Part 3
Hey everyone, what's up? Lately I haven't been in a Java Junkie mood since
all of the episodes deal with Rory and it looks like Luke and Lorelai are
not gonna get together any time soon. Anyway, here goes the next chapter.
By the way, don't worry, any character introduced now will not have any
major effects on the story, I'm not good at making up new people. Hope you
like it, and yes, I took that line from friends (just read.)
It was already Friday. Luke flipped the sign at the dinner so it said "Sorry, we're closed," as he zipped up his jacket. One more week and it'd be Christmas. Strangely, there was no signs of snow yet. Luke thought for a moment of how much Lorelai seemed to like snow. She was probably miserable this year.
He walked to Patty's studio where yet another town meeting was being held. Usually, these gatherings cheered him up since they gave him an excuse to yell at Taylor and sometimes even call him names. Today it was different. Any moment now, Rachel would call and he would tell her that they'd meet in Peru. Any minute. Jess' mom would drive up to Stars Hollow and spend the holidays with him. It had taken a while for Luke to convince her, after 17 years of living with her son, Liz thought it was a good idea to leave Jess alone. Luke wasn't ready to let his precious dinner explode or something.
Luke was sure he wanted to leave. It was time for a change, even if it meant taking a short break. He walked in to the studio and sat towards the mid-left, right where you could see him when you walked in. It had become a tradition for him to sit there, Lorelai had to notice him when she walked in ten minutes late. Luke sat on his chair. Really, coming to the meeting was more of a routine than anything. Any stupid fund raiser or town holiday did not affect him, although he was only leaving for approximately two weeks. Therefore, for the first time in his life, Luke did not care what was said at the meeting. Beside him, there were two empty sits. "Great," Luke thought to himslef, "Patty is trying to make me tell Lorelai how crazy I am about her, again." The town people had a tendency to get into other people's business. Strangely, a young woman walked in and stood next to him.
" Is this seat taken?"
" No." Wow, maybe he really was a bit unsociable.
"Hi, my name is Mary, I'm new here."
"Luke, nice to meet you." He shook her hand and then she flipped her hair and sat down. If he didn't know any better, he'd think she was hitting on him.
Not giving them a chance to keep on talking, Taylor banged his mallet a few times, and the meeting started. Blah blah this bridge, blah blah this stupid carnival, Luke didn't really care. Fifteen minutes later, Lorelai and Rory walked in. Lorelai was positive that there would be two seats left for them next to Luke. When she realized that there was a gorgeous blond sitting next to him, she somehow had to fight back the urge of tackling her out of there. Dismissing the seating problem, they both sat in the back.
" And welcome you two, maybe next time you'll be able to join us in time?" When would Taylor finally understand that they were fashionably late. "Now, to pressing matters. I would like to propose the creation of a new Town festivity since community is very important for Stars Hollow."
Lorelai sat there, waiting for Luke to respond. He would jump out of his seat and tell Taylor how they had zillions of stupid festivities or how Taylor was in charge of every single committee, so therefore it was HIS idea. She waited; but nothing happened. It was like he was in a dream or something. Strangely, Rory had been acting weirdly towards him for the past two days. She refused to go to the dinner all together. Mmmmm..Maybe they we're planning a secret organization and didn't want to let Lorelai in.
The meeting ended and Lorelai decided she would go to the dinner and get some coffee. Maybe even ask Luke what the heck was wrong with him today. If he didn't do something soon, the whole town would be pink by Monday.
" Do you wanna go get some coffe?" Lorelai asked Rory.
" You know what, why don't I meet you there? I have to go talk to Luke."
" Did you have anything to do with his weirdness? I mean, he didn't speak once and who was the girl sitting next to him?"
" I don't know mom, but if you're jealous I could get the 411." Haha, very funny Rory. How could Lorelai be jealous, she was only Luke's good-ranting friend.
Rory walked outside and saw Luke sitting on a bench near the gazebo. He sat there, thinking of all the things he needed for his trip while he watched his breathe turn into smoke.
"Hey Luke."
He looked up and to his surprise saw Rory. "Hey. Jess is in his room studying for finals."
"Actually, I was hoping we could talk?" Rory's voice trembled. She was never nervous around Luke but she knew that Wednesday she had messed up, big time.
"Huh?" It took a moment for Luke to get passed the weirdness of him and Rory talking by themselves. " Sure, take a seat."
Rory sat next to him on the bench while she rubbed her hands together. " Look, I'm so sorry for what happened Wednesday."
" You remember? Listen, its fine. You didn't say anything that wasn't true." Memories from that night still made Luke want to hit something.
"No, I was totally over the line. I was so far away from the line, I, I couldn't even see the line. The line is a dot to me!" Rory was getting really worked up; she didn't like it when people were mad at her.
"No listen, I shouldn't have lectured you. I am not your father and will never be. So just forget about. What's done is done."
Rory realized that there was no way he'd get Luke to admit she had been wrong. She decided to move to a more important matter. Jess had told her that morning that Luke might be going away for some time. "Is it true what Jess said?"
It didn't take long for Luke to figure out what she was talking about. Darn that kid for opening his big mouth. He had planned a way to tell her. " Yeah, it is."
"How long?" Rory tried not to actually say that he'd be leaving 'cause want it or not, it hurt to think Luke would be gone. Actually, she had been wrong on Wednesday. If Luke wasn't her father then she didn't have a clue what a father was. Christopher had never been around until recently. Luke had always helped her, why, he put Dean in a head-lock!
"I really don't know. I guess I'm just gonna go down there and see how it is."
"Luke you can't leave. Not now, its." Rory tried to find a good excuse to make him stay, "I mean, it's the holidays!"
"Oh don't worry, Jess will be here and the dinner will be open" Who was he kidding, those were the only things Rory thought about.
"No, its not just because of Jess. I want you to be here. Luke, you're so much more than the dinner guy."
"Well, don't worry about it Rory. Everything will be the same when I get back." Right, he'd give them coffee and burgers and maybe occasionally fix their porch.
"What about mom?"
"What about her?" Luke hoped with all his might that Rory didn't bring up his feelings towards Lorelai.
"Maybe my mom is too blind to see, maybe she denies it; but I'm not. We both know what I'm talking about."
Wow, the girl was smart. Luke thought for a moment. He wanted to pick the right words. "Look Rory, its been a long time. Honestly, I've given up-"
" But you can't give up; not if you truly want it!" Now that Sherry was pregnant, this was her last chance at a real family.
"There's no point in letting dreams run your life and forget to live. Rory, this is a great opportunity for me. I will only be gone for a couple weeks, max. Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine."
"Ok. If you say so." Rory stood up and began to walk away.
"Rory?!"
"Yeah Luke?" Maybe he'd change his mind..
"Don't tell your mom, I want to do it."
"I won't," guess he was really going to go, "and Luke,"
"Yes?"
"I'm going to miss you."
"Yeah..same."
Rory walked towards the dinner where her mother was sitting at a table next to the window watching the whole thing. Rory wiped off a few tears so that her mother wouldn't know what was going on. Luke sat at the bench looking up at the beautiful night while he rubbed his hands. He breathed in and it defiantly smelled like snow.
That's it gang, chapter 3. Hope you liked it. What will happen next? Will Lorelai and Rory turn into super heroes and rescue Luke from the evil Rachel? Stay tuned!
It was already Friday. Luke flipped the sign at the dinner so it said "Sorry, we're closed," as he zipped up his jacket. One more week and it'd be Christmas. Strangely, there was no signs of snow yet. Luke thought for a moment of how much Lorelai seemed to like snow. She was probably miserable this year.
He walked to Patty's studio where yet another town meeting was being held. Usually, these gatherings cheered him up since they gave him an excuse to yell at Taylor and sometimes even call him names. Today it was different. Any moment now, Rachel would call and he would tell her that they'd meet in Peru. Any minute. Jess' mom would drive up to Stars Hollow and spend the holidays with him. It had taken a while for Luke to convince her, after 17 years of living with her son, Liz thought it was a good idea to leave Jess alone. Luke wasn't ready to let his precious dinner explode or something.
Luke was sure he wanted to leave. It was time for a change, even if it meant taking a short break. He walked in to the studio and sat towards the mid-left, right where you could see him when you walked in. It had become a tradition for him to sit there, Lorelai had to notice him when she walked in ten minutes late. Luke sat on his chair. Really, coming to the meeting was more of a routine than anything. Any stupid fund raiser or town holiday did not affect him, although he was only leaving for approximately two weeks. Therefore, for the first time in his life, Luke did not care what was said at the meeting. Beside him, there were two empty sits. "Great," Luke thought to himslef, "Patty is trying to make me tell Lorelai how crazy I am about her, again." The town people had a tendency to get into other people's business. Strangely, a young woman walked in and stood next to him.
" Is this seat taken?"
" No." Wow, maybe he really was a bit unsociable.
"Hi, my name is Mary, I'm new here."
"Luke, nice to meet you." He shook her hand and then she flipped her hair and sat down. If he didn't know any better, he'd think she was hitting on him.
Not giving them a chance to keep on talking, Taylor banged his mallet a few times, and the meeting started. Blah blah this bridge, blah blah this stupid carnival, Luke didn't really care. Fifteen minutes later, Lorelai and Rory walked in. Lorelai was positive that there would be two seats left for them next to Luke. When she realized that there was a gorgeous blond sitting next to him, she somehow had to fight back the urge of tackling her out of there. Dismissing the seating problem, they both sat in the back.
" And welcome you two, maybe next time you'll be able to join us in time?" When would Taylor finally understand that they were fashionably late. "Now, to pressing matters. I would like to propose the creation of a new Town festivity since community is very important for Stars Hollow."
Lorelai sat there, waiting for Luke to respond. He would jump out of his seat and tell Taylor how they had zillions of stupid festivities or how Taylor was in charge of every single committee, so therefore it was HIS idea. She waited; but nothing happened. It was like he was in a dream or something. Strangely, Rory had been acting weirdly towards him for the past two days. She refused to go to the dinner all together. Mmmmm..Maybe they we're planning a secret organization and didn't want to let Lorelai in.
The meeting ended and Lorelai decided she would go to the dinner and get some coffee. Maybe even ask Luke what the heck was wrong with him today. If he didn't do something soon, the whole town would be pink by Monday.
" Do you wanna go get some coffe?" Lorelai asked Rory.
" You know what, why don't I meet you there? I have to go talk to Luke."
" Did you have anything to do with his weirdness? I mean, he didn't speak once and who was the girl sitting next to him?"
" I don't know mom, but if you're jealous I could get the 411." Haha, very funny Rory. How could Lorelai be jealous, she was only Luke's good-ranting friend.
Rory walked outside and saw Luke sitting on a bench near the gazebo. He sat there, thinking of all the things he needed for his trip while he watched his breathe turn into smoke.
"Hey Luke."
He looked up and to his surprise saw Rory. "Hey. Jess is in his room studying for finals."
"Actually, I was hoping we could talk?" Rory's voice trembled. She was never nervous around Luke but she knew that Wednesday she had messed up, big time.
"Huh?" It took a moment for Luke to get passed the weirdness of him and Rory talking by themselves. " Sure, take a seat."
Rory sat next to him on the bench while she rubbed her hands together. " Look, I'm so sorry for what happened Wednesday."
" You remember? Listen, its fine. You didn't say anything that wasn't true." Memories from that night still made Luke want to hit something.
"No, I was totally over the line. I was so far away from the line, I, I couldn't even see the line. The line is a dot to me!" Rory was getting really worked up; she didn't like it when people were mad at her.
"No listen, I shouldn't have lectured you. I am not your father and will never be. So just forget about. What's done is done."
Rory realized that there was no way he'd get Luke to admit she had been wrong. She decided to move to a more important matter. Jess had told her that morning that Luke might be going away for some time. "Is it true what Jess said?"
It didn't take long for Luke to figure out what she was talking about. Darn that kid for opening his big mouth. He had planned a way to tell her. " Yeah, it is."
"How long?" Rory tried not to actually say that he'd be leaving 'cause want it or not, it hurt to think Luke would be gone. Actually, she had been wrong on Wednesday. If Luke wasn't her father then she didn't have a clue what a father was. Christopher had never been around until recently. Luke had always helped her, why, he put Dean in a head-lock!
"I really don't know. I guess I'm just gonna go down there and see how it is."
"Luke you can't leave. Not now, its." Rory tried to find a good excuse to make him stay, "I mean, it's the holidays!"
"Oh don't worry, Jess will be here and the dinner will be open" Who was he kidding, those were the only things Rory thought about.
"No, its not just because of Jess. I want you to be here. Luke, you're so much more than the dinner guy."
"Well, don't worry about it Rory. Everything will be the same when I get back." Right, he'd give them coffee and burgers and maybe occasionally fix their porch.
"What about mom?"
"What about her?" Luke hoped with all his might that Rory didn't bring up his feelings towards Lorelai.
"Maybe my mom is too blind to see, maybe she denies it; but I'm not. We both know what I'm talking about."
Wow, the girl was smart. Luke thought for a moment. He wanted to pick the right words. "Look Rory, its been a long time. Honestly, I've given up-"
" But you can't give up; not if you truly want it!" Now that Sherry was pregnant, this was her last chance at a real family.
"There's no point in letting dreams run your life and forget to live. Rory, this is a great opportunity for me. I will only be gone for a couple weeks, max. Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine."
"Ok. If you say so." Rory stood up and began to walk away.
"Rory?!"
"Yeah Luke?" Maybe he'd change his mind..
"Don't tell your mom, I want to do it."
"I won't," guess he was really going to go, "and Luke,"
"Yes?"
"I'm going to miss you."
"Yeah..same."
Rory walked towards the dinner where her mother was sitting at a table next to the window watching the whole thing. Rory wiped off a few tears so that her mother wouldn't know what was going on. Luke sat at the bench looking up at the beautiful night while he rubbed his hands. He breathed in and it defiantly smelled like snow.
That's it gang, chapter 3. Hope you liked it. What will happen next? Will Lorelai and Rory turn into super heroes and rescue Luke from the evil Rachel? Stay tuned!