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Lorelai, Rory and Alyssa made their way to Luke's bundled up in coats on this particularly cold day. Walking into the near empty diner Lorelai and Rory noticed something was different.
"Luke?" Lorelai said pausing in the middle of the diner.
"You're going to have to sit down if you want coffee, I don't serve standing customers"
"Something's different" Lorelai mused ignoring Luke's past comment.
"She's right" Rory agreed looking around from the counter "something's... missing"
"You're both crazy" Luke stated putting two cups of coffee on the counter "uh, does Alyssa want anything?" Luke asked looking at Lorelai.
Lorelai shrugged "Alyssa honey, do you want some juice?"
Alyssa, who was sitting next to Rory nodded.
"So Rory, any plans for the day or are you going to come into the Inn with me?" Lorelai looked hopefully at her daughter "You could bug Michel while I'm in a really informative yet unbearably boring meeting"
"Ah, actually Jess and I were going to go to this new book shop in Hartford, sorry."
"Uh, fine ditch your mom"
"It's not called ditching if it was never planned in the first place"
Lorelai stuck her tongue out at Rory as Luke came back out with Alyssa's drink.
"So Luke" Lorelai said "if Rory is ditching me today can Alyssa stay with you?"
"What?" Luke sounded surprised, he hadn't planned to just dump Alyssa with Lorelai but he wasn't sure about spending the day with her either.
"I have to run the diner; I can't just ignore her for the day."
"So leave Caesar in charge"
"Lorelai I can't..."
"Well" Lorelai thought "she could just stay in the apartment, you know watch TV, read a book, through a party the usual kiddie stuff."
Luke sighed and looked at Alyssa,
"Would you mind that?"
This was the first time he had spoken to her directly; Alyssa shook her head the idea of the day to herself sounded fine.
"Then it's settled" Lorelai said banging her hand like a gavel, "I should only be a few hours, you sure you're ok with this honey?"
"Yup" Alyssa answered and Lorelai hugged her.
"I'm going to go up and look for Jess, you want me to take you up?" Rory asked Alyssa who followed her upstairs.
"I'll check on Alyssa later" Luke stated to no one in particular.
Above in the apartment Rory showed Alyssa around while Jess was getting ready.
"So you can watch TV, look around, you have everything you need?" Rory asked
"Uh huh" Alyssa nodded.
"Ok, Luke will bring you some lunch and check up on you later, if you want anything just go down and ask him ok?"
Another nod.
"And if you jump on Luke's bed he'll be really happy" Jess said with a smirk coming out of the bathroom.
"Jess" Rory said hitting him on the arm and adding "I wouldn't try it"
Rory and Jess said goodbye to Alyssa then disappeared down the stairs. With them gone Alyssa could actually get a good look around the apartment, it was small, only one real room that branched off than the bathroom. Alyssa smiled, she liked the place. By one of the beds, presumably Jess's, there were 2 large book cases stacked with books, most too advanced for Alyssa but right down the bottom in the corner of the second case were some old photo albums she pulled one out and started looking through it. The photos were all really old and black and white and some of pages had been eaten by moths. Alyssa carried the album over to the couch, lying down with the book on the floor she started to page through it. Alyssa easily became lost in the pictures making up stories to go with the photos. They were mostly of a young family of four; mother, father, daughter and son. Alyssa figured that the boy must be Luke although he did look a bit like Jess.
"That's one of my favourite pages" a voice said from above, shocking her out of her thoughts. Luke was standing behind the couch with a tray in his hands he put the tray on the coffee table and sat down next to Alyssa. Rather awkwardly Luke picked up the album and turning to the front he started to explain the photos, each becoming more detailed than the last. Alyssa edged closer to Luke eventually resting her head by his side noticing him freeze up for a second than relax. Paging through the album Luke was becoming lost in the stories he told and Alyssa who was hooked on his words was slowly drifting off to sleep. When the last page was turned the final photo pictured was of Luke in his early twenties with a beautiful girl in her teens and a small child, looking at this picture brought goose bumps to Luke's skin and a warm feeling swell inside of him.
"You have a perfect family" Alyssa said sleepily resting her head again against Luke. Luke however was lost in the picture and with the child now resting on him; Alyssa looked so much like the child in the photo, Rory. Slowly Luke stood up being careful to gently rest Alyssa back on the couch and cover her with a blanket he walked to the door and looking back a small smile played at his face as he watched her sleep "You're part of my perfect family" he whispered than closed the door to return downstairs.
A/N: you know what to do! And if you don't, that little review button will help you remember...
punkcatwitissues – I'd love a beta reader and generally anything that can help improve my writing I'm willing to do.
Lorelai, Rory and Alyssa made their way to Luke's bundled up in coats on this particularly cold day. Walking into the near empty diner Lorelai and Rory noticed something was different.
"Luke?" Lorelai said pausing in the middle of the diner.
"You're going to have to sit down if you want coffee, I don't serve standing customers"
"Something's different" Lorelai mused ignoring Luke's past comment.
"She's right" Rory agreed looking around from the counter "something's... missing"
"You're both crazy" Luke stated putting two cups of coffee on the counter "uh, does Alyssa want anything?" Luke asked looking at Lorelai.
Lorelai shrugged "Alyssa honey, do you want some juice?"
Alyssa, who was sitting next to Rory nodded.
"So Rory, any plans for the day or are you going to come into the Inn with me?" Lorelai looked hopefully at her daughter "You could bug Michel while I'm in a really informative yet unbearably boring meeting"
"Ah, actually Jess and I were going to go to this new book shop in Hartford, sorry."
"Uh, fine ditch your mom"
"It's not called ditching if it was never planned in the first place"
Lorelai stuck her tongue out at Rory as Luke came back out with Alyssa's drink.
"So Luke" Lorelai said "if Rory is ditching me today can Alyssa stay with you?"
"What?" Luke sounded surprised, he hadn't planned to just dump Alyssa with Lorelai but he wasn't sure about spending the day with her either.
"I have to run the diner; I can't just ignore her for the day."
"So leave Caesar in charge"
"Lorelai I can't..."
"Well" Lorelai thought "she could just stay in the apartment, you know watch TV, read a book, through a party the usual kiddie stuff."
Luke sighed and looked at Alyssa,
"Would you mind that?"
This was the first time he had spoken to her directly; Alyssa shook her head the idea of the day to herself sounded fine.
"Then it's settled" Lorelai said banging her hand like a gavel, "I should only be a few hours, you sure you're ok with this honey?"
"Yup" Alyssa answered and Lorelai hugged her.
"I'm going to go up and look for Jess, you want me to take you up?" Rory asked Alyssa who followed her upstairs.
"I'll check on Alyssa later" Luke stated to no one in particular.
Above in the apartment Rory showed Alyssa around while Jess was getting ready.
"So you can watch TV, look around, you have everything you need?" Rory asked
"Uh huh" Alyssa nodded.
"Ok, Luke will bring you some lunch and check up on you later, if you want anything just go down and ask him ok?"
Another nod.
"And if you jump on Luke's bed he'll be really happy" Jess said with a smirk coming out of the bathroom.
"Jess" Rory said hitting him on the arm and adding "I wouldn't try it"
Rory and Jess said goodbye to Alyssa then disappeared down the stairs. With them gone Alyssa could actually get a good look around the apartment, it was small, only one real room that branched off than the bathroom. Alyssa smiled, she liked the place. By one of the beds, presumably Jess's, there were 2 large book cases stacked with books, most too advanced for Alyssa but right down the bottom in the corner of the second case were some old photo albums she pulled one out and started looking through it. The photos were all really old and black and white and some of pages had been eaten by moths. Alyssa carried the album over to the couch, lying down with the book on the floor she started to page through it. Alyssa easily became lost in the pictures making up stories to go with the photos. They were mostly of a young family of four; mother, father, daughter and son. Alyssa figured that the boy must be Luke although he did look a bit like Jess.
"That's one of my favourite pages" a voice said from above, shocking her out of her thoughts. Luke was standing behind the couch with a tray in his hands he put the tray on the coffee table and sat down next to Alyssa. Rather awkwardly Luke picked up the album and turning to the front he started to explain the photos, each becoming more detailed than the last. Alyssa edged closer to Luke eventually resting her head by his side noticing him freeze up for a second than relax. Paging through the album Luke was becoming lost in the stories he told and Alyssa who was hooked on his words was slowly drifting off to sleep. When the last page was turned the final photo pictured was of Luke in his early twenties with a beautiful girl in her teens and a small child, looking at this picture brought goose bumps to Luke's skin and a warm feeling swell inside of him.
"You have a perfect family" Alyssa said sleepily resting her head again against Luke. Luke however was lost in the picture and with the child now resting on him; Alyssa looked so much like the child in the photo, Rory. Slowly Luke stood up being careful to gently rest Alyssa back on the couch and cover her with a blanket he walked to the door and looking back a small smile played at his face as he watched her sleep "You're part of my perfect family" he whispered than closed the door to return downstairs.
A/N: you know what to do! And if you don't, that little review button will help you remember...