Let us suppose that:
Lorelai owns the diner. She is not the world's biggest hazard in the kitchen.
Rory is Lorelai's daughter and yes she goes to Chilton.
Lorelai and Rory live in their big house, the diner apartment is an office.
Luke is the new resident in town. He's a carpenter.
Things are exactly the same as for the rest of the people of stars hollow.
Pattie and Babette are still Babette and Miss Pattie.
Taylor is still annoying as always.
Sookie and Jackson are together.
Basically this is somewhere in the first season.
Disclaimer: in my own little imaginary world I own the Gilmore girls and this wonderful creation, but since this is real life, I do not own any of the characters I'm using for this crazy fiction.
New guy Luke
CHAPTER 10
My heart stopped. "I need to tell you something" cant nothing in my life other then Rory go well for me?
"Do you want to come in first?" why are you inviting him in?
"Yeah ok…"
As we did our way to the living room I couldn't believe this was happening, why damn it, why…? I didn't kiss him it was his choice and besides, he asked me out tonight… what, he already changed his mind? Jerk… as he turned to face me with a worried expression I knew it wasn't good "so…" he started "wait, are you ok?" he asked when he so my upset look
"I'm fine Luke, just say it…"
"I need you to stop that wheel running inside your head for a minute"
"No wheels, just say what you came to say"
"You're not making this easy…"
"Jee… sorry… I wonder why"
"What is that suppose to mean?"
"Nothing, what did you want to tell me?"
"I need you to stop hating me for a second ok, its very important for me to say this"
"I don't hate you" I said when I realized he was smiling which can't be bad "ok. I'm ok now, not hating you… I'm listening"
"Ok… I'm huh… not very good at this… I know I should just come up and huh… kiss you… cause huh… I want to… and well… I know you want me to but I just… I don't know huh… how to… you know… it's just been a while since I huh… you know… did this…"
I smiled, relived. I was so worried for a minute there. He was cute when he was nervous, I liked nervous Luke "well, I know you know how to kiss…"
"I guess what I'm asking is huh… how we do this…? I mean, do you want me to do it in front of… you know, Rory or your friends… we just huh… didn't talk about this and well… Nicole…"
"So, you're really worried about Nicole…"
"Well, she told me she's gonna be here a lot and…"
"You don't want her to know you moved on…"
"Not exactly…"
"Then what exactly?" I asked sitting down
"Well, we're divorced… it was official a while ago but…" he sat next to me
"But… you're not ready"
"No… I'm ready… I just…"
"You want to keep it quiet for a while…"
"Its sounds dumb, I know… I shouldn't be asking you this…"
"Luke, its ok… you been through a divorce, it's not easy to move on, I get it…"
"You mean that?"
"Well yeah… I mean its fine, take all the time you need"
"No, I mean, I still want this… but just not…"
"Out in the open I got it… I won't expect you to kiss me when you come to the diner or when you walk me home… no flirting and stuff"
"The flirting I think I'll never be ready for but other then that, I just need more time…"
"Not good at flirting?"
"No"
"We can work on that"
"We could but we won't… I'm not the flirting kinda guy"
"We'll work on that too"
"Fine"
"Well, everything is ok now? I mean no other requests?"
"Just one"
"Ok…"
"Too much salt in the eggs…"
"Get outta here"
"Yeah, I wanted to tell you this morning but I guess I forgot"
"I wonder why… so… can we reenact this morning?"
"Huh… I don't know… it's late and the weirdo isn't here"
"Very funny… Wait, a question"
"What?"
"2 minutes ago you were all serious and worried and it's all gone now, you're joking and teasing and smiling… what's with that?"
"I feel better now that we talked… and I'm not very good at this talks you know"
"We'll work on that too"
"Ok"
"By the way… you really surprised me this morning… I didn't see it coming… well actually I started to loose all hope that you'll ever be ready that now I have to cancel the date I have tomorrow night"
"You do that"
"It's nice to have someone who doesn't run away when I say these stupid things…"
"I'm not very good at running away…"
"Yeah, and what was that you did when I was nice to you and? you didn't run away for 3 days or a week? That wasn't running away?"
"Would you let that go…"
"No"
"Fine, ok, be serious now" he said and put his hand on mine
"I hate serious"
"Thank you"
"For what?"
"For being understanding about this, and for… you know… waiting…"
"You're welcome"
when his lips touched mine and I closed my eyes I could hear his heart beat, I felt mine speeding to a limit that would've probably gotten me in jail if I was driving. That's how his touch made me feel. And those hands traveling my back and through my hair made me smile through the kiss that was so tender and sweet and so different from this morning. He pulled back then and said "why do you do that?"
"What?"
"Smile"
"You don't like my smile" I pouted
"Don't do that either"
"Fine. I'm deeply hurt, now leave me" I said dramatically
"Come here" he said reaching for my hand
"No."
"No?"
"Yes. No."
"Fine, then I guess I'd have to come to you"
"No." I said getting up but he was too fast and grabbed the waistband of my jeans and pulled me to him "hi" I smiled when he wrapped his hands around my waist
"Hi" he said back "are we done being dramatic?"
"I don't know, are you done criticizing me about everything?"
"Criticizing you?"
"Yeah, you don't like my smile, my pout… which is by the way my trademark"
"I'm done criticizing you, sit down"
"I like you from up here better"
"Really? Shouldn't this be the perfect dirty reference?"
"Shut up"
"Come on sit down"
"Mom I'm home" we heard Rory say as she closed the door behind her and I jumped away from Luke "hey mom, Luke"
"Rory, hi, you're back"
"What an observation"
"Hi Rory"
"Luke hi… I'll be in my room reading, I found a new book today, and I want to start tonight"
"Ok hon"
"That was close" I whispered after she closed her door
"Maybe I should go" he said getting up
"Yeah, ok" we walked to the door
"So, good night" he said and kissed me lightly on the cheek
"Night Luke"
I stood in front of the closed door for a while smiling thinking about how good it was to wait for this great guy and then went to Rory's room
"Hey Rory"
"Mom, what's that smile?"
"Ok, I didn't have a chance to talk to you today but Luke came by this morning and said I didn't have to wait anymore…"
"Mom, that's great, what did he say?"
"Well he didn't really say… but I thought I'd save you the details"
"Very thoughtful of you thank you. So are you guys together now?"
"Something like that"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he wants to keep it quiet for a while"
"Oh, I assume he had his reasons"
"He did"
"Are you ok with that?"
"Surprisingly yes" I said smiling
"Ok, finely mom… you're finely dating"
"Yes well not yet, will be on Wednesday"
"First date huh"
"Yes, I'm very excited"
"Me too… very… "
"Thanks kid. Ok, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed"
"Ok, night mom"
"Night babe"
In the morning Luke came by the diner and everything was as usual, we talked about Kirk and he ate and left for work. He did hold my hand for a second when no one was watching, and I thought it was sweet. He smiled a lot and looked calm.
God this place is boring, isn't anyone in this town hungry today?
"Steve, did you take a break yet?"
"Yes I did boss, what's up?"
"Nothing, just thought you might like a break"
"You never send me on a break, I take one when it's slow…"
"Sue me for being nice"
"I'm just teasing you boss"
"Well don't" I said sipping the coffee I just made
"Mia's" I answered the phone
"Yes, hallo… I would like to order lunch"
"You would"
"Yes"
"I'm sorry, but we don't do take outs"
"Oh, that's too bad, I thought that maybe you'd make an exception this time"
"And why is that?" I asked smiling
"Because I'm hungry"
"You'll have to come up with something better then that"
"Ok… because I'm alone and on a break and nothing goes better then food with a break… did I mention that I'm hungry?"
"Ok… maybe I'll make an exception this time"
"I thought you might"
"Where should I deliver this lunch?"
"Oh, I think you know"
"See you in 15 minutes"
"See ya"
Just as I walked out of the diner with the lunch Taylor caught me
"Lorelai"
"What is it Taylor?"
"I heard that you talked to my lawyer"
"I did and I told her no too so if you'll excuse me I have to go"
"I don't know why you're being so stubborn"
"Because you bug me Taylor, bye now" I said and left. I heard him yell something but I managed to block it out since Luke was all I had on my mind
"Hey" I said walking in
"Hi" he smiled and stood up to greet me
"I brought you lunch and now I have to go back to the diner"
"What?"
"Kidding, I didn't have lunch yet… and plus I think there's a conspiracy going against me… no one came for lunch today, its like dead city… Don't people eat anymore? I mean, its not a fancy restaurant… and its not like Rick's but my prices are low and the food is good… why don't the come to eat?"
"Rick's?"
"Rick… from Casablanca…"
"Casablanca?"
"The movie…"
"The movie…?"
"Ok, please stop repeating me and tell me you've seen Casablanca…"
"Can I lie? Cause you're pretty scary right now"
"You've never seen Casablanca?"
"Not that I remember"
"Oh my God…"
"What?"
"How can you even say it out loud…?"
"Sorry"
"Well we're gonna see it…"
"If you say so…"
"Ok, now that that's settled let's eat…"
"Yeah, lets"
"Ok… so I made you a healthy sandwich and stooped by the store to get some beer"
"Thanks"
"My pleasure"
"Well sit down… you know what, wait, come with me I want to show you something"
"Ok" I said and followed him to the back
Before I knew it I was in his arms, pined to the wall, kissing him hungrily so that's what he meant by hungry I thought and knocked his cap down. I felt like I was 16 again secretly sneaking to kiss someone away from my mother's eyes. It felt good… more then good, kissing Luke was something I could do all day and not get tired.
He pulled back for air after what could easily turn to the best kiss ever and smiled "I had to do that"
"I'm not complaining"
"Because you know… later it would be impossible to kiss you after you eat that red meat and drink that coffee"
"Jerk"
"Junkie" he countered
"Got me there"
"Let's go eat"
"After you"
After we ate I called the diner and Steve told me it was still empty so I decided to stay and keep Luke company. "So, about Wednesday"
"What about it?"
"What's the plan?"
"Plan?" he looked confused
"Yes for the date?"
"Oh, well, I was thinking we could hang out at your place" he said and kept working on that wood
"Oh…"
"Yeah, it'll be fun"
"Ok…" I said hang out at my place? Is he crazy?
"Lorelai?"
"Yes?"
"Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that you can stop being so horrified… I was kidding"
"Kidding?"
"About the date, I was kidding… honestly I didn't think you'd fall for that, but you did… that's a first…"
"Of course I did not fall for that…" I tried
"Sure you didn't, you were about to smack me in the head with this hammer"
"Believe me, a hammer is a lot lighter then what I had in mind"
"Glad I was joking"
"Do that again and I won't be responsible for my actions"
"Good to know"
"So where are you taking me"
"Come on I can't say"
"Why not, how would I know what to wear?"
"Just wear something"
"Are you kidding me again?"
"Yeah I am"
"I warned you" I said and tried to hit him playfully but he grabbed me and smiled "you're fast" I said "and you're crazy" he answered
"Yeah, I am"
"So, if I let go of you you'll be a good girl?"
"I don't know, I guess you won't find out until you do"
"What if I kiss you? Would you be good then?"
"Why Luke, I never pictured you as the PDA kinda guy"
"PDA?"
"Public display of affection"
"Oh, well we're not in public"
"If you say"
"Did anyone ever tell you you're a lot of work?"
"I think so"
"Uh huh"
"Let go of me already… or kiss me…"
"Lots and lots of work"
Ok, gilmoregirl1979, I borrowed a few lines again… its one of my favorite scenes ever "just get your stamps… oh my God the work". Hope you approve. And the movie too, well, gotta have some connection to the show, and I know ASP wont mind us using her lines… cause she's so good and we just dream of being so good some day.
Next comes the first date.
Thanks for reading and reviewing. Especially for reviewing because that's how I get my motivation. Thank you very much.
I decided that from now on in the end of every chapter I will say thanks to ASP for this great man she created for us.
Thank you ASP for Lucas Danes. Thank you for every rant, every word, every look and every smile. Thank you for making him grumpy, cranky, moody, sad, sexy and sweet. And finely, thank you for casting this amazingly beautiful and sexy man for this great roll.
This line – its mine! And ASP's… but that's beside the point.
GO GO GET to review and thank me for not having a cliff hanger
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