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Chapter 2- She Gets It From Me

They walked up the stairs into his apartment. He opened the door and walked in while she just stood at the foot of the doorway not bothering to come in.

"You can sit on the couch for a second if you want." He said without turning around to see she was standing by the door. She said something but he couldn't hear her, so he turned and saw her practically glued against the door.

"Uh, you can come in ya know." He stated. She just smiled cluelessly.

"Yeah, sorry. I didn't know if you wanted me coming in your apartment or not."

"Fine by me."

She walked over to his couch and sat down towards the end. She watched him fumble through a couple of his drawers, trying to find a shirt for her. He walked over to the closet.

"So that's where you keep your stash." She said sarcastically.

"My what?"

"The plaid."

"Oh, right." He was flipping through the endless amount of flannel plaid in his closet. 'Crazy.' She thought.

"Do you have another side of that closet with baseball hats?"

"No." He said flatly.

"Gotcha."

He pulled out the smallest looking shirt he could find, which...wasn't so small. He through it at her, and directed her to the bathroom.

"What are you saying you don't want to watch me change?" She asked flirtatiously.

His stomach jumped. Boy was she forward. She laughed at the uncomfortable look on his face. "Joke...joke." She said hesitantly and walked into the bathroom grinning at him. The thing was, she liked his company. She really did. Sure she had only been talking to her for a few minutes, but still he was good company. He actually talked to her, and laughed at the funnier side of her jokes, and although the rolling eyes thing was getting annoying, she found it cute. 'It's just nice to have a friend around here.'

She walked out of the bathroom holding her wet tee-shirt in her hand, and wearing the oversized shirt, buttoned almost all the way up. She laughed at the way she looked. The shirt almost went down to her knees. Not quite. He laughed a little also. Something she figured she wouldn't hear much, but she liked it. And she liked the plaid.

"So, do I look good in your plaid?"

He nodded his head. "Yep."

"You're flattering. Anyone ever tell you that?" She said sarcastically. "Sure know how to make a girl feel good."

"You look great." He said emphasizing great, just to make her happy. Or maybe because she really did.

"Hey, hey, let's not get dirty now. I don't want your girlfriend to come and hunt me down. I hardly have anybody in this town and all I need is an attack from some psychotic woman."

"I don't have a girlfriend. And if I did, she wouldn't be psychotic."

"No? Good looking' guy like you doesn't have a girlfriend? Amazing." Her voice was completely fake. She was just playing around, and Luke knew that. But what he didn't know was that although her voice was fake, it didn't mean she was. 'He is good looking. It is surprising that he doesn't have a girlfriend.' She thought.

"What about you? You said you were raising your kid alone. Where's the dad?"

"Probably trading cards with his friends or something."

He looked confused. He did most of the time she said something.

"He's really immature. Who knows where he is. He lives in Connecticut too, but hardly ever comes to see Rory. He was supposed to come by on Monday actually, but he cancelled for whatever reason. I try not to bother with him."

He could tell the guy was a touchy subject so he didn't want to bring it up anymore. But what he did bring up brought him by surprise.

"But you're not dating anybody else?"

"Are you trying to ask me out Luke Danes?" She joked.

He just sighed and walked towards the door.

"No, I'm not but I'll find somebody one day." She said.

She turned back to look at him before walking down the stairs. She gave him a slight smile and walked out the door, him following behind. She was about to pay for her coffee before he interrupted her.

"It's on the house."

She smiled lightly at him and headed for the door.

"Thanks."

Right before she walked out the door, he contemplated asking her to go out sometime. He was never the kind of guy that would ask somebody out. Especially this quickly. But with Lorelai, things were different. Sure this was his first time talking to her but he impressed her. Here is this beautiful, witty, young woman raising an 11 year old by herself. She was funny, and occasionally annoying, but he figured that's just the way she was. He was attracted to her. A lot. And asking her out seemed right.

"Hey Lorelai?" He called out to her before she walked out the door.

She turned around and looked at him expectantly. "Yeah?"

'Do it! Just ask her. She's right there.' "I just wanted to let you know that you have me, you know, as a friend in this town. Since you said you don't feel like you've got anybody and all..."

She smiled sweetly at him. That's the last thing she imagined coming from his mouth but it was more than a generous offer. It was more than him trying to be nice. It was him saying the truth and she knew it.

"Thank you, Luke."

She walked out and proudly walked back to her house. 'Maybe this place won't be that bad.'

Luke stood in the diner watching her walk down the street. He scolded himself for not asking her out. 'Gosh, I sounded so stupid.' He thought. 'Hopefully she'll come back again. She does have to give me my shirt back...'

And from that day on, there was a constant anxiety running through his body. Every time the bells jingled, he looked up hoping it'd be her. But days passed, and she still hadn't come. He figured she was just really busy with the house. That's all. No big deal.

It was Tuesday afternoon and the diner was pretty empty. There were only about 5 people and you could have sworn they were all just drinking coffee.

The bells jingled from above the door and a young girl walked through with her backpack on. She glanced around and just took a seat at the counter. Luke watched her walk in. She resembled somebody but he couldn't tell who. He walked over to see what he could get her.

"Hey, can I get you something?" He asked.

"Yeah can I have two coffees to go, please?" Her voice was very high and innocent. And damn she sounded polite. He never saw her in here before, but thought, 'if only other kids could be as polite as her.' Luke wasn't one for little kids.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, thank you."

He handed her the two cups of coffee and watched her take the lid off on one and took a huge sip. His eyes widened, surprised someone of her age would be drinking coffee.

"You drink coffee?"

"Can't go a day without it!" She stated simply.

"The world is coming to an end." He mumbled under his breath.

"I'm sorry, how much did you say it was?"

He actually never told her. But, maybe she thought he had. "It's 1.75."

She took out two dollars out of her hello kitty wallet. He took the money and gave her the 15 cents. Just as he handed her the change, she realized there was a stand of donuts staring her right in her face.

"Oh donuts!" She said in excitement. "Can I have a chocolate one with sprinkles, please?" Again with the politeness.

He took a donut out and through it in a bag. "50 cents, please."

For the first time the poor kid looked disappointed. "Oh, I'm so sorry." She began apologizing. "I only have the 15 cents you gave me, I'm sorry. Never mind." She said handing him the bag back.

He smiled at her and pushed it towards her. "It's okay. Take it. And keep the 15 cents; you might need it for something else."

"Oh, thank you so much! Really."

"No problem."

"Just don't tell your mom I spoiled your dinner." Huh. Luke being cute with kids, who would have thought?

Just then Lorelai walked through the door with her hand full of groceries from Doose's Market next door. She sat down at the seat next to the little girl.

"Hey hun."

"Unless considering this is your mom, it doesn't make a difference." He said dryly.

"What doesn't make a difference?" Lorelai asked.

"Whether I gave your daughter a donut before dinner or not."

She looked at Rory eating the donut and looked back at Luke smiling. "No big deal!"

He rolled his eyes. She caught on. The annoying thing she does...right...

"Hey, you being nice to my kid?" She asked him. Joking for the most part.

"Yeah, he is mom. He gave me a free donut because I didn't have enough money." Rory said taking the last bite of her donut and wiping her hands on a napkin. "Thanks again." She said looking up at Luke.

"No problem."

"Rory, have you met Luke? This is Luke."

"Obviously." Luke stated.

Lorelai rolled her eyes at him for a change. "Luke this is my kid, Rory."

"It's nice to meet you." He said genuinely.

"You too. Hey mom, is this the guy you were talking about?"

Lorelai's cheeks reddened. 'Note to self-remember to kill Rory later.' Luke looked at her and noticed she was blushing. He laughed a little at her.

"You were talking about me?"

"Yeah, she was saying how you're cu--" Rory said butting in.

Lorelai clamped a hand over her mouth and laughed, clearly embarrassed.

"She was going to say that I told her how your...cubes..." struggling for a word that sounded like cute, "of sugar for the coffee...are cute? Right hun?" She said looking at Rory. Rory just nodded her head.

"I don't have sugar cubes."

"You don't?" Lorelai acted confused. 'Of course he doesn't, you idiot!'

"No." He said matter-of-factly.

"Oh, well..." She grabbed one of the little portions of cream. "I was talking about these. There very...cube-y."

"Whatever you say."

"Hey mom, is it okay if I go walk over to Lane's house right down the street? Remember you picked me up from there the other day? I was supposed to go to her house after school." Oh the joys of having a kid.

"Sure, go ahead. Want me to walk you?" Lorelai needed a way to get out there after that.

"Mom, it's right there." Rory said pointing towards the antique store which you could see from the window.

"That's right. Go, go. Have fun. Thank Luke again."

"Thank you Luke!" Rory said happily as she walked out of the diner.

"No problem."

Lorelai turned back to face Luke, still embarrassed. She took a sip from the coffee that Rory got earlier.

"I'm going to go now."

"Got it."

"And, uh, I'll bring you that change, and your shirt next time I come back. Sorry, I just have my charge card on me." 'If there will be a next time!'

"Don't worry about it."

"Okay, okay. Good, yeah good. Alright then, I'll...I'll see you later, okay?"

"Okay."

"Great, thanks. Bye. And thanks for being sweet to my kid."

"She's a nice girl."

"She got that from me."

He smiled at her. "Right."

"Hey, she did!"

"I bet. And I'm sure that's where she got her coffee addiction."

"Oh, isn't that cute?" She asked bubbly.

"Yeah, something like that."

He knew she was clearly embarrassed from before. Now would be a good time to ask her do have plans sometime. Not necessarily a date, but just casual friends going out.

"Hey Lorelai."

"Yeah?"

Déjà vu. "Do you want to hang out sometime? You know, if you don't have plans sometime."

There goes that 100 lbs. sitting on her shoulders convincing her that he thinks she's an idiot. "That'd be fun."

"Alright, good. Do you want to go out somewhere? We could go to dinner...but I bet we'd have trouble agreeing on a place."

"Good point."

"You could just come over, you like movies?" She asked.

"Yeah." Big lie. He hates movies, but with her it'd work.

"Well, good. We just finished up most of the things with the house and I promise the paint fumes are gone. For the most part at least. You'll be the first to see the place."

"Sounds good. You should probably be around...Rory and all...you know, since she's...young and all." Now he sounded like the idiot.

"Yeah...good. So what do you say? Want to come by tomorrow night? Whatever time you're free..."

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Good."

"Yeah, good."

"Okay, I'm going to go now, groceries...ice cream...melting...you know how it goes."

"No I don't but I can guess."

She smiled at him. "Bye Luke. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Lorelai."

She walked out of the diner and headed to her car, smiling. 'I like the way he says my name.'


A/N: Yes'm, I'll have another chapter with the movie...but...I just re-read that and realized I sort of make Rory sound like she's 2, but...ahh, whatever! Anyways, hope you guys liked that chapter! RR please! I'll be extra nice in the next chapter if you do! Just kidding, I'm def. not about to bribe you. Review if you'd like, thanks!