Ice: Hahaha .. Yeah, Craig is likeable character.. I like craig.. But I LOVE Luke.. therefore.. hehe
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-Ggirl
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7:46 AM, Saturday
Luke's Diner There was nothing Luke Danes hated more than change. Change was annoying and inconvenient. He liked consistency, stagnancy.. But after yesterday's trip, he realized just how much had changed. Lorelai had moved away, she had fallen in love with someone else, and his life had changed forever. He couldn't control that, no matter how hard he squeezed his eyes closed and hoped that it was just a nightmare. He opened his eyes and sat up in his bed. He threw on a shirt, a pair of jeans, and his jacket and did what he had been doing for the past few months since she left. The bright sun shining in his face, almost taunting him with its happiness, Luke walked towards her house. Inside, it was dark and all was quiet. Lorelai was still gone. Shaking his head, Luke slowly walked back to the diner. ********************* 7:48 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner He was going to do it today. He had been thinking about it over the weekend. It would commemorate possibly the first time that Luke Danes voluntarily made a change. He knew the townspeople would be angry with him; they would yell, and Taylor would bang that gavel of his and shake his fists. But he would be stubborn. He wasn't going to listen to them. Luke had his reasons; he needed to erase her from his life and this was the first step. Sighing, Luke walked over the door and turned over the sign to read "Open". Then he braced himself for what lay ahead. ********************* 8:03 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner "Hey, Luke," Kirk said as he walked into the diner. He was the first customer that morning, as usual. "Could I get coffee and seven Equals?" "No," Luke grunted and turned away from Kirk. "Okay, FINE," Kirk said, huffily. "I'll take only five Equals." "No." "Three Equals?" "No." "One?" Kirk had a pleading expression on his face. "No." Kirk took a big breath. "Fine, no Equals. I'll just have the coffee." "No." "No?" Kirk was confused now. He had tried to decrease the number of Equals, that hadn't worked. What was going on? He could usually get Luke to give him coffee by now. "Why not?" Luke sighed and pointed to a new sign next to the "No Cellphones" sign. Kirk's jaw dropped. "No coffee?" He squeaked. Luke nodded and continued to arrange the menus. "How can a diner serve no coffee?" "If the diner owner says no coffee, then no coffee," Luke replied, a stern look on his face. Kirk was shocked. Mumbling incoherently, he stood up from the stool and started to walk out of the diner. ********************* 9:02 AM, Monday
Star's Hollow By 8:30 AM, the whole town had heard. Luke's Diner no longer served coffee. No one knew why, and everyone was too afraid to ask. Everyone was in such a state of shock, that Taylor had to arrange an emergency town meeting. "Attention please!" He yelled over the crowd. "Will everyone please settle down?" As usual, no one paid any attention to him. "People! People!" Grumbling, some of the townspeople started to quiet down and face the cardigan-clad man in the front of the room. "Thank you," Taylor said, relieved that the attention had finally turned to him. "Now, we're here to discuss the shocking news that Kirk has called my attention to. Why don't we call Kirk up to the front of the room to tell his side of the story." Kirk nodded, feeling important, and walked to the front of the room. He cleared his throat and looked out into the crowd. "It was a lovely Monday morning, and I was looking forward to having my usual cup of coffee with Equals. Cat Kirk had been especially feisty, and I needed the caffeine. I was even hoping to add a couple more Equals than usual…" "Hey, can you get on with the story!?" Someone interrupted him. Kirk huffed, but continued. "So, I walked into Luke's and tried to order my coffee. But he refused to give to me. I kept asking, but the answer was continuously, 'No.' And then he called my attention to the new sign. It read, from what I remember.. However, I must admit my memory is a little cloudy from the shock. I believe it read, 'No coffee allowed.' The sign was right next to the 'No Cellphones' sign." "I saw the sign too!" Babette called out. "I was casually passing by the diner after I heard, and there it was, 'No coffee allowed'!" Morey nodded supportively. "Does anyone know why this sign may have suddenly appeared?" Taylor asked. Everyone shrugged. "Well then," he continued. "We need someone to find out." Everyone looked at Patty. "What? Me?" She asked, pointing to herself. She smiled slowly. "I'm sure I could find something out." ********************* 9:12 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner Luke leaned on the counter and looked at the nearly empty diner. It was unusually quiet, even for Star's Hollow. He wondered what was going on. Of course, when he had decided on the new 'No Coffee' policy, he had considered the pecuniary downfalls. However, after several events where he found himself burning pancakes and pouring bags of sugar in the coffee machine, he decided that he might has well save his sanity and lose some profit than think about Lorelai Gilmore for the rest of his life. Making coffee, serving coffee, just the smell of coffee reminded him of her. Lorelai getting down on her knees to beg for coffee.. Endless arguments about the health risks….. Luke quickly shook his head to rid of his thoughts of Lorelai. 'No more Lorelai,' He berated himself. 'No more.' He looked out into the circle. No one. Where was everyone? It was really quiet… The jingling of the bell on his door startled him and he looked up to see who had entered. Patty. 'Darn,' He thought. 'Spoke too soon.' Patty smiled slyly at him. He managed to contain his shudder. She looked like she wanted to eat him up. Luke just grunted and went to go get a menu for her. "Luke dear," She said, sitting down at the counter. "Hi Patty," He muttered and handed her the menu. "Luke, I actually wanted to ask you something," Patty said and opened the menu, as if to browse. Luke nodded. Patty took it as a sign to continue. "I was wondering why you are no longer serving coffee." Luke sighed. "I have my reasons." "What reasons?" Patty pressed. He was quiet. "Coffee is bad for you," Luke managed to say. "And pancakes and bacon aren't?" Patty asked. Luke pursed his lips together. "I have my reasons." "What reasons?" Luke shook his head and sighed. "Patty, did Taylor send you?" She pretended to look surprised and put a hand to her chest. "No, of course not, I was just wondering. After all, this is pretty sudden." "Well," Luke said. "Like I said, I have my reasons." 'Reasons that I will never tell anyone.' Patty sighed, realizing that it was a useless fight. Perhaps she could send Babette later. "Alright, then." Luke let a out a breath, relieved that she was no longer pressing the issue. "What can I get you then?" "How about a hot chocolate?" She asked, pointing to an item under the now blacked-out coffee. Luke nodded and went into the kitchen. ********************* 7:36 PM, Saturday
Craig's and Lorelai's apartment "Hello?" Craig said into the phone, his eyes still on the football game. "Um, is Lorelai there?" Sookie asked tentatively. "Yeah, hold on." Craig jumped up from the couch and ran to the bedroom where Lorelai was dressing. "Hey," Craig said as he walked into the room. "Phone. I think it's Sookie." "OOo, thanks," Lorelai replied, smiling, and took the phone from him. "Hey, hon!" "Oh my gosh, Lorelai," Sookie breathed. "That man has a sexy voice." Lorelai laughed and clicked her tongue. "Tsk, tsk, Sookie. Remember Jackson?" "Jackson who?" Sookie asked, jokingly. "Hehe… so what's up?" Lorelai pulled on a crisp button down. "Lorelai," Sookie said, a sudden serious tone in her voice. "There is something really creepy going on at Luke's." "What?" "He stopped serving coffee." "What??" Lorelai said, shocked. She dropping her necklace on the ground. "Stopped serving coffee?" "Yeah, and he stopped wearing flannel." "WHAT?" "But he still has his hat." "Oh, whew," Lorelai said, letting out the breath she was holding. "Why would he stop serving coffee?" "I don't really know," Sookie admitted. "But the whole town is abuzz about it. And, here's the cincher…" Lorelai braced herself. "It all happened right after that weekend he was with you." Lorelai groaned. "No." "Yes, he put up his 'No Coffee Allowed' sign on the Monday after he went up to see you." Lorelai groaned again. "Why would he stop serving coffee?" "I think..," Sookie said thoughtfully. "I think he's trying to forget about you." "What?" Lorelai exclaimed. "Forget about me?" Sookie sighed. "You know Luke has had feelings for you for years. And now that you've found someone, I guess he finally realized that it's time for him to move on." "But," Lorelai sputtered. "Change? He never changes!" "This is major," Sookie agreed. "Oh my gosh, Sookie," Lorelai said, sitting down on the bed. "I.." "Don't take all the blame, hon," Sookie said sympathetically. "I'm not.. I mean, wait, it is my fault, isn't it?" Lorelai replied sadly. "But there's something else." "What?" "I love him." "No…," Sookie said, shocked. "Luke?" "Yeah," Lorelai replied. "Oh my gosh," Sookie replied and put a hand to her mouth. "Hon, did you tell Craig yet?" "No," Lorelai replied guiltily. "What are you gonna do?" "I don't know." Lorelai sighed. "Sookie, Craig is one of the nicest, most generous, and most wonderful guys I have ever met. And he loves me.. I don't know how to break it to him," She whispered. "What am I gonna do? I don't want to break his heart." Sookie sighed. "I don't know." Craig stuck his head into the bedroom. "Lorelai? You almost ready?" Surprised, Lorelai jumped up from the bed and smiled weakly. "Yeah, almost," She said, covering the mouthpiece. "Let me just say bye to Sookie." "Okay," He said and smiled at her. "I'll go get the car." She nodded as he left the room. "Sookie?" "I'm here." "I have go now.." "Lorelai, you better figure this all out soon," Sookie warned. Lorelai sighed. "I know…" ********************* 7:48 PM, Saturday
In Front of Craig's and Lorelai's Apartment Building "Hey," Craig smiled as Lorelai slipped into the car. "You look beautiful," He said, shaking his head, as if in disbelief. Lorelai blushed. "Thanks." He reached for her hand and squeezed it. Lorelai leaned her head back on the chair and closed her eyes tightly. It was moments like this that made it hard for her. She felt guilty for not loving him back, she felt guilty for lying to him.. She was leading him on, making him believe that she loved him as truly and purely as he loved her. She had to tell him. Lorelai took a big breath. "Craig, I.." She interrupted by a dog that suddenly streaked across the street. "Oh, crap!" He called out and jerked the car to the left. The car swerved to the right and crashed into a tree. "Oh my god," Lorelai breathed as the air bag exploded open. She turned to Craig. "Craig? Are you okay?" Craig's head was leaning against his now inflated air bag and he was silent. Lorelai gently touched his shoulder. "Craig?" He was silent. ********************* Merry Christmas everyone!! =)
Luke's Diner There was nothing Luke Danes hated more than change. Change was annoying and inconvenient. He liked consistency, stagnancy.. But after yesterday's trip, he realized just how much had changed. Lorelai had moved away, she had fallen in love with someone else, and his life had changed forever. He couldn't control that, no matter how hard he squeezed his eyes closed and hoped that it was just a nightmare. He opened his eyes and sat up in his bed. He threw on a shirt, a pair of jeans, and his jacket and did what he had been doing for the past few months since she left. The bright sun shining in his face, almost taunting him with its happiness, Luke walked towards her house. Inside, it was dark and all was quiet. Lorelai was still gone. Shaking his head, Luke slowly walked back to the diner. ********************* 7:48 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner He was going to do it today. He had been thinking about it over the weekend. It would commemorate possibly the first time that Luke Danes voluntarily made a change. He knew the townspeople would be angry with him; they would yell, and Taylor would bang that gavel of his and shake his fists. But he would be stubborn. He wasn't going to listen to them. Luke had his reasons; he needed to erase her from his life and this was the first step. Sighing, Luke walked over the door and turned over the sign to read "Open". Then he braced himself for what lay ahead. ********************* 8:03 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner "Hey, Luke," Kirk said as he walked into the diner. He was the first customer that morning, as usual. "Could I get coffee and seven Equals?" "No," Luke grunted and turned away from Kirk. "Okay, FINE," Kirk said, huffily. "I'll take only five Equals." "No." "Three Equals?" "No." "One?" Kirk had a pleading expression on his face. "No." Kirk took a big breath. "Fine, no Equals. I'll just have the coffee." "No." "No?" Kirk was confused now. He had tried to decrease the number of Equals, that hadn't worked. What was going on? He could usually get Luke to give him coffee by now. "Why not?" Luke sighed and pointed to a new sign next to the "No Cellphones" sign. Kirk's jaw dropped. "No coffee?" He squeaked. Luke nodded and continued to arrange the menus. "How can a diner serve no coffee?" "If the diner owner says no coffee, then no coffee," Luke replied, a stern look on his face. Kirk was shocked. Mumbling incoherently, he stood up from the stool and started to walk out of the diner. ********************* 9:02 AM, Monday
Star's Hollow By 8:30 AM, the whole town had heard. Luke's Diner no longer served coffee. No one knew why, and everyone was too afraid to ask. Everyone was in such a state of shock, that Taylor had to arrange an emergency town meeting. "Attention please!" He yelled over the crowd. "Will everyone please settle down?" As usual, no one paid any attention to him. "People! People!" Grumbling, some of the townspeople started to quiet down and face the cardigan-clad man in the front of the room. "Thank you," Taylor said, relieved that the attention had finally turned to him. "Now, we're here to discuss the shocking news that Kirk has called my attention to. Why don't we call Kirk up to the front of the room to tell his side of the story." Kirk nodded, feeling important, and walked to the front of the room. He cleared his throat and looked out into the crowd. "It was a lovely Monday morning, and I was looking forward to having my usual cup of coffee with Equals. Cat Kirk had been especially feisty, and I needed the caffeine. I was even hoping to add a couple more Equals than usual…" "Hey, can you get on with the story!?" Someone interrupted him. Kirk huffed, but continued. "So, I walked into Luke's and tried to order my coffee. But he refused to give to me. I kept asking, but the answer was continuously, 'No.' And then he called my attention to the new sign. It read, from what I remember.. However, I must admit my memory is a little cloudy from the shock. I believe it read, 'No coffee allowed.' The sign was right next to the 'No Cellphones' sign." "I saw the sign too!" Babette called out. "I was casually passing by the diner after I heard, and there it was, 'No coffee allowed'!" Morey nodded supportively. "Does anyone know why this sign may have suddenly appeared?" Taylor asked. Everyone shrugged. "Well then," he continued. "We need someone to find out." Everyone looked at Patty. "What? Me?" She asked, pointing to herself. She smiled slowly. "I'm sure I could find something out." ********************* 9:12 AM, Monday
Luke's Diner Luke leaned on the counter and looked at the nearly empty diner. It was unusually quiet, even for Star's Hollow. He wondered what was going on. Of course, when he had decided on the new 'No Coffee' policy, he had considered the pecuniary downfalls. However, after several events where he found himself burning pancakes and pouring bags of sugar in the coffee machine, he decided that he might has well save his sanity and lose some profit than think about Lorelai Gilmore for the rest of his life. Making coffee, serving coffee, just the smell of coffee reminded him of her. Lorelai getting down on her knees to beg for coffee.. Endless arguments about the health risks….. Luke quickly shook his head to rid of his thoughts of Lorelai. 'No more Lorelai,' He berated himself. 'No more.' He looked out into the circle. No one. Where was everyone? It was really quiet… The jingling of the bell on his door startled him and he looked up to see who had entered. Patty. 'Darn,' He thought. 'Spoke too soon.' Patty smiled slyly at him. He managed to contain his shudder. She looked like she wanted to eat him up. Luke just grunted and went to go get a menu for her. "Luke dear," She said, sitting down at the counter. "Hi Patty," He muttered and handed her the menu. "Luke, I actually wanted to ask you something," Patty said and opened the menu, as if to browse. Luke nodded. Patty took it as a sign to continue. "I was wondering why you are no longer serving coffee." Luke sighed. "I have my reasons." "What reasons?" Patty pressed. He was quiet. "Coffee is bad for you," Luke managed to say. "And pancakes and bacon aren't?" Patty asked. Luke pursed his lips together. "I have my reasons." "What reasons?" Luke shook his head and sighed. "Patty, did Taylor send you?" She pretended to look surprised and put a hand to her chest. "No, of course not, I was just wondering. After all, this is pretty sudden." "Well," Luke said. "Like I said, I have my reasons." 'Reasons that I will never tell anyone.' Patty sighed, realizing that it was a useless fight. Perhaps she could send Babette later. "Alright, then." Luke let a out a breath, relieved that she was no longer pressing the issue. "What can I get you then?" "How about a hot chocolate?" She asked, pointing to an item under the now blacked-out coffee. Luke nodded and went into the kitchen. ********************* 7:36 PM, Saturday
Craig's and Lorelai's apartment "Hello?" Craig said into the phone, his eyes still on the football game. "Um, is Lorelai there?" Sookie asked tentatively. "Yeah, hold on." Craig jumped up from the couch and ran to the bedroom where Lorelai was dressing. "Hey," Craig said as he walked into the room. "Phone. I think it's Sookie." "OOo, thanks," Lorelai replied, smiling, and took the phone from him. "Hey, hon!" "Oh my gosh, Lorelai," Sookie breathed. "That man has a sexy voice." Lorelai laughed and clicked her tongue. "Tsk, tsk, Sookie. Remember Jackson?" "Jackson who?" Sookie asked, jokingly. "Hehe… so what's up?" Lorelai pulled on a crisp button down. "Lorelai," Sookie said, a sudden serious tone in her voice. "There is something really creepy going on at Luke's." "What?" "He stopped serving coffee." "What??" Lorelai said, shocked. She dropping her necklace on the ground. "Stopped serving coffee?" "Yeah, and he stopped wearing flannel." "WHAT?" "But he still has his hat." "Oh, whew," Lorelai said, letting out the breath she was holding. "Why would he stop serving coffee?" "I don't really know," Sookie admitted. "But the whole town is abuzz about it. And, here's the cincher…" Lorelai braced herself. "It all happened right after that weekend he was with you." Lorelai groaned. "No." "Yes, he put up his 'No Coffee Allowed' sign on the Monday after he went up to see you." Lorelai groaned again. "Why would he stop serving coffee?" "I think..," Sookie said thoughtfully. "I think he's trying to forget about you." "What?" Lorelai exclaimed. "Forget about me?" Sookie sighed. "You know Luke has had feelings for you for years. And now that you've found someone, I guess he finally realized that it's time for him to move on." "But," Lorelai sputtered. "Change? He never changes!" "This is major," Sookie agreed. "Oh my gosh, Sookie," Lorelai said, sitting down on the bed. "I.." "Don't take all the blame, hon," Sookie said sympathetically. "I'm not.. I mean, wait, it is my fault, isn't it?" Lorelai replied sadly. "But there's something else." "What?" "I love him." "No…," Sookie said, shocked. "Luke?" "Yeah," Lorelai replied. "Oh my gosh," Sookie replied and put a hand to her mouth. "Hon, did you tell Craig yet?" "No," Lorelai replied guiltily. "What are you gonna do?" "I don't know." Lorelai sighed. "Sookie, Craig is one of the nicest, most generous, and most wonderful guys I have ever met. And he loves me.. I don't know how to break it to him," She whispered. "What am I gonna do? I don't want to break his heart." Sookie sighed. "I don't know." Craig stuck his head into the bedroom. "Lorelai? You almost ready?" Surprised, Lorelai jumped up from the bed and smiled weakly. "Yeah, almost," She said, covering the mouthpiece. "Let me just say bye to Sookie." "Okay," He said and smiled at her. "I'll go get the car." She nodded as he left the room. "Sookie?" "I'm here." "I have go now.." "Lorelai, you better figure this all out soon," Sookie warned. Lorelai sighed. "I know…" ********************* 7:48 PM, Saturday
In Front of Craig's and Lorelai's Apartment Building "Hey," Craig smiled as Lorelai slipped into the car. "You look beautiful," He said, shaking his head, as if in disbelief. Lorelai blushed. "Thanks." He reached for her hand and squeezed it. Lorelai leaned her head back on the chair and closed her eyes tightly. It was moments like this that made it hard for her. She felt guilty for not loving him back, she felt guilty for lying to him.. She was leading him on, making him believe that she loved him as truly and purely as he loved her. She had to tell him. Lorelai took a big breath. "Craig, I.." She interrupted by a dog that suddenly streaked across the street. "Oh, crap!" He called out and jerked the car to the left. The car swerved to the right and crashed into a tree. "Oh my god," Lorelai breathed as the air bag exploded open. She turned to Craig. "Craig? Are you okay?" Craig's head was leaning against his now inflated air bag and he was silent. Lorelai gently touched his shoulder. "Craig?" He was silent. ********************* Merry Christmas everyone!! =)