would LOVE to see some midge/lenny convos with miss patty or Babette/morey! Think it would be so funny. LOVE love love your writing!
(Thank you!!)
"So Taylor starts to talk about ordinances and town bi-laws and Midge looks at him and says 'Taylor, if you say one more word about boring town council rules, I'm going to flash this whole room, and the scars on my tit make me look like Frankenstein, so it won't be nearly as enjoyable for everyone here as it was for the crowd at the Gaslight in '58."
The group all laugh loudly, even though four out of the five of them were there.
Lenny grins proudly and wraps an arm around his wife, rubbing her arm. "You miss one town meeting around here."
"Welcome back," Morey grins, lifting his glass. "I know it was only two days, but we missed you."
"How was the book signing?" Babette asks. "Ya get any sexy ladies wanting you to sign their bits?"
"Not this time," Lenny chuckles as he sips his own drink. "The wedding ring scares them off more often than it doesn't."
"God love a good wedding ring," Patty muses. "Wedding rings have gotten me out of more trouble than I care to admit."
Midge smirks. "And gotten you in just as much."
Everyone laughs, and Patty nods. "You said it, Sister."
"So?" Lenny asks. "What else have I missed?"
"Emily Gilmore blew through town," Midge informs him. "She stormed right into the diner and yelled at Luke because she thought he and Lorelai hadn't gotten back together."
"Wait, didn't they?" Lenny asks, frowning.
"They did," Babette confirms. "But she didn't tell her mother."
Lenny flinches. "That is a very rough relationship they have."
"It's sad," Morey comments softly. "They just can't seem to understand each other."
"That's the way things go sometimes," Midge frowns. "My son and his father never got along. Til the day Joel died, they had a strained relationship. They were constantly frustrated with each other, and Ethan is sad he didn't have a better relationship with him, but they just...couldn't figure it out."
"Kit and her mother are that way," Lenny adds. "There's a disconnect."
Patty sighs heavily. "It's really too bad. Mr. Gilmore is quite the hunk of man."
"Lord love a tall man," Babette agrees, resting her head on Morey's arm.
Midge giggles and kisses Lenny's cheek. "Damn right."
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Jess’ Dad
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Pairing: Jess Mariano x Original Female Character
Characters: Jess Mariano, Original Female Character, Luke Danes, Rory Gilmore
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 2526
Summary: You know I really like Jess a lot but…
Tags/Warnings: Songfic, Kissing, Dating, Jealousy, Age-Gap Romance, Crushes, Angst, Fluff, Halloween Challenge, Dylan’s Dad // Geena Fontanella
Notes: not a Dean, Jess or Logan girl. I will always be a Luke Danes girl.
SONG LINK // HALLOWEEN MASTERLIST
‘She’s looking at you,’ Luke said, glancing towards Jess before returning his attention back to the napkin holders he’d been in the middle of restocking.
‘What?’ Jess asked, looking up confusedly from where he’d been diligently refilling ketchup bottles.
‘She’s looking at you,’ Luke repeated, not bothering to look at him.
‘Who is?’ Jess asked scanning the diner but finding no one facing his way.
‘That girl,’ Luke said as his eyes flicked to the window forcing Jess’ to follow where he found a girl standing on the other side. Lauren. He knew her from school and though they’d had very little interaction he had noticed she’d been coming into the diner quite a bit recently. He hadn't thought anything of it but the way Luke’s mouth turned up in a smirk, as if there was something he hadn’t disclosed, made a scowl fall on his face.
‘No she isn’t,’ Jess grunted, pulling another ketchup bottle towards him so he had an excuse not to look in his uncle’s direction.
‘She’s looked in here at least twenty times in the last few minutes,’ Luke said.
‘She’s looking in the diner,’ Jess protested, his irritation flaming further as Luke smirked and shrugged.
‘If you say so,’ he mused.
Jess didn’t bother retorting because he knew it was pointless. Whilst Jess was an expert at getting under his uncle’s skin Luke seemed to be just as versed in riling up the younger man and so he chose to let it go knowing it would only lead to more teasing. And as the bell above the door tinkled, signalling someone was coming into the diner, he was glad he had because he didn’t exactly want to get into an argument about a girl liking him not when the girl he actually liked was walking through the door.
He watched as Rory came in, surveying the place for a seat, but when their eyes met her face fell into a glare and she headed towards a table in the corner. Followed to his surprise by Lauren. Jess groaned internally. Of course they had to come in together. He could practically feel Luke’s smugness radiating out of him so determined not to give him the satisfaction of insisting Jess go take their order he bit the bullet and headed to their table anyway.
Rory looked up as he came over, annoyance still plastered across her face that made his heart sink. He supposed he shouldn’t have been surprised. He’d heard from Luke that his little stunt of basket buying had caused a rift between her and Lorelai as well as her and the lanky idiot she called a boyfriend and yet he had hoped beyond hope that after their ‘date’ her feelings might have started to change. He knew she liked him, probably as much as he liked her, yet she was just too blinded by what others thought to let herself do anything about it. It made his heart hurt because she was the only person in this ludicrous town that he actually liked, well save for Luke and even then that was because it was sort of a requirement given that they were family.
‘Hey,’ he said hoping if he came in with a voice that could lend itself to being an apology without him having to utter one it'd be enough to turn her mood.
‘Cheeseburger and fries,’ she said coolly, ‘and a coffee.’
Jess’s heart sank.
‘Rory-’
‘Have you decided what you’re having?’ she asked cutting him off as she looked towards Lauren whose eyes snapped up, flitting between them both.
‘Oh uh not yet,’ Lauren said sheepishly, her eyes falling back on the page as she tried with haste to pick something.
‘You should come back,’ Rory said dismissively and suddenly Jess felt his disappointment at being in her bad books turn to irritation.
‘No it’s okay,’ Jess said, ‘I’ll wait.’
And so the pair waited, watching each other irritably until finally Lauren caught their attention and said, ‘Uh I’ll just have the same.’
‘Coffee too?’ Jess asked.
‘Uh no, diet coke,’ she said earning a nod from Jess before he headed back to the counter, practically slamming the ticket down on the counter earning another look from his uncle. Jess didn’t say anything, instead, he moved back to the job he had been doing before they'd even come in, albeit a little rougher than he had been previously.
He couldn’t help it. He didn’t know why she got under his skin so much. How he could like her and be frustrated by her simultaneously. Though it wasn’t even her that irritated him. No, his irritation was caused by the fact he knew it wasn’t her. Like the whole god-forsaken basket thing. He knew she wasn’t all that bothered about it in fact he could tell she'd actually enjoyed herself yet she was still letting others tell her how she felt. That’s what irritated him.
As he glanced back to where they were sitting he hoped that she would be looking at him but she wasn’t. She was talking, her eyes on the girl in front of her though Lauren didn’t seem to be paying much attention because her gaze was looking towards the counter. As their eyes met she turned a slight shade of pink, moving her attention back to Rory as quickly as she could and as he kept his eyes fixed on her he noticed they kept peeking his way seeing if he was still looking. And in that moment he had an idea.
It was just a small thing at first, like a seed being planted in his brain, but as he carried their order to their table and found Rory refusing to pay him any attention yet again he found it growing.
‘One burger with a diet coke,’ he said placing a plate in front of Lauren.
‘Thanks Jess,’ she said politely.
‘And one with a coffee,’ he said placing another plate in front of Rory who looked at him but said nothing and instead reached for the ketchup on the table. The seed was growing now, the idea in full bloom. If Rory wanted to play stupid, if she wanted to pretend that she wasn’t having feelings every bit as much as he was then fine. He could move past it too. Hell, why not do it with someone he was sure liked him? And so before he could stop the words from coming out of him he said, ‘Uh Lauren?’
‘Yeah?’ she asked, covering her mouth to conceal the bite of burger she had taken given she wasn’t anticipating any questions.
‘Would you wanna hang out tonight?’ he asked looking directly at her. Though he refused to look in Rory's direction he could guess how her face looked at that minute, the panicked look Lauren shot her only confirming his suspicions.
‘Oh, uh,’ she said hesitantly glancing away from him until something flickered on her face that he couldn't read. He didn’t know what it was but it didn’t really matter because after a second she said, ‘Sure.’
‘Meet at the bandstand at seven?’ Jess asked.
‘Okay,’ she said and with that Jess strode away trying to harbour all of his willpower not to look back at Rory.
✵✵✵
This was a stupid idea. Jess didn’t know what he'd even been thinking asking Lauren out and yet here he was on a date in the vaguest sense of the word with a girl he didn’t even like. Well, it wasn’t that he didn’t like her she was sweet enough it was just that well she wasn’t Rory. With Rory he could be himself. Rory he knew how to act around. Around her he didn’t know how to act. They'd met at the bandstand and after a quick walk around the town they'd almost completely exhausted all talking points so she suggested they go see a movie. Jess had agreed but the theatre was closed which meant they'd had to rent one and head back to the diner, ignoring Luke’s smirk as they'd headed upstairs to watch it. He supposed it wasn’t all bad. The movie was decent but as it had started to wrap up he’d panicked suddenly realising he didn’t exactly know how to throw her out. After all, it had been her idea to come over and once inside their awkwardness had melted away, her mood lifting once they were completely alone.
And so as the credits rolled and she turned to look at him he’d kissed her. He knew it wasn’t a great idea and that if she did like him he'd only be leading her on but he couldn’t stop himself. Which is how they'd found themselves to be making out for the past half hour.
He knew he shouldn’t. He knew it was stupid and unfair to her but as his hand moved up under her shirt, eliciting a breathy moan from her lips his guilt went out of the window. Well until it was brought straight back in through the door as Luke entered, clearing his throat which made the pair of them leap apart, throwing themselves on either end of the couch as if they hadn't just been wrapped around one another.
‘Sorry to interrupt,’ Luke said and before Jess could say anything Lauren jumped up to answer, turning to look at his uncle over the back of the couch as she said, ‘it’s okay. Everything alright?’
‘Yeah I just needed Jess for something but it’s alright he can do it later I can see he’s busy,’ Luke said.
‘Oh it’s okay,’ Lauren said with a smile.
‘It might take a while,’ Luke said making her shrug.
‘If you need him you need him,’ she said.
‘Well uh great, Jess?’ Luke said offering her a smile though Jess didn’t fail to spot the confused glance he threw him. Jess didn’t fail to notice it because he was feeling just as confused as he was. After all it had been her suggestion to come up here. She'd been the one to let him kiss her. Then again maybe she was looking for an out. A polite way to have an excuse to leave though that thought was stomped out as she said, ‘actually I think I might come down too. Grab something to eat.’
‘Well sure,’ Luke said, ‘on the house.’
‘You don’t have to do that,’ Lauren said bashfully.
‘No, it's okay. What with me ruining your date,’ Luke said, ‘uh Jess?’
‘Yeah,’ Jess said, though he was still looking at Lauren who was watching his uncle, a smile on her face.
‘Just come down when you’re ready,’ Luke said.
‘Yeah sure,’ Jess said non-committally and after one last look at the pair of them Luke headed out of the room.
It was only then did Lauren turn from where she had been kneeling up on the couch, slipping back into her seat only to find Jess watching her with narrowed eyes. Again that blush she'd had when he’d looked at her in the diner earlier came back only now Jess was sure it wasn’t because of him.
‘What?’ she asked self-consciously.
‘You like Luke,’ Jess said finding himself just as surprised as she was when the words came out of his mouth. As if the idea hadn't truly settled in until he had said them aloud and even then they didn’t land completely, well not until the pink tinge on her cheeks darkened only confirming his suspicions. As did the way she said ‘what?’
‘Luke,’ he said firmly hoping she wouldn’t try and take him for an idiot not now that it was blatantly obvious, ‘you like Luke.’
‘What are you talking about?’ she scoffed.
‘Luke,’ he said pressing his point, ‘surly, hates everyone, flannel toting, cap wearing Luke.’
‘No I don’t,’ she said with a scowl.
‘Oh come on!’ Jess said rolling his eyes.
‘I don’t!’ she protested.
‘Sure you don’t,’ he scoffed, ‘you know I should be offended. Here I was thinkin’ you like me and all you were here to do was ogle Luke.’
‘Yeah well you like Rory,’ she said snappily folding her arms across her chest as she challenged him, waiting for him to deny it.
‘What?’ he said cursing himself for using the tactic she had employed for her denials though he needed thinking time. Yet she didn’t let up.
‘You heard me. You like Rory. That’s why you asked me out right? To make her jealous,’ she said.
‘She’s with that gormless idiot what do I care,’ Jess said fully aware that it wasn’t a complete denial but enough of one not to completely bruise his ego.
‘Oh come on!’ she said.
They fell silent for a moment the pair of them looking at each other challengingly. With anyone else Jess probably would’ve denied it. It was none of their business who he liked, but with her, he couldn’t. He couldn’t deny it to her because she understood given that the pair of them had agreed to this ludicrous date knowing they had no feelings for the other party involved. And because of that he felt closer to her than he had all night.
‘Okay fine,’ Jess grumbled, fiddling with one of the corners of a cushion on the couch so he had an excuse not to look at her, ‘if I admit you might be right about Rory would you at least admit you only came here because you like Luke.’
‘Fine,’ she said.
‘Okay fine…I like Rory,’ he admitted, not daring to look up for a moment. When he did however she was watching him, a sad smile on her face as she said, ‘I like Luke.’
‘Really?’ he asked unable to keep the judgement from his tone though he didn’t take it to heart and merely shrugged.
‘I know it’s stupid given he’s old enough to be my dad but…I don’t know I just…do.’
‘Yeah,’ Jess grumbled, ‘guess you can't pick who you like.’
‘At least Rory could like you back,’ she reasoned making his heart twinge at the thought, at the hope.
He decided to sidestep that idea. She was Rory's friend and though she would no doubt have an insight into the whole situation he didn’t yet have he wasn’t sure he wanted to open that box for fear she might tell him something he didn’t like. After all, she had said Rory could like him back. Not that she did. As his heart twinged again he shook the thought out of his head and said, ‘so, what now?’
‘Well our date went to hell given that neither of us like each other,’ she said.
‘True,’ he smirked, ‘though the making out wasn’t bad.’
‘Fair point,’ she smiled, ‘though I suppose that’s kinda over now.’
‘Yeah probably,’ Jess said, ‘unless...’
‘Unless?’ she asked.
‘Well I don’t really wanna go and help Luke with whatever you signed me up for,’ he said, ‘and are you even hungry?’
‘Not really,’ she admitted.
‘Well then,’ he said leaning in with his signature lopsided smile, ‘wanna make out?’
She seemed to think about it for a minute and then smiled.
‘What the hell.’
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