Chapter 20
Feburary 12th 1993 9am Sunday, Lorelai's house
The sunlight beamed through the white blinds, presenting the morning sun against Lorelai's face. She slowly opened her eyes and looked to her right. There lying was a silently snoring bare chest Luke. The corners of her mouth lifted up as she stare into Luke's dreamy peaceful face. Everything felt so calm and content when she looked into his face. It was like the whole world just had to stop for a moment to mesmerise the face of this man. She couldn't help but stroke his unruly messy hair with her fingers and gave him a wake up kiss on his lips. Although Luke still had his eyes shut, he did feel Lorelai's soft lips touching his. A slow smile spread his thin lips. Lorelai laid on her man's bare chest. He then caressed her morning hair with his left hand, 'morning.'
Lorelai replied with a smile, ' morning,' and kissed his chest .
' Last night wasn't enough?' Luke joked.
Lorelai turned her body, so she's laying completely on Luke's body. ' I don't know, you tell me?' She said flirtatiously, wrapping her arms around his neck, her eyes zooming from Luke's eyes to his lips. Luke placed his hands on her hips and gently pulled their bodies together.
' It will never be enough for me.' Luke smiled and rolled Lorelai over, so he's on top and proceed to kissing his girl slowly from the lips to her neck.
Lorelai tried to quickly remove the blue flannel she was wearing, Luke helped her out of the flannel shirt while still caressingly planting kisses all over Lorelai. Lorelai moaned from the kisses, ' care for a round two?'
Luke started kissing his way down, before he breathed, 'gladly.'
Lorelai slowly took off Luke's boxers, before they heard the door knob switching.
'Shit.' Luke panicked, he quickly put back his boxers on and then picked up his dark blue jeans on the floor. Lorelai slipped back into the flannel shirt and hopped on to bed.
Outside of the door were two hungry starving kids, attempting to open a locked bedroom door. Rory who was trying to get in her mother's room, worried, 'Why's the door locked? Mom never lock her door!'
Jess just stood there and shook his head, ' just stop it Rory, they are having sex.'
Rory turned and looked at Jess all shocked, ' What did you say?'
'Your mom and my uncle are having sex.' Jess replied simply.
Rory looked at him all disgusted, 'no they're not!' and kept trying to open the door.
Then the door suddenly popped open by a catching his breathe, shirtless Luke, ' hey guys, pancakes?'
Jess giggled, 'see, Rory. I told you! They were having sex!'
' No we're not.' Luke immediately said, trying hard to cover up, 'and how did you know about sex?'
' Movies.' Jess replied with an 'obviously' face.
' What movies?' Luke questioned, then changed his mind, 'never mind I don't want to know. Let's go downstairs, pancakes sounds good?'
While Luke was walking down with the two kids, Rory asked again, terrifyingly, 'Were you having sex with my mom, Luke?'
' Uh, no. No we were not, I promise, Rory.' Luke answered quickly, he wanted the topic to drop as soon as possible. He was feeling really uncomfortable having a conversation about 'sex' with two eight years old kids.
Luke was now preparing pancakes for the kids in Lorelai's kitchen. Rory and Jess were sitting at the table, Jess was trying to draw something to show Rory. Lorelai came down wearing her own regular clothes and handed shirtless Luke his blue flannel. Luke turned back and kissed Lorelai, ' thanks god you're down here. These two can't stop asking and talking about sex.'
Lorelai giggled, pouring coffee to her cup, 'it's no big deal, the conversation had to happen sooner or later, anyway.'
Luke looked at Lorelai with a shock in his face, 'they are just 8 for god sake!'
Jess hold up his drawing to Rory, he announced proudly, 'now this is what having sex is like!' The drawing consist of two matchstick person laying on a bed with each other. Luke and Lorelai immediately turned back, stared at the drawing and began to laugh. Rory just looked all puzzled at the picture.
'What are you guys laughing at? This really is how sex is like! Whenever a boy and a girl wants to have sex, they lay on a bed! Seriously!' Jess exclaimed.
Luke and Lorelai stopped laughing, Luke put on his serious face, 'yes that's how, so don't you ever let me catch you sleeping with any girl, Jess.'
Jess shook his head, he explained, 'no, I can sleep with any girl just not on a bed, because only sleeping with a girl on a bed means having sex.' Luke and Lorelai couldn't hold back, they started laughing again.
Rory asked curiously, ' so when will the baby come out of your tummy, mom?'
' what?' Lorelai and Luke both asked at the same time.
' Having sex means having a baby! I know that part for sure!' Rory assured.
' Oh look! Pancakes done!' Luke immediately changed topic while placing the pancakes down on each plate.
The four were just finishing their breakfast.
' So what's the plan for the day?' Luke asked, ' You did not just invite us to sleepover and have pancakes in the morning right?'
' uh, yes?' Lorelai joked, ' We are going to somewhere today, the four of us.' Lorelai gave Rory a secret wink after saying 'somewhere'
' I do not like the sound of that.' Luke replied.
' Don't worry Luke, you will love it. ' Rory assured, giggling.
Jess chipped in, ' This is a terrible plan. Whenever Rory giggle and say don't worry. Something bad is going to happen.'
' Not true!' Rory argued back.
Jess rolled his eyes, 'whatever. We don't have a say here anyway.'
Luke sighed, 'Where are we going?'
' To the mall!' Lorelai and Rory both had a big grin on their face.
'No!' The boys yelped.
' It's our weekend this week, so deal with it.' Lorelai stuck her tongue out like a child.
'But why? Didn't you go shopping last week when you had a day off on wednesday?' Luke asked.
'Yeah but I was driving the other day to pick up something for Sookie and I turned on the radio. Magically, the radio tuned into a canadian channel!' Lorelai exclaimed.
' You're making this up.' Luke said in his monotone.
' I kid you not! It was a Canadian channel!' Rory nodded in assurance.
Luke exclaimed, 'no way, it's impossible, this is Connecticut! There might be a slim chance if you're on the tip of New York or Minnesota or even Montana, but no way in hell you can tune into a Canadian Radio here.'
Lorelai suddenly shot Luke a serious face, ' Let me finish the story, okay.'
The boys just sat there and wait for Lorelai to finish her yet one more insane story. 'so then, it started playing this, awesome, awesome song, that I have never heard of! Apparently, it's a big hit song in Canada!'
'What does this have to do with going to the mall?' Jess sighed, still can't believe the story wasn't over yet.
' The song, itself, I swear I'm not joking! It's called Let's go to the mall!' Lorelai said it with such excitement. Then Rory and Lorelai started singing and dancing the song out in front of the boys.
C'mon Jessica, C'mon Tori,
let's go to the mall you won't be SORRY.
Put on your jelly-bracelets,
and your cool graffiti-coat,
at the mall havin' fun is what its all ABOOT.
Luke and Jess were trying to refrain from laughing, they didn't want to give in and agree that the song is funny and catchy. 'You're still not telling us the real reason for a dreadful sunday shopping.' Luke stated.
' Well the song made us just really want to go to the mall!' Lorelai simply stated.
' Appeal denied.' Luke announced, ' I'm not going to the mall because of a song.'
'Yup, no way jose.' Jess added. Then the two girls just sat across of the boys, staring at them with their crystal blue puppy eyes, 'pweaseeeeeee?'
Jess hit his head on to the table, he knew he and Luke won't be able to say no to those eyes, Luke sighed defeatedly, 'fine, let's go.'
February 12th 10:30 am Lorelai's Jeep
Luke was driving, going out of town to Westfarms Mall in Hartford. Lorelai and Rory were still singing along to 'Let's go to the mall', which was driving Luke and Jess on the verge of mental breakdown.
'Everybody come and play, Throw every last care away, Let's go to the mall! Today!' Lorelai and Rory sang along while waving their hands.
' Can we please listen to something else! I'm going to die if I listen to it for one more time!' Jess said it frustratedly, covering his ears with both his hands in the back seat.
Rory pleaded, ' Last time, I promise!' and then continued singing to it.
' Thank you for ruining Canada for me.' Luke grunted.
' Oh don't be like this, baby! You know you like this song!' Lorelai chuckled, caressing Luke's face while he was focusing on the road.
Luke sighed and shook his head with a half smile on his face, ' you're crazy.'
Lorelai looked at Luke with a flirty smile and a wink, 'Crazy for you.'
Westfarms Mall, Michael Kors Store
Lorelai was asking for a size 9 shoes for the 10th time on the 10th pair of shoes that she was trying on. Luke and Jess just sat down on one of those black leather sofa, waiting for the woman to decide which pair of shoes she was going to choose. Jess just finished reading the book he brought along, he was getting tired and bored, he leaned his head on Luke's right arm.
' Can we go home now?' Jess whined impatiently.
Luke wanted to say yes to his nephew, but he knew it's not possible, ' Just take this as a lesson for the future. When girls say they are going to the mall, even if it means to break your own arm on purpose, do it.'
Jess nodded as he watch Lorelai try on a new pair of shoes. Rory who was as excited as her mom for the first 45 minutes in the store, she got bored as well. She walked over to the boys and rest her head on Luke's other arm.
' You too, Rory?' Luke chuckled, patted her head. Rory just sighed and nodded.
Lorelai stood up in a black leather boots, ' how does this one look on me?'
' Beautiful.' Jess replied in his monotone.
'Fantastic' Rory replied, trying to force a smile on her face.
' Beautiful.' Luke nodded in his monotone.
Jess reminded, ' I said that already uncle Luke.'
'Come on you guys! I need more feedback than beautiful, fantastic and beautiful.' Lorelai exclaimed.
Luke gave up, ' Lorelai, you seriously look good in all of those, just pick one ok?'
' We're dying here mommy, please?' Rory pleaded.
'Okay, zombies, I'm going to get these and we will leave the store.' Lorelai rolled her eyes and walked to the counter.
Lorelai dragged the three to five more stores, although they did had a short stop at a kids bookstores in between, the kids started to get really fuzzy and bored. Lorelai was so busy looking at clothes and holding bags and bags of shopping bags, she did not realize she was killing the other three. Luke was holding two drowsy, exhausted kids with both his hands along with a few shopping bags as well, following Lorelai from behind.
Rory suddenly stopped walking and pulled Luke's hand, she pouted, ' I'm really tired Luke, I can't walk anymore.'
Luke looked at her with pity in his eyes, his other hand still holding tight to the half asleep boy, he didn't know what to do, he wanted to tell Rory that they would soon be at another store and there would be chairs. But then Rory held out both her arms, 'Can you please carry me for a while, Luke? Please?'
Luke couldn't say no, he scooped up Rory with his other arm and Rory laid her head on his shoulder. Luke tried to walk a few steps, before the drowsy boy almost fell on the floor as he was walking with closed eyes. Luke sighed, he scooped up sleeping Jess up with his other arm. He dragged his tired body into the next store, carrying two 30 to 40 pounds children in his arms.
Lorelai was inside looking at dresses, she turned back and saw an exhausted Luke carrying two kids, she finally woke up from her shopping spree, ' Luke I'm so sorry! I got carried away, I'm so so sorry!' Lorelai apologized and tried to grab Rory from Luke, help him out a little.
'It's okay, it's your week.' Luke sighed, carefully handing Rory to the mother.
Lorelai kissed Luke's lips, 'I'm really sorry, Luke. I promise, no more mall trips. Let's go grab some coffee and sit down for a while?'
Luke nodded with a weak smile.
'Are we home now?' Jess asked, waking up from his little nap, he stretched his arms and slowly opened his eyes.
' No not yet, we'll just have a cup of coffee..' Lorelai explained before Jess cut her off.
Jess widened his eyes when he saw what was across the cafe, 'Toysrus!' Jess was so excited as he had never been into one before.
'Rory! It's toysrus!' Jess squealed in excitement, shaking Rory awake. Rory slowly got up unwillingly.
'Can we go? Can we go?' Jess begged his uncle. Rory got as excited as Jess after seeing the sign herself.
Lorelai took a sip of her coffee, 'you guys go ahead, I just really really need to go to this store to pick up something. I swear it's the last store.'
'Okay, we'll wait you inside.' Luke sighed before the two now fully charged energetic kids drag him out of the coffee shop.
' Look at me Uncle Luke!' Jess shouted under a Darth Vadar mask. Luke wasn't paying attention to Jess, he was looking at the baseball cards at the next aisle.
Jess lid up the lightsaber and walked towards Luke, ' I am your father.' and then smashed the lightsaber on Luke's back.
'Ow!' Luke yelped, which caused Jess to giggle a little bit, ' What are you doing!'
Jess threw him a lightsaber, ' Fight me, Luke Skywalker!' before he tried to hit Luke again.
' Oh yeah! That's what you want?' Luke challenged back and lid up his light saber, he went into a whole fencing mood, lightly hitting the light saber on Jess's bottom which caused Jess laughing and running away from him. Before Jess could escape, Luke caught him and started to tickle him, ' taste that, Darth Vadar!'
'Okay, okay, I give up, I give up!' Jess still laughing from the tickling. He removed the mask and put back the toys while catching his breathe. Then Rory walked up to the two from the next aisle holding a little chicky stuffed toy in a box.
' Look at this little chick! It can walk and make squeaky sounds! If I bring her home, colonel clucker can be her daddy!' Rory said excitedly, hugging the toy tightly.
Jess also walked in and out of the lego aisle, holding a big box of lego, ' They have teenage mutant ninja turtle legos here! Look at this, they can hold their swords and slide down then hop on their motorcycles!'
Luke knew where this was going, he didn't want to say no, but he didn't think he should be buying them toys for no special reason. He just commented, ' Yea, haha, that chick is cute and uh, yea that lego is cool.'
The two pushed further, holding the toy just right below their pleading eyes and walked closer to Luke, ' Can we please buy this?'
There Lorelai came up and Luke was saved by the bell, ' Luke, did you tell them you guys are just going to go in here and do window shopping?'
'uh, No?' Luke puzzled.
' That's the first thing you have to tell the kids if they drag you into a toy store to avoid situations like this!' Lorelai exclaimed.
Luke replied with his hands in a surrender posture, ' How am I supposed to know!'
The two kids just wrapped their arms around Luke's legs, 'pleaseeeeeeeee?'
Luke still raising his hands in surrender, looking for help from Lorelai. Lorelai just smiled at him teasingly before stepping in to help him.
' Okay, Jess, Rory, stop harassing Luke. I'll buy it.' Lorelai smiled. The two kids immediately rushed to Lorelai and hugged her excitedly.
' Really?!' Jess asked with a big grin on his face. Lorelai nodded, ' yes, as an apology for dragging you two sleepy head around the boring mall.'
' How bout me? Where's my apology?' Luke gave her a fake sad face. Lorelai's corners of her eyes crinkled and she whispered to his ears, 'Tonight.'
The kids were holding their own newly bought toy, hopping and skipping their way out of Toysrus, following along were Luke and Lorelai taking their time strolling behind.
' I bet I can still run faster than you even though I'm holding a heavier toy.' Jess challenged.
' I'm not running.' Rory simply stated.
Jess stuck his tongue out, ' well now you are!' and speed up and ran as fast as he can, still holding his lego set.
' Hey that's cheating!' Rory yelled and forced herself to catch up.
Jess was running way faster than Rory, he was near the other end of the mall before he accidentally bumped into a woman.
' I'm so sorry!' Jess quickly apologized, he ran the lady over, and she fell on to the ground.
Jess tried to help her up, but the woman was furiously mad at him, ' What a savage child! Did your parents not teach you about manners! Did they not teach you how to behave at a public place!'
Rory finally reached to Jess and the lady, she was trying to catch her breathe before she looked closer at the woman, her eyes wide opened in fear, 'Grandma?'
A/N Emily is finally going to be in the story! And yes, I did use HIMYM's Robin Sparkles song, haha. I searched the song and realized it was supposed to be released in 1993 according to the show, so I was like GREAT! I'll use it, cause I can totally imagine Lorelai rocking the song! I had a hard time finishing this story, sometimes chapters like the previous just came up and I can write it in one breathe, this one was kind of just dragging... originally I was going to throw in a movie theatre scene of the four but it was a little long, so I'll probably put it in a future chapter or something. Hope you guys like this one! Personally not my favourite, but I need to get Emily in the picture :p Thank you for reading and reviews are always greatly appreciated! Till then...stay tuned!
Oh! I forgot, I didn't name this chapter! Would love to hear some title suggestions! :D
Preslara, thank you for your review! Loved your reaction to it! It was exactly what I wanted you guys to react! Hope you liked this one as well :)
DC Nixon, thank you for your review! I'm glad Jess singing made you laugh, I had quite a week listening to these oldies and laughing while imagining this small kid singing it. Hope you've recovered by now!
junienmomo, thank you for your review! Glad you enjoyed it with the music on! It really does make a huge difference. I had to put the songs on repeat while writing the scenes. Well, no private dance but an 'almost morning sex' scene in this chapter :P
Anon1, thank you for your review! Haha, ah, wow, your favourite chapter yet! I can't decide myself, it's either the previous chapter or 'the only boy living in NY' Talk about Jess trying to propose to a girl when he turns into an adult, don't think the older Jess can top 8 years old Jess! Thanks, but I still haven't got the test back, it's been almost a week, but the class size was like 200 something, so I don't blame the prof. Dang, you got your dream come true! Matt is going to be in the GG revival! Still no sign of MV yet which I'm really sad about. I've actually never watched good wife before, so I don't know much about Matt the actor. But I think he's still going to be in Good Wife since the revival is really only 4 episodes. If I'm wrong, someone please address me! Hope you like this chapter!
RhizOneill, thank you for your review! I'm loving singing Jess as well :P The previous chapter is honestly hard to top, that's why this chapter is so late to be uploaded. Hope you like this chapter!
fizco, thank you for your review! I like that you love my song choices, you can never go wrong with these cheesy love songs! Jess really was serious. Wait till you see this haunt him back a few years later :P
niazn/guest, thank you for your review! Really happy that you are loving this story! Luke/Jess stories are always my favourite :) Hope you like this one as well!
