NOTE: I really wish these Gilmore Girls people belong to me but, sadly, they don't. I will have the power one day, though.
A/N: Well, here it is. The sequel to Play Ball. Some of you might not know of that story so you'll just have to go read it and enjoy. Now on with this oh, so lovely sequel.
CHAPTER 3
Lorelai walked down the streets of Stars Hollow, heading on her usual path to Luke's diner. As she entered the diner, Lorelai heard Taylor and Miss Patty having a debate over something. They stood just outside the diner.
"Taylor," Miss Patty was saying. "That old bridge above the lake is getting weaker and weaker. You need to do something about it."
"Miss Patty, repairing that bridge would need serious funding. Something that no one has time for," Taylor insisted, in his usual annoying tone.
"Taylor," Miss Patty continued. "Kids go out to play on that bridge every year on Halloween and that's not too far away now."
"Yes, well, if you want to fund an assembly on staying in on Halloween then, Miss Patty, I will be all ears." Taylor walked off.
"Creep," Miss Patty uttered, fanning herself with a small hand fan.
Lorelai seated herself at the counter of the diner, watching Luke angrily scribbling down people's orders on a small notepad.
"Luke, I—" Lorelai started.
"I thought you wanted ham and bacon," Luke said to the customer.
"No," he said. "I ordered ham and toast."
"It was ham and bacon," Luke stated firmly. "Now you're getting the damn ham and bacon!" He stalked off to another table.
"He's such a butt hole," the customer said to Lorelai.
Lorelai stood up and began to follow the energetically angered Luke thought the diner. Before she could talk to him Luke practically slammed down a plate of food on a table Kirk sat at.
"This isn't what I ordered," Kirk said.
"It is what you ordered," Luke insisted.
"No. I ordered ham, eggs, with grape jelly on top."
"So?" Luke wore his annoyed yet confused frown, which was a look that was very well known to the Stars Hollow folks.
"So!" Kirk started angrily then formed a pout. "This is strawberry jelly. It has nowhere near the same zing as grape. I need that zing, Luke." Luke just stared at him for moment before walking off. "Wow. He didn't yell or anything." Kirk grabbed onto Lorelai's arm and said sincerely, "I'm scared."
Lorelai gave him a soft smile before following Luke again. "Luke," she tried to start again.
"All these damn customers," Luke grumbled, going to the cash register. "They ruin business."
"Yeah, paying customers are weird that way," Lorelai agreed with cheerful sarcasm. Luke gave her a look before going back to the cash register. "Look, Luke, you aren't usually one to sit back and throw your head around laughing but, come on. You're doing that thing where you act mean for no reason."
"Yeah, well, this time I have a reason," Luke assured her.
Lorelai said, "OK, and that would be...?"
Luke started to tell her but then glanced around at all the watching customer's. The diner owner pulled Lorelai up the stairs that led to the apartment for privacy reasons.
"What's going on here, Luke?" the woman asked him.
"Jess has a kid," Luke stated bluntly.
Lorelai stood a little frozen. "OK... that was completely unexpected."
"I'm serious," Luke said. "He has a kid; a six-year-old girl."
"Luke, hold on. We're talking about Jess, right? Your nephew, Jess?"
"I only know one Jess!" Luke snapped.
"Whoa, easy," Lorelai said in defense. "I'm just saying... how did this happen?"
"Shane got pregnant six years ago, she and the kid moved to LA, the girl had some type of issues and Jess ended up with Rosa."
"Rosa?" Lorelai looked confused.
"The kid," Luke sighed.
"Oh, my God," Lorelai exclaimed softly. "This is... oh, my God."
"I said the same thing," said Luke.
"Well... how do you feel about this exactly?" Lorelai asked, for lack of a better question.
"I don't know. I mean, we're talking about Jess here. How can he raise a kid? He still is a kid."
"Well, are they here?" Lorelai asked.
"Who?"
"Jess and Rosa?" Lorelai reminded him as if she were desperate to say duh.
"Oh, yeah, they're here." Luke opened the door of the upstairs apartment, allowing Lorelai to peak in at Jess in a sleeping bag and Rosa cuddled up in Luke's bed.
"She's beautiful," Lorelai commented then turned to Luke with a smile. "You gave her your bed?"
"What? Yeah, well..." Luke stammered. "She's a kid. She had to sleep somewhere."
"Luke," Lorelai continued to beam. "You're a softie. Great Uncle Luke is a softie."
"Don't ever call me that," Luke ordered sarcastically. "In fact, she better not ever call me that."
Lorelai kept her smile and glanced in again at Rosa, who seemed to be moaning in her sleep.
A/N: I might have rushed through this chapter. Sorry about that. The next one will be longer, I think. Please review!