Disclaimer: Hey, I fixed the problem with the numbers that were appearing
on the previous two chapters. LOL. So, all is well. Anyway, by now you all
know that I do not own any of the characters, though I wish I owned Scott
Patterson! He's yummy! Anyway, enjoy!
Discovering True Love
Chapter Four: Taking Chances
Rating: PG, for a mild make-out scene (guess by whom? Hehehe)
Lorelai was ready to go home. After Max left, she had stayed in her office for an hour trying to digest what he had said. At lunch, she picked at her chicken salad and barely said a word. Finally, at three o'clock, she decided to call it a day.
She arrived home to find Rory and Dean in the living room watching a movie. "Lorelai Gilmore the third! What do you think you're doing?"
Rory jumped. "Mom! Don't do that!"
"Pray tell, why are you watching "Love Story" without me?" Lorelai went on, taking a seat on the couch. "Have they had their fight yet?"
Rory turned to Dean. "Mom likes the 'love means never having to say you're sorry' speech," she explained to her boyfriend. To Lorelai, Rory explained, "Dean told me he had never seen this movie, so I thought I would enlighten him."
Lorelai wasn't listening. She had already turned her attention to the movie. But, instead of seeing Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, she saw herself and Luke in the starring roles. Lorelai blinked. Shaking her head, Lorelai closed her eyes. What was going on with her? She thought. It seemed like everything made her think of Luke.
Rory looked over at her mother. "Mom? Are you okay?"
"I need to go for a walk," she told Rory.
The kids watched her leave the house. "Think she'll go to Luke's?" Dean wondered.
"I hope so," Rory answered, "then maybe she'll go back to normal…well, as normal as my mother can get."
Lorelai walked. She didn't know where she was going. After walking in circles around the town, she found herself at the diner. Looking in the window, she saw Luke was alone. She decided to take a chance.
Damn toaster. Luke had his back to the door as he tried to repair the toaster yet again. Hearing the door open, he turned around. Seeing Lorelai, he called out, "coffee's percolating."
"That's fine," Lorelai told him, as she took a seat at the counter, "I'll wait."
Luke arched an eyebrow. Lorelai, wait for coffee? He thought, where were the cracks she always made when he made her wait for coffee? "What's going on?"
"Nothing," Lorelai answered, "I took off from work early. Couldn't concentrate." Why did I tell him that?
Luke looked at her quizzically. "Are you feeling okay?" he asked, "you don't seem yourself."
"Max came to see me today," she told him, "he said a lot of strange things to me."
Luke grunted. He never liked Max Medina. He wasn't good enough for Lorelai. "You want me to beat him up for you?"
Lorelai stared at him. "Would you really do that for me?"
Luke saw a look in her eyes. She needed to know something, he could tell. "I would do anything for you, Lorelai," he said, quietly.
Lorelai didn't know what to say. She kept thinking of what everyone had told her. Max, Rory, Sookie, Miss Patty. Practically the whole town was in on this secret that she had no idea about. Luke would do anything for me, she told herself, and it's time I did something.
Lorelai stood up. She walked around the counter until she was standing directly in front of Luke. Taking his face in her hands, she slowly pulled him toward her and kissed him. As they kissed, she ran her hands through his hair, knocking off the baseball cap he always wore. The kiss sent electrical currents throughout her whole body.
Luke couldn't believe his luck. For so long, he wouldn't let himself want her. But it was something he couldn't deny. He had wanted her since the first time she walked into his diner demanding a cup of coffee. And now, he was kissing her. His hands roamed her body as his tongue roamed her mouth.
They broke apart reluctantly. Staring into his eyes, Lorelai knew she hadn't done the wrong thing. Smiling, she told him, "we just kissed."
Luke chuckled. "Yeah, we did." Pausing, he added, "how was it for you?"
Lorelai kissed him again. "Does that answer your question?" she asked him, quietly, as she pulled away.
As Lorelai picked up his baseball cap from the floor, she noticed the crowd that had formed outside the diner. "Umm, Luke? We have company."
Luke turned to the door. The whole town of Stars Hollow (including Rory and Dean, who had abandoned the movie) broke into applause. Luke and Lorelai laughed as they held each other and basked in their friends' approval. With a wave of their hands, they invited them into the diner. Everyone poured in and began congratulating the both of them.
(Hope you enjoyed it! But, rest assured, this is not the end. Would I do that to you??)
Discovering True Love
Chapter Four: Taking Chances
Rating: PG, for a mild make-out scene (guess by whom? Hehehe)
Lorelai was ready to go home. After Max left, she had stayed in her office for an hour trying to digest what he had said. At lunch, she picked at her chicken salad and barely said a word. Finally, at three o'clock, she decided to call it a day.
She arrived home to find Rory and Dean in the living room watching a movie. "Lorelai Gilmore the third! What do you think you're doing?"
Rory jumped. "Mom! Don't do that!"
"Pray tell, why are you watching "Love Story" without me?" Lorelai went on, taking a seat on the couch. "Have they had their fight yet?"
Rory turned to Dean. "Mom likes the 'love means never having to say you're sorry' speech," she explained to her boyfriend. To Lorelai, Rory explained, "Dean told me he had never seen this movie, so I thought I would enlighten him."
Lorelai wasn't listening. She had already turned her attention to the movie. But, instead of seeing Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, she saw herself and Luke in the starring roles. Lorelai blinked. Shaking her head, Lorelai closed her eyes. What was going on with her? She thought. It seemed like everything made her think of Luke.
Rory looked over at her mother. "Mom? Are you okay?"
"I need to go for a walk," she told Rory.
The kids watched her leave the house. "Think she'll go to Luke's?" Dean wondered.
"I hope so," Rory answered, "then maybe she'll go back to normal…well, as normal as my mother can get."
Lorelai walked. She didn't know where she was going. After walking in circles around the town, she found herself at the diner. Looking in the window, she saw Luke was alone. She decided to take a chance.
Damn toaster. Luke had his back to the door as he tried to repair the toaster yet again. Hearing the door open, he turned around. Seeing Lorelai, he called out, "coffee's percolating."
"That's fine," Lorelai told him, as she took a seat at the counter, "I'll wait."
Luke arched an eyebrow. Lorelai, wait for coffee? He thought, where were the cracks she always made when he made her wait for coffee? "What's going on?"
"Nothing," Lorelai answered, "I took off from work early. Couldn't concentrate." Why did I tell him that?
Luke looked at her quizzically. "Are you feeling okay?" he asked, "you don't seem yourself."
"Max came to see me today," she told him, "he said a lot of strange things to me."
Luke grunted. He never liked Max Medina. He wasn't good enough for Lorelai. "You want me to beat him up for you?"
Lorelai stared at him. "Would you really do that for me?"
Luke saw a look in her eyes. She needed to know something, he could tell. "I would do anything for you, Lorelai," he said, quietly.
Lorelai didn't know what to say. She kept thinking of what everyone had told her. Max, Rory, Sookie, Miss Patty. Practically the whole town was in on this secret that she had no idea about. Luke would do anything for me, she told herself, and it's time I did something.
Lorelai stood up. She walked around the counter until she was standing directly in front of Luke. Taking his face in her hands, she slowly pulled him toward her and kissed him. As they kissed, she ran her hands through his hair, knocking off the baseball cap he always wore. The kiss sent electrical currents throughout her whole body.
Luke couldn't believe his luck. For so long, he wouldn't let himself want her. But it was something he couldn't deny. He had wanted her since the first time she walked into his diner demanding a cup of coffee. And now, he was kissing her. His hands roamed her body as his tongue roamed her mouth.
They broke apart reluctantly. Staring into his eyes, Lorelai knew she hadn't done the wrong thing. Smiling, she told him, "we just kissed."
Luke chuckled. "Yeah, we did." Pausing, he added, "how was it for you?"
Lorelai kissed him again. "Does that answer your question?" she asked him, quietly, as she pulled away.
As Lorelai picked up his baseball cap from the floor, she noticed the crowd that had formed outside the diner. "Umm, Luke? We have company."
Luke turned to the door. The whole town of Stars Hollow (including Rory and Dean, who had abandoned the movie) broke into applause. Luke and Lorelai laughed as they held each other and basked in their friends' approval. With a wave of their hands, they invited them into the diner. Everyone poured in and began congratulating the both of them.
(Hope you enjoyed it! But, rest assured, this is not the end. Would I do that to you??)