That evening, Luke went upstairs with a plate of food, from the diner, and intended to talk to Alexis and get to know her better. Alexis had been in the apartment all day, still debating what to tell Luke, when she told him she'd have to stay there more than just a few days. The fact that Alexis was up there all day made Luke feel better, because he knew there was no way word could leak to the town, of her being there.
"Alexis?" Luke called as he reached the top of the stairs.
"Hey Luke-- Dad?" she said, as she sat up in Jess's old bed.
"Luke." He said. "I brought you a plate of food if you want anything, I don't think you've eaten all day."
"Thanks," She said, as she got up and sat at the table. Luke sat down across from her.
"So..." Luke said.
"So.." She said. "I noticed there was a hardware sign outside the diner, any reason for that, or are you just fond of the sign?"
"This was my father's store, before he died. It was a hardware store, and I turned it into a diner, I just didn't want to take the sign down, I know that's crazy. Taylor would love it if I would just take it down, I guess that's part of the reason it's still there." Alexis smiled, as Luke finished his sentence.
"I see, I don't think that's crazy at all." She assured him, and Luke smiled, and then there was an awkward silence.
"So..." he said, attempting to break it, "What grade are you in?" Luke was never good at small talk, he knew it, and Alexis was starting to learn this too.
"I'm going into my junior year." She told him proudly.
"Wow.." He said, "So what kind of grades do you get? Do you have a lot of friends?"
"Umm, I get A's, some B's" she lied, "And I have plenty of friends," she said, lying once more. With that, there was another awkward silence, neither of them knowing what to say. "I guess I know where I got my social skills from." She said jokingly. Luke smiled at her, and apologized.
"So, what does you family think about you being here?" Luke asked. Shit! Alexis thought, I knew this would come up sooner or later. What am I going to tell him?
"Umm, they're fine with it." She said. That will have to do for now. I'll tell him that was a lie, as soon as I come up with a stable background story, but I can't talk anymore, he's going to want to talk more about me. The longer we talk, the more personal it gets. The more personal it gets, the further I dig myself into a hole. "I'm tired, it was a long drive" She finally said, "I'm sorry, we can talk in the morning, I promise." She said, knowing Luke had to work early.
"Maybe after I close the diner we can talk. During the day tomorrow you can go explore the town for a while." Luke said, "But can you do me a favor?"
"Anything," She said, with a huge smile across the face.
"News travels fast in this town," Luke explained, "Can you try not to tell anyone about-- you know"
"I understand," she assured him.
"Thanks," he said, "If you're going to sleep, I'm gonna go out."
"No problem."
Luke walked out the door, and down the stairs to the diner. He sat at one of the tables thinking. I have no idea how to raise this kid-- wait, I don't have to raise her, she has a family-- I can't just never speak to her again, she came here, she obviously wants some kind of relationship with me. I can't send this girl away, and never talk to her again. I dont know how to deal with this. Is it bad that I'm wishing she never came? My life was good. No no no! I'm not this selfish. I don't know how to deal with this though, I really don't. I should ask Lorelai, she would know what to do, she could help. Should I tell her yet? Do I want her to know? I think I should. Luke checked his watch, 10:00. It wouldn't hurt to just check to see if she's awake. I'll feel better once I tell someone. With that last thought, Luke walked out the door and down the street to Lorelai's.
A light's on, he saw reluctantly. As he walked closer to the house he saw Lorelai and Rory in front of the TV, watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and eating massive amouts of junk food. Luke knocked on the door.
"Door's open!" Lorelai screamed. She couldn't move, this was the first sighting of the Oopma Loompas.
"Logically, wouldn't the tube burst?" Rory asked.
"No, it's magic."
"Willy Wonka's magic, not the tube, or the chocolate."
"No, they're all magic."
"No they're not, chocolate is inanimate, it can't be magic."
"It can so, it was made my a magic man." Lorelai gasps.
"That doesn't matt--"
"Shh shhh!" Lorelai interrupted, "They're coming." Rory rolled her eyes, and Luke just stared. As soon as the Oompa Loompa's carried poor Augustus Gloop away, Lorelai peeled her eyes away from the set. "Hey Luke!" she said, got up and gave him a kiss.
"Hey" Luke said.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Can I talk to you outside?"
"Oh..Sure." She said, reluctantly, and followed Luke outside.
I used Willy Wonka, cuz I knew what scene would be good, seeing as they watch Willy Wonka one time on the show, not sure what scene exactly, but I worked with it. I hope ya'll like the story so far. Please review!
