Title: Unexpected Changes
Paring: L/L with Literati undertones
Summary: After leaving Stars Hollow for one year, Lorelai and Rory come home to find things aren't the way they were.
Author's Note: Okay this is reposted, I did a lot of editing and stuff, and the italics are Lorelai's thoughts. Also I've added some things
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I can't believe it, everything's the same here. I mean after you leave a town for a year to just get away from all the commotion and everything stressful in your life you expect the town to change. But then again we did leave Stars Hollow the place where hardly anything changes.
Lorelai and Rory stood outside of Luke's Diner they just looked at the counter
not wanting to go in.
"Mom, open the door." Rory persisted
But Lorelai didn't budge she just stood there as if she didn't know anyone
inside and was too shy to go in.
"Okay, fine I'll open the door. But if Luke comes out and tells us to get out
then don't say I didn't warn you."
"Why would he do that?"
"Well, after you leave a place people tend to change and you never
know."
Rory sighed knowing that the real reason her mother didn't want to go in was
because Luke Danes was in there, and well the whole reason they left Stars
Hollow was because her mom and Luke had the biggest argument that they ever had.
Rory didn't want to talk to her mom about it because she knew that her mom
didn't want to be bothered with it. The two walked in and everyone in the diner
looked at them as if they were strangers from out of town.
"Hi everyone." Lorelai stammered as Rory and her walked towards the
counter. Everyone in the diner smiled at them and returned to whatever they
were doing before Lorelai and Rory came in.
"Hey Luke." Rory said sitting down. She immediately hit her mother
softly in the arm as a sign of "say hi to Luke too." Lorelai got the
message and nodded.
"Hey, so um -" Luke started. It was obvious he was surprised to see
them both back to Stars Hollow after such a long time. He was speechless and he
kept on looking at them - Lorelai in particular.
"The place looks nice." Lorelai commented looking around. It looks
great and well I love being back the smell, the sounds it's all wonderful.
"Thanks, but it hasn't really changed." Luke said. He felt happy
about them coming back, but this thoughts wandered off to the scene that made
Lorelai and Rory move out of Stars Hollow. He knew that they might go, since
Lorelai threatened they would, but he thought she wasn't serious. When he
finally heard the news that they did leave, he was upset. During the year that
they were gone, he tried to adjust to not having Lorelai Gilmore beg for coffee
and not having to make his little lectures about their eating habits. He even
went out with a girl that he met, Lauren. Everyone in town thought that Lauren
looked like Lorelai and that there names sounded too similar. But Luke denied
all the accusations that everyone made, but everyone continued to talk about
the subject.
"How was New York, or wherever you guys went?" Luke asked.
"It was nice, big, loud, lots of coffee shops." Lorelai said. I
can't believe I didn't tell him about Joe. I mean I did go out with him for
half the time I was there. Maybe I better avoid talking about him, I mean he
might get annoyed or maybe even jealous. Lorelai was going out with someone
too when she was in NY. Joe was a journalist and they met while in Central
Park. They "bumped" in to each other and well the rest was history.
Suddenly the silence started up again. Okay, someone has to say something. I
mean before we left, I couldn't stop talking Luke had to shut me up everyday.
Rory noticed the silence and asked what Luke and Jess were up too this past
year.
"You know this and that. It's been pretty much the same everyday - very
boring stuff." Ha, yeah right I mean they couldn't have been that bored
while we were gone.
"Speaking of Jess, where is he?" Rory asked. Ever since her move to
New York, her and Jess hadn't really kept in touch and it was hard for her to
imagine what he had been doing while she wasn't around. It left her wondering
if he met someone and suddenly their relationship was over.
"Jess is at work. The people at Wal-Mart are making him work extra
hours." Luke said trying not to laugh. Ever since Jess got a second job
working at Wal-Mart so he can pay for his second car, Luke had been giving him
a hard time about the entire situation. But recently, Jess had been given the
title of "employee of the month" and Luke realized that Jess does
work hard and since then hasn't really given him a hard time.
"So now he has to wear the blue vest more often. I sort of feel sorry for
the guy." Lorelai said feeling like herself again. She was no longer shy
or scared to open up to Luke anymore. Finally in a long time I feel like I'm
at home, I wish I felt this more often, wait maybe I will since I am home. Oh
my a little bit too touchy there, I little bit too much "there's no place
like home" feelings. I have to stop watching "The Wizard Of Oz"
before I go to sleep!
Lorelai asked Luke for coffee, and Luke gave her and Rory a huge cup of the
drink that they love. Before long, everyone in town found out that the
Gilmore's were back in town. Miss Patty rushed to the diner with the biggest
smile on her face.
"Lorelai and Rory! How good it is to have you back!" She said
grinning. She hugged them both and sat down on a stool next to Lorelai.
"So, what's new with you?" Lorelai said to Miss Patty.
"Please Darling you really don't want to know about me. Everything's been
the same around here, but I must say Luke had been a little sad since you were
gone" Miss Patty said dropping the tone in her voice. Lorelai turned to
Luke and he overfilled the Kirk's cup with coffee. Lorelai laughed remembering
a time when he was looking at her and he overfilled her cup. Ah the good old
days. I still wonder what made Luke so distracted that would make him over fill
my cup? It was a waste of coffee. Miss Patty continuing with what she was
saying earlier and interrupted Lorelai's thoughts.
"Luke also met a girl." Miss Patty started to say. Wait what? Luke
met a girl? While I was gone? Ah ha! So he did do something while I was
gone. Wonder if she was pretty. "As I was saying, Luke met a girl and
her name was Lauren. She looked a lot like you Lorelai. Dark colored hair,
tall, and very beautiful." Why would he want to date someone that
looked like me? Makes no sense. Wonder why Luke didn't mention her at all.
"So, Luke really liked Lauren?" Lorelai asked Miss Patty as Rory
listened to the conversation. Please say no, please say no!
"Yes, they were serious for a while. Everyone thought he was going to
propose. I thought so too."
"Then what happened?" Rory asked she was very interested in Miss
Patty's story.
"Well, she wasn't ready for commitment, or at lease that's what I heard. I
think that Luke doesn't want to do something he'll know he'll regret. Oh look
at the time I have a class to teach. Nice seeing you girls" Miss Patty
said leaving the diner. Afraid of doing something he would regret? I mean if
he really loved her he should have unless he liked someone else. That story is
a lot better than my time in New York with Joe, a lot better.
Lorelai and Rory left the diner and drove to their old house. Before they left,
they had asked Sookie, Lorelai's best friend and cook at the Independence Inn
to do a little house sitting because they knew that were going to come back.
So, for an entire year, Sookie watched the house and when Lorelai and Rory
walked in, it was as if they had never left. They wandered off to the kitchen
and saw a pile of freshly baked cookies made by Sookie. They each had a cookie
and began to unpack.
"Feels good huh?" Rory said, to her mother who was taking clothes out of her duffel bag.
"Yeah it does, I mean things are still the same. Minus the Luke having a girlfriend thing. Wonder if they're still together."
"I don't think so, I mean Luke isn't really known for having long term relationships." Rory pointed out, "Come to think of it, neither are you."
"What do you mean?" Lorelai asked. She knew that her daughter was right, except for her engagement with Max; she never really had a serious relationship. Just never found the right guy.
"I mean you've never really kept a long relationship. But I'm not saying that's a bad thing or anything."
Lorelai nodded and smiled at her daughter, they continued to unpack when Lorelai saw something hidden in her bag.
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Author's Note: Okay hopefully after the edits, this story is a little
bit easier to understand. I'm open to all reviews; even it's negative stuff.
Just tell me what needs to be changed and I'll try to change it.
Coming up: Jess makes an appearance and stirs up a romantic moment with
Rory. Luke and Lorelai have a fight causing an accident