The Impossible Is Definitely Possible: Chapter 6: Danish Benefits
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"Rory. Rory! Wake up." Lorelai tapped her daughter's sleeping form with Colonel Clucker.
"Unghhh."
"Roryyyyy." Lorelai whined.
"What Mom!"
"Hey. Whatcha doing?"
"Taking back Poland." Rory pulled her pillow over her head.
"Huh. Good luck with that. Listen, I need to talk. Now."
"Mom, it's three o'clock in the morning!"
"So?"
"So? I have a chemistry test tomorrow that I would really like to be awake for!"
"Please, you'll ace it even if you're sleeping. Okay, just listen and occasionally grunt once in awhile so I know you're still with me."
"Unghh."
"Right, just like that. Okay." Lorelai turned to face her daughter. "I think I'm dating Luke."
"WHAT!" Rory sat up and turned to her mother, instantly awake.
"I said, I think I feel like macaroni and cheese." Lorelai grinned.
"When...how...you're dating Luke?"
"I only think I'm dating Luke. See, we went to your Grandmother's party tonight and we got engaged, and it was fun-"
"WHAT? YOU GOT ENGAGED?"
"Oops. I left out the part about my mother forcing us to pretend to be engaged."
"Oh. Gotcha. So...you got pretend engaged, and now you're dating? What am I missing?"
"Hmm, you're missing the part where I think I asked him out."
"You asked him out? Wait, how do you 'think' you asked him out? You don't know if you did?"
"No. I did. I said 'Maybe we should do this again sometime, you know, me and you, hanging out.' See, now that sounds like dating, but maybe to him it sounds like one of his lumberjack buddies asking him to hang out, not a potential girlfriend."
"Lumberjack buddies?"
"Monty Python baby, keep up."
"You're right sorry, I don't know why I can't keep up...maybe because it's three o'clock in the morning and my crazy mother is harassing me..."
"Rory! I need help! What if I'm dating Luke?"
"What do you mean? I know it's been awhile but you remember what the concept of dating is, right Mom?"
Lorelai smacked her daughter playfully on the arm. "Hush you. No, I'm talking about Me. And Luke. Dating. Isn't that weird?"
"Honestly mom? No, it's not weird. In fact, it was basically inevitable. I mean, you guys have been dancing around each other for years, flirting and bantering, I'm surprised it took this long. The whole town has been predicting this relationship for years."
"Um, why did no one think to tell me?"
"Mom, we tried. So many times. But you didn't want to hear it."
"Huh."
"Now Mom, unless you have any other pressing conundrums that need to be discussed right now, I'm going to sleep."
"Fine, fine." Lorelai grumbled.
"Night."
"See you in the morning, babe." Lorelai kissed Rory's forehead and straightened out her blankets. As she flipped the light switch Rory called out to her.
"Hey Mom?"
"Yeah sweets?"
"Does this mean we get free coffee?"
Lorelai grinned. "Goodnight Rory."
THE NEXT MORNING
"Mom, come on! We're going to be late."
"Ungh. Too early...need coffee...bed...no more fuzzy alarm clocks..."
"You're not even making sense. Come on let's go to Luke's and grab some coffee." Rory pulled her mother towards the front door, grabbing their bags and the keys to the Jeep along the way.
Lorelai stopped and looked at her daughter. "Luke's?" Lorelai questioned feebly.
"Yes Mom, Luke's. I know you're familiar with it. Now, let's go."
"Rory, we can't go to Luke's."
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because...I'm the mommy!"
"That's not a good reason."
"Because I'm embarrassed, okay?"
"Of what?"
"Rory, I asked Luke out!"
"Yes, I seem to remember some crazy woman telling me that last night..."
"Rory. What if he's repelled by the sight of me? What if just looking at me makes him laugh hysterically. What if he points and shouts 'look there's the crazy lady who asked me out!' then rounds up a group of people and they'll run me out of town, laughing and pointing, and uh...throwing stones."
"I don't think Taylor would allow a public stoning, too messy. Come on, Luke's crazy about you Mom, I'm sure he's thrilled you asked him out."
"Fine. But if they start throwing things, I'm using you as a shield."
LUKE'S DINER
Lorelai held a menu in front of her face and whispered to Rory, "Do you see him yet?"
"No Mom. I don't see him, the same as when you asked me two minutes ago."
Lorelai scowled and scanned the Diner yet again, looking for a certain flannel-clad man.
"Um...are you guys Lorelai and Rory?" A tall, gangly boy stood in front of the girls, addressing them in a nervous tone.
"Maybe...who wants to know?" Lorelai asked the boy, obviously confusing him.
"Yes, we are." Rory interjected. "Ignore her." She whispered so Lorelai wouldn't hear.
"I'm the new waiter, Matt. Luke just hired me. He told me you guys would be in and to save these for you." He put a two plates down in front of Lorelai and Rory.
"Mmm blueberry danish!"
"And it's not even Danish Day!"
Matt looked around uncomfortably as the girls gushed about the pastries.
"So...where is Luke?" Lorelai asked as nonchalantly as possible with a mouth full of danish.
"He had some kind of bank meeting this morning...he'll be back at lunchtime though."
"Oh. Good. That's good. For the diner, I mean. Not for me." Lorelai stumbled, inwardly cursing herself.
"Right. Well, I'd better go, Luke told me to watch that Kirk guy over there."
"Bye, thanks for the danish!" Rory said politely.
"Wow, blueberry Danish...I think I'm starting to like this whole you dating Luke thing."
A/N: Sorry, no L/L interaction in this chapter. But there will be. Please review!
