Meeting Luke- Chapter 5

Disclaimer: My name is not Amy…not by a long shot. I own nothing except half of my baby, "Batty" and a beaten up softball and 3 tennis balls. You all know this so I'll stop with the rambling.

A/N: If anyone's still readin', I don't have a beta soo…if anyone wants to volunteer for that job, you're more than welcome to it. Wow. I promised myself I'd get this chapter out quickly. Then another fic that needed to be redone sidetracked me. School started Monday for me, so I might be even less productive…or maybe more, depending on the difficulty of the classes.

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"Hey Sookie." Lorelai greeted as she walked into the kitchen the next morning.

"Hey Lorelai, your cup is still in the cupboard."

"Why is he still there?" Lorelai asked, raising an eyebrow. "Chip is very claustrophobic. He doesn't like to be left in the cupboard. He likes to be full of coffee." Lorelai said as she made her way around the various members of the cooking staff to get to the cupboard where 'Chip' resided.

"Chip?"

"My Cup." Lorelai informed.

"Oh, right." Sookie pretended to understand, "I've been busy this morning experimenting."

"Oooh. What kind of experimenting?" Lorelai asked excitedly as she drank her coffee.

"Health-nut convention this weekend." Sookie smiled.

Lorelai scrunched up her face in a look of disgust, "Ew."

Sookie laughed, "So did you talk to Luke yesterday?"

Lorelai nodded, "Yep, how's tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's good."

"Good." Lorelai smiled, "All you've gotta do is pick up Rory from dance."

"Okay. This is so exciting." Sookie giggled.

"You're more excited than I am about this date." Lorelai joked.

"You're not excited?" Sookie asked worriedly.

"No, I didn't say that." Lorelai shook her head, "I am excited, but you're really excited."

"Well, I was trying to think of a time when you've done something just for you, without Rory, and I couldn't think of one. It'll be good for you to get out."

Lorelai smiled, "Thanks for watching Rory for me."

"Anytime hon."

"Could you not say anything about the date to Rory though?"

"Sure."

"Thanks." Lorelai said as she put her cup down next to the coffee pot, "See you later Chip. I've gotta get to work before Sam figures out I'm in here." She said looking up from the cup to Sookie.

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"Hello Mrs. Kim." Lorelai said politely as she entered the cluttered antique store.

"In here!" a voice called from around tables and chairs. Lorelai made her way to where Mrs. Kim was, "Oh. It is woman with no husband."

"My name is Lorelai."

"I know. You wish to buy?"

"Um, no, not today. I wanted to talk to you about Lane coming over. Rory said you wanted to meet me first."

"You not married."

"No, I'm not."

"You have baby, you not married."

"Yes, I did have Rory and didn't get married."

"Why you not married."

"Because Rory's father had better things going for him."

"Explain."

"I wanted him to graduate, he had been planning on going to California for a long time. I didn't want him to change those plans just because of an accident."

"I give you chance. But I no trust you."

"Thank you Mrs. Kim."

"No boys."

"What?" Lorelai asked, confused.

"When Lane there, no boys in house."

Lorelai nodded, "Okay. I don't have boys in the house anyway."

"Good."

Lorelai left the old Antique shop and walked back to the Inn and went back to work.

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"Hi Mommy." Rory said tiredly as she walked up the stairs to the Inn where Lorelai was waiting for her.

"Hey what's wrong?"

"I'm tired."

"How was school?"

"It was okay, there were only seven people in class today."

"Wow, why?"

"Chicken Pox."

"Uh oh."

"Uh oh what?"

"You haven't had Chicken Pox, which means you're going to get it if you don't have it right now, which is probably why you're so tired."

Rory yawned, "Huh?"

Lorelai smiled, "Just go to bed, I'll be in the shed in a little bit."

Rory nodded and walked through the Inn to the back.

Lorelai shook her head and went into the kitchen, "Sookie!"

"What hon?"

"I think Rory's getting Chicken Pox."

"Oh no, that's horrible."

"Yeah, so you might not have to watch Rory tomorrow night."

"Aw, Lorelai."

"It's okay, I'll just postpone it." Lorelai shrugged. "Anyway, I need to go out to the shed and check on Rory."

"I'll make her some soup."

"Thanks Sookie."

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"Hey babe, how are you feeling?" Lorelai said as she walked into the shed and sat on the edge of Rory's bed.

"Still just tired." she yawned as she scratched her nose.

Lorelai examined Rory's face, tilting her head from side to side, "Guess what?" she asked, stroking Rory's hair.

"What?"

"You've got Chicken Pox."

"Does that mean I have to miss school?" Rory frowned.

"Yep, sorry kiddo. We're going to have to go see Doctor Harris too."

"Okay."

"Sookie's making you some soup, so I'm going to head over to the diner real quick, okay?"

Rory nodded, "Okay."

Lorelai kissed her forehead and stood up, "Don't scratch."

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"Hey Luke." Lorelai smiled as she sat down at the counter, "Coffee please?"

"You're sure you don't want tea?"

"Positive." she nodded.

Luke sighed, "Fine. Where's Rory?" He asked as he got a cup and poured her coffee.

She took a long sip of the coffee and then put the cup down, "Can I talk to you, somewhere not here?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." He glanced around the diner and didn't see anyone that needed their order taken or anything, "Follow me." he led her into the kitchen. "What's up?"

"Um, could we do the date next Friday night?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Great." she smiled. "Rory's got Chicken Pox, so I've gotta stay with her and keep her company and make sure she doesn't itch."

"Oh, okay. So why'd we come back here?"

"Because I don't really want Rory knowing about the whole date thing and if we talked out there then someone would hear and it would get all over town. Miss Patty already gave me her word that she wouldn't talk about it."

Luke nodded, "I understand. You're sure Miss Patty won't say anything?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure she won't."

"Okay then, I should probably get back to work."

Lorelai nodded and followed him out of the kitchen and went back around to her side of the counter.

"Tell Rory to feel better soon."

"Will do." Lorelai smiled, "See you." she waved as she left and went back to the inn.

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"Hey Sook."

"Hi, soup's done and ready to be taken to Rory."

"Good."

"Did you talk to Luke?"

"Yeah, we're going to go out next Friday night."

"That's good." Sookie smiled.

"Yeah." Lorelai nodded.

"Tell Rory I said to feel better."

Lorelai nodded and picked up the plastic container of soup and a spoon, "Will do."

"See you tomorrow."

"Yep." Lorelai waved as she left the kitchen and went out to the shed.

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A/N: Sorry if the whole Chicken Pox thing is inaccurate. I had chicken pox when I was 6 months old, so I *really* don't remember it at all. My sister had it when I was 5, and my brother is young enough to have gotten the shot for it, so I really don't know a lot about chicken pox, so I apologize for any inaccuracies.

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