A/N: Don't own Gilmore Girls. My first Gilmore Girls fic *clap, clap*. Although you probably won't think so by this first chapter, Rory and Jess are together because number one: it already happened on the show and number two: Jess is a hottie!

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Chapter One: Marshmallows Roasting On An Open Fire

"I want to cook."

"No, you'll burn down the house."

"But I was watching the food channel yesterday and they were chopping stuff. That looks like fun, I wanna chop stuff."

"I am now banning you from the television."

"Good luck", Lorelai Gilmore said to her daughter, Rory Gilmore.

"Do you really think that you could actually cook? I mean come on you still have an unopened grill during your last short-lived 'I wanna cook' phase", Rory scoffed.

"Yeah because I realized that I don't have to grill. I just go to Luke's for hamburgers. Besides, what else do we need to grill?" said Lorelai scanning the fridge for possible easy to make dishes.

"Well, there's hotdogs, marshmallows.." Rory began.

"Marshmallows?" Lorelai cut her off.

"You know when you put them on a stick and set them on fire.." Rory explained to her mother.

"We could do that in a fireplace.. Can't you hear it now?" Lorelai said. She started to sing, "Marshmallows roasting on an open fire.."

"Actually that's chestnuts and it still doesn't really mean that they're in a fireplace. Besides, then you don't get the nice campy feeling." Rory said glancing into the living room.

"Rory, the last time I tried to go camping I was nine and I got tangled up in the tent. I nearly suffocated and the whole campsite was trying to cut the thing open. So the last thing I want my living room to feel is 'campy'", Lorelai said.

"Oh come on you can't hate camping that much, you love it when a guy knows his way in the outdoors", Rory said to her mother.

"Yeah, because if we were in a similar situation, he would be able to cut me free of the deadly tent", Lorelai said annoyed.

Rory laughed. She tried not to she covered her mouth but the giggles just kept pouring out.

"What's so funny?" asked Lorelai. She hated it when her daughter found her old childhood memories amusing.

"The fact that you could classify a tent as deadly", replied Rory still giggling slightly.

"You know I love it when you are just so darn understanding, Rory", Lorelai said sarcastically.

"How'd we even get into this conversation again?" asked Lorelai trying to change the subject.

"You wanted to cook and I, seeing that I really like this house and do not want it to turn into a pile of back dust, stopped you", replied Rory.

"Oh yeah", replied Lorelai, she paused. "I decided, cooking's dangerous, real dangerous", she said as she closed the refrigerator door.

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Lorelai was bored. She glanced around the diner. Boring. She looked at what was happening outside. Boring.

"Luke?" said Lorelai staring into her cup of coffee.

"Yeah", he replied wiping a dish.

"I think I'm getting old", replied Lorelai.

"Too much caffeine does that to you. You know makes you crazy."

Lorelai raised her eyebrows, "crazy?"

"Of course you are", he replied, "Lorelai, you're thirty three. That's not old. You're not even up to forty. Then yeah, you're old."

"True, but nothing's fun anymore", she whined.

"Well whining is not going to help", said Luke as he filed her coffee cup.

"You sound like my mother. Minus the hairdo, clothes, and the fact that she has something rude to say about everything in my existence minus Rory."

Lorelai continued to whine, "I'm bored."

"What do you want me to do about it?" asked Luke as he leaned on the counter.

"Let's do something fun", said Lorelai staring at the ceiling, "Like standing on the top of the roof and jumping off it and trying to fly."

Luke rolled his eyes, "how adventurous and a trip to the hospital waiting to happen. Why flying?"

"Because I was watching Superman last night", replied Lorelai.

Luke looked at her strangely, "why the hell would you do that?"

"I was flipping through channels and there it was, not a bird or a plane but Superman. I continued to watch it and t seems like all he did was get to change in telephone booths, save some Lois girl, and then fly. But the flying in a red cape looked like fun. That's when I decided that I wanted to fly."

"So you want a cape now too?" replied Luke.

"Yup, and one of those things with a letter on my shirt only instead of an 'S' for Superman, it's be 'L' for Lorelai."

"So basically you want to fly around in a red sheet with some letter on you shirt, am I right?" replied Luke.

"Well first of all it's cape, and secondly yeah basically. in Lorelai World", she replied.

"Something tells me I do not wanna go there", said Luke.

"Why not?" asked Lorelai smiling, "it's a fun place."

"Yeah because you're all high on coffee and sugar", replied Luke.

Lorelai smirked, "well at least my world is more happy and exciting then yours. In your world all you do is complain and scare away little children."

Luke glared at Lorelai, "yea that's all I do, complain", he said sarcastically. Then he paused, "wait I don't scare little children?"

"That's not what I heard from the kids across the streets," replied Lorelai.

Luke was about to reply but someone called him over because they wanted a drink refill.

Lorelai turned away from Luke started to drink her coffee but became startled when the diner door flew open and smashed against the wall as a muddy Rory Gilmore walked into the room.

Good thing Luke was too busy giving Caesar some food orders or he would've been angry.

Lorelai *almost* spat out her coffee, "Rory! What. what happened? Did some big bus pass by and splashed a bunch of mud on you. Oh! Or, was it those kids who have mud fights? They just hit Kirk."

"No", she said as she sat down, "I saw Dean."

"And he threw mud at you?" Lorelai guessed.

Rory glared.

"Fine", said Lorelai, "tell."

"Okay, I saw Dean. He was making out with some girl."

"And she, knowing that you were his ex threw mud at you."

Rory glared at her mother again, "Do you want to know?"

"Sorry, continue."

"Anyway I was saying until I was so rudely interrupted", she looked at Lorelai and cleared her throat, "I saw Dean and the girl and my curiosity took over and I wanted to see who he was with. So, I was trying to get a better look and then you know that sprinkler Taylor put on the front law of the town hall because no one wanted to contribute to the 'Grass is Supposed To Be Green' fund?"

"Yeah, the poor guy. He thinks one sad sprinkler head's gonna save the town from dead grass", said Lorelai

"Well, you see I tripped over it, slipped and then landed in a big thing of mud. And then Dean and whoever that girl is and everyone looked and saw me and I swear I heard people laughing."

"Oh, that's not a happy story, sorry", said Lorelai. She paused. ".Was it like riding on a Slip N' Slide?"

Rory rolled her eyes, "not helping. And yes, it was somewhat like a Slip N' Slide."

Lorelai let out a small laugh. Rory drummed her fingers on the counter. "What? I was picturing it", Lorelai said in her defense.

"Here, pie for you, Lorelai", said Luke, "Hi Rory."

"Hi Luke."

"Why are you covered in mud?"

"Long story."

"What happened? Mud kids?" he asked.

"No, sprinkler head."

"Enough said. You want anything to drink or eat?"

"No I'm not planning to stay long the mud is staring to dry and become clay. So unless I don't want to be a living statue I probably should leave", replied Rory

"I actually was just looking for a yes or no answer but alright", said Luke as he headed toward the kitchen.

"Okay now how do you trip over a sprinkler head?" asked Lorelai as Luke left.

"Easy I walk over, my foot bangs against it and forces my whole body to fall to the ground against my will", replied Rory.

"Uh hunh you'd think that you'd look where you're going", replied Lorelai as she sipped her coffee, "just wished that I could've seen it."

"Mom!"

With that she grabbed her backpack and opened the door, "bye", she glumly said to her mother before she made her way back to the muddy heck.

"Where's she going?" asked Luke as he returned.

"I think she'll begin to sulk because of embarrassment. By the time I get home she'll be on the phase two, where you're in sweats and stuffing your face with all the crap you can eat", replied Lorelai watching her daughter leave through the window.

Just then some woman walked through the door. She was wearing an extremely tight top and a skirt that rose to above her knees. She had shoulder-length chestnut hair that curled at the bottom.

"Kinda cold for a skirt, eh", Lorelai whispered to Luke.

She shifted on her seat trying to get a better look at her. Then she gasped, "oh god, save us all", she muttered.

Luke looked at Lorelai. She wasn't exactly thrilled with the costumer, meaning she knew her in some way. Or maybe she just thought her by just looking at her. She could be quick to judge sometimes.

The woman waved to Luke. "Hey Lukie!" she exclaimed.

"Lukie?" Lorelai said looking up at Luke, "who's Lukie?" She paused and then got it, "oh god.."

"Lorelai.." began Luke.

"No, no, no, no", Lorelai mumbled anger sounding through her mumbles as she began banging her head on the table, "no, no! Ow!"

"Lorelai, there's someone that I'd like you to meet", said Luke as she slowly put his arm around the woman.

"Lorelai." Luke began to say.

Lorelai bit her lip.

"This is Marie", he said, "my um."

"Girlfriend", Marie continued for him.

"Yeah", Luke said.

Lorelai faked a smile. "Well, well, well", she began to grab her coat, "that's um, horrib-I mean great!"

"All right Luke, see yah tomorrow", she walked out the door.

Luke stared astonished.

The two watched as Lorelai fled out of the diner and practically ran down the streets to her house.

"Lukie?" asked Maire, "what's wrong?"

Luke stared down at the tabled that Lorelai was sitting at, focusing his glance at the coffee cup. "Lorelai only finished half of her coffee."

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A/N: Did that suck? Did it rock? Well unfortunately I can't read minds so I really have no clue. That's where you come in. See the button next to the thing that says, "Submit review". Click it. Come on, it won't bite.