A/N - I forgot to mention that this story takes place a few days after
"Back In The Saddle Again". "Teach Me Tonight" never happens. Ugh, I wish
it didn't......Luke and Lorelai forever.....they need to make up NOW!!!! :)
Stromboli - Part 2
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"Rory!" Lorelai called to her daughter as she entered her home, with Luke not far behind her. "Rory, get your butt out here, I got food!" She continued.
After a few moments, Lorelai walked into Rory's bedroom, only to find nothing. She made a pouty face, then left the room to search the rest of the house. When she discovered no Rory, she walked back out into the living room and slumped onto the couch beside Luke.
"What's wrong?" He asked, noticing her dejected face.
"Rory's not home." She looked over at Luke with a long face on.
"You're not supposed to be home either, you know." Luke smiled and started unpacking all of Lorelai's food from the grocery bags.
""Yeah, well, either are you." She grinned and helped Luke carry the groceries into the kitchen.
As Luke began placing the food into cupboards, he sighed. "C-mon, didn't you buy any real food?"
She patted her bag of Doritos and smiled. "Nope, all junk. And you have to eat it too, because this house is completely free of anything even remotely healthy."
Luke rolled his eyes and continued putting things away, grabbing the Doritos from Lorelai's hands and shoving them into a drawer. As he moved on to more drawers and cabinets, he noticed that they had all been empty. "Just how long has it been since you've been food shopping?"
"Hmmm, a while. I usually just send Rory over to the market, but she's just been swamped with school stuff lately. She's probably at the library studying or something."
Luke nodded. "She's a good kid."
"Well, that's only because she has an excellent mom." Lorelai smiled and grabbed all of her snacks. "Now, let's eat. What movie do you wanna watch?"
He shrugged and followed her into the living room again and sat down next to her on the couch. She tossed him a bag of chips and grinned.
Luke looked at her skeptically. "I am not eating this stuff for lunch."
"Ugh, okay, fine. Go back to the diner and get some real food. I'll wait here and refrain myself from starting without you."
He sat thoughtfully for a second, then shook his head. "Nah, I don't wanna go back to the diner, I came here to get away from the diner."
"Then eat up." She said while throwing a bag of Oreo's onto his lap.
Luke glared at her for a second before handing the bag back to her. "I have a better idea, that does not involve me and the Oreo's."
"Do tell."
"Why don't we go somewhere else for lunch, then come back here to watch the movie?"
Lorelai nodded slowly while thinking. "Okay, sure. But, where in that scenario do I get to eat my cookies?" She clutched the Oreo bag up to her heart and pretended to be emotionally attached to the cookies.
"You can eat them during the movie, that is if you have room after lunch."
"Of course I'll have room. My stomach is just a smaller version of a never- ending, eternal, non-stopping, non-ceasing, giant manhole."
"Okay, my mistake. You can eat them during the movie, because you will have room after lunch. That better?"
Lorelai nodded. "Much. So, where do you wanna go?" She asked him, grabbing her jean jacket off of the couch's arm.
"Doesn't matter, I'm just starving." Luke said as he grabbed his coat and followed Lorelai out the door.
Lorelai shivered. "Oooh, chilly. What happened? It was like eighty degrees a few minutes ago." She stuck her hands into her pockets to keep them warm, and the two of them got into her car. "Where are we going?" She asked him as she settled in to the driver's seat.
"Anywhere, as long as it's not the diner."
"Luke, you're being too picky." She smiled and started the ignition. "If you won't decide, then I'm taking you to Al's."
"You can't be serious." He looked over at her worriedly, since Al's Pancake World was Luke's Diner biggest competitor.
"Oh, yes I can, so pick a restaurant." She urged as they exited the driveway.
Luke sighed, then reluctantly agreed. "Okay, how about that little luncheonette place, you know, the one that still has the giant Santa on the roof?"
Lorelai groaned and shook her head furiously. "No, we can't eat there, pick another place."
"Why can't we eat there?"
"We just can't. Ooh, I know! We can go to Fran's and get cupcakes." She smiled happily, avoiding Luke's question.
"Why can't we go to the Santa place?" Luke smiled, knowing she would confess soon.
Lorelai paused for a second, until she finally sighed and gave in. "I got kicked out, okay?"
Luke laughed. "You got kicked out of the Santa place? For doing what?" He stifled his laughs when he saw her glaring at him from the corner of her eye.
She continued. "Stupid Santa people...they have this rule, it's one cup of coffee per person, no refills. So, after I drank the first disgustingly small cup they gave me, I went behind the counter when nobody was looking and illegally poured a second cup."
Luke smiled and held in his laughs. "Yeah, and?"
"And, it turns out that somebody had been looking, the manager in fact. Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm not allowed back into that place. Ever."
Luke shook his head. "You really like your coffee."
"Yes I do, and that one cup policy is absolutely ridiculous." Lorelai made a face and cringed.
"It's not that ridiculous."
"No, no, Luke! Please don't get any ideas." She begged him.
"I'm not, and even if I did, would that stop you anyway?"
"Of course not." She answered knowingly. After a few seconds, she turned to him and flashed him a warm smile. "My day was going really bad, until now, thanks for coming with me, Luke." She turned her head back to face the road. Luke just grinned and was quiet for a while. They drove around for quite a while, not really realizing the time that was quickly passing by. Once they were way past the town of Stars Hollow, their hunger struck them again, so they finally decided to stop at a place called "Stromboli World".
"Oh, lord. Lorelai, what is this place?" He questioned as they pulled into the parking lot.
"Stromboli World." She answered matter-of-factly and got out of the Jeep. Luke reluctantly stepped out and trailed behind her into the restaurant.
They walked in and saw the hostess, looking bored with her job.
"Two?" She asked.
"Yeah, non-smoking." Lorelai answered and they followed her to their table.
Once seated, Lorelai glanced around and smiled. "This place is cute and it smells really good." Lorelai breathed in and grinned with her eyes closed.
"It's just a fancy pizza place." Luke said, trying to deflate her enthusiasm.
"Uh-uh, it's a fancy stromboli place." She corrected him, opening her eyes.
"Do you even know what a stromboli is?" He smiled and started reading the menu.
"Isn't it just a rolled up piece of pizza?"
"Yup, so it is pizza then, right?" Luke looked up and saw Lorelai cringe.
"No, it's stromboli." She said again and smiled triumphantly. "It's much different then pizza."
"Right." Luke nodded, not really believing her.
"What're you having?" The waitress asked them abruptly.
"Um, I'll have the pepperoni stromboli." Lorelai told her while eyeing the person next to her, eating one.
"I'll just have a salad." Luke said while the waitress scribbled everything down. After they finished eating, they returned home to watch the movie. Since they traveled so far away from home to eat lunch, it took them a long time to get back, so by the time they reached Lorelai's house, it was eight o' clock.
"Still up for the movie?" Lorelai asked him, walking into the house and hanging up her coat.
"Sure, but since you picked the restaurant, let me pick the movie, deal?"
"Yeah, yeah, deal, deal." She mumbled as they walked into the living room and made themselves comfortable on the couch.
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Stromboli - Part 2
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"Rory!" Lorelai called to her daughter as she entered her home, with Luke not far behind her. "Rory, get your butt out here, I got food!" She continued.
After a few moments, Lorelai walked into Rory's bedroom, only to find nothing. She made a pouty face, then left the room to search the rest of the house. When she discovered no Rory, she walked back out into the living room and slumped onto the couch beside Luke.
"What's wrong?" He asked, noticing her dejected face.
"Rory's not home." She looked over at Luke with a long face on.
"You're not supposed to be home either, you know." Luke smiled and started unpacking all of Lorelai's food from the grocery bags.
""Yeah, well, either are you." She grinned and helped Luke carry the groceries into the kitchen.
As Luke began placing the food into cupboards, he sighed. "C-mon, didn't you buy any real food?"
She patted her bag of Doritos and smiled. "Nope, all junk. And you have to eat it too, because this house is completely free of anything even remotely healthy."
Luke rolled his eyes and continued putting things away, grabbing the Doritos from Lorelai's hands and shoving them into a drawer. As he moved on to more drawers and cabinets, he noticed that they had all been empty. "Just how long has it been since you've been food shopping?"
"Hmmm, a while. I usually just send Rory over to the market, but she's just been swamped with school stuff lately. She's probably at the library studying or something."
Luke nodded. "She's a good kid."
"Well, that's only because she has an excellent mom." Lorelai smiled and grabbed all of her snacks. "Now, let's eat. What movie do you wanna watch?"
He shrugged and followed her into the living room again and sat down next to her on the couch. She tossed him a bag of chips and grinned.
Luke looked at her skeptically. "I am not eating this stuff for lunch."
"Ugh, okay, fine. Go back to the diner and get some real food. I'll wait here and refrain myself from starting without you."
He sat thoughtfully for a second, then shook his head. "Nah, I don't wanna go back to the diner, I came here to get away from the diner."
"Then eat up." She said while throwing a bag of Oreo's onto his lap.
Luke glared at her for a second before handing the bag back to her. "I have a better idea, that does not involve me and the Oreo's."
"Do tell."
"Why don't we go somewhere else for lunch, then come back here to watch the movie?"
Lorelai nodded slowly while thinking. "Okay, sure. But, where in that scenario do I get to eat my cookies?" She clutched the Oreo bag up to her heart and pretended to be emotionally attached to the cookies.
"You can eat them during the movie, that is if you have room after lunch."
"Of course I'll have room. My stomach is just a smaller version of a never- ending, eternal, non-stopping, non-ceasing, giant manhole."
"Okay, my mistake. You can eat them during the movie, because you will have room after lunch. That better?"
Lorelai nodded. "Much. So, where do you wanna go?" She asked him, grabbing her jean jacket off of the couch's arm.
"Doesn't matter, I'm just starving." Luke said as he grabbed his coat and followed Lorelai out the door.
Lorelai shivered. "Oooh, chilly. What happened? It was like eighty degrees a few minutes ago." She stuck her hands into her pockets to keep them warm, and the two of them got into her car. "Where are we going?" She asked him as she settled in to the driver's seat.
"Anywhere, as long as it's not the diner."
"Luke, you're being too picky." She smiled and started the ignition. "If you won't decide, then I'm taking you to Al's."
"You can't be serious." He looked over at her worriedly, since Al's Pancake World was Luke's Diner biggest competitor.
"Oh, yes I can, so pick a restaurant." She urged as they exited the driveway.
Luke sighed, then reluctantly agreed. "Okay, how about that little luncheonette place, you know, the one that still has the giant Santa on the roof?"
Lorelai groaned and shook her head furiously. "No, we can't eat there, pick another place."
"Why can't we eat there?"
"We just can't. Ooh, I know! We can go to Fran's and get cupcakes." She smiled happily, avoiding Luke's question.
"Why can't we go to the Santa place?" Luke smiled, knowing she would confess soon.
Lorelai paused for a second, until she finally sighed and gave in. "I got kicked out, okay?"
Luke laughed. "You got kicked out of the Santa place? For doing what?" He stifled his laughs when he saw her glaring at him from the corner of her eye.
She continued. "Stupid Santa people...they have this rule, it's one cup of coffee per person, no refills. So, after I drank the first disgustingly small cup they gave me, I went behind the counter when nobody was looking and illegally poured a second cup."
Luke smiled and held in his laughs. "Yeah, and?"
"And, it turns out that somebody had been looking, the manager in fact. Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm not allowed back into that place. Ever."
Luke shook his head. "You really like your coffee."
"Yes I do, and that one cup policy is absolutely ridiculous." Lorelai made a face and cringed.
"It's not that ridiculous."
"No, no, Luke! Please don't get any ideas." She begged him.
"I'm not, and even if I did, would that stop you anyway?"
"Of course not." She answered knowingly. After a few seconds, she turned to him and flashed him a warm smile. "My day was going really bad, until now, thanks for coming with me, Luke." She turned her head back to face the road. Luke just grinned and was quiet for a while. They drove around for quite a while, not really realizing the time that was quickly passing by. Once they were way past the town of Stars Hollow, their hunger struck them again, so they finally decided to stop at a place called "Stromboli World".
"Oh, lord. Lorelai, what is this place?" He questioned as they pulled into the parking lot.
"Stromboli World." She answered matter-of-factly and got out of the Jeep. Luke reluctantly stepped out and trailed behind her into the restaurant.
They walked in and saw the hostess, looking bored with her job.
"Two?" She asked.
"Yeah, non-smoking." Lorelai answered and they followed her to their table.
Once seated, Lorelai glanced around and smiled. "This place is cute and it smells really good." Lorelai breathed in and grinned with her eyes closed.
"It's just a fancy pizza place." Luke said, trying to deflate her enthusiasm.
"Uh-uh, it's a fancy stromboli place." She corrected him, opening her eyes.
"Do you even know what a stromboli is?" He smiled and started reading the menu.
"Isn't it just a rolled up piece of pizza?"
"Yup, so it is pizza then, right?" Luke looked up and saw Lorelai cringe.
"No, it's stromboli." She said again and smiled triumphantly. "It's much different then pizza."
"Right." Luke nodded, not really believing her.
"What're you having?" The waitress asked them abruptly.
"Um, I'll have the pepperoni stromboli." Lorelai told her while eyeing the person next to her, eating one.
"I'll just have a salad." Luke said while the waitress scribbled everything down. After they finished eating, they returned home to watch the movie. Since they traveled so far away from home to eat lunch, it took them a long time to get back, so by the time they reached Lorelai's house, it was eight o' clock.
"Still up for the movie?" Lorelai asked him, walking into the house and hanging up her coat.
"Sure, but since you picked the restaurant, let me pick the movie, deal?"
"Yeah, yeah, deal, deal." She mumbled as they walked into the living room and made themselves comfortable on the couch.
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