Author : GilmoreGirlsFreakazoid
Chapter 2
Summary : Luke is about 17 years old and goes to visit his Aunt who lives in Philadelphia. But he meets a mysterious young girl who never tells him her name. What happens when he sees her again? JavaJunkie
A/N : Thanks to those who have reviewed. And I'm sorry I haven't updated. I've had it done for quite a while, just kept forgetting to post it.
Disclaimer : I own nothing but the few characters I made for creative purposes
The only time I remember eating vegetarian baked lasagna was when my mom was alive. I've been a health nut ever since I was really young. Red meat can kill you know? It might have had something to do with watching a film strip about how the meat is processed and the actually killing of the cow. Yeah, not pleasant.
But here I am, in the dining room of my Aunt Reenie's house eating her special vegetarian baked lasagna. Apparently my grandma from her side of the family has a secret recipe and it is only given out to the woman. Damn dominating species.
Eating here with these two people seems very relaxing. I can feel the love in this house, even this room.
The dining room is basically like the rest of the house, simple but outrageous. The walls are a plain light blue but have vibrant paintings all over the walls and you can just tell that some art obsessed freak lives here. Not that people that are into that kind of stuff are freaks or anything but I'm just saying, you can tell an art lover lives in this house.
Of course, she has to have my genes too. After a few years, Aunt Reen has aged a bit but not much. She's still pretty much the attractive woman, like my mother was. She has blue eyes and light brunette hair that she still keeps in a loose ponytail. She's sort of tan, but still has a bit of pale to her. But I'll bet, pretty soon she's going to lay outback of the house and try to get a bit darker.
Raymond looks exactly the same, but he has a stubble on his chin. He has jet black hair and bright green eyes. I'm not the kind of guy who notices other males bodies, but he looks like he works out. Still wears the band tee shirts, today he picked Pink Floyd.
"So Luke. How's that dad of yours?" Raymond asked.
"He's been okay. Working all the time."
"That's good, I guess."
What do you say to that? So I just nod.
My Aunt notices the weird end of a short conversation she steps in.
"Okay so Luke, what would you like to do tomorrow? Want us to show you around the city? Go to that zoo everyone raves about? How about the Liberty Bell? Ray, have we actually ever seen that thing? How many years have we lived here and we never looked at all the famous sites."
I stiffed a laugh. Just like my aunt to never see the important stuff.
"I think tomorrow I'm just going to walk around the neighborhood. It's not as insane as Stars Hollow but it seems pretty similar."
"That's a good idea. Want us to give you the grand tour after dinner? I'll show you all the good places to go tomorrow to just hang around." she said with a smile.
I really don't want to. I want to go around the neighborhood and have a good run. I feel all stiff from that flight. Even if it was only a few hours.
But I can't turn down my aunt. It's impossible. It's like saying no to a sick puppy. Even though I hate animals, especially dogs. It's just impossibly hard. Impossible.
"Sure. No problem." and I give her a big fake smile that I hope they can't see through.
After dinner I walked to my room for the summer. I never got to take the sight in while I was being rushed to drop my bags off. I can tell my Aunt did it. She painted the walls a light green and around the room were pictures of the Danes family and my mom's. The picture are actually really funny. Some I have never seen either. Me and Liz as little kids. Me and some random little girl in front of some house. Me and my sister dressed up for Halloween. Then there's one of my mom and me. A few months before she died we had a family reunion and my aunt took that picture. It was before we found out she was sick.
I shake my head and go back to looking around the room. Other then that, it was pretty simple. But she did say in the car on our way over here that this weekend she will take me to the furnishing store and we'll make it my own. I could care less. As long as it has a bed, a tv and a closet to put my clothes, I'm good.
I change out of my black tee shirt and put on my new navy blue one that my dad made me get before I left.
From me noticing all these colors makes me seem like a girl. Man, I need to stop doing this.
I go downstairs and see Aunt Reenie and Raymond sitting on the couch with her legs over his and his arms loosely around her shoulders watching some tv show.
They turned their attention from the crazy guy on tv to me.
"Ready to go kid? Our neighbors told us to bring you over when you finally come to visit."
I nod. Alright. Been here for an hour and am already getting shown off.
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Man, this house is huge. Bigger then huge. Humongous maybe? Yes, that's it. I didn't expect a house that big to be in this little town.
"Wanna knock?" Reen asked me.
"Um. Sure, why not?" and I knock on the large wooden door.
Five seconds later the door swings open and I'm in somebody's arms. This person is actually hugging me. Who the hell is hugging me?
"Lucas dear! It's so wonderful to meet you!" the person who is hugging me says.
She pulls back and I'm face to face with a woman in her mid-forties. She seems very friendly and very rich. Those two words aren't usually in the same sentence.
"Luke? Meet our neighbor Hope."
I give her a small wave because what the hell am I supposed to do? She already crossed the boundary line of friendliness for me. Now this woman is just plain creepy. Reminds me of this crazy dancer lady that lives in my town. I swear to god, I don't want another Miss Patty!
"I'm so glad to finally meet you! These two crazy kids have talked non-stop about you and your sister since I've met them. I feel like I know you and the rest of your family!"
I've known this lady for less then a minute and I've been tackled, embarrassed and have I mentioned tackled?
"It's great to have you here this summer! My little niece is staying with me also. You two can be the best of friends!"
"Um." I scratch the back of my neck right under my backwards baseball cap unsure of what I can say to that.
I don't have many friends that are girls back in Stars Hollow. I only really talk to a few girls. My sister Liz is one but that doesn't count. There is Sookie, this crazy girl a year or two under me that my buddy Jackson likes. They're both totally oblivious to the fact that they like each other, I hope they find out soon because it's driving the whole town nuts. And then there is Rachel. My own and off girlfriend. She's alright. I may love her, I don't know. We've been seeing each other for 2 years but have called it off a few times due to her lack of interest in our relationship or me just being an ass.
"Well come in, come in! I want you to meet my sister, her husband and my little niece." the woman says interrupting my thoughts.
She leads us through the giant foyer and I we walk a few paces behind her.
"She knows me?" I whisper to Ray.
"Your aunt likes to talk a lot. I just told them a few stories about the family and the town." he said whispered back.
"Ah geez." I say back.
She shows us into this humongous living area and I see them.
The rich family from the plane. The girl who's bag got stuck and who's name I don't know.
"Raymond, Maureen, Lucas? I would like you to meet my sister Emily, her husband Richard and their lovely daughter, Lorelai."
"Lorelai." I say softly to myself. I finally know the girl with the blue eyes name.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" bellowed the rich man with the bow tie.
Seriously man? A bow tie? Still? I can't get over it!
He shakes Ray's hand first, then Reen's, finally mine.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you." says the rich woman politely. Maybe I should stop calling them the rich people. Okay. So the woman Emily said it to me.
We shake her hand and then the girl. Lorelai.
"Hi." she says softly like she's afraid of us. Afraid that we might be mean people.
The adults start to go off into the dining area and tell us we can go sit out on the back porch if we would like.
We do.
The back yard is a place of beauty. There are flowers, cut green grass and chopped hedges. There is an in ground swimming pool with a trampoline to the side of it. Totally didn't expect this to be in Philadelphia.
We sit on the white cement bench that is placed next to the door that leads into the house.
"So." she says to me.
"So you're name is Lorelai?" I ask.
"Yeah." she looks down at her feet as if she's terribly bored of what I'm saying. And the stupid conversation is just starting. Great. A whole summer with this girl?
"So it was really that hard to tell me your name after the plane ride?"
"Exactly." she looks back up at me and I see something. She's just playing around with me. The boring exterior is just an act of play.
"Oh."
She jumps up and that scares me a little.
"Want to jump on the trampoline?"
"Not really." Trampolines are stupid. Jumping around like you're a monkey or something.
"Aw cmon. You know you want to!" she pokes me in the chest.
"No. I really don't. And please don't poke me." I push her hand away from my body.
"Huh? Well. Fine. I'll jump by myself."
She sits back down on the bench and pulls off her shoes and places them neatly on the ground. She stands back up and looks behind at me. The twinkle in her eyes makes me happy for no reason. Why is it that I'm happy this girl is happy?
She turns her head and skips to the trampoline and hops on it.
As she's jumping I watch her go up and down. She looks like she's having a fun time going up and down. Even though it looks like I'd rather hurl numerous times then do that. She looks at me most of the time she jumps and that still keeps my undescribably happy.
A whole summer with this girl?
I could probably survive.
Hopefully.
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