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: Seriously, do you really think I'm that powerful to actually own this show?... ... ...Ha! I wish!
-From the episode 1.07 (Kiss and Tell). Some scenes and dialogue's qill be altered for story benefits.
CHAPTER 7: All Hale to the Royal Family of Stars Hollow
Later that night, after the girls had established that Lorelai was fine-and Rory still in disbelief of Lorelai's actual state of being-the two went out to get some supplies for their movie night. They walked down the streets of Stars Hollow, heading towards Doose's.
"Ok, we have to be really quick. Cause the video store's gonna close, so stick to our list." Lorelai instructed. "No impulse buying like toothpaste or soap."
Rory nodded. As the two neared the market, Rory suddenly became nervous. She stopped before entering.
"Rory?" asked Lorelai, curious at why her daughter had stopped.
"I think we have enough stuff at home." Rory said lamely.
"Really?" asked Lorelai. "Where do you live? Cause the home I left this morning had nothing."
"Well we're ordering pizza. That's enough"
"Are you crazy?" well duh! She's my daughter. "you can't watch Willy Wonka without massive amounts of junk food!" does she know how disrespectful that is to the Oompa-Loompa's? "It's not right. I wont allow it. We're going in."
Rory hesitated. "Rory, it's fine."
"It's too weird."
Aarrgghh. "I'm gonna have to meet him eventually." Lorelai said. "And plus, luke's already met him, well, seen him, don't you think I should get that honor too? I am your mother after all."
"Ok. How bout next year?" she joked…kind of.
Lorelai rolled her eyes. "I'm gonna be so cool in there you'll mistake me for shaft."
Rory sighed. "There will be no interrogations." It's bad enough that Luke probably already did.
"I swear."
"No kissing noises. No stories of my childhood. No referring to Chicago as Chitown. No James Dean jokes. No father shotgun stares. No Nancy Walker impressions."
"Oh come one." Lorelai groaned. I'm not that bad. At least I'm not like my mother, she should be thankful for that.
"Promise me."
"I really and truly promise." Lorelai said sincerely. "Now can we please go in the market?"
"Ok. Let's go." Rory braced herself as they entered. She looked around as Lorelai took a basket by the door. "I don't see him."
Drats. "All right. Maybe he's on a break."
"Yeah." she eased a little bit more. "Yeah, maybe he's on a break."
Lorelai and Rory went to the candy aisle, picking out whichever candy as they pleased. "Do we want marshmallows?" Rory asked.
"Mmmm." Lorelai smiled. "And jellybeans, and chocolate kisses. Cookie dough we have at home. Peanut butter. Ooo, do you think they have that thing that's like sugar stick on one side, but then you dip it in the sugar on the other side and then you eat it?"
Rory shook her head. "We are going to be so sick. It's amazing that we still function." she said. "If Luke finds out about this, he is gonna be so mad."
"If, he finds out." Lorelai said. Then in a serious tone, "Which is why you should keep your mouth shut little missy."
"Oh come one." she rolled her eyes.
"You always cave, every time he asks you what you ate. And then I get in trouble and he wont give me any coffee."
"Well can you blame me. He's very scary." she giggled. She turned the corner and saw Dean bagging groceries. "There he is."
Lorelai walked up behind Rory and peered over her shoulders. "Boy he's tall." she commented. "That must have been some back-bender, that kiss."
God! "Mom."
"Make sure you warm up next time." she joked.
"Ok, we are leaving now." she threatened.
"Sorry." she immediately said. "Done now. He's got great eyes. Gotta love a guy with great eyes." I wonder if they're blue, like Luke's.
"Yeah." Rory smiled dreamily.
"And a nice smile."
"Very nice."
"Think we can get him to turn around?"
"It's nice too."
"Really?"
"Trust me."
Bet it's not as nice as Luke's. Lorelai thought back to this afternoon when Luke was fixing her fridge. She immediately shook it away. Bad! No thinking of Luke that way! He's your friend. Nothing more!-yeah, which is why you keep on playing house with him.
The girls went on to the cash register to pay for their stuff. Lorelai stood casually, as Rory tried to be casual as she can, but was too nervous. They made through paying and the introductions, plus some small talk with flying colors.
Rory sighed from relief when Dean was being called to help out in the back. "See, it wasn't that bad." told Lorelai.
"You're right." Rory smiled. Now all I need to do is convince Luke to not kill Dean.
"I said nothing embarrassing. Nothing stupid." Lorelai said proudly.
"I appreciate that."
"So chill out." Lorelai said, then couldn't help herself, "Supermarket slut." she smirked.
Rory rolled her eyes. "See? Even a little information in your hands is dangerous." she said before they left.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"God, for a box of chips, these sure are heavy."
"Yeah." Dean grunted, as he, and another co-worker in Doose's, Jeff, lifted up boxes loaded with chips, into the backroom.
"Thanks for helping out man." Jeff said.
"No problem." Dean replied.
"So hey, heard about what happened this afternoon." Jeff brought up with a smirk.
"What happened this afternoon?"
"You and Rory Gilmore. Kissing in the market. It's the talk of the town."
"Why is it such a big deal?" Dean asked. "I kissed her so what? I like her, and she seems to likes me."
"Dude, it's a total big deal. That was Rory Gilmore you were smooch'n on."
"I don't get it. Is she the IT girl here or something? The princess of this town?"
"Uh, yeah!" Jeff said with a duh expression. He explained. "You see, her and her mom are like the Queen and Princess of this town. Everybody loves them. And Rory has never been kissed before. Heck she's never even had a boyfriend before. She's never really had any interest to have a boyfriend. The only guys she likes are either from a book or on TV."
Dean was a bit amused. Pleased that he was her first. Boyfriend and kiss.
"Just watch out for Luke Danes man." Jeff said.
Dean was again confused. "Luke Danes? Who's he and why?"
"You know that man that owns the diner?"
"That Luke Danes?" Jeff nodded. "Yeah. I go there sometimes. He seems a bit scary. Why?"
Jeff pitied him. He really didn't know what he was getting himself into. "You really want to get into good terms with him."
Now Dean was really interested. "Why?"
"That man, loves Rory as if she were his own. Heck, she could even possibly be his own. But, she isn't."
"Is he like her stepfather or something?" boy was he in trouble if he was.
Jeff chuckled and shook his head. "No. trust me, we'd all know if they were together. Rory would be the first one to announce it to the world." he said. "Luke has always been Rory's father figure ever since she was in diapers. He's the King of this town and Rory's his Princess. No boy has ever went near Rory without Luke knowing. The last time a boy touched her, Luke exploded at him and threatened his life. Never saw that poor boy in town again." Jeff said in sympathy. "And Rory was just right behind Luke all the way. So was Lorelai. Luke loves those two. Specially Rory. And Rory loves him as if he were her father. So you better be serious about her, cause if you hurt her, Luke will be the first one to take a hit at you. And be careful when you're near her, and try to be on good terms with Luke."
Dean gulped. He thought that he didn't have to worry. He really did like Rory. Never liked anyone as much as he liked her. He really wanted to be with her. He found out that her dad bailed on her when she was born, so it was just her and her mom. And when he met Lorelai, he seemed to be on good terms with her. But he never heard about Luke and his role in Rory's life. Fine, if he had to suck up to Luke he will. He's determined to be with Rory without any conflicts. Dean made a mental note to be more careful next time he goes to the diner.
Dean heard the cashier call him back. "Yeah?"
"Here." she said handing him the Red Vines. "Give these to Lorelai and Rory. They should be near. If not, they should be at the diner."
Dean nodded nervously. Great. Fortunately for him, Lorelai was just outside the market. He sighed from relief. At least he can prepare himself for Luke Danes.
"Hey," Lorelai turned to see Dean. "You forgot your Red Vines." he said, handing her the Red Vines.
"Oh, wow!" she exclaimed brightly. "You totally saved the night. Thanks."
"Sure." before he could turn and leave, Lorelai stopped him to invite him to their movie night. He didn't know, after what he heard about Rory's life, he wanted to prepare himself. He really wanted to make a good impression on them. Let them know that he's good and he wouldn't hurt Rory.
"I'm sure Rory would love it." was all Lorelai said that got him to cave.
"Seven sound good?" she asked.
"Seven sounds fine." he smiled. At least I'll be on Lorelai's good side.
A/N...more like rant: Ok, so you all probably watched the season premere...right? How could you not, despite what happened on the season finale, how could we turn our backs to those two girls. Anyways, I was just planning on skimming through the show, back and forth from watching Heroes (love that show), only planning on skipping the scenes in which Christopher was in. And successfully did, thank you very much.
Even with the situation of the characters, it was really funny. They still have it. I loved the raquetball thing-they should know better. The Michel and Sookie got into a fist fight thing-Michel should know better. And when the car ran through Luke's Diner-everyone, including Taylor, should have known better! And when Rory explained it to Lorelai and when she said 'I'm good, I'm good' it was soooo hilarious how she said that! I would have said it the exact same way. I was laughing the enitre time.
Though the Logan and Rory scenes were really sweet. And the rocket-ship, I was really sqealing-even if I despise Logan and wanted Jess back-it was that sweet. And the spatula thing. And when Luke came at the end of the episode, I was really heart broken when Lorelai said she slept with Christopher. And when I saw the previews for the next episode, I started to hyperventilate, and sobbing so hard, that my friend started to disown me. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!
... Though on the other-hand, who also saw Lauren on Ellen DeGeneres? I thought it was sweet when Lauren said that she loves Mathew Perry. Though don't get me wrong, I am such a Scott/Lauren fanatic as well!
Sorry, I just really needed to get that out. And rant time over.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
REVIEWS!-yes, pelase, I would just love to hear what you think of this chapter/story. Good, bad, and in between. And any SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS, and/or REQUESTS you would like to see in this story-or any of my toher stories for that matter-are completely welcomed.
♠bokayjunkie♣