Kiss with Open Eyes
Chapter 11: Judy's Wearing His Ring
Disclaimer: You know it's not mine.
Summary: Stars Hollow was a lovely town, everything about it fascinated her. Especially the man in the backwards baseball cap, standing behind the counter at Luke's diner. She wasn't sure what it was exactly, but it was definitely something.
A/N: Hey guys, what's up?
Well, it's snowing like crazy here and we got out of school an hour early. And since the roads are so bad, nobody is doing anything after school, which means I am at home and bored. Therefore, you get an update! Aren't you lucky?
OK… Spoilers at the bottom… they're pretty good, too. A few are a little old, but I just thought I'd post um anyways.
Anyway…
The last two weeks felt like they had gone by in slow motion. Chris had been home for the most part, and Lorelai had been doing her best to avoid him. Luckily, Lorelai had a lot of excuses to get out of the house.
Sookie's party had been keeping her pretty busy. Jackson had her doing all kinds of errands. She had a long list of questions that she had to casually ask Sookie, which was harder than it seemed. How are you supposed to casually ask her what kind of breadcrumbs she best likes on salmon? Jackson also had her picking up the decorations for the party and stashing them all over town, which was also harder than it sounded. Stars Hollow was a small town, and $150 worth of decorations would not go unnoticed, not even by Sookie. Then, there was also the issue of music. She was in charge of finding out some of Sookie's favorite bands and passing on the list to Lane.
It wasn't like she minded doing all of this stuff. She couldn't handle being around Christopher for long amounts of time, and it gave her an excuse to leave.
That, and the fact that since Rory had made some friends in the Hollow, she wanted to go there a lot more. Her and Lane had become really good friends very fast, and her and Dean, well, they were becoming something.
Lorelai had been doing her best to pretend like nothing was wrong. She was doing all she could to prevent Chris from being suspicious of anything. She wasn't ready to deal with any of it yet. She wasn't ready to tell him that she had given up. She wasn't ready to disappoint him, or Rory. She just wasn't ready. So, she pretended like she was trying. She smiled at him, she didn't pull her hand away when he reached for it, she didn't tell him she was too tired when he wanted to have sex, she kissed him goodbye, she laughed when he made a joke, she asked how his day was, she just kept pretending.
It was easier this way. She didn't feel as guilty this way. Because he looked happy, and that made her feel a little bit better. At least he wasn't miserable anymore, even if she was. And it wasn't very hard to do this pretending thing. They had been doing it for their entire marriage. Only now, he wasn't doing it.
But, she was doing her best to forget about Christopher. She was pretending. She was pretending like everything was OK, and all she cared about was if Sookie wanted Toy Story plates or Lady and the Tramp ones.
It was just easier that way. It was just easier to forget.
"Mmm… this is so good." Rory cooed as the girls sat on the couch, with take-out and a movie.
"Like a food-gasm." Lorelai said.
Rory laughed, but then got serious again. "Hey, what time did Dad leave today?"
"9." Lorelai replied.
"It was nice having him around these past few weeks… It's been a while since he's been home for that long." Rory said.
"Yeah." Lorelai said, giving her appreciative smile.
"He's coming back on Sunday, right?"
"Yep. 4 days." Lorelai said.
"Are you picking him up at the airport?" Rory asked.
"Umm… probably not, sweets." Lorelai said.
"How come?" Rory asked.
"You know I'm planning Sookie's party… Jackson has basically put me in charge of everything… and on top of that, I have to make sure he doesn't go into a coma or something. He's so stressed out."
"But the party's on Saturday, Mom."
"I know."
"Dad's coming home on Sunday."
"Well yeah, but you're staying over Lane's and I'm probably going to stay at Sookie's or something… Dad's plane comes in the morning."
"Oh yeah… Mrs. Kim is making her speciality." Rory said, with disgust.
"I'm afraid to ask." Lorelai said.
"Tofurkey."
"Ew." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, but I'm just planning on eating at the party, and then I'll just spit the tofurkey into a napkin or something."
Lorelai nodded. "Are you going to see Dean?"
"Hopefully." Rory smiled.
Lorelai nodded. "And how are Lane and Todd?"
"Oh, they're over." Rory said.
"Were they even together?" Lorelai asked.
"For about 15 seconds." Rory said.
"What happened?" Lorelai asked.
"Todd opened his mouth." Rory explained.
"Ah." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, now I think she's in love with Roy."
"Well, she seemed to get over Todd pretty fast."
Rory nodded, and took a bite of food.
"You know, you could invite Lane over here sometime… I could talk to Mrs. Kim. She could stay the night." Lorelai said.
"OK." Rory said.
"Maybe you could take her to Madeline's party next weekend." Lorelai offered.
"Maybe." Rory said.
"What time is it?" Lorelai asked.
"2." Rory replied.
"Crap. I gotta go."
"Stars Hollow? I'm coming! Lane's going to lend me London Calling."
"Should I stay or should I go?" Lorelai sang, as she grabbed her purse and the girls headed towards the door.
"Lorelai! The watermelon has been covered in ketchup and shipped the Mexico!" Kirk called to Lorelai, as the girls walked down the street.
"What?" Rory asked.
"Kirk, what did I tell you about talking in secret code?"
"But Lorelai, the clown says he wants to take chemistry with a lemon."
"Kirk." Lorelai said sternly.
"But it's fun." He whined.
"Kirk, no one knows what you're talking about."
"Well, if they just read the index cards I gave them, then they would."
"Nobody has time for that, Kirk."
"It's very easy to remember! See, Sookie is Baker's Man… because it comes from Patty cake, and that has to do with baking… and Sookie is a chef." Kirk explained, and Rory looked amused, while Lorelai sighed. "And Jackson is Clown because he grows vegetables and clowns can juggle vegetables. See? It's a piece of cake."
"Kirk, stop with the code." Lorelai said.
Kirk pouted. "Fine." He said. "Jackson said to meet him at Luke's in an hour." He said, before walking away.
"Wow." Rory said.
"Yeah… C'mon." Lorelai said, leading her daughter to Luke's.
They walked in and sat down at an empty table. "Hmm… I'm hungry." Lorelai said.
"Me too… I didn't even get to finish my Chinese food."
"I think I'll get a cheeseburger."
"Me too." Rory said.
"What do these say to you!" Luke asked them, holding out some napkin holders. He was obviously very frustrated. The girls guessed it probably had something to do with Taylor.
"They say, I'm square, be my friend." Lorelai giggled.
Luke rolled his eyes. "Taylor is trying to get me to buy different ones… He says these give off a bad vibe about the town. They're just damn napkin holders! They don't say anything!"
"Well, someone forgot to take their happy pills this morning." Lorelai said.
"Sorry." Luke said. "Cheeseburger?" Luke asked, overhearing some of their conversation.
"Eavesdropping there, Luke?" Lorelai asked.
"I was standing right over there… I can't help it if you talk loud."
She rolled her eyes. "Cheeseburgers… no lettuce… no onions… no pickles either… or tomatoes." She asked, digging through her purse.
"So basically, you don't want anything with any nutritional value."
"Hey, he's catching on." Lorelai said to Rory.
"You learn quick, Grasshopper." Rory said, bowing her head.
"Ah! Found them!" Lorelai said, pulling out a bag of cookies from her purse.
"Oh, cookies." Rory said, reaching for a few.
"You two are disgusting." Luke said.
"Want one?" Lorelai smiled.
"I'm trying to make it to my 35th birthday, thank you."
"Suit yourself." Rory said.
Lorelai held up the half vanilla, half chocolate, cookie for Luke to see. "See Luke, cookies are good. Not only do they taste amazing, they also teach you such valueable lessons." Lorelai said.
"Jeez." Luke said, already knowing a stupid conversation was coming on.
"See, the key to eating this cookie, is to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing goes better together than chocolate and vanilla do. And yet, somehow the world still has so many issues with race… You know, black people, white people… albino people… If only people would look to this cookie, all the world's problems would be solved."
Luke shook his head, and walked towards the counter.
"Don't forget coffee! And fries!" Lorelai called after him.
"Lorelai!" Jackson called.
"Oh hey Jackson." Lorelai said.
"Lorelai! Baker's Man is eating the Q-Tip!" Jackson said, collapsing on a seat at the table.
"Oh God, I told Kirk to stop with that damn code!"
"She knows, Lorelai. She knows!" Jackson said. He had huge circles under his eyes, and his hair was sticking up. His shirt was on backwards and he had on two different kinds of shoes.
"Jackson, are you OK?"
"She knows! She knows about the party!"
"What?"
"I think she's catching on!" Jackson said. "Don't you understand that? The plan is ruined! Ruined, ruined, ruined… I failed and now Sookie won't have a good birthday."
"Jackson, c'mon… Sookie's birthday is going to be amazing. And she doesn't know… just calm down."
"Yeah, yeah… OK." Jackson said, looking like he was about to pass out.
"Jackson, you really should try and get some rest." Lorelai said.
"Rest… Rest is good." He said, laying his head down on the table, and falling asleep instantly.
"Well, that was fun." Lorelai said.
"Is he going to be OK?" Rory asked.
"Oh yeah, he'll be fine."
"Are you sure? Look at him." Rory said, flicking his hair.
"He just needs some sleep… and a shower… and some Old Spice or something… God." Lorelai said, plugging her nose.
"Maybe we should throw him in the lake?" Rory said, plugging her nose.
"No, he's too heavy."
"Cheeseburger, and coffee." Luke said, placing their food down on the table. "What's up with him?" He asked, pointing to Jackson.
"Hey, maybe Luke could do it." Rory suggested.
"Do what?" He asked.
"Luke…" Lorelai said, batting her eyelashes.
"Aw jeez." Luke said, already worried about what was coming.
"Smell him." Lorelai said.
"I don't want to smell him."
"He stinks." Rory said.
"Wanna throw him in the lake?" Lorelai asked, sweetly. "Of course, then you'll probably end up smelling him… and boy, I really don't think he's showered in a while." Lorelai said. "Hey, Kirk could use that for his soda winning contest… How long has it been since Jackson showered?"
"I'm betting it was 1996."
"Ah, the year of the Tickle-Me-Elmo." Lorelai smiled.
"OK, I'm leaving… Put some napkins next to his mouth or something, incase he drools." Luke said.
"Well, I would, but your napkin depensers give off a bad vibe." Lorelai giggled.
Luke rolled his eyes and walked away.
"I'll be right back." Lorelai said, starting to stand up.
"You're leaving me with him?" Rory asked.
"Just 5 seconds, I promise." Lorelai said.
"One Mississippi… Two Mississippi…"
Lorelai rolled her eyes and walked up to the counter, where Luke was wiping the counter.
"Hey." She said.
"More coffee?" He asked, eyeing her skeptically.
"Surprisingly, no." Lorelai said, tilting her head.
"It's a miracle." Luke said, sarcastically. Lorelai sat down at the counter.
"You're going to Sookie's party tomorrow night, right?" Lorelai asked. "I'm in charge of the guest list… Plus just about everything else… But yeah, you coming?"
"I don't know, I'm kind of busy tomorrow."
"Doing what?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't know… stuff… I'm running a business here, I'm a busy man." He said.
"You got nothing." Lorelai said, and Luke sighed. "Please come, Luke? It's Sookie's birthday… It'd mean a lot to her." Lorelai persuaded.
"Yeah, OK." He said. "I'll go for a little bit."
"Great, then I will just check you off the list." She said, smiling and standing up.
"Great."
"I think that was the best hamburger I've ever had." Rory said, as the girls walked out of the diner.
"What about the one we had last Tuesday?" Lorelai asked.
"Nope, I think this beats it."
"Wow." Lorelai said.
"Hey, what happened to Kirk?" Rory asked, pointing towards him. He was covered in silver glitter and rainbow confetti.
"Kirk, are you OK?"
"I accidently tripped and fell into the bag with all the glitter and confetti in it." He said.
"What's the glitter for?" Lorelai asked.
"Oh, it was Pattie's idea. She thought we could throw it on Sookie when she arrives… Like when people get married, people throw rice on them… Only it's Sookie's birthday and we're throwing glitter on her. Sookie likes glitter. But I think she likes rice, too… Hm…" Kirk said.
Lorelai laughed.
"He's like a glitterati." Lorelai said.
"What's that?" Kirk asked.
"Someone who glitters." Rory told him matter-of-factly.
Kirk started to brush himself off. "I think I'm more of a rice man." He said.
"OK, Kirk." Lorelai laughed.
"Lorelai! Rory!" Lane called.
"Hey Lane." Rory said.
"Whatcha got there?" Lorelai asked.
"A list of my entire CD collection… Now, I replaced all of the CD covers with ones that my mother would approve of… You know, religious albums, my mother's favorite Koren's authors, bible readings… basically anything that says God, Jesus, Pray, Lord or has something in Korean that is G rated."
"Imagine… Nirvana being replaced with Joy to the World: Celebrate Christ's Life." Lorelai said.
"Hmm… I don't think I can."
"Oh c'mon, little blue engine, I know you can pull the stranded train up the mountain." Lorelai said.
"Aww… The Little Engine that Could… that brings me back."
"You loved that story. You had it memorized by the time you were three… that's when I was sure you were a genius." Lorelai said, lovingly.
"Alright, here's the list… I have to get back to my house before my mother notices that I'm gone… Just give them to me by tonight. If my mother answers the door tell her that you're just returning the notes you borrowed from me… Or you could just strap the paper to a rock and I'll open my window… Whichever is easier."
"Uh… the first one?" Rory questioned.
"Bye!" Lane called, already halfway across the street.
"I like her." Lorelai declared, and Rory laughed.
"Hey Lor."
"Hey."
"Were you asleep? I wasn't sure if this was too late."
"No, I was just reading."
"Anything good?"
"Um… The Idiot Box." She said.
"What does Rob have for us this week?" He asked.
"Well man, you're in luck. Beavis and Butt-head." Lorelai said.
"The twenty-first-century marketplace you're going to enter will be a global electronic village." Chris said, mockingly.
"Huh, you said enter." Lorelai imitated, and they both laughed. See, this is what Chris and her always did well. They were friends. They could laugh, they could make jokes, they could be happy… one of them just had to be a few thousand millions away.
"Hey, did you know that they are leaving out 'Sperm Bank' in the DVD?" Lorelai asked.
"Seriously?"
"Yes!" Lorelai said.
"What are they thinking?"
"Who knows." Lorelai said, flipping a few pages, and resting the phone on her shoulder. "Kevin Federline wants your kitty." She said.
"What?"
"I don't know, that's what it says."
"Right." Chris said.
"So why'd you call?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't know. I missed you." He said.
She winced. It was times like these where she couldn't deal with it. Where pretending got to be too hard.
"Yeah, me too." She said, as convincing as she could.
"Is Rory asleep?" He asked.
"Yeah, she passed out the second her heard hit the pillow."
"What'd you guys do today?" He asked.
"Oh, we went to Stars Hollow."
"Oh, of course." He said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.
"What?"
"Oh, of course." She mimicked him.
"It's supposed to be that I should have assumed that's where you went, since you are always there." He said, trying his best to stay calm.
"I'm planning Sookie's party!" She defended herself.
"Yeah, you're planning the whole damn thing." Chris said, frustrated.
"So? She's my friend."
"Well, doesn't she have any other friends that can help you?" He asked.
"Hey!" She said, not liking how he was talking about Sookie. "I'm just doing something nice for her… and everyone else she knows… well, they have lives, and jobs, and stuff that takes up some of their time… And me? I don't have a job… not a real one anyway. I work for the DAR once or twice a week, whopp-di-freaking-doo."
"Lorelai…"
"So, I figure… Hey, since I'm not doing anything else, why don't I help out?"
"Well, what about Rory?" He asked.
"What about her?" She asked.
"She still needs you. She still needs your attention and your time… but your always there." He said.
"Hey, I see her way more than you do, Chris. I still see her every single day. I talk to her, I know what's going on her life, and school, I know the names of her teachers and her friends… I still give her attention and time. But she doesn't need me as much anymore, and I have a little vacany in my attention/time box."
"Well, what about me?" He yelled.
"Your never even here!" She yelled.
"Maybe because whenever I am there, you're not." He accused.
"Oh, don't even…" She said, even though, deep down, she knew how true that was.
"What? It's not very far off, Lorelai. I was there for two fucking weeks, and I saw you for about 20 minutes in the morning, and sometimes, if I stayed up late enough, I'd see you for an hour or two at night. What the hell is going on?" He asked.
"I'm just doing something nice for Sookie!" She said.
"Yeah, whatever, I'll see you on Sunday."
"I'm counting down the days!" She said sarcastically, before hanging up.
She sighed, and looked around her room. Then, without any warning, tears just started trickling down her cheeks.
It was the night of the party and everything was going smoothly so far. Just about everyone in town had showed up, which wasn't a surprise, because what else would they be doing anyway? A few of Sookie's relatives flew in, and some of her old friends did, too.
Jackson and Sookie were supposed to arrive any minute. 'LA Women' by the Doors was blasting through speakers that were set up beside the gazebo, and Kirk had just about gotten all the glitter out of his hair. She finally convinced him to give up on that whole idea, by giving him a Crunch bar and promising him how to swim.
"They're here! They're here!" Miss Pattie yelled, and the whole square got dark, and the music stopped.
"Jackson, what are we doing?" Sookie asked him.
"C'mon." He urged her.
"But why are we-"
"Surprise!" Everyone in town yelled, and Sookie freaked out.
Lorelai watched as she laughed and kissed Jackson. She talked to Miss Pattie and Babette for a few seconds, before Lorelai saw Jackson point at her. She knew he was telling Sookie how much she had done for her party, and Sookie smiled at her and put her hand over her heart, giving her an appreciative glance. Lorelai nodded, and Sookie went around to talk to her other guests and some of her old friends.
The square was so beautiful. Kirk really had done a nice job with the decorations. There were Christmas lights on every single tree, and it light up the square perfectly. The glitter that was left from Kirk's accident, sparkled all over the ground, and made everything seem so magical. 'How Beautiful You Are' by the Cure played through the stereos and Lorelai watched as people started dancing.
"Hey." He said, coming up from behind her.
She turned to face him and smiled. "Nice of you to show."
"Yeah, well I did promise… and it's for Sookie, so you know."
"Yeah." She nodded, and turned to watch everything around her. "This is nice." She said.
"What?" He asked, not hearing what she said.
"This is nice." She said a little bit louder, and turning her head to look at him. She was a lot closer than she realized, and quickly turned back.
"Yeah, in a 'it's Play-Doh day at the mental hospital,' sure, it's nice." Luke said.
Lorelai turned around again, stepping back a little, so they weren't so close. She smiled and playfully hit him on the chest, and he laughed.
"Yeah, it's nice." He told her, gazing at her blue eyes that seemed to sparkle even more in this light.
If you were to look up 'moment' in the dictionary, there would probably be a picture of these two people. They were gazing at each other for what felt like forever, surrounded by beautiful lights, glitter, flowers, and the dancing townspeople.
But, as it always seemed to go, they were interrupted.
"Lorelai!" Sookie called. Lorelai spun around and hugged her friend.
"Hey, happy birthday!"
"Thanks." Sookie smiled. "Hey Luke." She said.
"Hey Sookie, happy birthday." He nodded.
"Thanks, Luke." She said, and turned back to Lorelai. "I can't believe you did all of this for me."
"Hey, it was nothing." Lorelai said.
"It's something." Sookie nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem." Lorelai said. "Now go. Enjoy your party… Dance with your wonderful boyfriend who planned this all for you. Have fun."
"Bye!" Sookie called. "Bye Luke!"
"Are you sure you ate enough?" Lorelai asked her daughter.
"Yeah, I'm not going to eat for weeks." Rory said.
"Or tomorrow." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, whichever." Rory laughed.
"Be good, OK?" Lorelai said.
"I will, Mom." Rory said. "Tell Sookie happy birthday again for me."
"Will do." Lorelai nodded. "And hey Lane, thanks for being the DJ, I really appreciated it."
"Oh, thanks for letting me! It was awesome."
"Who's taking over for you?" Lorelai asked.
"Kirk." Lane said.
Just then, the song changed, and Lorelai sighed. "Kirk." She said, rolling her eyes, and shaking her head.
"I'll take you to the candy shop. I'll let you like the lollypop. Go 'head girl, don't you stop. Keep going till you hit the spot."
"Wow." Lorelai sighed.
"Bye Mom. Should I call you tomorrow, or what?"
"Nah, let's just meet at Luke's." Lorelai said.
"What time?"
"10?"
"OK, bye." Rory said, kissing her mother on the cheek, and leaving.
Lorelai turned around and bumped into Luke. "Oh sorry." She said.
"What is this crap?" He asked.
"Kirk." She said, simply, and Luke headed over to the DJ booth.
"Oh, this should be good." Lorelai, trying to keep up with him.
"Kirk!" Luke yelled.
"What?" He asked, head banging to the music.
"Kirk! Turn that off!" Luke yelled.
"I like it!" Kirk argued.
"Turn it off!" Luke ordered.
"No!" He yelled back.
"Kirk, turn it off or… I don't know, I'll poison your food!" He said.
"You wouldn't." Kirk said.
"How do you know?" He asked.
"I could sue you!" Kirk argued.
"You'd be dead. Lawyers aren't allowed in heaven."
Kirk pouted. "My mother would be really mad."
"Kirk! She'd probably thank me!" Luke yelled. "Now turn that damn thing off."
"Fine." Kirk pouted, switching the song to 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd. "You're as mean as the Mean Girls!" Kirk shouted.
"Oh, good one." Lorelai said, sarcastically.
"Yeah? Well at least I don't have a purse!" Luke yelled and Lorelai laughed.
"It's not a purse! It's European!" Kirk said, and Luke and Lorelai started to walk away.
"Oh my God, Luke, that was hilarious." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, well." Luke shrugged.
"Man, I wish Rory could have seen that. I wish I had a video camera or something. I mean, did you see Kirk's face? Oh my God, that was priceless."
"Yeah, well, I got to get back to the diner."
"Oh, OK." Lorelai said.
"See you later?"
"Yeah, later."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Lorelai watched him leave, and turned around to walk back towards the square and talk to a few people.
She walked back to a small crowd of people standing by a picnic table.
"When I was little, I wanted to be John Lenon." Taylor slurred.
"Is he drunk?" Lorelai whispered to Gypsy.
"Hell yeah." She said.
"Who would have thought that behind that sweater vest and 75 cent cologne, Taylor had a bad side?" Lorelai said.
"Oh he doesn't… He was annoying me and I slipped a little in his drink. Who knew he was such a lightweight?"
"Gypsy, will you marry me?" Lorelai joked, and Gypsy laughed. "Where is that damn video camera when I need one?"
"Why hello Lorelai." Taylor said.
"Hey Taylor, how are you?" Lorelai asked.
"Why, I'm fine… this morning I played ping pong with Maggie from register 2… and then I helped my niece set up her Barbie Dream house… it has an elevator and everything, did you know that?"
"Learn a new thing everyday." Lorelai laughed.
"What did you want to be when you were little, Suga?" Babette asked, hitting her arm lightly. Yeah, she had a little too much to drink, too.
"Well, I always wanted to be a professional Cinderella at Disney World." Lorelai said, and they all burst out in laughter.
"She's so funny, isn't she funny?" Babette asked.
"And beautiful, too… Look at those eyes." Pattie said.
"It's too bad she's married, huh Pattie?" Babette asked.
"Yeah… Her and Luke would be perfect for each other… Think of their kids." Pattie said.
"His butt, her eyes… I'd do 'em." Babette said.
Lorelai laughed nervously and started backing away. "Well guys, it's been nice, but I better get going… I um, promised Kirk I'd help him rinse the rest of the glitter out of his hair."
"Bye doll!" Babette waved, spilling some of her drink in the process. "Oops." She said.
Lorelai walked away, and intended on going to talk to Sookie, but she decided it against it when she saw her and Jackson off in the corner together. She looked around, and spotted Luke wiping down the counter in the diner.
Hey, why not?
"So, I believe this was a very successful night." Lorelai said, as she walked into the empty diner.
"You know, that closed sign is up for a reason." He said.
"When will you learn." She sighed, as she took a seat. "A stupid sign is not going to deprive me of my Luke's coffee.'
He smiled. "It's in the storage room." He told her, and she froze. The storage room, her dream, oh God. She decided against following him in, and sat still at the counter.
"She looked happy, didn't she?" Lorelai asked when Luke returned, trying to make things go back to normal.
"Yeah, she did." He said, sliding the cup of coffee to her.
Lorelai nodded and took a sip of coffee. How did he make it so good?
"So, uh, are you busy or anything?" She asked.
"No, why?"
"I don't know… I'm bored… Everyone out there is either drunk off their mind, or doing dirty things in the woods."
"What?"
"I don't know. Wanna play cards or something?" She asked.
"Sure, they're upstairs." He told her, and started going towards the curtain.
"Right." She said, getting up and following him. Every single bone in her body told her not to follow him up there, but she continued walking up the steps, and soon enough, she was standing in his apartment again.
"So, what are we playing?" Luke asked, already sitting on the couch and shuffling the cards. She sat beside him, but was careful not to sit very close.
"Whatever you want." She shrugged.
"Gin?" He asked.
She looked up at him with that 'deer in head lights' sort of look. But when she realized he was asking about the card game and not if she wanted to get drunk off her mind again and possibly have sex with him again, she swallowed a choked out a "Yeah sure." She nodded, and he started dealing the cards. She watched as he dealt, and the room was completely quite, except for the talking outside.
"They are so smashed." Lorelai said, looking out the window.
"Yeah." Luke said, looking at his cards.
"Even Taylor."
"Really?" Luke asked.
"Yup. Gypsy spiked his drink."
"Well, she's getting free breakfast tomorrow." Luke said, and Lorelai laughed. Lorelai glanced out the window and watched as Pattie, Babette and Taylor laughed hysterically at something. Andrew was dancing beside them, and Gypsy was sitting at the picnic table. Bootsie was laughing at Taylor, and trying to avoid Pattie, as she stuck the tip of her heels up his pant leg.
She couldn't get what they said, out of her mind. Luke and her… They said they should be together. They should be together. Lorelai sighed. And that dream… that stupid dream. Why wasn't she wearing her ring? She couldn't stop thinking about it… and before she even realized it, things were spilling out of her mouth
"Hey Luke?" She asked, putting down a card.
"Yeah?" He asked, not even looking up.
"Do you think… if I wasn't married… you know… things could be… we could be… things would have… could have… been different?" She said, stumbling with her words. He was looking up at her now, and he seemed to know what she was thinking.
"Maybe." He answered, and she looked up at him, meeting his gaze. The way he was looking at her, made her feel lightheaded, and she couldn't think. His gaze was almost hypnotizing, and she couldn't look away.
"Because I… really… I-" She heard herself say, but was interrupted by his lips on hers.
It surprised her at first, but she happily kissed him back, running her fingers down his shoulders. His were on her hips, and she ran her fingers through his hair, and then began lightly pushing him down. She was eventually lying on top of him, thoughts of the card game had completely left the building.
The second his lips touched hers she knew she was gone.
He kissed her and she started pretending again. Pretending that this was OK, that she could be doing this, that her husband wasn't going to be waiting for her at home the next morning, that the ring on her finger wasn't a wedding ring, that nothing was wrong about this, that it was innocent, that it wasn't really happening, that it was only another stupid dream, that it was just her and Luke and no baggage, that everything was OK, that they could be together.
They should be together.
Pretending was always just so much easier.
So, hey guys… I don't mean to sound like a bitch or anything, but I'm not getting too many reviews for this anymore. I got 10 for the last chapter… It was 22 pages, and all I got was 10 reviews? I understand it was a filler chapter and not that interesting… but I just want to make sure people are still reading this and liking it…
So yes, please review.
Oh, and some lovely spoilers for your reading pleasure… pretty good ones if I do say so myself… yes.
SPOILERS (DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED)
Jess is coming back for another episode this season… and it's for Luke.
The Brokeback Mountain spoiler was just a mix up. Someone had or is going to have an affair with a girl named Walker, which was the name of the guy on Brokeback Mountain. So, no one is gay.
6.15 is called A Vineyard Valentine. Rory and Logan invite Luke and Lorelai to Logan's house on Martha's Vineyard. Luke doesn't act nice towards Logan, which upsets Lorelai. Then Luke's attitude changes when he realizes he forgot to buy a Valentine's Day present for Lorelai, and Logan saves the day.
Lorelai finally tells Luke she's worried the wedding will never happen. He assures her they'll get married soon.
The episode ends in an ugly scene when Logan's father arrives.
Doyle tries to kiss Rory in 6.16. She doesn't kiss him back. Also in that episode, Lorelai fires Cesar. She is still wearing the ring
There's a cast notice for Grandmother Kim.
And that's all folks. I love the Jess thing. I loved him with Rory earlier this season, and making her go back to Yale. Maybe Jess goes to help Luke with April or Lorelai… or maybe… he's the best man at Luke's wedding? I hope it's the latter.
But anyway…
Dooo dooo dooo
La la la la
Fa la la la
Doody doo doo
So… preview for next week?
Alright.
Next Chapter:
Pull This Thread as I Walk Away: Everyone has questions, and no one seems to have the answers. Rory wants to know why they can't eat at Luke's the next morning. Sookie wants to know why Lorelai didn't come over last night, and decides to ask Luke about it. Christopher wants to know what the hell is going on with his wife. But, what is anyone supposed to say? … Lorelai doesn't know, so she goes to Luke for some answers.
And please review. Thank you.