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 Luke/Nicole

Spoilers: None

Author's Note: It's Rory's last month in Stars Hollow before she leaves for college, Lorelai and Luke aren't talking to each other, let's see what happens. Oh yeah, Jess hasn't left for Venice Beach - yet. Oh yeah again, the whole fight with Dean, never happened.

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Lorelai looked at her coffee mug, she hadn't been to Luke's in days and her coffee maker broke after she hit in numerous time since it didn't want to cooperate. She didn't want to bother Rory with all her problems since she was getting ready to go to Yale. She looked at her daughter who was busy typing away at her computer. "Sweetie I'm going out okay?" Lorelai said

"If you're going to Luke's bring me back coffee and donuts okay?"

"You got it."

Lorelai made her way through Stars Hollow and saw that the town was posting up posters for the upcoming 'Spring Fling' that Taylor was holding at the Inn. She wasn't sure if she was going to go or not since she knew that we would be bored there anyway. She opened the door to Luke's and found a table near the corner. She looked around and saw that there were only a few customers and that Caesar was serving them. "Hey Caesar where's Luke?" Lorelai asked.

"He went out with Nicole, he should be back any minute now."

"Thanks, I'll have coffee, eggs, and bacon."

"Coming up." Caesar said, heading for the kitchen to prepare Lorelai's food. Her eyes wandered to the window and saw Luke and Nicole walking outside, they seemed to have a good time and Luke looked really happy. When he saw her looking at them, Lorelai grabbed a menu and pretended to be reading from it. She closed it when she saw they were gone. She sighed a breath of relief, Caesar came back a while after with her food. Lorelai took a bite of her food and sipped some coffee. 'Huh, food's not half bad. Not Luke's food but it's getting there.'

Lorelai finished her meal and went up to the cash register to pay for it. "Here Caesar thanks for the meal."

Lorelai made her way out of the diner. She looked around and saw that everyone was still obsessing with the whole dance that was coming up. She passes by the gazebo when her cell phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey it's me." A familiar voice said

"Charlie hi, what's up?"

"I want to see you but I can't wait until tonight. Let's go out now."

"Now?"

"Yeah, I mean if you're not too busy."

"Sure, movies?"

"Perfect, I'll pick you up at about 12ish okay?"

"Great see you then." Lorelai said hanging up. She smiled as she went walked back home. When she got there she saw a bouquet of daisies on the steps. She picked it up and read a card that said, 'Lorelai Sorry for the way things went before. I never meant to make you mad at me. Hopefully these will make things better. Luke.'

'He gave me daisies.' Lorelai thought happily. 'I'm going out with Charlie and Luke gave me flowers.'

Lorelai went into the house and saw a note left by Rory, 'Mom, I went to Hartford since Paris had some kind of meltdown. See you soon. Love, Rory.'

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"Coming." Lorelai said when she heard the doorbell. She looked at the mirror one last time before she went down. Lorelai quickly ran down the stairs and opened the door to see Charlie smiling. "Hey, you look great." Lorelai commented.

"You look great too."

"Let's go then." Lorelai said heading towards Charlie's car.

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"I forgot to thank you for the dedication that you know . . ." Lorelai started

"Oh yeah, well that was nothing."

"No that was really sweet."

"Well then you're welcome." Charlie said smiling. They reached the movie theater and saw that there was hardly a line. They got their tickets and Lorelai headed quickly towards the snack bar. "Yes I'll have a large popcorn with butter, a large coffee, ooh M&M's, curly fries, and a Hershey's bar." Lorelai said

"Anything else maim?"

"Um hold on, Charlie want do you want?"

"Popcorn and a medium soda."

"You heard the man." Lorelai said.

"The total is $27.84."

"Okay let me pay for it." Charlie said taking out his credit card.

"Okay we have food, drinks, and our tickets let's go!" Lorelai said

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They walked in the movie, looking for seats. "Look there's one by that couple." Lorelai said pointing.

They walked towards them and Lorelai noticed who it was. 'Luke and Nicole?' she thought "Oh look it's Nicole and Luke." Lorelai whispered to Charlie. Lorelai said next to Luke and Charlie next to Lorelai, so Lorelai was in the middle of Luke and Charlie. Luke was a little confused why Lorelai was sitting next to her, "Hi." He said

"It's a small world after all huh?" Lorelai said back.

"Yeah, small world."

Charlie put his arms around Lorelai as she laid her head on his shoulder. She tried to pay attention to the movie but couldn't since she was still a little confused about the whole Luke/Charlie situation that she was in. A little while later, Charlie announced that he needed to go out for some air. Lorelai went along with him since she needed air too. "Anything wrong?" Lorelai asked when she saw that Charlie seemed a little uncomfortable.

"Are you sure that you and Luke are just friends?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. He has a girlfriend and I have you. We just have been knowing each other for a long time but during that long time that we've known each other we've never gone out."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

"Okay then." Charlie said leaning in for a kiss.

"Let's go back to the movie, I want to see if the guy gets killed or not." Lorelai said, taking Charlie's hand.

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"That was the worse movie ever, I mean the ending was a complete waste of time." Lorelai declared when the movie ended.

"It wasn't that bad - right?"

"I'm not sure, I need caffeine. Let's grab some coffee and continue out little rant on the movie ending."

"I thought we could get ice cream though."

"Okay as long as I get coffee flavored ice cream!" Lorelai said getting happy, she took Charlie's hand and bumped into a couple that was in front of them. "Sorry that by boyfriend and I bumped into.."

"It's okay Lorelai." The man said

"Hey how do you know my.."

The man turned around and Lorelai saw that they had bumped into Luke and Nicole. Lorelai smiled a little before turning to Charlie who squeezed her hand tighter. "We better get going, see you later okay?" Lorelai said walking away from Luke and Nicole.

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"That must have been strange, you and Luke bumping into each other." Rory commented

"Yeah I know it was pretty weird."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, just fine." * * *

"Oh my.." Lorelai said when they walked into Luke's.

"He put curtains."

"And flowers on every freaking table."

"I didn't know Luke had flowers." Rory said

"It was Nicole's idea." Luke said from behind them.

"Nicole's idea." Lorelai repeated

"Yeah, listen there's a table over there. I'll get you're order in a minute." Luke said pointing to a table.

Lorelai and Rory sat down, while they watched Luke scramble from table to table waiting on people. "It's fun watching him like this." Lorelai remarked, "He's like a little frog jumping from lily pad to lily pad."

"That's mean" Rory said, "But true, since he is wearing green flannel."

"Ha. Tell me when he comes by and I'll torment him on that." Lorelai said getting up.

"Where you going?"

"Getting coffee." Lorelai said, "I can't wait for Luke any longer."

"Okay and while you're up there get me a donut."

Lorelai made her way through the counter, and picked up the coffee cup and poured some in the mug. She drank it and smiled happily, and then she was about to grab a donut when someone grabbed her hand. "What are you doing here?"

"Getting coffee." Lorelai said, "And you?"

"I work here, listen I said I'll get you in a minute."

"You take too long and plus my darling daughter is starving." Lorelai said pointing to Rory.

"Isn't she going to Yale soon?"

"Yeah, this is her last weekend with me."

"At lease she's going to visit right?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Lorelai said, grabbing a donut, "Can we get eggs and some pancakes, and more coffee?"

"Sure." Luke said heading for the kitchen. A few moments later Jess came down the stairs, he grabbed a donut, smiled at Rory and headed out the door.

"Where are you going?" Luke asked, "You've got work."

"I know, that's where I'm going."

"I meant here."

"Well I meant Wal-Mart."

"Oh of course, Wal-Mart." Luke said sarcastically, "First you help me out then you go to Wal-Mart."

"I'm already late."

"Well then the forklift will miss you."

"Not funny, listen I get paid more there than here, so I'll be on my way."

"You get paid less here cause you don't work! I mean pouring a couple of coffee cups isn't really going anything." Luke said, "Grab a plate and get serving."

Jess sighed and went back up stairs; Luke put the plate down and followed him. "Where the hell are you going?" he asked furiously

"I needed to get my vest." Jess said looking through his drawer.

"You really don't understand the concept of me telling you that you need to get your ass down there so you can work."

"I told you I have another job." Jess said firmly, "Aha, I found it."

"Go down stairs, and start serving people."

"When I come back from work."

"No do it now."

"You're not being fair."

"Do you think I care? Get your ass down there now." Luke yelled.

"I'm out of here." Jess said, he got out of the apartment and slammed the door behind him.

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