Meeting Luke- Chapter 7

~*~

Lorelai kissed the top of Rory's head, "Sookie's gonna pick you up after dance. I'll be home after you go to sleep. Luke is going to try to teach me how to cook after he closes up."

Rory made a face, "Tell him I said good luck."

Lorelai frowned, "Very funny."

Rory smiled, "I love you, mommy."

Lorelai let out a small laugh, "Love you too, sweetheart. Go ahead over and join your class."

"You go dance. Learn to be graceful. Boys don't like clumsy girls." Mrs. Kim pulled Lane along with her to the studio.

Lorelai looked at the two, *poor Lane* she saw Miss Patty looking at her and decided to head over to the diner. "Coffee?" she smiled sweetly at Luke.

"Death?"

"Yes please."

Luke shook his head and poured her coffee, "You disgust me."

Lorelai took a sip of the coffee, "Mm, thank you."

"Ugh, don't thank me."

"Rory told me to tell you she says good luck."

Luke laughed, "You think I'll need it?"

"I hate to admit it, but yes."

"What have I gotten myself into?"

"Oh, you have no idea."

"So what do you want to make?"

"Cookies!" Lorelai said excitedly.

"That's easy enough." Luke nodded, "I'm gonna close up at 8 if you wanted to go anywhere instead of just sitting here."

"I like just sitting here."

"Fine, but you only get two cups of free refills."

Lorelai thought for a moment, "So, essentially, I buy one and get three?"

"Yes. But then I'll stop giving you coffee."

Lorelai pouted, "But what if I pay for them?"

"No." he said as he picked up a rag and started wiping the counter.

"That's not very fair."

"You'll thank me when you live to see Rory graduate."

"Not if I'm holding a grudge against you for withholding coffee."

Luke shook his head, "Where did you get coffee from before you came here?"

"Sookie. I still get coffee in the morning from her, but it's no where near as good as yours."

"What's she doing now?"

"She's a chef at the inn."

Luke smiled, "She always wanted to be the next Julia Child. Does Mia still run things around there?"

"She owns the place, Sam is the manager."

"Sam?"

"Sam Stevens."

Luke shook his head, "That guy was a jerk."

Lorelai raised an eyebrow, "You knew him?"

"Yeah. We went to high school together."

"Any stories I can harass him with?"

Luke laughed, "No, not really. I got in a fight with him once."

Lorelai's mouth dropped, "That's a story! Who won?"

"Neither of us. One of the teachers got in the middle of it and stopped us."

"Aw, that stinks. What was the fight about?"

"A girl."

Lorelai smirked, "So what was the story with this girl?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why were you fighting over her?"

"We weren't fighting over her."

"So why were you fighting not over her?"

"She wouldn't go out with him so he made up some rumor and called her a whore or something." He shrugged, "It was a long time ago."

"Aw, and you were defending her honor. How sweet." Lorelai teased.

"Something like that." Luke noticed a couple their age that had come into the diner a few minutes earlier, "I've gotta get back to work. Don't even think of trying to sneak coffee, because I can still see you."

Lorelai pouted, "You're a mean diner owner."

Luke shook his head and went to the couple's table to take their order.

~*~

Lorelai was nearly in tears because she was laughing so hard. Both of them were covered in flour. Luke shook his head laughing, "Look a the mess you made."

"The mess I made? You started it!"

"Are you four now?"

"No, I'm three."

"Well, as long as that's clear." Luke chuckled. The phone in the diner rang. Luke went out of the kitchen and answered the phone. Lorelai followed him and leaned against the counter. "Hello?…Hi Liz…What?!…Of course I like the little brat, but that's just a really bad ti…" Luke sighed, "How long?…two weeks?…fine…bye." He said dejectedly as he dropped the phone back on the receiver.

"So uh, who was that?" Lorelai asked, noticing his disappointment.

Luke took a deep breath, "That was my sister. She's going on a business trip to Paris and she can't take Jess with her. Usually, he just stays home with his dad, but that scumbag left her for some blonde. So, she's dropping him off here, for two weeks."

"When's she dropping him off?"

"Tomorrow."

Lorelai frowned, "So I guess we'll have to put off that movie thing again."

Luke nodded, "Yeah, I guess so."

They heard the oven buzzer ding and walked into the messy kitchen. Luke turned off the oven and opened it, after putting on a oven mitt, pulled out the sheet of cookies.

Lorelai laughed sadly, "They look horrible."

Luke shook his head, "What did you do? I was watching you make them, they shouldn't have turned out this way."

"Remember when you said I couldn't add any more sugar?"

A smile tugged at Luke's lips, "Yeah." He nodded.

"I might be a little strong willed, and when you turned around I may have added a couple more things, uh, cups of sugar."

Luke let out a small laugh, "Only you."

Lorelai picked up a cookie, "Should I even bother tasting it?"

Luke made a face, "I am in no way responsible for any illnesses."

Lorelai stuck out her tongue, "I'll take that as a no."

"A good assumption."

Lorelai smiled, "I thought so." She took a breath and looked at the clock in the kitchen, "I should probably get home."

Luke nodded, "Alright. Sorry about having to put off the movie thing again."

Lorelai waved as she left the kitchen, "Don't worry about it. It was beyond your control."

~*~

More coming soonish.