Disclaimer: A.S.P owns all the characters I'm using for this fiction.

PART 14

"Good morning Taylor"

"Lorelai. Good morning"

I walked to the junk food area, and looked for those yummy new gummy bears I found last week when I felt a big body blocking my way.

"Aww" I exclaimed and turn to see who the poor man I bumped into is

"Watch where you're going"

"Sorry"

"Whatever"

"Could you please move, I need to... ahhhh" I said trying to get to the stuff on the shelf

"I gotta go anyway"

"Of course"

"What is that suppose to mean?

"You wouldn't want to hang out around a lapper"

"Right"

"Cause you know... that's how you've been treating me lately"

"What do you want?"

"I want to know what your problem is"

"Don't have one... in fact I'm what you call problem free"

"Yeah right"

"You have something to say to me?"

"Yes... a lot..."

"What's stopping you?"

"My daughter"

"Oh... whatever"

"you know what, You're not going anywhere"

"Really?"

"Yes! Really"

"And you're gonna stop me"

"You need to listen to me"

"I need to get away from you"

"Why are you doing this?"

"I'm not doing anything"

"Look, I can understand if you're jealous, I won't tell Rory, but what happened was such a long time... I thought you were over it"

"I'm outta here"

"Am I supposed to take that as a yes?"

"Take it anyway you like"

"So you are jealous"

"Move"

"Look at me"

"What"

"I know you love Rory. I know you love your daughter and the life you have now. I know you're happy... why are you acting like this?"

"I don't know. You seem to have all the answers so why don't you save me an hour and tell me why I'm acting like this?"

"I didn't mean it when I said I hate you. I could never hate you"

"What?"

"I know you're mad at me for saying I hate you"

"Of course you know..."

"Why are you mocking me? We're having a conversation here... can't you be serious?"

"I can't..."

"Why?"

"Well... do you think I care whether you hate me or not? The fact is you need me more then you thought and now that you don't have me, you suddenly want to take back all that you said. Sorry, I'm not taking back anything I said, I meant every word, and I hope you meant everything you said because seriously, you did me a favor, the diner has never been quieter"

"You know, I'm looking for words that would be appropriate now and all I can come up with is I-hate-you"

"Good. Keep that thought"

"Damn you Luke. Damn you for doing this"

But he was gone and she couldn't yell after him. Lord knows she didn't want to make a scene in Taylor's store.

I can't believe this. Why is he acting like that? Why the hell is he jealous?

That day, I sat at home but I couldn't be alone.

I decided to go to the inn. It was 9 pm. When I arrived at the inn I went straight to the library to find a man sitting alone, reading

"Good evening"

"Hello, good evening"

"Hi, I'm Lorelai"

"I'm Joe, nice to meet you. Are you staying here at the inn?"

"Well..."

"Its lovely here, don't you think?"

"Yes. Very lovely"

"Yes, I think so"

"What are you reading?"

"Oh, I just wanted to relax with a nice book so the young man gave this to me"

"Oh... and where is that young man?"

"He said he was going to get some food"

"Oh, ok"

"Sit down. Please"

"Thank you"

"So, are you here for a vacation or business?"

"Actually..."

"Well, you look like you're on vacation"

"I..."

"I went to the town the today. Nice looking town this star's hollow"

"Yes. Very nice"

"And they have this great diner. Great coffee, good food too"

"I..."

"you should check it"

"Well..."

"Oh... you're here. Listen, I gotta go. There's a shipment of some new books in the morning so I'm gonna go home and get some sleep. Can you lock up?"

"Jess... nice of you to join us"

"What are you doing here anyway?"

"Oh... home was boring, and I didn't feel like seeing all those movies... I should really get new ones, movies I actually didn't see 400 times"

"You didn't feel like watching movies"

"Yes"

"Are you sick?"

"Oh, shut up. I was alone"

"Well, I gotta go. Can you lock up?"

"Sure"

"Ok, see ya tomorrow"

"Let me walk you out. Be right back" I said to Joe and followed Jess outside"

"So, is everything alright?"

"No..."

"Coffee again?"

"Today was Danish day..."

"You could've told me. I would've brought some."

"Yeah... why didn't I think of that?"

"Probably because you're not as smart as me"

"Yeah... that..."

"So, see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah... You wanna get some dinner?"

"Sure. I'll meet you there."

"7?"

"7"

"Bye" and with a short kiss he said his goodbye and walked away while I did my way back to the library

"Hey, you're back"

"I'm back"

"You didn't tell me you work here"

"Well actually, I own the place"

"Really? Why didn't you say anything?"

"Well, I tried but you kept cutting me off about the place and the town"

"Sorry, it is a nice town. Very unique"

"Yeah, unique is one way to put it"

"You live here?"

"Yes I do"

"So, you probably know the diner and the coffee"

"Oh... I know it alright, haven't actually been inside for like a mouth but yes I know it"

"Why? Don't like it?"

"No... I just don't get along very well with the owner"

"Who's that? The guy with the cap?"

"The one and only"

"Nice guy"

"Very"

"You don't like him"

"We don't get along"

"Which means you don't like him"

"He's married to my daughter. He's a good guy"

"Married to your daughter?"

"Yes"

"How old are you exactly?"

"Oh, now Joe... it's not polite to ask a woman how old she is"

"Sorry, it's just that you don't look like you have a daughter that would be old enough to be married to that guy"

"I'm not. He's like 20 years older then her so..."

"Oh..."

"Yeah, oh would be the appropriate response"

"Sorry"

"No, don't apologize, it's ok"

"So where is you're husband?"

"Excuse me?"

"Sorry, you said before that you were alone, with the movies and..."

"Oh, I'm not married"

"Oh..."

"So... I'm gonna leave you to your reading"

"I think I'm gonna just go upstairs, long day..."

"Ok. Good night"

"Nice talking to you"

"Yeah, you too"

"Hey, I'm leaving town on Monday, do you want to have dinner with me?"

"Well..."

"I'm sorry. You're probably seeing someone, forget it. Well good night"

"Yeah, good night"

Amm, Joe... nice guy... single obviously. No, forget it Lorelai. But he is nice, and I'm... I'm seeing Jess so shut up you...

I did my way home alone, like always. I don't know why but this Joe thing kept digging through my mind. He was nice. Good looking too. And he likes coffee, and Luke's food, just like me.

Well forget it. He leaves town on Monday anyway.

"Hello?" I answered the phone surprised it was even ringing this late

"It's me"

"Hey. Didn't you say you were going to sleep?"

"I was. I just wanted to see if you got home...alright..."

"I got home alright. No one kidnapped me or anything"

"That's good"

"So, why do I feel there's another reason you called"

"Saw you talking to that guy"

"Ah ha"

"What ah ha?"

"And..."

"And what?"

"You saw me talking t that guy and?"

"I don't know"

"You don't know"

"So, how was your day?"

"Not changing the subject here... you're jealous"

"I'm not jealous. Just wanted to know what you talked about that's all"

"We talked about the inn"

"Ah ha"

"Don't ah ha me..."

"The inn. And what else?"

"Nothing. Oh, we talked about the diner, he ate there so he said I should check the place out"

"If only he knew"

"Yes, if only he knew he was hitting a sensitive spot..."

"Yeah. So, you want me to get you breakfast tomorrow?"

"That would be great"

"So, stop by the book store, we'll have breakfast together"

"Great. I'll see you in the morning"

"Night"

"Night"

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