Stand Still: The Green One
Summary: Luke and Lorelai broke up after her parents wedding, then she left Stars Hollow when Mike Armstrong offered her that job. But now shes back in town, 5 years later,to give Luke something, onlyto find that he is a very changed man and there's something he isn't telling her. What's he hiding and what will she do when she finds out?
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or any of it's characters. I only write this for fun and don't make any money off of it or anything like that.
Rating: pg13 just to be safe
A/N: Well, I'm updating just in time for all of you to have something to read before the new episdoe. Hopefull it'll make the time pass by faster...Leave me some reviews to make the time fly by for me. I can't wait until the new eppy.
The last chapter is finally here. I know, it's sad. As much as you guys have enjoyed reading this, I have enjoyed writing this. But don't worry, I have a few ideas for some new stories and they should be out soon enough.
But please, please review. Tell me all you thought about this story. Please?
GilmoreGirlsFreakazoid: I don't want it to end either. I loved writing it. I'll probably cry more than anyone when I post this last chapter.
JoEySaNgEl1534: Haha. I didn't want to update this so soon because it means the story is really over...But I knew I had to so, here it is.
errr: Yeahh Luke going to the airport would have been cool...But I dunnno...I didn't really think about that to tell you the truth.
gilmoregirlsfanatic: Yeahh I loved that episode, too. That's why I put it in here, just cuz it was such a sweet thing.
Mirax Corran: Yup, Jess and Rory will meet...It probably won't go how you expect...But, I don't know, I like it.
Annick: Thank you so much. I have another story all planned out. I've written3 chapters of it so far. It'll be up soon... It's call 'The Whole Package'
Marcel-Marceau-chicken: Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking...
GGFAN6: Yes, I know. I'm very sad about the story coming to an end. I loved writing it. I have a new story coming out soon, soo look foward to that. It's called 'the Whole Package'
CripticWolf: Yes, I know...I hate cliffhangers, too...But, you gotta have um.
s.Roman: Yup...I figured it was something Luke would do...
MoKnKeYbUtT09: Lol.
lollysamantha: Thank you!
ocdwithlhg: Yeahh...well...I always thought Jess should come back and be a hero...I loved that quote in the show, so I figured I'd put it to good use. I can't wait to see your story...
Luke'sGirl: Lol, thanks
Franala: Yeahh...I always thought Jess should come back and do something good...This was my way of doing that
Ronata: I dunno...Currently I'm writing chapter #3 of a new GG story. It should be up soon. It's called 'The Whole Package'
JJFluffStuffForeva: Haha. Rebecca and Digger...Oh God...
tom: Right now I'm working on chapter #3 of a new GG story called 'the whole package'that I should be posting some time soon...Plus I still have that Diary story, which I'm a little stuck on.
orangesherbert7: Yup...Typical Luke...Don't blow it up! Yeah I just loved that quote so, I figured, I'd use it.
Noam: Thank you. I tried to make it long...I dunno if it's really that long, though.
politicaldonkey: What am I signing? A petition to get rid of April? Or something else?
The27thGilmore: Haha. Kissing in the rain. How cute? Sorry, but it doesn't end quite like that...Hope you like this way, too.
Thanks to all of you who, have reviewed to my story. I loved getting every single one so, thanks! And to those of you who didn't ever review...This is the last chapter and you know you want to...
"Luke! I need coffee! And when I mean coffee I mean atleast 6 cups, and in the big, blue cup, please?" Rory stated as she came down the stairs and into the diner, rubbing her eyes.
"Is the green one, OK?" Jess asked, smiling. He knew how shocked she would be when she saw him behind the counter.
He smiled even wider when her head shoot up and her eyes widened, at the sound of his voice.
"Jess...What? Where-where's Luke?" Rory asked. It had been a long, long time since she had seen him. Sure, she had gotten over Jess awhile ago, but still...it was weird seeing him, here, in the diner. What was he even doing here?
"I talked him into going after your Mom." Jess smiled, knowing how happy she'd be after hearing this news, and still laughing over the expression on her face.
Rory smiled back.
"How?" She asked.
"You just have to know how to talk to a person..." He told her while doing the never ending job of, wiping down the counter.
"But anyway, I told him I'd take care of the diner while he was gone." Jess informed her, while taking a quick glance at the woman in front of him, the one he hadn't seen in years...Some might say she was the one that got away...
"I hope it works out with those two." Rory said as she sat at the counter, across from him just as she used to.
Jess nodded."It will..." He told her.
Rory gave him a questioning look.
"...Those types of things always have a way of working out." He said, looking at her straight in the eye.
She nodded, still completely shocked to see him.
"So the green cup OK?" He asked again, still smiling.
Rory smiled, "Yeah, sure."
He poured the cofffe and handed her the green cup. She sipped it and watced him take orders around the diner.
Jess is back...This is weird...
"How may I help you?" The lady behind the desk asked.
"When's the soonest flight to Albany?" Luke asked.
"It's in 10 minutes." She replied after quickly checking it on her computer.
"I'll take it. How much?"
"$400." She stated.
"To Albany? Wow..." He opened up his wallet to see a small chunck of Lorelai's money inside. He smiled.
"Luke, it's all in cash because I knew you wouldn't cash the check. Your going to take it and your going to use it because if you don't I will be really upset. Do you know how many pairs of shoes I could buy with that money? So...Please, take it. I told you I would pay you back and now I am. I'm not leaving until you take this." She said handing him the envelope. "Put it towards a dream of yours. Take a trip, or buy that blue power ranger suit you always wanted, actually you could probably buy a few with that much cash."
"I've always been more of a red power ranger kind of guy,"
She did tell him to put it towards a dream of his... Well... she had always been a dream of his, right? He wanted to be with her for as long ashe could remember...13 years...13 years of wanting to be with her...That had to be a dream, right? Yes. It did.
He took $400 out of the thick wad of money in his wallet and passed it to the lady across the counter. She gave him a ticket and then he went on his way.
Lorelai sighed as she walked through the door. She dropped her bags and plopped down on the couch. She had gotten into New York 2 hours ago, and instead of going straight home she stalled as long as she possibly could.
Somehow, being back in her apartment made it all seem so much more real. Like, it was really over. Luke had really said no and she was really back and home where she started.
She didn't want to turn the TV on. She needed quiet.
The plane ride wasn't long. It was just from Conneticut to New York, so it was just a little bit over an hour and a half. But it had seemed so much longer than that. Everything Luke had said kept going through her head, and then what Jess had said...
Things were crazy, they were confusing.
It seemed like it had all been a dream, or nightmare. It had gone by so fast. She looked around her apartment, it felt as if it was just yesterday, she had been here, calling Mike Armstrong and quitting her job, writing that note and leaving it on Rory's pillow and packing up her bags and leaving to Stars Hollow.
She walked into her bedroom and staring at the shirt that was sitting on the chair in the corner. It was Luke's flannel shirt that he had left it at her house. She slept in it somtimes...when she thought about him, when she missed him. In some weird way, it made her feel closer to him. Sometimes she could even smell him on the fabric. Not even Rory knew she had it.
As nervous as she had been, she didn't really think Luke would say he didn't love her. She didn't really think he would tell her that she missed her chance and that she was too late.
She thought he was the one.
She thought they'd be together. She thought they'd be together forever.
She thought it was meant to be, that it was written in the stars.
She never really thought that she'd be back in her apartment, having no idea what to do, or what was going to happen next. She didn't know what was going to happen, she didn't know where she would end up.
His hands were shaking, he had that nervous knee, he was drumming on his lap. He was so nervous, but, so anxious.
He wanted to be in New York. He needed to see her. He need to hold her. He needed to hug her and kiss her. He needed to tell her how he felt. He needed to apologize for everything he said the day before, he needed to apologize for everything he said 5 years ago.
"Luke...Tell me what your thinking..." Lorelai begged him.
"You want you know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking I can't be in this relationship anymore...it's too much."
Why did he have to go and say that? He didn't want it to be over. Hejust needed time.
And then, at her house, when she called him her ex boyfriend and handed her the tape to his answering machine. He should have stopped her. He should have told her that he wanted to be with her.Heshould have told herhe didn't mean what he had said at Doose's. Whywashe so stupid? If hehad just said something...
He was almost there. Only about 20 more minutes, the guy on the loud speaker had just said.
Rory had given him the address and directions. In less than an hour he would see her again. In less than an hour him and Lorelai would either be together, or they would be officially and completely not together.
That last part scared him, but the possibly of the first part made it worth it.
He looked out the window, waiting to see land.
"So, why'd you come back?" Rory asked Jess later on that day.
"Why?" He asked.
"Just wondering." She stated.
"Liz told me Luke was getting married. Figured I had to be here to see the man who took care of me for a year, get married..." Jess shrugged.
"You knew?" She asked.
"Yup."
"Did you plan on telling him to go after my mother?" Rory asked.
"It was a spur of the moment type thing." He said with a smirk.
"You knew she was here, didn't you?" Rory asked, smiling.
"Liz told me." He confessed.
"But why?" Rory asked. "I thought you didn't like my Mom."
"She didn't like me." He corrected her. "Plus, Luke loves her...He always did... It doesn't matter what I think."
"But, you obviously think something if you came all this way to get them together." Rory said.
"They belong together." He said simply.
"Well, well...Jess Mariano, who would've thought he believed in soul mates..." Rory laughed.
"Hey, I have my beliefs..." He laughed along with her.
Then there was a small silence, not an uncomfortable one, though.
"I ran into Lorelai at the air port, she told me the whole story." Jess told Rory later.
Rory nodded.
"So, I told Luke he was being stupid. I told him to go after her." Jess said. "And I guess something I said got through to him because next thing I know, he's telling me I'm in charge of the diner and he's getting a flight to New York. I just hope it works out." Jess told her.
"It has to...My Mom loves him." She said. "And Luke loves her...They're soul mates," she said mocking him.
Jess nodded and began to wipe the counter.
"Can you get away for a few minutes?" Rory asked leaning over the counter
"Sure, why?" He asked dropping the cloth.
"C'mon." She grabbed his hand and lead him out the door.
She took him behind the diner to where the Chuppah still stood.
"What's that doing there?" He asked pointing to it.
"I don't know...Wanna help me put it where it belongs?" Rory asked.
"OK." He nodded.
"Now it looks right." Rory said admiring what her and Jess had done with the help of others in the community.
"Yeah, the yard did look empty without it." He agreed.
They had carried the chuppah all the way across town so they could set it where it had been all those years ago. Now it was in the right place, in the front yard of the Lorelai's old house and Luke's current home.
"I forgot how weird it looked without it..." Rory said. "It was there like,the last 5 years I lived here." She said.
Jess nodded as the two stared at the chuppah, standing in front of them.
"Excuse me." An older man approached the two.
"Yes?" Rory asked.
"We're interested in the house." He told them.
"Yes, it's a beautiful house." His wife chipped in. "And the town seems wonderful, so friendly...Even gave us these free shirts." She said holding out a green Luke/Lorelai shirt. "...Such a wonderful story...I love a nice romance story. And the guy at the souvineer stand sold us this Monopoly game: Stars Hollow version, along with some cute pins." The woman kept talking, but Rory wasn't paying attention. She was only focused on the shirt.
They were the new shirts that Kirk had just printed out this morning. They were much better. On the top of the shirt it said "Luke and Lorelai." Under the words were two people kissing. There was a man on it wearing a flannel shirt and blue baseball cap. He was kissing a woman with wavy hair, wearing a light, pink dress. Under that it said "Mr and Mrs Backwards Baseball Cap."
She studied the shirt for awhile longer, still smiling. But after the older man cleared his throat and she snapped her out of her daze, she looked over to the For Sale sign that stood a few feet away and said,
"It's not for sale." She told them. She knew it would work out with her Mom and Luke.
She just knew...
Lorelai lied down across the couch. She sighed and began to stare at the ceiling until she heard a knock on the door.
"Go away!" She yelled.
"It's uhh me, Luke." She heard the muffled voice from the other side of the door.
"Luke?" Her eyes widened when she heard his voice through her door. She jumped up and began towards the door, stopping at the mirror briefly to make sure she didn't look like she was crying...She did, but for some reason she didn't really care.
She opened the door to see him standing there. She couldn't describe the look on his face...sad, scared, sorry, hopeful?
"What are you doing here?" She whispered.
He took a step forward into her apartment and he took a deep breathe before he began.
"I'm sorry..." He began.
"Luke..." She began to protest. "Stop..."
"No, listen...5 years ago, in Doose's, I didn't mean what I said...I didn't mean...I was angry and confused...I needed time...But the last thing I wanted was to be your ex-boyfriend...I never wanted to break up. I just- I just needed some time...I just needed to think about everything. But I didn't want it to be over...I didn't..." He told her.
"Then why didn't you say that before?" She asked
"I don't know." He said with a defeated tone.
She nodded again. She was angry and she was sad. She folded her arms, waiting for him to talk again, because she had no idea what she could say.
He looked up at her, seeing her angry face. He knew what she was thinking. Tears were starting to form in her eyes...He knew this was his last chance. This was it. He couldn't just let her get away again.
"I thought about you all the time...Everytime it snowed, I thought about you...When I was wearing my flannel shirts that you would sleep in sometimes...Like the blue and white one, I would always think of you. When I put on my blue hat in the morning, I thought about you...I sat outside your house all night, until midnight, when Babette would tell me to leave...When a customer ordered a cup of coffee, I thought about you...Whenever the bell on the door rang, I looked up...hoping it was you..." He told her.
"Luke..." She began, trying to interupt him. But he wasn't going to let her.
"Lorelai... your the only woman I've ever bought flowers for. Your the only one I've ever wanted to buy flowers for.Your the only one who didn't want to change me...Your the only woman that I didn't want to change...Nothing about you, I didn't want to change a thing...Not even your annoying habits or your coffee addiction...Not a thing." He told her confidently.
"Your the only one I imagined marrying and being with for the rest of my life...Your the only woman I've ever wanted to wear my mother's ring..." Luke said.
"Luke.." She said again, even though she had no idea what to say next...She wanted to run to him and hug him...But she couldn't. She couldn't move.
"What- What about Rebecca?" She asked, her voice trembling.
He thought for a moment...Did he really want to admit to having a Lorelai Box? Did he really want to tell her the whole story? Maybe some other time...
"She figured it out...Before I did, really...Everyone knew before me...But I know now..." He mumbled, not really making sense, but he didn't care.
Lorelai looked down at her feet, not sure what to do. She wanted to hug him so badly, she wanted him to hold her soo much. But she didn't know what to do.
"You- you said..." She began, still not looking at him, directly.
"Lorelai. It doesn't matter... I was stupid." He declared.
"Luke...I can't..." She told him quietly. She was hurting so bad. She had this horrible feeling, the type of feeling you get when you want to cry so badly, but your holding it in. She felt weak at the knees, she felt as if she was going to collaspe any second. Her body felt numb, except for her bottom lip which, she was sure would start bleeding any second because she was biting it so hard. Biting her lip was just about the only thing that was keeping her from crying.
"Lorelai..." He said.
"I can't..." She repeated, this time letting a small tear lose, down her cheek.
He put his hand out to wipe the tear away, butshe took his hand and put it down.
"I can't..." She told him again.
"I was confused, Lorelai...I was getting married..." He tried to reason with her. She looked at him, this time. His eyes were so pleading, they looked so...sorry. She wanted him to hold her so badly, she wanted to hug him. She wanted him to hold her up before she collasped to the ground...But she couldn't...She couldn't...
"You moved on, Luke..." She told him. "You moved on, and I didn't...I should have realized that." Lorelai said, trying harder and harder to keep from falling down and crying.
"No...No...I didn't move on...I tried to...I thought you weren't coming back...I thought it was stupid to keep waiting...But I never really moved on..." He told her trying to reach out for her, but she backed away from him.
"Yes...Yes, you did...I'm sorry I even bothered." She told him, still backing away. She put her hands down on the table near the wall for support.
"Lorelai, listen to me...I love you, I really do...Why can't you understand that?" He asked, begging her to look at him, but she wouldn't. She kept studying the door.
She shook her head, trying to get rid of everything. She didn't want to feel this way, so weak and helpless...She had never been that girl...The girl who sat there, depressed and crying over a man...The girl who never got over him, the girl who got weak in the knees when he was around...
Not until Luke.
She didn't want to be that girl. She had never let anybody in, that's why she was never that girl. But, for Luke, she let her walls down, she let herself love him. And now she was hurting...so much...
No..." She whispered, but he still heard her. He sighed, but he wasn't giving up this easy. Not after 8 years of waiting, just to have her run away...Not for 5 more years of waiting just to have him give up so quickly...You don't wait 13 years for someone, just to let them slip away.
"Lorelai...I'm not just going to-"
"Luke." She stated.
He looked up at her with a questioning glance.
"It hurts too much..." She said quietly, looking at her feet once again, as if she was ashamed of her statement.
"Lorelai..." He said, again reaching out to her, but he put his arm down when he saw her face.
He stood there, silently for a few more minutes...Trying to think of something to say or do, to get her to understand that he was serious about all of it. That he wanted this, he wanted her.
"I have something for you." He told her gently.
She looked up at him with a questioning look.
He looked down at the plastic bag he had in his right hand. He pulled out what was inside of it and presented it to her.
"Lorelai." He stated.
She looked up and let a small smile play on her lips.
It was the t-shirts...The ones Kirk gave out the to the whole town, all though they were different than the ones Kirk had originally showed her. He had two green ones in his hand. He handed one of them to her and kept the other for himself.
When she read the last part she couldn't help but smile. Mr and Mrs Backwards Baseball Cap...It had been the nickname that she had teased him with forever.
The thought of Kirk selling them and everyone wearing them made her smile a little bit bigger.
The thought of Luke actually getting one made her smile even more.
"Kirk made two of these especially for me, he said...This one and this one." He said pulling out another shirt from the bag.
The other one was black and had a man wearing a sweater and dress pants holding hands with a blonde woman wearing a t-shirt and skirt. Over the picture it said "Luke and Becca." Under the picture it said "Mr and Mrs Brown Sweater."
Lorelai wanted to laugh when she read this, but she figured it wouldn't be appropiate.
"...Before I left, Kirk came up to me and said 'Luke, it's time to choose...The black one or the green one?'" Luke explained to her.
She bit her lip, nodding, waiting for more.
He dropped the black shirt on the ground, "I chose the green one..." He told her.
She took a deep breathe. She looked at him, directly into her eyes, trying tofigure out what to do...She saw his face and just knew...She knew it was right.
She let out a small smile, "I'm glad."
He looked up at her, looking into her blue eyes,"You are?" He asked, just trying to make sure he had heard her right.
She nodded again, "I am." She stated.
He took another step towards her and began to lean in closer and closer to her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he dropped the bag and the shirt. He wrapped one hand around her waist and the other, he placed in the middle of her back. He pulled her closer to him and they kissed.
"I love you, Lorelai." He told her when the pulled away for air.
She stepped back, then she looked up at him, to see if he really meant what he was saying. She looked deep into his eyes, and she knew he did.
Lorelai took his hands and lead him towards the couch.
She couldn't help thinking how soft his hands were...She had forgotton how nice and soft they always were...warm, too. And her hands fit perfectly inside them.
They sat down on the couch, Luke brought the t-shirt over with him. He sat down close to her and put his hand on her knee softly.
She leaned in to kiss him again. They kissed for a few more minutes until, he began tugging on his sweater.
"What's wrong?" She asked him.
"I hate this sweater." He stated. She couldn't help but smile, she knew what he was trying to tell her. He was letting her know that he was sure, thathe meant it. He didn't want the sweater anymore, he wanted the backwards baseball cap...He wanted her.
"C'mon," she said, taking his hand once again and leading him into her bedroom. Once they were inside, she walked over to where the flannel shirt still sat, she picked it up and handed it to him.
"My shirt?" He asked.
"You left it at my house...I sleep in it sometimes...When I miss you." She told him thoughtfully.
He smiled at her, and took off the sweater he had been wearing and replaced it with the flannel shirt that Lorelai had just handed him.
"Much better," he told her.
She beamed back at him and lied down on her bed, pulling him next to her. He put his arm around her and she snuggled close to him, resting her head on his chest.
"I mean it." He stated when he saw her expression. He knew she was still a little scared, still unsure if he meant what he had said, still unsure if this was all really happening."...I love you." He told her.
She smiled at him, leaned in to kiss him gently. "I love you, too." She told him
"I'm really in this time...It's the green one, all the way." He said as he took the shirt and slipped it on.
She was grinning this time.
She stood up and leaned in towards him as he was straightening out his shirt.
"Stand still." She whispered when she put her hands on his face,and her lips were close to his.
He put his hands on her hips, pulled her close to him, and stared into her eyes, "I'm not going anywhere." He told her and then pressed his lips against hers.
Well, this is sad...I can't believe that the story is finally done. The tears will start rolling any moment...It sucks that it's over, I loved writing it.
And look at that, the title actually had something to do with the story...I'm proud.Lol.
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