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. A little RD also.

Disclaimer: (pout)

A/N: Wow, alot of you really want to slap me!!!!!!

Sorry for how I left things off in the last chapter. I know it wasn't the best of scenes I could write up. But hey, at least Luke's there. Max will only make breif appearance, and will not be mentioned that much. And don't worry, I'll have them broken up before anything really happens.

-And Luke and Lorelai will get together soon. Don't worry about it. I'm not gonna wait until the end of the story to get them together.

...at least not anymore. Trust me.

A/N: some context from episode 1.08 (Love, War, and Snow). Some scenes and dialogue are altered for story's benefits.

CHAPTER 15: Hey, It's a Party

He stood there, frozen. He felt as if his heart stopped, then shatter into pieces and that he was gonna die. It took him all his will to stop himself from going over there, pulling this guy away from Lorelai and beat the crap out of him. There was no doubt what they were about to do. But what disturbed him most was that Lorelai brought this guy over to her house to…do things.

Doesn't she have rules against these things?

The minute Luke stepped into the house, Max had noticed him. He saw him, standing in the hallway, frozen, looking at them, his expression blank. Not blinking. His hands carrying take out bags.

"Uh, Lorelai?"

"Hm?" she mumbled against his lips. Max turned her body around and she became face to face with Luke.

Lorelai's eyes went wide and she became flashed with guilt all over her. First was because she brought a man over to her house, breaking the rules that she made with him. And then she also felt as if she's betrayed Luke by kissing another man. Like she was cheating on him. Why am I feeling this way?

"Luke. Hi." she stuttered, putting distance between her and Max.

"Hey." his gruff tone present. His expression still the same. But inside he's breaking.

"What are you…what are you doing here?" her eyes avoiding him. She just couldn't bare to look at him after being caught.

"Rory paged me. Something about an emergency." like you bringing a man to our…your…house.

All the awkwardness and discomfort washed away and was filled with worry and panic. Lorelai frantically walked towards Luke. "What emergency? Is Rory ok? Did something happen to her?"

"Rory's fine." he cut her off.

Lorelai sighed from relief. Then smacked his arms. "Don't scare me like that." but no matter how strong Lorelai smacked him, he didn't move an inch. He didn't even flinch. He just stayed the same. His expression still blank.

"Sorry." he muttered, harsher than intended.

Lorelai ignored it. "So what's the emergency?" and as if on cue, Lane came out from Rory's bedroom.

"Hey?" she said, walking towards them. "Is there a party going on that I didn't know about…" her voice trailed as she neared and saw Max, standing on the landing. She was confused, then she looked over at Luke and Lorelai. Lorelai wearing a guilty face. Luke wearing his, still, blank expression and noticed the take out bags that he's carrying. It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to know what happened. "Wow. This really is a party." suddenly feeling embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I should have called." then she ran back towards Rory's room and closed the door.

"That's the emergency." Luke said after a moment. Lorelai rolled her eyes at him. Then music was heard, blaring from Rory's room.

"That's the cure." she said in sympathy.

"I'm gonna go give her some food." he said. "I brought some for you too, incase you were hungry." she smiled. "Why don't you get your…friend," eyeing Max, "Settled there, then you can go talk to her. This seems like a job for you."

She smiled. "Thanks."

Luke walked towards Rory's room, trying not to listen to Lorelai, apologizing to whoever that guy was. He knocked softly on Rory's bedroom door, as a way of letting Lane know, before he entered. She was laying on Rory's bed, her back to him.

"Hey kid." he said softly, closing the door. He walked over and sat at the foot of the bed.

"Sorry for interrupting your party." though her tone was anything but apologetic. Whatever was going on out there, Lane thought, Luke sure didn't like it. Even if his expression tells him otherwise. Lane has known Luke long enough to know that whenever Luke's expression is like that, he's just usually boiling up his feelings inside. Trying not to explode in front of people. He's done that countless of times whenever he's in front of Lorelai, Rory or herself even.

Luke smirked. He knew Lane too well just as much as he knew Rory. "Yeah, well. It was worth interrupting."

Lane smiled, then turned around, laying on her back. "What's that?' pointing towards the take out bags next to Luke.

"Food." he said. "Rory paged me. Sounded like a crisis. And you needed comfort food."

Lane sat up from the bed, and sat in crisscross. "She paged you?"

"Yeah. Just before the lines went completely dead." Lane smiled at how considerate her best friend was.

Then, Lorelai entered the room, taking over with the girl talk. Luke walked out of the room, leaving one bag for Lane. Taking the other for Lorlai later. He put the bag in the fridge, and had a run-in with that guy again. Who was just finishing up whatever it was that he was making in the kitchen.

"So, who was that other guy?" Lane asked casually, after being recovered by the hair incident.

"Oh, that's Rory's teacher."

Lane nodded. "Are you two…?"

"Well, I don't know. I still have to talk to Rory about it." she said. "See if she'll be ok with it."

Lane knew that Rory wouldn't like the idea of her mom going out with her teacher. Not just because of the teacher part. But because her and Rory have spent years playing Hayley Mills, trying to get Luke and Lorelai together. But, she also knew that her best friend was not selfish. And would want what can make her mother happy. And if Rory's teacher made her happy, then she'll give that to her mother. Even if it'll break her heart.

"So, what is he doing here?" hopefully she didn't sound rude.

"Well his car broke down and he needs a place to stay."

Oh god. "So he's staying at the inn?" sounding hopeful.

"The inn's all booked, so he's staying here."

An alarm went off in Lane's head. Warning. Warning. Boy in the house. Boy in the house. She knows that Luke's the only man privileged enough to sleep over at the Gilmore house. "He's sleeping here?" panic visible in her voice.

Lorelai, seeming to think that Lane was thinking dirty, and assured her. "don't worry, he's sleeping on the couch."

"But…" that's Luke's bed! "what about Rory?"

"I'll explain it all to her tomorrow. Don't worry."

Lane tried to think up of other excuses to get that guy out of staying here. But nothing came up.

"well, I'm gonna go and tell Luke that everything's fine and that you'll be staying here for tonight. That way he can go home." Lorelai said getting up to leave.

"No wait!" she quickly called before Lorelai could step out of the room. Then as casual as she can, "Can…um…Luke…stay over, tonight?" please say yes. Please say yes.

"What?"

"I'll feel safer and much more comforted if he stays over." using her very own Lane Kim pout.

Lorelai smiled in sympathy. "Hon, I'm sure Luke would love to stay and give you comfort, but, he has to go back to the diner. He has to open up tomorrow." she said gently. "And besides, where's he gonna sleep? Max is already gonna be taking the couch." and with that, Lorelai left Rory's bedroom.

Lane sighed and laid back down on the bed. Rory's not gonna like this. Nope. Sot at all.

A/N: huh, I just realized how short this chapter is. Sorry. I'll try and update soon.

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