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: We love reviews! wink wink Also just like to say thanks to smile1, Lunatic Lauren, and Miriam Dickens for reviewing, your criticisms, critiques, and pleas for more are much appreciated.
"I'll agree under one condition," Jess said smirking just a little, "if you need anything at all, books, magazines, someone to fluff your pillow, whatever, you'll let me know, ok?" Jess asked alternating looking at the road and Rory.
"Fine with me" Rory said wondering if her mom would be really mad at Jess. "I hope my mom doesn't get mad at you" she said as she turned her gaze back to the window.
"Yeah, I kinda like all my body parts being attached," Jess added. They drove for awhile in silence. "Look if you want to tell her what happened, I'll take the blame."
"No Jess, I can't tell her, you've already done this once, and this time, she would never ever forgive you..." She realized what she said and almost jumped out of the car "No, I mean this time wasn't your fault and neither was last time! I just meant that to her, it would seem like your fault and you would be banned from me."
Jess's face fell for a second and was quickly replaced by his stoic attitude. "Rory it was my fault, both times. Maybe your mom is right." Jess blew a breath out slowly. He glanced at her and could tell she was going to protest. "Look, I don't want to be responsible for causing you and Lorelai to drift apart. I will not do that to you Rory. And if I could fix this I would, so just decide what you want to do, and make sure that's what you want and I'll go along with it. I want to make this right Rory."
Rory stared deeply into space for a minute while she thought about it, she didn't want to lose Jess again yet she was pretty sure her mom would find out somehow, just because she's Lorelai, and be so pissed off that Jess would have been banned from the town. Finally she spoke "How would you explain it, what would you tell her?"
"Hell if I know," Jess said and then began to ponder, "well how's this sound," as if he were speaking to Lorelai, " 'Rory and I were sitting in the diner drinking coffee and eating pie, when we heard voices coming from the store room. Then we were planning to let you out when we were done eating but then we got a bit distracted when we heard the crash and...well Rory and I both jumped and Rory ended up going backward and uh...landed wrong.' " Jess looked at Rory, "yeah I know it's pathetic, but I know that you aren't comfortable lying to Lorelai so I'm trying to make it true with lack of details. So what do you think?"
"I think you're not the best storyteller," Rory said slightly smirking. "I don'tknow Jess, can you come up with anything better because, ya know, I'm not known to jump up, out, and over my chair onto my back at the sound of a bang."
Jess laughed, "why Ms. Gilmore, are you suggesting that I outwardly lie to your mother, because that I can do. However, if you want the aspect of truth in there you're going to have to help me come up with the story."
"Well how bout me and you were sitting on the counter and we heard the bang and I fell backwards off of it because I was so surprised?" Rory suggested trying to be creative.
"I thought you weren't the type to fall backwards at the sound of a bang." Jess teased. "Okay, that might work. Or how bout you were trying to grab the coffee pot away from me because I told you you were already too hyper when the crash came causing you to jump, tripping over the stools and falling backward?" Jess looked at Rory who had a very amused look on her face. "What? It was only a suggestion."
"Or we could actually use the truth up to a point...We could tell her that I was chasing you, because you stole my pie and that.....Wait no, the blame would still be on you....or how 'bout if I was following you through the diner and when I heard the bang, I turned around real fast and ran towards the store room door then I tripped over a chair or something and I went flying backwards."
"Rory if you tripped over a chair you would be thrown forward not backward. Okay so what if we put the blame on me but make it clear it was an accident, and leave out the whole laying on the floor part."
Rory made a pouty face, "Well what if I tripped over it and started to fly forward but I turned so that I wouldn't land face first....well I don't see you suggesting anything better, or no wait, you had a real good one, 'Mom I got scared when I heard the bang and I did a back flip out of my chair...lets do that one!' "
Jess shook his head, "yeah and after that you can tell Lorelai that you decided to become an acrobat and join the circus." All of a sudden a light went on in Jess's head, "Wait a sec, why does it have to be that you fell back, I mean isn't it possible that you did in fact fall forward but twisted your arm some weird way when you landed..." Jess questioned.
"Well, it has to be backwards because I'm pretty sure that I told her that I fell backwards when I heard the big bang and that I tried to catch myself and I landed on my wrist."
"You did?" Jess asked, all he remembered was being incredibly worried and then yelling at Luke, everything else just sort of phased out.
"Okay, so we're almost at the hospital, so I guess your story about following me through the diner and then running towards the store room door will have to work. So how bout the reason you fell backward was because the floor was slick from where it had been waxed earlier...so when you tripped over the box, which really did happen, right?, then you tried to keep from falling by leaning back causing you to fall backward hurting your wrist." Jess had a proud look on his face.
"Works for me." Rory said looking at her wrist, "Are you gonna tell her or should I? And how do we explain not telling her that in the first place? What if we say that I was embarrassed because I should have remembered about the floors or that I was embarrassed to be so worried about them."
"Okay, depending on when she arrives will depend on who tells her. If your in x-ray I'll let her know, and it will just be embarrassment over both the floors and the worry. ok?" Jess asked her gently. "And if you tell her, please don't do the blinky thing, if you do the blinky thing she'll kill us both and no one will ever find our bodies." Jess joked.
"Ok, no blinky thing" Rory agreed as they pulled up to the hospital and she waited as Jess ran around to help her out. "Thank you" Rory said as he closed the door.
"This way milady," Jess said as he escorted her inside the hospital. He looked around at the corridors that stretched out in all directions in front of him. "Um...ok, now where to?" he asked Rory who was also looking around.
"Well, I guess we could go this way," Rory said pointing with her left hand to a corridor that had a desk at the end.
"Guess that's why you're the one who goes to the smart school," Jess teased as he led Rory down the hallway and approached the desk, unsure of whether or not Rory wanted to explain the situation or if she wanted him to do it.
"Hi, um..I hurt my wrist and I need to see a doctor, cause it hurts pretty bad." Rory said after taking a deep breath.
"Take a seat and fill out the papers" said the woman who's name tag said Judy.
"Uh, okay I guess" Rory said as she grabbed the clipboard with her free hand. She looked down at the papers which seemed to be multiplying under her own eyes. "Uh, Judy, what is all of this for exactly?" Rory asked looking up.
"Please take a seat and fill out the papers and you'll find out." Judy said getting a little on the snappy side.
Rory turned and began to walk to a chair, when Jess stopped her.......
Lorelai was in a frenzy, she had just gotten home and gotten her jeep and was headed toward the hospital when the stupid red light that Taylor had installed in town stopped her. "I don't have time for this," Lorelai whined to the light. She looked left and right debating whether or not to run the light when she noticed Luke standing outside his diner looking bewildered by everyone's sudden disappearance. Lorelai threw one more look at the light that was still red then put her car in park and got out. "Luke," she called to him. "Lock up and get in, and don't ask any questions I'm in a hurry." Lorelai said then she got back in her car and drummed her fingers on the dashboard waiting for him.
"Hang on a sec," Jess said to Rory as he turned back to Judy. "Maybe you missed it the first time, but her wrist hurts, and she needs someone to look at it NOW, do you understand?" Jess asked angrily. "So I'll be happy to fill out all the lovely papers you want, but she will see a doctor and she will see a doctor now." Jess said forcefully, as he stared at the woman with what could only be seen as rage.
"Uh, well I suppose you could fill out the paperwork while the doctor examines her wrist?" Judy asked purposely as a question to see if Jess would except this offer.
"Isn't that what I just said," Jess asked the woman like she had three heads. He gently took the clipboard from Rory who was standing there looking a bit surprised. "Okay, so now would you be so kind as to call a doctor?" Jess asked Judy through gritted teeth.
"Oh yes right away" Judy says as she picks up the phone to page a doctor. "Sir, you can go into that room right there, the second one to the left."
"Thank you," Jess said insincerely to Judy as he turns his back to her. He looks at Rory. 'Sir?' He mouths to her, and she giggles slightly. He gives her a quick peck on the cheek, "are we having fun yet?" he asked her quietly.
"You were so mean to that poor lady," Rory whispered as they turned and began walking to the room. "Thanks for that."
Jess smirked, "Anytime," Jess said as he skimmed the papers he promised to fill out. 'Great I don't know half of this stuff.' he thought to himself but instead said to Rory, "Yeah, actually I thought I was quite calm, just imagine how Lorelai would have reacted to that situation."
Rory laughed "Yeah, I'm sure she would be thrown out by the security guard."
Lorelai was driving toward the hospital and explaining everything that happened at the diner. "Wow, I sure missed a lot." Luke said once Lorelai was finished explaining. "So Rory is going to be ok, right? And this wasn't Jess's fault for once?" Luke asked her as she pulled up at the hospital.
"I think so, and I don't think so." Lorelai said grinning at her play on words, "Of course if an opportunity presents itself for me to string up that little nephew of yours I'd be happy to take it." Lorelai looked over at Luke as she parked the car and took the keys out. "So you going to come in, or are you going to stay out in the car and wait for us."
"Of course I'm coming in," Luke said defensively, "just because I dont like hospitals doesn't mean that I would sit out here for God knows how long waiting for you to get back."
"Okay Lukey, you can be my back-up in there," Lorelai said conspiratorially. "Come on diner man." and with that she led the way into the hospital, walking aimlessly down hallways looking for Rory or Jess.
"RORRRYYYY!!!" Lorelai yelled down one hallway. "MOMMY'S HERRREEEE!!!! RORRRYYY!!!!" Lorelai continued to yell waking up various sleeping patients and disturbing everyone.
"Sounds like your mom made it here in one piece," Jess said as he heard her begin to verbally assault one of the nurses sitting at a desk. "Maybe I should go get her before that security guard really does throw her out." Jess said getting up, it was a great excuse to avoid filling out the paperwork that he had no idea about.
"Yeah, you better, and since she's here I guess that means you're off the hook." Rory said pointing to the papers.
"hmph," Jess scoffed, "I could fill those out whenever I wanted to, I just wanted to make sure you were settled first, and now I have to go get Lorelai, but I'd be happy to fill them in when I get back Rory." Jess said as he walked out the door.
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: We love reviews! wink wink Also just like to say thanks to smile1, Lunatic Lauren, and Miriam Dickens for reviewing, your criticisms, critiques, and pleas for more are much appreciated.
"I'll agree under one condition," Jess said smirking just a little, "if you need anything at all, books, magazines, someone to fluff your pillow, whatever, you'll let me know, ok?" Jess asked alternating looking at the road and Rory.
"Fine with me" Rory said wondering if her mom would be really mad at Jess. "I hope my mom doesn't get mad at you" she said as she turned her gaze back to the window.
"Yeah, I kinda like all my body parts being attached," Jess added. They drove for awhile in silence. "Look if you want to tell her what happened, I'll take the blame."
"No Jess, I can't tell her, you've already done this once, and this time, she would never ever forgive you..." She realized what she said and almost jumped out of the car "No, I mean this time wasn't your fault and neither was last time! I just meant that to her, it would seem like your fault and you would be banned from me."
Jess's face fell for a second and was quickly replaced by his stoic attitude. "Rory it was my fault, both times. Maybe your mom is right." Jess blew a breath out slowly. He glanced at her and could tell she was going to protest. "Look, I don't want to be responsible for causing you and Lorelai to drift apart. I will not do that to you Rory. And if I could fix this I would, so just decide what you want to do, and make sure that's what you want and I'll go along with it. I want to make this right Rory."
Rory stared deeply into space for a minute while she thought about it, she didn't want to lose Jess again yet she was pretty sure her mom would find out somehow, just because she's Lorelai, and be so pissed off that Jess would have been banned from the town. Finally she spoke "How would you explain it, what would you tell her?"
"Hell if I know," Jess said and then began to ponder, "well how's this sound," as if he were speaking to Lorelai, " 'Rory and I were sitting in the diner drinking coffee and eating pie, when we heard voices coming from the store room. Then we were planning to let you out when we were done eating but then we got a bit distracted when we heard the crash and...well Rory and I both jumped and Rory ended up going backward and uh...landed wrong.' " Jess looked at Rory, "yeah I know it's pathetic, but I know that you aren't comfortable lying to Lorelai so I'm trying to make it true with lack of details. So what do you think?"
"I think you're not the best storyteller," Rory said slightly smirking. "I don'tknow Jess, can you come up with anything better because, ya know, I'm not known to jump up, out, and over my chair onto my back at the sound of a bang."
Jess laughed, "why Ms. Gilmore, are you suggesting that I outwardly lie to your mother, because that I can do. However, if you want the aspect of truth in there you're going to have to help me come up with the story."
"Well how bout me and you were sitting on the counter and we heard the bang and I fell backwards off of it because I was so surprised?" Rory suggested trying to be creative.
"I thought you weren't the type to fall backwards at the sound of a bang." Jess teased. "Okay, that might work. Or how bout you were trying to grab the coffee pot away from me because I told you you were already too hyper when the crash came causing you to jump, tripping over the stools and falling backward?" Jess looked at Rory who had a very amused look on her face. "What? It was only a suggestion."
"Or we could actually use the truth up to a point...We could tell her that I was chasing you, because you stole my pie and that.....Wait no, the blame would still be on you....or how 'bout if I was following you through the diner and when I heard the bang, I turned around real fast and ran towards the store room door then I tripped over a chair or something and I went flying backwards."
"Rory if you tripped over a chair you would be thrown forward not backward. Okay so what if we put the blame on me but make it clear it was an accident, and leave out the whole laying on the floor part."
Rory made a pouty face, "Well what if I tripped over it and started to fly forward but I turned so that I wouldn't land face first....well I don't see you suggesting anything better, or no wait, you had a real good one, 'Mom I got scared when I heard the bang and I did a back flip out of my chair...lets do that one!' "
Jess shook his head, "yeah and after that you can tell Lorelai that you decided to become an acrobat and join the circus." All of a sudden a light went on in Jess's head, "Wait a sec, why does it have to be that you fell back, I mean isn't it possible that you did in fact fall forward but twisted your arm some weird way when you landed..." Jess questioned.
"Well, it has to be backwards because I'm pretty sure that I told her that I fell backwards when I heard the big bang and that I tried to catch myself and I landed on my wrist."
"You did?" Jess asked, all he remembered was being incredibly worried and then yelling at Luke, everything else just sort of phased out.
"Okay, so we're almost at the hospital, so I guess your story about following me through the diner and then running towards the store room door will have to work. So how bout the reason you fell backward was because the floor was slick from where it had been waxed earlier...so when you tripped over the box, which really did happen, right?, then you tried to keep from falling by leaning back causing you to fall backward hurting your wrist." Jess had a proud look on his face.
"Works for me." Rory said looking at her wrist, "Are you gonna tell her or should I? And how do we explain not telling her that in the first place? What if we say that I was embarrassed because I should have remembered about the floors or that I was embarrassed to be so worried about them."
"Okay, depending on when she arrives will depend on who tells her. If your in x-ray I'll let her know, and it will just be embarrassment over both the floors and the worry. ok?" Jess asked her gently. "And if you tell her, please don't do the blinky thing, if you do the blinky thing she'll kill us both and no one will ever find our bodies." Jess joked.
"Ok, no blinky thing" Rory agreed as they pulled up to the hospital and she waited as Jess ran around to help her out. "Thank you" Rory said as he closed the door.
"This way milady," Jess said as he escorted her inside the hospital. He looked around at the corridors that stretched out in all directions in front of him. "Um...ok, now where to?" he asked Rory who was also looking around.
"Well, I guess we could go this way," Rory said pointing with her left hand to a corridor that had a desk at the end.
"Guess that's why you're the one who goes to the smart school," Jess teased as he led Rory down the hallway and approached the desk, unsure of whether or not Rory wanted to explain the situation or if she wanted him to do it.
"Hi, um..I hurt my wrist and I need to see a doctor, cause it hurts pretty bad." Rory said after taking a deep breath.
"Take a seat and fill out the papers" said the woman who's name tag said Judy.
"Uh, okay I guess" Rory said as she grabbed the clipboard with her free hand. She looked down at the papers which seemed to be multiplying under her own eyes. "Uh, Judy, what is all of this for exactly?" Rory asked looking up.
"Please take a seat and fill out the papers and you'll find out." Judy said getting a little on the snappy side.
Rory turned and began to walk to a chair, when Jess stopped her.......
Lorelai was in a frenzy, she had just gotten home and gotten her jeep and was headed toward the hospital when the stupid red light that Taylor had installed in town stopped her. "I don't have time for this," Lorelai whined to the light. She looked left and right debating whether or not to run the light when she noticed Luke standing outside his diner looking bewildered by everyone's sudden disappearance. Lorelai threw one more look at the light that was still red then put her car in park and got out. "Luke," she called to him. "Lock up and get in, and don't ask any questions I'm in a hurry." Lorelai said then she got back in her car and drummed her fingers on the dashboard waiting for him.
"Hang on a sec," Jess said to Rory as he turned back to Judy. "Maybe you missed it the first time, but her wrist hurts, and she needs someone to look at it NOW, do you understand?" Jess asked angrily. "So I'll be happy to fill out all the lovely papers you want, but she will see a doctor and she will see a doctor now." Jess said forcefully, as he stared at the woman with what could only be seen as rage.
"Uh, well I suppose you could fill out the paperwork while the doctor examines her wrist?" Judy asked purposely as a question to see if Jess would except this offer.
"Isn't that what I just said," Jess asked the woman like she had three heads. He gently took the clipboard from Rory who was standing there looking a bit surprised. "Okay, so now would you be so kind as to call a doctor?" Jess asked Judy through gritted teeth.
"Oh yes right away" Judy says as she picks up the phone to page a doctor. "Sir, you can go into that room right there, the second one to the left."
"Thank you," Jess said insincerely to Judy as he turns his back to her. He looks at Rory. 'Sir?' He mouths to her, and she giggles slightly. He gives her a quick peck on the cheek, "are we having fun yet?" he asked her quietly.
"You were so mean to that poor lady," Rory whispered as they turned and began walking to the room. "Thanks for that."
Jess smirked, "Anytime," Jess said as he skimmed the papers he promised to fill out. 'Great I don't know half of this stuff.' he thought to himself but instead said to Rory, "Yeah, actually I thought I was quite calm, just imagine how Lorelai would have reacted to that situation."
Rory laughed "Yeah, I'm sure she would be thrown out by the security guard."
Lorelai was driving toward the hospital and explaining everything that happened at the diner. "Wow, I sure missed a lot." Luke said once Lorelai was finished explaining. "So Rory is going to be ok, right? And this wasn't Jess's fault for once?" Luke asked her as she pulled up at the hospital.
"I think so, and I don't think so." Lorelai said grinning at her play on words, "Of course if an opportunity presents itself for me to string up that little nephew of yours I'd be happy to take it." Lorelai looked over at Luke as she parked the car and took the keys out. "So you going to come in, or are you going to stay out in the car and wait for us."
"Of course I'm coming in," Luke said defensively, "just because I dont like hospitals doesn't mean that I would sit out here for God knows how long waiting for you to get back."
"Okay Lukey, you can be my back-up in there," Lorelai said conspiratorially. "Come on diner man." and with that she led the way into the hospital, walking aimlessly down hallways looking for Rory or Jess.
"RORRRYYYY!!!" Lorelai yelled down one hallway. "MOMMY'S HERRREEEE!!!! RORRRYYY!!!!" Lorelai continued to yell waking up various sleeping patients and disturbing everyone.
"Sounds like your mom made it here in one piece," Jess said as he heard her begin to verbally assault one of the nurses sitting at a desk. "Maybe I should go get her before that security guard really does throw her out." Jess said getting up, it was a great excuse to avoid filling out the paperwork that he had no idea about.
"Yeah, you better, and since she's here I guess that means you're off the hook." Rory said pointing to the papers.
"hmph," Jess scoffed, "I could fill those out whenever I wanted to, I just wanted to make sure you were settled first, and now I have to go get Lorelai, but I'd be happy to fill them in when I get back Rory." Jess said as he walked out the door.