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're really glad you all are enjoying the story, thanks for the wonderful reviews!
Rory pulled away from Jess quickly and looked up, "Um, uh, hi Mom, uh we were just, uh well I was afraid that I might have bad breath from those onion rings I had at the Diner earlier and so, uh Jess was checking for me." Rory said blushing at the fact that her mother and Luke had just caught her and Jess kissing.
"Great cover story," Jess muttered very sarcastically to Rory, while he leaned against the nearest wall and stared intently at his shoes.
Rory glared at Jess, and turned to the doctor, who was just walking in the door, "So are the x-ray results in?"
"Yes," the doc said taking a seat once inside the room. "Like I suspected you've only irritated it. You won't need a cast but I do think that you should wrap it in an ace bandage and try not to use it much at all for the next couple of weeks."
In the hallway Jess let out a breath he had been unconsciously holding.
"Alright, I think I can manage that...Now can I go home?" Rory asked as she yawned. I wonder if mom will make me go home with her Rory thought glancing at her mom and then Jess.
"Sure I don't see why not." the doc said but then on second thought turned to Lorelai and said "I need you to go down to billing and make sure that they have gotten all the paper work you filled out before and pay your co- pay or whatever plan your insurance policy has. You know hospitals and policies," he added sympathetically.
"Great!!!" Rory said jumping up from her chair, "Mom, do you want me to wait and go home with you or what?"
Jess cleared his throat and settled back against the door jamb with the classic hands in his pockets look.
Rory looked over at Lorelai who was staring into space, "Mom, mom, hello!" Rory said waving her hand in front of her face "MOM!!!"
Jess glanced at Luke who was trying to stifle a laugh, then decided to stare at his shoes, hints of a smirk appearing on his face.
"Wha?" Lorelai said coming back from never-never land. "Uh, sorry, I was just...," Lorelai looked around at the grins on everyone's faces. "Is it my fault the oompa-loompas sing that cute little song that you just can't get out of your head?" She asked quizzically. Lorelai blinked a few times and then said, "right so I'll just head down to billing and get the paperwork sorted out. Rory hun, you gonna be able to stay awake long enough for mommy to fill out the boring papers from hell?"
"Um, well, I'm getting kinda tired and well.." Rory glances at her watch, "It's almost 12, so it depends on if you want me to go home with you..." Rory says and takes a quick look at Jess who seems to be bored out of his mind.
Jess notices Rory's look and realizes that it's time to say something, "oh um...do you...uh, want me to drive you back?" he asks Rory, knowing that they will have to wait for Lorelai to give permission.
"Um..well..mom would it be ok? Because I'm really tired and its really late and I've got school tomorrow so the sooner I get home the sooner the better, plus I still have homework to do....Oh My Gosh!!! I totally forgot!" Rory said starting to rant, "I have an English test tomorrow thats worth half of my grade and if I bomb it then i'll be kicked out of school and then i won't be accepted to Harvard because they don't want people who fail English tests!!" Rory got up and stated pacing "And then where will i go? Huh?! Where?! No college will want me and I'll be stuck working at McDonalds the rest of my life!" Rory, obviously finished with her rant, sat back down in her chair and looked around the room to see everyone giving her weird looks.
"Breathe babe," Lorelai said trying to calm down the freaking out Rory, "you already know everything about English, you'll be fine." She noticed Rory preparing to protest, "but if you really want to study for the big scary test so it won't be so big and scary then I guess Jess can take you home." Lorelai said grudgingly, she hadn't seen her daughter much at all today but there was always tomorrow she reassured herself. Lorelai turned to Jess, "You, drive safely, anything happens to her, and I'll kill you, remember I've devised at least a hundred ways to hurt someone badly with hedge clippers." She turned back to Rory, "and you, don't do anything I would." she winked at her.
"Yes ma'am" Jess mock saluted Lorelai before stuffing his hands back in his pockets and waiting for Rory to meet him out in the hallway. He rummaged around and found his lighter, no cigarettes though since he had given them up awhile ago b/c Rory didn't like them. 'C'est la vie' Jess thought to himself as he caught a glimpse of her approaching him from the exam room.
"Alright, see you at home mom!" Rory said as she kisses her mom on the cheek and walks out the door. She watches Jess quickly stuff something into his pocket. "I saw that!" Rory says walking towards him "If you gave up smoking, then what's the point of the lighter?" Rory asked taking his hand with her free hand.
"Never know when you might need to light something on fire," he said matter of factly, " plus it's a lot of fun watching the people in school panic when the sprinkler system goes on for no apparent reason." He raised his eyebrows in a thoughtful expression.
"You're terrible!" Rory exclaimed and hit him in the arm.
"Hey!" Jess said rubbing his arm in mock hurt, "I was only kidding. But can't you just picture the expression on twenty or thirty people's faces when all of a sudden they get their second shower of the day."
"Or quite possibly there first!" Rory said laughing.
"So you're saying that I might be aiding public health in general by setting off the sprinkler system?" Jess asked trying his best to seem serious.
Rory frowned, "No! That's not what I'm saying!"
"Sure sounds that way," Jess teased, "I mean I will have to weigh the consequences of my actions before I decide definitely whether or not I should go through with it." he recalled Luke saying something along those lines one day when he was lecturing Jess and he figured it seemed appropriately to quote them to Rory now.
"Oh, yes, I agree." Rory said mockingly, "You wouldn't want to do anything that might get you in trouble at school....or with LUKE." Rory said putting emphasis on Luke.
"Oh golly gee Rory I think you're right, hell hath no fury like an uncle Luke scorned." Jess said with that smart-alecky way he had about him. He noticed Rory's "evil glare". "But just to let y'know I wouldn't really set off the sprinklers, all that water might mess up my hair." he said knowingly.
Rory nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the hair is everything, you are the hair, you know, i probably wouldn't have liked you in the first place if your hair wasn't that good. It just drew me to you", Rory said trying to keep a straight face, "How long does it take you to get your hair that way in the morning anyway...a half hour, 45 minutes?? I bet you spend more time on your hair then I do on mine...and you definitely wouldn't want to ruin all that effort with the sprinklers, now would ya?"
"So the truth finally comes out," Jess said trying his best to sound disappointed but failing miserably, "it's only my hair that you like, it's not me at all." he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "first thing tomorrow I'm going to go out and buy all the hair supplies in this town just to make sure that no one else will ever have better hair than me. And those days when it's just not bouncin' and behavin' I'll have to lock myself in my room so you won't see how horrible my hair looks on those few very rare occasions, 'cause I just couldn't afford to lose you to some guy with better hair. Jess nodded his head slightly at his own reasoning, a smirk creeping ever so slightly onto his face.
"I'm not sure I could handle a day without seeing you...So you should scratch that idea." Rory said smirking as they walked out of the hospital, "Or learn to control that hair of yours"
"Why Miss Gilmore, I never realized I mattered that much to you," Jess teased as he opened the car door for Rory, "so I'm the proverbial ray of light at the end of the tunnel?"
Rory gasped, "Oh, no! You've found me out!" She said laughing as she sat down and tried to fasten her seatbelt and remembered that she couldn't do it. "Uh, Jess, could you uh help me...pretty please with a cherry on top." Rory asked giving him her sweetest smile, "I'm just so helpless; I need someone strong to help me." Rory added grinning.
Jess pretended to debate the idea in his head for awhile then he leaned in over Rory, "well since you asked so nicely," and proceeded to fasten her seatbelt.
"Well, thank you" Rory said as she wiggled around in her seat, trying to get comfortable.
Jess closed her door and went around the car to the other side and got in. "Are you ready or do you need me to fluff your pillows for you too, miss?" he asked as he watched her wiggle around in her chair.
"Well now that you mentioned it..." Rory said teasing, "No, I'm just kidding...let's go."
Jess put the car in reverse and backed out of the parking space and then headed for the highway. "English, huh," Jess glanced over at Rory.
Rory began to blush, "I, uh, well uh, I, um...well I could, uh, possibly have an English quiz tomorrow, maybe...you never know when you might get a pop quiz....." Rory said quickly "So I figured that I should probably study, just in case."
Jess laughs lightly, "Rory Gilmore, I am so ashamed of you, lying to your mother like that," he shakes his head slightly trying to hide his smirk from her, "you are turning into such a bad influence on me. Uncle Luke would be so disappointed to know that I'm spending time with a liar."
"Well I learn from the best," Rory says smirking, "And I thought you'd be flattered that I'd rather drive home with you" Rory added, "...and I wasn't really in the mood for a lecture, slash, 'I know it's his fault that this happened and I'm going to hunt him down and shoot him and then he will never break you again' thing from mom" Rory sighed, "So i figured i would bypass that until tomorrow morning at least...or perhaps i could avoid that conversation until tomorrow night, maybe by then she'll have forgotten all about it."
Jess looked at Rory skeptically, "Lorelai forget her need to hunt me down and kill me, highly unlikely." He let out a breath and frowned thinking that maybe Lorelai was right about it always being his fault, after debating what to say or not say Jess settled on, "Ror, what do you want me to do to fix this?"
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're really glad you all are enjoying the story, thanks for the wonderful reviews!
Rory pulled away from Jess quickly and looked up, "Um, uh, hi Mom, uh we were just, uh well I was afraid that I might have bad breath from those onion rings I had at the Diner earlier and so, uh Jess was checking for me." Rory said blushing at the fact that her mother and Luke had just caught her and Jess kissing.
"Great cover story," Jess muttered very sarcastically to Rory, while he leaned against the nearest wall and stared intently at his shoes.
Rory glared at Jess, and turned to the doctor, who was just walking in the door, "So are the x-ray results in?"
"Yes," the doc said taking a seat once inside the room. "Like I suspected you've only irritated it. You won't need a cast but I do think that you should wrap it in an ace bandage and try not to use it much at all for the next couple of weeks."
In the hallway Jess let out a breath he had been unconsciously holding.
"Alright, I think I can manage that...Now can I go home?" Rory asked as she yawned. I wonder if mom will make me go home with her Rory thought glancing at her mom and then Jess.
"Sure I don't see why not." the doc said but then on second thought turned to Lorelai and said "I need you to go down to billing and make sure that they have gotten all the paper work you filled out before and pay your co- pay or whatever plan your insurance policy has. You know hospitals and policies," he added sympathetically.
"Great!!!" Rory said jumping up from her chair, "Mom, do you want me to wait and go home with you or what?"
Jess cleared his throat and settled back against the door jamb with the classic hands in his pockets look.
Rory looked over at Lorelai who was staring into space, "Mom, mom, hello!" Rory said waving her hand in front of her face "MOM!!!"
Jess glanced at Luke who was trying to stifle a laugh, then decided to stare at his shoes, hints of a smirk appearing on his face.
"Wha?" Lorelai said coming back from never-never land. "Uh, sorry, I was just...," Lorelai looked around at the grins on everyone's faces. "Is it my fault the oompa-loompas sing that cute little song that you just can't get out of your head?" She asked quizzically. Lorelai blinked a few times and then said, "right so I'll just head down to billing and get the paperwork sorted out. Rory hun, you gonna be able to stay awake long enough for mommy to fill out the boring papers from hell?"
"Um, well, I'm getting kinda tired and well.." Rory glances at her watch, "It's almost 12, so it depends on if you want me to go home with you..." Rory says and takes a quick look at Jess who seems to be bored out of his mind.
Jess notices Rory's look and realizes that it's time to say something, "oh um...do you...uh, want me to drive you back?" he asks Rory, knowing that they will have to wait for Lorelai to give permission.
"Um..well..mom would it be ok? Because I'm really tired and its really late and I've got school tomorrow so the sooner I get home the sooner the better, plus I still have homework to do....Oh My Gosh!!! I totally forgot!" Rory said starting to rant, "I have an English test tomorrow thats worth half of my grade and if I bomb it then i'll be kicked out of school and then i won't be accepted to Harvard because they don't want people who fail English tests!!" Rory got up and stated pacing "And then where will i go? Huh?! Where?! No college will want me and I'll be stuck working at McDonalds the rest of my life!" Rory, obviously finished with her rant, sat back down in her chair and looked around the room to see everyone giving her weird looks.
"Breathe babe," Lorelai said trying to calm down the freaking out Rory, "you already know everything about English, you'll be fine." She noticed Rory preparing to protest, "but if you really want to study for the big scary test so it won't be so big and scary then I guess Jess can take you home." Lorelai said grudgingly, she hadn't seen her daughter much at all today but there was always tomorrow she reassured herself. Lorelai turned to Jess, "You, drive safely, anything happens to her, and I'll kill you, remember I've devised at least a hundred ways to hurt someone badly with hedge clippers." She turned back to Rory, "and you, don't do anything I would." she winked at her.
"Yes ma'am" Jess mock saluted Lorelai before stuffing his hands back in his pockets and waiting for Rory to meet him out in the hallway. He rummaged around and found his lighter, no cigarettes though since he had given them up awhile ago b/c Rory didn't like them. 'C'est la vie' Jess thought to himself as he caught a glimpse of her approaching him from the exam room.
"Alright, see you at home mom!" Rory said as she kisses her mom on the cheek and walks out the door. She watches Jess quickly stuff something into his pocket. "I saw that!" Rory says walking towards him "If you gave up smoking, then what's the point of the lighter?" Rory asked taking his hand with her free hand.
"Never know when you might need to light something on fire," he said matter of factly, " plus it's a lot of fun watching the people in school panic when the sprinkler system goes on for no apparent reason." He raised his eyebrows in a thoughtful expression.
"You're terrible!" Rory exclaimed and hit him in the arm.
"Hey!" Jess said rubbing his arm in mock hurt, "I was only kidding. But can't you just picture the expression on twenty or thirty people's faces when all of a sudden they get their second shower of the day."
"Or quite possibly there first!" Rory said laughing.
"So you're saying that I might be aiding public health in general by setting off the sprinkler system?" Jess asked trying his best to seem serious.
Rory frowned, "No! That's not what I'm saying!"
"Sure sounds that way," Jess teased, "I mean I will have to weigh the consequences of my actions before I decide definitely whether or not I should go through with it." he recalled Luke saying something along those lines one day when he was lecturing Jess and he figured it seemed appropriately to quote them to Rory now.
"Oh, yes, I agree." Rory said mockingly, "You wouldn't want to do anything that might get you in trouble at school....or with LUKE." Rory said putting emphasis on Luke.
"Oh golly gee Rory I think you're right, hell hath no fury like an uncle Luke scorned." Jess said with that smart-alecky way he had about him. He noticed Rory's "evil glare". "But just to let y'know I wouldn't really set off the sprinklers, all that water might mess up my hair." he said knowingly.
Rory nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the hair is everything, you are the hair, you know, i probably wouldn't have liked you in the first place if your hair wasn't that good. It just drew me to you", Rory said trying to keep a straight face, "How long does it take you to get your hair that way in the morning anyway...a half hour, 45 minutes?? I bet you spend more time on your hair then I do on mine...and you definitely wouldn't want to ruin all that effort with the sprinklers, now would ya?"
"So the truth finally comes out," Jess said trying his best to sound disappointed but failing miserably, "it's only my hair that you like, it's not me at all." he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "first thing tomorrow I'm going to go out and buy all the hair supplies in this town just to make sure that no one else will ever have better hair than me. And those days when it's just not bouncin' and behavin' I'll have to lock myself in my room so you won't see how horrible my hair looks on those few very rare occasions, 'cause I just couldn't afford to lose you to some guy with better hair. Jess nodded his head slightly at his own reasoning, a smirk creeping ever so slightly onto his face.
"I'm not sure I could handle a day without seeing you...So you should scratch that idea." Rory said smirking as they walked out of the hospital, "Or learn to control that hair of yours"
"Why Miss Gilmore, I never realized I mattered that much to you," Jess teased as he opened the car door for Rory, "so I'm the proverbial ray of light at the end of the tunnel?"
Rory gasped, "Oh, no! You've found me out!" She said laughing as she sat down and tried to fasten her seatbelt and remembered that she couldn't do it. "Uh, Jess, could you uh help me...pretty please with a cherry on top." Rory asked giving him her sweetest smile, "I'm just so helpless; I need someone strong to help me." Rory added grinning.
Jess pretended to debate the idea in his head for awhile then he leaned in over Rory, "well since you asked so nicely," and proceeded to fasten her seatbelt.
"Well, thank you" Rory said as she wiggled around in her seat, trying to get comfortable.
Jess closed her door and went around the car to the other side and got in. "Are you ready or do you need me to fluff your pillows for you too, miss?" he asked as he watched her wiggle around in her chair.
"Well now that you mentioned it..." Rory said teasing, "No, I'm just kidding...let's go."
Jess put the car in reverse and backed out of the parking space and then headed for the highway. "English, huh," Jess glanced over at Rory.
Rory began to blush, "I, uh, well uh, I, um...well I could, uh, possibly have an English quiz tomorrow, maybe...you never know when you might get a pop quiz....." Rory said quickly "So I figured that I should probably study, just in case."
Jess laughs lightly, "Rory Gilmore, I am so ashamed of you, lying to your mother like that," he shakes his head slightly trying to hide his smirk from her, "you are turning into such a bad influence on me. Uncle Luke would be so disappointed to know that I'm spending time with a liar."
"Well I learn from the best," Rory says smirking, "And I thought you'd be flattered that I'd rather drive home with you" Rory added, "...and I wasn't really in the mood for a lecture, slash, 'I know it's his fault that this happened and I'm going to hunt him down and shoot him and then he will never break you again' thing from mom" Rory sighed, "So i figured i would bypass that until tomorrow morning at least...or perhaps i could avoid that conversation until tomorrow night, maybe by then she'll have forgotten all about it."
Jess looked at Rory skeptically, "Lorelai forget her need to hunt me down and kill me, highly unlikely." He let out a breath and frowned thinking that maybe Lorelai was right about it always being his fault, after debating what to say or not say Jess settled on, "Ror, what do you want me to do to fix this?"