Takes place 3 years after Rory graduates from Yale, she now writes a very
successful column for the New York Times about current matters in the
world.
She comes back home to work on her first book.
Lorelai is married for 6 months now to some guy named David after she and
Luke tried but she screwed up.
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Disclaimer: A.S.P owns all the characters I'm using for this fiction.
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Just friends
"David, hurry up I heard her expensive car on the drive way""I'm coming... here..." puts a big wrapped box on the table
"Oh... good, now let's go out and greet her"
They walk outside as Rory pull a big suitcase out of her trunk
"I could use some help here guys I'm not very strong you know... I'm a
Gilmore..."
"I got it" said David and took the suitcase heading inside
"Come give your mamma a hug she missed you so much"
"Oh... I missed you mom"
They hugged and went in side babbling about the trip
"What is this mom?" she asked noticing the box on the table
"Open it... open it... come on... I can't wait to see the look on your face..."
"Oh, great, just what I need one of your jokes... so what is it? My old Baby
cloths, my baby pictures... mom I swear if it's my baby pictures it's so not
funny"
"Oh... you... still don't trust me, your mom...?"
"Like that would be smart trusting the woman who sat with me through my
entire first date ever..."
David looked at his smiling wife and said "please tell me you didn't..."
"What's with the look... she was only 16..."
"Oh my god... no wonder she ran away from you after collage..."
He said laughing
"Don't laugh at me... and you" she pointed at Rory "you said you were over
that a long time ago..."
"Well what can I say I guess I'm scarred for life..."
"Very funny you two... now open your present!"
Inside the box was a new typing machine, black with silver lines Rory was
overwhelmed she looked at it and barely found words to thank her mother
"And before you thank me you know I don't steal credits so Emily had this
idea and we went together and got it for you..."
"Mom it's beautiful" and she went to her mother and gave her a hug
"God I fell like such a baby..." she said wiping a few tears
"Well you're my baby"
"Mom thanks a lot really, it great I can't wait to start working on it"
"Glad you like it, now go call Emily and thank her"
After she was off the phone she came back to the living room and said
"I think I'll go for a walk, see if anything's changed, say hi to every one
get a cup of coffee..."
"Sweetie nothing is changed..."
"I know but I want to walk around for a while I missed every one, I'll be
back later"
"Bye hon."
"Bye guys..."
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Lorelai was right, nothing has changed, everyone was the same, smiling,caring.
After a quick talk with miss patty she walked into Luke's, he was behind
the counter just as she remembered him looking good as always 'god I missed
this place' she thought.
He smiled when he spotted her standing looking around
"Well come say halo stranger" he said placing a mug on the counter not
loosing eye contact
"Luke..." she said smiling and walked to the counter taking a sit
"Did you miss me?"
"No, no I haven't"
"Liar"
Pouring her coffee he looked at her and thought how much she had grown up
and trying to shake that thought out of his head he said
"Your mother mentioned you were coming... something about typing machine I
think... I get lost when she speaks fast..."
"Yeah... you're not a Gilmore..."
"That I'm not"
She realized she hit a sore point and said in an apologizing tone "Luke...
I'm sorry..."
"Oh, don't be, it was a long time ago, I'm over it"
"Are you sure, because the last thing I want to do is hurt you..."
"It's o.k."
"So how's everything?"
"What do you mean?"
"In your life I mean, how's jess?"
"He's doing ok working at a big library in California, he wanted to give
his dad a chance, and they seem to get along fine"
"Good, good... so you have any plans for tonight?"
"What... why you ask?"
"I just thought we could hang out, you know, to catch up, because mom is at
home with David and I really don't want to be in the middle of all that,
not on my first night back anyway..."
"Oh, well sure I understand... not doing anything tonight"
"So, on my way here I saw this new place in Hartford, want to go check it
out?"
"Sure, when do you want to go?"
"As soon as you close up?"
"Umm, sure the place looks kind of empty so I'll just tell Caesar to close
up"
"Great, I'll wait here..."
After he talked to Caesar he went upstairs to grab his wallet and they took
off.
On the way they talked about her job and about New York, when they arrived
to that place and sat they kept talking about her ideas for her book he
found her to be more mature that he remembered her.
She sat there talking as they ate and he listened, something he was very
good at.
Time flew when they talked and before they knew it was 11 pm.
"Oh my God, look at the time... your mother's going to kill you and then me"
"Luke, relax... you seem to forget I'm not 16 any more... I don't have curfew,
I'm 25 besides she's probably sleeping by now..."
"Are you sure? Cause I know your mother she doesn't care you're 25, to her
you're still little"
"Well I guess she will have to make some adjustments"
"o.k., but it really is late you sure you want to stay?"
"Yeah I'm having fun, now I know why mom always came to you when she needed
to talk... oh, sorry, I didn't mean... I mean I don't... I won't talk about her
again... sorry..."
"Rory, its fine, I'm fine, I didn't think we could go an entire evening
without talking about your mom... I'm o.k., like I said it was a long time
ago"
"O.k. good, well I'm glad your o.k., and for what it's worth, I didn't like
how she ended things between you two..."
"Yeah well its o.k. and thanks for the... you know... what you said..."
"So you want to go?"
"Sure, sure what ever you want, this is your night"
"I'm kind of tired but I'll come for breakfast tomorrow"
"I know you will"
"O.k. so let's go"
They arrived to the drive way around midnight, he turned the engine off and
they sat in silence until he broke it "so... I hope you had fun tonight"
"Very much"
"Good"
"So I'll see you tomorrow"
"Yes you will"
She leaned in and gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek
"Thank you Luke"
"Any time"
He drove away as she stepped out of the car and she walked in to find her
mother sitting on the couch
"Where have you been?" she said looking at her in an angry look
"Excuse me?" Rory asked shocked
"You heard me"
"I was out"
"And why was your cell phone off"
"I was busy"
"Who were you out with that kept you so busy you had to turn it off?"
"Luke" she said heading to her room
"You went out with Luke?"
"We had dinner in Hartford and we talked"
"You had a date with some one who is 20 years older then you?"
"It wasn't a date"
"I bet it wasn't" she said in a skeptic tone and took her coat
"Where are you going mom?"
"Non of your business" and she was out the door
"Luke!!!" she banged on the diner door, it was open so she went inside and
walked into his apartment
"What are you doing here?" he was just out of the shower with a towel
wrapped around his waist
"Oh my god you slept with her"
"I did not... are you nuts?"
"What were you thinking going on a date with my daughter?"
"We weren't on a date, we just talked"
"Until midnight? In Hartford?"
"I'm not having this conversation with you"
"The hell you aren't" she slammed the door behind her
"Get out!"
"No"
"Get out!" he took a step towards her
"Luke, you can't do this"
"What am I doing?"
"Going after my little girl"
"We're just friends" he stepped closer
"Don't give me the 'just friend' crap, we were 'just friends' too and look
what happened"
"So it's about you and me now?" he was now feeling her warm breath on his
chest
"No" she looked down
"There is no you and me... you made that pretty clear"
"Don't do this"
"I'm not doing anything" he looked at her putting his hand on her shoulder
"Why Rory... she can be your daughter"
"I would never do that to you or her we just talked" and his hand slid to
the side of her arm
"She likes you... I can tell"
"She always have, I was always around"
"No, I mean really likes you" she raised her eyes to meet his
"You have to go now it's late" he said taking a step back
"Don't do this Luke you're old enough to be her father" she closed the gap
between them
"Go home"
"Is this about me? Tell me... is this because you don't have me so you're
going after my daughter?"
"I can't believe you would think that about me... go home..." he took another
step back
"No"
"And don't ever come back here you hear me"
"You can't do this" she took another step towards him
"I can't believe you... to think I want something with Rory..."
"Luke" she brought her hand to his cheek
"You're married, get you're hands off me"
"Look at me" he grabbed her hand
"Go home to your husband"
"I'm sorry if I ever hurt you... please don't take it out on Rory"
"Mom!!!" they heard a voice, Rory was standing in the doorway
"Rory" Lorelai said taking a step back from Luke
"I cant believe you would accuse him of something like that... how dare you...
he was nothing but good to us and you threw it away like it was nothing"
"Rory don't..."
"No mom, go home! Now!"
"I'm not leaving without you kid... come on lets go!"
"I'm not a kid and you can't tell me what to do... if I want to stay I will
and there's nothing you can do about it, you have to get it through your
head that I'm 25 now not 16..."
"Rory we are not having this conversation here"
"Why not... go home to your husband and leave Luke alone"
"You can't be with him"
"I can be with whom ever I want"
"Rory!"
"What, he's not with you anymore, you have no claim on him"
"Rory please!!" she begged, tears coming down
"Rory why don't you take her home and calm her down"
"o.k., I'll see you tomorrow"
"Yeah" he turned Lorelai around to look her in the eyes
"Lorelai, nothing happened, you have to believe me, I've never lied to you"
"Come on mom lets go, night Luke"
"Night"
On her way home Rory refused to talk to her mom it was so quiet and Lorelai
hated quiet "why are you doing this Rory, he's so much older then you... I
mean cant you find some one your own age...?"
"I'm not talking to you about this, tonight or ever, I'm my own person and
I can do what ever I feel like, I mean really mom is this how it's going to
be now that I'm back? Tell me now, prepare me... better yet prepare your
self, I'm not a baby mom I'm a grown woman"
Lorelai stopped walking turning to face her daughter she looked her in the
eyes and said "he's a good man, I know, I know how you feel around him
Rory, I felt it to, but you have to understand he's too old, you have to
get your self as far away as you can before you fall in love, I can see it
in your eyes, I know you like him..." Rory started walking towards the house,
Lorelai followed her
"So that's what it's all about... mom, Luke is not the issue here, I am... you
have to realize I'm not a kid, I've lived on my own for 3 years you can not
boss me around"
"I'm not bossing you around"
"Oh, really, waiting for me to come home"
"I was worried"
"You had this look in your eyes like I did something wrong, like I broke my
curfew"
"I was worried"
"Don't be"
"Fine I won't"
"I'm going to bed"
"Fine"
"Fine"
And they went there separate ways
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end of part one.
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