LAME EXCUSE TIME: HEY, the TAX MAN COMETH! I'm so lazy and naughty I still NEED TO DAMN FILE! AHHHHH "Presenting" will be updated. Fear not!
Kiss! LUKE!
Part of the ORIGINAL WOULDA SHOULDA COULDA SERIES
(ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUES!)
By GilmoreGirl1979 (the Reigning Quote Queen)
WHERE the A/Ns are Half the FUN!
The Q: What if Nicole didn't show up to go skiing with Luke?
WHERE the A/Ns are Half the FUN!Friendly Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
Luvz: (walks up to Luvz's Desk, looks over a scribbling profusely Luvz's shoulder.) WHATCHA DOING? Are you Writing? What are you Writing? Is It a Story? Can I see? Huh, huh, can I? can I see, huh, huh? Am I gonna like it? Is it about a princess? oooo is that princess named Lorelai? Is she gonna fall in love with a tavern owner named Luke? huh, huh, is she ? is she?
THANKS for all the beautiful things you said, your encouragement and friendship mean the world to me PIXIE!
Hello, My little crack whores(and other shout outs):
kckgirl: YES a great deal of compassion actually, I just don't write smut all that well, seriously, really bad. The lead up and the after I'm good at, the during is…. Ehhh, ..maybe I'm just a prude … LMAO I know I just heard it!
LLmeantb : She found her way to another story YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH sorry habit.. lol, ummm yes I am polishing 12 and need to enter it in my putter.
gidget89: SO glad your emotions took the small world ride! I know me too, I was like wow maybe if I wrote Nicole on the show, I wouldn't have hated her so much (cause I would have had her leave sooooo much sooner, I'm talking like "Luke Danes? sign these papers"… and then we'd never see her again! LOL I don't know if we could have him be drunk all the time(then he'd be an alcoholic, whole other discussion!), but I do think ADD Luke was missing from Fundamental. It's funny cause I actually have ADD, couldn't you tell? lol
-no darth vader, Just give me the Luke breathing heavy PURRRRRRRRRRRRRS!
-ummmm watch? AHEM ! This is not SPICE! It's Fan fiction,… and as I said I suck at the smut, …umm well umm not in the good way.. umm never mind …(maybe I am a prude)
ocdwithlhg:I know! OY WITH THE TENSION ALREADY! It could have been cut with a KNIFE, put on little plates with doilies, and served up at a D.A.R. meeting! How do I do it I have no idea!
Tina:this chapter is long- DIRTY! And I knew what you meant, thanks for taking the time to review.
SailorMoon2882: See A/N. and I know! That line that you love so much was one of those last minute inspirations right before I Published! Glad you liked it!
ProFfeSseR:okay wait a minute! You never heard of gilligan's island? Where are you? don't you get nick at night? Google it! Dirty! (and it's okay, I was just being my punny witty referencing self) LOVED your VCR story! I do that to my sis all the time and she just rolls her eyes at me. Like I name things.. my fondue pot is Dewy(YES, I FONDUE!yummy fried zucchini sticks!), my computer is Putter, I still remember the names of all of my stuffed animals.. and she thinks I'm weird go figure. I'm first? You read mine FIRST! I am honored! WOWIE ZOWIE! And I print out stuff for my bus ride to work too, how cool! Enjoy this one babe
Justmeforever:COOL now I'm a superhero? Can my costume be all pretty shiny(again I have ADD,need Pretty shiny things!) with a cape? Does this outfit make me look fat?
scubaluver: you know I luv ya, but see A/N. thanks fo rthe suggestions… hmmmmmmmm. Must ponder…(pondering by nature is a slow process, other wise it wouldn't be pondering.)
Rose01:hello did you read my stories about my sis thinking I'm weird, poor dewy and putter, she just doesn't understand them. I am proud of it, DAMN DAMN PROUD of it!
pokey:hey what about the he looked like a little boy with his hand in the cookie jar part? Huh? too cute!GOD I LOVE THAT MAN! Seriously, I don't care about the 20 years between us! We'd be like the new cary grant… the girls just kept staying 20 something, and he kept advancing in his years.. lol
Kaila Hanel: (panting, keels over hands on knees) That's … forty miles …bad running,….Sorry you said good JOG,(you can hit me if you want too it was right there GEEZ!) … and yes, quotes are appreciated, and how'd you know?(see fourth paragraph incredible lol)
Faith5x5:how very Sam Phillips of you (all night, all night, I've been looking for you all night, … it's on the "a boot and a shoe" album with reflecting light?) thank you for the ego rub (Dirty!) that hit the spot! Ummmm okay hummels are sort of a knick nack statue type thing. In this case a small statue called "Boy with Toothache" was the casualty of the party. Remember in Keg Max, when kyle and his bro are packing up the valuables? I myself collect pocket dragons. I only have 4 though, they are kinda expensive… OY! I think hummels were featured on an eppy of ER one time too. Clooney years.
TO ALL: I THANK YOU, THE PEOPLE, for you're love and encouragement! And apparently I have a fanlisting out there, thank you Yvonne for that! I'm so flattered. And thank you to those who JOINED!
A/Ns:
- have I mentioned I'm damn proud of all that sexual tension leading up to the in bed part WOW, it's like the dream from Fundamental, it's like the DREAM from presenting. I'm THAT proud! You think, with all the stories I write(essentially about the same thing…over and over again, …dirty!) you think I would run out of steam, or they'd all start to sound the same. I feel like I'm growing ... put me in the light watch me smile(little quote for the FARSCAPE fans out there!)
-calm Nicole, was like the Rachel scene all over again, which I alluded to I believe.
-Many of you may know my love of Brooklyn, hence the Dodgers comment. YES! My real feelings on the subject, I'm still not over it, and I wasn't even born when the move happened, and I'm not over it!
-Got A Hand Full Of Barbie! (now even the author's notes are getting titles this is getting serious!) Some of you have expressed concern, Like "why did you have Luke be drunk during their first time together (only two beers? what a light weight)?" My response, that is the point, Luke wasn't drunk; he was tipsy, yes, not doing the bar crawl. Lorelai only thought he was drunk; Remember she has never seen the diner man like that before… how would she know what he'd be like really drunk off his ass (after say …"a few!" as in gospels)
"… I do not get drunk, tipsy maybe, …He still had his faculties he could still walk a straight line. He just wanted to be numb, just for a little bit. What's the first thing to go? Judgment? He wanted to stop judging Jess. Stop caring about Jess. Not sure if it works that way, man…"
his mild inebriated state
Luke put down his beer, for a new drug of choice, … Lorelai-RIGHT THERE! HE KNEW what he was doing… or rather whom… (DIRTY! Hehehehe) you see my little dears, beer was the catalyst to loosen his tongue and getting him talking to her.. and well horizontal hokey pokey with her.. WINK WINK.. she was already willing, sometimes our shy diner man just needs a push. Luke isn't a light weight, he had the two in succession cause he knew that would get the result he wanted faster. He was loose, numb to being upset, very "I like the Barbie ones", but he knew who he was kissing, and … "what not-ing" … with. and FEAR NOT, he was FULLY FUNCTIONAL, performance not effected at all.(some times with alcohol … well umm in track team terms, Cause Luke was on the track team,… you can't finish the race, you know… insert Cheshire cat grin, but Luke did… hehehehe)
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME HERE FOR...
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Chapter 6:
Ummm, … Now What?
It had always only been a matter of time. Since the moment they met, the distance between them seemed to shrink. Customer / Proprietor. Coffee Addict /Diner Enabler. Friends. Good Friends. Close Friends. Close Friends who flirt. Close Friends who denied they'd flirt.
Lovers.
Lorelai woke up terrified it was all a dream. Then she saw his relaxed, spent face on the pillow beside her and realized … it wasn't. It had been tricky two tall adults in a single bed, but they managed. Once again, she was sharing a bed with Luke, only this time, they were more than friends, they were naked … friends?
Lorelai could feel his left arm tucked beneath the pillow, his right arm draped over her waist. Lorelai wanted to stay absolutely still, for fear she'd ruin this wonderful moment. Lying on her back, she clutched the sheet to her chest above her still conflicted pin cushion heart. Her only movement was her thumb grazing the forearm around her waist. As she stared at the ceiling, and she contemplated their future. She was anxious for him to wake up, at the same time, dreading "the talk" they would no doubt have.
Lorelai knew this was incredible. Luke did tipsy what most guys couldn't do sober. She knew she wanted this to happen again, and as often as possible. She thought back to the way Luke said her name, "Lorelai", in that wanton growl, over and over, and she inhaled sharply at the memory.
What if this was a rebound thing? What if this screwed everything up? Can we even be friends now? Are we … more than friends now? I wondered how many times in one week I can mess up one man's life.
What if this was just because of the beer? What's the first thing to go? Judgment? Inhibitions? What if he's felt the attraction too? What if this was a long time coming?
In all his soul baring, he never once mentioned Nicole. What does that mean? Is he over it? Does he just not want to talk about it?
Turned her head to stare at his face, she tried to figure out what he thought of all this. They really didn't talk much … after. There were a few stray kisses, they settled into this position, and he fell asleep.
Yet, Lorelai couldn't paint Luke the villain, typical guy who falls asleep after he gets what he wants. She had gotten what she wanted, too. She had fallen asleep, too. She had enjoyed it, …too? Luke had been through a lot in so short a time. He was the one hurting. Despite his rough week, he was the one who now looked … content, satisfied, happy beside her, as he lovingly held her in his arms.
It will be Okay. And Lorelai smiled at him once again, and decided to settle back in to sleep next to him.
Sleep? … Here? … With Him?
Her eyes opened wide again. Oh My God! Rory!
As it turned out, Luke was a deep sleeper. Lorelai carefully lifted his limp arm and regretfully escaped it's hold. She pulled back the covers to slip out of bed and gingerly replaced his arm on the mattress.
She then realized, I'm naked, … in Luke's apartment. Thinking fast, she found his flannel shirt on the floor and slipped it on. In the darkness, she found her bag on it's side on the coffee table and pulled out her cellphone. Lorelai didn't want to disturb Luke with her important phone call. So, she tip toed to the kitchen, and cringed when her bare foot stepped into a puddle of Luke's beer; figuring it must have spilled when they haphazardly hit into the coffee table. Once by the sink she dialed and dreaded the greeting she would get.
A frantic "Mom?" answered the phone at the Gilmore house.
"Hey sweets, I'm sooooo sorry I didn't call sooner," Lorelai tried to get out before the onslaught of questions.
"Where are you? What happened? I have enough to worry about without you playing 'Mommy MIA' on me."
"I know, I'm sorry! It was wrong, but I'm okay, everything's fine, I just forgot to call."
"Are you coming home?"
Lorelai had a beautiful naked man in bed waiting for her, "Eventually."
"Where are you?" Rory's concerned and curious voice had to ask again.
Lorelai didn't know how to answer. Sure, what happened between her and Luke was great. Better than great, the greatest, the super duper of greatest, okay we're getting of sidetracked. The point is Lorelai still didn't know how Luke felt about "the greatest thing". And more over, Lorelai didn't know if it would ever happen again. "I … I can't say right now. Just know I'm fine, I'm safe, and I just can't come home right now."
"Weren't you going to see Luke?"
Oh Boy! "I can neither confirm nor deny my whereabouts." Damn it, I should have said it's a graduation surprise…. Yeah, I slept with Luke, … surprise!
Perplexed by the cryptic answer, Rory asked "You will tell me later?"
"Definitely." Good or Bad, you will definitely hear about it. From me or Miss Patty, you will definitely hear about it.
"Okay."
"Look on the bright side you have the entire house to yourself; to study in, to freak out in. You can do everything your own way, like fold laundry the way you like, anything you want."
"Well, I want to know everything."
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that? "You will, now go and do what's on your crazy list and don't forget to sleep. I'm still the mommy, … until Yale Brainwashes you and introduces you to your new Family."
"Alright, … good night."
"Goodnight" and Lorelai hung up her phone and quietly put her cell back in her bag. As she stepped back toward the bed she noticed that Luke was awake, and watching her. "Hey," she said with a smile to put him at ease, he looked like a deer in the headlights.
"Hey," he returned, surprised she was still there, after… what happened, and at what she was wearing. "You look good … in flannel," he choked out.
"I think so," she smiled proudly to hide her nerves, "I just needed to call Rory, … so she wouldn't worry," both still avoiding the issue at hand.
"That's … smart," he wasn't really sure what they could talk about after they just … they just … had sex? He was there and he still couldn't believe it.
Not knowing what else to do with his eyes fixed on her, Lorelai began to unbutton the shirt.
Luke sat up in bed, bolt upright, to stop her, "What are you doing?"
Taken aback, Lorelai stated the obvious, "I was … coming back to bed." And she continued with the buttons.
Luke's frantic disbelieving tone stopped her again, "With me?"
"Why no, with Hugh Hefner. Of course with you!"
Luke tried to barter, "Lorelai please, take Jess' bed."
"Thank you, no! I have issues of sleeping in my daughter's ex boyfriend's bed … naked!"
Why did she have to point out we were naked again? "Lorelai please, this situation is bad enough."
She had to laugh, "Situation? What situation?" She sarcastically shrugged. As if this were an everyday occurrence, like coffee and their banter. Like this was just part of the routine they did on a daily basis. She sat down on the bed next to him, not sure if she should remove the now open flannel.
"This, … here, … us, what happened!" exasperated that he had to explain it to her, as the memories flooded back to him.
I rather like our 'situation'. Taking a chance, she slipped out of the flannel, and noticed Luke averted his eyes, for her privacy. "Luke, it's okay, you can look at me."
"No, no , it's fine, I'm good." This can't be happening. How is this really happening? Luke needed time to process all of this.
Lorelai timidly slipped under the covers with him again, and waited for … "the talk".
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A/N: My Fav parts:
-the opening
- She thought back to the way Luke said her name, "Lorelai", in that wanton growl, over and over, and she inhaled sharply at the memory.
-OMG RORY! Lol-cause ofcourse you can't think of considerate logistics when you are with the diner man!
- it's a graduation surprise…. Yeah, I slept with Luke, … surprise!
-How scared Luke was when she was unbuttoning the shirt. Luke sat up in bed quickly to stop her, "What are you doing?"-how very R and R lol
COMING SOON: I've Never Done That With You Before!
ans YES YES YES Movie night of presenting… Luvz and I think I'm making it too hard! Lol DIRTY!
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"That was all God given talent..." why thank you Luke...
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R/R: PLEASE, I like to better myself. To quote The Princess Bride,
"...Remember this is for posterity, ... so be honest."
Please be specific with R/R; name one (or as many as you can think of or want to mention..…) at least specific thing you liked
Please! It makes me feel good...inside (Dirty!)
Hence the Rant option below.
Insert Rant here V
A/N: if not completely satisfied with this chapter, please return unused portion for a full refund …