Presenting … Lucas Danes?
By GilmoreGirl1979 (the Reigning Quote Queen)
Rating: haven't done this for a while... let's say PG-13 because we CAN CAN CAN! (yes, Moulin Rogue)
R/R: yes please I love reviews, I wanna marry them (as previously stated, I have strange passions.)
friendly disclaimer: Chapter 1
Luvz: I'm not happy with this chapter, but Luvz told me I had to pub so she could get to chapter 9! Lol, your wish my command pixie (Scott Patterson drop your pants, … NOW! LOL) PS LOVED THE PIRATE TALK ME WANDERING WENCH, AHOY FROM YOUR VICIOUS TROLLOP, or something …
And other shout outs:
LLMEANTUB: I'm guessing you like Luke naked or the mere mention of Luke being naked.
-I'm a rat i need cheese! I'm sorry, I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,I'm sorry,
as previously mentioned I've had a lot of REAL LIFE DRAMA lately do forgive, do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,do forgive,
-4 in 4-I guess I'll just put on my red, white, and blue leotard, grab my golden lasso and fly the invisible plane on over. -I'm not wonder woman, you know ... though I could see how that mistake could be made!
-have I mentioned I'm sorry?
jeepgirl259: SCORE! Congrats fight the man, or number… stealer… people…elves…. Ummmm anyway…
She propped up on her elbows. "I'm so sorry, but,… I have to go down there…" (if said in a teasing tone in a completely different context...DIRTY!)- you have a DIRTY MIND ,… and I gotta tell ya I LOVE IT!
- Chris is such a jealous moron!-he is isn't he!9i'm still BOTHERED BY THE UNDER ME LINE, EWWWWWW )
-the conga line is BACK, update, update, update,… update, update, update, … update, update , update, …
scubaluver: I missed ya buddy!
Spuffy4ever2: don't we all want Chris to just DIE! But what would be come of "THE CHILD"?
ObsessedwGG: not SUPER MONDO FABULOUS?
ProFfeSseR: Je verhaalyour tale what I WIN! A motor-home?
freecityy: Love the detailed review; I Thank you!
Ilovemypenguin: WHAT THE FRELL? WHERE the HASMANA you been!I think this chapter is total DREN!
Nice to talk to my People again! and remember "your not just farbart your magra farbart!"
Crichton "Oh yea, I think I've seen thing one. Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, cage match!"
Rygel "What?"
Crichton "Oh, don't worry, nobody saw the third one anyway."
Another show with SO MANY AWESOME QUOTES
wolviesgal: A Swift Kick in CHRIS' CROUCH, I'd be down with…
PINK88: PINKY! COME HOME! WE MISS YOU!
SPECIAL THANKS TO Yvonne; who started a fanlisting IN MY HONOR (could someone explain what this means exactly!) Thank you! I'm so flattered… if you wanna join it( I know there are at least 59 of you) google "purple ribbon gilmoregirl1979 " or email and I'll send ya the link to check it out!
thank you one and all: for liking my little idea, it's grown bigger than I ever thought!
Previously on gilmore girls:
A/N: I have some strange need to have the Exes walk in on Luke and Lorelai in bed … it's FUN! It's FUNNY! LoL
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Chapter 8:
My Robe's Got A Secret, And It Can Not Keep It …
With Luke gone, Lorelai could now focus solely on her daughter. She knew that Rory put on a brave face and acted like Chris' lack of interest didn't hurt. Lorelai also knew that Rory's outburst toward Chris was just like her outburst at Patty's, it had sprung directly from that hurt. Lorelai only hoped that all Rory said of Luke was true. It would make telling her about "them" that much easier. Here goes … something.
Lorelai knocked on Rory's bedroom door. "Hey? " Lorelai smiled, as she poked her head in, and admired her angry angel. Rory had said all those things that Chris obviously needed to hear and that he never payed attention to. Rory was playing with the feather fan at her vanity, too frustrated to even mess with her bun, hair pins, … make up removal.
"Hey," she sadly offered back, as she slouched.
"So, Dean got you home safe," Lorelai stated the obvious.
"Yeah, but he might get in trouble cause your curfew was later than his Dad's, but we did call, … at least."
"That's good. Did I miss anything?"
"Well, Grandma was mad that you left early. She wanted a picture of everyone together. But Grandpa couldn't be found either so…. "
HUH? A picture of everyone, … except Luke! She'd make him take the picture, I'm sure. "Yeah," Okay small talk over, "You alright? I thought it was fourth of July for a second." Lorelai came up behind Rory and rubbed her daughter's shoulders.
At this point Rory threw the stupid fan at the vanity mirror. "I just can't believe Dad showed up like that. Like he was saving the day or something!" Rolling her eyes and shaking her head.
"Yeah, well… neither can I… " his timing sucked… well if he hadn't discovered Luke and me … in bed… it would have been…. You… OH GOD! Lorelai now tried not to think of how that little scenario would have played out. Scarring her little girl, Excuse me, her proper lady of society for life with the diner man making love to her mommy. Lorelai decided to distract herself by helping to take her daughter's hair down.
However, Rory jerked away, "And to attack Luke! I mean Luke has been way more involved in my life than DAD!"
"I know, hon …"
"Where did 'he' come from anyway?"
"Boston, … apparently."
"Huh? Well, we saw the car and I didn't know who it was." Rory picked up the fan again, and tapped it on her jewelry box with an annoyed rhythm.
"The Volvo?" Lorelai gave in a hard to believe tone. Her daughter a little more still and subdued, Lorelai began to remove the hair pins and strategically placed flowers.
"Yeah? How long was Dad here?" curious at what her parents had talked about before she walked in on Luke and her Father shouting. Rory and Dean had heard the two men going at it when they were outside saying a quick goodnight.
Lorelai was still on edge about Chris' "visit" and the things that were said. "Long enough."
Rory sighed not wanting to think about HIM any longer.Then Rory remembered their was another man in their house. "Where's Luke?" Rory asked.
Well, not in my room! "Oh, ummm, He just went home, … Jess was closing, wanted to make sure he still had a diner."
"AWW, I wanted to thank him again." Rory said disappointed how this evening had gone so wrong. Well, except for her actual coming out, of course.
Lorelai laughed lightly at the thought. "Oh trust me, … he's been thanked enough." Dirty!
Then Rory noticed how fascinating her mother found her hair to be. In the mirror, Rory could tell Lorelai seemed to be shifting uncomfortably at the mention of Luke. "You okay? You seem … nervous?" Rory had observed all day her mother's strange behavior around Luke. Suspecting the supposed "dirty Luke dream" to be the culprit. Maybe now we will get a confirmation. Also, Rory was almost witness to the "almost kiss", just a few more seconds, and she finally placed her fan on the table top and crossed her arms leaning on the vanity, eying her mother. Luke did take her home early, and they were alone all that time, well with dad I guess…
"Yeah well, … " Lorelai stopped removing pins, and took a deep breath. " I've got to tell you something … and I'm not sure how you're gonna react." Might as well get it over with.
This seems serious."Oh no? are grandma and grandpa separating?"
Lorelai saw Rory's expression reflected in the mirror, "What?"
"Well, that fight looked pretty … heavy?" Rory's wide eyes filled with concerned. She had only done this stupid ball thing to cheer up her grandparents now things seemed to be worse.
"Oh umm, honey no, that's not it…" Lorelai soothed.
"Okay? …" Rory was still trying to figure it out. "Is it dad? Did he propose again! GEEZ! I tell you he has some nerve! After all the crap… "
Calming her firecracker again, "Rory? No! he actually has a girlfriend and everything .. so No," Wow, she has an imagination.
"He has a girlfriend?"
"Okay, you need to focus on mommy now …"
"Alright… sorry?"Rory shook her head to free it from the constant string of questions that was her father, Christopher. "What is it?"
"Well I'm trying to tell you chatty Cathy, put you keep playing 20 questions!"
"Sorry, … go ahead."
With all pins out of the bun, Rory's hair fell, and Lorelai felt safer sitting on the trunk at the end of her daughter's bed, away from the sensitive firecracker. "Okay well, something happened tonight, … my baby became a woman… "
Rory rolled her eyes as she started to brush her hair.
"Oh, did I tell you about the women I met, they were just a treat, …"
"Mom?"
"Oh and I met an old 'friend', Kitty Munroe, she tried to hit on Luke, it was pretty funny," to watch her run, not walk, back to her husband.
"Mom, … get on with it please."
"OK, you're right, I'm just stalling…" Lorelai took a deep breath, " Something else happened tonight… that I'm … really … excited and… happy about…"
Okay not Grandma related, Rory stopped her brushing and turned around, letting out a cautious "Okay?" Oh no, did she fall for dad again….CRAP! but she said he has a girlfriend. And Luke was Yelling at him … Luke?
"Soooo umm gosh, uuhh were to start ... well umm, you know Luke, right?"
YES! "Yeah? I recall the flannel clad diner man?" this is it, the dream, she's seen him, … finally!
"Ummm that was a really nice thing he did huh? .. you know, filling in like that?"
"Yeah, it was…" her daughter agreed.
"And you know, I've been spending more … time with him, getting you ready for ... your big night."
"Yes, you have," Rory couldn't help but grin.
The sudden smiling streak in her daughter started to unnerve Lorelai. "Hey Cheshire cat , what's with the grin…?"
"Well, I just hope this is going where I think it's going…"
"Where do you think it's going?"
"Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but this morning… I know you had a dream …" of a certain flannel clad man.
"How did you….?"now it was Lorelai who was both puzzled and cautious, not wanting to admit to something too soon. My Daughter has ESP all of a sudden?
"Well, you said, you didn't remember your dream, but, … in your sleep you said his name…"
"Whose name?" Oh God! Please say it was Antonio Banderas.
"Luke's"
Side effect of sleeping alone: you don't know if you talk in your sleep. "I did? I , … I said his name..? in my sleep.." acting surprised, but not really, she was dreaming of him, Of course I'd say his name, and of course she'd hear it.
Rory nodded, "yup, three times."
"Three times?"
"Every time I nudged you… you'd roll over and let out a wistful …'Luke'. " Rory mimicked.
Oh God! "You knew about this all day?" astonished her daughter would keep that from her.
"Well, I don't know what happened…"
What happened Oh God what happened… "ummm okay well that is part of it… ummm,"
"So what happened?"
"well I'm trying to tell you?" Do you really want details?
"well find the words woman, its been bugging me all day." Rory couldn't take it any longer!
"It has?"
"Yeah, your dream…"
Oh, THAT what happened… "oh well, ummm,.."
"Please, tell me…" Rory gave her mother the pout she had learned so well. "It will so cheer me up! I promise!"
God I hope so, ummm"Well, I dreamed that … Luke and I were, …well, we were … married."
"Married?" Rory was excited.
"And I was pregnant." Eying her daughter's giddiness warily.
"Ooooo, a baby too! You guys don't waste time… "
I'm glad you feel that way… hang on to that feeling … "Yeah,… and I was craving something. Watermelon, in the middle of the winter and he found some, and satisfied the craving. He was talking to my stomach, well he was talking to the baby, and he would kiss my stomach and … well kiss … me… cause obviously, how did I get pregnant if we didn't kiss…" Lorelai cleared her throat realizing she was rambling.
"Mom that is so cute. I always thought Luke was a softy inside…"
"It was just a dream, Rory," but you're right he is.
"Why do you think… you saw him that way?" wanting to get to the feelings the dream represented. Rory was usually the resident dream analyzer. She just wanted her mom to admit she had feelings for Luke. Come on , you wanna marry him and have his BABY!
"Well,… I think that the past few days … I've seen Luke in that fatherly role, for you and well, Jess too, I guess. and … he's filled that void you know, he's like … the man of our house… you know?"
"Yeah, I can see that."
"Okay, well, today I realized something… "
OH my God! She has seen him, awwwwww… ooooo free coffee!"Well, ummm and … you know, he makes the best coffee and burgers, right?"
"Yeah?" still expectantly.
"And you like him? Right? he's a good guy?"
"Mom? You're stalling again… " becoming frustrated.
"Well okay, … well, recently, I've been thinking of Luke … in more than just a… coffee, burger guy … role.."
"you have?" this is too good to be true.
"Would you be okay with it … if I started seeing Luke? Like Dating him…"
Rory sensed that this was an after the fact question. "I think that would be great, "
"You do?"
"Yeah … Why? Did something happen?" hoping for juicy details, not surprised given the close call kiss earlier.
Lorelai cleared her throat again. "Well, all week he's been so sweet and ummm well malleable, bending over backwards to do this for you… and well, ummm "
"Mom, get on with it?" only wanting the dirt!
"Okay okay sorry, ummm this is hard.. well all night, he just looked… so handsome and I don't know, I guess I was flirting with him."
"More than normal?"
"Hey?"
"Well it's true ...," Rory shrugged.
"Still, I'm the story teller."
"Then proceed!"
"Okay so I was having all these Luke thoughts today, and he didn't seem repealed by my … flirting. and when we came home well, he gave me a shoulder to lean on with all the stuff Grandma dumped on me with one sentence."
"Uh huh?" have to ask about grandma details later.
"And … we kissed" flinched waiting for Rory's reaction.
"You kissed Luke!"
"Yes."
"This is GREAT! "
"It is?" Lorelai surprised how well she was taking it.
"Yes! How was it?"
"Hey, personal!"
"Well, what does this mean?"
"Well, I think it means ... that Luke and I are an … Us."
"Really?" then the happiness faded a moment, "Wait a minute, … dad was here?"
Oh boy, "Yes, he was… "
"He was here when Luke was here."
"Yes, … he was…" Lorelai dreading the formulation in her daughter's head.
"Dad was here when you kissed Luke? Dad was here … while you ... changed?" noticing her robe for the first time. Luke was here while you changed?
Here we go, "Well, I didn't … exactly .. change…" I did remove my clothing, I just didn't put anything else back on… "Before your dad came… Luke and I did more … than just ... kiss." Lorelai winced.
Rory stared blankly at her mother for a moment, wanting more of an explanation as she slowly put it together. The expression on her face seemed to be of disbelief. Lorelai couldn't find words, she didn't know how else to say it. So Lorelai silently pulled the collar of the flannel out of the robe.
Rory's eyes looked the size of grapefruit. "MOM?" I was not expecting THAT!
"Rory, I'm sorry, I mean , it just sort of happened!"
"I was right you don't waste time!"
"Look, we kissed, and that felt … so right. and we then, well we both wanted to ... and … and I don't know how much detail I should go into…" Lorelai put her hand on her forehead, unable to believe her hormones had gotten the best of her.
"ok, ok, … ok, wait a sec," Rory was still trying to wrap her brain around this. "Okay so you and Luke have been … flirting all week. You and Luke flirting all day and night. And you come home, he comforts you , kisses you…"
"Well, I kissed him,…"
"Fine, you kissed him… and then you ….." Rory couldn't say it, "… In our house?"
Well we weren't gonna do it on the porch! "I know, I'm sorry, I just … it was just so overwhelming, and I felt like he's been there this whole time and I … just had to be near him."
"What if you break up?" Her mother's reality just hitting Rory,
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. You were so … happy before?"
"But mom, if you break Luke's heart we will starve, no coffee ever again. Luke will personally buy all the coffee beans in the world to insure that!"
"Rory, please, " taking her daughters hands. "I'm really happy about this. please be happy with me."
"But,"
"Not buts, I am not going to mess this up. You think I want to loose Luke. Well I don't. He is already so much apart of our lives. It seems only natural that he would be the one I'd fall for."
The suggestion was enough to calm the firecracker a little. "You're falling for him?" Rory asked her mother seriously
Lorelai admitted, "Yeah, I think I have been…. For a while now."
"Like around … Rachel?" Rory knowingly suggested.
"What?"
"Well, I first really noticed a little jealousy from you … about that time. You weren't with Max, and you were very critical of Rachel. You'd pass if off as friendly concern. That no one was good enough for Luke; No one it seems … but you."
how did my kid get so smart? "I swear did you take a course in ESP cause you are one perceptive young lady."
Rory countered, "And you aren't so subtle at hiding your feelings. You'd insisted that Luke make the coffee in front of you because Rachel always screwed it up."
Recalling that the coffee never tasted right with Rachel behind the machine. It wasn't Luke coffee, "She did, didn't she?" Lorelai smiled at the memory of the woman who apparently stepped aside so Luke would be happy with his dream girl, Me. "So are you okay with this? I mean, there used to be a time where you said I should be comfortable about bringing 'my guy' home."
Luke is her guy? Wow, "Are you okay with this? I mean you just called off the wedding? Max is just so recent and It's been like… what, only … 6 weeks?"
"Rory,"
"No mom, you can't have Luke just be a rebound guy,…"
"Rory,"
"…he's not a transitional man… "
"RORY! He's not. Okay, look I think the reason I ran from Max was … Luke."
"Really?"
"I really do. I mean, Think about it, he brought over that beautiful chuppah the same night I got my jitters. We had a little talk, I mean a real talk, about marriage and relationships, … and I think it's connected."
"So you are serious?"
"Yes, you think I'd ruin the best chance to feed my child for next to nothing?"
"Alright, … I don't want to even know about your new payment plan."
"Smart girl, " Lorelai smiled with a dirty grin.
"Oh my God, DAD?"
"What?"
"Dad, He was here,… when you two… were…"
Lorelai's face regretfully scrunched up again. "umm he sort of walked in … on us."
"UGH!"
"Sorry to much of a visual?"
"No just Dad, … with the gall, just walking in like it's his house."
"Well, I couldn't exactly answer the door I was other wise… engaged…"
"Okay, That was too much of a visual."
"Sorry."
"So, you and Luke"
"Me and Luke."
"I could get used to that" And Rory hugged her mom.
Lorelai was relived, Luke will be so proud of me.
"Don't mess this up, mom. I would have no qualms of living with him purely for the coffee."
"Hey neither do I?" Oh God was that aloud.
"Soooo, wanna help me out of this dress?"
Lorelai laughed at her direct quote from earlier.
Rory was completely clueless "What?"
"Nothing." I'll tell you when your 21.
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A/N: okay, now you may ask yourself "WTF was that?"
Well see Rory saw the signs, the clues, she was having Haily mills thoughts herself, soooo she may just be … surprised that they hopped in bed so soon.
LUVZ said "well...i think she had alot to process...plus she's a teenager...and the daughter of a woman who can flip from one subject to the next in mere seconds...so...i'd say...her reaction is just fine" she also said...
"and 8 does not suck...publish it already and move on to nine"
Thanks pix!
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"that was all God given talent..." why thank you Luke...
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R/R: PLEASE, I like to better myself. To quote The Princess Bride,
"...Remember this is for posterity, ... so be honest."
-Please be specific with R/R; name one(or as many as you can think of or want to mention..…) at least specific thing you like please!
-why I like specific reviews? cause…. Different things stand out to different people. I never know what is gonna hit who, so it's fun to see your fav parts… I share mine! and
Hence the Rant option below.
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A/N: if not completely satisfied with this chapter, please return unused portion for a full refund …