A/N, in one of my reviews, someone said that they did not think that Luke
loved Nicole that much... I realized that they were right. Thank you to
that person for opening my mind. Obviously, I was in another world. I am
thinking of just deleting this story, I might have a few ideas, but reviews
aren't high so it's a good possibility. Let me know what you think. Thanks,
especially to smile1, who gave me a few 'improvement' suggestions.
Days had gone by, and he had decided that it was time to go home. The fish weren't biting, though the scenery was great. He just went for a scent of the woods. The pine, nature. Just how the world should be. A bump in the road woke him up from his daydreaming, just as his thoughts turned to Nicole. They had been dating for months, but he realized something. He never really loved her, or at least not enough to marry her. But why would he propose? A sense of belonging was the first thing that came to mind. Nicole was someone to talk to. It was like being in grade school. You had the popular kids, the smart people, people who didn't judge, people who did. You always fit into somewhere. He must not have been as comfortable as he thought with the place he was in. So he ran to where someone needed him and wanted him. Like the cream and the cookie, no Oreo would be complete without both. They separate most of the time, but they were always together. As he turned down the road, he thought of Lorelai. She was a nice person. A good friend. But she was Lorelai. Never would he see himself with her. They were two different people. The same yet different.
He parked the truck outside of the Diner and unpacked his belongings to bring inside. He was warmly greeted with stares, from the residents of Stars Hollow.
"Yah, I'm back, get over it," he told them, while he silently cursed his father for living here. When he entered the Diner to find that Rory, Jess and Lorelai were all serving food.
"Lukey! You're back! We were so devastated without you." Lorelai yelled dramatically, then she pretended to faint.
"Don't ever call me that again."
"What will you do about it Burger Boy?"
"Is threatening to not serve you coffee enough? Or do I actually have to do it?"
"Aren't we in a crabby mood? Did a catfish get your tongue?"
"That wasn't funny. I can bet that one of those lame joke books is funnier than you are."
People started to stare and listen to the conversation now. He felt like a fish. How they are always trapped in aquariums with people starring at them and thinking they know what they're thinking and what's best for them but they don't. It's actually a weird feeling he thought to himself. He turned and left the conversation, went and picked up his stuff as he carried it upstairs. Jess was coming down the stairs. He tripped, being as he was reading a book, and landed on Luke.
"Jess," Luke decided that yelling would be the best way to get his anger out.
"Gee, Uncle Luke. Did the Catfi." he was cut off by Luke.
"Don't even try that one, Lorelai already did, and she lost her coffee privileges."
"I did not," she yelled from the counter.
"Yah, that's what you think."
"Did you swallow a hook or something?"
Luke decided not to reply to her. "Jess, help me get this stuff upstairs."
"Do I have a choice or is it an order, if it's a."
"Now, Jess."
Jess reluctantly did as he was told. When he was finished, he decided to take a walk. 'Rory must be around here somewhere.' He thought. Her house was the first place he decided to look. He approached the door and then decided that knocking would be the way of getting her to answer. Just as his fist was about to pound, the door it opened and Rory came out. Of course, her head was in a book and she was startled to see someone at the door, so she looked up just as a fist landed on her eye.
"Ok, I'm seeing stars. I don't believe that was part of the book."
"Rory, are you ok? I didn't mean to umm you know."
"Yah, you might as well come on in now, I should get some ice."
"Here let me get it for you." He offered.
A few hours later, they were walking hand in hand down the streets of Stars Hollow, receiving glances and whispers.
"Do you want something to eat?"
"You owe me big time, I think we should go to Doose's and get a bag of those Reese's Bites. It's amazing how people could come up with them you know. Who would ever have thought of it? It's such a simple invention yet so complicated."
"That black eye really affected your brain."
"Nope, just in the mood for chocolate."
They entered the market and headed over to get the desired candy.
"Rory what happened. Did he hurt you, because if he did."
The couple turned to see Dean stocking up the aisle.
"No, I walked into a door sort of."
"If you ever hurt her I swear I will."
"Finish a sentence? Ohhh I'm freaking out now."
"Funny."
"Jess, come on..." Rory said as she picked up a bag of her 'candy'. Jess followed and ignored the grin on Dean's face, as he followed Rory to the check out. He barely listened while Taylor remarked about Rory's eye. After they left the market, they headed towards the Diner; on the way there, they spotted Nicole.
"Ahh shoot. Can't she just go away?"
Nicole walked into the building and started talking to Luke, who ignored her.
"You know what Nicole? I did some thinking and I realized that I don't' love you. I felt loved but I didn't love. So you can just go away and pretend I never asked you."
"Luke, don't do this." Nicole pleaded.
"I already told you I can't marry you anyways, what I did was for the best."
"Why couldn't you?"
Rory and Jess walked into the Diner, ready to throw her out when Luke replied.
"I love someone else."
Lorelai dropped a plate, the sound startled the whole crowed that had gathered.
Days had gone by, and he had decided that it was time to go home. The fish weren't biting, though the scenery was great. He just went for a scent of the woods. The pine, nature. Just how the world should be. A bump in the road woke him up from his daydreaming, just as his thoughts turned to Nicole. They had been dating for months, but he realized something. He never really loved her, or at least not enough to marry her. But why would he propose? A sense of belonging was the first thing that came to mind. Nicole was someone to talk to. It was like being in grade school. You had the popular kids, the smart people, people who didn't judge, people who did. You always fit into somewhere. He must not have been as comfortable as he thought with the place he was in. So he ran to where someone needed him and wanted him. Like the cream and the cookie, no Oreo would be complete without both. They separate most of the time, but they were always together. As he turned down the road, he thought of Lorelai. She was a nice person. A good friend. But she was Lorelai. Never would he see himself with her. They were two different people. The same yet different.
He parked the truck outside of the Diner and unpacked his belongings to bring inside. He was warmly greeted with stares, from the residents of Stars Hollow.
"Yah, I'm back, get over it," he told them, while he silently cursed his father for living here. When he entered the Diner to find that Rory, Jess and Lorelai were all serving food.
"Lukey! You're back! We were so devastated without you." Lorelai yelled dramatically, then she pretended to faint.
"Don't ever call me that again."
"What will you do about it Burger Boy?"
"Is threatening to not serve you coffee enough? Or do I actually have to do it?"
"Aren't we in a crabby mood? Did a catfish get your tongue?"
"That wasn't funny. I can bet that one of those lame joke books is funnier than you are."
People started to stare and listen to the conversation now. He felt like a fish. How they are always trapped in aquariums with people starring at them and thinking they know what they're thinking and what's best for them but they don't. It's actually a weird feeling he thought to himself. He turned and left the conversation, went and picked up his stuff as he carried it upstairs. Jess was coming down the stairs. He tripped, being as he was reading a book, and landed on Luke.
"Jess," Luke decided that yelling would be the best way to get his anger out.
"Gee, Uncle Luke. Did the Catfi." he was cut off by Luke.
"Don't even try that one, Lorelai already did, and she lost her coffee privileges."
"I did not," she yelled from the counter.
"Yah, that's what you think."
"Did you swallow a hook or something?"
Luke decided not to reply to her. "Jess, help me get this stuff upstairs."
"Do I have a choice or is it an order, if it's a."
"Now, Jess."
Jess reluctantly did as he was told. When he was finished, he decided to take a walk. 'Rory must be around here somewhere.' He thought. Her house was the first place he decided to look. He approached the door and then decided that knocking would be the way of getting her to answer. Just as his fist was about to pound, the door it opened and Rory came out. Of course, her head was in a book and she was startled to see someone at the door, so she looked up just as a fist landed on her eye.
"Ok, I'm seeing stars. I don't believe that was part of the book."
"Rory, are you ok? I didn't mean to umm you know."
"Yah, you might as well come on in now, I should get some ice."
"Here let me get it for you." He offered.
A few hours later, they were walking hand in hand down the streets of Stars Hollow, receiving glances and whispers.
"Do you want something to eat?"
"You owe me big time, I think we should go to Doose's and get a bag of those Reese's Bites. It's amazing how people could come up with them you know. Who would ever have thought of it? It's such a simple invention yet so complicated."
"That black eye really affected your brain."
"Nope, just in the mood for chocolate."
They entered the market and headed over to get the desired candy.
"Rory what happened. Did he hurt you, because if he did."
The couple turned to see Dean stocking up the aisle.
"No, I walked into a door sort of."
"If you ever hurt her I swear I will."
"Finish a sentence? Ohhh I'm freaking out now."
"Funny."
"Jess, come on..." Rory said as she picked up a bag of her 'candy'. Jess followed and ignored the grin on Dean's face, as he followed Rory to the check out. He barely listened while Taylor remarked about Rory's eye. After they left the market, they headed towards the Diner; on the way there, they spotted Nicole.
"Ahh shoot. Can't she just go away?"
Nicole walked into the building and started talking to Luke, who ignored her.
"You know what Nicole? I did some thinking and I realized that I don't' love you. I felt loved but I didn't love. So you can just go away and pretend I never asked you."
"Luke, don't do this." Nicole pleaded.
"I already told you I can't marry you anyways, what I did was for the best."
"Why couldn't you?"
Rory and Jess walked into the Diner, ready to throw her out when Luke replied.
"I love someone else."
Lorelai dropped a plate, the sound startled the whole crowed that had gathered.
