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Author's Note: Hey! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry that it has taken me FOREVER to update; I have had such a busy two weeks! End of semester mid- terms and tests and things, ya know? Anyway, on to the personal notes. Jackie, I DO have a plan for this story, but people kept telling me that I was taking things too fast so I decided to slow it down a bit and put some fluff in too. But there ARE things that I have planned for my fic! *lets out an evil laugh* Anyway. thanks for the compliment coffeechic87! Ok, I don't have time or space to respond to everyone, so on with the show! Enjoy!
Chapter 13: Little Kirk and Big Kirk
A few weeks later (about early December).
On Tuesday afternoon, Rory came home from school and quickly changed. She headed into the living room to find Luke, Lorelai, and Jess all looking through boxes. "Rory, Rory, guess what?" Lorelai asked, practically bouncing up and down.
"You've had too much caffeine?" Rory guessed.
"Other than that." Luke said.
"I don't know, what?"
"It's Christmas time!" Lorelai said, throwing some garland she had just found in one of the boxes up into the air.
Rory laughed and said, "OK, I guess we're decorating right now."
"No, we're waiting for you to go buy a Christmas tree." Jess said.
"Alright, let's go." Rory said, and they all put on their hats and scarves and went out to the Jeep. "So, Luke, you're going to do the whole 'Christmas' thing this year?"
"Just don't tell Taylor." Luke warned.
"He's really not that much of a scrooge if you look inside his heart." Jess joked in a sappy voice.
Luke attempted to swat at Jess, who was in the back seat with Rory, from his position at the passenger's seat. "Shut up, Jess."
"No, but isn't it great that he's getting into the holiday spirit?" Lorelai said sardonically.
Luke just rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Whatever." They arrived at the Christmas tree lot, and began to look around.
"Now, are we looking for a huge Rockefeller Center tree or a little Charlie Brown tree?" Jess asked.
"Bigger than Charlie, smaller than Rockefeller." Lorelai clarified.
"So we're looking for a tree that isn't made out of a stick and dying but isn't a few stories tall?" Luke asked.
"Right." Lorelai said. They split up, Rory and Lorelai in one direction, Luke and Jess in another. "So, what's up?" Lorelai asked as they picked through the trees around them.
"Nothing much. Actually, Paris and I are kind of becoming friends."
"Really? You mean the one that's really a computer and not human? Or the one that is from another planet?" Lorelai asked as they weaved through the trees and the crowds.
"The normal Paris. She's not all that bad once you get to know her." Rory defended.
"Alright. Did you try Sookie's sugar cookies that she baked yesterday morning?" Lorelai said.
"Nope, not yet. I haven't been to the inn since a few days ago. I think." Rory said.
"You should try them. They are really good. And she let me dip my finger in the frosting while she was baking." Lorelai said dreamily.
"She let you?" Rory questioned suspiciously.
"Yeah, when she went over to check on one of the late lunch orders, and her back was turned away from me, there was an understood agreement between us that I could try it." Lorelai explained.
"Really?"
"Yup, it's in the best-friend-when-she's-a-cook contract." Lorelai informed Rory.
"Is that so?"
"Uh huh." Lorelai said.
"Hello." A voice said, seemingly coming out of nowhere. Lorelai and Rory both jumped.
"Hi Kirk." Rory said.
"You have to tell us when you are going to do that!" Lorelai said, clutching her heart.
"Yeah, she drinks to much coffee. She's going to die early." Rory said.
"You'll be coming right after me!" Lorelai retorted.
"Estimating your approximate death time period is very entertaining and all, but I was wondering if you two know how to get a cat off of a very tall tree?" Kirk interrupted.
"Little Kirk giving you trouble?" Lorelai asked.
Kirk nodded, and explained, "Just a minor disparity. I was trying to show him around the tree lot on a leash, and-"
Lorelai decided to cut him off. "Wait, a leash? Isn't that for dogs? And don't cats like to be a bit more free?"
"Yes, I suppose so. But he got upset when he saw the tree branches blowing in the wind, so he tried to attack them, and is now stuck in the tallest tree on the lot." Kirk clarified.
"I think to get a cat out of a tree you have to call the fire department." Rory guessed.
"That's a great idea. Thank you, Gilmores; you have been of great service." Kirk said as he headed for the payphone.
"No problem. See you later, Big Kirk!" Lorelai called after him.
"Bye Big Kirk!" Rory shouted. The girls continued to look for about a minute, and then Jess found them.
"Luke and I found a tree." He declared.
"Oh, I gotta see this! The tree that Luke Danes picks out!" Lorelai said, and they followed Jess. Luke was standing next to a tree. A large tree. With a cat on the top. Rory let out a small laugh, and Lorelai said between laughs, "You want the tree that Little Kirk attacked?"
"Little who?" Luke asked.
"Little Kirk. It's Kirk's cat. He named it after himself, and then we," Lorelai gestured to Rory and herself, "pointed out that it might get confusing, so he decided that that," She pointed to the cat, "is Little Kirk, and he is Big Kirk."
"Inventive." Jess said.
"Very." Rory agreed.
"So is Kirk buying this tree, I'm sorry; is Big Kirk buying this tree and Little Kirk is guarding it for him or something like that?" Luke said with a sigh.
"No, Little Kirk decided to attack the tree, so Big Kirk is calling the fire department to get him down." Rory explained to Luke.
"Am I the only one that thinks that this town is weird?" Jess asked, exasperated.
"Nope, definitely not." Lorelai chimed in. "But we both stay here anyway."
"So this tree is out?" Luke interrupted.
"Yeah, pretty much so." Rory said.
"Unless you want a tree that has been cut into several pieces to get Little Kirk down." Lorelai added.
"Let's go find another tree." Luke said, walking away from the impending sirens to rescue Little Kirk.
They ended up finding the perfect tree, pretty big, but not too big. They then went out and bought a bunch of new ornaments and decorations and went home to decorate their tree. "I think I'm all Christmased out." Luke said as they all hauled in the last of their boxes.
"Well, that's just too bad. Lorelai said, and she began to sift through their boxes.
Luke noticed the mischief glowing in Lorelai's eyes, and said, "Uh oh. What did you do, Lorelai?" He tried to look over her shoulder to see what she had planned.
"Here they are!" Lorelai exclaimed, and she quickly placed a Santa hat on Luke's head as well as her own.
Rory tried to stifle her giggles, but it only made them worse. Soon both Rory and Jess were doubled over in laughter, grasping at one another for support. Jess recovered well enough to say, "Luke, you look, um." He trailed off and started laughing again.
"You honestly think I'm gonna wear this?" Luke questioned, reaching for the hat.
Lorelai stopped him by grabbing the hat first and giving him a kiss. She backed away slightly and looked at him, and then said, "Actually, these are the hats I got for Rory and Jess."
"Coffee time." Jess interrupted and practically dragged Rory out of the room.
"I got us special hats." She said with a grin and went through the boxes again. With Lorelai preoccupied, Luke quickly took off his hat. He set it down and slowly began to walk away. Lorelai then shouted, "Yes! Here they are!" Her hand shot up in the air with two Santa hats. Two flannel plaid Santa hats. "Now they match your work attire." Lorelai announced in a business-like tone. She put one on his head and one on her head.
Luke smiled and decided to play along. "Ok, fine. How long do you want me to wear it?"
Lorelai paused, and then opened her mouth to reply. He thought about his statement again, and put a finger to her lips. "Pick sometime during THIS Christmas season, Lorelai."
"Awww." Lorelai pouted. "How about," she drew the word out as she thought, "until after Christmas dinner!"
"We'll see." He replied, and leaned in for a kiss. Just before his lips met hers, the doorbell rang. "Jess!"
"Oh, Rory and I would love to get the doorbell, my wonderful uncle." Jess said to Luke sarcastically as they passed through the living room.
"Now where were we?" Luke asked.
"I think we were around the mistletoe stage." Lorelai said, and she kissed him.
"I don't think you should go in there right now," Lorelai heard Rory say. The man entered the room, and Rory finished her sentence. "Dad."
Author's Note: Ok, I was planning on doing this before I saw that repeat with Christopher last Tuesday. I am NOT trying to copy Gilmore Girls. It's all part of the disclaimer, remember? Anyway, I will try to update a lot faster this time. Again I am SOOOOOOO sorry it has taken me this long, I will get much better now that I have winter break after next week. ( Happy Holidays!
Author's Note: Hey! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry that it has taken me FOREVER to update; I have had such a busy two weeks! End of semester mid- terms and tests and things, ya know? Anyway, on to the personal notes. Jackie, I DO have a plan for this story, but people kept telling me that I was taking things too fast so I decided to slow it down a bit and put some fluff in too. But there ARE things that I have planned for my fic! *lets out an evil laugh* Anyway. thanks for the compliment coffeechic87! Ok, I don't have time or space to respond to everyone, so on with the show! Enjoy!
Chapter 13: Little Kirk and Big Kirk
A few weeks later (about early December).
On Tuesday afternoon, Rory came home from school and quickly changed. She headed into the living room to find Luke, Lorelai, and Jess all looking through boxes. "Rory, Rory, guess what?" Lorelai asked, practically bouncing up and down.
"You've had too much caffeine?" Rory guessed.
"Other than that." Luke said.
"I don't know, what?"
"It's Christmas time!" Lorelai said, throwing some garland she had just found in one of the boxes up into the air.
Rory laughed and said, "OK, I guess we're decorating right now."
"No, we're waiting for you to go buy a Christmas tree." Jess said.
"Alright, let's go." Rory said, and they all put on their hats and scarves and went out to the Jeep. "So, Luke, you're going to do the whole 'Christmas' thing this year?"
"Just don't tell Taylor." Luke warned.
"He's really not that much of a scrooge if you look inside his heart." Jess joked in a sappy voice.
Luke attempted to swat at Jess, who was in the back seat with Rory, from his position at the passenger's seat. "Shut up, Jess."
"No, but isn't it great that he's getting into the holiday spirit?" Lorelai said sardonically.
Luke just rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Whatever." They arrived at the Christmas tree lot, and began to look around.
"Now, are we looking for a huge Rockefeller Center tree or a little Charlie Brown tree?" Jess asked.
"Bigger than Charlie, smaller than Rockefeller." Lorelai clarified.
"So we're looking for a tree that isn't made out of a stick and dying but isn't a few stories tall?" Luke asked.
"Right." Lorelai said. They split up, Rory and Lorelai in one direction, Luke and Jess in another. "So, what's up?" Lorelai asked as they picked through the trees around them.
"Nothing much. Actually, Paris and I are kind of becoming friends."
"Really? You mean the one that's really a computer and not human? Or the one that is from another planet?" Lorelai asked as they weaved through the trees and the crowds.
"The normal Paris. She's not all that bad once you get to know her." Rory defended.
"Alright. Did you try Sookie's sugar cookies that she baked yesterday morning?" Lorelai said.
"Nope, not yet. I haven't been to the inn since a few days ago. I think." Rory said.
"You should try them. They are really good. And she let me dip my finger in the frosting while she was baking." Lorelai said dreamily.
"She let you?" Rory questioned suspiciously.
"Yeah, when she went over to check on one of the late lunch orders, and her back was turned away from me, there was an understood agreement between us that I could try it." Lorelai explained.
"Really?"
"Yup, it's in the best-friend-when-she's-a-cook contract." Lorelai informed Rory.
"Is that so?"
"Uh huh." Lorelai said.
"Hello." A voice said, seemingly coming out of nowhere. Lorelai and Rory both jumped.
"Hi Kirk." Rory said.
"You have to tell us when you are going to do that!" Lorelai said, clutching her heart.
"Yeah, she drinks to much coffee. She's going to die early." Rory said.
"You'll be coming right after me!" Lorelai retorted.
"Estimating your approximate death time period is very entertaining and all, but I was wondering if you two know how to get a cat off of a very tall tree?" Kirk interrupted.
"Little Kirk giving you trouble?" Lorelai asked.
Kirk nodded, and explained, "Just a minor disparity. I was trying to show him around the tree lot on a leash, and-"
Lorelai decided to cut him off. "Wait, a leash? Isn't that for dogs? And don't cats like to be a bit more free?"
"Yes, I suppose so. But he got upset when he saw the tree branches blowing in the wind, so he tried to attack them, and is now stuck in the tallest tree on the lot." Kirk clarified.
"I think to get a cat out of a tree you have to call the fire department." Rory guessed.
"That's a great idea. Thank you, Gilmores; you have been of great service." Kirk said as he headed for the payphone.
"No problem. See you later, Big Kirk!" Lorelai called after him.
"Bye Big Kirk!" Rory shouted. The girls continued to look for about a minute, and then Jess found them.
"Luke and I found a tree." He declared.
"Oh, I gotta see this! The tree that Luke Danes picks out!" Lorelai said, and they followed Jess. Luke was standing next to a tree. A large tree. With a cat on the top. Rory let out a small laugh, and Lorelai said between laughs, "You want the tree that Little Kirk attacked?"
"Little who?" Luke asked.
"Little Kirk. It's Kirk's cat. He named it after himself, and then we," Lorelai gestured to Rory and herself, "pointed out that it might get confusing, so he decided that that," She pointed to the cat, "is Little Kirk, and he is Big Kirk."
"Inventive." Jess said.
"Very." Rory agreed.
"So is Kirk buying this tree, I'm sorry; is Big Kirk buying this tree and Little Kirk is guarding it for him or something like that?" Luke said with a sigh.
"No, Little Kirk decided to attack the tree, so Big Kirk is calling the fire department to get him down." Rory explained to Luke.
"Am I the only one that thinks that this town is weird?" Jess asked, exasperated.
"Nope, definitely not." Lorelai chimed in. "But we both stay here anyway."
"So this tree is out?" Luke interrupted.
"Yeah, pretty much so." Rory said.
"Unless you want a tree that has been cut into several pieces to get Little Kirk down." Lorelai added.
"Let's go find another tree." Luke said, walking away from the impending sirens to rescue Little Kirk.
They ended up finding the perfect tree, pretty big, but not too big. They then went out and bought a bunch of new ornaments and decorations and went home to decorate their tree. "I think I'm all Christmased out." Luke said as they all hauled in the last of their boxes.
"Well, that's just too bad. Lorelai said, and she began to sift through their boxes.
Luke noticed the mischief glowing in Lorelai's eyes, and said, "Uh oh. What did you do, Lorelai?" He tried to look over her shoulder to see what she had planned.
"Here they are!" Lorelai exclaimed, and she quickly placed a Santa hat on Luke's head as well as her own.
Rory tried to stifle her giggles, but it only made them worse. Soon both Rory and Jess were doubled over in laughter, grasping at one another for support. Jess recovered well enough to say, "Luke, you look, um." He trailed off and started laughing again.
"You honestly think I'm gonna wear this?" Luke questioned, reaching for the hat.
Lorelai stopped him by grabbing the hat first and giving him a kiss. She backed away slightly and looked at him, and then said, "Actually, these are the hats I got for Rory and Jess."
"Coffee time." Jess interrupted and practically dragged Rory out of the room.
"I got us special hats." She said with a grin and went through the boxes again. With Lorelai preoccupied, Luke quickly took off his hat. He set it down and slowly began to walk away. Lorelai then shouted, "Yes! Here they are!" Her hand shot up in the air with two Santa hats. Two flannel plaid Santa hats. "Now they match your work attire." Lorelai announced in a business-like tone. She put one on his head and one on her head.
Luke smiled and decided to play along. "Ok, fine. How long do you want me to wear it?"
Lorelai paused, and then opened her mouth to reply. He thought about his statement again, and put a finger to her lips. "Pick sometime during THIS Christmas season, Lorelai."
"Awww." Lorelai pouted. "How about," she drew the word out as she thought, "until after Christmas dinner!"
"We'll see." He replied, and leaned in for a kiss. Just before his lips met hers, the doorbell rang. "Jess!"
"Oh, Rory and I would love to get the doorbell, my wonderful uncle." Jess said to Luke sarcastically as they passed through the living room.
"Now where were we?" Luke asked.
"I think we were around the mistletoe stage." Lorelai said, and she kissed him.
"I don't think you should go in there right now," Lorelai heard Rory say. The man entered the room, and Rory finished her sentence. "Dad."
Author's Note: Ok, I was planning on doing this before I saw that repeat with Christopher last Tuesday. I am NOT trying to copy Gilmore Girls. It's all part of the disclaimer, remember? Anyway, I will try to update a lot faster this time. Again I am SOOOOOOO sorry it has taken me this long, I will get much better now that I have winter break after next week. ( Happy Holidays!