Well, here we go, another chapter comming at you. I know the characters aren't exactly right, and the writing could use a little work, but I am having fun working with them and I hope to write more Gilmore Girls fics in the future combinded with my now apparent infamous Mondler stories.
Dang, I'm modest. lol.
Thanks so much for the reviews you guys. They're really helping me out a lot, it's hard going into a fic like this. I mean, I've just started watching the show this year (abc family has donea nice job catching me up to date, though, I must say bravo) and I've even more recently started reading GG fanfiction, so I wasn't sure how everyone would react. Friends was a no brainer going into, because I know the characters and the story like better then my math notes (you laugh, but it's true...). So in short, thanks.
Okay, shutting up now.
To say that Luke Danes was a man of few words would probably be the understatement of the year. He was the epitome of a monosyllable type of guy. Why he had felt so compelled to help the girl? Even he couldn't comprehend that. The words had just slipped out, and suddenly he found himself arguing with his arch nemesis, Taylor Doose.
"Why'd she only thank you?" Kirk whined, staring blankly out the window towards the direction where'd she had disappeared.
"Go away, Kirk," Luke mumbled out shortly as he walked up to the counter, slamming his selected food items down on the counter in front of him.
"Lucas, impressing a girl does not constitute your behavior back there. Girl or no girl, you should respect your elders, and that language!" Taylor shook his head in disgust, "Do you know how many young and impressionable children are in here at this time of day!"
Luke rolled his eyes, "Will you just ring it up, Taylor," he said shortly. "And I was not trying to impress her. You were just being a jerk. It wasn't like she was trying to steal the chunky peanut butter from you."
"Well, she didn't look trustworthy."
"And you're basing that on?" Luke said slowly, pretending to wait for a reasonable answer to come up.
"Well, she didn't look that old! I mean what was she, sixteen, maybe seventeen! And pregnant! I don't like to judge people, but she is more of an open book if you know what I mean."
"So you're saying that pregnant people steal?"
"No! You know what I'm saying!"
"Yea, you're saying pregnant people steal, just like Luke said," Kirk wormed his way into the conversation, "Hey Luke, do you think she's single?"
Luke and Taylor gave him a strange look, Luke reacted first, "Do you even have a brain in that skull of yours?"
Kirk nodded, "Mother dropped me a lot when I was younger. The doctors said I would have a complete recovery, but every now and again,"
"That explains a lot," Luke mumbled.
"So, should I go ask her for her number! Give me some clues here, Butch!"
"Don't call me that." Luke mumbled, handing Taylor a small wad of bills and some change to pay for the food. "And are you seriously about to go and hit on a pregnant girl."
"Babies are little miracles, aren't they? Such a joy," he said dreamily looking out the window at the girl, whom in the past five minutes had managed to find an empty bench and was currently struggling with the proper way to eat her peanut butter and bananas. The peanut butter was winning.
"Hey, Kirk, hand me that plastic spoon, would you?" Luke pointed to a small bin of plastic silverware.
"Ah, yea sure, this good?" He handed Luke one of the multiple spoons.
"I don't know Kirk, are there any better ones?" Luke said sarcastically, "You can never tell with plastic silverware. They're always different."
"I don't care for that tone."
"And neither do I!" Taylor but into the conversation this time. "Just like the tone you gave me either. Luke, I don't care for this new personality of yours."
"I'm sorry, I guess I'll have to send this one to the shop and take up a substitute one until the old one gets fixed. Whatda think?"
Taylor just rolled his eyes and rang up the spoon with a sigh, "Sixty cents," he mumbled.
Luke handed over some more change, then grabbed the spoon hastily. "See ya around, Taylor," Luke mumbled out of politeness. His father was always a stickler for such friendly gestures. Stars Hallow was a small town, and had the biggest mouth this side of the Mississippi: Miss Patty. Word of his impoliteness would reach back to his father within the hour had he not ended with such a phrase.
He pushed open the door and stepped out into the brisk fall weather. He saw the girl sitting on the bench just feet away from him. With a spoon in hand, he marched over to her, trying his best to remember to breathe.
"Umm, excuse me," he mumbled out gruffly.
She turned, her frustration evident in her face, "Not a good time to collect on your good deed, plain man."
"Spoon?"
"What? Dirty."
Luke turned a little red and held up the plastic spoon he'd brought for her, "Spoon," he repeated nervously.
She smiled, and grabbed the spoon from his hand, "My hero," she mused, "Now you would have thought that I would think to get me one of these babies, but, alas, I seemed to have not properly calculated out my food eating needs."
"Erm-right then, I'll just leave you to it," Luke offered a faint smile and headed back off towards his father's store.
"Wait!" She called, "Sit with me. It's only customary. I mean, with you being my hero and all, I think it's only proper that are actually formally introduced.
Luke shrugged, and took a seat next to the girl, "You can call me Luke."
"I'm Lorelai."
"So, Lorelai, what reason brings you to Stars Hallow?"
"I've got my reasons. Needless to say, I bought a bus ticket and this was as far as I could get on my budget. Apparently, the spoon was an expense too great for my mind, and I mentally blocked it out before my impulsive side took over and I was back out on the streets."
Luke just looked at her strangely, "Were there actually words in that sentence of yours? Y'know, words from thought that makes sense, perhaps."
"Hey, I heard there was an inn around here. Do you know if they're hiring, cause I could really use a job and a place crash right about now."
"Uh, yea, Mia's place?"
"That means absolutely nothing to me."
"I'm surprised. I thought you were a fan of nonsense."
"You're a witty one, aren't you?"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LUKE!" Kirk shouted at them as he walked by in an apparent rage. "YOU TRICKED ME!"
"Isn't that the guy that handed me the bananas?" Lorelai asked slowly, then looked down at her half eaten bananas. "Are these safe to eat? I mean, he could go down for double homicide if they aren't. Ooh, there's some money in that. Hey, do you think I could pull a Juliet to cash in on the money making opportunities at hand here?"
"A Juliet?" Luke asked slowly, waiting for an explanation. "You talk, but I hear no words."
"You know, like in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet fakes her own death to be with Romeo."
"Well we all know that wonderful plan didn't work out so well, so the whole pulling a Juliet thing probably wouldn't be the best course of action. Then there's the whole counter-lawsuit fraud thing you'll have to deal with once he realizes you faked it. Hell, this is a strange little town, you might even be chased out with pitchforks and torches."
Lorelai smiled, "But they could never hurt a pregnant lady. That's just sinful."
"Yeah, a pregnant girl," Luke said softly.
"Yea," she repeated, equally as soft.
"So, you wanted to know about the inn, right? Well, it's Mia's inn, she's a family friend, so that means you've got connections now and everything, just say my name somewhere in there and she'll love you for life."
"Modest of you."
Luke gave her a look, "The inn's just right down there, you can't miss it. Star's Hallow isn't exactly Everest."
"Thank-you," Lorelai smiled, "Well, I'd better get going." She closed up her peanut butter, and threw the banana peels over her shoulder into a nearby trash basket, "Thanks again, plaid man."
"That's never gonna stop is it?"
"It's gotta nice ring to it, you must admit."
"Fine then, crazy lady."
Lorelai smiled, as she stood up, picking up her small suitcase with her, "See ya around, plaid man."
Luke nodded, "Sure thing, Crazy Lady."
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