Author: JavaJunkieAngel
Disclaimer: The Gilmore Girls, its characters and everything else belong to the talented and very lucky Amy Sherman-Palladino and the WB.
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 Lorelai/Charlie
Spoilers: None
Distribution: Please tell me first. Being it's my story and all. You can just e-mail me.
Author's Note: We're fast-forwarding two months and Lorelai and Charlie are planning their wedding so right now in my story it's November '03.
Okay, okay Charlie is getting on my nerves too but time will come for Luke and Lorelai to get together!
* * *
"Do we have to invite them?" Lorelai whined. She was sitting in her bedroom with Charlie; they were planning out their guest list for the wedding.
"Yes I mean they are your family. Don't you want your dad to walk you down the aisle?"
"Do I have to answer that?"
"Lorelai, come on it's not going to kill you to invite your mother and father to your wedding."
"Really, it's not?"
"No, and I have a problem."
"What?"
"Steve is out of town."
"No."
"Yes."
"Then who's going to be your best man?"
"I don't know."
"Can't you get someone else?"
"I tried but I can't get through to anyone, I mean it's last minute and a lot of my friends already have holiday plans."
"So what are we going to do?"
"If you know someone then maybe they can replace Steve."
"I have an idea but maybe you're not okay with it, which is okay with me."
"Who'd you have in mind?"
"Luke."
"Lorelai."
"Come on I mean you said it yourself if I knew someone then he could replace Steve and I know someone."
"But I'm not too comfortable around him."
"So I can set up a male bonding thing with him."
"Male bonding?"
"Yeah."
"There's such a thing called that?"
"Charlie."
"Fine let's go and get this bonding thing over with."
"I'll call Luke."
* * *
"Luke's."
"Hi it's me."
"Oh hi Lorelai."
"Listen um I have a favor to ask you."
"Okay."
"Charlie's best friend Steve is out of town, and Steve is his best man. Since all of Charlie's other close friends can't be the best man, you have to be."
"Wait I 'have to be'?"
"No you don't 'have to be' but it would mean so much to me . . . if you would be."
Luke sighed, "Fine."
"Thank you, are you free this afternoon?"
"Yeah why?"
"Because since you and Charlie don't really know each other it might be good to do some thing you know the two of you . . . like golf or something,"
"Golf? Lorelai, close your eyes imagine me playing golf and tell me what you see."
"Adam Sandler in 'Happy Gilmore'?"
"I'll do the bonding thing but please pick another sport."
"Fine, pool."
"What?"
"Billiards, pool you know with those balls and the stick. Ooh, dirty."
"Lorelai."
"Fine okay, but what about at a pool hall?"
"Fine. Are you coming here?"
"Yeah we'll be there."
"We?"
"Hey I want to see this too!"
"Okay so at four-ish?"
"Better make that one-ish."
"Okay then."
* * *
"Okay we'll meet him at the diner at one and we'll go to a pool hall." Lorelai said, facing Charlie
"A pool hall?"
"Yes, do you know any in Hartford?"
"Um yeah I do, so you'll stay here?"
"No I thought I would be there you know, to watch you guys play pool."
"Have you ever played pool?"
"No, why?"
"No reason I just thought it would be nice you know if you wanted to play with us."
"Oh, um . . . maybe when you guys you know played a few rounds."
"So you're seriously going to play?"
"Yes now why is that so hard for you to understand?"
"It's not, listen why not we grab a bite to eat before we head to Stars Hollow?"
"Okay, let's go to the café we passed by before."
Lorelai stood up and walked towards the door, "Hey sweetie you coming?"
"Yeah just let me put these papers away."
"Okay I'll start the car."
Lorelai walked over to the car and started it up, she turned on the radio and 'Right Here Waiting' started playing. 'I love this song'
Moments later Charlie appeared, "Sorry I took so long."
"It's okay gave me time to choose a radio station, so it saved us time from my endless fiddling with the radio."
"And that's a good thing right?"
"Of course."
They drove off, and Lorelai started to think, 'It is a good thing that I'm going along right? I mean just in case theres some sort of fist fight - which I hope never happens'
Back in Stars Hollow, Luke was waiting for Lorelai and Charlie's arrival. Kirk, who was sitting right in front of him, coughed.
"What can I get you Kirk?" Luke asked, taking out his order pad
"A PB & J sandwich,"
"The crust cut off this time?"
"Yes and warm milk please?"
"You got it."
He went to the kitchen and told Caesar the order, when we came out he saw Lorelai stepping out of her car, and Charlie holding her hand. They entered . looking really happy . making Luke extremely uncomfortable.
"Hey . ready to go?" Lorelai asked, when they reached the counter
"Um . yeah." Luke said.
"Great . can I get coffee before we go?"
"Sure." He said, turning around and getting a coffee cup.
"Thanks." She replied when he turned around, "Okay, let's go."
* * *
They arrived at the pool hall moments later; they got a table and ordered drinks. "Okay so I'll just watch you play?" Lorelai asked
"If you want you can play too." Charlie offered.
Lorelai smiled, "No thanks sweetie, I'll just watch. The guys got up went to a pool table, "Okay so 8 ball?" Luke asked
"Sure." Charlie said, "Listen have you and Lorelai ever -"
"No, we never dated."
"What about kissed."
Luke looked down, "No, never." He said, lying.
"Okay just checking."
"Yeah." Luke said he looked over at Lorelai who waved at him.
Suddenly Charlie's cell phone rang, "Sorry I have to take it outside." He left, and Lorelai walked over.
"What happened?"
"His cell phone rang,"
"Oh." There was a pause for a few moments before Lorelai said, "Can you teach me how to play?"
"Pool?"
"Yeah I mean it's getting really boring watching you guys." She said, Lorelai grabbed a stick and held it as if it was a foreign object. "Okay I'm ready."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I got the stick right?"
"You have never played pool in your life, haven't you?"
"I've seen Chris play."
"Okay well first of all you're holding the stick wrong."
"Then show me."
Luke took Lorelai's hand and put it on the pool stick, then he took her other hand and put it in the end of the stick. "There that's the correct way to hold it."
"Okay now what?"
"You have to pull it back and then hit the white ball - see it?"
"Yep." Lorelai did what Luke told her and she got a scratch.
"You got a scratch."
"Really? Damn, I thought I was doing good." She did it again, this time aiming for the 8 ball, but this time she made it in.
She turned to Luke and smiled, "Did you see that?"
"Yeah good job,"
Lorelai hugged Luke happily, "I did it!"
"Yeah great job."
Meanwhile Charlie saw what Lorelai and Luke were doing, he walked up to them . . . looking mad.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Oh hey Charlie."
"We have to go."
"We just got here."
"I know but I have to do something."
"Okay"
* * *
After dropping Luke off, Lorelai and Charlie had a quiet ride back, until Lorelai said, "What the hell is you're problem?"
"What's my problem? I should be the one asking you that."
"What the hell did I do?" Lorelai asked, getting mad.
"I just got a call about our wedding arrangements then I come back to see you and Luke hugging."
"Hon you know that Luke and I are just friends."
"Explain the hugging then."
"Okay well he was teaching me how to play pool, and well since I got it in . . . I was happy and I hugged him . . . see? Nothing happened."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Charlie kissed her, "Okay "
* * *
Luke sat on the couch of his apartment thinking about everything that was going on, he sighed thinking that he would never see Lorelai as more as a friend, 'She's getting married and there's nothing I can do about it.'
* * *
A/N: I know nothing about pool or anything associated with that game - so if any of my terminology is wrong than sorry.
Disclaimer: The Gilmore Girls, its characters and everything else belong to the talented and very lucky Amy Sherman-Palladino and the WB.
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 Lorelai/Charlie
Spoilers: None
Distribution: Please tell me first. Being it's my story and all. You can just e-mail me.
Author's Note: We're fast-forwarding two months and Lorelai and Charlie are planning their wedding so right now in my story it's November '03.
Okay, okay Charlie is getting on my nerves too but time will come for Luke and Lorelai to get together!
* * *
"Do we have to invite them?" Lorelai whined. She was sitting in her bedroom with Charlie; they were planning out their guest list for the wedding.
"Yes I mean they are your family. Don't you want your dad to walk you down the aisle?"
"Do I have to answer that?"
"Lorelai, come on it's not going to kill you to invite your mother and father to your wedding."
"Really, it's not?"
"No, and I have a problem."
"What?"
"Steve is out of town."
"No."
"Yes."
"Then who's going to be your best man?"
"I don't know."
"Can't you get someone else?"
"I tried but I can't get through to anyone, I mean it's last minute and a lot of my friends already have holiday plans."
"So what are we going to do?"
"If you know someone then maybe they can replace Steve."
"I have an idea but maybe you're not okay with it, which is okay with me."
"Who'd you have in mind?"
"Luke."
"Lorelai."
"Come on I mean you said it yourself if I knew someone then he could replace Steve and I know someone."
"But I'm not too comfortable around him."
"So I can set up a male bonding thing with him."
"Male bonding?"
"Yeah."
"There's such a thing called that?"
"Charlie."
"Fine let's go and get this bonding thing over with."
"I'll call Luke."
* * *
"Luke's."
"Hi it's me."
"Oh hi Lorelai."
"Listen um I have a favor to ask you."
"Okay."
"Charlie's best friend Steve is out of town, and Steve is his best man. Since all of Charlie's other close friends can't be the best man, you have to be."
"Wait I 'have to be'?"
"No you don't 'have to be' but it would mean so much to me . . . if you would be."
Luke sighed, "Fine."
"Thank you, are you free this afternoon?"
"Yeah why?"
"Because since you and Charlie don't really know each other it might be good to do some thing you know the two of you . . . like golf or something,"
"Golf? Lorelai, close your eyes imagine me playing golf and tell me what you see."
"Adam Sandler in 'Happy Gilmore'?"
"I'll do the bonding thing but please pick another sport."
"Fine, pool."
"What?"
"Billiards, pool you know with those balls and the stick. Ooh, dirty."
"Lorelai."
"Fine okay, but what about at a pool hall?"
"Fine. Are you coming here?"
"Yeah we'll be there."
"We?"
"Hey I want to see this too!"
"Okay so at four-ish?"
"Better make that one-ish."
"Okay then."
* * *
"Okay we'll meet him at the diner at one and we'll go to a pool hall." Lorelai said, facing Charlie
"A pool hall?"
"Yes, do you know any in Hartford?"
"Um yeah I do, so you'll stay here?"
"No I thought I would be there you know, to watch you guys play pool."
"Have you ever played pool?"
"No, why?"
"No reason I just thought it would be nice you know if you wanted to play with us."
"Oh, um . . . maybe when you guys you know played a few rounds."
"So you're seriously going to play?"
"Yes now why is that so hard for you to understand?"
"It's not, listen why not we grab a bite to eat before we head to Stars Hollow?"
"Okay, let's go to the café we passed by before."
Lorelai stood up and walked towards the door, "Hey sweetie you coming?"
"Yeah just let me put these papers away."
"Okay I'll start the car."
Lorelai walked over to the car and started it up, she turned on the radio and 'Right Here Waiting' started playing. 'I love this song'
Moments later Charlie appeared, "Sorry I took so long."
"It's okay gave me time to choose a radio station, so it saved us time from my endless fiddling with the radio."
"And that's a good thing right?"
"Of course."
They drove off, and Lorelai started to think, 'It is a good thing that I'm going along right? I mean just in case theres some sort of fist fight - which I hope never happens'
Back in Stars Hollow, Luke was waiting for Lorelai and Charlie's arrival. Kirk, who was sitting right in front of him, coughed.
"What can I get you Kirk?" Luke asked, taking out his order pad
"A PB & J sandwich,"
"The crust cut off this time?"
"Yes and warm milk please?"
"You got it."
He went to the kitchen and told Caesar the order, when we came out he saw Lorelai stepping out of her car, and Charlie holding her hand. They entered . looking really happy . making Luke extremely uncomfortable.
"Hey . ready to go?" Lorelai asked, when they reached the counter
"Um . yeah." Luke said.
"Great . can I get coffee before we go?"
"Sure." He said, turning around and getting a coffee cup.
"Thanks." She replied when he turned around, "Okay, let's go."
* * *
They arrived at the pool hall moments later; they got a table and ordered drinks. "Okay so I'll just watch you play?" Lorelai asked
"If you want you can play too." Charlie offered.
Lorelai smiled, "No thanks sweetie, I'll just watch. The guys got up went to a pool table, "Okay so 8 ball?" Luke asked
"Sure." Charlie said, "Listen have you and Lorelai ever -"
"No, we never dated."
"What about kissed."
Luke looked down, "No, never." He said, lying.
"Okay just checking."
"Yeah." Luke said he looked over at Lorelai who waved at him.
Suddenly Charlie's cell phone rang, "Sorry I have to take it outside." He left, and Lorelai walked over.
"What happened?"
"His cell phone rang,"
"Oh." There was a pause for a few moments before Lorelai said, "Can you teach me how to play?"
"Pool?"
"Yeah I mean it's getting really boring watching you guys." She said, Lorelai grabbed a stick and held it as if it was a foreign object. "Okay I'm ready."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I got the stick right?"
"You have never played pool in your life, haven't you?"
"I've seen Chris play."
"Okay well first of all you're holding the stick wrong."
"Then show me."
Luke took Lorelai's hand and put it on the pool stick, then he took her other hand and put it in the end of the stick. "There that's the correct way to hold it."
"Okay now what?"
"You have to pull it back and then hit the white ball - see it?"
"Yep." Lorelai did what Luke told her and she got a scratch.
"You got a scratch."
"Really? Damn, I thought I was doing good." She did it again, this time aiming for the 8 ball, but this time she made it in.
She turned to Luke and smiled, "Did you see that?"
"Yeah good job,"
Lorelai hugged Luke happily, "I did it!"
"Yeah great job."
Meanwhile Charlie saw what Lorelai and Luke were doing, he walked up to them . . . looking mad.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Oh hey Charlie."
"We have to go."
"We just got here."
"I know but I have to do something."
"Okay"
* * *
After dropping Luke off, Lorelai and Charlie had a quiet ride back, until Lorelai said, "What the hell is you're problem?"
"What's my problem? I should be the one asking you that."
"What the hell did I do?" Lorelai asked, getting mad.
"I just got a call about our wedding arrangements then I come back to see you and Luke hugging."
"Hon you know that Luke and I are just friends."
"Explain the hugging then."
"Okay well he was teaching me how to play pool, and well since I got it in . . . I was happy and I hugged him . . . see? Nothing happened."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Charlie kissed her, "Okay "
* * *
Luke sat on the couch of his apartment thinking about everything that was going on, he sighed thinking that he would never see Lorelai as more as a friend, 'She's getting married and there's nothing I can do about it.'
* * *
A/N: I know nothing about pool or anything associated with that game - so if any of my terminology is wrong than sorry.
