Disclaimer: I don't own them. Wish I did. Especially Jess/Milo. :)
Rating: Um G?
Summary: I don't really know what to say. It's a funny fic I wrote for a challenge. This chapter revolves mostly around Rory.
AN: Like I said, I wrote this for a challenge. (P.S. I wrote this chapter in an 46 minutes.)
The Challenge: The story(chapter) MUST include the following:
*3 fights, one between Lorelai and Emily
*Jess
*A scene at Luke's
*Spilled Milk
*The Line: "Do you want a cookie or something?"
*A reference to "Dirty Dancing"
*mention of Sookie's wedding
No Use Crying
Dinner had been going reasonably well, which was never a good sign. The table was filled with small talk and Lorelai hadn't angered Emily once, yet. Desert had just been served, it was a very delicious looking double layer chocolate cake with cherries on top. Lorelai had dug right in, Rory was a little more subtle.
"Grandma, could I please have a glass of milk with my desert?" She smiled at Emily.
"Why yes dear," Emily rung a little silver bell and the latest maid came running in, "Could you please get my granddaughter a glass of milk?" The maid nodded and hurried into the kitchen. The small talk continued until the maid came hurrying back. She rushed towards Rory with the glass, and in her haste didn't notice the little bump in the rug. She tripped on it and pitched forward spilling half the glass of milk on Rory's sweater.
Emily looked at the maid appalled, "That is the fifth time today you've spilt something. Are you always this klutzy?"
Lorelai noticed the tears forming in the maids eyes and decided to stop her mother, "Mom, it's okay. It's not her fault. She tripped that's all. It could have happened to anyone."
Emily looked at Lorelai, "It's unacceptable is what it is! Look what she's done to Rory."
Rory looked up from dabbing her sweater with a napkin, "What? No I'm fine really grandma. It's not a big deal," She looked at the maid, "Really it's okay. I probably would have done the same thing, don't feel bad. It's just a sweater I don't mind." She smiled at the maid and the maid smiled a little back before tears spilled over.
Lorelai looked up at her, "Hey now, there's no use crying over spilled milk. Why don't you just go and get something to clean it up with okay?"
Emily glared at Lorelai, "This is my house Lorelai. I'll tell her what to do!" She turned to the maid, "Go ahead and do as she said. I can't believe you Lorelai. The girl spilled milk all over Rory's nice sweater and you just brushed it off!"
Lorelai rolled her eyes, "It's not that big of a deal mom!"
In the meantime Rory had hurried to eat the rest of her cake, "Grandma, we'd better go I can change and wash this sweater."
Emily nodded and they all rose and walked to the door, "I'll see you next Friday girls."
Lorelai and Rory nodded and Rory spoke up, "Don't fire her over this grandma. We know she didn't mean it."
Emily pursed her lips and nodded.
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The next morning Rory and Lorelai walked into Luke's Diner and sat down at a table. Luke made his way over to them with his order pad, "What can I get you guys?"
Rory looked up at him, "Coffee. And blueberry pancakes with maple syrup." Luke nodded and turned to Lorelai
Lorelai looked up at him, "Coffee. And chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup."
Luke nodded and started back towards the counter. Rory looked around, there were quite a few people there that morning, and Jess was no where to be seen. "Hey Luke, where's Jess?" Rory asked him.
"Ah, I sent him over to Doose's for some stuff. I'm getting kind of worried though, that was ten minutes ago. Maybe I should have sent Caesar to help him."
Rory nodded as Luke came over with their coffee. She took a sip and looked up at Luke and Lorelai, "I'll go check and see if he needs help."
Luke looked at her, "Thanks Rory."
Rory walked out the door of the diner and across to Doose's Market. She looked in the window and saw Jess standing in the fruit aisle looking perplexed, a basket hanging from his hand. She walked in and snuck up on him. "Need some help Jess?"
Meanwhile at the diner Lorelai had asked Luke for more coffee when he'd brought out the pancakes and the two were arguing over it. Luke kept saying it was bad for her, and no. It would have been any normal fight until Luke lost it. He turned and looked at Lorelai who had moved up to the counter. "Lorelai, I am so sick of you just coming in here and begging me for coffee all the time!" Lorelai stared at him, her mouth opened and closed before she turned and walked back to her seat at the table and busied herself with eating. Everyone stared at them then slowly, and silently went back to eating.
Jess whirled around, "Jesus Rory, you scared the crap out of me. I was just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to get all this stuff and a watermelon back to the diner." Jess gestured to the basket, a bag of potatoes at his feet and the watermelon.
"I'll help," Rory said as she scooped up a watermelon in her arms quickly and walked to the register leaving Jess to follow. Jess sighed and picked up the bag of potatoes. Fortunately Taylor wasn't at the register, a girl was. The girl rung up their items, put the things from the basket into a bag, and gave Jess his change when he paid. Rory took the watermelon again leaving Jess to the bag and potatoes. The two walked back to the diner in discussing Catch-22, they were laughing as they walked in. They stopped dead in the middle of the floor and looked around. The diner was completely silent. Everyone was buried into their work. Luke was no where to be seen. All of a sudden Luke came out of the back room and Rory saw Lorelai look up at the noise and then look away continuing to eat her pancakes.
Luke looked at Jess, "Good you're back. Come on." Luke turned right around and went back into the back room, Jess followed him, and Rory reluctantly followed him. When she walked in Jess was busy putting the things from the bag away and Luke had put the potatoes away. He turned to see Rory there.
Rory looked up at him really unsure what to say after witnessing the tension in the diner. So she said the first thing that came to mind, "I carried a watermelon."
"Do you want a cookie or something?" Luke snapped then sighed. Rory's eyes got wide. Luke nodded and took it from her, "Sorry about that, thanks Rory. Your pancakes are out at the table."
Rory nodded and turned to walk back out the door. Luke started to follow her saying to Jess, "You watch the diner for a while okay?"
Jess followed him, "Do what? No way Luke!"
Luke spun around and looked at him, "Jess! I said watch the diner, you will watch the diner, I don't care if you don't like it." Luke turned and continued walking towards the door.
Jess followed him, "I have school Uncle Luke!"
Luke spun around again, "I'll write you a note! Just watch the damn diner." With that Luke opened the door and stormed off. Jess looked around and then went back to the back room to finish stocking the shelves.
Rory had watched the exchange confused, Lorelai had kept her head down and kept eating the whole time. She took her last bite of pancakes and stood up. She threw a ten dollar bill on the table without looking at Rory and said, "I've got to go help Sookie with the wedding. I'll see you at home." She then dashed out of the diner and in the opposite direction of Luke before Rory could comment.
Rory looked down at her half eaten pancakes and empty coffee cup. "Jess?" She called.
Jess stuck his head out the door to the back room, "Yeah?"
Rory looked at him, "Can I get some more coffee?"
"Absolutely," Jess said going and grabbing the coffee pot he walked over and filled up Rory's cup then sat with her, setting the coffee pot on the table. "So how 'bout that tension?"
"Really," Rory said rather forlornly, "I wonder what happened."
"One way to find out," Jess said before looking around and saying loudly, "Alright, who's going to tell us what happened?" No one spoke up. "Come on! Any other time you guys would be running your mouths as fast as you could."
Kirk looked around at everyone then nodded and walked over to sit with Jess and Rory for a moment. Rory and Jess looked up at him. Kirk looked at Rory, "Your mom and Luke were fighting over coffee, as always. But then he went and said that he was sick of her coming in here begging for coffee. She couldn't even speak she was so shocked." Kirk got up and left their table leaving Jess and Rory staring after him with their mouths wide open.
Rory and Jess looked at each other, "Well this is not good," Rory said and Jess nodded.
"Well let's not let on that we know, and see if they fix it themselves," Jess said, he lowered his voice and leaned closer, "If not, meet me tomorrow night at 7 on the bridge." Rory nodded.
