Title: In the Clamor and the Clangor (I give up)
Summary: post In the Clamor and the Clangor. Hence title (again, giving up) Lorelai finally (Oh thank you god) realizes and admits her feelings for Luke.
A/N 1: So, when was the last time I updated? Sorry. If you have read Father, Mother, Daughter then you would know why. Thank you for all of your reviews. It keeps me in happy mode.
A/N 2: Ok, since I haven't updated sooner, I made this chapter longer. So be happy about that. I can't say it's better, but Nicole is gonna be making a brief appearance in this one. And when I say brief, I mean, smurf size brief.
A/N 3: As you all may know, I love Rory/Luke, father/daughter fic. If it wasn't obvious by my other two stories. This chapter, you'll be getting some father/daughter fluff. Which is why the title to this chapter is Rory's Fantasy. You'll know why.
A/N 4: Oh, and I didn't tell you in Father, Mother, Daughter, but I changed my pename. I am now bokayjunkie. I use to be JavaJunkieManiac. But that was just a temporary pename till I found what pename I wanted. And bokayjunkie is more like me.
CHAPTER 6: RORY'S FANTASY
DOWNSTAIRS LATER…
"Good morning." smiled Lorelai as she entered the diner through the curtains. She gave Luke a quick peck when assured that no one was looking, then sat down on the counter.
"Hey, you've got great timing. The last people just left about five minutes ago."
"Yes. I figured if I walked down here, in the middle of breakfast rush, it would raise a few eyebrows."
"Smart girl." he smirked.
"Thank you." she grinned. Then gasped once he placed a plate of chocolate chip pancakes. "For me?"
"Only the best for my number one customer who never pays full price by the way."
"I would argue with you, but I am loving these pancakes right now."
"Oh, and…uh, here." he said and passed her an envelope.
"Oohh, what's this?"
"It's nothing, just take it."
"Looks like a check. Wow, I feel so slutty."
"No, it's not like that. Just open it."
"Ok. But you should know that last night was not doing it for money. I did it cause I love you and cause…" Lorelai drifted off once she looked at the check. "My god that is a mighty big tip. You must have been really satisfied." Lorelai looked at him, not knowing what to say. "Luke, this is-"
"Yours."
"No but, it's, it's the money-"
"For the inn."
"But I already told you-"
"I know you did. But you needed this money. And I am not about to let you ruin your dreams. I love you too much, you know that?"
"I know. But, Luke, this is my god, This is too much."
"No it's not. You can just pay me back whenever."
"But Luke, this is not a proper way to give me a loan. I didn't even ask you properly."
"Yes you did. You asked me last night."
"Yes, followed by…"she gestured with her hands. "Which is not really professional. Which is kinda making me feel like a hooker. I mean, I know I am good, and last night was amazing. Very amazing…"
"Look, this has nothing to do with last night. You needed the money, I had the money, I gave you the money. You either use it or you don't. personally I don't care. I just don't want you to give up on this Lorelai. And I told you last night that I would do anything to help you."
"I know you are Luke. And I'm not giving up on my dreams. Thank you for this, but I want to do something legal. Sign something, whatever. Just, do something to not make me feel like someone you could get for 20 bucks an hour."
"We will, don't worry. Now do you accept it?" Lorelai looked up at him. His was really worried. And he cared for her a great deal. All this he's doing for her is really making him fall more head-over-heels, madly in love with him. Right now she just wants to jump on the counter and kiss him very hard, leaving them breathless and head upstairs and finish what they had started this morning. But right now, all she can do is smile at him and keep her urges to herself for a while.
"I do, thank you." she said, giving him a wide Cheshire cat grin.
Lorelai went back to eating while Luke went back to work. Lorelai couldn't believe how incredible this man is. No wonder she loves him so much. He has done so many things for her, but this was by far the best he has done. How will she ever repay him? Maybe, when the situation is much better, she could surprise him with a very rated XXX night. An all nighter for sure. She wont have no problem with that. And surely Luke wouldn't either. He's like the energizer bunny. She giggled inwardly at the thought. But it's true. The man's got stamina.
Lorelai kept on thinking about what else she could do to repay Luke for this wonderful thing he has done, when suddenly the bell above the diner door jingled. Normally, Lorelai wouldn't have to worry. From what it looks like, it was just her eating pancakes, nothing unusual about that, specially since what had just happen the night before and this morning. But the way Luke was standing, stiff and uncomfortable, intrigued her. So she looked behind her. Her eyes grew wide as she saw Nicole standing at the doorway.
"Nicole." Luke breathed.
"Hey." said Nicole sweetly walking up to him. She leaned against the counter to give him a quick peck then sat down on a stool. Lorelai watched this, remaining quiet, while eating pancakes. Get away from my man you skanky bitch! He doesn't love you!
"Uh, what are you doing here?" Luke asked, still a little uncomfortable. Lorelai grinned inwardly, noticing this. See? He loves me!
"You told me you wanted to talk to me. Remember?" she said, as sweetly she can be.
"Yeah, but I meant later." like when Lorelai isn't here. Got this is uncomfortable. The woman I love, and the woman I'm suppose to love but I don't are sitting right next to each other, in front of me.
"Well I'm here now. Hey Lorelai."
"Hi Nicole." said lorelai faking a smile. Which Luke noticed and grinned inwardly, but was completely oblivious to Nicole. And she calls herself a lawyer.
"You're here pretty late. The diner's completely deserted." she said, faking a smile as well, which didn't go unnoticed with Lorelai. No one can be better at faking enthusiasm than me honey.
"Yeah. I slept in. I have the day off so. Actually, I have to go." said Lorelai, getting up.
"Oh, no, don't leave on my account."
Vain party of one. "No, I'm not. I'm actually meeting Rory today."
"Rory's coming?" suddenly asked Luke.
"Yeah. We're having a girls day out. Mother daughter bonding. " she says to Nicole.
"Oh, that's nice." she said, again faking.
"Tell her I said hi. And here." he said, handing her two to-go cups of coffee. "For you and for Rory."
"Thanks Luke." she said taking the cups. She smiled warmly and Luke knows that she's not only thanking for the coffee's.
"You're welcome. And don't even think about drinking her coffee, or I will really cut you off for a week." he warned.
Lorelai pouted then stuck her tongue out at him and left. Luke smirked at her behavior, almost forgetting about Nicole.
"So," said Nicole, "what did you want to talk about."
Luke looked at her and took a deep breath. Here it goes.
OUTSIDE…
Lorelai took a deep breath trying to stop the tears from rolling down. She looked back inside and saw that Luke and Nicole are already gone. Probably upstairs. Lorelai knows that she has Luke heart and soul, but still gets hurt whenever she sees him with Nicole, even if it was just to talk about their divorce. She would probably, no, she will get hurt if she saw him talking to some girl who she knows that was flirting with him, cause come one, who wouldn't? he's hot, sexy, and very caring.
Lorelai walked away from the diner in time to see her daughter's car turning the curb. She stopped in front of Doose's as Rory parked.
"Hey." greeted Rory as Lorelai got in. she gave Rory her cup of coffee and drank hers. "Thanks. I thought we were meeting at Luke's?"
"We were. But something's change."
"Oh really? Do tell."
"I don't really feel like talking about it right now." she said in a quiet voice.
"Ok." Rory knew she shouldn't push it. She'll tell her when she's ready. "So, new subject. Where should we go?"
"How bout, the mall?"
"The mall it is." she said. She started her car and drove off towards the direction of the mall. "So you mentioned earlier about a guitar. I've been trying to figure out what your were possibly talking about."
"Oh yeah. Well, I woke up this morning. Well, the second time. But anyways…"
THE MALL…
"And then she says, 'Oh, that's nice.' And not just 'Oh that's nice' like I'm baking in my easy bake oven way nice. She said it in that snotty, lawyer-y, bitch-y way." ranted Lorelai as she and Rory walked down the mall. "And then Luke and I did our usual flirt bantering, which made Nicole jealous. But of course she tried to hide it by giving us her fake smile."
Rory giggled from her mothers little rant. Lorelai glared at her. "What are you giggling about?"
"Oh nothing, it's just, you are really cute when you're jealous." she grinned.
Lorelai scoffed. "I am not jealous. Who said I was jealous?"
"I think your little rant there says it all."
"Well I don't care about what you say. I am not jealous. I'm just pointing out what a fake Nicole is. Besides, the whole time she was there, Luke did not seem happy at all."
Rory shook her head. "You know, in a whole other scenario, I would be mad at Luke right now."
"Why?"
"Because he's married. And even though he doesn't love Nicole, and even though we all know he's been in love with you since like the first day you guys met, he still shouldn't of have cheated on her. And with you too, my mom. So, really he's getting you involved in all of this. I should be mad about that." she says casually.
"I know what we did was wrong Rory. You have no idea how disappointed I am with myself. I'd understand if you disown me forever."
"Stop being so dramatic. Honestly, even though I should be, I'm not mad."
"You're not?"
"No, not at you, or at Luke. I guess, I've always dreamt that you and Luke would be together someday." she confessed quietly. Lorelai stopped her tracks at what she just said. What? "And now that it's here, call me selfish, but I don't really care about the circumstances. Honestly, I really hate Nicole from the very beginning."
"You and me both."
"I know you hate her, trust me I do. I'm just really happy for the two of you. No matter what the circumstances are. I just hope this was all worth it."
"'Oh kid, you have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that. And don't worry, I will never let go of Luke. I love him too much. And I'm really happy with him."
"Good." smiled Rory. The two started walking again in a comfortable silence.
"So you've dreamt about this?" asked Lorelai, breaking the silence.
Such a gossip woman. Well, I couldn't keep this fantasy all to myself for long. "Well, like you said, Luke has always been like a father to me. And I know you think that when I dream about my mother and father being together, you may think I'm thinking about Christopher. But really, every time I picture us as the perfect family, I see you, me and Luke."
"Really?"
"Yeah. When I was a kid, after Luke fed me during my chicken pox, I always dreamt that he was my father. He was better than Christopher ever was. He was always there for us. He loves us. He beat up Dean for me. I mean, all those things adds up to a father and Luke's it. But then Chris came back and I kind of felt guilty cause he's my father."
"So, you mean all those times when I thought you wanted me to be with Christopher, you really wanted me to be with Luke?"
"Yes."
"Then why didn't you just say so?"
"Well, first of all I felt guilty. Chris was my real father. And second, you and Luke are friends. every time I would imply that there's always something going on between you two, you would get mad and defensive. You have no idea how disappointed I was."
"Oh kid. You know I only said those things cause I was afraid that you still wished for me and Christopher to be together. But really, you wanted me and Luke to be together?"
"More than you know mom."
"You and me both kid." the two laughed. "So wait. When Chris came back but then left cause of Sherry, how did you feel then?" Rory didn't say anything, she just rolled her eyes and walked away. "Come on. Tell me. Did you even want me and Luke be together at that time?"
A/N 1: Ok, I hope you liked this. And worth the wait.I have been working really hard on this one. Since I'm all for the whole Rory/Luke father/daughter thing, I thought I'd put that story in. so the javajunkieness is still there while Rory admires Luke as a father.
A/N 2: As you may have noticed from my other fics, I am more into dialogue. But just to give you a heads up, the next chapter is gonna be short and no dialogue at all. I'm sorry but I had to. I'll explain it all to you of why it had to be so short when I post it.
A/N 3: Reviews. Oh how I crave for you.
My Need of your Opinion! Ok, so, I have this story that I wanted to write and post. There's two options on how it should go;
Option 1: During the break-up in Season 5, let's say that it happened near father's day. And Rory wanted to spend her time with Luke because he's the closest thing she has to a dad. And eventually Lorelai and Luke get back together.
Option 2: After Lorelai's ultimatum, she never went to Christopher. So the whole, sleeping with Chris thing never happened. And he's out of the picture. And then father's day comes and then Rory wants to spend it with him. So basically the same thing happens in option 1. But in this one, instead of just being boyfriend and girlfriends (my god, sounds so high school) they were engaged. And April's in this one.
So, I wanted this fic to happen while LL are broken up and near father's day. So this way, Lorleia will see how much Rory means to Luke and how much Luke is like a father to Rory. I wanted it to happen during season 5 cause, at that time, there was no April. But, then again, season 6 is much more recent and the April thing suits.
So tell me your opinion on this. Which option should I choose? Should I even go along with this story? I just want something to write when In the Clamor and the Clangor and Father, Mother, Daughter, is over. (yes, THE END is coming soon. But don't worry. It won't be till later. Every beginning has an ending after all) and I also need a title for this upcoming fic. As you know from my previous pleading, titles are really not my expertise.