Disclaimer: A.S.P owns all the characters I'm using for this fiction.
PART 13
"Hey"
"Hey"
"I need to talk to you"
"Ok. Let's go to my office"
"Ok"
"So what's up?"
"I just had a serious fight with Luke"
"What?"
"Yeah"
"Luke?"
"Yes"
"Your uncle Luke?"
"Do you know any other Luke?"
"No, but it doesn't sound like Luke"
"Why?"
"Why would he have a serious fight with you?"
"I don't know"
"I assume it was about us"
"Smart woman"
"So what did he say?"
"He wants me to find an apartment"
"What?"
"Yes"
"Are you serious?"
"Do you see me laughing?"
"Oh my god, I thought he was ok with this. I mean he talk to rory into calling me and he held me when I cried..."
"Well, he's not ok..."
"I'm gonna go talk to him"
"No you're not, this is my thing, I'll deal with it"
"Yeah, but this is all my fault"
"You're not going to talk to him"
"Why is that?"
"Cant you see what's going on?"
"Enlighten me"
"He's jealous"
"What?"
"You heard me"
"Why would he be jealous?"
"Because, I have you"
"And he has Rory who he loves with all his heart and a little girl he would die for"
"So?"
"So... why would he be jealous?"
"Because he couldn't have you and I could"
"That's crazy... you don't know what your talking about. Besides, if he's jealous, I'll know... I know him... that's why I'm gonna talk to him now"
"You're not going"
"Jess. Why don't you tell me what this is all about?"
"He's jealous, he could do a lot of crazy things to you"
"Like what? Kill me?"
"No"
"Then what?"
"I don't know, like kiss you or something"
"Now who's jealous?"
"I'm serious"
"He won't kiss me... he wont do that to Rory, I wouldn't do that to Rory, now, let me go"
"Fine"
"Good boy. I'll call you later"
I walked into the diner. Luke wasn't there. I asked Caesar and he told me he's in the store room so I went there and closed the door behind me
"Hey"
"Lorelai. What are you doing here?"
"You tell me"
"What?"
"What's the deal with Jess?"
"Oh...?"
"The apartment?"
"Oh..."
"Is that an answer? Cause an answer usually comes with words"
"What do you want to hear?"
"Why are you evicting him?"
"I need the apartment"
"Really? What for? A place to bring your girlfriends to?"
"No..."
"Then what do you need it for?"
"I'm busy Lorelai"
"Luke, I thought you were fine with all this"
"I gotta go"
"You're not leaving"
"What?"
"You heard me. Luke, I know you, and it doesn't make sense that you'd be jealous... I mean, how could you be, you have Rory and Jane"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Why are you doing this?"
"Move"
"Look at me"
"What?"
"You love Rory. You're happy."
"Move"
"Luke"
"Lorelai, this isn't a good time"
"Why? Because you're upset?"
"I'm not upset"
"Yes you are. I know you"
"Why can't you see that he's not good enough for you?"
"But this is my decision, not yours"
"Right, so that's settled. Now move"
"I can't believe you are so selfish"
"I'm selfish?"
"Yes"
"How is that?"
"I can't believe I didn't think this through... you and Rory... you guys have no right to judge me... you are just like me and Jess... I was so stupid... tell me Luke, how is it that you can marry my daughter who's 20 years younger then you and have a kid with her and I cant go out with someone younger?"
"This is different"
"How is it different?"
"First, I was alone when Rory came into my life, after you dumped me...! You were married. Technically you're still married... you threw away your marriage for a sex adventure"
I know I shouldn't have done that, but I slapped him, something I think his face got use to
"Get out"
"You and Rory, you fit perfectly... don't expect me to apologize for hitting you... at least not before you apologize for everything you said"
He looked at me, with a look that broke my heart. A mix of pity and anger wrapped around this jealousy he felt inside. He passed me and left the store room leaving me there thinking of all the things he said last night and now.
How could they judge me? How could they? They were in the same situation. But I judged them too, I hated seeing them together, it was crazy... but I got over it and let them be happy. Why are they doing this to me?
I left the diner and went home. I sat on the couch in the dark, all the curtains were shut, the door locked. I was alone, well technically I was, but the answering machine was working overtime. I didn't feel like talking to anyone. Not Jess, not Sookie who wondered why I didn't come back to the inn, not Rory, no one. It was just me and my thoughts, alone in that big house. At some point I woke up to the loud knocking on the door. I got up and went to open the door and find Luke there
"What do you want?"
"Rory was worried"
"Tell her I'm fine. I'll call her tomorrow"
"Fine" he said and turned to leave
"I hate you Luke" he didn't answer and walked to his car
"Did you hear me...? I hate you" it drove me crazy that he didn't answer so I ran to him and grabbed his arm
"What do you want?" he asked turning around
"I hate you"
"I heard"
"Good"
"I gotta go"
"Why are you being like this Luke?"
"Because you had something good and threw it away"
"Are you talking about yourself?"
"I'm talking about David... I'm not in your life anymore"
"I thought we were friends?"
"We were... until you decided to slap me... again... and hate me"
"Don't do this Luke"
"And another thing... I don't want you in my place when I'm there. You can go see your grand daughter but you better be out when I'm back. And don't bother coming to the diner because I won't serve you"
"You're making this real easy for me to hate you more"
"Have a nice life" he said and drove away
So this is it ha... I said to myself as he drove away. All those rules because I slapped him. And accused him of being jealous and said that I hate him more then one time. I wonder what will Rory think about his new rules, I don't know... but I have a feeling she's going to say that this is his decision and his diner and she doesn't want to come between us. That's my daughter for you.
I went inside and grabbed the phone
"Hey kid"
"Mom. Where were you all day?"
"I didn't feel like talking to anyone, how are you?"
"I'm ok. Was Luke there?"
"Oh, he was here alright, he just left"
"Did something happen?"
"Oh... some things happened that's for sure... why don't I let him tell you"
"No, tell me"
"He bent me from the diner. He said that I could only come to see you and Jane when he's not there"
"Oh, mom... he'll come around, he always does..."
"I don't think so..."
"But what did you do that he reacted like this?"
"I slapped him this morning"
"Oh boy..."
"And I told him I hate him... and accused him of being jealous at Jess"
"Mom..."
"Sorry Rory, I want to leave you out of this. I don't want to put you between your mother and you husband... just leave it. Don't try to fix things, ok?"
"Ok. But you can come here in the morning for coffee, he always makes some before he leaves"
"Did I ever tell you how lucky I was with you?"
"Not as often as you should... hey mom, I think I hear him, so... I'll see you tomorrow morning?"
"Yes."
"Love you mom"
"Love you too sweets"
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"So that was my mom on the phone"
"Don't want to hear it" he countered as he sat next to her
"Luke"
"Rory"
"Come on, why are you being like this?"
"Is there something I can say to get you to stay out of this?"
"Not really"
"Thought so... but this is between me and your mother"
"Look at me"
"What?"
"Are you jealous?"
"What do you think?"
"I think it would be crazy if you were jealous"
"I'm not"
"Are you sure?"
"Did I ever lie to you?"
"So why are you being like this?"
"Did she tell you she slapped me?"
"Yes"
"This is becoming a habit"
"Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore, now that you've bent her from every place you're at"
"She's not going to die without coffee"
"How do you know? We never really test it"
"She has you, doesn't she?"
"What do you mean?"
"I know you Rory, and I know you're smart... you probably told her to come here and drink coffee"
"Don't know what you're talking about"
"Really..."
"Ok, so I did, but can you blame me? She's my mom"
"I don't blame you, its ok"
"So, when are you going to forgive her?"
"I thought I told you to leave it"
"When have I ever listened to you?"
"Is she really going through with the whole Jess thing? The next thing we know she'll marry him"
"Well, it's her decision"
"To be honest, I said some harsh things to her too"
"Like what?"
"Like she threw her marriage away for a sex adventure"
"That wasn't nice"
"Sorry"
"Don't apologize to me..."
"I will not apologize to her"
"Fine... so did you talk to Jess about the apartment?
"Yes... this is how the whole thing with Lorelai started... she thought I was evicting him because I was jealous"
"Oh, boy..."
"Well, yeah, oh boy..."
"Why didn't you tell her you need the apartment?"
"I did, she didn't believe me, she though it was an excuse"
"Sorry"
"That's ok"
"I'll talk to her tomorrow"
"Yeah, in the morning I assume? When she come for her drugs?"
"You know me too well"
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Pink day from me to you.