Title: A Perfect, and Somewhat Dysfunctional, Family

By: bokayjunkie

Summary: Luke and Rory has always had a special father/daughter bond that no one can break. But what happens when someone comes along to ruin that bond. Set in Season 1. Luke and Lorelai are NOT together…yet. But they will be. Mark my words they will be. A little RD also.

Disclaimer: I have nothing.

A/N: Hey guys, thanks for all of your reviews. Please keep sending them in. I hope this'll keep you occupied until the next time I update. I probably wont be able to until next week, cause I'm kind of busy preparing for my birthday this weekend. So, hope you like this chapter.

A/N: From the episode 1.07 (Kiss and Tell). Some scenes and dialogues will be altered for story benefits.

CHAPTER 5: Someone was Caught Playing Kissy Kissy in the Market

"One of us has to do laundry tonight." said Lorelai as they round the corner, heading towards Luke's.

"Why?" asked Rory.

"Because I haven't had any clean underwear for three days."

Rory was almost afraid to ask, but, "So right now under your skirt you're wearing…?"

Lorelai grinned mischievously. "Not underwear."

"Mom!" never ask questions! Never ask questions!

"It's kinda nice actually…breezy." she says, swaying her hips a little.

Never ask questions! Specially to my mother. "My role model ladies and gentlemen."

"How come you haven't ran out yet?" she asked suspiciously.

Rory avoided her for a moment, "I don't know." she stammered. "I guess I have more underwear than you."

"That's not true, you have less." she says, then narrowed her eyes at her. "Have you been doing laundry without me?"

"No." she says unconvincingly.

"Rory."

"Ok, one load."

Lorelai feigned hurt. "And you didn't even ask if I had stuff to throw in?"

"It was a big load. There wasn't any room." she said in defense. "And besides, Luke was the one who finishing up the rest of them."

"Luke was in on this too?" she cried dramatically. "I'm crushed. I'm bleeding. Get me a tourniquet. Oh no, they're dirty, cause Rory and Luke wouldn't wash them."

Rory rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry, I'll do another load tonight. I promise."

"Never mind. I'll do my own laundry." Lorelai grumbled.

Why do I even bother? "Fine even better."

"I hate doing laundry." she grumbled even more.

"What do you know? You never even do your own laundry anyway."

"I do too!" she shot back like a child.

"No you don't." Rory smirked. "You either go to the Laundry-Mat, or Luke does them for you, and I do your undergarments."

She has a point there. "Maybe I'll just buy new underwear." she thought out loud as they pass Miss Patty's dance class, doing their dress rehearsal, for a Thanksgiving dance, on the stage that they set out in the square.

The girls enters Luke's diner in time to see Taylor annoying Luke about fall decorations, and Luke barking at him.

"We're talking a few streamers and a paper turkey." Taylor went on as he followed Luke around the diner. "How's it gonna hurt to have a paper turkey."

Luke was fuming. "No turkey, no squash, no pumpkins. Nothing colored orange."

Lorelai and Rory share a giggle as they sat at the counter.

"Ok, you don't like orange. That's fine. Autumn has many varied hues to toy with." said Taylor.

"Excuse me," Lorelai called, "can we get some coffee please?"

"And a muffin?" added Rory.

"Warmed?" finished Lorelai.

"This is the autumn festival." continued Taylor, ignoring the girls' requests. "Your show is right across the street from the Horn of Plenty. You're right dab in the middle of everything. You have to decorate."

"I don't have to do anything but serve food!" yelled Luke.

"And coffee!" yelled Lorelai, mocking anger, bashing her fist on the counter.

"And muffins!" yelled Rory, imitating her mother's actions.

"Taylor! I am tired of having this conversation with you, every year!"

"Yoo-hoo!" called out Lorelai, trying to get their attention.

"You have lived in Stars Hollow a long time young man. It's time you became one of us.' said Taylor, both again ignoring Lorelai.

Lorelai gets out a dollar bill, and waves it in the air. "Whoo!"

"Sorry, I guess my pods defective!" Luke shot back at Taylor.

"Hey, my mom's not wearing any underwear!" Rory tried. That'll get their attention…well, at least Luke's. Lorelai slapped her shoulders for saying that. "Well you aren't."

The two not even hearing what Rory said. "You're just being selfish Luke." Taylor went on.

"Still they don't notice." Lorelai said. Luke's not even frazzled that he can just look up my skirt and see all the goods. "I can't take it anymore."

"We're talking about the spirit of fall." Taylor continued.

Lorelai stood up and went behind the counter. "What kind of muffins do you want?" she asked her daughter.

"Blueberry."

"You know where you can stick the spirit of fall?" he asked him, as he went behind the counter, handing Lorelai hers, and Rory's cup and a tong. "Here, don't use your hands."

Lorelai thanked his quietly and took out the muffins and put them in a bag.

"I don't think you're taking me seriously." Taylor accused, crossing his arms across his chest.

Lorelai went back to Rory and handed her, her muffin and coffee.

"Gee, what gave you that idea?" he asked sarcastically. "No tip?" he asked to Lorelai and Rory, who was almost out the door.

"Oh, yeah, here's a tip. Serve your customers." she said.

"Here's another-don't sit on any cold benches." he shot back.

Lorelai narrowed her eyes at him, then just stuck her tongue out at him, then left. Looks like he did hear Rory after all. I wonder what he's thinking. Lorelai smirked.

Luke busied himself by wiping down the table. It was already past three, and there were only two tables filled at the moment. There was basically nothing to do. This would be about the time that Rory got back from school. And what he remembers, she doesn't have anything to do after school today. So she was probably gonna be stopping by.

He figured that she would want pie, or at least some sort of dessert. He went in the kitchen and checked the freezer. Only vanilla ice cream left. Good, but not good enough for a Gilmore. He decided to go to the market to buy the girls' their kind of ice cream. The things he do for these girls.

He went in, and got a basket. Went to the back, and took out coffee ice cream, which was for Lorelai, and cookie dough, for Rory. Very fattening and a lot of calories, but anything for those girls.

After he got the ice creams, Luke decided to buy some toiletries for himself. As he rounded the corner, he spotted Rory and that kid that he saw her with at her birthday party. His back was to him, with two sodas hidden behind. Rory looks like she was thinking about something when all of the sudden, he kissed her.

Luke was now fuming hot. Smoke was coming out of his ear. How dare that kid kiss her! Geez, and in the market too! He was about to step in and give that kid a piece of his mind, when all of a sudden, a voice in his head, which, not so surprisingly, sounded like Lorelai, said 'don't do anything you'll regret. Specially in front of Rory'. Before he could do anything, Rory bolted away and ran out the market.

Before Luke did anything that he'd regret, or probably put in jail for, he paid for his stuff and got out of there.

"Lane? Lane?" Rory frantically searched for her best friend once she entered Kim's Antiques.

Immediately, Lane popped up from somewhere, wanting to know what was up with her best friend. If everything was ok. "What's wrong?" she asked panicked.

"I got kissed." she blurted. "And I shop lifted." she lifted up her left arm, showing her the cornstarch that she had took from Doose's.

Now getting excited. "Are you serious? Who kissed you?"

"Dean."

"The new kid"?

"Yes."

"You go the new kid? Oh my god." this was like gold being found in Connecticut ground.

"It happened so fast." Rory started a bit more calmly. "I was just standing there-"

"Where?"

"Doose's Market."

"He kissed you in the market?" almost squealing.

"On aisle three."

"By the pest spray?" Rory nodded. "Oh that's a good aisle." Any aisle where you get kissed by the new kid, or by anybody, is a good aisle.

"Oh my god. I can't breath." Rory suddenly noticed how out of breath she was. Well duh Gilmore, you ran all the way here from the market!

"Ok, sit down."

"No. I can't sit down. I'm too…oh my god. I got kissed!"

"Who kissed you?" the girls turned to see Mrs. Kim who just entered the room. The girls were suddenly became nervous.

"The Lord mama." Lane stuttered.

Mrs. Kim looked doubtful, but let it pass. "Oh, ok then." then she left.

"So? Tell me everything?" Lane asked in a hush, squealing, excited tone, once Mrs. Kim was out of sight.

Rory explained. "So, I go into the store and her offers me a soda. And then he puts two behind his back and he asks me to pick one and then he kissed me."

Lane squealed. "I'm so jealous. That's it. I've got to get some dumb ugly friends."

Rory giggled. "I have to go tell my mom."

"Call me later."

"Ok." she said, starting to leave, then stops.

"What's wrong?" Lane asks.

"I can't."

"You can't leave?" she asked confused. "It's sing your favorite hymn night at the Kim house. Make a run for it."

"My mom doesn't know about Dean."

"So tell her."

"The last time the subject of boys came up, it got very ugly."

"Well that was different." Lane comforted her. "She thought you were gonna quit school over a guy."

"Yes, over Dean."

"Ok, fine. But she doesn't have to know it was him."

"She'll know."

"How?"

"She's Lorelai. She'll know." she explained. "And I don't even want to know what Luke will say. He's gonna be so furious." she started to panic. "What do I do?"

Lane thought of positive outcomes from Lorelai. After all, she is a cool mom. "Well, maybe she'll be more open to the concept now that you're in school and doing so well and everything."

"Maybe." she is a cool mom. Not even like a mom, more like best friend.

"Try it."

"Ok." Rory smiled, then panicked again. "But what about Luke?"

"Well, have your mom do something to prevent him from killing Dean." Lane said. "She can get him to do anything."

"Good idea." Now with more confidence, she nodded. "Ok, I gotta go." she started to leave.

"Hey," Lane called out, Rory turned. "Was it great?"

Rory smiled. "It was perfect."

Lane smiled dreamily. "Wow."

"Yeah."

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