Summary: Luke's diner runs outta coffee and he and Lorelai go on a road
trip to Thunder Bay in Canada to get more….
Disclaimer; Gilmore girls and all its characters aint mine…..i know this…..im not in denial..im just bored and the lyrics to better man are copyrighted to John Butler…and his trio so they aint mine either!!!!! Luv JBT!!!!!!!
Chapter 4: JBT
The early morning sun shone through the curtains to Luke's motel room. The two figures on the bed were sleeping soundly, in the same position they had been in the night before. A light knock on the door woke one of them from their slumber.
Luke regained his consciousness slowly as he struggled to remember where he was. The first clue was the warmth radiating around him, the source being the beautiful women in his arms. Then he froze. Lorelai was in his bed? In his arms? He recalled the events that lead to this odd situation. Then smiled. The small room came into focus as he heard another knock at the door, followed by the clatter of a tray on the concrete verandah.
'The breakfast.' He thought. Moving slowly, Luke untangled from Lorelai's embrace and climbed off the bed. He waddled over to the door clad only in his pajama bottoms, the morning chill almost attacking him as he opened the door.
"Oh geez…" he muttered as he bent over to pick up the tray.
Closing the door with his foot, Luke carried the tray to the bedside table. Picking up the coffee, he put it under Lorelai's nose, hoping for the scent to wake her. It did, almost instantly.
"Coffee." She mumbled as she stretched out slightly.
"'Morning." Luke said. Lorelai's eyes shot open.
"Luke! You scared me! Don't do that to someone this early in the morning!" She exclaimed as she sat up against the bed-rest.
"What? Of course I'm here, how else do you think the coffee got under your nose?"
Lorelai frowned, "It might have grown wings?"
"Unlikely. So do you want this food or you just gunna sit there frowning all day?"
"There's food? You didn't say that!" She began to smile.
"I ordered last night before I went to bed. I knew you'd forget to do it. Now stay still so I can put this tray on your lap." Luke ordered.
"Awww Lukey your so thoughtful, what would I do without you?" She asked as she eyed the food Luke had put in front of her.
"Starve." He replied simply. "And don't call me Lukey."
"Ok Lucas!" Lorelai giggled mischievously.
"I give up. I'm gunna get in the shower." With that, he picked out some clothes and headed to the bathroom, locking the door behind him.
Lorelai sat on the bed, picking her way slowly through the breakfast Luke had ordered for her. There was every type of food she could want; eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, a muffin and of course, a large mug of coffee. She sighed, 'He's so good to me. I didn't even have to ask him to get breakfast for me. I think he read my mind. He does know me very well, and he's so good to Rory and I. I don't think I could handle losing him. He's a really good blanket too,' she chuckled at the thought, 'I really do appreciate everything he does for me, I hope he knows that.'
Just then, Luke returned from the bathroom drying his hair with a towel. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt and 'looked really cute.' Lorelai mentally slapped herself at the thought and quickly initiated conversation.
"I saved some toast and eggs for you if you want it." She asked.
Luke smiled a little. "Yeah, thanks."
"Was the shower good?"
"Uh huh, nice and wet." He answered as he sat by Lorelai on the bed and began to eat.
"Always a good quality to have in a shower."
"Sure is." He paused for a second and they smiled at each other. "Um, what time did you want to leave?" he asked before putting a piece of toast in his mouth.
"What time is it now?"
Luke looked at the alarm clock beside the bed. "Quarter past eight."
Lorelai's mouth dropped open in shock. "Are you serious? You woke me up before nine thirty and you didn't get hurt? I must really like you."
"Nah, I think it's the coffee you like so much."
"No really Luke, thank you for all this. I really appreciate it." She looked up at him nervously, she wasn't sure if he was good with the whole 'sentimental moment' thing and didn't know how he would react.
He just smiled timidly back, "Yeah." He felt awkward and blurted out, "And I had to feed the driver."
Lorelai scoffed. "Pffft! Is that all I'm good for?"
"Basically." He laughed at her while she pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. "So returning to the initial question, what time do you wanna go?"
"Hmmph."
"Half a hour you say? Sounds great! You better be getting ready."
"Hmmph."
"Come on grumble bum! You've had coffee, what else could you want?"
"Ha!" Lorelai burst out laughing.
"What? What's so funny?!" Luke felt self-conscious.
"Y- you said g-grumble bum!" she chocked out between laughs.
"Did I? I think you've had a bad influence on me."
"Ahh, you know you love it." Lorelai calmed once more. Luke didn't know what to say.
"Ah…yeah." He said as he retreated to the bathroom again. "Umm, were you going to have a shower or something before we left? 'Cause we are going soon." He called through the door.
"Sure, I'll be packed and ready in no time." Lorelai rose from the bed, still a little unsure of why he left so quickly. 'Maybe he really needed to go to the toilet?' she thought, 'now that's just wrong.' She shook her head and went into her room, gently closing the dividing door behind her.
~~~~~~
Twenty minutes later, Lorelai burst triumphantly into Luke's room while he sat on his bed, tying his shoes.
"Ah ha! In your face! I got ready before you AND with ten minutes to spare!" Lorelai poked out her tongue at him.
"Well yes, but I called Jess to make sure he hadn't napalmed the diner or anything and since I'm a guy, I can only do one thing at a time. You on the other hand are female and have the genetic skill of doing fifty things at once." He stood and walked over to the cupboard to get his bag.
"I didn't know that!"
"Know what? That you were female?"
"Pfft no, I didn't know that I could do fifty things at once. Maybe I should try one day?" Lorelai considered seriously.
"Sure thing. We can wait till the next rainy day, I'll come over and we can see how many things you can do while standing on your head."
"Yeah and then we can see you try to stand on your head in the first place." Lorelai frowned. "I was all happy and congratulating myself about my getting ready skill but still you manage to make me grumpy again. Why do you do that?"
"Because someone has to drag your ass back to reality." He walked into Lorelai's room and gathered her bags, and then getting his own he walked out the door and towards reception with Lorelai close behind.
Bruce smiled at them as they entered the small room. "G'day folks. You guys sleep well?"
"Very well thank you." They said simultaneously. Nervously, Lorelai glanced at Luke to find he was doing the same. He smiled and relief swept through her. It seemed to her that he didn't mind the sleeping arrangements they settled with last night.
Bruce grinned at them and put his hand out for the keys to the rooms. "Well I hope you come back some time. Where you headed?"
"Thunder Bay!" Lorelai said excitedly, "Where the good coffee lives!"
Bruce looked confused.
"I own a diner in the town we come from, Stars Hollow, and the shipment of coffee that I get each month didn't come because the drivers are on strike so it was either wait until they got their asses back to work or go there and get myself." Luke explained.
"And our entire town runs off the coffee he supplies so we came to get the shipment ourselves. I just wanted to see the factory!" Lorelai smiled innocently.
"Understandable. Thunder Bay is probably three more days away by car, without stoppin' so I can give ya a map of motels in the area if ya need somewhere to stay." Bruce suggested.
"Sounds great!" Lorelai took the map from where Bruce had just placed it on the counter. "We had a great stay, maybe we can come back on our way home."
"Thanks guys, hope to see ya soon." Bruce shook there hands and exited to the office.
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~
"On the road again….I can't wait to get on the road again…" Lorelai sung as she sped down the highway once more.
"Are you going to sing that every time we get in the car?" Luke grunted.
"Are you going to complain every time I sing that every time I get in the car?" Lorelai returned.
"Ok, once more but in English this time?" Luke looked sincerely confused.
"Never mind. Put the radio on or something." Luke did so. He scrolled through the channels until he found a station that played only alternative rock music.
"Hey this is actually pretty good." Lorelai commented. "Why couldn't they have funky music like this when we went to Harvard?"
"I think it might be illegal to have 'funky' music at a university as prestigious as that."
"That will HAVE to change. Turn this up would you?"
"Yes ma'am." He did so. The deep sounding guitar riff had attracted Lorelai's attention and now that a strong male voice was joining it, she was interested in the lyrics.
**Betterman I am since I
Come into contact with you
And you taught so many things about myself
and you know this is true
but now we are apart and its all my fault
cos you know I need to be alone
Don't know myself
so how can I share me with you girl or anyone**
**Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful**
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
**Now typical man
I am because you think
I want my cake and eat it too
Cos say I can't be in a relationship
but I still feel for you
Cos you are the best woman
This old man has ever met
You taught me about my soul
you shared with me your magic**
**Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful**
**Betterman I am since I
Come into contact with you
And you taught
so many things about myself
and you know this is true
but now we are apart and its all my fault
cos you know I need to be alone
Don't know myself
so how can I share me with you girl
or anyone
Cause you are**
**BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL WOMAN…
BETTER MAN I AM COS OF YOU…**
Lorelai clapped as the song ended and the car almost ran off the road but Luke's quick reflexes allowed him to gain control of the car from the passenger seat.
"Lorelai! What do you thi…"
"Ssssssh!"
"That my friends was the John Butler Trio, The trio….with John Butler! Sorry guys…bad joke day here at the station I think! Those guys are aussies and will be touring over here pretty soon, next week in fact! So if you liked that, get your asses to the Thunder Bay entertainment centre in the next few days. Ok next on 2NSB…." The radio DJ talked on and Lorelai turned it down, and once again took control of the wheel. Luke wiped the sweat off his brow.
"Oo! We are so going to that concert!" Lorelai said excitedly.
"They were pretty good." Luke agreed.
"I'm sorry, did we just agree on something?" Luke nodded. "That's got to stop." Luke nodded again. "What did I just say about agreeing with me?"
"Not to. And I don't."
"Ok I'm confused. So you'll come to the concert with me?" Lorelai asked hopefully.
"Do I have a choice?"
Lorelai smiled at him with her 'of course not' face on.
"John Butler Trio! Here we come!"
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
they ya go guys! A new chapter! Took me a while I know but I have been so busy and ive had no time to write but ive had 3 days off skool cuz ive got the flu plus some virus thing….highly gross but its given me time to write so there ya go! I should be adding to ADDICTED some time soon.
Disclaimer; Gilmore girls and all its characters aint mine…..i know this…..im not in denial..im just bored and the lyrics to better man are copyrighted to John Butler…and his trio so they aint mine either!!!!! Luv JBT!!!!!!!
Chapter 4: JBT
The early morning sun shone through the curtains to Luke's motel room. The two figures on the bed were sleeping soundly, in the same position they had been in the night before. A light knock on the door woke one of them from their slumber.
Luke regained his consciousness slowly as he struggled to remember where he was. The first clue was the warmth radiating around him, the source being the beautiful women in his arms. Then he froze. Lorelai was in his bed? In his arms? He recalled the events that lead to this odd situation. Then smiled. The small room came into focus as he heard another knock at the door, followed by the clatter of a tray on the concrete verandah.
'The breakfast.' He thought. Moving slowly, Luke untangled from Lorelai's embrace and climbed off the bed. He waddled over to the door clad only in his pajama bottoms, the morning chill almost attacking him as he opened the door.
"Oh geez…" he muttered as he bent over to pick up the tray.
Closing the door with his foot, Luke carried the tray to the bedside table. Picking up the coffee, he put it under Lorelai's nose, hoping for the scent to wake her. It did, almost instantly.
"Coffee." She mumbled as she stretched out slightly.
"'Morning." Luke said. Lorelai's eyes shot open.
"Luke! You scared me! Don't do that to someone this early in the morning!" She exclaimed as she sat up against the bed-rest.
"What? Of course I'm here, how else do you think the coffee got under your nose?"
Lorelai frowned, "It might have grown wings?"
"Unlikely. So do you want this food or you just gunna sit there frowning all day?"
"There's food? You didn't say that!" She began to smile.
"I ordered last night before I went to bed. I knew you'd forget to do it. Now stay still so I can put this tray on your lap." Luke ordered.
"Awww Lukey your so thoughtful, what would I do without you?" She asked as she eyed the food Luke had put in front of her.
"Starve." He replied simply. "And don't call me Lukey."
"Ok Lucas!" Lorelai giggled mischievously.
"I give up. I'm gunna get in the shower." With that, he picked out some clothes and headed to the bathroom, locking the door behind him.
Lorelai sat on the bed, picking her way slowly through the breakfast Luke had ordered for her. There was every type of food she could want; eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, a muffin and of course, a large mug of coffee. She sighed, 'He's so good to me. I didn't even have to ask him to get breakfast for me. I think he read my mind. He does know me very well, and he's so good to Rory and I. I don't think I could handle losing him. He's a really good blanket too,' she chuckled at the thought, 'I really do appreciate everything he does for me, I hope he knows that.'
Just then, Luke returned from the bathroom drying his hair with a towel. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt and 'looked really cute.' Lorelai mentally slapped herself at the thought and quickly initiated conversation.
"I saved some toast and eggs for you if you want it." She asked.
Luke smiled a little. "Yeah, thanks."
"Was the shower good?"
"Uh huh, nice and wet." He answered as he sat by Lorelai on the bed and began to eat.
"Always a good quality to have in a shower."
"Sure is." He paused for a second and they smiled at each other. "Um, what time did you want to leave?" he asked before putting a piece of toast in his mouth.
"What time is it now?"
Luke looked at the alarm clock beside the bed. "Quarter past eight."
Lorelai's mouth dropped open in shock. "Are you serious? You woke me up before nine thirty and you didn't get hurt? I must really like you."
"Nah, I think it's the coffee you like so much."
"No really Luke, thank you for all this. I really appreciate it." She looked up at him nervously, she wasn't sure if he was good with the whole 'sentimental moment' thing and didn't know how he would react.
He just smiled timidly back, "Yeah." He felt awkward and blurted out, "And I had to feed the driver."
Lorelai scoffed. "Pffft! Is that all I'm good for?"
"Basically." He laughed at her while she pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. "So returning to the initial question, what time do you wanna go?"
"Hmmph."
"Half a hour you say? Sounds great! You better be getting ready."
"Hmmph."
"Come on grumble bum! You've had coffee, what else could you want?"
"Ha!" Lorelai burst out laughing.
"What? What's so funny?!" Luke felt self-conscious.
"Y- you said g-grumble bum!" she chocked out between laughs.
"Did I? I think you've had a bad influence on me."
"Ahh, you know you love it." Lorelai calmed once more. Luke didn't know what to say.
"Ah…yeah." He said as he retreated to the bathroom again. "Umm, were you going to have a shower or something before we left? 'Cause we are going soon." He called through the door.
"Sure, I'll be packed and ready in no time." Lorelai rose from the bed, still a little unsure of why he left so quickly. 'Maybe he really needed to go to the toilet?' she thought, 'now that's just wrong.' She shook her head and went into her room, gently closing the dividing door behind her.
~~~~~~
Twenty minutes later, Lorelai burst triumphantly into Luke's room while he sat on his bed, tying his shoes.
"Ah ha! In your face! I got ready before you AND with ten minutes to spare!" Lorelai poked out her tongue at him.
"Well yes, but I called Jess to make sure he hadn't napalmed the diner or anything and since I'm a guy, I can only do one thing at a time. You on the other hand are female and have the genetic skill of doing fifty things at once." He stood and walked over to the cupboard to get his bag.
"I didn't know that!"
"Know what? That you were female?"
"Pfft no, I didn't know that I could do fifty things at once. Maybe I should try one day?" Lorelai considered seriously.
"Sure thing. We can wait till the next rainy day, I'll come over and we can see how many things you can do while standing on your head."
"Yeah and then we can see you try to stand on your head in the first place." Lorelai frowned. "I was all happy and congratulating myself about my getting ready skill but still you manage to make me grumpy again. Why do you do that?"
"Because someone has to drag your ass back to reality." He walked into Lorelai's room and gathered her bags, and then getting his own he walked out the door and towards reception with Lorelai close behind.
Bruce smiled at them as they entered the small room. "G'day folks. You guys sleep well?"
"Very well thank you." They said simultaneously. Nervously, Lorelai glanced at Luke to find he was doing the same. He smiled and relief swept through her. It seemed to her that he didn't mind the sleeping arrangements they settled with last night.
Bruce grinned at them and put his hand out for the keys to the rooms. "Well I hope you come back some time. Where you headed?"
"Thunder Bay!" Lorelai said excitedly, "Where the good coffee lives!"
Bruce looked confused.
"I own a diner in the town we come from, Stars Hollow, and the shipment of coffee that I get each month didn't come because the drivers are on strike so it was either wait until they got their asses back to work or go there and get myself." Luke explained.
"And our entire town runs off the coffee he supplies so we came to get the shipment ourselves. I just wanted to see the factory!" Lorelai smiled innocently.
"Understandable. Thunder Bay is probably three more days away by car, without stoppin' so I can give ya a map of motels in the area if ya need somewhere to stay." Bruce suggested.
"Sounds great!" Lorelai took the map from where Bruce had just placed it on the counter. "We had a great stay, maybe we can come back on our way home."
"Thanks guys, hope to see ya soon." Bruce shook there hands and exited to the office.
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~
"On the road again….I can't wait to get on the road again…" Lorelai sung as she sped down the highway once more.
"Are you going to sing that every time we get in the car?" Luke grunted.
"Are you going to complain every time I sing that every time I get in the car?" Lorelai returned.
"Ok, once more but in English this time?" Luke looked sincerely confused.
"Never mind. Put the radio on or something." Luke did so. He scrolled through the channels until he found a station that played only alternative rock music.
"Hey this is actually pretty good." Lorelai commented. "Why couldn't they have funky music like this when we went to Harvard?"
"I think it might be illegal to have 'funky' music at a university as prestigious as that."
"That will HAVE to change. Turn this up would you?"
"Yes ma'am." He did so. The deep sounding guitar riff had attracted Lorelai's attention and now that a strong male voice was joining it, she was interested in the lyrics.
**Betterman I am since I
Come into contact with you
And you taught so many things about myself
and you know this is true
but now we are apart and its all my fault
cos you know I need to be alone
Don't know myself
so how can I share me with you girl or anyone**
**Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful**
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
**Now typical man
I am because you think
I want my cake and eat it too
Cos say I can't be in a relationship
but I still feel for you
Cos you are the best woman
This old man has ever met
You taught me about my soul
you shared with me your magic**
**Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful**
**Betterman I am since I
Come into contact with you
And you taught
so many things about myself
and you know this is true
but now we are apart and its all my fault
cos you know I need to be alone
Don't know myself
so how can I share me with you girl
or anyone
Cause you are**
**BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL WOMAN…
BETTER MAN I AM COS OF YOU…**
Lorelai clapped as the song ended and the car almost ran off the road but Luke's quick reflexes allowed him to gain control of the car from the passenger seat.
"Lorelai! What do you thi…"
"Ssssssh!"
"That my friends was the John Butler Trio, The trio….with John Butler! Sorry guys…bad joke day here at the station I think! Those guys are aussies and will be touring over here pretty soon, next week in fact! So if you liked that, get your asses to the Thunder Bay entertainment centre in the next few days. Ok next on 2NSB…." The radio DJ talked on and Lorelai turned it down, and once again took control of the wheel. Luke wiped the sweat off his brow.
"Oo! We are so going to that concert!" Lorelai said excitedly.
"They were pretty good." Luke agreed.
"I'm sorry, did we just agree on something?" Luke nodded. "That's got to stop." Luke nodded again. "What did I just say about agreeing with me?"
"Not to. And I don't."
"Ok I'm confused. So you'll come to the concert with me?" Lorelai asked hopefully.
"Do I have a choice?"
Lorelai smiled at him with her 'of course not' face on.
"John Butler Trio! Here we come!"
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
they ya go guys! A new chapter! Took me a while I know but I have been so busy and ive had no time to write but ive had 3 days off skool cuz ive got the flu plus some virus thing….highly gross but its given me time to write so there ya go! I should be adding to ADDICTED some time soon.