Fate: Part 1

Section 1: Just Friends

Chapter 5

Lorelai Meets The Townies

Disclaimer: I don't own nothing, but I wished I did.

A loud ring let out through the small cold room. Lorelai immediately awoke and sat straight up.

"Aaaaahhhhh."

She shoved the small blanket off of her and got out of bed. She stumbled to the phone and picked it up.

"What do you want?" Lorelai grumbled frustrated.

"Nice greeting."

"Luke...Sorry."

"It's fine. What are you up to today?"

Lorelai picked up her brush and brushed through her curly brown hair.

"I was going to do pretty much...nothing."

"I could show you around town, you know introduce you to the townies, even though after you meet them you'll want to leave."

Lorelai laughed at what Luke said. She gently sat on the cot.

"If you don't want to that's fine."

"Yeah." Lorelai replied smiling. "Maybe you could show me where some grocery store is?"

"We really don't have a grocery store."

"You have to be kidding."

"Nope." Luke replied laughing. "I told you this town was weird."

"More like a Stephen King novel."

"Well then how about I pick you up in an hour?"

"Give me an extra 15 minutes."

"So an hour and 15 minutes and I'll be there."

"Ok."

"Bye Lorelai."

"Bye Luke."

An hour later Luke pulled up in front of the potting shed. Lorelai rushed to the window and peered out. I thought I told him an extra 15 minutes. Lorelai shook her head and went back to fixing her hair.

Luke glanced at the clock. 14 more minutes. Luke leaned his seat back and flipped on the radio. He closes his eyes and drums his fingers against the steering wheel.

Lorelai walked out of the potting shed 20 minutes later with Rory in tow. She got to Luke's truck and peeked in. There Luke laid asleep in the truck. A smile crept across her face. She tapped the window. Luke shot up and his baseball cap fell into the floorboard.

"Crap." Luke grabbed his hat and opened the door.

"Sorry for scaring you." Lorelai laughed.

"Are you ready to go?"

"I just have to drop Rory off at the inn then we can go."

Lorelai headed towards the inn with Luke behind her. She pulled open the front door and stepped inside. Luke shut the door behind them.

"Mia!" Lorelai called out. "I'm here with Rory..."

"And Luke." Luke yelled.

"Lucas? Lorelai?" Mia called from somewhere in the back.

"Mia?" Lorelai started towards the kitchen when Mia came rushing out. "You said you would watch Rory while Luke showed me around."

"Yes. How are you Lucas?"

"Good." Luke hugged Mia.

"We need to be going." Lorelai said handing Rory to Mia.

"Yes...yes." Mia took Rory from Lorelai. "Go on."

"Thanks Mia."

Luke opened the door and a blast of cold air filled the room. Lorelai pulled her coat closer to her and left out.

"I know it's cold, but we'll see a lot more if we walk."

"Oh...um...sure."

Lorelai and Luke started down the road towards the main street. As they walked around Lorelai awed and awed about the trees or the buildings or even the people. Luke just smiled and pointed out the different stores.

"And over there is Gypsy's." Luke pointed out Gypsy's Auto Shop. "Gypsy is 17. Her dad owns the shop and when Gypsy was born he named it after her."

"Is she nice?"

"Yeah I guess." Luke sighed. "She's friends of my sister Liz so I kinda have to like her."

"You have a sister?" Lorelai turned to Luke shocked.

"Yeah."

"How old is she?"

"17."

"And you said her name is Liz?"

"Elizabeth."

"And do you two get along?"

"Sometimes."

"Is she anything like you?"

"What's with the twenty questions?"

"Just trying to learn more about you." Lorelai said apologetically.

"It's fine." They kept walking. "We both are stubborn. At least that's what my mom use to say."

"You really never told me much about your mom."

"I don't like talking about her."

"Oh. Sorry."

"Nah. That's fine." Luke took off his baseball cap, rubbed his head, then replaced the hat. "She was beautiful. Her hair was curly and brown. She had green eyes and her smile lit up a room. She was the most amazing person to be around."

"She sounds it."

"She loved to tell jokes and stories and she was so smart." Luke smiled. "Dad says I take after her. She was always happy. Even after she got sick."

"What happened to her?"

"She had Alzheimer's disease." Luke breathed deeply. "I was 10 when I found out. Mom was only 30. She was so young."

Lorelai stopped at the gazebo and sat down inside. Luke sat next to her.

"She started by forgetting little things, like where she left her keys or did she remember to take her medicine, stuff like that. Then the bigger things came."

Lorelai patted Luke's arm and Luke looked up at her. He smiled.

"I remember one time she forgot what my name was. That hurt a lot. I mean your mother not remembering who you are. It was a nightmare. Finally the disease took over and she forgot everything. Who I was, who my sister and dad was, she even forgot who she was."

Silence took over.

"Then on my 12th birthday she died."

"Oh my god Luke. I am so sorry."

"They say she died of a panic attack.."

"Luke I didn't know."

"It's fine." Luke breathed in. "Do you want to finish the tour of Stars Hollow?"

"Uh...yeah sure." She cleared her throat.

Luke finished the tour by stopping at William's Hardware.

"My sister should be here, and I'm sure she wants to meet the new girl." Luke said as he was walking in the door.

The bell rang their arrival.

"Liz!" Luke yelled. "I thought she would be here. Liz!"

"What the hell do you want?"

Lorelai watched as a young girl stepped out from behind the curtain. She had long blonde hair that was pulled into a pony tail. Her blue eyes were hidden behind black rimmed glasses and she wore a black skirt with a purple sweater and black boots. She looks like Luke. Liz walked around the counter and stopped.

"I want you to meet Lorelai Gilmore."

Liz immediately smiled. She stuck out her hand to Lorelai and Lorelai shook it.

"Nice to meet you Liz."

"Same to you."

"How about you introduce her to your friends?" Luke added.

"Um...sure."

Liz pulled back the curtain and yelled up.

"Guys come down here and meet Luke's gi...friend."

Luke glared at Liz and Liz just smiled. Lorelai heard a bunch of people stomp down the stairs then saw two girls and three boys come out from behind the curtain.

"If dad knew you had 5 people upstairs and you weren't watching the store he would be pissed."

"Then we wont tell him." Liz turned to a girl with curly red hair. "Lorelai this is Sookie St. James."

Sookie looked to be Lorelai's age. She had green eyes and braces.

Liz then turned to the other girl who had kinky blonde hair and brown eyes.

"This is Kerry. She's my best friend."

Kerry glared at Lorelai.

"This is my boyfriend Jimmy, Jimmy Mariano."

Jimmy was tall and slim. He had black hair and brown eyes. His skin was dark and his grin made you feel uncomfortable.

"These other two guys are Jackson Melville and Brandon Smart."

Jackson unlike Jimmy seemed friendly. He had light brown hair and green eyes. He looked as if he was always smiling and he stood real close to Sookie. Brandon was handsome and nice. He had blonde hair that hung around his ears. His enticing blue eyes and smile just added to him.

"Lorelai, was it?" Brandon said moving towards Lorelai.

"Yeah it was." Lorelai smiled at Brandon.

"We were just going out to see a movie. You want to come?" Brandon asked. "Or are you busy?"

Brandon took a glance at Luke then back at Lorelai.

"Uh..."

"Actually I was showing her around town." Luke said jumping in.

Lorelai looked back at Luke. He seemed upset at what Brandon said. Is he jealous? Lorelai turned back to Brandon.

"Yeah well I really need to get home." Lorelai tucked a hair behind her ear. "Maybe some other time."

"I'll take you home."

"I could." Brandon replied smiling at Lorelai.

"No. I will. I took her out, I'll take her home."

Luke opened the door. Lorelai smiled at Liz and her friends then turned outside. He closed the door behind her.

After 10 minutes Lorelai broke the silence.

"You must really hate Brandon."

"He just annoys me."

"Oh."

As they walked past Doose's a big lady with bright dyed red hair walked out.

"Oh hello Lucas."

"Miss Patty."

"Who is your friend?" Patty asked looking over Lorelai.

"Her name is Lorelai."

"Nice to meet you Lorelai. Do you like to dance?"

"Uh...no...not really."

"Too bad." Miss Patty walked off.

"That lady is a little...what's the word for it?"

"Strange."

"Yeah strange."

"You haven't met the rest of them yet."

As they got closer to the inn the darker it became.

"I had fun meeting everyone." Lorelai said as they stood on the porch of the inn. This feels so much like a date.

"I had fun too." Man this feels like a date. "Maybe we could do it again sometime."

"You mean taking me around town and showing me the sights?" Lorelai laughed.

"Well I better get home before my dad gets worried. He hates for us to be out late."

Silence again crept up on them for the second time that day.

"Remember the other day when you said I could come over and eat with you if I want to?"

"Yeah I remember."

"Do you think I could take that offer up sometime?"

"Sure."

"Well good."

"Good."

"So you better go."

"Oh uh yeah." Luke took a step off the porch.

"Bye." Luke got into his truck while Lorelai opened the front door.

Luke drove away as Lorelai stepped inside. She looked over at the front desk and there stood Emily Gilmore.

"Hello Lorelai."

A/N:

When I planned out how I was going to do this I wasn't going to have Emily or Richard in the first section, but I ended up having her in here. I wanted to end it with a cliff hanger and I couldn't think of a good one except having Emily turning up. Well read and review and tell me what you think. At the beginning of this chapter I was watching the 5th season episode 3, "Written In The Stars". My favorite episode. I loved the whole "working jeans" part. Please review. Thanks.