Title: The Coffee is Always better at Lukes
Summary: A story about a regular week in Stars Hollow which includes sprained wrists, shattered doors, ditching school, I love yous, fist fights and more. Reoccurring characters include Rory, Jess, Luke, Lorelai, and Dean.
Rating: PG-13 just to be on the safe side, for mild language
Spoilers: not really, perhaps some of season 3
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, forgot about this, we don't own Gilmore Girls, the characters, the actors, the writers, or the town. They all belong to WB or Amy Sherman-Palladino or some other company that we are not at all affiliated with.
A/N: This was a joint effort the part of Rory and Dean are by swimchic2. Check out her other great fics The part of Jess is played by me, and the part of Lorelai is played by Literati4Life and now more recently erni414 and the part of Luke was played by MiloIsMine.
"Hmmm. Yes....I'll try to make it more convenient for you if I ever attack you again" Rory said smirking.
"Glad to hear it." Jess said as he smirked at Rory. He looked up at her. "So are you at least comfortable seeing as how you didn't land on the hard floor?"
"Yes, I am quite comfortable, and very glad that you broke my fall because little ol me might have gotten hurt if you wouldn't have been there to save me...." Rory laughed, "You're my hero!"
Jess shrugged, "well it's a tough job but someone has to do it." he leaned up a little and gave her a quick kiss. "So I take it besides being a hero I am also your new pillow, not that I mind at all."
"Well, would you like me to get off?" Rory asked slyly.
"Whatever," Jess said although images of gossiping Miss Patty were running through his head. He wrapped his arms around Rory as they lay there on the ground. "So Ms. Gilmore, I'm going to guess that the fridge can wait." He realized that they were pretty close to the storage room door and looked over at it wondering what Luke and Lorelai were doing.
Rory followed his gaze, "Do you think that they can hear us?" she asked as she became more relaxed.
Jess pondered that for a moment. "Well can we hear them?" he asked her, he had heard muffled voices earlier but now everything seemed pretty quiet. "They probably heard us laughing." Jess added finally after considering how loud they were.
"Well do you think we should move then?" Rory asked as she started to get up.
Jess pulled her back down and kissed her. "Okay, now we should move," he said as he smirked at her.
Lorelai was sitting next to Luke with her ear pressed up against the door. "I'm gonna kill that little punk!" She said as she heard Jess and Rory laughing and talking. From the sounds of what he was saying, and something about getting up she had a feeling they were horizontal on the floor, which was never a good idea. Especially not for her daughter. "Luke what are we going to do?" she asked him, doing the pouty bottom lip thing. "I mean they know we are here and they won't let us out!" she whined Luke shrugged his shoulders. "But Lu--wait, I've got an idea." Lorelai said her eyes dancing, "it'll serve those little deviants right." she said smugly as she whispered her plan to Luke.
"Lore," Luke warned, "trashing my storage space is not an appropriate way to get out of here." Lorelai did the sad puppy face and so Luke just shook his head as he continued to take down all the glass jars and anything that might burst when it is thrown off the shelf. He scooted the glass jars into a corner and then nodded to Lorelai. "Okay, I take it you aren't going to reconsider." Lorelai shook her head no, "alright then, but you WILL help me clean this up." he said as she got on the other side of one of the shelves and together they threw it to the ground. CCCCRRAAASSSHHHHH!!!!!!
Before Jess or Rory had a chance to move from their spot on the ground there was a loud crash and it felt to Jess who was laying against the floor that the whole building was shaking. He jumped at the sound, unceremoniously knocking Rory backward. "Rory, jeez, I'm sorry," Jess said as he quickly stood up and helped her up. Without waiting to see if she was okay he hurried to the door "LUKE!" he yelled against the door as he rummaged in his pocket for the spare key to get the door open. "ARE YOU OKAY?" he yelled, his voice betraying the emotional attachment he had to Luke that he so often hid from everyone. His hand shook slightly as he put the key in and turned the knob, fearing what he might see.
As Jess opened the door Rory screamed in pain "Agh!," when she had flown backwards,in an effort to catch herself, she had landed on her right wrist and it began to throb with pain, but she quickly erased that thought from her head as she ran to see if her mom and Luke were okay.
Jess looked into the room, fearing the worst to see a satisfied looking Lorelai and an angry Luke. "Jeez!" Jess yelled at them, "what were you two thinking?!? Trying to give us a heart attack or something!?!" He turned to Rory who was looking a little pale and holding her wrist. He gave her a questioning look and then turned back to Luke. "Look what you did? Do you have any idea how long this is going to take to clean up?" Jess heard the words come out of his mouth and was bewildered by the fact that they sounded so Luke-like.
Rory, not knowing what to say, just stood there clutching her wrist.
Luke stared open mouthed at Jess for a minute. "What the hell do you mean look at what I did?" he bellowed. "I wasn't the one sitting outside this door laughing at the predicament, and refusing to let us out!" Luke took a breath "Unbelievable," he muttered, then after a second added, "and I'm not going to be the one to clean this up, that job has been left for you Jess." and with that Luke stormed off, and up the stairs to his apartment before Jess could complain. Slamming the door behind him.
"LUKEEE!!!" Lorelai called after him, then when she didn't get an answer she shrugged and burst out laughing. "Ohmygosh! You should have seen the look on your faces when you came through that door." she said pointing, still laughing hysterically. After a few minutes she glanced over at Rory who wasn't laughing and still wasn't saying anything. Lorelai sobered herself and said "Hey sweets, I'm really sorry for scaring you, are you ok?"
"Uh, my wrist hurts really bad." Rory said as she held back her tears, not wanting to cry in front of Jess.
"Hun?" Lorelai looked worried, "what happened to your wrist?" Lorelai walked over to her daughter and gingerly touched her wrist.
"Ror?" Jess asked quietly, the fight with Luke completely forgotten at the thought that Rory was hurt. "What happened?" he asked her with true concern. All of a sudden it hit him. "Oh jeez," he let out under his breath. He bit his upper lip and composed himself hiding behind his normal facade, "I did this didn't I?" his voice was low and full of emotion. "I'm so sorry. I didn't...I...are you gonna be ok?"
"you!" Lorelai pointed at Jess giving him an evil look. "What did you do to my daughter? I swear if you broke her again..." Lorelai was livid.
Now Rory was stumped and didn't know how to get out of it, if she told her mom the truth then she'd get in trouble and she lied she'd probably get caught, so Rory quickly said "When I heard that big bang I fell backwards and landed on my wrist" She figured that it wasn't lying but it wasn't telling the whole truth.
"Jeez," Jess said running his hand through his hair, knowing exactly why Rory fell backward, He hadn't thought about it when he had heard the bang he just got up a little too quickly. He looked evenly at Lorelai then went into the kitchen to get some ice from the freezer, he was in search of some cubes when he found a bag of frozen peas and brought those out and handed it to Rory. "Here this should help some."
Lorelai looked at her daughter, unsure of whether or not this was Jess's fault. But she had to believe Rory, because Rory wouldn't lie. "Okay sweetie, maybe we should get you to the hospital, let the nice men in those cute little matching shirt and pants with those funny slippers take some pictures of your wrist. " Lorelai said, referring to the x-ray techs wearing scrubs. "Just stay right here and I'll run home and get the car and then we'll be on our way." Lorelai said heading for the door.
"Wait." Jess said to the retreating Lorelai, "I could take her." Lorelai spun around and stared at him. "If I take her, Lorelai," he said her name to try to make his plea more sincere, "she'll get there faster since she won't have to wait for you to get the car and come back." Jess thought he really needed to talk to Rory and apologize and this might be his perfect opportunity.
Lorelai turned around studying Jess, 'he seems sincere' she thought to herself. She blew a breath out through pursed lips. "Rory?" Lorelai asked the very quiet Rory, "what do you want to do? Jess can take you and I will meet you there, probably only be ten minutes behind you or so. Or you can stay here and mommy will bring the car up and take you. It's up to you hun, Gilmore rule, the one in pain always gets to make the decisions." Lorelai smiled trying to make Rory feel a bit better.
"Um............My wrist is starting to hurt really bad and if Jess takes me I'll get there faster, so I guess Jess." Rory finally said hoping that she wasn't hurting her moms feelings.
"Okay," Jess said throwing a quick glance in Lorelai's direction just to make sure she wasn't planning on killing him. "I'll pull the truck around, meet me out front. He said to Rory as he headed out to get the vehicle.
"Wow, I feel like I just stepped into the twilight zone," Lorelai said to no one in particular, "I mean what kind of world is it where my daughter gets hurt and the irresponsible evil incarnate takes her to the hospital." Lorelai looked at Rory and saw the hurt look. "Aw, hunnie, I didn't mean that, it just came out that way, you know, lack of oxygen and coffee. From being stuck in that room with Luke for a really really really long time." Lorelai gave Rory a quick hug, being careful of her arm. "I'm gonna go home and get the jeep, I'll meet you at Hartford General okay sweets. Tell Jess to drive safe, ok?" and Lorelai headed toward the door and held it open for Rory so she could get into the truck easier.
"Okay, see you soon." Rory yelled to her mom as she waited for Jess.
"Hey, you ready to go?" Jess asked as he pulled up in front of where Rory was standing. He nodded to Lorelai and she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah," Rory said as she used her left hand to open the door, hop in, close it, and put her seatbelt on.
Jess glanced back at Lorelai who was now walking toward her house. Then he started driving through Stars Hollow, heading for the hospital.
"Ror?" Jess asked her, looking concerned, but refusing to look her in the eye. "I did this didn't I?" he asked her softly.
"Uh....well....I..." Rory mumbled as she stared out the window.
"God," Jess said as he still refused to look at her, "Rory, I am so sorry," he let out a breath. "I didn't...I wasn't...that crash surprised me," Jess was anxious unsure of what to say or do. "I never meant to..." he trailed off. He fell quiet for awhile and then asked, "does it hurt much?" Then he mentally slapped himself, 'of course it hurts a lot, you idiot!'.
"It's okay Jess, really, it wasn't your fault." Rory assured him
Jess looked over at Rory but didn't push the issue, he didn't want to argue with her over this. "Brings back memories doesn't it?" he said trying to lighten the mood.
"Huh, sure does, except this time I had to lie to my mom about it, and last time I didn't...just don't leave this time and we can overlook it, deal?" Rory said turning for the first time to look at him.
Summary: A story about a regular week in Stars Hollow which includes sprained wrists, shattered doors, ditching school, I love yous, fist fights and more. Reoccurring characters include Rory, Jess, Luke, Lorelai, and Dean.
Rating: PG-13 just to be on the safe side, for mild language
Spoilers: not really, perhaps some of season 3
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, forgot about this, we don't own Gilmore Girls, the characters, the actors, the writers, or the town. They all belong to WB or Amy Sherman-Palladino or some other company that we are not at all affiliated with.
A/N: This was a joint effort the part of Rory and Dean are by swimchic2. Check out her other great fics The part of Jess is played by me, and the part of Lorelai is played by Literati4Life and now more recently erni414 and the part of Luke was played by MiloIsMine.
"Hmmm. Yes....I'll try to make it more convenient for you if I ever attack you again" Rory said smirking.
"Glad to hear it." Jess said as he smirked at Rory. He looked up at her. "So are you at least comfortable seeing as how you didn't land on the hard floor?"
"Yes, I am quite comfortable, and very glad that you broke my fall because little ol me might have gotten hurt if you wouldn't have been there to save me...." Rory laughed, "You're my hero!"
Jess shrugged, "well it's a tough job but someone has to do it." he leaned up a little and gave her a quick kiss. "So I take it besides being a hero I am also your new pillow, not that I mind at all."
"Well, would you like me to get off?" Rory asked slyly.
"Whatever," Jess said although images of gossiping Miss Patty were running through his head. He wrapped his arms around Rory as they lay there on the ground. "So Ms. Gilmore, I'm going to guess that the fridge can wait." He realized that they were pretty close to the storage room door and looked over at it wondering what Luke and Lorelai were doing.
Rory followed his gaze, "Do you think that they can hear us?" she asked as she became more relaxed.
Jess pondered that for a moment. "Well can we hear them?" he asked her, he had heard muffled voices earlier but now everything seemed pretty quiet. "They probably heard us laughing." Jess added finally after considering how loud they were.
"Well do you think we should move then?" Rory asked as she started to get up.
Jess pulled her back down and kissed her. "Okay, now we should move," he said as he smirked at her.
Lorelai was sitting next to Luke with her ear pressed up against the door. "I'm gonna kill that little punk!" She said as she heard Jess and Rory laughing and talking. From the sounds of what he was saying, and something about getting up she had a feeling they were horizontal on the floor, which was never a good idea. Especially not for her daughter. "Luke what are we going to do?" she asked him, doing the pouty bottom lip thing. "I mean they know we are here and they won't let us out!" she whined Luke shrugged his shoulders. "But Lu--wait, I've got an idea." Lorelai said her eyes dancing, "it'll serve those little deviants right." she said smugly as she whispered her plan to Luke.
"Lore," Luke warned, "trashing my storage space is not an appropriate way to get out of here." Lorelai did the sad puppy face and so Luke just shook his head as he continued to take down all the glass jars and anything that might burst when it is thrown off the shelf. He scooted the glass jars into a corner and then nodded to Lorelai. "Okay, I take it you aren't going to reconsider." Lorelai shook her head no, "alright then, but you WILL help me clean this up." he said as she got on the other side of one of the shelves and together they threw it to the ground. CCCCRRAAASSSHHHHH!!!!!!
Before Jess or Rory had a chance to move from their spot on the ground there was a loud crash and it felt to Jess who was laying against the floor that the whole building was shaking. He jumped at the sound, unceremoniously knocking Rory backward. "Rory, jeez, I'm sorry," Jess said as he quickly stood up and helped her up. Without waiting to see if she was okay he hurried to the door "LUKE!" he yelled against the door as he rummaged in his pocket for the spare key to get the door open. "ARE YOU OKAY?" he yelled, his voice betraying the emotional attachment he had to Luke that he so often hid from everyone. His hand shook slightly as he put the key in and turned the knob, fearing what he might see.
As Jess opened the door Rory screamed in pain "Agh!," when she had flown backwards,in an effort to catch herself, she had landed on her right wrist and it began to throb with pain, but she quickly erased that thought from her head as she ran to see if her mom and Luke were okay.
Jess looked into the room, fearing the worst to see a satisfied looking Lorelai and an angry Luke. "Jeez!" Jess yelled at them, "what were you two thinking?!? Trying to give us a heart attack or something!?!" He turned to Rory who was looking a little pale and holding her wrist. He gave her a questioning look and then turned back to Luke. "Look what you did? Do you have any idea how long this is going to take to clean up?" Jess heard the words come out of his mouth and was bewildered by the fact that they sounded so Luke-like.
Rory, not knowing what to say, just stood there clutching her wrist.
Luke stared open mouthed at Jess for a minute. "What the hell do you mean look at what I did?" he bellowed. "I wasn't the one sitting outside this door laughing at the predicament, and refusing to let us out!" Luke took a breath "Unbelievable," he muttered, then after a second added, "and I'm not going to be the one to clean this up, that job has been left for you Jess." and with that Luke stormed off, and up the stairs to his apartment before Jess could complain. Slamming the door behind him.
"LUKEEE!!!" Lorelai called after him, then when she didn't get an answer she shrugged and burst out laughing. "Ohmygosh! You should have seen the look on your faces when you came through that door." she said pointing, still laughing hysterically. After a few minutes she glanced over at Rory who wasn't laughing and still wasn't saying anything. Lorelai sobered herself and said "Hey sweets, I'm really sorry for scaring you, are you ok?"
"Uh, my wrist hurts really bad." Rory said as she held back her tears, not wanting to cry in front of Jess.
"Hun?" Lorelai looked worried, "what happened to your wrist?" Lorelai walked over to her daughter and gingerly touched her wrist.
"Ror?" Jess asked quietly, the fight with Luke completely forgotten at the thought that Rory was hurt. "What happened?" he asked her with true concern. All of a sudden it hit him. "Oh jeez," he let out under his breath. He bit his upper lip and composed himself hiding behind his normal facade, "I did this didn't I?" his voice was low and full of emotion. "I'm so sorry. I didn't...I...are you gonna be ok?"
"you!" Lorelai pointed at Jess giving him an evil look. "What did you do to my daughter? I swear if you broke her again..." Lorelai was livid.
Now Rory was stumped and didn't know how to get out of it, if she told her mom the truth then she'd get in trouble and she lied she'd probably get caught, so Rory quickly said "When I heard that big bang I fell backwards and landed on my wrist" She figured that it wasn't lying but it wasn't telling the whole truth.
"Jeez," Jess said running his hand through his hair, knowing exactly why Rory fell backward, He hadn't thought about it when he had heard the bang he just got up a little too quickly. He looked evenly at Lorelai then went into the kitchen to get some ice from the freezer, he was in search of some cubes when he found a bag of frozen peas and brought those out and handed it to Rory. "Here this should help some."
Lorelai looked at her daughter, unsure of whether or not this was Jess's fault. But she had to believe Rory, because Rory wouldn't lie. "Okay sweetie, maybe we should get you to the hospital, let the nice men in those cute little matching shirt and pants with those funny slippers take some pictures of your wrist. " Lorelai said, referring to the x-ray techs wearing scrubs. "Just stay right here and I'll run home and get the car and then we'll be on our way." Lorelai said heading for the door.
"Wait." Jess said to the retreating Lorelai, "I could take her." Lorelai spun around and stared at him. "If I take her, Lorelai," he said her name to try to make his plea more sincere, "she'll get there faster since she won't have to wait for you to get the car and come back." Jess thought he really needed to talk to Rory and apologize and this might be his perfect opportunity.
Lorelai turned around studying Jess, 'he seems sincere' she thought to herself. She blew a breath out through pursed lips. "Rory?" Lorelai asked the very quiet Rory, "what do you want to do? Jess can take you and I will meet you there, probably only be ten minutes behind you or so. Or you can stay here and mommy will bring the car up and take you. It's up to you hun, Gilmore rule, the one in pain always gets to make the decisions." Lorelai smiled trying to make Rory feel a bit better.
"Um............My wrist is starting to hurt really bad and if Jess takes me I'll get there faster, so I guess Jess." Rory finally said hoping that she wasn't hurting her moms feelings.
"Okay," Jess said throwing a quick glance in Lorelai's direction just to make sure she wasn't planning on killing him. "I'll pull the truck around, meet me out front. He said to Rory as he headed out to get the vehicle.
"Wow, I feel like I just stepped into the twilight zone," Lorelai said to no one in particular, "I mean what kind of world is it where my daughter gets hurt and the irresponsible evil incarnate takes her to the hospital." Lorelai looked at Rory and saw the hurt look. "Aw, hunnie, I didn't mean that, it just came out that way, you know, lack of oxygen and coffee. From being stuck in that room with Luke for a really really really long time." Lorelai gave Rory a quick hug, being careful of her arm. "I'm gonna go home and get the jeep, I'll meet you at Hartford General okay sweets. Tell Jess to drive safe, ok?" and Lorelai headed toward the door and held it open for Rory so she could get into the truck easier.
"Okay, see you soon." Rory yelled to her mom as she waited for Jess.
"Hey, you ready to go?" Jess asked as he pulled up in front of where Rory was standing. He nodded to Lorelai and she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah," Rory said as she used her left hand to open the door, hop in, close it, and put her seatbelt on.
Jess glanced back at Lorelai who was now walking toward her house. Then he started driving through Stars Hollow, heading for the hospital.
"Ror?" Jess asked her, looking concerned, but refusing to look her in the eye. "I did this didn't I?" he asked her softly.
"Uh....well....I..." Rory mumbled as she stared out the window.
"God," Jess said as he still refused to look at her, "Rory, I am so sorry," he let out a breath. "I didn't...I wasn't...that crash surprised me," Jess was anxious unsure of what to say or do. "I never meant to..." he trailed off. He fell quiet for awhile and then asked, "does it hurt much?" Then he mentally slapped himself, 'of course it hurts a lot, you idiot!'.
"It's okay Jess, really, it wasn't your fault." Rory assured him
Jess looked over at Rory but didn't push the issue, he didn't want to argue with her over this. "Brings back memories doesn't it?" he said trying to lighten the mood.
"Huh, sure does, except this time I had to lie to my mom about it, and last time I didn't...just don't leave this time and we can overlook it, deal?" Rory said turning for the first time to look at him.