The bell for sixth period rang, and Lorelai still had not found Spanish class. She sighed for she knew she was going to be late. Suddenly, as the hallway cleared, she saw Luke walking towards her.

"Hey, Lorelai." Luke greeted. "Having trouble finding a class?"

Lorelai gazed down at her Spanish book. "Yeah…" she replied. "Spanish… Mrs. Walker."

"Room 132." Luke replied. "That's where I'm headed."

"You have Spanish this period?"

"Yeah." Luke smiled. "I put it off my ninth and tenth grade year so I could take a weight lifting class. So, I'm taking it this year."

"Oh…" Lorelai managed to reply as they walked down the hallway.

"So, where are you from?"

"Hartford."

"Oh, city girl." Luke teased.

"Not hardly. I'm much happier here." Lorelai replied.

"That's good." Luke answered. "Stars Hollow is a great town." They stopped. "Here we are, room 132."

The door opened and Lorelai beheld an entire room full of students all with their eyes on her and Luke.

"Hey, Mrs. Walker." Luke began. "Sorry, that I'm late. This is Lorelai, she's a new student. She was having trouble finding your class, so I brought her with me."

"That was very kind of you, Mr. Danes." Mrs. Walker replied. "You may take your seat. Lorelai, you may sit wherever you'd like, just pick an empty seat."

Lorelai gazed around the room. There were only three empty seats in the entire class. One by the window, one by Mrs. Walker's desk, and one right in front of Luke. Lorelai decided she'd be better off taking the one by the window.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Mrs. Walker said loudly. "That's Mona's seat. She's not here today. The other two are free, however."

Lorelai turned back around. Her eyes met with Luke's. He patted the back of the seat in front of him. At first Lorelai was a bit hesitant, but realizing that she was standing for too long, she dashed into the seat. A few whispers went flying through the room and a couple of snickers were audible. Lorelai had no doubt they all pertained to her.

After Spanish had ended. Lorelai gathered her books. Luke stood from his desk and waited till the girl turned around.

"You never told me your last name." Luke said as he slipped his letterman jacket on.

"Gilmore." Lorelai replied.

"Well, Lorelai Gilmore… I'll see you tomorrow. Have a good evening." He walked by her and strolled out the door.

Lorelai felt a warm sensation run through her blood stream. She kept telling herself to let it go, that she shouldn't even be worried about Luke, but it was a losing battle. She walked down the hall towards the exit doors.

"Lorelai!" Sookie called. "Wait up!"

Lorelai turned around. "Hey, Sookie."

"Look, I just wanted to apologize again for what happened today at lunch."

"Oh, don't worry about it." Lorelai brushed off. "I know it was an accident."

"Lorelai… I have to warn you about something." Sookie said seriously as she walked beside Lorelai.

"Okay… what?"

"I just heard that Luke walked you to Spanish class."

Lorelai laughed. "How could you have already heard that? It just happened an hour ago."

"News travels very, very fast in this school. This whole town actually. Lorelai, you're already the talk of Stars Hollow High. Everyone knows that you and Luke have a thing."

"Sookie, I just met him. We don't have a thing…"

"You sat in front of him in Spanish."

"Wow, news is lightening quick around here. There were only two seats available and he kind of … well… he kind of asked me to sit in front of him. I mean he didn't come right out with words and ask me, he just … patted the desk."

"Oh, that's smooth." Sookie grinned. "Aw, this is so sweet."

"Sookie, please…" Lorelai replied. "Don't make a bigger deal out of this than it actually is."

"Aw, but you could be the one." Sookie said bright eyed. "The one to tame Luke Danes. The one to stay with him for longer than two weeks."

"What makes you think that I want to be the one to do that?" Lorelai asked as they descended the steps.

"I think it's your destiny." Sookie replied.

"Shouldn't you be sitting behind a crystal ball when you say that?" Lorelai asked. She looked up and saw Joan standing by the gate. "Hey, I got to go. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay. Bye, Lorelai." Sookie took off down the opposite side of the street and caught up with Jackson and Kirk.

"Hey you." Joan smiled. "I'm dying to hear all about your first day. Leave out nothing."

"Well, to sum it all up, I've mad friends with this girl named Sookie, who introduced me to a bunch of other people. I bumped into this guy named Luke, who apparently is very popular, and now everyone says Luke and I have a thing."

Joan stopped. "You have a thing with a guy?"

"No…" Lorelai quickly replied. "That's what I keep telling everyone, but they keep insisting that I do. The new slogan around the school is "New girl bags Luke Danes."

Joan laughed. "Well, a little teasing every now and then can be a good thing. Don't let them think they are upsetting you. Play along with them. That always worked for me."

"Oh, and this one guy, he's a total geek, he told me I had very pretty eyes."

"Can't say that I disagree." Joan replied. "Did you thank him?"

"I did." Lorelai nodded. "And I told him he had nice hair."

"The perfect return compliment. Sounds like your day has been just fine."

"Yeah, it has. I do have to complain about one thing though."

"What's that?" Joan asked as they walked up the sidewalk to their town house.

"Gym class at 8:00 am."

Joan frowned. "You poor thing…"

They both laughed as they walked through the door. Lorelai threw her book bag down by the tv and immediately hopped on the couch. Joan walked into their tiny kitchen.

"What would you like for diner?" Joan asked.

"Whatever." Lorelai answered.

"Oh, well I'm glad I took the time to ask."

"Can we order out again?" Lorelai peaked her head over the couch.

"Again? We've ordered out the last two nights."

"So, what's the point in cooking? There's only two of us."

"Habit I supposed." Joan replied. "I cooked every day for fourteen years in Hartford."

"Well, we have fourteen years of ordering out to make up for." Lorelai smiled. "Come on, you know you'd rather just pick up the phone and dial a number than cook and do dishes."

Joan sighed. "Alright… but this time we're ordering Chinese food."

"You won't hear any complaining out of me." Lorelai grabbed the phone and handed it to Joan.