Title: Jessica Alba's in Town

By: Nikka Flores

Summary: Jessica Alba's in town. And Luke seems to know her pretty well (wink wink). And Lorelai's jealous of her.

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CHAPTER 13: A Malling we will Go

Becca insisted on doing the actual typing herself. If Luke did it, then it wouldn't be really hers. She was really working her way to being independent, which made Luke proud. While being out in public, Luke made sure to shield her, and himself, from the gossips of Stars Hollow. It was bad enough that the his argument with Lorelai was public.

After her resume was finished, Becca suggested they look into jobs outside of town before they look at jobs in town. Save the easy stuff for later. Luke agreed. They started with Hartford. Restaurants, stores, boutiques. All pretty good, and seem to like Becca's resume. But Becca was looking for something more. She didn't know what it was yet.

After the stores were covered, they went to the mall, much to Luke's dismay. But Becca, not only wanted to find a job there, but also wanted to see what was in the Connecticut fashion line. Luke, constantly, reminded her that they were there to find a job, not to shop.

Becca did know that. The browsing was just for bonus. She was really excited to find a job. She really couldn't wait to work in a real job that wasn't tied by family. She loves working in the diner, but she wanted a real job where the boss wasn't her cousin, or any other relative.

"Come on Luke, just a little bit more further.' pleaded Becca, her hands clasped in front of her, and her lips pouting.

"Becca," Luke let out an exasperated sigh, "look, I love your enthusiasm on finding a job, though I'm not sure it's the job you're really enthused for, but, we can't go on further. I'm tired, and we have to get back, the dinner rush will start soon."

"I am excited tog et a job." she isnsited. "I really want to get a job. And I really want to sell myself out there. Advertise, promote. Whatever. As long as the world knows that Rebecca Manson is open for business."

"Say that a little louder, and you've got yourself a lot of business at the back alley of the local pub here in Hartford."

Becca glared at him. "And how would you know that huh?" she asked teasingly. "Trying to find yourself a little someone were you?"

Luke rolled his eyes. "Jeez."

"Luke please. I want to hit more stores. We only went to like, 20 of them."

"We hit at least 35," he corrected, "and don't forget, this is only Hartford. We still have Litchfield, Woodbury, and Stars Hollow to cover up."

"But-"

"Becca!"

"Wow, there really are a lot of options in there." commented Rory as they walked out of GAP.

Lorelai looked at her in in disbelief. "Are you kidding me?"

"What?"

"Look at you!" she said gesturing towards her, Rory looked, down, nothing seems to be wrong. Everything was still there. All her bags were there. Rory looked back at her mother with questioning eyes. "And look at me!" Lorelai gestured herself.

"I don't get It."

"This! You!" she said. Rory still didn't get it. "You have more bags than me! Heck, I don't even have a purse with me."

Rory now understood. "well, you're very picky. And you didn't want to be carrying a purse with you, so I'm carrying it." she pointed out, trying to calm her. "And, besides, you can borrow them if you want. They fit you too."

"Yeah, but they'll be all the way in Yale." Lorelai whined.

"Then I can just leave some of them at home." reasoned Rory. "Which ones do you like?"

"You can't leave them." said Lorelai.

"Why not?"

"Because, you may have a really hot date and you might need something to where that doesn't look like Mother Teresa wore herself. And then you'll resent me for making you leave all these beautiful clothes behind just so your mother can have no use of them."

Rory looked at her confused. "Ok, you lost me at Mother Teresa." she said. "Hey wait, are you saying I I dress like a nun?"

Lorelai rolled her eyes. "You just can't leave them. I'm just being pathetic."

Rory shrugged "Suit yourself." she said as they walked off. "Do you want to get some coffee before we go look at another store?"

"Sure." Lorelai replied.

As they neared Starbucks, Rory noticed a familiar image up ahead of them. A woman, with golden brown hair, who had a similarity of Jessica Alba, was pulling and trying to drag a man, with a backwards-baseball-cap, and dressed in flannel and jeans.

"Hey isn't that Becca and Luke?" Rory asked loud enough that Becca and Luke heard.

Lorelai looked ahead, then glared back at Rory. Rory looked at her with an apologetic look.

A/N: So sorry for the long update. And so sorry for the meaningless, short chapter. And also, I'm gonna be going on hold with this for a while. You see, I lost the written draft I had for this. And I wrote alot of good stuff too. So, I either have to find it, or re-write it and hopefully it'll be as good as the first one. It may take a while though.

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