/b Starting at Season 4 finale when Luke goes to chase Kirk and
before Lorelai goes back to the house finding Rory with Dean. I don't know
where this will end up, but will definitely be a story for Java Junkies.
/b I do not own the characters or any previous plots from which this story may stem. I do, however, own the head from which this story was created and reserve all rights to it.
Lorelai was about to go for a third kiss when she heard someone screaming down the stairs. She turned frantically to find Kirk, stark naked running towards her, indifferent to her presence.
"Oh, shit." stammered Luke, obviously having forgotten his new job for the weekend as Kirk's bodyguard in protection of himself.
"What's happening?" yelled Lorelai as Luke started to chase after Kirk.
"I'll tell you later!" He hollered in reply without looking back.
Lorelai laughed at the scene to herself, but instantly wished that her entertainment was not Kirk running naked through the lawn of the inn but instead going in for that third kiss.
She leaned against the door frame and her eyes glazed over in a daze when she heard a voice behind her. "Lorelai?" She had completely forgotten that Jason was still there.
"Jason, won't you please leave?"
"Why should we? Things were good..."
"They /i good, Jason. They /i." She gave him an incredulous stare. "Why are you still here?"
"Because I can fix things. I can't live without you, Lorelai."
"Well I'm sorry, but you're going to have to learn how." She looked over her shoulder hoping that Luke would come back soon; she felt she needed more help now than Kirk did. "Digger..." she had become exasperated with his presence.
"Lor, listen..."
"No. You can't sue my father, expect to stay with me then, and then come back weeks later and expect to be back with me now!"
"But it was all a mistake!"
"And why the hell are you telling people that we're still together?!"
"Because we are!"
"No! We're not. I already ended this. I'm already with somebody else. You've gotta get over it."
"Who?"
She was flustered. She hadn't even really said it to anybody before except for Rory, if that really even counted. "Luke."
"The diner guy?"
"Yeah."
"Your mother said that you were just friends."
"You hear about my social life from my /i?" She looked up at the ceiling, very angry at the world about her. She looked at Jason again. "We /i just friends... the very /i of ijust friends/i." She flailed her hands and paced a bit in frustration.
While Lorelai paced right inside the door, Luke walked back slowly and stayed in the shadows directly on the opposite side of the entry out of view of either Lorelai or Jason.
"Lorelai, stop." He rested a hand on her shoulder and she stopped walking a groove in the floor. "Lor, you've gotta listen to me. I loved you. I'd never been in love before..." Lorelai looked back up at the ceiling shaking her head furiously.
"No, Jason." On hearing Lorelai's words Luke let out a breath that he'd been holding since his arrival to the scene. "No, you didn't love me. Nobody who was in love with me would sue my father."
"It was..."
"...business, I know," she finished for him. "Boy, love sure does make you lose sight of your priorities, doesn't it?"
"But I did..."
"...love me?? No, you didn't! You didn't love me, Jason. /i Luke loves me." She looked straight into his eyes a little scared of how fast everything was coming out. Outside the door Luke ran a shaky hand through his hair. It certainly wasn't anything that he had been prepared to hear.
"How do you..."
"...know? Because I do. Because it's Luke. Because he always has no matter how stupid I was to ignore the fact that it was always right in front of my face. Because the two of us could only be ijust friends/i for so long." She would not let down her stare. Lorelai was going to show Jason how things really were.
"Do you love him?"
She looked down at her feet, the first loss of eye contact since she started finishing his sentences. She was perturbed by his question but looked into his eyes once again when she found her answer. "Yes," she answered sincerely and decidedly. Outside, Luke was just glad that Lorelai could not see his stunned expression, but he was happier than he could remember ever being.
Jason looked down at the small space between he and Lorelai, obviously disappointed. "Well, I guess I'd better get going then."
"I think that'd be a good idea." She looked at him in a gaze of half pity. He began to walk out, dumbfounded. "Goodbye, Jason."
He reluctantly waved to Lorelai without making eye contact and walked out of the inn without ever seeing Luke standing there in the very presence of the official breakup.
Lorelai walked over to the staircase and sat on the bottom step. She sighed heavily and laid her head in her lap lacing her hands together and flopping them lazily by her ankles. Not only had she broken up with Jason but she had also professed her love for Luke, both of which had exhausted her. She closed her eyes and tried to breathe normally.
After a few minutes Luke walked through the door quietly to find Lorelai sitting by herself in a position that made him hope that she wasn't crying. He sauntered silently over to where she was nearly asleep and tapped her leg gently with the tip of his shoe. She looked up at his face and smiled.
"Hey," she managed to get out.
"Hey." They looked at each other for a brief moment before Lorelai became preoccupied with watching her hands fumble about themselves. She was clearly still anxious about everything. "So... Jason left?"
She paused before she answered. "Yes... Did he see you?"
"No."
"Good. But you saw him?"
"Not really. But I heard..."
Lorelai groaned. She buried her face in her hands and closed her eyes hoping that it was all just a dream and she could just wake up back by the door frame preparing herself to kiss Luke for the third time. As long as that part wasn't a dream. That was too good to have it be a dream. "How much did you hear?"
"You said yes."
She lifted her head in confusion but her eyes remained closed. "What? I said yes to...?"
"He asked if you..." he fumbled when he got to the next word.
Lorelai groaned again and put her head back in her lap. This night was supposed to be better. Luke's good attitude from before was being fowled around with as well. Wasn't she excited about this before? Luke sat down on the stair next to her and grabbed one of her ever moving hands while it was free. He laced his fingers through hers and she looked up at him into his eyes.
"You know, you were right."
"That Brad and Jennifer should have never been together in the first place? Yeah, I know."
"That I love you," he replied without a beat. She flinched at the memory of her conversation with Jason. "And that I always have." This made her look back into his eyes once again. She took her free hand and ran it slowly but steadily through the hair on his cheek and along his jaw line.
"Luke..." she leaned in towards him and began to close her eyes thanking God that the moment she had wanted had finally come but before their lips ever touched she heard screaming from outside. Exasperated she closed her eyes hard and leant her forehead against Luke's shoulder. "I believe that foghorn belongs to you, Luke. Please tell me that you brought Bert with you and you know how to turn it off as well as you know how to take bells out of church towers."
"I'll see what I can do," he replied gravely. "Be back here when I've broken it, okay?"
She shook her head. "I've gotta go get Rory. I sent her on an errand back when dirt was new and I should go check up on here. Plus I left a few things at home that I really need for this weekend to be as good as it needs to be." He nodded understandably. "But I will be back soon. Don't you doubt that for a moment. Now, go out there and do something about Kirk, will ya?"
Luke sprang to action at the reminder and gave her one last look of longing before going to tackle Kirk, the town terror.
TBC
/b I do not own the characters or any previous plots from which this story may stem. I do, however, own the head from which this story was created and reserve all rights to it.
Lorelai was about to go for a third kiss when she heard someone screaming down the stairs. She turned frantically to find Kirk, stark naked running towards her, indifferent to her presence.
"Oh, shit." stammered Luke, obviously having forgotten his new job for the weekend as Kirk's bodyguard in protection of himself.
"What's happening?" yelled Lorelai as Luke started to chase after Kirk.
"I'll tell you later!" He hollered in reply without looking back.
Lorelai laughed at the scene to herself, but instantly wished that her entertainment was not Kirk running naked through the lawn of the inn but instead going in for that third kiss.
She leaned against the door frame and her eyes glazed over in a daze when she heard a voice behind her. "Lorelai?" She had completely forgotten that Jason was still there.
"Jason, won't you please leave?"
"Why should we? Things were good..."
"They /i good, Jason. They /i." She gave him an incredulous stare. "Why are you still here?"
"Because I can fix things. I can't live without you, Lorelai."
"Well I'm sorry, but you're going to have to learn how." She looked over her shoulder hoping that Luke would come back soon; she felt she needed more help now than Kirk did. "Digger..." she had become exasperated with his presence.
"Lor, listen..."
"No. You can't sue my father, expect to stay with me then, and then come back weeks later and expect to be back with me now!"
"But it was all a mistake!"
"And why the hell are you telling people that we're still together?!"
"Because we are!"
"No! We're not. I already ended this. I'm already with somebody else. You've gotta get over it."
"Who?"
She was flustered. She hadn't even really said it to anybody before except for Rory, if that really even counted. "Luke."
"The diner guy?"
"Yeah."
"Your mother said that you were just friends."
"You hear about my social life from my /i?" She looked up at the ceiling, very angry at the world about her. She looked at Jason again. "We /i just friends... the very /i of ijust friends/i." She flailed her hands and paced a bit in frustration.
While Lorelai paced right inside the door, Luke walked back slowly and stayed in the shadows directly on the opposite side of the entry out of view of either Lorelai or Jason.
"Lorelai, stop." He rested a hand on her shoulder and she stopped walking a groove in the floor. "Lor, you've gotta listen to me. I loved you. I'd never been in love before..." Lorelai looked back up at the ceiling shaking her head furiously.
"No, Jason." On hearing Lorelai's words Luke let out a breath that he'd been holding since his arrival to the scene. "No, you didn't love me. Nobody who was in love with me would sue my father."
"It was..."
"...business, I know," she finished for him. "Boy, love sure does make you lose sight of your priorities, doesn't it?"
"But I did..."
"...love me?? No, you didn't! You didn't love me, Jason. /i Luke loves me." She looked straight into his eyes a little scared of how fast everything was coming out. Outside the door Luke ran a shaky hand through his hair. It certainly wasn't anything that he had been prepared to hear.
"How do you..."
"...know? Because I do. Because it's Luke. Because he always has no matter how stupid I was to ignore the fact that it was always right in front of my face. Because the two of us could only be ijust friends/i for so long." She would not let down her stare. Lorelai was going to show Jason how things really were.
"Do you love him?"
She looked down at her feet, the first loss of eye contact since she started finishing his sentences. She was perturbed by his question but looked into his eyes once again when she found her answer. "Yes," she answered sincerely and decidedly. Outside, Luke was just glad that Lorelai could not see his stunned expression, but he was happier than he could remember ever being.
Jason looked down at the small space between he and Lorelai, obviously disappointed. "Well, I guess I'd better get going then."
"I think that'd be a good idea." She looked at him in a gaze of half pity. He began to walk out, dumbfounded. "Goodbye, Jason."
He reluctantly waved to Lorelai without making eye contact and walked out of the inn without ever seeing Luke standing there in the very presence of the official breakup.
Lorelai walked over to the staircase and sat on the bottom step. She sighed heavily and laid her head in her lap lacing her hands together and flopping them lazily by her ankles. Not only had she broken up with Jason but she had also professed her love for Luke, both of which had exhausted her. She closed her eyes and tried to breathe normally.
After a few minutes Luke walked through the door quietly to find Lorelai sitting by herself in a position that made him hope that she wasn't crying. He sauntered silently over to where she was nearly asleep and tapped her leg gently with the tip of his shoe. She looked up at his face and smiled.
"Hey," she managed to get out.
"Hey." They looked at each other for a brief moment before Lorelai became preoccupied with watching her hands fumble about themselves. She was clearly still anxious about everything. "So... Jason left?"
She paused before she answered. "Yes... Did he see you?"
"No."
"Good. But you saw him?"
"Not really. But I heard..."
Lorelai groaned. She buried her face in her hands and closed her eyes hoping that it was all just a dream and she could just wake up back by the door frame preparing herself to kiss Luke for the third time. As long as that part wasn't a dream. That was too good to have it be a dream. "How much did you hear?"
"You said yes."
She lifted her head in confusion but her eyes remained closed. "What? I said yes to...?"
"He asked if you..." he fumbled when he got to the next word.
Lorelai groaned again and put her head back in her lap. This night was supposed to be better. Luke's good attitude from before was being fowled around with as well. Wasn't she excited about this before? Luke sat down on the stair next to her and grabbed one of her ever moving hands while it was free. He laced his fingers through hers and she looked up at him into his eyes.
"You know, you were right."
"That Brad and Jennifer should have never been together in the first place? Yeah, I know."
"That I love you," he replied without a beat. She flinched at the memory of her conversation with Jason. "And that I always have." This made her look back into his eyes once again. She took her free hand and ran it slowly but steadily through the hair on his cheek and along his jaw line.
"Luke..." she leaned in towards him and began to close her eyes thanking God that the moment she had wanted had finally come but before their lips ever touched she heard screaming from outside. Exasperated she closed her eyes hard and leant her forehead against Luke's shoulder. "I believe that foghorn belongs to you, Luke. Please tell me that you brought Bert with you and you know how to turn it off as well as you know how to take bells out of church towers."
"I'll see what I can do," he replied gravely. "Be back here when I've broken it, okay?"
She shook her head. "I've gotta go get Rory. I sent her on an errand back when dirt was new and I should go check up on here. Plus I left a few things at home that I really need for this weekend to be as good as it needs to be." He nodded understandably. "But I will be back soon. Don't you doubt that for a moment. Now, go out there and do something about Kirk, will ya?"
Luke sprang to action at the reminder and gave her one last look of longing before going to tackle Kirk, the town terror.
TBC