The diner is CLOSED-Chapter 2
Disclaimer- I don't own Gilmore Girls, if I did the ratings would be MUCH lower and no one would ever watch. I don't own any of the music either.
Author's Note: First song is by 98 degrees, second song- written by ME! Okay, actually it's more of a really weak poem but gimme a break; I'm not a lyric poet! So anyway, I haven't been able to consistently put it to the same music more than once, I always sing it a little different every time so it's up to you how you want it to sound. So I'm giving you as a reader a lil bit of Creative license.
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Lorelai was wearing a tight black mini-skirt and a sleeveless black top as she walked into the nightclub. 'Hmm, using the front door is a lot different.' Lorelai thought as she walked to the bar to get a drink.
"Lorelai?" The big, gruff, bartender asked.
"Who wants to know?"
"I was just wonderin' cuz you haven't been back here since you found out you had Chris' bun in the oven."
"Who are you?"
"What? Don't recognize me with 200 more pounds? It's me, Ben!"
Lorelai's jaw dropped and her eyes were wide open, "Ben?! No way!"
"Yeah."
"You're still working here?"
"Yep. The pay's good, the hours are okay. Where are you working now?"
"Independence Inn."
"I hear that's a really nice place, with awesome food."
Lorelai laughed, "Yeah, Sookie, our cook, really outdoes herself."
"So what have you been up to?"
"Oh, not much. My diner man closed his diner tonight, forcing me to go out on a Saturday night."
"Diner man?"
Lorelai smiled, "Yeah, Luke owns a diner in Stars Hollow. He makes the BEST coffee."
"Luke hmm. You're still addicted to that stuff?"
"Do you know him? Yes, heaven in a cup." she smiled.
"Maybe."
"Ben," she whined, "You know I don't like secrets! Tell me!"
"Yeah, he comes around here occasionally. Not a lot over the past few years."
"Wow. Luke never seemed like the nightclub type to me."
Ben smiled, "You'd be surprised."
"Does he get wild and crazy? More importantly- does he wear plaid?"
"I've never seen him get wild and crazy. And I can't say I've ever seen him wear plaid." he laughed.
"Woah, Luke without plaid."
"He wears plaid?"
"Almost constantly."
"I can't picture him in plaid. So how's Chris?"
"Chris is good, he's getting married, and he's got a steady job."
"Hmm, always figured you and Chris would get married."
"I think I did too until it finally sank in that he just wasn't the one for me."
"Who is?"
"I don't really know." Lorelai
shrugged.
"You don't know? How can you not know?"
"I don't know. I guess I just haven't really met anyone. No one wants a chick with a sixteen year old daughter anyway."
"You'd be surprised."
"Do you know something I don't?"
"Nope."
"Alright."
Suddenly there was movement on the stage as the band was getting on and the lead singer/guitarist, who was wearing ratty jeans and a tight black t-shirt, came up to the mic, "Hey everyone, welcome to the Underground have a great night!"
"Omigod. Ben!" she yelled accusingly.
"What?" he asked innocently.
"You didn't tell me he was in the band!"
"Oh, oops."
"Jerk!"
"I never thought I'd do anything by a boy band" he laughed, "but here it goes, this is "You don't Know" by 98 degrees." Luke said as the band began to play,
Who could
know the emptiness inside
Every time I see your face
Too many feelings left behind
Do you wonder why
I turn away when you look at me
Never wanting your eyes to see
This desperate heart that knows
How perfect we could be
Baby cause you don't know, how I feel
Livin' my life without you
Baby and you don't know what it's like
Lovin' you all this time
I'll give you all my love, heart and soul
Riskin' it all on a chance
Now when I need you the most, you don't know
All I ever wanted in this world
Baby I found in you
I never felt this way before
But I can't break through
And now I lie awake, alone at night
So afraid now to close my eyes
Just one more dream of you
I'll carry here inside
Baby cause you don't know, how I feel
Livin' my life without you
Baby and you don't know what it's like
Lovin' you all this time
I'll give you all my love, heart and soul
Riskin' it all on a chance
Now when I need you the most, you don't know
And I would hold you all through the night
I would stay right by your side
And I'd give you the world if your love was mine
But baby could it be I'm only dreamin'
Don't let it pass me by
Baby cause you don't know, how I feel
Livin' my life without you
Baby and you don't know what it's like
Lovin' you all this time
I'll give you all my love, heart and soul
Riskin' it all on a chance
Now when I need you the most, you don't know
Everyone in the crowd clapped and cheered.
"Aww, he's singing about Rachel. How sweet!" She half smiled.
Ben sighed, 'you don't know.' he thought.
As the noise died down, Luke took the mic again. "I wrote this one a while back so uh, keep the food throwing to a minimum." he smiled.
I think I'm in love.
You've changed my perspective,
You've changed my life.
You've made me do things I never thought I'd do.
I must be in love.
It sounds so odd,
After denying it for so long.
I sit back and admire,
As you conspire;
How to drive me crazy.
But baby, you don't know,
I'm already crazy.
I'd have to be,
To be in love like this.
I loathed you when I heard your first pleas,
I'm in love, hearing them now.
Now I can only wish you felt the same way.
I've seen you with other guys,
I've seen you get hurt
And baby, it hurt.
I don't wanna see you hurtin',
It's painful to be in love.
The crowd went wild, cheering, whistling and clapping as the band moved their stuff from the stage and Luke came down toward the bar, people following him and crowding his space asking him questions. "Leave me alone! Back off!" he yelled at them and they backed off. When he got to the bar his jaw dropped, his eyes got wide, and he paled, "Lorelai! What are you doing here?" he asked frantically.
"Well you see, this jerk who happens to own the diner serving my favorite elixir closed his diner tonight, leaving me to come here and have a good time, without coffee I might add. Meanwhile, he shows up here, not plaid-clad on stage, singing possibly the best song I've ever heard. Aside from anything the Bangles have done of course." she rambled.
"Is she still constantly like this?" Ben asked.
"Yes. Um, thanks. So why here? Wait, still?" He asked, half hoping she realized the song was about her and half nervous about how she felt about it being about her and how she saw him.
"Chris and I used to sneak in here when we were sixteen, it wasn't a bad place then and I haven't been here in quite a while. The music has definitely improved." she smiled.
"And I was working here then too." Ben supplied.
"Oh."
"So, um, why didn't you say you had a gig? Or ya know, maybe even a band?"
"Uh, because you would bug me relentlessly to tell you where I was playing, how long I've been playing, if I write my own music, where I write, what I write about…"
"And more importantly, who you write about." Lorelai interrupted, smiling slightly.
Luke shifted uncomfortably, shoving his hands deep into his pockets.
Ben cleared his throat loudly.
"Um, why don't we go somewhere else." Luke suggested as he glared at Ben and led Lorelai to a room in the back.
"So?"
"Uh, What has Ben said tonight?" Luke asked nervously avoiding the previous subject.
"Nothing much, we just talked about a few things. Luke, stop dancing around answering my question. Who?" Lorelai asked, hoping it wasn't Rachel.
Luke turned his back to Lorelai sighing, so many thoughts going through his mind.
"Come on Luke, why are you embarrassed?"
"I'm not." he argued as he turned slightly red. "God Lorelai, you're not supposed to be here." he mumbled.
"What?" Lorelai asked, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, trying not to get anry.
"It's just my music is something really personal."
"So you can perform in front of tons of people you don't know but not my?"
"Yes. I never have to see any of those people again."
"What about Ben? You guys seem to be friends."
"It's different Lorelai." he sighed as he turned to face her again.
"Different how?"
"Ben knows a completely different side to me. When I'm here I'm a lot more," He paused, trying to find the right word, "Open I guess."
Lorelai thought for a moment and replayed parts of her conversation with Ben in her mind then it hit her, "Luke, how much does Ben know about you?" she asked curiously.
"Um, what did he tell you?"
"Nothing directly."
"Okay, well he knows pretty much everything I don't say in Stars Hollow."
"Oh." Lorelai was deep in thought.
""So, uh, you thought it was good?"
"No," she paused, "It was amazing Luke." she smiled. "I really liked it."
"Good. I'm glad."
"Hey Luke,"
"Yeah?"
"We're friends right?"
"Yeah." He answered, though he wished more.
"Friends don't keep secrets right?"
"Uh," Luke thought, there wasn't a right answer to the question, "Sure."
Lorelai paused and thought, "Hey Luke,"
"Yeah?"
"I, uh, I…" she didn't know how to say it so she decided to show him. She took his face in her hands and kissed him hard on the lips. Luke was surprised but then regained thought and joined eagerly. Lorelai smiled through the kiss when he joined and Luke wrapped his arms around her waist pulling them closer together. Lorelai moved her hands from his face and wrapped her arms around his neck.
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AN: Ahh, Can't think!!! Happy Easter. Review please! =) Help me out a lil' my poor muse can use all the help she can get!