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Luke went upstairs with Alexis that night to get to know her a little bit better, before she drove back to the Dragonfly Inn. They had hardly gotten a chance to know eachother, the two days she had been there, and he really wanted to learn more about her. When he got upstairs, he felt a little uneasy. Things seemed to be moved around a little bit, but just figured that Jess had been up there earlier, and he had to get used to living with somebody again. Luke and Alexis sat down at a table, and ate some hamburgers Luke had prepared for them, as they talked.
"So, what are your parents like?" Luke asked. He had been dying to know since the second she told him that he was her father.
"They're okay." She told him, "You know, we get along and all, but I guess we have a typical, child to parent relationship. They tell me what to do, and I do whatver I want to do." Alexis laughed "But they're pretty awesome, for parents" Alexis lied. She didn't want Luke to feel guilty, or for him to feel like she was unhappy with her life. In fact, the past few months had been the happiest of her life.
"That's good. You said that they know you're here, Right?"
"Yeah." Alexis once again was forced to lie.
"Good." Luke said, and just like the night before, there was an awkward silence. Luke was no good at making small talk, or trying to get to know someone. He just didn't know what to ask, or what he should or shouldn't be saying, and Alexis could see that.
"So, have you always lived in Stars Hollow?" She finally asked.
"Yeah" Luke told her, "I never really had much of a choice."
"You don't like it here?"
"It's okay"
"If you don't like it, why don't you move?"
"I've got the diner. There's too many memories here I guess, and I have a life."
"You don't want to move because of Lorelai, right?" Alexis said, with one of her first genuine smiles since she arrived. Luke looked at her, smiled, and tried not to blush. Then he was suddenly confused.
"How did you know about that?"
"Well, when she kissed you at the Inn, it kind of gave it away."
"Oh.. Right." Luke said, and once again they fell to silence, but this time the silence wasn't awkward. They sat there, eating their dinner in Luke's small apartment, barely big enough for one. For the first time, both Alexis and Luke were enjoying the others company. After dinner, Alexis and Luke talked for awhile longer, until Jess came in at around 11:00. At the sight of Jess, Alexis became uneasy again. Alexis told Luke she was tired, and went off to the Dragonfly Inn. Luke realized how late it was, and went to bed.
The next morning, Luke, like always was up bright and early. Before he went downstairs to work, he woke up Jess. Luke insisted that Jess be downstairs and ready to work within the next half hour. Jess just shrugged Luke's commands off. Alexis arrived at the diner, only a few minutes after it had opened.
"Hey Luke!" She said excited. "What's on the agenda for today?"
"Work" He said, still tired.
"Can I help you?" She asked, still strangely enthusiastic.
"Um.. Yeah, I guess."
"Okay, I'm just gonna run upstairs to use your bathroom, is that alright?"
"Yeah." Luke told her, and Alexis ran upstairs. She opened the door and saw Jess laying in bed. She stared at him hatefully, until he turned and looked at her. She smiled half heartedly, and walked into the bathroom. While she was there Jess went downstairs to go help out Luke. Alexis got on his nerves, and all he had to do was look at her. When Alexis came out of the bathroom, she saw that she was alone, which she didn't expect. She looked down the stairway to make sure, and rushed over to Luke's night table. She took the key from the bottom of the top drawer, and deciding she'd come back later, ran downstairs.
"So, what should I do?" She asked Luke, as she came running down the stairs.
"Same thing you did yesterday." He told her.
"Sounds good," she told him, as she went to take somebody's order. She was at work for a little over an hour, before Luke was finally distracted. Lorelai and Rory had come in and the two sat down at the counter.
"Two blueberry muffins and two cups of coffee. Four scoops to every tablespoon." She told Luke, sweetly, as he grabbed her muffins and poured some coffee to give to her. Luke and Lorelai talked for awhile, and Alexis saw this as a perfect opportunity to follow through with her plan, and took advantage of this. Jess watched Alexis, as she walked upstairs, checked behind her and shut the door. Jess put down the pot of coffee he was holding, and slowly walked up the stairwell. Knowing she was up to something, but not sure of exactly what, he didn't want to bust her to early.
Alexis walked quickly over to Luke's closet, and nervously pulled out the safe she had seen the previous day. She sat there staring for awhile. This had finally become all too real for her. She had grown to actually like and respect her father. No! It doesn't matter she told herself. You need this, you need this more than anything. The only possible way for the two of you to have a good life is if you take this. She finally convinced herself. Before opening the safe, she checked around the toom, one last time and saw it was safe. She put the key in the lock, and slowly turned it.
Because she was lost in a trance of what she saw before her she didn't hear the door open, and she didn't see Jess standing in the doorway. Just as Alexis was thinking / never thought it would be this easy. Thank God for you Luke. Thank God for you not believing in a bank. She couldn't help but giggle in excitement, but then, in that split second, just as easily as her dreams had come, they were shattered, by just one sentence.
"Luke!" Jess screamed "You better get up here!" A look of horror came over Alexis's face, as she saw Luke running up the stairs.
I dunno if this has caught you off guard or not but oh well. I hope you enjoyed. :)
