Meeting Luke- Ch. 2

Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls, nor am I father time so therefore I don't own the past either. Though at times I want to change it. Anywho, I own nothing. Nothing at all.

Author's Note: As for where I get time to write so much- I don't do a lot in class, so I write ideas on paper and come home and type them up. Especially when I'm in health, so boring. As for homework- I don't do it very often so that isn't really a problem. And now it's summer and I'm on a 5 week vacation- cross country trip from Va to Ca. Fun stuff, let me tell you! LoL I love my laptop, actually it isn't mine but details, details. Sorry about the Duke/Luke thing, I completely forgot about that and so now it doesn't make any sense to put it in so, it uh, never happened. *Suspiciously holds a pen in front of your face* I want to see MIB II. Hehehe. Did you know there actually IS a 'Crash Down Diner' in Roswell. Right, the story now. Oh yeah, and I'm not sure if Lorelai ever heard from Chris prior to the time he came by on his motorcycle in that one episode but this is my world and I control all!!! *insert evil laugh here*

~*~

"Lorelai, you have a phone call." Sam called from the front desk.

"What?" Lorelai asked confused as she put a lamp back down on the table she was dusting.

"You. Have. A. Phone. Call." Sam said slowly.

"I heard you but I'm not comprehending, who is it?"

"I didn't ask." Sam shrugged.

"Okay." Lorelai said, still confused as to who would be calling her. Certainly not her mother, although she did have the phone number for the inn. She took the phone from Sam, "Thanks Sam." She put it up to her ear, "Hello?"

"Remember me?" The voice asked.

Lorelai gasped, "Ohmigod."

"Surprised?"

"You're supposed to be in California, being successful."

"I got lost?"

"Where the hell are you?" Lorelai asked angrily.

"In Hartford, your mom gave me your number."

"Why?"

"Because I asked her."

"No, why are you in Hartford?" Lorelai sighed, trying to calm down.

"Because it's on the way to nowhere."

"What are you talking about Christopher?" Lorelai asked.

 "I want to come see you, and our daughter tomorrow." he answered simply.

Lorelai sighed, "I can't stop you, can I?"

"Nope."

"Still have your motorcycle?"

He laughed, "What do you think?"

Lorelai shook her head, "You'll never change Chris."

"So um, how do I go about getting to where you are?"

Lorelai gave him directions and hung up the phone and went back to dusting

~*~

"Mama, it's Monday, and almost five." Rory said as she tugged at her mother's apron.

"Oh crap! Okay, go ahead out to the shed and change while I finish up here." Lorelai said as she glanced at the clock.

Rory left the room and went to the shed. Five minutes later she returned in a pink tutu as Lorelai was finishing making the bed.

"Alright, let's go." Lorelai said, taking her hand as they left the inn and headed to Miss Patty's dance studio.

~*~

"Hi Lorelai, Hello Rory!" Miss Patty greeted as they arrived.

"Hi Miss Patty." Rory said politely as she joined her class.

"Hello Miss Patty." Lorelai smiled.

"So you went to the diner I told you about?"

"Yes, we did." Lorelai nodded. This woman was so nosy.

"So?"

"So what? It's a nice place, great coffee."

"What about the service?" Miss Patty winked.

"Luke's a nice guy." Lorelai shrugged.

"You know, he's single."

"Miss Patty…don't. I've got a good job, I've got Rory, I don't need you trying to set me up."

"Lorelai, you're twenty, you should be getting married. Rory needs a father figure."

Lorelai rolled her eyes, "I've gotta go. See you later." She waved and walked across the street.

~*~

Lorelai plopped down in front of the counter where Luke was standing, "Coffee."

"Bad day?" he asked curiously as he placed a mug in front of her and poured her coffee.

"I don't know," She shrugged, "Today can't even be classified as good or bad." She said as she took a long sip of the steaming coffee.

"Why?"

"You really want to hear about it?" Lorelai asked, half surprised.

"Sure, its kinda slow around here anyway."

"Well first Rory's dad called and he's coming here tomorrow."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I don't know yet." She sighed.

"Do you want him to come?"

"Not really." Lorelai shook her head.

"So why is he coming?"

"I don't know. He said he wanted to see me and Rory."

"Anything else happen today?"

"Miss Patty, trying to set me up again." She sighed.

"You too?" Luke he asked incredulously.

"What do you mean you too?"

"She's been trying to get me out for the past year, but now she's being especially persistent."

Lorelai nodded in understanding, "And she's giving you the, 'you're twenty, you should be getting married' speech?"

Luke nodded, "Yep, with slight variation in the age but the same speech nonetheless."

"So any particular reason that she's been trying to get you out?" Lorelai asked curiously.

"Maybe." Luke admitted. "It's kind of complicated."

"Relationships always are." Lorelai shrugged. "How long have you lived here?"

"All my life." Luke answered.

"Wow. So what's up with the Hardware store sign?"

"This used to be my dad's Hardware store. I just converted it to a diner after he died."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Why a diner?"

"Because I could cook better than I can sell tools."

Lorelai smiled, "Well, I'm glad it's a diner. I've never had better coffee in my life."

Luke shook his head, "That stuff is going to kill you."

"Well, to be completely honest, breathing can kill you and so can walking. What can I say, I like to take chances." She smirked.

Luke rolled his eyes, "Smartass."

"Damn right."

Luke laughed, something he hadn't done regularly in a year, "Oh no, Miss Patty's looking over here like she's got a mission. Her dance class must be over." He warned.

"What?!" She looked at his watch, "Crap. I've gotta go get Rory, be right back."

"Okay." He said as she went across the street.

~*~

"Hello Lorelai." Miss Patty greeted smirking.

"Hi Miss Patty." Lorelai sighed.

"I see you were at Luke's."

"Yes, I was." She nodded as Rory came over to her.

"You looked like you were having fun." She raised an eyebrow.

"There's nothing going on Patty."

"Okay Lorelai, whatever you say." She winked.

"Really, there isn't!" She insisted.

"Okay, you can deny it all you want but I still know you like him, at the very least."

Lorelai sighed, knowing whatever she said Miss Patty wouldn't believe. She took Rory's hand, "Bye Miss Patty."

Lorelai and Rory walked across the street, "I like Luke." Rory said innocently.

"I think Miss Patty was talking about something else." Lorelai laughed, "But I'm glad you like him, because he makes good coffee."

Rory smiled, "Good cookies too!"

They walked into the diner where Lorelai's cup still sat at the counter. She picked Rory up and placed her on the stool next to where she had been sitting and sat down. "More coffee Luke!"

"It's going to kill you."

"Look at you! Breathing, and walking!" She smirked.

Rory looked on in confusion.

Luke laughed, "Alright," he poured more coffee into her cup, "There's your coffee. You two want dinner?"

Rory looked at Lorelai and nodded, Lorelai nodded back and looked at Luke, "Two hamburgers."

Luke shook his head, "Do you eat like that all the time?"

Lorelai smiled, "Yep, sometimes we go wild and get chili fries too."

"Disgusting. You're both going to have heart attacks before you're thirty." Luke warned.

Lorelai looked at Rory, pretending to think, "Nope, we'll still have the hamburgers."

Luke sighed, "Fine." He said as he went into the back.

"How was dance?" Lorelai asked.

"I fell four times." Rory smiled.

"You're getting better. A little bit. You're still having fun?" Lorelai checked.

Rory nodded, "Yep, still fun!"

"Okay. Because you know if it isn't fun, just let me know."

"I know."

Luke came out of the kitchen carrying two plates, "Here you go, two lard patties."

"Thanks Luke." Rory giggled.

Lorelai smiled, "Thanks."

~*~

"Hey Rory, can you put down your book for a minute?" Lorelai asked as she sat on her bed where Rory was reading Amelia Bedilia.

Rory nodded and put the book down, "Okay."

"Guess who called me today?"

Rory shrugged, "Luke?"

"No, but close. Sort of."

"Who?"

"Your dad did."

"Really?"

"Uh huh. What do you think of him coming here tomorrow to come see us?"

"Is he going to stay?"

"I don't think so." Lorelai shook her head.

"Do you want him to come?"

Lorelai smiled, "I asked you first."

"I think it would be good to see him." Rory decided.

"Okay. He should be here when you get back from school. So finish your book and go to bed."

"Okay. Love you."

Lorelai kissed her forehead, "Love you too."

~*~

"Hey Sookie." Lorelai greeted as she walked into the kitchen looking for coffee.

"Your cup is next to the pot on the counter." Sookie said automatically.

"You know me too well." Lorelai smiled as she picked up the cup and took a sip. She frowned as she thought about how much better Luke's coffee was.

"Anyone who's spoken to you twice knows that you have to have coffee in your blood to function." She laughed.

"I suppose that's true. Do you know a Luke?" she asked curiously.

"Danes?"

"I don't know. He just opened up a diner a couple days ago."

"Yeah, I know him. I was friends with he and his girlfriend back in high school. They were good together, it just couldn't work anymore. Luke was ready to settle down but she wasn't. She was a photographer so she'd travel, and it would be longer and longer before she came back again, now she hasn't been back in over a year."

"Wow, so that's what he meant by complicated."

"Yeah I guess it could be described as complicated. Why did you want to know if I knew him?"

"Just wondering."

"Wondering, huh?"

"Okay, Miss Patty is trying to get me to date the guy."

"Do you think you will?"

"I don't know. I've kind of got my hands full with Rory and he's busy with the diner."

"I hear a but…"

She smiled and sighed, "But Rory loves him, he makes REALLY good coffee, and he's sort of cute in that rugged kind of way."

"I think that was a three pros, two cons and you know I'll watch Rory anytime and by the time the diner closes, Rory is asleep anyway."

"And there's the other factor that I haven't been on a date in…oh, about five years."

"Luke probably hasn't been on an actual date since high school either."

"So you're saying I should go out with him?"

"It would probably be good for both of you to get out."

"Probably." Lorelai shrugged. "Oh! Did I tell you Rory's dad called me yesterday?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. He's coming today. I don't know what I'm going to do."

"Wow, does Rory know?"

"Yes, she thinks it would be good to see him."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know what to think. I don't want him thinking we can make it work, because right now I like it being just me and Rory."

"So you don't want him to come?"

"I don't know, Sookie. There's a little part of me that just wants to see him again but I know that nothing's going to change."

"Where are you guys going to go when he gets here?"

"Probably hang around here for a while until Rory gets home and then we'll probably head over to the diner."

"Ooh, ex-boyfriend meets potential new boyfriend, you should sell tickets!"

"I see what you mean, but I have to go to Luke's. I can't live without his coffee. I used to be able to drink this stuff with no problem, it just doesn't taste the same." She said dramatically.

"I'm sure it isn't going to be that bad." Sookie smiled assuring.

"Yeah. Shouldn't be that bad." Lorelai nodded.

~*~

To be continued…