Meeting Luke- 6

Disclaimer: I've got a 22 year old Luke chained up in my room. Oh wait. I just woke up. Kidding. 22 is still too old for me. Er right, I don't own anything anyone would want.

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Lorelai sat down on the bed next to Rory and brushed loose strands of hair from her face, *I hope this isn't some kind of weird twisted sign saying I'm not supposed to date Luke, or date at all*, "Hey kiddo."

"Hi mom." Rory said tiredly.

"Sookie made you soup and said to get better, and Luke said get better too."

"What kind of soup?" Rory asked curiously.

Lorelai opened the container and mock cringed, laughing, "Chicken noodle."

Rory sat up slowly and Lorelai handed her the bowl and spoon, "It smells really good."

"Sookie made it, of course it's good." Lorelai smiled.

Rory nodded as she ate. Several minutes later she drained the entire bowl.

"Wow, you were hungry."

"Yep." Rory yawned.

"Still tired?"

"Yeah." Rory admitted.

"Alright, lay down and go to sleep, I've got some things to finish up at the inn tonight and then I'll be back and tomorrow we'll go see Dr. Harris." Lorelai said, taking the bowl and spoon from Rory.

Rory nodded and was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

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"Hello, yes I've been on hold for twenty minutes, no, I just wanted to know if Dr. Harris was free at all today?...No?...right, all of Stars Hollow's kindergarten students are down there now…could I speak to him?...thanks…Hey Dr. Harris, it's Lorelai…yeah, how'd you guess?... right, okay…thanks Dr. Harris." Lorelai hung up the phone and made a face, "Blech, oatmeal." Lorelai walked through the kitchen and told Sookie she was going out to the shed for a little while.

"Hey babe."

"Hey mom." Rory turned over in her bed to face Lorelai.

"Feeling any better?"

"I'm all itchy."

"Well, don't scratch, you don't want scars from the dumb little spots." A smile slowly spread across her face, "I got an idea."

"What?" Rory asked suspiciously, knowing that Lorelai couldn't be up to much good.

"Let's play connect-the-dots!"

"No way!"

There was a knock at the door, "Who knocks on the door?" Lorelai looked at Rory confused and got up to answer the door.

"Hey." Luke smiled.

"Luke!" Rory said excitedly, seeing Luke holding a plate of cookies, and a pink bottle.

Lorelai smiled at him and let him in, "Hey."

Luke handed Rory the plate of cookies, "Those are for you," he looked at Lorelai, "not for you."

Lorelai pouted, "You know me too well."

"Thanks Luke! You just saved me. Mom was going to get a pen out!"

Luke looked at Lorelai curiously, "What?"

Lorelai scoffed and rolled her eyes, "I was going to use a marker."

"And again, what?"

"She wanted to play connect-the-dots!"

Luke just shook his head.

"What's the pink bottle?" Lorelai asked.

"Oh, right. I bet Dr. Harris told you an oatmeal bath would solve the itchy problem."

"Yeah, that's a little gross."

"Exactly. This stuff is Calamine lotion, it works just as well, if not better. Just put it on the dots with a cotton ball and it won't itch so much."

"Luke, you're a life saver."

"No, not really."

"Well, you saved me from having to get a bunch of oatmeal."

"It wasn't a problem."

"How are you over here anyway?"

"Well first, I walked out of the diner-"

"Smart aleck. Who's watching the diner?"

"Oh, I hired a guy to help out a little bit, his name's Caesar."

"Like Roman dude Caesar?"

"Yeah, except I'm pretty sure he isn't Roman."

"Huh, weird. Can you stay here and keep Rory company for a few minutes?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Great, I've got some stuff to do in the Inn."

"Okay." Luke nodded.

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"Hey Sookie." Lorelai greeted her friend as she walked into the kitchen.

"Hi Lorelai, I saw Luke go out to the shed."

"Yeah, he brought cookies and lotion for Rory, he's out there keeping her company now."

"Wow, that's really great." Sookie smiled.

"Yeah." Lorelai nodded and paused for a moment, "Do you believe in like signs and stuff?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like things that make you do something, or stop you from doing something. Do you believe that they happen for a reason, or what?"

"I don't know, I guess sometimes. Why?"

"What if this is a sign? What if I'm not supposed to date Luke, or date, ever."

Sookie laughed, "I'm sorry hun, this isn't a sign. This happens every year, all of the kindergarteners get chicken pox at Stars Hollow Elemenatry. Rory just happened to get it this week."

"Yeah, this week out of how many other weeks?"

"Lorelai, Luke wouldn't be out in the shed hanging out with Rory if it was a sign."

Lorelai sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Of course I'm right, part of the job description."

"I don't remember Sam paying you for being right."

"No, the best friend job description." Sookie amended.

Lorelai laughed, "Okay. I'll head back over to the shed again. But if anything else happens I'm going to get suspicious."

"Nothing else will happen, you'll date and it'll be great." Sookie giggled, "I rhymed."

Lorelai smiled, "I hope you're right."

~*~

"Hey." Lorelai smiled as she came back into the shed.

"Hey. Rory was just showing me her books."

"She shows all the boys her books."

"Because Rory's the type that has boys running around here all the time."

"Yep."

"Boys are stupid." Rory said flatly.

"Oh yeah?" Lorelai looked at Rory in amusement.

"'cept for Luke because he makes good cookies."

"Don't you feel special?" Lorelai turned to Luke.

Luke smiled, "Good to know I'm not stupid because I can bake."

"You'd be surprised at how many people don't know how to operate an oven." Lorelai pointed out.

"Like you?"

"I know how to use an oven." Lorelai scoffed.

"When was the last time you cooked?"

"When Rory got an EZ Bake oven for Christmas last year from my parents."

Luke suppressed a laugh, "Are you serious?"

"Like a heart attack."

Luke shook his head, "Wow. What did you make?"

"A little cake."

"It tasted like sand." Rory scrunched up her face.

Luke couldn't stop himself from laughing at that.

Lorelai frowned, "It's not that funny. I don't follow directions well."

Luke stopped laughing, "I'm sorry. I just don't see how you could mess up a small cake in an EZ Bake oven."

Lorelai got a gleam in her eye and smiled at Luke, "You could teach me how to cook."

Luke raised an eyebrow, "Are you joking?"

"Nope."

"Alright, I'll try to teach you to cook."

"Really?" Lorelai's eyes widened.

"Yeah."

"Is Wednesday of next week good?"

"Sure." Luke nodded.

Lorelai smiled, "Wow, I'm going to learn how to cook."

Luke laughed, "I never promised all that. I said I'd try to teach you how to cook."

"I'm not trying anything she makes." Rory stated.

Lorelai stuck her tongue out at her.

Luke shook his head, "So mature."

Lorelai raised an eyebrow, "Who ever said I was mature?"

"Point well made. I should probably get back to the diner."

"Thanks for the cookies." Rory waved.

"See you later." Lorelai said as she opened the door for him and he left.

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