Chapter 7: Movie Nite at the Gilmores
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. I never will. Wish I could, but I can't, so if that disappoints any of you, then I'm sorry! :-P
Summery: Rory and Jess have to struggle over the many obstacles that are placed in their way. R/J pairings and maybe a few others. Future Fic!
A/N: Okay, I know that my story's plot is kinda weak. I'm considering deleting it. I know that it isn't adored by a lot of people, so I'm hesitant to keep it up longer. Maybe I'll keep going, and I wont delete it, but that will only happen if I find out that a lot of people don't want me to delete it. So, voice your opinion! Review and let me know if I should delete or keep going. Thnx!
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Flashback from last chapter
Just then a cry was heard from the other room. Lorelai offered to go get Lorel. She went into Jess and Rory's room and picked up the little girl. "Hi honey!" She said gently. "Did you have a good nap?" She brought Lorel into the kitchen so Rory could see that she was alright.
"Here she is!" announced Lorelai as she handed Lorel to Rory who looked at her for a moment then declared, "Something's wrong. I just know."
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"Rory, whats the matter?" asked Jess as he went over to where Rory was standing.
"She feels kinda warm." Said Rory as she put her hand on Lorel's forehead. "Mom, do you have a thermometer anywhere around here?" she asked as she turned to face her mom.
"I think so, lets see, where is it?" Lorelai thought aloud as she tapped her finger to her chin.
"If you cant find on, Lorelai, I can always run over to Doose's and get one there." Offered Jess.
"Gimme a minute" said Lorelai as she disappeared into the bathroom. The others could hear her rooting through cabinets, and knocking over piles in search of the lost thermometer. Rory and Jess looked at each other and rolled their eyes. "Does your mom even know where anything is in this house?" asked Jess sarcastically.
"I heard that!" yelled a voice from the other room. "And yes, I do know where something is! The coffee is in the kitchen! I know where that is!"
"Well duh!" muttered Jess curtly.
"Heard that too!"
"I'm running over to Doose's." remarked Jess as he grabbed his coat.
"Ah hah!" Lorelai said as she emerged from the bathroom holding the thermometer. "I found it!"
Lorelai handed the thermometer to Rory who took Lorel's temperature. When in a few minutes Rory checked it again it read 101o F.
"101?" asked Lorelai as she peered over Rory's shoulder.
"What?" asked Rory as she spun around. "Is that something bad?"
"Well, its not good," replied Lorelai carefully, "But you've had a higher fever than that and look how you turned out!"
"Thanks mom." Rory replied. I'm gonna go call the doctor. Can you hold her for a minute?"
"Sure babe." Replied Lorelai as she reached for the upset little girl.
"Mommy will be back in one minute." Rory said to her daughter as she kissed her on the top of her head. "Just one minute."
Rory went into the other room to use the phone, and when she came back in a few minutes, she had a smile on her face. "The doctor's assistant can fit me in tomorrow morning."
"Good to hear. Now, I'm hungry. Lukes?" asked Lorelai as she stood up.
"Deal." Announced Rory as she gently cradled Lorel. "Actually, I guess I'd better stay here." She said as her face fell a little.
"Oh, I'll make it take-out Lukes." Said Lorelai as she changed her mind. "I can go pick up the food if you guys want."
"Sure, thanks mom." Rory's smile returned to her face. "And maybe you could pick up junk food and movies and we can have a movie night."
"Oh no!" exclaimed Jess. "In that case I'm gonna spend the night at Lukes!"
"Hey, what a great idea! We can invite Luke too!" Rory said as Lorelai turned a little pink in the cheeks. "What, are you embarrassed?" she asked Lorelai.
"No, I'm not embarrassed." Lorelai said quickly. "Just isn't movie night a girl thing?"
"Stop with the excuses. I'm inviting Luke too." Rory decided. "No, wait, you can invite him when you pick up the food."
"Me? But, but," Lorelai faltered trying to think of an excuse. "Oh alright, I'll invite him." She said with a sigh. "But its just movie night. Not a date."
"I know, I know," said Rory with a smile on her face.
"I guess I'd better go pick up the food now." Said Lorelai. "And get it over with." She thought to herself.
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Luke's Diner
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"Hiya Lukey!" Lorelai said energetically as she entered the diner.
"Hi to you too Lorelai." Luke said as he stopped washing the counter for a minute. "What can I get you."
"Hmm," thought Lorelai as she decided. "I'll have a burger, so will Rory. And two cokes and two coffees. No, wait, make that three cokes. What do you think Jess would want?" she asked Luke.
"I don't know, he never really eats much anyways. Just get him a burger too. Hey, wait, where are the kids?"
"At home, Lorel's got a small fever. Rory's taking her to the doctor tomorrow though. I'm getting take out for them." Lorelai announced proudly.
"Well, okay, are you gonna want fries with that?" asked Luke as he disappeared into the kitchen.
"Yea! I almost forgot! Two orders of fries." Lorelai hollered back.
"Okay, so three burgers, two orders of fries, three cokes, and two coffees? Is that it?" asked Luke as he reappeared.
"Yup. Oh hey, before I forget would you like to come to movie nite tonight? We're gonna rent movies and eat junk food and stuff. It'll be fun." Lorelai asked as calmly as she could. Inside her heart was pounding.
"Um, gimme a second to think about that. I gotta go get the food." Luke said quickly as he disappeared into the kitchen. "Movie night with Lorelai? Would that be like a date?" he thought. "No, Rory and Jess would be there. It would be safe, I think." He thought again.
"Heres your food. And, I'd, I'd love to go to movie night. What time?" Luke asked.
Lorelai smiled. "My house, 7:30. Be there or be square."
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Meanwhile, back at Lorelai's house
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"Alright, what kind of a scheme are you cooking up here?" asked Jess accusingly as soon as Lorelai had left.
"Me, cook up an evil scheme? You must be crazy." Rory said mockingly.
"Come on, spill." Demanded Jess. "I know you are planning something. You might as well tell me."
"All right." Rory agreed. "I think mom likes Luke."
"Yea, he's major crushing on her too." Jess agreed. "What are you gonna do about it?"
"Well, we could either sneak out of the house during movie nite, or leave on purpose. We have to get something for Lorel or whatever." Rory suggested. "Then they'll be stuck together for the night."
"Sneaky." Said Jess," But I like it. Your mom will be furious either way. Which would you rather do?"
"My vote is for leaving on purpose. What do you think?"
"Works for me, Shh. I think I hear her coming." Jess said as he heard Lorelai humming.
"So, is he coming?" Rory asked, even though she was pretty sure that the answer would be 'yes'.
"Yup, at 7:30. I've brought food!"
"Ahh! Food! I'm starved." Rory exclaimed as she raced towards the bag of food Lorelai had put down. "Mmmmmm. Fries."
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7:30 at Lorelai's.
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"Ding Dong."
"The doorbell!" shrieked Lorelai. "Is everything ready?"
"Candy?" Rory asked Jess.
"Check." He replied.
"Chips and Dip?"
"Check."
"Pizza and Popcorn?"
"Check and Check."
"Soda and Coffee?"
"Check. We're ready." Replied Jess as the doorbell ran again "I'll get that." He sighed since it appeared that neither Rory nor Lorelai would.
"Luke, you're here." Announced Jess as he opened the door. "Come on in."
"Uh, thanks." Luke replied awkwardly.
Just then Rory appeared from the room where she had just put Lorel to bed. "Hiya Luke! You ready to watch movies and eat junk food?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Replied Luke, which sent Rory into a burst of giggles.
"Whats so funny?" he asked defensively
"Nothing, nothing." Rory replied "Mom!" she yelled upstairs. "Luke's here. Come down!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Lorelai yelled back. "Gimme a minute!"
Jess and Luke just rolled their eyes.
Finally Lorelai appeared downstairs and they all sat down on the couch and the floor. Jess put his arm around Rory and Lorelai popped a movie into the VCR.
Luke and Lorelai sat on the couch a little bit awkwardly through the first half of the movie. Just then, Rory paused the movie for a minute and declared, "We've run out of mini marshmallows!"
"We can live without mini marshmallows.I don't even like them anyways. Sit down and watch the movie." Lorelai said because she feared what Rory would do next.
"Mom, that's crazy. You love mini marshmallows! Who are you kidding? No, I'm going out to get mini marshmallows. Jess, come with me." Rory insisted.
"But, but," Lorelai protested but she was shushed by Rory. "We'll be back before you know it."
Lorelai realized she had no choice but to agree to Rory so she nodded her head and said, "You're evil! I'm never talking to you again." And she turned her back and pouted. Then Rory and Jess left and Lorelai and Luke sat even more awkwardly on the couch.
"Um, should we start the movie?" asked Luke cautiously.
"Yea, yea, the movie. Of course. The movie." Lorelai babbled nervously. She turned on the VCR again and they settled down to finish the movie.
When the movie finished, Lorelai was even more nervous than ever. "Um, do you want more coke or something? I could get you water if you'd rather actually. Or maybe you would want ginger ale or something."
"Uh, coke's fine. I can get it, thanks." Luke said anxiously as he dashed for the kitchen.
"Where's Rory?" Lorelai thought as she looked at the clock. "She's already been gone an hour!"
Luke returned with the drink, and Lorelai put another movie on. About a little more than an hour into the second movie, Lorelai started to worry again.
"Rory and Jess have been gone for awhile. Do you think anything could have happened to them?" she asked as she paused the movie.
"You're right. How long does it take to get one bag of mini marshmallows?" Luke asked aloud.
"I'm scared." Whimpered Lorelai.
"Shhh". Soothed Luke. "They're fine. They probably just got a little distracted. Come here." He said as he patted the seat on the sofa next to him. Lorelai gave him a grateful smile and sat down next to him.
When it came time to change movies again, Lorelai switched to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and returned to Luke's embrace. He smiled and put his arm around her shoulder.
Rory and Jess returned at 11:30 only to find Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory playing and Luke and Lorelai dozing quietly on the couch, Lorelai had her head rested on Luke's shoulder and Luke had him arm wrapped protectively around Lorelai.
Rory looked at Jess and grinned. Jess went over to turn off the movie, and Rory shook Lorelai gently. "Mom, wake up. Movie night is over."
"Huh?" Lorelai asked groggily. Immediately she regained consciousness. "What time is it?" She asked as she picked her head up from Luke's shoulder.
"11:30" replied Rory softly as though not to wake Luke.
Instantly, Luke opened his eyes. It took him a minute to realize where he was. Then he took his arm away from Lorelai's shoulder embarrassed.
"I'd better be going. Thanks it was…fun." He said with a small grin on his face. "Good night everyone."
"Night Luke." Lorelai said as she stood in the doorway awkwardly.
Rory and Jess took the hint. "I'm gonna go check on Lorel." Rory said as she disappeared into the other room with Jess at her heels.
"We should do this again, sometime." Luke said to Lorelai, as he was about to leave.
"Yea, I'll call you the next time we do a movie nite."
"Or maybe we could do something else. Dinner or whatever." Luke interrupted. Lorelai's face broke out into a big smile.
"I'll see you at the dinner tomorrow, Its Danish Day." Luke said, his gruff appearance returning. And with that he walked down the street.
"Right, Danish Day." Lorelai called after him. "I'll be there, or be square! Save a cherry Danish for me. And a strawberry. And a raspberry."
"Good night Lorelai!" Luke replied as if to close the subject they were talking on.
Lorelai sighed and returned to the house.
Rory quickly emerged from the bedroom. "Well, what happened?" she prompted.
"You know, I have a right to be furious with you. Where did you go?" Lorelai asked curiously. "You didn't even return with the marshmallows."
"I thought you weren't talking to me ever again?" Rory mocked.
"Aww cut it out. I'm dying to know. Tell me!" demanded Lorelai anxiously. "Tell me, tell me tell me tell me TELL ME! You left me here with Luke, you at least have the decency to tell me where you went. And I want my mini marshmallows!"
"Calm down, mom." Rory laughed. "We ate them in the car. It was such a pretty night, so Jess and I went driving around. We looked at our old neighborhood, and we even did a little bit of apartment searching. It was too late to go see anyone about apartments, but we just drove around. How did things go here with you and Luke?"
"Sit down, I've got a lot to say." Said Lorelai as Rory sat down next to her. The two talked and giggled for hours until, finally, they both went to bed. Tired and exhausted, But both happy.
AN: Okay, that was chapter 7. You see, I didn't really want for Lorel's being sick to be the main part of the story; I just used it as a reason for them having to get takeout. If they had gone to eat in at Luke's, then Rory and Jess would have been with Lorelai when she asked, and it would have been even more awkward. So, Lorelai went in on her own, because Rory and Jess had to take care of the baby. So, kindly review, and let me know if I should delete the story, or keep going. Thanks, oh and you guys are lucky. I found time to post another chapter before I'm leaving on vacation.
Oh, P.S.- This chapter should have made bbwholly1981 a little happier. J
P.P.S-Thanks so much to Mrs. Mariano for all of her help. She did a really good job editing this chapter. I don't know if I would have been able to make it so good without her. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!