Ch 22 Begin the Beguine
Lorelai shoved Luke off the bus when they reached Boston. He was too slow for her. Luke just turned around and glared at her but Lorelai grinned wide and picked up her suitcase. "Come on Luke I need coffee!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"Since when don't you need coffee?" Luke grumbled adjusting his baseball cap before following Lorelai. He didn't have a clue where she was going but he did know he was happy to be here, with her.
Lorelai parted the crowds pushing her way through to the coffee shop she had become acquainted to the last time she had visited Boston. The bells on the door jingled as both she and Luke entered. Shooing Luke off into a table Lorelai approached the counter to order coffee and tea. "A coffee and tea," Lorelai ordered, "OH! And a two cherry Danishes please!" Paying up Lorelai took their order to the table Luke sat at.
"That's tea right?" Luke pointed to the cup Lorelai handed him. Rolling her eyes Lorelai nodded and removed his cap placing it on the table. "Hey!" Luke protested.
"It's rude to where caps at a table," Lorelai smirked. Luke mumbled something inaudible and drank some tea. "Here's a Danish," Lorelai handed him one of the paper bags.
"Thanks," Luke grunted taking the bag.
"You not going to eat it are you?" Lorelai asked.
"It's junk."
"It's heavenly," Lorelai stated highly offended by his comment.
"It'll kill you."
"I thought that was coffee?" Lorelai was clearly confused.
"They both will," Luke grumbled, "Coffee, Danishes, candy it'll all kill you."
"This coming from the man who owns a diner," Lorelai laughed. Luke shook his head and picked up a newspaper from the empty chair next to him. "See, this," Lorelai pointed to the coffee talking to herself more than to Luke, "Is the best thing in the world and Danishes are only good if you've got coffee."
"Now I'm starting to wonder why I went along with this plan," Luke looked up from the paper, "Jess would be less trouble. At least he would be silent."
"Ah Luke you wouldn't want to be with the group with all the crazy love- sick teens would you?" Lorelai asked pointedly.
"You're right but the babbling coffee addict is no better though," Luke replied.
"I resent that," Lorelai turned her face away from him before bursting into a fit of laughter.
"Crazy," Luke stood up putting his coat on, "Let's go we got work to do."
"Where should we look?" Lorelai wondered, also getting up.
"Anywhere and everywhere," Luke responded and the two were out the door.
The two walked down the chilly streets of Boston. Lorelai had lost sight of why she was doing this. It was obvious that Riz probably wouldn't come to a place she didn't know at all. Then again if she figured Jess would go looking for her this would be the place to come. "Maybe we should check a club or something," Lorelai sighed.
"Lorelai, she's fifteen and pregnant," Luke pointed out, "How's she going to get into a club?"
"First of all she's not that pregnant," Lorelai stated, "I mean if she wore really tight clothes it would probably show but if I remember correctly she didn't quite go for that. Secondly, she could have gotten a fake ID anywhere."
"Right," Luke nodded in understanding. Lorelai looked around for some sort of recognition of where they were. She froze. She did recognize something but it was something Lorelai could've done without. A tall apartment building loomed over them, an apartment building that Lorelai knew all too familiar with and standing out front was a equally familiar man.
"Um...Luke," Lorelai stammered, "Maybe...maybe we should turn around before..." Luke followed Lorelai's stare unto Christopher who was loading something into the trunk of a car. Luke tensed up a bit, this was all that he needed a Christopher moment to ruin his "alone time" with Lorelai. Sure, they were on a mission but Luke felt that maybe something could happen in this weekend alone and now this.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Lorelai tried to quickly come up with something to do before Chris happened to notice her standing directly across the street from him. Opening her eyes she noticed Sherry exit from the building and she quickly turned around so that Sherry couldn't see her face as she approached Chris. This wasn't good. "Luke," she hissed.
"What?"
"We have to do something," she whispered quickly, "I don't need to have another ugly confrontation with him. Not this weekend, not ever."
"Can't we just walk away?" Luke asked.
"NO!" Lorelai exclaimed, almost too loud, "They'll see us and then come over and then something bad will happen. I mean last time I saw him he was going to leave Sherry if I told him to."
"But you didn't?"
"No, I couldn't," Lorelai replied her problem slipped almost slipped away as she turned to face Luke, "My timing with Chris is always off and now he has the chance to do the right thing I won't let him do that. Besides I think I'm kind of falling for someone else."
"Oh," Luke said dejectedly. There was someone else.
"Lorelai?" a voice from across the street called out. This time it was Lorelai's turn to tense up. Taking another deep breath and plastering on a fake smile she turned to face the music.
"Chris!" she exclaimed, "HI!" She and Luke crossed the street to see them.
"What are you doing here?" Chris wondered. Sherry stood at his side with a worried look.
"Luke and I were just looking for someone," Lorelai explained.
"Who're looking for?" Sherry piped in apparently Lorelai's explanation set her at ease, for now.
"Riz, she's a friend of Rory's," Lorelai answered.
"What happened to her?" Chris clearly remembered who Riz was.
"Well, she kind of ran off," Lorelai shifted her position, "She's in a bit of a situation and Luke and I are looking for her." Chris nodded acknowledgement of Luke.
"So, where's Rory?" Sherry enquired.
"In New York," Lorelai told them, "With Jess and some friends."
"They're also looking for her," Luke put in at the look Chris had when the name Jess had been mentioned. Chris just nodded slowly.
"Well we better get going," Lorelai said quickly, "Got a lot of ground to cover."
"Good luck," Chris bid them as Lorelai eagerly pulled Luke down the street and away from them.
Sighing in relief when they were far enough away from the house Lorelai looked up at Luke smiling. After that last confrontation with Chris she had realized that maybe she wasn't as 'over him' as she though but she was ready to move on. She was interested in someone else, someone who had been there for her when Chris hadn't, Luke. It was just a matter of when was the right time to confess all this to him. Was there ever a right time though?
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A/N: Alright, this wasn't such a long chapter, I know. There's a reason for it though. I want the whole thing to be split into at least three-four chapters. Next chapter will have Jess, Rory and the rest of that gang. I'm going to alternate between the two. Also, I feel a need to explain the title. It's the title of a song by Django Reinhardt (the CD belongs to my dad it was just lying around by the computer while I was writing this) and I looked up the meaning of the word 'beguine' in the dictionary. Beguine is a vigorous and popular dance of the islands of Saint Lucia and Martinique. I just felt it kind of suited the whole L/L thing. I mean the way I look at it they're both dancing around their feelings for each other and obstacles and all that. Anyway, please review!
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Lorelai shoved Luke off the bus when they reached Boston. He was too slow for her. Luke just turned around and glared at her but Lorelai grinned wide and picked up her suitcase. "Come on Luke I need coffee!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"Since when don't you need coffee?" Luke grumbled adjusting his baseball cap before following Lorelai. He didn't have a clue where she was going but he did know he was happy to be here, with her.
Lorelai parted the crowds pushing her way through to the coffee shop she had become acquainted to the last time she had visited Boston. The bells on the door jingled as both she and Luke entered. Shooing Luke off into a table Lorelai approached the counter to order coffee and tea. "A coffee and tea," Lorelai ordered, "OH! And a two cherry Danishes please!" Paying up Lorelai took their order to the table Luke sat at.
"That's tea right?" Luke pointed to the cup Lorelai handed him. Rolling her eyes Lorelai nodded and removed his cap placing it on the table. "Hey!" Luke protested.
"It's rude to where caps at a table," Lorelai smirked. Luke mumbled something inaudible and drank some tea. "Here's a Danish," Lorelai handed him one of the paper bags.
"Thanks," Luke grunted taking the bag.
"You not going to eat it are you?" Lorelai asked.
"It's junk."
"It's heavenly," Lorelai stated highly offended by his comment.
"It'll kill you."
"I thought that was coffee?" Lorelai was clearly confused.
"They both will," Luke grumbled, "Coffee, Danishes, candy it'll all kill you."
"This coming from the man who owns a diner," Lorelai laughed. Luke shook his head and picked up a newspaper from the empty chair next to him. "See, this," Lorelai pointed to the coffee talking to herself more than to Luke, "Is the best thing in the world and Danishes are only good if you've got coffee."
"Now I'm starting to wonder why I went along with this plan," Luke looked up from the paper, "Jess would be less trouble. At least he would be silent."
"Ah Luke you wouldn't want to be with the group with all the crazy love- sick teens would you?" Lorelai asked pointedly.
"You're right but the babbling coffee addict is no better though," Luke replied.
"I resent that," Lorelai turned her face away from him before bursting into a fit of laughter.
"Crazy," Luke stood up putting his coat on, "Let's go we got work to do."
"Where should we look?" Lorelai wondered, also getting up.
"Anywhere and everywhere," Luke responded and the two were out the door.
The two walked down the chilly streets of Boston. Lorelai had lost sight of why she was doing this. It was obvious that Riz probably wouldn't come to a place she didn't know at all. Then again if she figured Jess would go looking for her this would be the place to come. "Maybe we should check a club or something," Lorelai sighed.
"Lorelai, she's fifteen and pregnant," Luke pointed out, "How's she going to get into a club?"
"First of all she's not that pregnant," Lorelai stated, "I mean if she wore really tight clothes it would probably show but if I remember correctly she didn't quite go for that. Secondly, she could have gotten a fake ID anywhere."
"Right," Luke nodded in understanding. Lorelai looked around for some sort of recognition of where they were. She froze. She did recognize something but it was something Lorelai could've done without. A tall apartment building loomed over them, an apartment building that Lorelai knew all too familiar with and standing out front was a equally familiar man.
"Um...Luke," Lorelai stammered, "Maybe...maybe we should turn around before..." Luke followed Lorelai's stare unto Christopher who was loading something into the trunk of a car. Luke tensed up a bit, this was all that he needed a Christopher moment to ruin his "alone time" with Lorelai. Sure, they were on a mission but Luke felt that maybe something could happen in this weekend alone and now this.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Lorelai tried to quickly come up with something to do before Chris happened to notice her standing directly across the street from him. Opening her eyes she noticed Sherry exit from the building and she quickly turned around so that Sherry couldn't see her face as she approached Chris. This wasn't good. "Luke," she hissed.
"What?"
"We have to do something," she whispered quickly, "I don't need to have another ugly confrontation with him. Not this weekend, not ever."
"Can't we just walk away?" Luke asked.
"NO!" Lorelai exclaimed, almost too loud, "They'll see us and then come over and then something bad will happen. I mean last time I saw him he was going to leave Sherry if I told him to."
"But you didn't?"
"No, I couldn't," Lorelai replied her problem slipped almost slipped away as she turned to face Luke, "My timing with Chris is always off and now he has the chance to do the right thing I won't let him do that. Besides I think I'm kind of falling for someone else."
"Oh," Luke said dejectedly. There was someone else.
"Lorelai?" a voice from across the street called out. This time it was Lorelai's turn to tense up. Taking another deep breath and plastering on a fake smile she turned to face the music.
"Chris!" she exclaimed, "HI!" She and Luke crossed the street to see them.
"What are you doing here?" Chris wondered. Sherry stood at his side with a worried look.
"Luke and I were just looking for someone," Lorelai explained.
"Who're looking for?" Sherry piped in apparently Lorelai's explanation set her at ease, for now.
"Riz, she's a friend of Rory's," Lorelai answered.
"What happened to her?" Chris clearly remembered who Riz was.
"Well, she kind of ran off," Lorelai shifted her position, "She's in a bit of a situation and Luke and I are looking for her." Chris nodded acknowledgement of Luke.
"So, where's Rory?" Sherry enquired.
"In New York," Lorelai told them, "With Jess and some friends."
"They're also looking for her," Luke put in at the look Chris had when the name Jess had been mentioned. Chris just nodded slowly.
"Well we better get going," Lorelai said quickly, "Got a lot of ground to cover."
"Good luck," Chris bid them as Lorelai eagerly pulled Luke down the street and away from them.
Sighing in relief when they were far enough away from the house Lorelai looked up at Luke smiling. After that last confrontation with Chris she had realized that maybe she wasn't as 'over him' as she though but she was ready to move on. She was interested in someone else, someone who had been there for her when Chris hadn't, Luke. It was just a matter of when was the right time to confess all this to him. Was there ever a right time though?
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A/N: Alright, this wasn't such a long chapter, I know. There's a reason for it though. I want the whole thing to be split into at least three-four chapters. Next chapter will have Jess, Rory and the rest of that gang. I'm going to alternate between the two. Also, I feel a need to explain the title. It's the title of a song by Django Reinhardt (the CD belongs to my dad it was just lying around by the computer while I was writing this) and I looked up the meaning of the word 'beguine' in the dictionary. Beguine is a vigorous and popular dance of the islands of Saint Lucia and Martinique. I just felt it kind of suited the whole L/L thing. I mean the way I look at it they're both dancing around their feelings for each other and obstacles and all that. Anyway, please review!
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