Title: It All Starts With a Kiss
Chapter 4: Dirty Luke thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or the characters. Or ER. Ooh, or Cyndi Lauper. Or Anna Nicole Smith(although why anyone would want to own her I dunno).
A/N: Sorry about the ER obsession. I've just been watching it, like, almost every day. And of course, Luke's got that whole rugged good looks thing going, like George Clooney, and I noticed that George Clooney's always chuckling, and that's where I got the reference for the last chapter. But anyway. Just pretend that Lorelai has been taping the reruns on TNT for a while now, kay? Kay. Ooh, and I just went to a Cyndi Lauper concert (and Cher. HAH!) and got a CD of hers (five songs for ten bucks. Man, do concerts rip you off or what? They had tiny little keychains for SEVEN DOLLARS! Anyway...) and she performed this song called "It's Hard To Be Me" and she explained about it and either she wrote it and it reminds her of Anna Nicole Smith or she wrote it about Anna Nicole Smith. It's a good song, nonetheless, very bouncy, and I didn't wanna do "Madonna Whore" so that's the song Rory sings. Anyway. This was a long note. But it was fun, wasn't it. Ah, those were the days. (what the hell was that? I gotta stop drinking spiked punch!)Kay, nother note. Lorelai has dirty thoughts about Luke. Hee-hee. Just thought I'd warn you.
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"Rory!" Lorelai knocked on her bedroom door. "Are you ready to go? I've got coffee!"
The door suddenly opened and Lorelai had to catch herself before she knocked on Rory's head.
"Ooh, sorry. Hey, so you ready to go?"
"Coffee." Rory groaned.
"Table." Lorelai groaned back, teasing her. Rory groaned again, louder, and shuffled past her mother to the kitchen table. Lorelai walked into Rory's room and looked around. Her bed was made and her duffell bag was packed and sitting at the end of her bed.
"Hey, if I didn't know better, I'd think you spent the night somewhere else last night." Lorelai joked.
Rory, leaning against the doorjamb clutching a cup of coffee, softly burst into tears.
"Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. I'm being an asshole." Lorelai wrapped her arms around her daughter and let Rory sob into her shoulder. "Hey, you wanna sing Ricky Martin?"
"I'm not Sookie." Rory didn't lift her head from Lorelai's sweater and her voice was muffled.
"I know, but Sookie hasn't sung in a long time, and it always made her feel better. So you wanna?"
"Can I sing Cyndi Lauper?"
"Depends, old or new?"
"Anna Nicole Smith song."
"Hmm, I guess so, but I'm gonna go to Luke's. You stay here and sing." Lorelai grabbed her coat.
"Oh, no, you have to listen to me!"
"Only with earplugs will I listen to you sing."
"Oh, no, you're listening to me!" Rory grabbed her coat and started singing as the girls headed to Luke's.
"You see me everywhere
In my underwear
You may wonder what I'm here to sell-"
"Stop, stop!" Lorelai ran ahead of Rory, her hands held over her ears. "My ears are too young and pretty to die!"
"But underneath my stare
I'm so naked there
There are secrets I'm dying to tell;"
Rory ran after her mother for the chorus.
"It's Hard To Be Me
No one knows what it's like to be
The envy of mediocrity...!"
~~~~~
Jess looked up as the bell over the door jingled, wondering who the hell was coming into Luke's at six o'clock in the morning. Imagine his surprise when Lorelai and Rory Gilmore walked in, singing (badly) and laughing, instead of barely awake, like they usually were at eight-thirty. Jess caught Rory's eye and looked away. She stopped laughing and looked away. Lorelai, suddenly laughing by herself, noticed Jess cleaning the counter (which he never did) and Rory staring at the inside of a menu (which she never did). The first thought that ran through her head was "Since when does Luke have menus?" but the second thought involved a reason to consult with her hunky boyfriend about making her daughter happy. She decided to take action and walked past the oblivious Jess up to Luke's apartment. She walked straight in, without knocking, and when she heard the shower running, all thoughts of Jess and Rory jumped out of her head and Luke wet and naked jumped in. She stood at the door of the bathroom, debating the merits of stripping off all her clothes and jumping into the shower. She debated far too long, though, and soon the shower shut off. Lorelai silently cursed herself and then stood back, waiting to see if Luke walked through his apartment naked. The doorknob slowly turned and Luke walked out...in a towel.
"Aww. Shucks."
Luke jumped and noticed Lorelai.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Thinking dirty thoughts." Lorelai smiled suggestively.
"Wow."
"Yep. Not only dirty thoughts, dirty Luke thoughts!" Lorelai walked over to Luke and kissed him, a long kiss. She started walking him to his bed.
"Jess." Luke murmured out the side of his mouth.
"EWWWW!" Lorelai pushed Luke away and wiped her mouth. "Don't ever speak your nephew's name when you have your tongue down my throat!"
"No, he's just downstairs by himself."
"No, it's okay, Rory's down there with him. He'll be fine."
"No he won't. Taylor comes in to annoy me every day at six-thirty, and not even Rory can handle him that early."
At the second mention of Rory, Lorelai remembered her mission.
"Oh, I remember my mission! Your fine hot ass in that towel gave me pause, but I remember what it was." She put on a silly look. "Doug, Mark and Susan are ignoring their true feelings! They have to tell each other before Susan hops the train to Phoenix!" Lorelai paused, waiting for the reaction.
"What?"
"Have you not been watching TNT?"
Luke, completely lost, shook his head. Lorelai sighed.
"The reruns of 'ER' right now are the second and third seasons. Or fourth, whenever. Anyway, Mark Greene and Susan Lewis are totally in love with each other, but neither have enough courage to tell the other. Mark finally tells her seconds before her train for Phoenix leaves-with her on it."
"Who's Doug?"
Lorelai sighed again. "Doug is Doug Ross, Mark's best friend. I was playing the part of Carol Hathaway, Susan's best friend, and former and soon-to-be girlfriend of Doug Ross. They ended up with twins in Seattle. Anyway, Doug was played by George Clooney, and--"
"You called me George Clooney last night."
"Bingo! Maybe you're not as bad as I thought. Although you're gonna have to spend about, oh, eleventy-billion hours at my house watching TV."
"Okay."
"Wow, you said okay and didn't even notice the 'eleventy-billion'. I knew you were perfect for me." Lorelai wrapped her arms around Luke and smiled up at him.
"Yeah." Luke smiled back, and then slowly extracted himself from her hug and when to get dressed. She sat quietly in the kitchen for two minutes, contemplating their relationship and what to do about the teenagers, and then they started downstairs, arm-in-arm.
"Eleventy-billion?" Luke asked. Lorelai swatted him.
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After fifteen minutes of staring at Luke's menu, Rory tentatively set it down and looked at Jess. He had thrown aside the towel he'd used to clean the counter. He was sticking a screwdriver in the ever-faulty toaster. Something made a clatter and he threw the toaster down.
"Dammit!"
He pushed the toaster as far away from him as he could and looked away from it. His eyes caught Rory's. This time she wouldn't let him look away. She walked up to the counter.
"I told Lorelai."
"Great." Jess picked up the towel and started scrubbing a non-existent spot on the counter. Rory put her hand over his, stopping its motion.
"I love you."
Jess paused as the words he'd been waiting to hear tumbled from her lips. He loved those lips. He loved kissing those lips. He loved her.
"I-" he started, but was cut short when Lorelai jumped downstairs.
"Hi!"
Luke walked down after her.
"Hey!"
They both had goofy smiles on their faces.
"Have--have you been making out?"
"What! Rory, sweetie, of course not!" Lorelai looked at Luke. "Well, yeah, we have."
"Wow, great. Good for you."
"You wanna know what's even greater?"
"Oh, no. What's greater, Mom?"
"Well, you know that road trip we're gonna go on?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, Jess and Luke are going with us!"
"What?" Rory and Jess asked at the same time. They stared at Luke and Lorelai.
"Yeah! They're gonna go with us to New York and then Chicago!"
"No, I don't wanna." Jess said.
"Yeah, I don't wanna go now, either."
"No, you have to go! Rory, you have to go because I'm your mother!"
"Yeah! And Jess, you have to go because if you don't, you're gonna have to handle the diner all by yourself for five days. Everything comes with that, including...Taylor."
The foursome turned to look as Taylor came out of the market. They all dashed to the door and flipped the 'Open' side to 'Closed' as they locked the door. They turned off the lights and ducked behind the counter. Taylor walked up the stairs and pulled on the locked door. He peered through the window, shook his head, and went back to the market. Jess, huddled around Rory, turned to Luke, huddled around Lorelai, and nodded.
"You've got a deal."
Chapter 4: Dirty Luke thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or the characters. Or ER. Ooh, or Cyndi Lauper. Or Anna Nicole Smith(although why anyone would want to own her I dunno).
A/N: Sorry about the ER obsession. I've just been watching it, like, almost every day. And of course, Luke's got that whole rugged good looks thing going, like George Clooney, and I noticed that George Clooney's always chuckling, and that's where I got the reference for the last chapter. But anyway. Just pretend that Lorelai has been taping the reruns on TNT for a while now, kay? Kay. Ooh, and I just went to a Cyndi Lauper concert (and Cher. HAH!) and got a CD of hers (five songs for ten bucks. Man, do concerts rip you off or what? They had tiny little keychains for SEVEN DOLLARS! Anyway...) and she performed this song called "It's Hard To Be Me" and she explained about it and either she wrote it and it reminds her of Anna Nicole Smith or she wrote it about Anna Nicole Smith. It's a good song, nonetheless, very bouncy, and I didn't wanna do "Madonna Whore" so that's the song Rory sings. Anyway. This was a long note. But it was fun, wasn't it. Ah, those were the days. (what the hell was that? I gotta stop drinking spiked punch!)Kay, nother note. Lorelai has dirty thoughts about Luke. Hee-hee. Just thought I'd warn you.
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"Rory!" Lorelai knocked on her bedroom door. "Are you ready to go? I've got coffee!"
The door suddenly opened and Lorelai had to catch herself before she knocked on Rory's head.
"Ooh, sorry. Hey, so you ready to go?"
"Coffee." Rory groaned.
"Table." Lorelai groaned back, teasing her. Rory groaned again, louder, and shuffled past her mother to the kitchen table. Lorelai walked into Rory's room and looked around. Her bed was made and her duffell bag was packed and sitting at the end of her bed.
"Hey, if I didn't know better, I'd think you spent the night somewhere else last night." Lorelai joked.
Rory, leaning against the doorjamb clutching a cup of coffee, softly burst into tears.
"Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. I'm being an asshole." Lorelai wrapped her arms around her daughter and let Rory sob into her shoulder. "Hey, you wanna sing Ricky Martin?"
"I'm not Sookie." Rory didn't lift her head from Lorelai's sweater and her voice was muffled.
"I know, but Sookie hasn't sung in a long time, and it always made her feel better. So you wanna?"
"Can I sing Cyndi Lauper?"
"Depends, old or new?"
"Anna Nicole Smith song."
"Hmm, I guess so, but I'm gonna go to Luke's. You stay here and sing." Lorelai grabbed her coat.
"Oh, no, you have to listen to me!"
"Only with earplugs will I listen to you sing."
"Oh, no, you're listening to me!" Rory grabbed her coat and started singing as the girls headed to Luke's.
"You see me everywhere
In my underwear
You may wonder what I'm here to sell-"
"Stop, stop!" Lorelai ran ahead of Rory, her hands held over her ears. "My ears are too young and pretty to die!"
"But underneath my stare
I'm so naked there
There are secrets I'm dying to tell;"
Rory ran after her mother for the chorus.
"It's Hard To Be Me
No one knows what it's like to be
The envy of mediocrity...!"
~~~~~
Jess looked up as the bell over the door jingled, wondering who the hell was coming into Luke's at six o'clock in the morning. Imagine his surprise when Lorelai and Rory Gilmore walked in, singing (badly) and laughing, instead of barely awake, like they usually were at eight-thirty. Jess caught Rory's eye and looked away. She stopped laughing and looked away. Lorelai, suddenly laughing by herself, noticed Jess cleaning the counter (which he never did) and Rory staring at the inside of a menu (which she never did). The first thought that ran through her head was "Since when does Luke have menus?" but the second thought involved a reason to consult with her hunky boyfriend about making her daughter happy. She decided to take action and walked past the oblivious Jess up to Luke's apartment. She walked straight in, without knocking, and when she heard the shower running, all thoughts of Jess and Rory jumped out of her head and Luke wet and naked jumped in. She stood at the door of the bathroom, debating the merits of stripping off all her clothes and jumping into the shower. She debated far too long, though, and soon the shower shut off. Lorelai silently cursed herself and then stood back, waiting to see if Luke walked through his apartment naked. The doorknob slowly turned and Luke walked out...in a towel.
"Aww. Shucks."
Luke jumped and noticed Lorelai.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Thinking dirty thoughts." Lorelai smiled suggestively.
"Wow."
"Yep. Not only dirty thoughts, dirty Luke thoughts!" Lorelai walked over to Luke and kissed him, a long kiss. She started walking him to his bed.
"Jess." Luke murmured out the side of his mouth.
"EWWWW!" Lorelai pushed Luke away and wiped her mouth. "Don't ever speak your nephew's name when you have your tongue down my throat!"
"No, he's just downstairs by himself."
"No, it's okay, Rory's down there with him. He'll be fine."
"No he won't. Taylor comes in to annoy me every day at six-thirty, and not even Rory can handle him that early."
At the second mention of Rory, Lorelai remembered her mission.
"Oh, I remember my mission! Your fine hot ass in that towel gave me pause, but I remember what it was." She put on a silly look. "Doug, Mark and Susan are ignoring their true feelings! They have to tell each other before Susan hops the train to Phoenix!" Lorelai paused, waiting for the reaction.
"What?"
"Have you not been watching TNT?"
Luke, completely lost, shook his head. Lorelai sighed.
"The reruns of 'ER' right now are the second and third seasons. Or fourth, whenever. Anyway, Mark Greene and Susan Lewis are totally in love with each other, but neither have enough courage to tell the other. Mark finally tells her seconds before her train for Phoenix leaves-with her on it."
"Who's Doug?"
Lorelai sighed again. "Doug is Doug Ross, Mark's best friend. I was playing the part of Carol Hathaway, Susan's best friend, and former and soon-to-be girlfriend of Doug Ross. They ended up with twins in Seattle. Anyway, Doug was played by George Clooney, and--"
"You called me George Clooney last night."
"Bingo! Maybe you're not as bad as I thought. Although you're gonna have to spend about, oh, eleventy-billion hours at my house watching TV."
"Okay."
"Wow, you said okay and didn't even notice the 'eleventy-billion'. I knew you were perfect for me." Lorelai wrapped her arms around Luke and smiled up at him.
"Yeah." Luke smiled back, and then slowly extracted himself from her hug and when to get dressed. She sat quietly in the kitchen for two minutes, contemplating their relationship and what to do about the teenagers, and then they started downstairs, arm-in-arm.
"Eleventy-billion?" Luke asked. Lorelai swatted him.
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After fifteen minutes of staring at Luke's menu, Rory tentatively set it down and looked at Jess. He had thrown aside the towel he'd used to clean the counter. He was sticking a screwdriver in the ever-faulty toaster. Something made a clatter and he threw the toaster down.
"Dammit!"
He pushed the toaster as far away from him as he could and looked away from it. His eyes caught Rory's. This time she wouldn't let him look away. She walked up to the counter.
"I told Lorelai."
"Great." Jess picked up the towel and started scrubbing a non-existent spot on the counter. Rory put her hand over his, stopping its motion.
"I love you."
Jess paused as the words he'd been waiting to hear tumbled from her lips. He loved those lips. He loved kissing those lips. He loved her.
"I-" he started, but was cut short when Lorelai jumped downstairs.
"Hi!"
Luke walked down after her.
"Hey!"
They both had goofy smiles on their faces.
"Have--have you been making out?"
"What! Rory, sweetie, of course not!" Lorelai looked at Luke. "Well, yeah, we have."
"Wow, great. Good for you."
"You wanna know what's even greater?"
"Oh, no. What's greater, Mom?"
"Well, you know that road trip we're gonna go on?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, Jess and Luke are going with us!"
"What?" Rory and Jess asked at the same time. They stared at Luke and Lorelai.
"Yeah! They're gonna go with us to New York and then Chicago!"
"No, I don't wanna." Jess said.
"Yeah, I don't wanna go now, either."
"No, you have to go! Rory, you have to go because I'm your mother!"
"Yeah! And Jess, you have to go because if you don't, you're gonna have to handle the diner all by yourself for five days. Everything comes with that, including...Taylor."
The foursome turned to look as Taylor came out of the market. They all dashed to the door and flipped the 'Open' side to 'Closed' as they locked the door. They turned off the lights and ducked behind the counter. Taylor walked up the stairs and pulled on the locked door. He peered through the window, shook his head, and went back to the market. Jess, huddled around Rory, turned to Luke, huddled around Lorelai, and nodded.
"You've got a deal."