the room at all of the posters of Harvard and all of her books. She thought about how lucky she was to have a kid like Rory. A kid that she really didn't need to worry about constantly and fight with all of the time. She glanced over at the dresser and noticed that her caller I.D. had Luke's phone number written as the last number dialed. A surge of anger raced through her body when she figured out who it was. She had heard rumors that Rory had spent a few hours with Jess, alone in the diner, after hours, but chose to ignore them. She figured Rory would have told her about it. She got off of the bed, shakily, and picked up Rory's cordless. She clutched it into her hands for a moment before pressing anything. She didn't want to invade her daughter's privacy, but she was aching to find out what was going on. She looked at Rory sleeping for a good ten minutes before taking the Rory's phone out of the room.
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The Same Day - Dean's House - 7:00pm -
Dean was pacing back and forth in his bedroom, staring at the phone, praying that it would ring and that it would be Rory on the other line. Memories of him and Rory played over and over again in his mind. The time he took her to the ball where he dressed up like a penguin, just for her. The time that they stood in the Chilton parking lot and Rory first told him that she loved him. He couldn't lose her, he just couldn't. He kept saying that to himself. He knew that he had acted like a jerk last night, but Jess just made him so mad. He cursed the day that he had ever met him. When he watched the two of them together talking about books or some other nonsense, it made him want to barf. He decided to go and talk to Rory before it was too late. He got dressed and walked around the town for a while, hoping to spot Rory. He wouldn't dare go into Luke's alone, without Rory, because otherwise Luke would clobber him. If Rory wasn't with him, Luke was vicious. He never had forgiven him for dumping Rory. It was getting late and the streets were starting to get pretty empty, stores were closing. He walked up into the gazebo and sat patiently, hoping that some telepathic force would make Rory know where he is and she would come to him. No such luck.
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8:00pm - Same Night
Lorelai had to stay at the Inn a few hours extra because Michel and Sookie were sick. Well, Michel got it first but he was angry that he got it and nobody else did so he came into work and gave it to Sookie. So, after an extra long day at work, Lorelai came into the living room and saw Rory sitting on the couch. She was staring at her mom like she was ready to explode.
"Hey, sweets." Lorelai said to Rory, uneasily, and sat beside her on the couch. "What's the matter?"
"Why did you listen to my messages?" She asked her mom, sharply. Lorelai gave her a shocked look. *How did she know?* She asked herself.
"Honey, don't-"
"I don't understand. What exactly did I do that makes you and Dean think that I'm so untrustworthy. I don't get it. What did I do? Hang out with a friend at his house? Why is Jess automatically assumed to be the guy that I'm supposedly "cheating on Dean with". I know everybody in the town is a little crazy, but I thought you were different," Rory's eyes teared up, "I thought that you would be the one person who would always trust me and believe me. But, I guess that isn't true anymore, I guess you're turning into an Emily Gilmore, who never trusted her daughter to make the right decisions."
Rory got up and slammed the book that she was reading onto the coffee table. She grabbed her coat and walked toward the door.
"Rory! I'm sorry, don't leave, let's talk about this."
"Why don't you talk to Dean, you know, your little Jess-bashing chat buddy. And by the way, I think breaking up with Dean was the right decision, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna "go bad" by hanging out with Jess." Rory said in a pained voice that practically broke Lorelai's heart. "I'm going for a walk, don't wait up." She slammed the door behind her, leaving Lorelai sitting on the couch, crestfallen.
She whispered in a hoarse voice, "I made a big mistake."
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A loud knocking echoed through Luke's diner. Someone was banging incessantly on his door. Luke groggily lifted himself from his slumber and mumbled something about it being 4:00 in the morning. He looked down at Jess, sleeping like a baby through all the racket. He shook his head and ran down the stairs. When his eyes focused, he saw that through the glass on the other side of the door, was a tearful Lorelai Gilmore. He ran to the door in a panic, slamming himself accidentally into the glass door and let her in.
"What happened? What's the matter?" He kept saying loudly, over and over. She sobbed into his arms, in the doorway of the diner. He brought her over to a booth and sat her down.
Through sniffling and crying, she spoke, "You were right, Luke," She let out a large tearful cry, "You were r-r-right." He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
"What was I right about?" He asked as he moved back away from her, gently.
"R-r-rory, you said I should trust Rory. And I didn't. I listened to some stupid phone messages that Jess left on her voicemail and I guess I accidentally deleted them. Oh God, Luke, She was so mad," Her voice got hoarse and soft, "So mad, Luke. She hates me."
"She doesn't hate you." She looked at him doubtfully, "I know this, trust me, she doesn't hate you.", And rubbed her arm softly.
She looked down at her lap, "Then why is she spending the night at my parents house?" Her heart sank. Luke lifted her chin up and looked into her swollen eyes.
"I don't think you should be alone tonight. You can stay with me." He held her for a very long time until she spotted Jess staring at them from the staircase. He glared at Lorelai, sadly, not meanly. He went behind the counter and poured her some coffee. They three people were silent for a while, sitting in the diner, staring at each other. Lorelai was still in Luke's arms.
Jess got up to go back upstairs but turned around to face Lorelai.
"I'm sorry about all this, I know you hate me and you have good reason to but Rory doesn't hate you, she loves you. I won't call her again", his heart sank and he looked down at his shoes blankly, "Sorry about all this."
Jess reached into his pocket and revealed the braclet Dean had made for Rory. He placed it onto the table that her and Luke were in and walked out of the diner, not even going back up to the apartment. Lorelai looked up at Luke and tearfully and kissed him on the cheek. He looked sadly at the bracelet. He knew that it belonged to Rory and he got sad for a moment. He thought that he was finally reaching Jess and that mabye Jess was starting to get better, as in not showing klepto-maniac tendencies.
"I'm sorry." Luke told Lorelai
"It's not your fault." They kissed lightly and went upstairs.
TBC....
*Sorry if this story sucks, but I had to make some kind of conflict. Everything will turn out happy, i promise!* Anyway, please read and review! :) *