TITLE: Homesick SUMMERY: Post kiss fic. The third season "my" way. You'll get Rory's return from D.C., her confrontation with her mom, Jess, Dean, and others, depending on where I go with the story. DEFINATELY a Literati. well, eventually DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own 'em. Wish I owned Milo, but then again, anyone in their right mind wished they owned Milo! The title comes from the song Homesick by Train. Nope, don't own any rights to that either. The chapter title is an anonymus quote. SPOILERS: Anything and everything you've seen and read. E-MAIL: zee18_13@hotmail.com A/N: Second chapter Lorelai/Luke together. Well, together, but not "together". Read and see what I mean...

"Stop the world...I want to get off"

Lorelai walked into Luke's looking as if she would explode with tears at any moment. It wasn't until after she entered that she realized her decision to go there. She took a quick look around and let out an audible sigh at the fact that Jess was not there. She didn't know if she could stand the sight of him at the moment. She took a seat at the bar and waited for Luke. It was obvious that something was wrong when she didn't begin chanting for coffee.

"Hey," Luke said, unsure of what was going on.

"Ehh, " was Lorelai's strained reply.

"Coffee?"

"Huh...what? Oh yea, coffee."

"Okay, now I know something's wrong. No begging for coffee, no trying to sneak behind the counter, no Rory...hey, where's Rory?"

Lorelai's face strained even more and she was using all the force she had not to break down into tears. "We had a fight," was all she said as Luke put the heavenly liquid in front of her. She eagerly gulped it down.

"A fight? Didn't she just get back today?" He knew it must've been bad.

"Yes Luke, A FIGHT!" Loreali said a little louder and a little meaner than she intended. Luke was taken aback by her sudden outburst.

" Sorry," she said in a whisper. "Its just... she's been gone for six weeks, then I have to go and pick a fight on her first day back! In fact, it wasn't me. It was one of my other personalities. And this person, who was not me, yelled at Rory for no reason. She didn't want to fight, and I... this person, could see that but she kept going anyway because she, well we, could tell something was wrong. Rory's hiding something and instead of waiting for her to come to me, this other person came out and she was so mean because it must be something big if Rory hasn't told me yet and she must feel bad and she must be scared to tell me and I..." Luke cut her off.

"Lorelai, calm down. Try breathing. It probably isn't as bad as you think. Now, what did you fight about?"

Lorelai stared at her coffee as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. "Jess," she replied almost inaudibly.

"Oh, well..." Luke didn't know what to say. He was, again, caught in the middle between his own flesh and blood and his best 'friend'.

"Luke, please don't yell. I know we agreed that I would cut Jess some slack and you would be nice to me again and you've held up your end of the bargain but he just...uh, I don't even know! He reminds me of me and it's scary, especially because Rory's attracted to him. She really likes him." She said the last sentence to herself more than to Luke.

"Look, Rory loves you and even though you had a fight you'll make up, you always do. So, instead of sitting here, taking up my time, I think you should go home and tell Rory what you just told me."

"Wow. I think that's the most you've ever said at one time." Luke was relieved that her annoying sarcasm was back. "I think you're right though. Can I have two coffees to go?"

"Sure." Luke filled two cups and handed the hot liquid to Lorelai.

"Thanks Luke. Ya know, for everything."

Luke grunted a reply and went back to serving the restless customers.

A/N: Yea, DEFINATELY NOT very good. I'm sorry. I really suck at this. Please review and tell me if I should even continue. Oh, I hope you like the quote...HEHE:)