Okay, in this chap, she goes for an interview at the Independence Inn, but none of the characters are going to be the same, since I suck with names.
Chapter THIRTEEN.
Lorelai had only been in Stars Hollow for 3 days, but she had already made going to Luke's a part of her daily routine. She was sitting at a table cutting Rory's blueberry pancakes when she spotted Luke fixing a shelf behind the counter. Then she hatched an idea.
"Hey Luke!" She called.
"What?" He walked over after finishing the shelf.
"I happen to know a certain blue-eyed, brown-haired, two-year-old daughter of someone that could use a bed…" She raised her eyebrows.
"You need me to make a bed?" He asked bluntly.
"It doesn't need to be big. Just really simple, base, headboard, footboard-WAIT! It doesn't even need a footboard. Nothing fancy. Please, please, please, please, pleas," She begged.
"Fine…and it's getting a footboard," He replied.
"Oh, thank you! You're a god!" She announced.
Luke rolled his eyes, "I'm doing this for Rory, not you. After being dumped with Miss Patty by her careless mother the least she deserves is a bed."
"Fine, then you're not a god anymore," She crossed her arms in a mock grudge.
"Okay. Then no bed," Luke shrugged bluntly.
"I'll put in a good word with Athena," She quickly changed her tone and grinned wider than a Cheshire cat up at him, while her eyes begged.
"I was never not gonna do it," He rolled his eyes.
"Can I have a small coffee?" She asked.
"For Rory?" He asked.
"Maybe," She looked down.
"No," He deadpanned.
"Hey Rory, what do you want this morning?" She asked her daughter.
"Coffee!" Rory squealed happily in reply.
"You've brainwashed your daughter and now you're trying to poison her," Luke muttered while going to get the coffee pot.
"You drank it once!" She cried after him.
"One time. And you forced me," Luke argued.
"I did not force you!" She denied.
"You used 'the pout'," Luke crossed his arms, stating it as though it was a magic trick.
"Well now I know what works on you," Lorelai commented. "…Dirty, sorry."
"Just a little," Luke agreed, then began to pour Rory what was most likely the smallest cup of coffee possible.
Lorelai checked her watch and then realized she should probably go. She had a job interview at some Inn place.
"Here's the address," She scrawled it down and then grabbed Rory's hand.
They left the diner and headed down the street.
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Lorelai looked around as she walked, still in amazement of the home-y, coziness of Stars Hollow. She walked into a building resembling a large house. She looked around cautiously, not sure what to expect.
She made her way over to the front desk, which was abandoned.
"Hello?" She called out, waiting for a response.
"Oh hello dear," A woman replied.
"Hi. I'm here for my job review," She answered.
"Oh nice, come into my office," The woman nodded, urging her in.
Lorelai entered and took a seat parallel to the older woman.
"So, Lorelai Gilmore, is it?" She asked, as Lorelai nodded. "Do you have any prior experience?"
"Well, uh, no, not really…But I'm really good with people! And If I suck, I'll totally understand if you fire me, but you should give me a chance! I really need this job!" Lorelai rambled.
"Alright, alright," The woman chuckled.
"Okay," Lorelai sighed and swept a piece of hair out of her face.
"Well, you seem very lively," She laughed.
"Oh I am! I could put on a Vaudeville show at the drop of a hat if required!" She nodded heavily and laughed nervously.
"No, not now," She chuckled once more. "But I believe that'll be all. I'll call you about the job."
"Great, thank you," Lorelai stood and shook her hand.
"Why thank you!" She smiled kindly.
Lorelai walked out of the Inn and let out an exasperated sigh, smoothing out any invisible lines on her pants. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and took Rory's hand. They walked back to their apartment and it was time for Rory's nap.
While Rory was sleeping, there was a knock on the door. Lorelai stood up from her seat at the small table and opened it. It revealed Luke, standing with his toolbox.
"Luke!" She greeted, causing him to jump a little.
"Hey," He nodded.
"What took you so long?" She asked, hands on her hips.
"Oh please," Luke rolled his eyes.
Luke set his toolbox down on her kitchen table.
"So where is this bed gonna be?" He asked.
"In the corner of my room," She shrugged.
"Okay, because I still need to buy the lumber," Luke replied. "So I'll be right back, and don't break anything in my toolbox."
After Luke left, Lorelai stared at the toolbox for about 10 minutes.
"You look like a Bert," She said to it, petting it, then went to check on Rory.
After about 20 minutes, Luke returned, carrying numerous pieces of wood. He found Lorelai sitting on the living room floor, with all of his tools spread out around her as she toyed with each one.
"Didn't I tell you?…" Luke began.
"I didn't break anything! And I can't help it if I wanted to play with your toys," She giggled.
"Dirty," He crossed his arms.
"I know…but it's okay! Bert said I could!" She defended herself.
"Bert?" Luke looked at her quizzically.
"Well…He looked like a Bert, so I named him Bert. And then he looked at me and said, 'Hey Lorelai, can you relieve me of some of this weight? It's killing me!' He was practically begging, I couldn't say no, you should've seen the look on his face!" She explained whimsically, while Luke looked at her like she was crazy.
"You're crazy," He shook his head, and grabbed the tools he would need.
"But you love me anyway," Lorelai shrugged.
He headed into Lorelai's room with the tools and wood and got to work. After about 2½ hours, Luke emerged.
"Okay, I just finished with the frame. Now all I have to do is put on the mattress and make sure it's sturdy," He explained, his hands moving animatedly.
"Okay," Lorelai nodded, a small smile playing on her lips at how cautious he was being.
"What?" Luke asked.
"Nothing," She shrugged.
"Okay…then I'll just go…finish my job," He said, turning and going back to finish the bed.
Lorelai plopped down onto the couch and flipped it on to a 'Jack LaLane Power Juicer' infomercial. She shrugged and watched it out of boredom, while Rory still slept silently next to her. After watching him juice pickles, apples, carrots, pineapples, and some things that weren't even food, she got bored and switched it off, leaning her head against the wall in boredom.
"It's done," Luke announced.
"Oh good," Lorelai, stood up.
"Come see it," He waved her into the room.
Lorelai's jaw dropped. It was perfect. A simple single, child-sized bed, but the headboard was amazing. It was shaped like an open book. Not too over-the-top, just right.
"Oh my God, Luke, it's perfect," Lorelai gasped, while an expression of accomplishment spread across Luke's face.
"Thanks," He nodded.
"I need to show Rory!" She said, then proceeded to go into the living room and shake Rory awake.
She grabbed her hand and guided her into the bedroom.
"Rory, look at your new bed!" Lorelai pointed.
"Wow, I love it!" Rory said, getting excited.
"Yeah it's great," Lorelai nodded in agreement.
"Thank you so much, Luke!" Rory chirped, hugging Luke's leg tightly.
"No problem," Luke smiled.
Then Rory let go and grabbed her favorite book and sat on her bed to read it. Lorelai and Luke went into the living room. Lorelai sat on the couch while Luke gathered up his tools. Once he was finished, Lorelai patted the seat next to her, and Luke sat down.
"She really loves it, Luke," She smiled.
"Yeah, well I wasn't sure exactly how it was gonna turn out, at first my measurements got a little botched and the details on the headboard weren't exactly symmetrical…"Luke began.
"Luke, stop it. You did a great job. Probably a better job than all the people in Stars Hollow combined could do. Definitely better than the people in Hartford," Lorelai nodded.
"Well, I do as well as I can. And if anything goes wrong with the bed, just call me, I'll fix it whenever," He promised.
"I'm sure it'll be fine, but thanks," She smiled.
"Ok good," Luke nodded. "Well, I better get back to the diner."
"Alright. And thanks a lot, Luke. I owe you one, definitely," She said.
"Don't mention it, you don't owe me anything," He shook his head.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow," She said.
"Yeah, see ya," He replied, grabbed his toolbox and headed to the door.
"Bye Bert!" She called, and Luke left, chuckling under his breath and rolling his eyes.
Author's Note: That's all for now. I promise to post more over this week's break. Review : )