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Chapter 6
Lorelai and Sookie sat at the lunch tables with books and papers scattered around the table. Sookie was engrossed in her school work while Lorelai's mind was else where. "Do you have your notes from chemistry?" Sookie asked.
"Mm hm," Lorelai replied absentmindedly.
"Can I see them?"
"Mm hm."
Sookie held out her hand and waited for Lorelai to hand over the notes. "Lorelai, the notes."
"What notes?"
"The chem notes. You just said I could look at yours."
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that." Lorelai dug through her bag and handed Sookie her notes.
"So, what's got you so distracted?"
"Uh, nothing."
Sookie looked up and noticed who was across the way. "Does something happen to be wearing a flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap?"
"What are you…" She trailed off when she realized who Sookie was talking about. "Luke? No! Of course not. No. No."
"You're staring at him."
"I'm not staring at him. I'm staring at…space."
"You're staring at space he just so happens to be occupying."
"I'm not staring at his space! Besides, there's like five other guys with him."
"So you're staring at Kevin? Or is it Kirk? Andrew? Or maybe you're staring at Jackson."
"I'm not staring at them! Besides, you like Jackson so why would I stare at him?"
"I don't like Jackson."
"I don't like Luke."
"He's a good-looking man and a perfect gentleman. He takes care of his sister's baby even though he has a million things to do. He's a wonderful cook and he makes the greatest coffee."
"Sookie…wait, did you say coffee? I love coffee."
"See. You're a perfect match. And if you ask me. I think he likes you."
"Ok, now you're crazy. He does not like me."
"I don't know any guy that'll do what he does for you."
"What are you talking about?"
"He dropped everything just so he could show you around town. Honey, this is Stars Hollow. You take three right turns and you're right back where you started."
"I know Luke is a great guy. Yes, he is very nice and very sweet and does things for me. I'll admit he is a verygood-looking man, but that doesn't mean I like him."
"I said he was a good-looking."
"What?"
"I said he was good-looking, you added very."
"Sookie, there is no denying he is an attractive man. But he's just a friend."
"Ok. I won't say another word." They went back to studying.
A minute passed when Lorelai finally broke the silence. "Can you tell me about him?"
"I was hoping you asked," Sookie said excitedly. "Ok. I've known the Danes family for about twelve years. He's got a younger sister, Liz. She just had a baby, Jess. He's had two serious previous relationship. The first was with, of course, Rachel. And the other was Nicole. We didn't like her at all. She ended up cheating on him for God knows what reason. Luke and Rachel have been off and on for about four years. The first time she left him was really bad. They had…"
"They had what?"
"You know."
"She left him after they…you know?"
"Yup. It was the first time for both of them and then she broke it off. He was devastated. He dated a little before he and Rachel hooked up again. Then there was Nicole. She was this snobby, rich girl from Lichfield. He was involved with her for six months before he found out she was sleeping with someone else. He dumped her and got back with Rachel. Now that he's free again, I wouldn't be surprised if every girl in the three surrounding counties tried to get with him."
"He's a real ladies man isn't he?"
"Who wouldn't wanna be with Luke? He's got brains, bronze, sentiment, and…well, you know."
"No. I don't. What else does he have?"
"Well, there's rumor that he's…well-equipt." Lorelai's mouth dropped open. "And stamina. A lot of stamina. I heard he can make 'all night long' last until noon."
"How do yo know all this?"
"This is Stars Hollow. I got connections."
As Lorelai walked up the path toward the Danes residence, she noticed two girls sitting on the porch talking. They stopped when they heard Lorelai approaching. "Uh, hi," Lorelai greeted.
"Hello," one of the girls greeted. "Can I help you?"
"Uh, yeah. Is Luke home?"
"He's inside, but I think he might be asleep. I'm his sister, Liz." Liz extended her hand to Lorelai.
"It's nice to finally meet you. Luke's told me a lot about you."
"Has he?"
"Oh. He tells me good things."
"Oh honey, he's got you lying for him already. Don't worry, I know I'm his biggest upset."
Lorelai laughed. "I'm Lorelai, by the way."
"I'm surprised I didn't know the minute I saw you with the way my brother talks about you."
"He talks about me?"
"All the time. He's very fond of you and your daughter. You should bring her around sometime. I'd love to meet her. Oh, Lorelai, this is my friend Carrie."
"Hello."
"Hi," Carrie greeted. "So Lorelai, you're Luke's new girl?" Her voice was oozing jealousy.
"I'm his friend, if that's what you mean."
"Sure. A friend. He's got a lot of those."
Lorelai wanted to smack the smirk off Carrie's face, but restrained herself. Just then, Luke walked out of the house in jeans, a white tee shirt, and, of course, his baseball cap. He looked like he'd just woken up and wasn't too happy about it.
"Geez bro, do you ever take that hat off?" Liz joked.
"The baby's crying," Luke grumbled.
"Pick him up."
Luke stared at his sister for a few seconds before repeating, "The baby's crying."
"Urgh, you're such a pain sometimes." Liz got up and went to get her son.
"I thought Jimmy was gonna watch him today. Where the hell is the jerk?"
"Do you mind not calling my son's father names?" Liz asked as she returned with Jess.
"It's not like I'm lying. The guy's a jerk."
"Whatever. You have a guest."
"Huh?" Luke turned his head and saw Lorelai.
"Hi," she smiled.
"Lorelai, you're here. Liz, why didn't you wake me up?"
"And face you like that? Gee Luke, I don't know," Liz said sarcastically.
"I'm gonna get ready real quick and we'll leave." Luke went inside to take a quick shower and get dressed. Fifteen minutes later, he walked out of the house in his usual clothes. "Ready to go?"
"Yup," Lorelai replied. "Bye Liz, Carrie. It was nice meeting you."
"You too," Liz said.
Luke put his hand on Lorelai's lower backand led her to his truck, opening her door and helping her in before getting in the driver's seat. "I see you've met Crazy Carrie," he said with a chuckle.
"Yeah. What's her deal anyway?" Lorelai asked.
"She's got a thing for me and goes crazy when she sees me talking to a girl. She tends to make up stories too. If anyone ever tells you I made out or did anything inappropriate with her behind the bleachers during a football game, it's a lie."
"Duly noted."
"I have more respect for women to take them behind bleachers to do something…"
"Dirty?"
"Yeah."
"I don't like her."
"That makes two of us."
Fifteen minutes later, Luke pulled into a dirt field where a nearby barn was lit by firelight and music filled the distant air. Luke and Lorelai headed toward the festivities and were greeted by Jackson, Sookie, Kevin, Sarah, Andrew, and Kirk.
"Look who decided to show up," Kevin smirked. "And lookie at who he brought."
"Don't read too much into it smart ass," Luke said. "I'm escorting Lorelai to the party."
"Escorting? Full service?"
"Kev, you're being crude again," Sarah warned. "Sorry about him Lorelai. He's getting tipsy."
"It's ok," Lorelai said.
"We'll let you boys have fun. Sookie, Lorelai, let's get a drink that won't give us a hangover."
Lorelai looked over at Luke. "Go ahead," he said. "I'll catch up with you later."
Sarah linked arms with Sookie and Lorelai and they headed toward the barn. Luke was surprised how comfortable Sarah and Lorelai felt around each other. He would have figured Sarah would hold a vendetta against the woman that was rumored to be the reason he and her cousin had broken up. Once the girls were in the barn, the guys decided to question Luke about Lorelai. They hounded him with questions, certain there was more to the story than he was letting up. Just when they thought he was going to crack, Luke caught a glimpse of something he certainly wasn't ready to see. It was Rachel…with another guy. It'd been nearly two weeks since they broke up and she was already seeing someone else and it broke Luke's heart. He'd been replaced. Now he knew how she must have felt hearing about him and Lorelai. Kevin, Jackson, Andrew, and Kirk saw what Luke did and they honestly felt sorry for their friend.
Kevin put his hand on Luke's shoulder. "I'm sorry man," he said.
"About what?" Luke asked, pretending he didn't know what Kevin was talking about. But the hurt in his voice said otherwise.
"You don't have to pretend with us man," Jackson added. "We know you loved her. It must hurt like hell to see her with another man."
"That's only half of it," Luke sighed.
Bootsy returned to his group of friends after being turned down and away by Lorelai Gilmore. "She turned you down didn't she?" Trent Doose mocked.
"Shut up," Bootsy growled. "She'll hang around a loser like Butch, but she turns all of us down."
"She probably feels sorry for him," Ivan Gleason remarked. Ivan was Kevin's younger brother and Kirk's older. No one really knew why he hated Luke, they just knew he did.
Bootsy spotted Rachel and her date in the distance. He turned to see a devastated Luke drinking his way to oblivion. He had an idea. A sick idea. "Hey guys," he said. "I got a plan."
While Luke drowned his troubles in José Cuervo and using beer as his chaser, Bootsy and his pals decided if Lorelai wasn't going to loosen up, they'd do it for her. They'd create diversions and spiked her drinks while she, Sookie, and Sarah was distracted. Their mission was to get Lorelai to leave with one of them. Two hours and half a bottle of whiskey later, Lorelai was wasted. She could barely stand and laughed at everything. Meanwhile, Luke was sitting on a bench by himself working on another beer. He lost count of how many he had- he stopped counting after ten rounds. He was drunk, but still had the mind capacity to know what was going on.
"Ok Lorelai, stay here," Sookie said as she sat her friend next to Luke.
"What's going on?" Andrew asked as he pried the empty bottle of scotch in Luke's hand.
"Someone did something to Lorelai," Sarah replied with a sigh. She gathered the group and took a few steps away from Luke and Lorelai. "Someone spiked Lorelai's drink. We have to find out who it was before Luke realizes she didn't get drunk on her own. He'll figure it out and he'll end up killing someone."
"Ok guys, time to play detective," Kevin sighed. They told Lorelai and Luke they'd be right back and left the two drunken people alone.
Luke turned his head and stared at Lorelai. She felt his eyes on her and stared back at him. Their eyes locked. "Your eyes are really pretty," she said honestly.
"So are yours," he said.
She moved closer to him and kissed his cheek. Then his other cheek. His nose. She kissed every part of his face, but his lips. She nibbled on his ear before moving to his neck. The kisses trailed down to his collar bone. He wanted to kiss her. God did he want to kiss her, but not like this. Not when he was drunk. Not when she was drunk. Hell, she probably didn't know what she was doing. But he did. Her hand found it's way to his thigh. He had to put an end to this before it went too far.
"Lorelai," he said, trying to regain composure. She kept kissing him, so he put his hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her back. "We have to stop."
"Why?" she asked. Yeah. She was definitely drunk.
"Lorelai, you're drunk."
Her hand traveled inward. "And you're horny."
There was no denying that fact. Luke shut his eyes tightly when he felt her hard graze over his hardness. That's all it took for him. All sensibility he possessed was gone now. He knew it was wrong, but he couldn't stop himself. He pulled back to stand and pull her to her feet. He took her by the hand and led her to his truck.
Kevin, Sarah, Jackson, Sookie, Andrew, and Kirk returned just in time to see Luke and Lorelai get into his truck.
"What are they doing?" Sarah asked in shock.
"It looks like they're leaving," Kirk replied.
"I know that stupid! I meant why! They're drunk!"
"Oh no," Kevin gasped when he realized what was going to happen- what Luke and Lorelai had in mind. Without a word, he darted off in chase of the truck. "No! Luke! Don't do this! Stop!"
He was too late. They were gone and about to make a big mistake.
Next time on "The Broken Road": I want this next chapter to be a surprise so I won't do a preview. Ok. Just one. Lol. Let's just say Lorelai wakes up to more than just a hang over.
A/N: I know you all probably hate the way drunk Luke and drunk Lorelai act. It doesn't really sound like them, but that's the point of being drunk right? Not being yourself. To be honest, I didn't even expect them to turn out like this, but I'm gonna run with it anyway. And you'll be hearing more about Ivan Gleason later on.
