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Post by javakamp on Apr 3, 2003 16:41:17 GMT -5
Chapter 28: Hindsight my ass.
Lorelai looked up to see Luke standing over her holding the coffee pot. “Hi.”
“Uh, yeah, uh, I just wanted to, uh, see if you need, uh, a refill,” Luke stammered.
Lorelai looked up at him confused, “You just gave us a refill.”
“Oh, right. Sorry.” Luke stared at her for a second, and then he turned and walked away. He got two steps away then stopped turned around and walked back to the table, “Okay, look I just wanted to say I’m sorry.”
Lorelai looked confused. She glanced at Rory then back at Luke, and then said, “Sorry about what?”
“For everything that happened, with Colin. I… I guess I feel kinda responsible.” Luke confessed.
Lorelai looked embarrassed as things came back to her. “Why should you feel responsible?”
Luke began to look like he was beginning to wish that he hadn’t started this conversation as he said, “I, I know this is going to sound crazy, but I just had this bad feeling about him.”
“You had a bad feeling about Colin?”
“That, and the private conversation I had with him one morning out back,” Luke confessed.
“When did you have a private conversation with Colin?”
Luke recounted the events by the dumpster, concluding with, “I tried to explain to him that we were just friends, but he wouldn’t listen. I wanted to say something to you, but I knew you would consider it none of my business. I know you’re a grown woman who can take care of herself, and would want me to mind my own business. So I stayed out of it.”
Still looking a little confused Lorelai replied, “Well, thank you, I think.”
Luke looked Lorelai in the eyes, and continued, “But I will not let that happen again. Next time I will not mind my own business, I swear I will tell you when you start dating some kind of creep.”
Lorelai shook her head as if trying to clear it, and then said, “Luke, I don’t know if that is really necessary. I mean that I know that things didn’t work out this time, but that doesn’t mean that I need anyone’s help in choosing who to date.”
Luke shook his head and replied, “Nope, I swear, I would rather have you mad at me for something I did that for something I didn’t do.”
“Luke, I’m not mad at you because you didn’t tell me that you had weird feeling about Colin.”
“Well, you should be,” Luke said. “I just wish I had it all to do over again, because if I did I’d toss that creep out of here on his lying ass.”
“Ahh, excuse me,” Rory said, interrupting for the first time. When Luke and Lorelai had turned their attention to her, she pointed in the other direction, and said, “Looks like you might get your chance.”
Lorelai stood as she and Luke turned to look where Rory pointed. They stood silently for a moment, Lorelai being the first to speak, “Colin.”
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End of chapter 28
Well, who expected that Colin would show up?
Will Luke get his wish of throwing COlin out on his ass?
Will Lorelai be glad to see Colin?
Well tune in tomorrow and find out, and don't be afraid to leave some feedback.
And thank you Liz for your comments, they are appriciated.
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Post by javakamp on Apr 4, 2003 16:47:47 GMT -5
Chapter 29: Fancy meeting you here.
The entire diner watched as Lorelai, Luke and Colin stood staring at each other for a long moment. Finally, the silence was broken when Colin tried to look meek, and said, “Hi, Lorelai. Kinda thought I might find you here. How ya been?”
A thousand responses flashed through Lorelai’s mind. However since 996 of them were unfit for a PG-13 rating she remained silent. Undeterred by her silence Colin continued, “Things have gotten really messed up, and I needed to explain.”
Lorelai felt Luke stiffen next to her. Fearing that he might do something, she stopped him by putting a hand on his arm, and saying, “Luke.”
Luke’s head snapped around bring a smoldering gaze on her. She looked him in the eyes, and softly said, “Don’t. I’ll handle this.”
Luke stared back for a moment, and then he nodded and softly said, “Okay, but if you need me...”
“Thanks Luke. This is something I have to do.”
With an understanding nod, Luke turned, picked up the coffee pot, and headed behind the counter.
“Yeah, thanks, Luke,” Colin said, “And while you’re at it could you get me a cup of coffee.”
Luke pulled to a stop, and sat the coffee pot onto the counter, with a hard thump, causing some coffee to splash onto the counter. He turned around and started striding towards Colin.
“Stop!” Lorelai exclaimed. Pointing a finger between Colin and Luke she said, “Both of you, stop it right now.”
“Lorelai, we need to talk,” Colin said as he stepped closer to Lorelai.
“Not here,” Lorelai said, stopping Colin in his tracks. She turned and grabbed her coat from the back of her chair. She tucked the coat under one arm while she used her free hand to reach into her jeans and pull out some bills that she laid onto the table.
“Here, let me get that,” Colin offered.
Lorelai rounded on him and said with a touch of venom, “Not on your life.”
When Colin held up his hands in surrender, “Lorelai turned to Rory and said, “I’ll be back sweetie.”
Unsure what to do Rory remained quiet and nodded her head.
As Lorelai started to put on her coat, Colin looked at Rory, and said, “Hi, Rory, nice to see you again.”
Once Lorelai had her coat on, she grabbed Colin by the sleeve and pulled him after her, as she said, “Outside.”
Lorelai was soon out the door, with Colin in tow. She looked around for somewhere to talk in relative privacy. Seeing nothing, she decided to stop on the sidewalk in front of Luke’s. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw all the occupants of the diner get out of their seats and rush up to the window to view the action. Pushing the thoughts of their onlookers to the back of her mind, she turned to Colin, and as she started to pull on her gloves said, “Okay, talk.”
Colin turned on the charm with one of his lady-killer smiles. In Lorelai’s mood, it only served to fuel her anger. He spread his hands out in a reconciliatory gesture and said, “First off, I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I should have never treated you like that.”
Lorelai crossed her arms and asked, “Like what?”
“I don’t understand.”
“Its’ really simple Colin. What is it that you’re sorry for?”
Still looking confused, Colin replied, “For everything.”
“For everything?” Lorelai asked. “You mean like tulips? Are you sorry about tulips? Or maybe its second hand smoke that you’ve got the guilts over.”
“No that’s not what I mean.”
“Then what Colin? What is it that caused you to drive all the way here to apologize to me for?”
“For the things that have you upset.”
“The things that have me upset. Okay so you mean the price of microwave popcorn, because that has been really getting out of hand. Or maybe you wanted to apologize for stirrup pants going out of style when I had a whole drawer full, cause I still lose sleep about that some nights. Or maybe it the situation in the Middle East, cause it really bothers me that those crazy kids just can’t seem to work things out.” Lorelai paused for breath while out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Luke herding the crowd away from the window.
“Well,” Lorelai continued, “Thanks for the concern, that was very nice.” Lorelai’s voice dripped sarcasm as she concluded, “I’m so glad you stopped by. Buh-bye.”
Lorelai started to walk around Colin, to return to the diner. As she passed by Colin reached out a hand, grabbed her arm, and said, “Lorelai, wait.”
Lorelai stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes fixed on the hand on her arm. After a moment, she slowly turned her gaze up to glower at Colin. After a second, he removed his hand, holding both hands in front of him in a gesture of concession. Once she had again turned to face him he said, “Lorelai, why are you making this so difficult.”
Lorelai’s head rocked back in an expression of disbelief. After a moment Colin looked away and said, “You’re right, I deserve that and worse.”
Lorelai expression did not soften a millimeter, as she said, “No argument here.”
Colin nodded, “You’re right, what I did was horrible, and you have every right to be mad.” He looked at her with his brown eyes that used to touch her heart, but now only made her nauseous, and said, “But, I want you to know that am truly sorry.” He gave her a slight smile, as he continued, “and, I was wondering what I could do to make it up to you.”
“Sure, there’s something you can do,” Lorelai said sounding as if she was beginning to crumble.
“Just name it.”
“Good. I want you to drop dead.” Lorelai said with no trace of a smile. “Do you think you can get right on that?”
“Lorelai,” Colin pleaded, “I said I was sorry.”
“Sorry for what?” Lorelai challenged.
“Like I said, I’m, sorry for everything that happened.”
“You know, Colin, all I keep hearing is this vague apology, but it just sounds like words,” Lorelai said. “I’m not hearing anything that says you are really sorry, or that you have even an inkling of what you have done that you need to be sorry for.”
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Post by javakamp on Apr 4, 2003 16:49:00 GMT -5
Colin’s mouth hung open as he stared at Lorelai. After a moment, he looked at the ground, and said, “I’m sorry for the terrible things I did to you. You didn’t deserve any of it.”
Lorelai uncrossed her arms, placing her hands on her hips. “You mean that you’re sorry you lied to me?”
Colin nodded in response.
“And you’re sorry you took advantage of me.”
“Yes.”
“What about cheating on me. I mean even if the only person you slept with while we were dating was your wife, since I didn’t know about her, that would be considered cheating. Are you sorry for that?”
In his most sincere voice Colin answered, “I am very, very sorry.”
“That’s assuming that there was no one besides Rebecca and me.”
When Colin refused to meet her eyes, Lorelai crossed her arms again. “You mean there was someone besides the two of us!! I… I… You are just unbelievable. I… I just don’t even want to talk to you anymore. Just leave me alone.” Lorelai turned and began stalking back to the diner.
When he realized that she was walking off, Colin started after her, “Lorelai, please wait.” He caught up to her and tried to stop her with a hand on her arm.
She shook off his hand, and said, “I said leave me alone!”
She reentered the diner with Colin close behind. “Lorelai, please you don’t understand.”
Lorelai turned back around and said, “I think I understand all too well. You are a lying, two-timer who cares nothing for his relationships, and you demonstrate that constantly by not keeping your fly zipped. You are just a sad selfish little boy. So leave me alone, and go back to your wife. Not that I can imagine why she would take you back.”
Colin’s shoulders dropped in the attitude of a defeated man. Lorelai shook her head and turned back towards her seat. She was half way there when Colin said, “I can’t go back.”
Lorelai turned around and asked, “What?”
Colin looked up and said, “I said, I can’t go back, Rebecca’s thrown me out.”
“Well good for her,” Lorelai said. “It’s about time. You know I liked her. If things had been different, we might have been friends, but I doubt that will ever happen because I slept with her husband. So then what, you going to move in with your other girlfriend?”
Colin shook his head. “I’ve got no where to go. I don’t even have enough gas to get back to New Haven, because her father had me fired.”
“Hum,” Lorelai smiled. “I guess that karma stuff works. Sounds like you have a big problem.” Lorelai paused while she appeared to consider the situation. She turned to Colin and said, “Well, good luck with that.”
“Lorelai, please.”
Ignoring his pleas Lorelai continued for her chair.
“Lorelai I need you.”
Refusing to look at Colin Lorelai removed her gloves and sat them down on her table.
“Lorelai, Please. I lov…”
“Don’t you dare,” Lorelai interrupted. “Do not think that you can say that you love me, and expect me to fall at your feet, because if there is one thing this whole episode has proven, it is that you have no concept of what love means. Now please just leave me alone."
Refusing to leave Colin started to towards Lorelai. “Lorelai?”
Up until this point, Luke had been standing near the far end of the counter, trying to respect Lorelai’s request that he let her handle things. Finally, he had had enough. In two quick strides, he interposed himself between Colin and Lorelai. “Okay, this has gone on long enough. As the proprietor of this establishment, I’m asking you to leave.”
Colin looked up at Luke and sneered, “You and what army, fry boy? So you think you can throw me out and maybe she’ll finally notice you. Well neither one will ever happen.”
“All I know,” Luke started, “Is that you’re going to be leaving this diner one way or another.”
“And if I refuse?” Colin challenged.
“Like I said, one way or another,” Luke replied. “So why don’t you make it easy on yourself, and just leave.”
The two men stared at each other for a long tension filled moment. Finally, Colin shrugged and started to walk away. When Luke began to relax, Colin lashed out with a punch that landed firmly on Luke’s jaw, causing his head to snap back.
When Colin threw his punch, a collective gasp sprang spread around the customers in the diner. Lorelai and Rory shot up out of their chairs, Rory stepping back against the shelves, while Lorelai held her place, asking “Luke are you okay?”
Luke ignored her, while he wiped the back of his hand across his lower lip. He pulled the hand away, and then glanced at it for traces of blood, but there were none. Still controlling him emotions he glared at Colin and said, “You get that one, but that will ‘not’ happen again.”
“Right,” snorted Colin. “Like you could stop me.” Colin glanced around the diner, and then appeared to come to a decision. “You know what? I’m through here.” He looked at Lorelai over Luke’s shoulder. “I hope you’re very happy here with your small time town, your small time life,” He glanced at Luke and said, “and your small time man.” He turned his glare on Luke and said, “And you fry boy. I hope your small time plans work out.” Colin pointed over Luke’s shoulder at Lorelai, and then continued, “And that you are very happy with your, Whore.”
“The words were barely out of Colin’s mouth when Luke’s fist struck out hitting Colin square in the middle of the face. The lightning fast blow sent the man sprawling onto his backside.
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Post by javakamp on Apr 4, 2003 16:50:43 GMT -5
Chapter 30: Allusions and delusions.
A hush hung over the crowd in the diner, while all eyes shifted between Colin on the floor, and Luke, still standing in the same spot. Luke broke the silence when he took a step towards Colin, and while pointing at the prostrate man said, “I don’t want to ever hear you talk about her like that again.
Colin sat up feeling the side of his face, and checking his nose for blood, all the while staring at Luke. After a moment, a smile broke out on his face as he said, “All I know is that you’re not going to doing anything about it. You know why. Because when I get up from here, I’m going to go and find the Barney Fife that passes for some kind of police force in this town and have him lock you up for assault.”
“Then,” Colin continued, “I’m going to sue your ass. I’m going to sue so bad that I’m going to end up owing this dump, and you’ll be working for me. Won’t that be special?”
“I wouldn’t be so hasty about that young man if I were you.” All eyes turned to the speaker, Taylor Doose, who wiped his mouth with napkin.
Colin glared up at Taylor and asked, “Who the hell are you?”
“My name is Taylor Doose, the owner of Doose’s Market, just across the street, and several other businesses in and around Star’s Hollow.”
“Well, congratulations.” Colin retorted. “Now tell me why I care.”
“Because, young man,” Taylor began explaining. “In addition to being a local business man, I am also the town Magistrate.” Taylor paused to allow his words to sink in. “So heed my words when I tell you that if anyone will be going to jail, it will not be Mr. Danes.”
Colin just continued to sit on the floor, staring at Taylor, who continued to speak, “You see as proprietor of this establishment, Mr. Danes was exercising his legal right when he asked you to vacate said establishment, because you creating a disturbance. But instead of heeding his rightful request, not only did you refuse to leave, you physically assaulted Mr. Danes. Any actions on his part that may have resulted in any physical or psychological damage to you were acts of self defense, brought about by your own actions.”
Taylor paused again, but when Colin remained silently on the floor, Taylor continued, “Now it is true that any trials that resulted from what has transpired here today, would not be held in a court presided over by me, but I would most surly be called as a witness.” Taylor leaned closer to Colin, and then said, “And let me tell you I make a very good witness.”
Taylor sat back up crossing his arms, “Now young man, let me ask you if you still desire the sheriff?”
Colin stared at Taylor for a long moment, before he tore his gaze away and shook his head.
“Fine,” Taylor said with a nod. He turned to Luke and asked, “How about you Luke, do you wish to press charges? I can call the sheriff right now and instruct him to put this gentleman into custody.”
At Taylor’s question, Colin's eyes shot to Luke, fear obvious on his face. Luke stared quietly back, while his hands hanging at his sides continued to ball into fist.
Finally, Luke shook his head, and said, “No.” Colin started to stand, the relief obvious on his face. He halted when Luke said, “That is as long as he gets out of town, and agrees not to bother Lorelai ever again.”
“Well,” Taylor said looking at Colin, “That sounds like a very generous offer from Mr. Danes. I suggest you take him up on it.”
Although it obviously pained him, Colin nodded agreement.
“A very wise choice young man,” Taylor said. He looked up at Jess who was standing near by and said, “Jess be a good lad and help the gentleman up and on his way.”
“Sure thing Mr. Doose,” Jess replied to the first thing that Taylor Doose had ever said to him that he agreed with. He stepped up to Colin and extended a hand. Colin hesitated for a moment before he took the hand, and allowed Jess to help him up. “There you go,” Jess said, as he made a play of helping to smooth any wrinkles from Colin’s clothes. After a moment, Jess pointed behind Colin and said, “In case you forgot, the door’s this way.”
Colin looked as if he might respond for a moment, but he elected not to. He turned to leave but halted when Jess said, “Oh just a minute.” Colin turned to see Jess pulling his hand from his jeans pocket holding a few folded bills. Jess flipped through the currency, and pulled out a five-dollar bill. He stuck the bill into Colin’s jacket pocket, and said, “That’s to make sure you have enough gas to get out of town.”
Colin glared at Jess, until the young man again pointed at the door. Red faced with embarrassment, Colin turned and stalked from the diner, accompanied by a small round for applause form the patrons
Once Colin had left, all the tension, and emotions of the day’s events caught up to Lorelai. Almost involuntarily she sank into her chair. Not sure if she wanted to cry, laugh, cheer, or shout, she quietly sat in the chair staring into space.
“Are you okay, mom?” Rory asked when she noticed her mom sink into the chair. When Lorelai didn’t respond, Rory knelt in front of her mother, took hold of her hands, and asked again, “Mom are you okay?”
“I’m fine sweetie,” Lorelai responded in a voce that sounded far away.
Luke stepped up and asked, “Is everything okay?” When no one replied, he again spoke, “Are you alright, Lorelai?”
Again, in the soft, faraway voice Lorelai replied, “I’m fine daddy. I’ll be down in a minute.”
Luke glanced at Rory who looked back with a scared expression, while biting her lip. He looked back at Lorelai and her two thousand yard stare. Trying to sound encouraging, Luke said to Rory, “I think she’s had a little too much excitement. She probably needs some time, where it’s quiet.” He glanced around the diner, then reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out some keys. He singled one out and gave it to Rory, saying, “Why don’t you take your mom upstairs.”
Rory nodded and began to gather their things, but Luke said, “Here you help your mother.” Luke and Rory coaxed Lorelai out of the chair. Once they were on their way upstairs, he called, “Jess.”
Jess came over and Luke asked, “Would you get their coats and things and take them upstairs.
Luke watched the Gilmore’s pass through the doorway that led to the stairs. He desperately wanted to follow, but on some level, he knew that Rory was probably the best person to help Lorelai right now.
Luke turned his attention back to the diner, as it slowly got back to normal. He noticed Taylor still at the counter, finishing his coffee. He walked up to Taylor and asked, “Can I get you a refill, there Taylor?”
Taylor looked at Luke and answered, “Why thank you Luke, I think I will.”
Luke grabbed the pot and as he filled Taylor’s cup said, “You know, Taylor, I know that you’re the town Magistrate, and all, but if I remember the town charter correctly, that’s just an administrative position, so you can issue permits and such.”
“That is correct, Luke,” Taylor nodded.
“So I’m right when I say that you don’t have any authority to order the police to arrest someone, or preside over court?”
“Well, I suppose that it’s a good thing that Lorelai’s friend doesn’t know our town charter as well as you do.”
Luke smirked at Taylor, and said, “Careful Taylor. Lying like that could ruin you reputation as a stickler for following the rules.”
“Ah,” Taylor replied, holding up a finger. “But you’re wrong there Luke, I did not lie.”
“You didn’t?”
“No, I simply presented the facts to the gentleman in a particular format, and allowed him to surmise the rest. It’s not my fault if he came to the wrong conclusions, is it.”
Luke pondered for a moment. “No I suppose it’s not.”
“Besides,” Taylor started, “I was enforcing the most important rule.”
“What rule is that?”
“The rule that says, this is my town, and while I might not agree with all my neighbors 100 percent of the time, if some outsider wants to come into my town and try to take advantage of one of those neighbors, well he’s just going to have deal with me.” Taylor emphasized his point by pointing to himself.
Luke looked at Taylor for a moment, before a smile broke out on his face and he said, “You’re right. That’s a very important rule.” Luke reached out and grabbed the ticket for Taylor’s breakfast, and then said, “Taylor. Breakfast is on me this morning.”
Taylor looked shocked, and answered, “That’s very kind of you Luke, but really not necessary.”
Taylor reached for the ticket, but Luke pulled it away and said, “Just consider it payment for legal services rendered.”
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Post by javakamp on Apr 6, 2003 7:23:24 GMT -5
Chapter 31: The King and Queen of Denial.
It was an hour later, when Lorelai, sitting on one of the chairs in Luke’s apartment, heard a knock at the door. Surprised she looked around wondering if she should answer Luke’s door. Finally, with a shrug she stood up and opened the door.
“Oh, its you,” Lorelai said, when she saw Luke standing there.
“Ah, yeah, Rory said you wanted to see me.”
Lorelai stepped back so Luke could enter, “Yeah I’m just a little surprised you’d knock at your own door.”
“It seemed like the polite thing to do.”
They stood silently for a few moments. Lorelai the first to break the silence, “I just wanted to thank you, and to apologize for everything that happened, earlier.”
Luke shook his and replied, “You don’t have anything to apologize for.”
“I disagree with that but I’ve had enough arguing for the next week.”
“Yeah, I can imagine.”
Lorelai looked up and said, “You know, I feel I really do want to apologize. I want to say that I’m sorry for getting you dragged into my problems, for disrupting your business,” Lorelai pointed at Luke’s lip, which was showing the slightest hint of a bruise, “And for getting you punched in the face. How’s that feel by the way?”
Luke touched his lip, and then said, “It really isn’t that bad. Don’t be offended but you ex-boyfriend there kinda hits like a wimp.”
“But not you, you sent him flying, “Lorelai said swinging her fist through the air. “That was real impressive.”
“It wasn’t that that big of a deal,” Luke shrugged.
“No big deal! It was amazing.” Lorelai gushed. “I mean one punch. Wham. People are going to be talking about this for years. It was way more exciting that the annual reenactment of the Battle of Stars Hollow.” Lorelai paused for a moment while she appeared to ponder. “You know I bet if I talk to Taylor Doose, we could have an annual reenactment of the fight at Luke’s Diner. We could make it a part of the winter festival or something”
“You do that and I’ll cut off your coffee,” Luke threatened.
“Okay scratch that idea.” Lorelai turned serious and said, “But I really did want to thank you. Usually, you know, I don’t believe violence solves anything. But I can’t tell you how glad I was when you thumped him. That was nice. Thank you.”
Luke reddened slightly. He looked at the ground as he said, “Its’ nothing. Its’ what friends do you know. Besides he really deserved it.”
“I also wanted to tell you that I understand what you were saying earlier about being afraid of butting in. Cause you were right, I would have said it was none of your business, and ignored you. I mean Rory tried to tell me something was wrong with Colin, and I ignored her. Heck even my mom tried to tell me that he was hiding something. I was such a fool.”
“Don’t be so tough on yourself. Love can be tricky, you know.”
“I know that all too well,” Lorelai replied. “But next time, I want you to feel free to poke your nose where it doesn’t belong. That way when I ignore you you’ll at least be able to say that you told me so.”
Luke took a deep breath then said, “Well there is something I’ve been wanting to tell you.”
“What’s that?”
“Well… You see… That is…“ Luke stammered. He fell quite for a moment staring at Lorelai, who only silently stared back. Finally, Luke said, “Oh what the hell.” Totally catching Lorelai off guard, he stepped up until he was inches away. Then before she could react, he grabbed her by the arms, pulled her to him, and kissed her deeply.
The kiss lasted for several extraordinary seconds, but all too soon, Lorelai brought a hand to his chest and pushed him away. With a shocked expression on her face she gasped, “Luke…”
Luke stared at the expression on her face, and then suddenly said, “Oh, Jeez, Lorelai. I am so, so sorry. I, I shouldn’t have. I don’t know what got into…”
Lorelai cut Luke’s apology short when she reached out and grabbed Luke’s head between her hands, and swiftly pulled him into a kiss. Luke responded quickly wrapping his arms around her waist, while her arms snaked around his neck.
Eventually they split apart for air, both with huge grins on their faces. After a moment, Luke spoke, “That was…”
“I know,” Lorelai replied.
“I’ve wanted…”
“Me too,” Lorelai grinned.
“You did? I had no idea.”
“Me neither,” Lorelai grinned, shaking her head.
“This is just so…”
“Amazing,” Lorelai nodded.
“Do you think?”
“I sure hope so,” Lorelai nodded still grinning eagerly.
Luke leaned down and kissed her quickly on the lips, then pulled her into a tight embrace, and off the ground, while he spun around in a circle. Lorelai’s response was a screech of gleeful laughter.
At least that was what Luke wanted to say and do in his fantasy world. Instead, after Lorelai said, “That way when I ignore you you’ll be able to say that you told me so.”
Luke responded in the real world by saying, “I’ll do that.”
Luke chided himself for once again letting an opportunity slip by as he watched Lorelai pick up her coat and purse, and start towards the door. She stopped next to Luke, smiling up at him. “And thanks for letting me use your place to get myself back together.”
Luke looked down into her baby blues and replied, “No problem, any time. You know what they say, Mi casa, su casa.”
“What does that mean anyway?” Lorelai inquired.
“I have no idea,” Luke said with a shake of his head.
They remained quiet for a moment, until Lorelai, said, “Rory’s waiting for me, so I better get going.”
“Okay,” Luke nodded.
“Thanks again for everything, Luke.”
“Glad to be of help.”
Lorelai opened the door to leave, but before she pulled the door closed behind her, she said, “So hopefully the next time we see each other, things will be back to normal.”
Luke spread his hands and said, “Hey, we can only hope.”
A moment later Lorelai was gone. Luke took a moment to experience the lingering feel of her presences. Then he let out a heavy sigh and headed down stairs.
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Post by javakamp on Apr 6, 2003 7:25:55 GMT -5
Chapter 32: To all things.
Over the next two weeks life returned to something close to normal for Lorelai, and Rory. Close but not quite there. They would eat lots of take out, and drink lots of coffee. Rory would go to school, and Lorelai would go to work, then afterwards they would get together and talk about their days.
Nevertheless, Rory could tell that Lorelai was still trying to work things out. So Rory would do what she could to help. Fortunately, over the years she had gotten good at sensing her mother’s moods, enabling her to be there when Lorelai needed to talk, or when she wanted quiet company, or sometimes to let her mother be alone.
On the second Friday after the showdown with Colin, at Luke’s, Rory and her mother were quietly riding home from dinner at the grandparents. The first weekly dinner had been relatively peaceful. Apparently, Emily was sympathetic enough to Lorelai’s mood that she endeavored not to broach any potentially controversial topics. This Friday things didn’t run so smooth. They had definitely had worse Friday night dinners, but given the situation, this was a rough one. Especially since many of the topics of discussion had to do with Colin Fletcher.
That’s why on the way home from Hartford, Rory sensed that her mom was due for some alone time. When they arrived home, Rory went into her room to start on homework, while Lorelai, after changing clothes, sat on the couch, pretending to watch TV.
Ten minuets later when Lorelai appeared at Rory’s door, and announced, “Rory sweetie, I think I’m going out for a walk,” Rory wasn’t surprised.
Even thought she knew what the answer would be, Rory asked, “Would you like me to go with you?”
“No, you just stay and study, I just need to get some fresh air.”
“Okay, have fun.”
As Lorelai turned to leave Rory said, “Don’t forget your keys, and your cell phone.”
“Huh,” Lorelai responded. “One time I lock myself out of the house and you never let me forget.”
“That’s what makes my life worth living.”
Lorelai put on a pair of hiking boots, and grabbed her coat. She pulled open the door and called, “Rory, I’m leaving now.”
“Did you remember your keys?”
Lorelai stopped herself halfway out the door, clinching her hands in anger. She stepped back into the foyer, and grabbed her keys off the counter, as she replied, “Of course I remembered my keys.”
Lorelai walked around town without really paying attention to where she was going. She just let her feet wander where they wanted, while her mind did its’ own wondering.
An hour and a half after she left Rory, when she looked up and found herself in front of Luke’s, she had no real recollection of how she got there. She smiled when she looked inside and saw Luke in the dim light working behind the counter. She stood there watching him for several minutes. Finally, he looked up and saw her staring at him. Surprised he smiled and waved at her, and she waved back.
He walked over to the door and unlocked it. He stuck his head outside and asked, “What are you doing out there?”
“Nothing, I was feeling restless, so I decide to take a walk.”
Luke nodded and asked, “You wanta come in? I got an apple pie that just came out of the oven.”
Lorelai smiled and asked, “Just pie?”
Luke grinned and replied, “What’s fresh apple pie with out vanilla ice cream.”
Lorelai clapped her gloved hands together and said, “Yippee.”
A few minutes later Luke was seated across a table from Lorelai, watching her take the first bite of her pie and ice cream. After she had swallowed she said, “Mmmm, very good. You know you aught to think about doing this professionally. You might be able to make some money at this whole restaurant thing.
Luke chuckled and replied, “I’ll take it under advisement.” Luke watched her eat for while than asked, “So how was dinner at your parents tonight?”
“You know, the usual, best three out of five.”
“So,” Luke asked, “You never did say what you were doing out so late?”
Lorelai appeared to consider her answer, then said, “Oh, just out trying to figure stuff out.”
“Stuff?”
“Yeah, you know. Life stuff. Relationship stuff. That whole chicken and the egg thing.”
“Did you figure anything out?”
“Well, there still a couple of things I’m trying to get straight, but I’d say that I’m currently sitting in the chicken camp.”
“No I mean about the life, and relationship stuff?”
“Oh that,” Lorelai said. She pondered for a moment, and then said, “Yeah, there’s a couple of things, I figured out?”
“Like what?”
“Well the first thing I decided is that it will probably be awhile before I date again.”
Luke nodded and said, “Of course.”
When Lorelai narrowed her eyes at him, he explained, “Well, what I mean is that you just had a real bad experience with someone you liked and trusted, and he hurt you badly. Who wouldn’t be a little gun-shy after that?” Luke looked at Lorelai’s plate, noticing that it was empty, he asked, “Would you like more pie or ice cream?”
“No thanks,” Lorelai said, while she used her fork to play with the remains of her pie.
Luke watched her then asked, “What’s the second?”
“Hum?” Lorelai asked.
“What was the second thing you figured out?”
“Oh, yeah. That.” Lorelai sat down her fork, and looked straight at Luke, then said, “The second thing I figured out, was that when I am ready to start dating again, that I’d like it to be with you.”
Luke looked at Lorelai, while he waited for this latest fantasy to end, and he would be back in the real world. However, after a moment Luke realized that he hadn’t been fantasizing, but that Lorelai’s statement had been real life.
Luke sat up and asked, “What was that?”
Lorelai smiled shyly and answered, “I said, that when I’m ready to date again, that it should be us, who are dating.” Lorelai waited a beat for Luke to reply, when he didn’t, she said,” Each other.”
When Luke still didn’t speak, she said, “That is if you would like to? Date me that is.”
Luke tried not to grin too large, when he said, “Yeah, I would like that.”
“Good,” Lorelai nodded. “Good.”
They looked at each other grinning, for a few moments. Finally, Lorelai leaned forward, touched Luke on the arm, and said, “So we really had some excitement here a couple of weeks ago.”
“Yes we did.”
Lorelai gave Luke her hair twirl as she asked, “So what was your favorite part? Was when you hit, Colin? Cause that was mine.”
Luke appeared to think about it for a moment, and then with a smile he said, “Probably when you called me daddy.”
Lorelai’s mouth fell open, “I called you what? No way.”
”Just ask Rory,” Luke challenged. “It was just before you went upstairs.”
“Really?
“Would I make something like that up?”
They talked and laughed until well after 1am. In the time to come, they would look back on this night as their first night as a couple, and remember it fondly. They would remember it as…
…The Beginning…
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So there you have it.
What do you think?
Thanks for reading.
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Post by Trory4ever on May 20, 2003 18:54:45 GMT -5
wow that was really really great!!! amazing job  |
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Post by Stella on Dec 21, 2003 16:15:16 GMT -5
Nice.
I like.
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Post by Microsoft Office 2010 on May 12, 2011 2:07:09 GMT -5
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