I watched Lorelai and Luke emerge from wherever they went for their mysterious discussion, they came back over to the table. Something was up, Lorelai could barely contain her excitement and Luke wouldn't make eye contact, he was about to say something when the door opened.
"Hey Mom, Hey Luke!" A girl with brown hair and the same blue eyes as Lorelai walked in.
Lorelai's face lit up, "Rory! What are you doing here?"
The girl named Rory smiled, "Well gee Mom, good to see you too,"
They hugged, "Always good to see you Sweets, I just thought you had a class."
"I did, but it was cancelled so I thought I'd come home for the weekend."
I looked over at Luke who was still standing nervously, Lorelai walked over to him, "Well good thing you did, Luke and I are going to need your help this weekend."
At this point Lorelai was basically jumping up and down, Rory looked at her mom and Luke, "What's going on?"
Luke finally spoke up, "Your mom and I are moving in together!"
I watched with excitement at Rory basically jumped Luke and Lorelai, hugging them both at one time. Lorelai and Rory started jumping up and down together while Luke mumbled something about their being customers. I was glad for them, I had only known them a day but I already knew they were supposed to be together.
Lorelai and Rory walked over to the counter to get some coffee and Luke started to follow, but then suddenly turned around. He motioned to the chair, "Can I sit?"
I nodded and he sat down, "So I guess you heard the big news."
I nodded again, "Yep, congratulations, I'm really excited for you guys."
We sat there, not sure of what to say to each other before Luke spoke up again, "You know, since I'll be moving in with Lorelai I'll have an open apartment."
I sat in a somewhat state of shock, was this really happening? I meet some of the coolest people, get a job, and an apartment all in under 24 hours?
I was starting to think it was too good to be true, but Luke continued speaking, "If you want it I could give you a really good deal, it's not the biggest place, but it's clean and I think it would do."
I quickly blinked away the tears that were coming to my eyes, "That would be great Luke, so when I can I see it?"
Luke smiled and looked relieved, "Wanna go now?" I stood up, "Lead the way."
:Over at the counter:
(Nobody's POV)
Grace and Luke headed up to the apartment and Lorelai and Rory continued talking at the counter, "So who was that with Luke," Rory asked, while motioning towards the stairs that Grace and Luke had just walked up.
Lorelai glanced at the steps, "Oh that's Grace, she's new in town."
Rory looked confused, "Why is she going upstairs with Luke?"
"Well since Luke is going to be living with me, he offered her his apartment."
"Oh, how long has she been in town? I've never heard you mention her before."
"Actually, she just got into town last night."
"Wow, and he's already offering his apartment?"
"Yeah," Lorelai paused, "Also, I gave her a job at the inn."
Rory was shocked, "That's all very sudden isn't it?"
Lorelai sighed, "I guess it is, but I don't know, there's just something about her. She reminds me a little of when we first moved here, only she is really lacking in confidence. Plus it seems we both have sucky families, well, she never actually said it, but she won't talk about them. Anytime the subject of family or her past came up she always very quickly changed the subject, and she doesn't even like saying her last name."
Rory thought about the situation for a moment, "I'm glad you're helping her out, it sounds like you're just the person for the job."
Lorelai smiled, "Hey, so since you're here do you want to do a movie night tonight?"
"Definitely, but first I need to meet this Grace."
"Well then, let's go!"
Luke's apartment
(Grace's POV)
Luke's apartment was amazing, it was the perfect size and Luke gave me an amazing deal on the rent, I tried to protest it but he wouldn't take no for an answer. I looked around the apartment again, amazed that I had a place of my own, or at least I would soon have a place of my own. Luke said that since most of his stuff was already at Lorelai's he could be moved out in a couple of days, after that the place would be mine.
I heard voices coming up the stairs and turned to see Lorelai and Rory walk through the door. "Hey Grace, I realized that in all the madness I forgot to introduce you to my daughter. Grace this is Rory, Rory this is Grace."
Rory reached out to shake my hand, "Nice to meet you Grace, so what do you think of the place?"
I smiled at Rory, she reminded me a lot of Lorelai. "It's great! I still can't believe how well things are coming together."
Luke started talking about getting some papers together so everything would be official when Lorelai stopped him, "Hold on now, it's Friday night and I for one do not want to spend the night being bored talking about boring legal stuff. So, I propose that we all head back to our house for movie night, and leave the legal crap for another time."
"I have to close up here, but you three should go and have a girls night or something," Luke said.
More than anything I wanted to go, but I didn't want to intrude. It didn't seem like Lorelai and Rory got to spend that much time together, I didn't want to be in the way. "You guys can just go ahead, I'm just gonna head back to the inn."
Lorelai and Rory both looked at each other for a minute before coming over to me, "Oh please Grace, please, please, please come with us," Lorelai said just like a small child would. Rory chimed in with, "Come on Grace it'll be fun, I promise, it's tons of free junk food."
I smiled, this was going to be fun.
A/N: I realize it probably seems very odd that Luke would give up his apartment so easily, especially with being right over the diner and with the family history and all, but I think it's something that Luke would do, he is kind of a softy like that. Plus since Lorelai is really into helping Grace I think that would be just another reason for Luke to be. Oh and I'm not sure if when Luke redid his apartment if he made a separate room for Jess, but in my story there is a separate bedroom. Thanks for reading and please review!
