Chasing the rainbow
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(A/N: Thoughts are in italic.
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Chapter 4: Luke serves coffee
"Mom, hurry up, we're gonna be late!" Rory was standing in the forye with her backpack, waiting for her mother to go to Weston's .
"I know, I know! I'm sorry that stupid alarm clock…!" Lorelai defended herself while she was coming downstairs pulling on her jacket.
"Why did you even get a fuzzy alarm clock?" Rory gave her mother a questioning look.
"Because it's pretty" Lorelai said as matter-of-factly and went into the kitchen for her first coffee-fix, but Rory got in her way.
"There's no time for that, you can get an extra cup at Weston's!" Rory reasoned.
"But, I need coffee!" Lorelai pouted. 'There's always time for coffee'
"Mom!" Rory pointed to her watch.
"Ok, ok I'm coming." 'Gah, I need coffee'
Both left the house and went to Weston's
Weston's, well sort of
Both Gilmore girls were in shock, when they were standing in front of a closed Weston's.
"This can't be!" Lorelai said in disbelief.
"Seems like Fran's not there." Rory looked into the dark bakery.
"But I need coffee, I can't function normal without coffee!"
"As much as I would love to go with you on coffee-hunt, I have a test and that means I have no time for that, so good luck." Rory turned to leave, but after a few steps she turned to her mother again.
"You know, you can go to Luke's, he serves coffee." Rory said with a smile and started walking again, leaving a startled Lorelai.
'He?'
Lorelai was fighting a mental battle while she was standing outside Luke's. Her need for coffee won the battle, though and she entered the diner with a sigh.
Luke's
Luke was serving a customer when he was interrupted by a loud wish for coffee.
Lorelai had made her way to the counter and watched Luke serving a customer. He obviously hadn't seen her entering the diner. So she did the first thing that came to her mind,
"Coffee!" 'May be that he'll notice'
Luke turned around to see the one person he had been wishing to see all week and now he hadn't even noticed her entering the diner. He finished the customer and returned behind the counter.
'So keep it cool Danes, you can do it!' "What can I get you?" 'Good start'
"I think I've expressed my wishes perfectly." Lorelai grinned at him. 'He looks even better when you're close, I love this rugged look'
"Coffee is bad for your health, it crosses off days of your life…" Luke ranted 'Now I know where her daughter has her wish for coffee'
"But I want coffee." Lorelai pouted.
'This is just the second time I see her and I'm totally falling for her, you got it bad Danes'
Luke thought while he placed a mug in front of her and started pouring coffee into it.
"Thank you." Lorelai smiled happily, holding up the mug to take in its scent. "You know, you shouldn't talk down the products you sell...it's bad for business." Lorelai told while she took eagerly sips of her coffee.
Before Luke could answer, he was taken by Lorelai's shocked expression.
"OH MY GOD, this is the best cup of coffee I've ever had!" 'And I had a lot' (dirty)
"Glad you like it." Luke said before realising what he just had said, he began whipping down the counter to avoid her seeing him blush. 'You didn't just say that Danes, did you?'
Lorelai just smiled into her mug, it surprised her how easily she could banter with him. Yes she was flirting with him a bit, but the fact was, he was flirting back.
"So, you want anything else?" Luke asked, breaking the silence.
"Do you have pie?" 'Who cares if I'm gonna be late for work, if I can be here with Luke'
Luke nodded and placed a piece of pie in front of her, happy that she would stay a bit longer.
"God how rude of me, I'm Lorelai Gilmore btw." 'If my mother knew…'
"I know, I'm Luke Danes." 'And the hits just keep coming Danes!'
"Right, the town meeting." Lorelai nodded knowingly.
"Yeah…" Luke was squirming now.
'He's cute when he's nervous' "I seem to have left quite an impression." She was now grinning widely.
"About that, I'm…I'm sorry for looking you like that…" Luke was finding the rag in his hands very interesting at the moment. "It was just…" 'God she's killing me'
"Don't be." 'Why do I like teasing him?'
Luke was now looking at her, showing one of his rare smiles.
Lorelai broke his gaze and showed him her now empty mug. "Another one, please."
"This stuff will kill you one day." Luke who was now back to normal and poured her another cup.
"But how can be such heavenly creation be bad?" she replied innocently
"Now I know why your daughter wanted to have coffee."
"My daughter?" Lorelai was surprised
"Rory, she's your daughter, isn't she?" 'Have I said something wrong' and Luke's nervousness was back.
"Yes she is, but how did you know, wait scratch that. Let me guess, Miss Patty?" 'I should've known better, that after the meeting we would be the new town gossip'
"It wouldn't surprise me, but actually she told me herself." 'Well sort of'
"She's been here?" That took Lorelai off guard.
"She didn't tell you? She's been here yesterday." 'She hasn't told her mother, what does that mean?' "Is that a problem?"
"No, no problem." She answered quickly. "I was just surprised that she's been here without me."
"Oh, ok." Luke was a bit relieved. "You know, you shouldn't let her drink coffee, she's way too young." Luke started his rant.
'Here we go again' Lorelai thought smiling, taking another piece of her pie.
"So what did tell you about me?" 'See how that works'
"Not much." Luke said with a flirtatious voice.
"So she did tell you something about me!" Lorelai answered raising her brows and flirted back.
'Ah jeez, apparently she loves teasing me' "Just that you've been living here for a while and that you two just moved into a new house." Lorelai nodded. "If I may say this, but you look too young to have a kid at her age, what is she 8, 9?" Luke asked carefully.
"She's 8, I got her when I was 17. What makes me 26 now. By the way, nice way to ask about my age." Lorelai looked him directly in the eyes, but Luke looked sheepishly at the rag in his hands.
"May I ask what's with the father?"
"Chris isn't much of the fatherly type. After our parents tried to get us married and I declined he decided to live his own life and I did the same. I ran away from home, when Rory was 1 year old."
"That must've been hard" Luke's were full of care. 'She's been through a lot'
'I'm telling him my whole life story and he isn't judging me, more than that he cares.'
"In the beginning yes, but I didn't want her to grow up in this environment with DAR functions and debutante balls."
"What's DAR?" Luke asked
Lorelai chuckled, but waved off.
"And now here I am, moving into my own house." Lorelai was a bit glowing with pride.
"You seem to have managed your life quite good. You know if you ever need something to be fixed at the house, just ask me." 'Way to see her again, Danes'
"You can fix things?" Lorelai raised an eyebrow.
"I can hold myself." Luke shrugged off.
"Dirty!" Lorelai giggled at the confusing look on Luke's face.
"Speaking of which, I think one step on my porch is loose…" 'Way to go Gilmore'
"I can fix that, just tell me where and when." 'She wants to see me again, that's good'
"You know where Babette lives?" Luke nodded. "We live right to her house."
"Ok, does six work?" Luke asked.
"Perfectly. As much fun as this is, I think I should better go to work now."
"Ok, I see you at six."
Lorelai was about to grab her purse to pay when Luke stopped her.
"First time customers are on the house." He said with a smile.
"Oh, you should've told me that earlier. I would've drunken more coffee and eaten more pie." Lorelai faked disappointment.
"You know, I believe you that." Luke played along.
Lorelai just smiled and gathered her stuff and hopped of the stool.
"Bye Luke." 'Let's see how that works…' Lorelai thought with a smile and put an extra jaunt in her walk to the door, which caused Luke's jaw to drop and his eyes to widen, unable to say anything.
'Oh my god, she's killing me! But when she walks away it isn't that bad either'
When Lorelai passed the big window outside, she gave him a smile and a small wave, obviously enjoying the effect she had on him.
Independence Inn
Lorelai entered the kitchen 15minutes late, perfectly happy. Sookie looked at her curiously and stopped stirring.
"You're late and you're smiling, did you do something slutty?" She was now in complete best-friend-mode.
"Sookie!" 'Well, my exit was bit slutty, but just a little bit'
"What? Tell me what happened!" Sookie questioned again
"I've been to Luke's this morning." Lorelai answered smiling.
"Oh my god, you've been to Luke's, finally!" Sookie squealed. Lorelai went over to the coffee pot.
"So tell me what happened, did he ask you out?"
"Sookie, we just met for the first time." Lorelai reasoned. 'Though I asked him to come over later, oh my god what am I gonna wear?'
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