Author: JavaJunkieAngel

Title: Down To You

Summary: When a new guy comes to Stars Hollow, he hits things off with Lorelai. They seem like the perfect couple, and Luke is happy for them. Ha! Yeah right.

Pairings: Luke/Lorelai Lane/Dave (undertones) Rory/Jess (a little bit) Lorelai/Charlie

Spoilers: None =)

Author's Note: Thanks to all the people that reviewed. If the last chapter was boring - sorry! I'm working on new ideas and such in the mean time enjoy reading this chapter!

* * * Rory and Lorelai walked in Doose's getting ready for movie night. They had already rented out movies and now were getting some junk food to eat. Lorelai went straight to the candy aisle while Rory went to get the chips and the other things that they needed. On her way there, she bumped into Dean, who was stacking cans.

"Oh, sorry." She quickly said to him. She picked up on of the cans he dropped and he took it from her. "It's okay." He said smiling. Rory felt uncomfortable standing there with Dean, he had a girlfriend and she had a boyfriend but they were still friends and occasionally talked. 'I wonder why neither of us is talking.' Rory thought. "I have to finish stacking." Dean said breaking the silence. "Oh, okay I'm sorry for not letting you do your job." Rory said walking away.

Meanwhile in the candy aisle Lorelai was searching for the sour patch kids and bumped into someone wearing a leather jacket. "Oh!" she said quickly. She turned to see who it was and smiled when she saw it was Charlie. "Sorry." He said.

"No, it's my fault."

"You know we have to stop meeting like this, you know unexpectedly."

"I know, but I guess it must be fate."

"Yeah, maybe."

"I see you aren't the world's healthiest consumer." Charlie said, seeing that Lorelai had large amounts of junk food in her basket. "Oh, it's just that my daughter and I have this movie night and I like to stock up on junk food." Lorelai said blushing. 'I shouldn't have said that. I mean he's good looking and he has a great personality.'

"Well I should get going I have to go to a meeting in an hour." Charlie said, "Oh, before I leave I just wanted to know if you had plans on Friday night."

"No, no plans why?"

"Because I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner with me and maybe just head to a coffee house afterwards."

"That sounds great."

"Good, I'll pick you up at 7:00 okay?" Charlie said, he smiled at Lorelai and kissed her lightly on the lips before leaving the store. Lorelai just froze there, smiling as if he had never left. Rory was looking for her mother, and spotted her standing in the middle of the candy aisle.

"Are you okay?" Rory asked. Lorelai blinked and smiled and sang happily, "Charlie asked me out!" Rory smiled and the two of them began to jump up and down excitedly, Taylor who was watching this cleared his throat and the girls stopped.

"So? When and where and why?" Rory asked

"Friday at a restaurant at 7:00 and I think you can figure out the why part." Lorelai said smiling.

"Friday? Mom, how are you going to tell Grandma about you not going to be there for dinner!"

Suddenly Lorelai's smile dropped. She had completely forgot about her weekly dinners with her parents.

* * *

"Please?" Lorelai whined. They reached home, and Lorelai kept on bothering Rory. She wanted her to call up her mother and tell her about her date.

"Your mother, your responsibility." Rory said.

Lorelai just pouted, she hated to tell her mother about her social life, since she hated to tell her mother about anything. Lorelai sighed; she got up picked up the phone and dialed the number.

Emily: Hello?

Lorelai: Mom, hi.

Emily: Lorelai what do you need?

Lorelai: Well I just wanted to see how things were going.

Emily: Things are great Lorelai.

Lorelai: Really? Cause if things are great over there, it makes me feel great.

Emily: Is that all?

Lorelai: No, I can't make it to dinner this week.

Emily: You're sick?

Lorelai: No

Emily: Is Rory sick?

Lorelai: No

Emily: Then tell me why you can't make it this week.

Lorelai: I have a date

Emily: Really? I see you and the Iceman are finally getting together.

Lorelai: Luke? No, Luke and I are just friends.

Emily: Then who is it?

Lorelai: Charlie, his name is Charlie. Listen mom, Rory's going to be there and I'm not okay? Bye.

Lorelai quickly hung up the phone and sat down on the sofa next to Rory. "So, she took it well?" Rory asked

"I hung up before she could say anything."

"She's going to hunt you down."

"I know."

"And make sure she meets Charlie."

"I know."

"So, I guess you have a date."

"Yeah, I have a date."

* * *

Rory and Jess were kissing on a bench, when Lane came running out of the antiques shop happy.

"What's up?" Rory said

"He asked me out!!"

"Dave asked you out?"

"Yes, he called luckily my mother wasn't there, but he called! He asked me out and I hung up."

"Why?" Rory asked

"Well, I thought I heard my mom, but I really didn't so I hung up the phone. Now I'm not sure whether or not Dave thinks that I hung up as a sign of "no" or if I hung up because I'm really happy he asked me out."

"Well, what do you think Dave thinks it as?"

"I'm not sure."

Rory and Lane talked, while Jess read his book, after they were done debated whether or not Dave and Lane are going to go out on their first official date, Rory and Jess continued with the kissing.

A/N: Sorry, I took such a long time in writing this chapter; I've been so caught up in school and life that I don't have the time!! But I'll make it up to you somehow. Also sorry for the lack of Luke, I have plans to put him in a Lorelai/Charlie scene.