A/N - Ok I know I don't normally do these at the beginning of chapters (because I know how much I hate it…) but I just had to get this out ASAP. I really truly do want to thank all of you for reviewing, you have been SO nice to me and have made my day on more than one occasion. The more feedback I get, the more I try to write and keep you guys happy. Again, thank you so much you have no idea how much I appreciate it! Now, on with the show…
Why Me? - 15
"When Diner Men Go Bad!" Jess spontaneously shouted as he was clearing tables at the diner.
"Shut up Jess." Luke said, sounding annoyed. Jess had been doing this to him ever since he got back from Lorelai's.
"Wait wait, wait, I got a better one, 'Attack Of The Flannel Shirt Man'!!"
"Jess…"
"Then, out of nowhere, Flannel Shirt Man attacks the seemingly innocent boy! Mothers shield there child's eyes as all hell breaks loose! There's no stopping him, he's crazy!" Jess taunted Luke relentlessly throughout the day after he had found out about Luke kicking Brads ass. Although Jess didn't disapprove, it just gave him the perfect opportunity to make fun of him.
"You know, you did it to!"
"Yea but I'm her boyfriend, its allowed."
"Her what?"
"Her boyfriend - did psycho boy damage some part of your hearing during your little wrestling match?"
"No I just, uh, didn't realize you to were together. How long?"
"About a day." Jess casually replied.
"Wow, congratulations. Took a little while."
"Yup well, good things come to those who wait."
Luke realized that this was probably the deepest conversation they have ever had and began to feel a little weird, as did Jess.
"Um… so does Lorelai know?" Luke asked, trying to break the awful silence.
"Not sure." Jess replied, not looking up from cleaning his tables.
"Rory gonna tell her?"
"Not sure."
"Don't you think she has a right to know?"
"Not sure." Jess looked him in the eyes when saying it that time, to point out the fact that he didn't want to talk about it and frankly, he really wasn't so sure about Rory telling Lorelai. 'That woman's gonna slaughter me if she finds out I slept with her daughter…' Jess thought. But then again it didn't really matter to him. Nothing Lorelai thought mattered to him, she was going to hate him no matter what he did, said, thought or felt and there wasn't much he could do to change that.
Jess realized he'd been washing the same table for what seemed like forever and walked away behind the counter to get some new silverware for it. As he was grabbing the napkins and silverware, he noticed the phone. 'Maybe I should call Rory?' he thought. He walked over to the phone and put his hand it, then took it off. He repeated this twice then folded his arms on the counter in front of him and let his head fall in between. Just then the phone rang, causing him to jump back and directly into Luke who had a handful of dishes at the time.
"Aw dammit Jess! Why the hell'd you do that for…" Luke sighed as he bent down to start picking up the broken dishes.
"Oh, uh, my bad Luke, I'll help you out in a sec." Jess said, reaching for the phone.
"Luke's Diner."
"Hey."
Jess' heart fell to the ground and a sly grin crept up on his face.
"Hi."
"Are you busy?" Rory asked.
"No." Jess said, glancing over at Luke who was still picking up the broken plates by himself. He walked over to him and began helping clean up while still talking to Rory.
"How's your trip? Are you there yet?"
"Yea we made it in one piece, and so far so good."
"Awesome, so, where's this mystery place? Is it far?"
"Not really, I mean its out of the way but it's a place called Rye's Creek. Its beautiful here, I wonder how she found it."
"Sounds great."
"It is."
"That's good… hey, I uh, told Luke… about us… was that Ok?" Jess wearily asked, he never really got the chance to discuss with her whether or not she had wanted there relationship out in the open. He hoped he hadn't made a mistake by telling him.
"Oh," Rory replied, "that's fine! I told my Mom about us to…"
"Your Mom? Damn, that was quick. How did she take it?"
"Surprisingly well. She said how she was glad I had moved on, etc etc. But then I told her about us, um, 'being together'…"
"Uh oh."
"She didn't take that to well…"
"Didn't think so."
"She thinks your just using me. That, you knew I was vulnerable and that you took advantage of the situation."
Jess abruptly stopped cleaning the floor when he heard this, and stood up.
"She thinks WHAT?" He exclaimed.
"Jess she's just, confused Ok? She had no idea what she's talking about. I mean, we haven't even really fully discussed it! When we were arguing I freaked out and we never really got to finish. I can change her mind, she just needs to hear the whole story. I promise."
There was a pause, and the silence between them was deafening
"Jess?"
"Let me talk to her." Jess said, turning his back to Luke and leaning against the wall.
"You want to talk to her?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Yea I wanna talk to her." Jess repeated, but this time Luke over heard him.
"Jess…Jess!!" Luke said, barely above a whisper so Rory couldn't hear him but still trying to get Jess' attention. Jess looked over his shoulder and saw Luke waving his hands in the air and shaking his head violently back and fourth.
"Jess you do NOT want to talk to Lorelai right now! She's going to kill you! Don't do it, I'm warning you." Luke said, still barely above a whisper but trying to get his point across. Jess rolled his eyes at him and turned his head back around.
"Rory, I want her to know I'm not in this just for…" Jess stopped himself quickly when he remembered Luke was still behind him. He dropped his tone to a whisper and continued, "sex."
"But Jess I know your not - I think that's all that matters."
"I know Ror, but just let me try…" Jess paused, "please?" he reluctantly added.
"Fine." Rory handed the phone to her Mom.
"Who is it sweets?"
"Its um, for you." Rory said, half smiling. Lorelai looked at her daughter funny and quickly snatched the phone.
"Your weird, you know that?"
"Thank you Mommy!" Rory said skipping away, doing her best to impersonate a crazy person.
While Rory gave the phone to Lorelai, Jess had gone back to finishing cleaning up with Luke. He was on his feet but balancing himself low to the ground, like a baseball catcher would. Luke went to throw some broken pieces in the garbage and accidentally brushed Jess as he walked by, causing one of his hand to fall right on a piece of glass, and cutting it deeply.
"Son of a…!" Jess started.
"Hello?" Lorelai said, in the middle of Jess's outburst.
"Bitch!" Jess finished.
"EXCUSE ME?!" Lorelai screeched, "Who the HELL do you think you are? You little bastard, I'm going to kill you when I get home. Don't EVER look at my daughter again you hear me? EVER! I cant believe you! No respect whatsoever!"
"No! Lorelai wait! I wasn't talking to you, my hand, the glass, I fell!" Jess stumbled to get the words out but when he paused to take a breath all he heard was a dial tone. Lorelai had obviously hung up a while ago.
"Shit!" Jess said to himself, and slammed the phone back on the hook.
"I toooold you so!" Luke taunted, finding it hilarious that Jess had tried to talk to Lorelai. "She's a stubborn one."
"Yea well the stubborn one thinks I just called her a bitch…"
"Oh my God, did you?!"
"No! She caught me right in the middle of saying son of a bitch… only all she heard was bitch."
Luke immediately began cracking up when he heard this, and didn't stop.
"Luke its not funny! Luke!" Jess was beginning to get aggravated.
"Luke! Dammit, I hate you!"
"Haha Haha! What are you gonna do Jess? I don't know if there's any recovery from that," Luke said still chuckling to himself.
"Ugh, I don't know." Jess looked over at Luke who had a serious face on, but then quickly started cracking up again when Jess continued staring at him.
"Man, your not helping at all! I hate this town!" Jess stomped upstairs and slammed the door.
'That kid is something else' Luke thought, and went back to cleaning the floor.
"Hello? Um, hello? Anyone back there?" Kirk called over the counter, startling Luke, who just like Jess, fell forward onto a piece of glass he hadn't seen.
"Son of a…" Luke started as he was behind the counter, "bitch!" he finished as he was standing up.
"That's no way to treat your customers!" Kirk exclaimed, "I'm outraged!"
"No, Kirk I just fell onto a piece of glass, look!" Luke said, extending his hand. But Kirk was already half way out the door.
"You've just lost my business you cranky old… diner man! Good day!" Kirk said, over exaggerating the situation.
"But I didn't call you a bitch!" Luke yelled across the diner, everyone looked up.
"Um, sorry, that was just a, uh, a misunderstanding!" Luke tried to explain, but the customers didn't care much for it and ignored him to continue eating.
"Haha Haha! What are you gonna do Luke? I don't know if there's any recovery from that," Jess said smirking, he had heard the whole thing and was on his way out the door.
"Where do you think your going?" Luke grunted.
"Out!" Replied Jess, already out the door.
'Man this town is so messed up…' Luke thought, then went back to taking care of the diner. 'So messed up.'
A/N - Hehe, ok, this wasn't meant to be a serious chapter. Just a little Luke/Jess interaction with some humor. Did I do that well? I'm still new at this stuff so I'm not sure. Please R&R to let me know and I'll update as soon as I can! And also - I'm getting a little writers block. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Why Me? - 15
"When Diner Men Go Bad!" Jess spontaneously shouted as he was clearing tables at the diner.
"Shut up Jess." Luke said, sounding annoyed. Jess had been doing this to him ever since he got back from Lorelai's.
"Wait wait, wait, I got a better one, 'Attack Of The Flannel Shirt Man'!!"
"Jess…"
"Then, out of nowhere, Flannel Shirt Man attacks the seemingly innocent boy! Mothers shield there child's eyes as all hell breaks loose! There's no stopping him, he's crazy!" Jess taunted Luke relentlessly throughout the day after he had found out about Luke kicking Brads ass. Although Jess didn't disapprove, it just gave him the perfect opportunity to make fun of him.
"You know, you did it to!"
"Yea but I'm her boyfriend, its allowed."
"Her what?"
"Her boyfriend - did psycho boy damage some part of your hearing during your little wrestling match?"
"No I just, uh, didn't realize you to were together. How long?"
"About a day." Jess casually replied.
"Wow, congratulations. Took a little while."
"Yup well, good things come to those who wait."
Luke realized that this was probably the deepest conversation they have ever had and began to feel a little weird, as did Jess.
"Um… so does Lorelai know?" Luke asked, trying to break the awful silence.
"Not sure." Jess replied, not looking up from cleaning his tables.
"Rory gonna tell her?"
"Not sure."
"Don't you think she has a right to know?"
"Not sure." Jess looked him in the eyes when saying it that time, to point out the fact that he didn't want to talk about it and frankly, he really wasn't so sure about Rory telling Lorelai. 'That woman's gonna slaughter me if she finds out I slept with her daughter…' Jess thought. But then again it didn't really matter to him. Nothing Lorelai thought mattered to him, she was going to hate him no matter what he did, said, thought or felt and there wasn't much he could do to change that.
Jess realized he'd been washing the same table for what seemed like forever and walked away behind the counter to get some new silverware for it. As he was grabbing the napkins and silverware, he noticed the phone. 'Maybe I should call Rory?' he thought. He walked over to the phone and put his hand it, then took it off. He repeated this twice then folded his arms on the counter in front of him and let his head fall in between. Just then the phone rang, causing him to jump back and directly into Luke who had a handful of dishes at the time.
"Aw dammit Jess! Why the hell'd you do that for…" Luke sighed as he bent down to start picking up the broken dishes.
"Oh, uh, my bad Luke, I'll help you out in a sec." Jess said, reaching for the phone.
"Luke's Diner."
"Hey."
Jess' heart fell to the ground and a sly grin crept up on his face.
"Hi."
"Are you busy?" Rory asked.
"No." Jess said, glancing over at Luke who was still picking up the broken plates by himself. He walked over to him and began helping clean up while still talking to Rory.
"How's your trip? Are you there yet?"
"Yea we made it in one piece, and so far so good."
"Awesome, so, where's this mystery place? Is it far?"
"Not really, I mean its out of the way but it's a place called Rye's Creek. Its beautiful here, I wonder how she found it."
"Sounds great."
"It is."
"That's good… hey, I uh, told Luke… about us… was that Ok?" Jess wearily asked, he never really got the chance to discuss with her whether or not she had wanted there relationship out in the open. He hoped he hadn't made a mistake by telling him.
"Oh," Rory replied, "that's fine! I told my Mom about us to…"
"Your Mom? Damn, that was quick. How did she take it?"
"Surprisingly well. She said how she was glad I had moved on, etc etc. But then I told her about us, um, 'being together'…"
"Uh oh."
"She didn't take that to well…"
"Didn't think so."
"She thinks your just using me. That, you knew I was vulnerable and that you took advantage of the situation."
Jess abruptly stopped cleaning the floor when he heard this, and stood up.
"She thinks WHAT?" He exclaimed.
"Jess she's just, confused Ok? She had no idea what she's talking about. I mean, we haven't even really fully discussed it! When we were arguing I freaked out and we never really got to finish. I can change her mind, she just needs to hear the whole story. I promise."
There was a pause, and the silence between them was deafening
"Jess?"
"Let me talk to her." Jess said, turning his back to Luke and leaning against the wall.
"You want to talk to her?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Yea I wanna talk to her." Jess repeated, but this time Luke over heard him.
"Jess…Jess!!" Luke said, barely above a whisper so Rory couldn't hear him but still trying to get Jess' attention. Jess looked over his shoulder and saw Luke waving his hands in the air and shaking his head violently back and fourth.
"Jess you do NOT want to talk to Lorelai right now! She's going to kill you! Don't do it, I'm warning you." Luke said, still barely above a whisper but trying to get his point across. Jess rolled his eyes at him and turned his head back around.
"Rory, I want her to know I'm not in this just for…" Jess stopped himself quickly when he remembered Luke was still behind him. He dropped his tone to a whisper and continued, "sex."
"But Jess I know your not - I think that's all that matters."
"I know Ror, but just let me try…" Jess paused, "please?" he reluctantly added.
"Fine." Rory handed the phone to her Mom.
"Who is it sweets?"
"Its um, for you." Rory said, half smiling. Lorelai looked at her daughter funny and quickly snatched the phone.
"Your weird, you know that?"
"Thank you Mommy!" Rory said skipping away, doing her best to impersonate a crazy person.
While Rory gave the phone to Lorelai, Jess had gone back to finishing cleaning up with Luke. He was on his feet but balancing himself low to the ground, like a baseball catcher would. Luke went to throw some broken pieces in the garbage and accidentally brushed Jess as he walked by, causing one of his hand to fall right on a piece of glass, and cutting it deeply.
"Son of a…!" Jess started.
"Hello?" Lorelai said, in the middle of Jess's outburst.
"Bitch!" Jess finished.
"EXCUSE ME?!" Lorelai screeched, "Who the HELL do you think you are? You little bastard, I'm going to kill you when I get home. Don't EVER look at my daughter again you hear me? EVER! I cant believe you! No respect whatsoever!"
"No! Lorelai wait! I wasn't talking to you, my hand, the glass, I fell!" Jess stumbled to get the words out but when he paused to take a breath all he heard was a dial tone. Lorelai had obviously hung up a while ago.
"Shit!" Jess said to himself, and slammed the phone back on the hook.
"I toooold you so!" Luke taunted, finding it hilarious that Jess had tried to talk to Lorelai. "She's a stubborn one."
"Yea well the stubborn one thinks I just called her a bitch…"
"Oh my God, did you?!"
"No! She caught me right in the middle of saying son of a bitch… only all she heard was bitch."
Luke immediately began cracking up when he heard this, and didn't stop.
"Luke its not funny! Luke!" Jess was beginning to get aggravated.
"Luke! Dammit, I hate you!"
"Haha Haha! What are you gonna do Jess? I don't know if there's any recovery from that," Luke said still chuckling to himself.
"Ugh, I don't know." Jess looked over at Luke who had a serious face on, but then quickly started cracking up again when Jess continued staring at him.
"Man, your not helping at all! I hate this town!" Jess stomped upstairs and slammed the door.
'That kid is something else' Luke thought, and went back to cleaning the floor.
"Hello? Um, hello? Anyone back there?" Kirk called over the counter, startling Luke, who just like Jess, fell forward onto a piece of glass he hadn't seen.
"Son of a…" Luke started as he was behind the counter, "bitch!" he finished as he was standing up.
"That's no way to treat your customers!" Kirk exclaimed, "I'm outraged!"
"No, Kirk I just fell onto a piece of glass, look!" Luke said, extending his hand. But Kirk was already half way out the door.
"You've just lost my business you cranky old… diner man! Good day!" Kirk said, over exaggerating the situation.
"But I didn't call you a bitch!" Luke yelled across the diner, everyone looked up.
"Um, sorry, that was just a, uh, a misunderstanding!" Luke tried to explain, but the customers didn't care much for it and ignored him to continue eating.
"Haha Haha! What are you gonna do Luke? I don't know if there's any recovery from that," Jess said smirking, he had heard the whole thing and was on his way out the door.
"Where do you think your going?" Luke grunted.
"Out!" Replied Jess, already out the door.
'Man this town is so messed up…' Luke thought, then went back to taking care of the diner. 'So messed up.'
A/N - Hehe, ok, this wasn't meant to be a serious chapter. Just a little Luke/Jess interaction with some humor. Did I do that well? I'm still new at this stuff so I'm not sure. Please R&R to let me know and I'll update as soon as I can! And also - I'm getting a little writers block. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!