Lorelai stood outside the doors of Stars Hollow High School. She was nervous, but she wouldn't admit it to Joan. Lorelai wasn't exactly a natural at making friends. In fact, she had only had one true friend her entire life. Her name was Samantha. Lorelai and her were friends from first grade till fourth, but then Samantha moved away and Lorelai never bothered with trying to make a new friend. The only reason she got along so well with Sam was because they were so much alike. She didn't act snotty, or snobbish, like all the other school girls and that's why Lorelai liked her so much.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Joan repeated.
"I'm sure." Lorelai shook her head. "This is something I have to do on my own."
"I understand." Joan smiled. "I'll stop by at 3:00 and we can walk home together if you want."
"Yeah… that would be good." Lorelai replied.
"Have a good day, sweetie." Joan hugged Lorelai. "See you this afternoon."
Joan walked away and Lorelai took a deep breath. "Okay… I can do this."
Lorelai began to walk towards the doors. She spotted a few people looking at her, but she tried to not make eye contact. She figured it best to just keep to herself for now.
"Hey, looks like we have a new kid." A pale thin boy replied.
"Another girl to turn you down for a date, Kirk." Jackson added.
"Do you think she's a freshman?" Sookie asked.
"Possibly… she looks pretty confused and lost." Jackson noticed.
"Well, we should help her…" Sookie started to walk towards her.
Jackson took Sookie by the arm. "I don't think that's such a good idea Sook."
"Why not?"
"She looks like a loner… And approaching a confused and lost loner on their first day of school always ends badly."
"Oh, Jackson, that's ridiculous." Sookie escaped from Jackson's grasp. "Hey!" Sookie greeted as she walked towards the girl.
Lorelai suddenly looked up and spotted a heavy set girl, with a huge smile on her face walking towards her.
"Hi… I'm Sookie." Sookie extended her hand to Lorelai.
"Lorelai."
"Are you new, Lorelai?"
"Yes, I am." Lorelai noticed the two boys Sookie was with staring at them.
"Well, welcome to Stars Hollow High." Sookie smiled. "I'm not officially the welcoming committee but I do a pretty good job at making new people feel more comfortable."
"Feeling more comfortable already." Lorelai added.
"See." Sookie turned back to Jackson and Kirk. "Come on, I'll introduce you to a couple of my friends."
Jackson leaned over to Kirk. "She's done it again." Jackson whispered. "She's bringing over another outsider."
"Jackson, Kirk, this is Lorelai. Lorelai this is Jackson and Kirk."
Lorelai smiled. "Hi. Nice to meet you guys."
"Yeah." Jackson replied dryly.
"You have very pretty eyes." Kirk randomly spat out."
"Kirk." Sookie Scolded as she passed him a glare.
"Uh, thanks…" Lorelai paused. "You have very nice… hair." Lorelai stammered.
"Yeah, I get that a lot." Kirk boasted.
"I bet you do." Lorelai replied with a drop of sarcasm in her voice.
"Have you got a schedule yet?" Sookie asked. "Cause if you haven't, then you'll need to go straight to the office."
"No… I haven't."
"Come on, I'll take you there." Sookie began to walk up the steps.
"Bye." Lorelai said to Jackson and Kirk.
"See you around, blue eyes." Kirk winked.
Sookie and Lorelai walked inside, "Don't let Kirk frighten you. He's completely harmless."
"I never knew Pee Wee Herman had a younger brother." Lorelai replied.
Sookie let out a laugh. "Aw, that's funny." She replied.
Wow, someone who found Lorelai's jokes funny? Maybe Stars Hollow High was going to be even better than she predicted. Lorelai turned the corner and bumped into a tall dark haired boy. His books were knocked from his hands and scattered all over the hallway floor.
"Oh God… I'm so sorry." Lorelai quickly bent down and began to pick up the books.
"It's okay." The boy laughed. "I should pay more attention to where I am going." He bent down beside her and picked up the books. "Here, let's get you up out of the floor." He offered his hand to Lorelai and she took it.
Once to her feet she looked at the boy's face. Lorelai smiled. This guy was very attractive.
"I've never seen you around before. Are you new?"
"Very new." Lorelai replied in an awkward voice.
Sookie stepped in. "Luke, this is Lorelai. Lorelai, this is Luke."
"Lorelai…" Luke repeated. "I've never met a Lorelai before."
"I…." Lorelai began.
"Hey Luke!" A voice yelled.
Luke turned and saw a football headed towards him. He quickly set his books down on the floor and rose back up just in time to catch the football. "John, you idiot!" Luke yelled down the hallway. "You knew I had books in my arms."
John laughed. "Yeah, but you're reflexes are quicker than a cat's, man. Besides, I just bet Tony, here five bucks that you'd catch the football without warning. Thanks for making me five bucks richer." John took the five bucks from the other boy and walked over to where Luke was standing.
"Hey, Sookie." John greeted. His eyes fell upon Lorelai. "Who's your friend?"
"This is, Lorelai…" Sookie replied, in a not as cheery tone as she introduced to everyone else.
"Lorelai…" John smiled. "Well, now I don't know which is prettier, the girl or the name."
"Can it, John." Luke grumbled.
"Oh, come on, don't tell me you've already gotten dibs on this one?"
"Wow, they about me like I'm an object." Lorelai's comment was directed towards Sookie but was loud enough for everyone to hear.
"I'm sorry." Luke apologized. "My friend here has a lot of mental issues. We're trying to get him some help."
"Alright, I'm leaving." John replied. "But I'm taking my football." John scooped the football out of Luke's arms and headed off down the hallway.
Lorelai cleared her throat. "So, that office I've heard so much about…"
"Oh, right… right." Sookie replied quickly. "It's just right down here."
Lorelai began to walk off. "Hey…" Luke called. Lorelai turned back around. "It was nice meeting you, Lorelai." He gathered his books back up from the floor and headed down the hallway. Lorelai turned back to Sookie and tried desperately to keep from smiling. But Sookie had already caught on.