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Lorelai walked into homeroom the next day. She saw Luke talking with some boy and they started laughing. Lorelai smiled. She loved Luke's laugh. She only heard it once before, but she loved it. She loved everything about him. His smile. His eyes. His baseball hat, everything.

"Hey Luke."

"Hey Lorelai."

"What's up?"

"Nothing really. You?"

"Same old crap." Luke smiled and turned around in his seat. He heard Lorelai start to hum 'Start Me Up' by the Rolling Stones.

"A Stones fan are we?" asked Luke turning around.

"What?"

"Your humming Start Me Up."

"I am?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, well..yeah I love them. I love music, how about you?"

"Its alright."

"More into sports?" Luke nodded. "Not me I love it all. Blondie is my favorite though."

"Oh god not you too."

"What?"

"Liz, is obsessed with Blondie."

"Really." smiled Lorelai.

"Yes, all I hear is that song about the tide..and the numbers.."

"The Tide Is High..a classic."

"She's trying to learn the lyrics."

"Im not the kind of girl..who gives up just like that." sang Lorelai.

"Ah jeeze." sighed Luke as he turned around in his seat.

"I'm sorry." said Lorelai quickly. Luke turned around. Lorelai started humming the chorus.

"Stop."

"Sorry.."

"So..what's your favorite color?" Lorelai asked randomly.

"What?"

"Your favorite color."

"Why would you wanna know my favorite color?"

"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."

"You said that last time, and I still don't know your birthday."

"Its March 3rd. Now, what's your favorite color?"

"I don't have one."

"Come on, everyone has a favorite color."

"I don't." Lorelai pouted. "Fine..I guess blue."

"Typical male choice. All guys pick blue."

"Well what's yours? Pink?" Lorelai looked down. "Yes well, typical female, always picking pink."

"Its not my only favorite color, I also like purple and orange."

"Thats fascinating."

"I know." Lorelai looked up at Luke and smiled.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"What? You smiled."

"I did not smile!" said Lorelai.

"You did too." said Luke smiling.

"See, your smiling.."

"I'm smiling cause your getting red.."

"I-I am not." Lorelai looked down, she looked up and saw Luke staring at her. "What?"

"Nothing."

"Oh really, you were looking at me."

"So."

"So..uh, you were looking at me like I was your next victim."

"Victim?"

"Yes, you want to lore me outside behind the school and do all sorts of things."

"Ah jeeze.."

"Aw, look Luke's getting red."

"I am not." said Luke.

"To manly to get any color close to pink?"

"You bet." they both smiled, and then the bell rang.

Lorelai walked into her global class and saw everyone in their seats reading in the text book.

"Ms. Gilmore?" everyone looked up. "Your ten minutes late." said the teacher.

"Yeah..I know.." Lorelai looked down.

"Care to explain to me why you are ten minutes late?"

"Well.." Lorelai looked and saw all her friends, including Luke staring at her. "Uh..I was walking up the stairs and I fell when someone pushed me and all my books dropped and went flying, papers everywhere it was a mess, so then I had to pick them all up, which took about six minutes, and then the bell rang, so I was running, when of course, I fell again, this time tripping over my shoe laces, so I picked myself up, luckily no book tidal waves this time, and thats why I'm late." the class started laughing. Lorelai looked down embarrassed.

"Thats enough class!" called the teacher. Lorelai saw none of her friends laughing, this touched her, they were standing up for her, she never had friends like that. "Lorelai, go to your seat." Lorelai nodded and walked over to her desk. When she sat down, she lifted her pants leg to reveal a small bruise forming on the knee.

"You okay?" asked a voice. Lorelai looked up and smiled.

"Yeah, thanks Luke."

"Be more careful, and who pushed you down?"

"This boy..I was at the top of the steps, and he just shoved me down, I think he thought I was someone else..I mean I don't even know anybody else in this school, but you guys."

"Yeah..he was probably a jerk."

"Yeah."

"You sure your alright?"

"Positive." Luke nodded and went back to reading. Lorelai smiled and took out her book. The whole time thinking of Luke. For the first time in Lorelai Gilmore's life, she found herself, falling in love.

Lorelai walked into her math class. Before she could sit down, the teacher called her up to his desk. Mr. Monroe. Lorelai's worst teacher, he was short and chubby. Grayish blackish hair and glasses.

"Yes, Mr. Monroe?"

"I would like to discus your test grade."

"What did I get?" Mr. Monroe took out a paper. He handed it to Lorelai and very slowly Lorelai took it.

"See me after class." he said and Lorelai took her seat, still not looking at her grade.

Lorelai slowly lifted the paper and put it back down, when she saw what she got.

'52 F' was in big red ink. Lorelai never did this bad before. Sure, math was her weak subject, but so far all her subjects were turning into weak subjects. She was doing excellent in English and Italian, she was doing horrible in Biology and Global and now she could add Math to that list to. Lorelai was a good student in Milcrest. Sure she got an occasional D, very rarely an F, also very rarely an A, she was a B student, and she liked that. But now, she was a C, D student. Her parents would think it was the school. They would take her out, she couldn't do that, leave Luke like that. Lorelai decided she couldn't show her parents anything that she did bad on. And that was a promise she was going to keep.

The Gilmore family sat in the dining room eating dinner. They never really spoke when they ate their meals. So when her father brought struck up a convocation about school, Lorelai was surprised.

"What about school?" Lorelai asked.

"How is it going?"

"Fine."

"And, you make any friends?"

"Yes." Richard looked at Emily who rolled her eyes.

"And, uh who are they?" Lorelai looked at her dad.

"Well, there's Luke, Sookie, Andrew, Jackson, and the other day I talked with Luke's sister, we have a lot in common. She loves the same shows, movies, and music as I do."

"Is she younger then you?"

"A year younger."

"What is this Luke's last name?" Lorelai thought for a second.

"Danes.."

"Sounds like a nice family." said Richard.

"They are, I met his father, he owns a Hardware store in town."

"Did you meet his mother?"

"Uh, Luke's mother past away."

"Oh dear." said Emily. "Children who loose there mothers at a young age, cause many parental issues in their lives when they get older."

Lorelai rolled her eyes and continued eating her meal which looked like chicken.

"Lorelai!" called Sookie in the hall two weeks later.

"Hey Sook."

"Sorry, I couldn't call you back last night, my mother forbid me go anywhere near the phone."

"Its alright, so..I walked past the old Dragon fly the other day again, and I'm telling you its even more beautiful the second time."

"I know, I love it there."

"So, it used to be an inn?"

"Yeah, from what I heard, thats what my mother told me. It closed down the year after I was born."

"Oh..an inn, sounds like fun."

"What does?"

"Working at an inn."

"Yeah, it does doesn't it." Lorelai smiled to herself. Just then Lorelai spotted Luke and Andrew walking down the hall. Sookie noticed Lorelai smile when she saw Luke and a shine came in her eyes. Sookie grinned. Lorelai heard her friend snicker.

"What?"

"You like him don't you?"

"Like who?"

"Luke."

"Luke? What..thats crazy..were friends, thats like me saying I like Andrew or.."

"Don't even say the next one, Jackson is mine." Lorelai laughed.

"Hey guys." said Luke coming up. Sookie started giggling. Lorelai elbowed her in the ribs.

"Hey Luke."

"What's with her?"

"Uh..cooking fumes gone bad?"

"Okay...see ya later." Lorelai looked at Sookie and busted out laughing.

"I'm gonna kill you!" she laughed. Sookie laughed more as the two moved down the hall. Luke stared at Lorelai, she had a great laugh. Everything about her was great.

Lorelai walked into the cafeteria and walked towards Luke's table. She fell into her seat, which was across from Luke and next to Sookie. Sookie looked at her friend.

"What's up?"

"Not my biology grade."

"Another F?"

"Yes, I never did this bad before, I'm failing like three subjects!"

"I'm failing math if it makes you feel any better." said Luke.

"A little." Lorelai pouted. "God, I'm so hungry! What's so bad with this food anyway?"

"Well, rumor has it that, two years ago, an eighth grader ate the pizza and died." said Sookie.

"Bull."

"I don't believe it, but from what I heard, the food is gross." said Luke.

"I would eat a cow right now." Lorelai stood up.

"Your not doing what I think your doing.." said Sookie. Lorelai started walking towards the lunch line.

"Lorelai, its like suicide!" said Luke. Lorelai walked very slowly to the line and picked up a slice of pizza. She paid and walked back to the table.

"She did!" cried Sookie.

"It smells good." said Lorelai.

"Thats where they lure you in." stated Luke. Lorelai lifted the pizza and bite into it. Just then the pizza dropped and Lorelai put her hand to her mouth.

"Oh..oh god..oh god!" Lorelai ran towards the bathroom, with a hysterical laughing Luke and Sookie behind her.

"We warned her." said Sookie. Luke nodded still laughing.

Lorelai came back five minutes later.

"That was disgusting!"

"We told you."

"What was?" asked Andrew who just joined the table with Jackson.

"Lorelai tried the pizza."

"Uh!" cried Jackson.

"Thats like suicide."

"Thats the word on the street."

"Well, now I know, it was so nasty." Lorelai made a face.

Thanks for all those who read and reviewed the last chapters. Heres another chapter before the nights over, i just have all these ideas in my head, i don't wanna loose them lol. This chapter might not be as good as all the other ones, but i have the whole story already planned out so the updates will keep coming, unless people beg me to stop lol. Once again thanks a bunch!

-Maddie