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! And sorry for the delay in a new chapter, things have been crazy for me, so anyway here are some more chapters for ya. And hopefully we'll get back to updating daily.
Lorelai arrived home to find the house empty and no sign of Rory. "I am going to kill her. No wait, I'm going to kill him and then ground her for life. No, get a hold of yourself, you are not Emily, you are not going to turn into Emily, there is going to be a logical reason why she isn't home yet." Lorelai was talking to herself as she searched for the cordless phone which as usual was lost somewhere in the house. She finally found it in the refrigerator, "How did you get here Sally?" Lorelai asked the phone as she started to dial Rory's cell phone but stopped halfway through. She sighed and hung up the phone, "Thirty minutes and I'm calling Luke." she said resolutely. Lorelai walked to through the house and turned off all the lights and decided to sit out on the porch and wait for Rory to show up. If she caught her daughter by surprise she would be more likely to get the whole story out of her.
Rory ate her last donut and looked out the window to see them arriving at her house. "Thanks for the ride Jess...Hopefully we beat her."
"Uh, Ror," Jess said seeing a very angry looking Lorelai sitting in the shadows of the porch, "I don't think that's going to happen tonight." He motioned toward the porch, "y'sure you don't want me to stick around?" he asked for a final confirmation.
"Oh crap!" Rory yelled as she spotted her Mom, "What am I gonna do? I guess I'll tell her that i was really hungry since I haven't eaten in like...4 hours. No, you need to go. You cannot stay, it would be World War III! Thanks for the ride, I'll see you tomorrow...if I'm still alive." Rory said and hopped out of the car. She walked over to her Mom. "Hey Mom!" She said pretending like nothing had happened.
"Good night Ror," Jess said to Rory's back as she headed toward the porch. "And off to Luke's we go," Jess said in a sing-song voice to himself, he could just imagine the kinds of things Luke had in store for him.
"Funny thing happened when I got home tonight," Lorelai said with a tinge of anger in her voice, "I opened the door and went inside expecting to find my daughter studying her heart out over an English book and instead I found nothing, well actually I found the phone in the fridge, but that's not the point." Lorelai was beginning to ramble, she took a breath, "okay, let's start over and I promise not to let me head explode." She took another deep breath, "Rory, flesh of my flesh, where were you? Were you trying to make mommy go crazy or was that just a bonus?"
Rory sighed and sat down next to her mom. "I'm going to tell you the truth...We were almost home and I saw a sign for Dunkin Donuts and I was really hungry and I wanted to stop and get some donuts and coffee...so we stopped and we got it to go because I didn't want you to worry" Rory sighed
"...and I'm sorry that you freaked out." Rory finished, sincerely.
Lorelai sighed and eyed Rory suspiciously, "well apparently that coffee addiction of mine is prevalent in my offspring. The only thing I don't get is why you didn't bring me back any donuts, or coffee for that matter." Lorelai pretended to whimper like a puppy. "I can forgive you this one time though," she said as she got up and opened the front door, "but I have to ask something sweets, the whole English thing, true or false?"
Rory really didn't want to hurt her feelings and she knew that if she told her that she would rather go home with Jess that she'd be mad. "That's true...I may have over exaggerated it a little but I do have an English test tomorrow." Rory answered with her fingers crossed behind her back.
Lorelai eyed her suspiciously, "Rory, you know that even though Jess isn't one of my favorite people, and I enjoy thinking up new methods of cruel and unusual punishment I could use on him, I get that he's your boyfriend and that you want to spend time with him and I just want you to know that that's okay with me, I don't want to turn into my mother, telling you where to be at all times. Just remember that ok, kiddo?" Lorelai said, letting on that she understood Rory's real reason behind the English test. She hugged her daughter. "Well it's late and I'm exhausted from dealing with all those stupid billing people, so I'm going to bed. Tomorrow we can talk about the whole locked in Luke's storage closet thing." Lorelai said as she headed up the stairs. "Oh and don't stay up too late studying."
Meanwhile Jess drove back to Luke's and parked the car and got out and tried to get into the diner but it was locked, he searched his pockets for the key but apparently had forgotten it inside. "Luke!" he yelled at the door, "c'mon let me in!" the light flickered off in the apartment. "Luke! Let me in!" still no response, "LUKE!!!!!"
Rory smirked, "That should be an interesting story!" Rory yelled after her and walked into her room and shut the door. She changed into her pajamas and looked at the clock. "1:20, dang it's late," she mumbled to herself before climbing into bed and shutting off the light. "Goodnight Mom!" She yelled loudly.
Luke could hear Jess outside yelling for him, he really wanted to teach Jess a lesson about being locked out or in or whatever. Luke went to the window and opened it up, "You can stay out there tonight and see how you like being locked out!" Luke yelled down. It wasn't a particularly cold night and Luke knew Jess could sleep in the car.
"Fine!" Jess shouted back up to Luke. "You do know this is child abuse!" Jess yelled just loud enough to make sure all the neighbors heard what was going on. He then stormed back toward the car and got in, deciding not to drive around he got out and walked to the bridge, 'I'll just stay here all night and make him wonder.' Jess thought to himself as he lay down on the cold wood and stared up at the stars.
Luke was peaking through the blinds as he watched Jess walk away, so he went downstairs and unlocked the door then went back upstairs and went to bed. He figured Jess would come back sometime after he cooled down a bit. It was the usual 5AM when the alarm sounded for Luke to get up and prepare for the day. He got out of bed and looked around the room, there was no sign of Jess. "This is just great," Luke said bitterly as he got dressed and began to make a mental list of places Jess might be.
Sometime during the middle of the night...
Jess got up off of the cold damp boards and headed back toward the diner, prepared to break in if need be. To his surprise the door was already unlocked, "thanks a lot, Luke." Jess mumbled sarcastically as he went into the storage unit pulled out one of the spare blankets Luke kept back there and curled up behind the counter and went to sleep.
Lorelai twist and turned all night, she woke up when the sunlight started peaking through her window. "UGH!" she moaned hiding her head under the pillow, finally she pulled herself out of bed, showered and dressed. "Now what?" she asked as she realized no one in there right minds would be up at this time...except Luke..."coffee goooood," she murmured as she wrote a note for Rory telling her where she was going and to meet her later, and then left the house, maybe go for a walk and then get some of the elixir of life from Luke.
Luke threw on a pair of pants and the classic plaid shirt and began stomping through the apartment looking for the phone while he mumbled incoherently about nephews, phones, and jam hands. Finally giving up he stalked downstairs and grabbed the phone from behind the counter, not noticing Jess and dialed The Gilmore Household. "C'mon answer," he grumbled into the ringing phone. And then he heard a groan come from behind the counter, dropping the phone he turned around to see Jess rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Jeez," Jess said his voice still hoarse from sleep, he looked around trying to remember why he was behind the counter, "y'think you could keep it down Luke?" He got up and began to head upstairs.
Luke grabbed the back of Jess's shirt and pulled him back toward the counter, "Where do you think you're going!" he asked exasperated. "First I get locked in the stupid storage room for hours, then I have to spend even more time in the hospital for something that I know you caused, even though I still don't know how, and then you disappear and I have to panic wondering where you are." Luke's voice got higher and angrier as he continued to rant at Jess.
"Didn't know you cared," Jess practically spat, "and first of all, did you really mind being stuck with Lorelai, I mean why don't you two just go at it already and be done with it, second you know that I would never intentionally hurt Rory. You know that Luke! And last as I recall you locked ME out, so what did you expect me to do. It's your own fault you panicked!" Jess turned, walked up the stairs, and slammed the door to the apartment causing the glass to crack and stormed into the bathroom, locked the door and prepared to take a shower. He sighed and bit his lip, his hands were trembling, "I always screw up, that's my job isn't it," Jess said silently to himself as he turned on the water and drowned out the sound of Luke yelling at him from downstairs.
"Dammit! You're paying for that!" Luke yelled in the direction of upstairs as he sat down on the stool and put his face in his hands. "you suck at this Danes" he muttered to himself.
Lorelai had entered the diner just as Jess had slammed the door and stood in the doorway not sure if she should leave or make sure Luke was okay. After she heard him muttering angrily at himself she decided to stick around. "hey Luke," she said cautiously, almost inaudible as she slowly approached him, "seems I've forgotten to change my calendar for the past few months, I hadn't realized it was the forth of July so soon. I mean with the fireworks and all." Luke looked up at her and she smiled and sat down on the stool next to him. "So wanna tell me why you were having a re- enactment of World War I in the diner?"
Jess finished up getting showered, dressed, and presentable for the day in record time. After his outburst and the glass breaking he felt he needed to go downstairs and have it all out with Luke. He walked down the stair slowly to see Lorelai and Luke talking, "this is just great" he muttered unsure of whether to go back upstairs or go downstairs
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! And sorry for the delay in a new chapter, things have been crazy for me, so anyway here are some more chapters for ya. And hopefully we'll get back to updating daily.
Lorelai arrived home to find the house empty and no sign of Rory. "I am going to kill her. No wait, I'm going to kill him and then ground her for life. No, get a hold of yourself, you are not Emily, you are not going to turn into Emily, there is going to be a logical reason why she isn't home yet." Lorelai was talking to herself as she searched for the cordless phone which as usual was lost somewhere in the house. She finally found it in the refrigerator, "How did you get here Sally?" Lorelai asked the phone as she started to dial Rory's cell phone but stopped halfway through. She sighed and hung up the phone, "Thirty minutes and I'm calling Luke." she said resolutely. Lorelai walked to through the house and turned off all the lights and decided to sit out on the porch and wait for Rory to show up. If she caught her daughter by surprise she would be more likely to get the whole story out of her.
Rory ate her last donut and looked out the window to see them arriving at her house. "Thanks for the ride Jess...Hopefully we beat her."
"Uh, Ror," Jess said seeing a very angry looking Lorelai sitting in the shadows of the porch, "I don't think that's going to happen tonight." He motioned toward the porch, "y'sure you don't want me to stick around?" he asked for a final confirmation.
"Oh crap!" Rory yelled as she spotted her Mom, "What am I gonna do? I guess I'll tell her that i was really hungry since I haven't eaten in like...4 hours. No, you need to go. You cannot stay, it would be World War III! Thanks for the ride, I'll see you tomorrow...if I'm still alive." Rory said and hopped out of the car. She walked over to her Mom. "Hey Mom!" She said pretending like nothing had happened.
"Good night Ror," Jess said to Rory's back as she headed toward the porch. "And off to Luke's we go," Jess said in a sing-song voice to himself, he could just imagine the kinds of things Luke had in store for him.
"Funny thing happened when I got home tonight," Lorelai said with a tinge of anger in her voice, "I opened the door and went inside expecting to find my daughter studying her heart out over an English book and instead I found nothing, well actually I found the phone in the fridge, but that's not the point." Lorelai was beginning to ramble, she took a breath, "okay, let's start over and I promise not to let me head explode." She took another deep breath, "Rory, flesh of my flesh, where were you? Were you trying to make mommy go crazy or was that just a bonus?"
Rory sighed and sat down next to her mom. "I'm going to tell you the truth...We were almost home and I saw a sign for Dunkin Donuts and I was really hungry and I wanted to stop and get some donuts and coffee...so we stopped and we got it to go because I didn't want you to worry" Rory sighed
"...and I'm sorry that you freaked out." Rory finished, sincerely.
Lorelai sighed and eyed Rory suspiciously, "well apparently that coffee addiction of mine is prevalent in my offspring. The only thing I don't get is why you didn't bring me back any donuts, or coffee for that matter." Lorelai pretended to whimper like a puppy. "I can forgive you this one time though," she said as she got up and opened the front door, "but I have to ask something sweets, the whole English thing, true or false?"
Rory really didn't want to hurt her feelings and she knew that if she told her that she would rather go home with Jess that she'd be mad. "That's true...I may have over exaggerated it a little but I do have an English test tomorrow." Rory answered with her fingers crossed behind her back.
Lorelai eyed her suspiciously, "Rory, you know that even though Jess isn't one of my favorite people, and I enjoy thinking up new methods of cruel and unusual punishment I could use on him, I get that he's your boyfriend and that you want to spend time with him and I just want you to know that that's okay with me, I don't want to turn into my mother, telling you where to be at all times. Just remember that ok, kiddo?" Lorelai said, letting on that she understood Rory's real reason behind the English test. She hugged her daughter. "Well it's late and I'm exhausted from dealing with all those stupid billing people, so I'm going to bed. Tomorrow we can talk about the whole locked in Luke's storage closet thing." Lorelai said as she headed up the stairs. "Oh and don't stay up too late studying."
Meanwhile Jess drove back to Luke's and parked the car and got out and tried to get into the diner but it was locked, he searched his pockets for the key but apparently had forgotten it inside. "Luke!" he yelled at the door, "c'mon let me in!" the light flickered off in the apartment. "Luke! Let me in!" still no response, "LUKE!!!!!"
Rory smirked, "That should be an interesting story!" Rory yelled after her and walked into her room and shut the door. She changed into her pajamas and looked at the clock. "1:20, dang it's late," she mumbled to herself before climbing into bed and shutting off the light. "Goodnight Mom!" She yelled loudly.
Luke could hear Jess outside yelling for him, he really wanted to teach Jess a lesson about being locked out or in or whatever. Luke went to the window and opened it up, "You can stay out there tonight and see how you like being locked out!" Luke yelled down. It wasn't a particularly cold night and Luke knew Jess could sleep in the car.
"Fine!" Jess shouted back up to Luke. "You do know this is child abuse!" Jess yelled just loud enough to make sure all the neighbors heard what was going on. He then stormed back toward the car and got in, deciding not to drive around he got out and walked to the bridge, 'I'll just stay here all night and make him wonder.' Jess thought to himself as he lay down on the cold wood and stared up at the stars.
Luke was peaking through the blinds as he watched Jess walk away, so he went downstairs and unlocked the door then went back upstairs and went to bed. He figured Jess would come back sometime after he cooled down a bit. It was the usual 5AM when the alarm sounded for Luke to get up and prepare for the day. He got out of bed and looked around the room, there was no sign of Jess. "This is just great," Luke said bitterly as he got dressed and began to make a mental list of places Jess might be.
Sometime during the middle of the night...
Jess got up off of the cold damp boards and headed back toward the diner, prepared to break in if need be. To his surprise the door was already unlocked, "thanks a lot, Luke." Jess mumbled sarcastically as he went into the storage unit pulled out one of the spare blankets Luke kept back there and curled up behind the counter and went to sleep.
Lorelai twist and turned all night, she woke up when the sunlight started peaking through her window. "UGH!" she moaned hiding her head under the pillow, finally she pulled herself out of bed, showered and dressed. "Now what?" she asked as she realized no one in there right minds would be up at this time...except Luke..."coffee goooood," she murmured as she wrote a note for Rory telling her where she was going and to meet her later, and then left the house, maybe go for a walk and then get some of the elixir of life from Luke.
Luke threw on a pair of pants and the classic plaid shirt and began stomping through the apartment looking for the phone while he mumbled incoherently about nephews, phones, and jam hands. Finally giving up he stalked downstairs and grabbed the phone from behind the counter, not noticing Jess and dialed The Gilmore Household. "C'mon answer," he grumbled into the ringing phone. And then he heard a groan come from behind the counter, dropping the phone he turned around to see Jess rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Jeez," Jess said his voice still hoarse from sleep, he looked around trying to remember why he was behind the counter, "y'think you could keep it down Luke?" He got up and began to head upstairs.
Luke grabbed the back of Jess's shirt and pulled him back toward the counter, "Where do you think you're going!" he asked exasperated. "First I get locked in the stupid storage room for hours, then I have to spend even more time in the hospital for something that I know you caused, even though I still don't know how, and then you disappear and I have to panic wondering where you are." Luke's voice got higher and angrier as he continued to rant at Jess.
"Didn't know you cared," Jess practically spat, "and first of all, did you really mind being stuck with Lorelai, I mean why don't you two just go at it already and be done with it, second you know that I would never intentionally hurt Rory. You know that Luke! And last as I recall you locked ME out, so what did you expect me to do. It's your own fault you panicked!" Jess turned, walked up the stairs, and slammed the door to the apartment causing the glass to crack and stormed into the bathroom, locked the door and prepared to take a shower. He sighed and bit his lip, his hands were trembling, "I always screw up, that's my job isn't it," Jess said silently to himself as he turned on the water and drowned out the sound of Luke yelling at him from downstairs.
"Dammit! You're paying for that!" Luke yelled in the direction of upstairs as he sat down on the stool and put his face in his hands. "you suck at this Danes" he muttered to himself.
Lorelai had entered the diner just as Jess had slammed the door and stood in the doorway not sure if she should leave or make sure Luke was okay. After she heard him muttering angrily at himself she decided to stick around. "hey Luke," she said cautiously, almost inaudible as she slowly approached him, "seems I've forgotten to change my calendar for the past few months, I hadn't realized it was the forth of July so soon. I mean with the fireworks and all." Luke looked up at her and she smiled and sat down on the stool next to him. "So wanna tell me why you were having a re- enactment of World War I in the diner?"
Jess finished up getting showered, dressed, and presentable for the day in record time. After his outburst and the glass breaking he felt he needed to go downstairs and have it all out with Luke. He walked down the stair slowly to see Lorelai and Luke talking, "this is just great" he muttered unsure of whether to go back upstairs or go downstairs