Authors Note - Thank-you all so much for your reviews, I love them. They make me bounce up and down, which I'm sure annoys my friends but oh well. Heh I'm glad your all liking it. So here is the 3rd Chapter. I wrote the 3rd and 4th chapters together, but decided to split them up. I'm going to be away for the next week so I hope these 2 chapters will get you through. I'll try and write more while I'm away and will post them when I get back. Thanks. Keep the happy happy reviews coming.
Chapter 3 – As one door closes…"Hey mum, do you know where those blue sparkly earrings are?" Rory called as she walked into the bathroom. Her mum was standing at the mirror doing her make-up.
"Wow mum you look…really nice" said Rory, stopping in her tracks.
"Thanks Hun" said Lorelai smiling, admiring herself in the mirror.
She was pretty dressed up to be seeing Luke. She looks almost like she's going on a …..date. God did I set Mum and Luke up on a date! Not that that's a bad thing. I mean Luke is a really great guy…
While contemplating this Rory had zoned out. Lorelai now stood standing in front of her daughter, with a puzzled look on her face.
"Rory?" Lorelai asked tentatively.
"Yeah sorry" said Rory snapping back to reality.
"The earrings are next to my bed" She said.
"Oh ok, thanks" said Rory heading for the door.
"Oh and Rory" added Lorelai
"Yeah" said Rory turning around at the doorway.
"You look beautiful" She smiled proudly at her daughter. Oh she was growing up too fast.
"Thanks mum" said Rory, smiling and then leaving to continued on her hunt for the earrings.
At 7.30 the doorbell rang, and Rory rushed to answer it. Defining the words of her Grandmother 'A lady never rushes to answer the door'. She opened the door, to greet Dean.
"Hey" he said giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Hey' she said. " Come on in, I'll just grab my coat"
Dean entered the house and Rory picked up her coat and purse.
"Mum! I'm leaving now" Rory called up the stairs.
"Wait, wait!" said Lorelai rushing down the stairs.
'Mwa' she kissed Rory on the cheek. "Have a great night you two, and Dean have her home by 1, please" Lorelai said looking up at Dean. God that boy was tall.
"I will" said Dean, sincerely.
"Ok were off then," Rory said. The two love birds left, and Lorelai went back upstairs to finish getting ready.
It was close to 8 as Lorelai walked through the town square on her way to the Diner. The Festival was well under way, and the town looked gorgeous. The gazebo was lit up with fairy lights, Taylor was arguing with Andrew. Ah how she loved Stars Hollow.
The closed sign was on the door of the Diner, but Lorelai ignored it and went inside. She looked around the Diner. She couldn't see Luke anywhere.
"Lukee"she called. "Cinderellas here and if you don't hurry up she's going to turn into a pumpkin" she called out.
"I'm back here!" Luke called out, from what sounded like the storeroom. She put down her bag on the counter and walked over to it. The door was shut, she opened it and went inside.
"Don't!…." The door slammed shut behind her. "…shut the door" Luke slowly finished his sentence. He collapsed back on the pile of boxes he had been sitting on.
"Why what's wrong, we can just open the door again" she grabbed the handle to open the door as example. But the door wouldn't open. She pulled harder, and tried again.
"It's no use" said Luke "I've tried, and seeing as I'm stronger than you, I don't see what hope you'd have" Luke said dryly.
She shrugged off his last comment. "How long have you been in here" She asked walking over to him.
"About half an hour. I'd figure you'd turn up soon and then I could get out"
"Oh sorry" said Lorelai. "But I can fix this!" She exclaimed, reaching round for her bag. "Oh shoot. I left my bag outside, and my phone is in my bag"
"Aha" said Luke.
"So what do we do?" asked Lorelai sitting down next to Luke.
" I don't know. Wait for someone to find us I guess" he said looking at her. "But Caesar wont be here till 6 so…"
"So were kinda stuck here huh" said Lorelai, looking up at him. Noticing for the first time, that he wasn't wearing his trademark flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap. He was wearing…the clothes she'd bought him actually. He looked…nice.
"Looks like it" said Luke.
"Ok well if were going to be stuck here, I'm taking off my shoes. They're killing me!" she said removing her high heels.
"If they hurt why did you wear them?" Luke asked looking at her like she was crazy. It was a look he used very often with Lorelai Gilmore.
"Beauty is pain, my friend" She said, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Oh right, I forgot" said Luke sarcastically.
For the first time Luke took in what Lorelai was wearing. As she removed her coat and scarf. Her hair falling in curls on her bare shoulders. While her blue top accentuated her already deep blue eyes.
"You look…great" Luke stuttered out.
"Thanks" Lorelai replied. Flashing him one of her award winning smiles. Then turned around to put her coat down.
"Guess were going to miss the festival then" Lorelai said sitting back down.
"Yep" said Luke, gripping his hands in his lap.
"Not that I'm sure you mind" she said teasingly.
"I was kind of looking forward to it actually" he said looking up at her.
"Really?" said Lorelai grinning in surprise.
"How come? I didn't think you likeed town events"
"I don't"
"Then why were you looking forward to it?"
'Because you were going' he said to himself. "Just was" said Luke, shifting in his seat, his eyes focusing hard on the ground.
" Do you want a beer?" he asked, getting up abruptly.
"Ah yeah sure" replied Lorelai, surprised by his shock exit, and confused by his previous answer. Did Luke want to go the festival because she was going? I mean there had always been rumours that Luke had a 'thing' for her. But they were only rumours right? Right?
She snapped out of her thoughts as Luke handed her a beer.
To be continued….
