Chapter Seven
Finally it was Christmas Eve morning, and Lorelai and Rory went to the diner as usual.
There was a sign on the door saying 'CLOSED'. They walked in anyway. The diner was deserted. They walked up the staircase leading to Luke's apartment. The lights were off, after all, Lorelai had woken Rory up at seven o'clock in the morning to go to Luke's. They opened the door and saw that Luke and Jess were still asleep.
"Hey sleepy head." Said Lorelai waking Luke up, "Luke, Luke wake up."
"What time is it?" Luke said sleepily.
"It's Seven thirty, Lukey." Lorelai said.
"Ugh! Wake me up in two hours."
"No! Wake up!" Lorelai said.
"No! It's too early!" Luke moaned, "I do n—" Luke started but was interrupted by a gentle kiss. "Uh, umm…"
"Merry Christmas. Ready to get up now?" Lorelai said smiling.
"Um, yeah sure." Luke said standing up.
"Thought so." Said Lorelai still smiling.
"Jess, get up." Luke said.
"No!" Jess, said sitting up.
"Good your up." Luke said, grabbing his hand and pulling him to his feet.
"Why are we up this early?" Jess asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I don't know, I just know that A: They woke me up. B: We were planning to go somewhere why not a movie? Great, why don't we go sooner not later?"
"Because it's better to have it later then sooner because if it is later, we can ditch you."
"Ah, that is not going to happen!" Lorelai said.
"That's what you think." Jess said scratching his head.
"That's what I know."
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Later that afternoon, they went to the movie.
"Hey Kirk." Said Luke
"Hey Luke, how are you?"
"Good, I hate to say this but Merry Christmas." Luke said.
"Thanks Luke! Merry Christmas to you too Luke!"
"You're pushing it Kirk!"
"What can you do? You wouldn't hurt a fly. You're just a big softy."
"What? What do you mean, I'm a 'softy'?"
"I mean you're a softy."
"That's it Kirk!"
"Oww!" At that moment Luke had punched Kirk in the eye.
"What the? Luke…did you punch good ol' Kirk?" Lorelai said.
"Yes! And it felt good!"
"What did he do to you?"
"He kept making fun of me!"
"Hahaha! That's pathetic!" Lorelai said laughing.
"Don't laugh!"
"Think about it Luke! He made fun of you, and you punched him!"
"Well…it does sound pretty stupid when you think about it…"
"See, now you understand!"
"Okay…But he was so annoying!" Luke said in an aggravated voice.
"Does that give you the right to push him around the holiday season?"
"Yes, I think so."
"I mean it's a different story on any other day but during the holidays I don't know…"
"Yeah?" Luke said.
"Yeah." Lorelai said.
"Well then, I'm sorry Kirk." Luke said.
"Thanks!"
"You're dead when the season is over, though."
"That's a good boy! I'll get you a treat when we get to the concession stand!"
"Ruff, ruff." Luke said glaring at her.
"I can't have you sad! We're just about to go into a movie!"
"Right."
"Look at them! They're like weirdoes!" Jess said.
"They're like weirdoes?" Rory inquired.
"Let's get out of here." Jess said, "This is the perfect time, come on."
"Should we? I mean they told us not too."
"And?"
"Okay, let's go." Rory said making up her mind.
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"I can't believe that you, little miss perfect, ditched the adults!" Jess said laughing.
"Me neither! Let's go back!" Rory said worried.
"Don't worry, because I'll bet they're not worried about us! I bet they're to distracted with each other!"
"But if they are not, it will be a horrible Christmas Eve!"
"What's the worst they could do?" Jess asked
"I don't know, okay, where are we going?"
"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't care."
"How about…to Luke's apartment and have some coffee and then go somewhere."
"Okay." Rory said.
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It had been an hour and a half of searching, they still couldn't find Rory or Jess.
"How could we let them get away?" Lorelai said frantically.
"I don't know, it's our fault we weren't keeping an eye on them!" Luke said.
"Hey dolls!" Said Miss Patty.
"Hey, have you seen Jess and Rory?" Luke asked.
"No, but I have seen Kirk, he has a black eye! I wonder what happened." Miss Patty said.
"If someone else did that they should go to heaven." Luke said.
"We have to go, come on Luke." Lorelai said.
"Okay, bye Miss Patty, Merry Christmas." Luke said.
"Same to you!"
"Where could they go?" Lorelai asked frantically.
"Lets go to the Diner lets see if they're there" Luke said.
"Good idea. Let's go."
"Okay."
They went to the diner and not a soul was there when they saw a note that Rory had left saying:
I'm really, really sorry mom but I went to New York with Jess! Strange I know, stupid I know, but sometimes people do stupid things!
Love, Rory"We're off to New York!"
"I'll bet you they're not there!" Luke said.
"Let's just go!" Lorelai said.
"Okay, whatever." Luke muttered.
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It was a few hours later, and Jess and Rory did go to New York strangely enough.
"I cannot believe we are in New York!" Rory said smiling brightly.
"Me either. I mean when you got on the bus you were freaked out, now you're excited. You're a strange person Rory Gilmore." Jess said.
"Well, you're a strange person for wanting to go here!"
"Well, I was kidding, you were the one who actually made it happen."
"So? I thought you were serious!" Rory said stomping on the ground.
"Okay, sure."
"What do you think Luke and my mom are doing right now?"
"Probably in the movie theatre watching a movie, why? You're not getting wimpy on me now, are you?"
"No I just was thinking about them for a minute, now the thought is gone!" Rory said.
"Good."
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An hour and a half later, Luke and Lorelai got off the bus to New York.
"I can't believe the car broke down." Lorelai muttered irritably.
"Yeah, but at least we're here, New York City. This must be very exciting for you." Luke said.
"No, I am looking for Rory and Jess! Would you please help me."
"New York is huge! How are we going to find them?" Luke asked.
"Just look around! I don't know! Come on Luke, your nephew is missing, along with my daughter! Luke, Please!" Lorelai said.
"I will! What kind of person do you think I am?" Luke said.
"A softy." Lorelai said laughing and walking forward.
"Not funny." Luke said walking to her, "Take my hand."
"What?"
"Take my hand!"
"Why?"
"Because you don't know this place as well as me. You might get away from sight, and then you would be lost and I wouldn't be very happy about that." Luke said looking around.
"Right, and Jess is my niece, but whatever. I'd love to." Lorelai said taking Luke's hand.
"Yeah whatever."
"What?" Said Jess.
"What, what?"
"It's Luke and Lorelai! How did they— Rory do not tell me you talked to them or paged them or either." Jess said.
"Neither! But I did write them a note…you told me they wouldn't worry about us and so, I wrote them a note and left it in the diner." Rory said.
"Thanks Rory! Now we have to run away from them! I'm not very enthusiastic about the idea of running around in New York City!" Jess said.
"Then let's just not run away. And just go and let them take us back."
"Who? Luke and your mom? No!"
"Well I am going over there! Got it?" Rory said.
"Fine, let's go." Jess said as they walked over to them.
"There they are!" Lorelai said as she dragged Luke to Rory and Jess. She was still holding Luke's hand.
"Why did you run away from us?" Luke yelled.
"I didn't think you'd be worried." Jess said.
"Not worried?" Luke said faintly. "Not worried?" His voice raised a considerable amount. "I was worried sick! And Lorelai was to the point of tears! You had no intent on us finding you! Luckily Rory has some brains!"
"I'm sorry Luke." Said an irritable Jess staring at the ground.
"Well sorry isn't good enough!"
"Why?" Jess yelled.
"This is not just because of sneaking off even though that is quite a bit in this problem, but you put yourself and Rory into danger!"
"Danger? There's no danger!" Jess said.
"This is New York Jess! Reality check, this is a very dangerous place!" (AN: No offence to the New York people! NYC rocks!)
"I don't happen to see it that way, Luke! It's exciting! A lot more exciting than Stars Hollow! And you want to know something else? If it weren't for Rory, I'd stay here!"
"Is that so? Well then why don't you stay here? Because your sure as hell not coming back to my place!"
"I think I will stay here!" Jess said furiously.
"No!" Rory said, jumping into the conversation.
"It's okay Rory." Jess said, "Goodbye."
"Jess, no! You can't stay here! You don't have a place to stay or any money!" Rory said.
"Goodbye, Rory!" Jess said loudly.
"Jess, no—"
"It's okay, Rory. Let's go." Lorelai said.
"I'll mail your stuff to you. Just send me an address. Merry Christmas." Said Luke and they turned and headed toward the bus station.
A/N: Sorry about swearing in a PG rated story! But it was only one swear word…which still isn't good…sorry. oh and i know it's wierd they found them immediately, but hey!