If One of Us Had Been a Frog
Chapter Nine: Home
Disclaimer: Duh.
Summary: She leaves stuff around his apartment. He notices.
A/N: Incase you haven't noticed, I'm not doing this in order. Where's the fun in that anyway?
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She's been leaving things around his apartment. He notices.
He notices the fruity flavored toothpaste she left in his bathroom. He accidentally used it this morning, thinking it was his own. He likes the striped flavored toothpaste much better.
He notices the bright pink toothbrush that's sitting beside it. He doesn't like the color pink all that much.
He notices her make-up in the top drawer. He has never worn make-up, and never really wants to.
He notices her lip-glosses in the second drawer. Chocolate, strawberry, toasted marshmallow, peppermint, watermelon, and one that changes color with your mood. He's not really a chap-stick type of guy.
He notices her reading glasses on the nightstand. He doesn't need glasses.
He notices her bright red, high heels sitting by the door. He's much more of a dirty work boots, type of guy.
He notices her DVDs and tapes sitting on top of the television set. Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Love Story, 3 episodes of I Love Lucy, Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Valley Girl, an episode of Cop Rock, 5 episodes of Happy Days, and Seinfeld Season 2 & 3, all in a messy pile. He watches Sportscenter.
He notices the opened bottle of Hershey's chocolate syrup in his fridge. He hasn't eaten chocolate since he was 6.
He notices her clothes hanging in his closet. He's never worn anything with rhinestones or zebra stripes.
He notices her socks in the laundry basket. They have crazy designs on them. His have a big red, stripe.
He notices her CDs by the couch. Metallica, the Bangles, Go-go's, Zepplin, Macy Gray, Floyd, Carly Simon, the Cure, Journey, the Clash. He likes Jimmy Buffett.
He notices her magazines on the kitchen table. Cosmopolitan, some catalogues, People, US Weekly, some more catalogues. He reads Sports Illustrated at the dentist.
He notices her fluffy pens all over the place. They're in hundred of colors. Some light up, some have bubbles inside, some make animal noises. He uses the black ones that come in boxes of 100.
He notices the take-out menus in a drawer in the kitchen. He doesn't eat take-out.
He notices the lime jello in his fridge. He's read those horror articles about horse hooves.
He notices the coffee ice cream in his fridge. He likes vanilla. He notices the go-gurt, too. He likes yogurt.
He notices the magnets on the refrigerator. Coffee- you can sleep when you're dead. Salute your shorts. Tequila- helping women lower their standards for years! Donuts- is there anything they can't do? I'd like mornings better if they started later. Well-behaved women don't make history. Donna Martin graduates! Put your big girl panties on & deal with it! He doesn't really have anything on his refrigerator that needs a magnet.
He notices her lipstick on the dresser. He's not really a Vicious Trollop type of guy.
He notices her perfume beside it. It's pink and has Hello Kitty on it. He doesn't really understand her love of Hello Kitty.
He notices the pile of manuals beside her side of the bed. He knows she's been reading them at night, when he's asleep and she's bored. He never reads those things.
He looks around his apartment. It's covered in her things. He should care. He should not like it. He should hate it.
But he doesn't. He doesn't at all.
He never could have imagined how much he'd like having Lorelai in his space. He likes seeing her clothes in his closet. He likes seeing her movies on his TV. He likes seeing her food in his refrigerator, even if it is disgusting and unhealthy.
He likes seeing her asleep in his bed, wearing his shirt. He likes seeing her lying on his couch, flipping through the channels. He likes seeing her sitting at his kitchen table.
He likes it when she's here.
He loves it.
He loves her.
So, he gets busy.
He doesn't want to accidentally use her toothpaste again, so he builds her a shelf. He puts her toothbrush, her make-up and her lip-glosses on it, too. Hopefully, she won't notice, but he painted a tiny flower on it.
He doesn't want to accidentally knock her glasses off his night table, when he reaches for the alarm clock in the morning, so he go to Kim's Antiques and gets another night table for her side of the bed. He puts her glasses on it.
He doesn't want to get her shoes dirty when he throws his work boots by the door, so he puts her heels in the closet.
He doesn't want to make her watch Sportscenter, so he puts her movies, neatly on a bookshelf.
He doesn't want her to be unhappy, so he goes out and buys some rainbow jimmies. And he leaves the lime jello, and coffee ice cream in his fridge. But he buys some vanilla, hoping that maybe if he drenches it in chocolate and jimmies, she'll eat it.
He doesn't want her to feel unwelcome, so he makes some more room for her rhinestones and zebra stripes, in his closet. And he clears out a drawer for her crazy socks, and whatever else she wants to put in it.
He doesn't want to make her listen to Jimmy Buffett, so he makes room in his CD holder for her music.
He doesn't want her to be bored, so he makes a neat pile of her magazines, and then walks across the street and buys a few more for her. Bootsie mocks him, but he pays and walks away, without even defending himself.
He doesn't want her to be any less Lorelai when she's with him, so he leaves the fluffy pens around. The barking pens will probably drive him crazy, but he's pretty sure he's already there.
He doesn't want her to starve when he's working and she's up there alone, so he leaves the take-out menus. But, he adds a Luke's take-out menu to the pile, and puts it on top.
He doesn't want the magnets to go un-used so he buys a calendar. He almost bought the Hello Kitty one, but then he slapped himself and got a Stars Hollow calendar, instead.
He doesn't want to ever spend a night here without her, so he puts the manuals in a drawer, and buys her a TV. Screw his REM sleep.
He knows he won't be able to sleep at all, if she's not beside him.
That's from Come Home if it isn't obvious.
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