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.

Disclaimer: I can tell what I wish to own…a stereo for my room, Tivo, the first and second season of Gilmore Girls, Luke, Jess, my life…I can go on but it would take forever.

A/N: Alright, I've had some people tell me that they're not pleased with the Rory/Dean set up. Well…all I can say is I FEEL YOUR PAIN! I know exactly how you feel. It just pains me to write about them. I am not a fan of the whole Rory/Dean relationship myself. I'm more of a Rory/Jess or Rory/Marty fanatic. But come on guys, this is the first season after all, and I have to stick to the script.

Which is another thing, yes the story is mostly from the script, with a few twists of my own, but the big finale will be different. Just bare with me people…and there will be more java junkie moments…that's all I have to say.

A/N: Also, I didn't mean to update before. I was updating Jessica Alba's in Town, but accidently put it on this story. So sorry about that, but here it is now. Again, so sorry.

Last A/N: From episode 1.07 (Kiss and Tell) Dialogues and scenes altered for story benefits.

CHAPTER 6: Supermarket Slut

Rory entered her house, and found her mother laying on the kitchen floor near the fridge. Food everywhere. She sighed. Lorelai seems to be trying to get some repair guys to help her figure out what was wrong with their fridge. Why ask some guys, who will just spend hours on telling you junk you don't need to know, or useless to you. And bills you by the minute, when you could just ask Luke to help you. He's smart, and knows everything there is about repairs. Wow, she has been spending way to much time with Luke. She's even ranting in her head.

It looks like she's having a hard time trying to get the guys on the other line to cooperate. She goes into her room and placed the cornstarch on her dresser. It was the perfect remembrance of her first kiss. She looks at it, she can still feel his lips on hers. She goes back outside, and her mother was still on the phone. She sits down on a chair and grabs herself something to eat.

"Great. Good-bye." said Lorelai harshly as she turned the phone off.

"So are they coming tomorrow?" Rory asked carefully. Obviously, her mother was not in a good mood.

"Nope." she stood up. "Monday, between three and eight." she stated angrily. "I am completely useless."

"Sorry." she said quietly.

"Ugh. Nothing to be sorry about. I'll just get Luke to look at it." at least he'll give me a discount. "Oh my god. Look at this place. It's a sty! Now I'm crabby and useless. Stupid fridge. Stupid fridge guys. I hate my life." he yells as she left the kitchen.

Rory looked after her mother, a bit scared. I can tell her later. Not because she's chickening out of it, but because her mom seems to be in a bad mood. Rory stood from her chair and followed her mother up to her bedroom. She saw her mother, laid down on her bed, with a pillow covering her face.

"Mom?" Rory said, sitting down next to her mother.

Lorelai pulled off the pillow from her face and looked at Rory apologetically. "Sorry for my outburst." she said. "I just had a really crappy day. First, the crappy morning I had at the inn, and Michel's French getting thicker by the minute. Then Mrs. Kim kept on pushing me about the rocking chair that I still haven't picked up. The stupid fridge guys just made it worse."

Rory looked at her mother sympathetically. "Well, we're allowed to have bad days once in a while." Lorelai nodded. "want me to call Luke for you?"

Lorelai shook her head. "Nah, it's ok. I'll call him." she said. Rory nodded. "What are you thinking about?"

Rory's head snapped. "Huh?"

Lorelai looked at her worriedly for a moment. Then gasped lightly. "Oh, are you thinking about what to get him?"

"Get who what?" she asked confused.

"Luke."

"What about Luke?"

"His birthday present?" said Lorelai. "You know, you're always worried about what to get him on his birthday. But you really don't have to be. He'll love anything you give him. You know that." Lorelai smiled reassuringly.

"Oh, right." she said, trying to sound convincingly. "Thank you for the pep talk mom." she smiled and hugged her. She hadn't even thought about Luke's birthday. How horrible is she? Every year, she usually worries more about what to get Luke for his birthday than her own. But this year, she hadn't thought about it at all. And she realized she needed to get him a birthday present. How could she forget? Well, Dean does have that effect on me. How does he do that? This must be how mom feels with Luke, or how Luke feels around mom.

"Anytime sweets." Lorelai said as she pulled back. She sighed heavily then stood up. "I better go call Luke." she said then went back downstairs.

"Well?" Lorelai asks as she enters the kitchen. Luke was leaning down, his head inside the fridge. Lorelai tried to look away but she can't. He really does have a great butt. Maybe I should get him tights for his birthday.

"Almost…" he grunted.

Lorelai wasn't paying attention. She was so hypnotized by his built back that she, absentmindedly, picked up an apple and took a bite. Once she started to chew, the taste registered to her that she was eating a fruit and checking Luke out. She immediately turned away and spit out the apple. She threw it with disgust.

"Alright done." Luke announced.

Lorelai turned back to see Luke, standing up from his position. "Great. Thank you." she was still flustered by what she was doing before. Now who's looking at who like they were a porterhouse stake? "You have no idea how much time you saved for me by doing this."

"It's ok. Better than having someone look at it and pay them when you can just have it done for free."

"That is exactly my motto." she joked. Easing a bit. "Which is exactly why I keep you around."

He rolled his eyes. "Gee, thanks." he said sitting down on a chair. So did Lorelai. "So, where is Rory?"

"Out collecting can goods for the Horn of Plenty." she explained, eating a more, decent food, Doritos.

"You told her not to go to the market, right?" he asked her. He wanted Rory far away from that boy as much as possible.

She looked at him confused. "No, why?"

"Why?" he couldn't believe she hadn't done anything. "So she can't see that boy anymore." he said a bit forceful.

"What boy?"

"The boy that kissed her." he yelled.

Her eyes went wide. Did he just say what I think he just said? "A boy kissed her?"

Then he realized, "You didn't know?"

"No." she said. "You mean some boy kissed her? I mean really kiss her? Not just some lousy peck on the cheek, or the lips. But a long, full on smack?"

"To put it, yes."

Lorelai didn't know what to say. Her head was spinning. A boy kissed her daughter. "Was it that boy we saw at her birthday party?"

"Yes."

"I hate that kid." she growled. "I can't believe she didn't tell me. Why didn't she tell me?"

"I don't know." he sighed.

"I'm her best friend. Why didn't she tell me?" she wined.

He shrugged. "Did you two fight?"

"Not that I can recall." she thought for a moment. "I gave back her Macy Grey CD." Luke rolled his eyes. "Did she tell you about this?"

"No. I saw him kiss her."

"Where were they?"

"In the market. By the pest spray aisle."

Lorelai nodded. "Why didn't Rory tell me about the kiss?"

"Maybe she didn't know you'd take it so well." he tried.

"But we tell each other everything." she wined.

"This is different." he had to put all his anger aside to comfort Lorelai.

"But we tell each other everything else. But this she keeps a secret." she went on. "It's cause it's a guy thing isn't it?"

"Probably." like she'd talk to me about these stuff.

"Well that's not good." Lorelai continued. "I have to make her understand that I'm ok with the guy thing. Cause not talking about the guys and our personal lives, that's me and my mom, not me and Rory."

Luke nodded. Then asked, "Are you ok with the guy thing?"

"Yes." she says not so convincingly.

His brows raised. "Really?"

"Ok…ish."

Should have known. "That's not ok."

"Well it's an Ok with an ish." she insisted.

"Whatever you say." he knew better.

"She just…she thinks I'll disapprove, right?" she asks, not waiting for his response. "Well I wont. I'll show her that I think this is great. Once she sees that I think this is great, everything will be back to normal between us. Right?" not waiting for his response. "Ok, good."

"So you passed the need for an actual person to talk to minutes ago?" she smiled and nodded. "You're an amazing woman." he said before he could stop himself.

Lorelai blushed and smiled. "Thank you for noticing." he smiled back, glad that she didn't mock him or laugh at him for what he just said. She drew in a deep breath and let it out heavily. She looked up at him with hopeful eyes. "Luke?"

Luke sighed. "You want me to do your laundry, don't you?"

She pouted. "Please."

Luke rolled his eyes and stood up. "Upstairs, bedroom?"

"The blue basket on my bed." she smiled.

"She came prepared." he said, walking out of the kitchen.

"Oh, and can you also-" Lorelai started before he left, but was interrupted by Luke.

"Pick up the rocking chair from Mrs. Kim? Yes." he sighed then went upstairs.

Lorelai beamed. "Thank you." she yelled after him. Still processing of their conversation.

Later, that evening Lorelai have been sitting on the couch ever since Luke left. Her thoughts were still reeling in about the boy that kissed Rory. She couldn't believe that a boy kissed her daughter, and Rory didn't even tell her anything about it. She's not mad, just upset. Not over the whole kiss thing, but because her daughter didn't tell her.

Lorelai looked at the clock on her VCR. Rory should be home any minute. She decided to check out front, by the window and wait for her. A few minutes later, she saw Rory walking across their yard. She immediately went back to lie on the couch, pretending to read a Cosmo magazine, just as Rory entered the house. She tried to look casual.

"Hey, sorry I'm late." Rory said as she entered the living room.

"Oh, hey," Lorelai said brightly. "no big deal. There's Chinese in the fridge."

Rory smiled. "Ok. Oh, Lane and I talked about what to get for Luke's birthday, so I'm gonna go shopping this weekend." she said as she walked towards the kitchen. "I'm gonna go alone though cause if you come with me then we'll never be able to leave."

Damn it! Lorelai promised herself and to Luke, mostly to Luke, that she would wait until Rory was ready to talk about it, but couldn't wait. Luke should have known that I'm an impatient person. She immediately huffed off the couch and followed Rory in the kitchen. She was looking in the fridge, Lorelai walked up behind her.

"So, kissed any good boys lately?" she asked suddenly.

Rory swirled around and looked at her mother in shock. "Who…?"

"I have my ways." was all Lorelai said.

"of course." Rory mumbled, taking out the Chinese food and closing the fridge door.

"So…is he cute?" she asked as they sat down on a chair.

Rory smiled shyly. "Yeah, he is."

"Can he spell?" she cringed at how it came out, a bit harsher than intended. She sounded like her mother.

"He can spell and read." Rory defended. "How long have you known?"

"Since this afternoon." Lorelai replied. "You didn't think you were gonna be able to keep it a secret, did you? You were making out in the market."

Again, Rory said in defense, "We weren't making out. It was just one kiss."

Lorelai scoffed. "Yeah, well by the time that gets to Miss Patty's it's a scene from 9 ½ Weeks."

True. Rory sighed. "So, how did you know exactly? Who told you?"

"It's not important." Lorelai shrugged off.

"Taylor?"

"Nope."

"Kirk?"

"Not even close."

"Was it Mrs. Kim?"

"Mrs. Kim knows?"

Rory cringed. "Not really." she stammered. "Lane and I were talking about it, and she came in, she asked who kissed me, Lane covered up saying that it was the Lord. We weren't sure if she bought it or heard anymore."

Why am I out of the loop from my daughter's love life? "It wasn't Mrs. Kim. Or Taylor, or Kirk, or Babatte and Miss Patty…It was Luke."

Rory suddenly shot up. "Luke?" she shrieked. "You mean Luke knows?" she asked in panic.

"Again. Small town. Making out in the market." Lorelai pointed out.

"Again, not making out. Just a kiss. One kiss." she pointed back. Then became a panic again. "Oh my god, I can't believe he knows. He's gonna be so mad at me. He's gonna be so mad at Dean. He's gonna beat up Dean. No…he's gonna kill him."

Lorelai rolled her eyes. Boy I sure do wish he does. "No he's not."

"Yes he is." Rory insisted. "He's gonna find him in the market, or in town and kill him." oh god. "Maybe I can warn Dean before he goes anywhere near the diner. Luke doesn't even know what he looks like. Maybe I can still save him."

"Look, drama queen, Luke will not kill Dean." Lorelai assured. "And he knows what he looks like."

"He does?" this caused more panic in Rory.

"Yeah. He saw it."

"He did?" That's not a whole lot better. Not only was Rory in panic, but humiliated as well. "I can't believe he saw us." she buried her face in her hands, and rested her elbows on the table. "You could have said something you knows?" she wined.

"Now funny, I was gonna say the same thing to you." Lorelai shot back.

Rory crossed her arms on the table. She bit her bottom lip nervously, "So…what now?"

"Now? Nothing."

Rory stared at her confused and suspicious. "No? no lecturing about kissing a boy."

"Not from me. Probably from Luke." Lorelai said. "Why, did you do it wrong?"

"No…" thinking back to the kiss. "I don't think so."

Lorelai sighed. "I didn't love the way I found out." she said. "but you're getting older. These things are bound to happen occasionally. Actually, I think it's great."

Rory eyed her suspiciously. Yeah right. "No you don't."

"Yes I do." she said brightly, too brightly. "I'm thrilled."

Uh-huh. "Thrilled?"

"Yeah."

Rory inwardly rolled her yes. "You're completely weirded out by this, aren't you?"

"No!" she insisted. "you're crazy. I'm completely fine with it."

"You don't seem fine." Rory went on. "You seem the complete opposite of fine."

"Well, you're projecting that on me because you don't want to think that I'm fine when I am as I have said, fine."

"Ok." though she still wasn't convinced.

"Never been finer." Lorelai insisted.

"Got it." even if you're lying. "You want some?" she asked, offering her some Chinese.

"No thanks. I'm fine."

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