Gilmore Girls and its characters belong to Amy
Sherman-Palladino, the WB, and all the other beautifully talented
people who work on that show. I'm just borrowing to fulfill the
need to write something silly in the wake of all the yucky
cliffhanger finale's and cancellations. I also felt the need to have
something posted on the list that was actually finished. I love you
guys, I really do, but don't any of you have stuff that's not part
one of a question mark?
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Gilmore Girls
Jelly Beans
by Mystic
Mysticxf@aol.com
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Stars Hollow
Monday Morning
Lorelai pulled off her jacket as she entered Luke's and she
smiled when he turned away from her, pretending not to have seen
her. She found it amusing so much of the time that he would go so
far as to avoid looking at her to not talk to her. It wasn't that he
found her annoying, she knew, it was that he didn't want to admit
that he enjoyed their bantering. Lorelai would probably do a dance
and scream for joy if he ever admitted that.
"Luke..." she started.
"Gimme a minute," he mumbled, taking a young couple's
order.
"Coffee..." she trailed.
"Lorelai," Luke warned, pointing a finger at her without
turning around.
"I... need... coffee..." she said, acting like someone in the
middle of the desert thirsting for water.
He ignored her.
Lorelai pursed her lips and lowered her eyebrows, "Fine, I'll
just get it myself."
"No," Luke said, turning.
Lorelai smirked, raising one eyebrow at him as she said,
"Ah, threatening to touch your equiptment... THAT gets your
attention."
"I can pour your coffee just like you can wait two minutes,"
he told her, cocking his head.
She looked concerned. "But if I wait two minutes, I might
go into withdrawal more serious than I'm experiencing at the
moment and then I'd fall on the floor writhling like a fish out of
water and you'd be all to blame just 'cause you couldn't take a
second of your time to get me a cup of coffee."
Luke closed his eyes and turned towards the coffee
machine and filled a giant cup, then went quickly to her table and
set it down in front of her, giving her his largest grin, "There, ya
happy?"
"Damn straight!" Lorelai said quickly, poking him in the
nose.
Luke stood and went to fill the order he'd just taken and
Lorelai giggled, drinking her coffee.
"I don't get why you bother that boy so much," Miss Patty
said from one of the booths. She was chatting with two women
Lorelai knew were parents of girls Miss Patty had once taught.
Withers and Henderson, if she remembered correctly. Always
gossiping about things that weren't their business. Lorelai turned
to look at the women,
"And hello to you too."
"Seriously, he's a sweetheart."
Lorelai pouted, "It took him a whole two minutes to get me
my coffee."
"Well, Lorelai, dear, there are more people in Stars Hollow
than just you," Miss Patty said with a grin.
Lorelai feigned shock, "Why, by golly you're right. I must
immediately begin an expedition to search out new territory to
claim in the name of Lorelai Gilmore!"
Miss Patty waved her off, "You're such a silly girl."
Lorelai smiled, "Well, I try." She turned when Luke
emerged, "Do you have jelly beans?"
"Jelly beans?" He asked.
She put her fingers an inch apart, "Yeah, little chewy
things, this big. Come in lots of different colors and flavo..."
"I know what jelly beans are," he said, putting his hands on
his waist.
"Well..." Lorelai trailed.
"What?" Luke asked.
"You got any?"
"Why would I have jelly beans?" He asked, giving her a
confused look.
"I don't know, 'cause you serve food."
"Jelly beans aren't food, they're junk food."
"Food, in the species Junk, but food nonetheless."
"Go to Dosey's if you want jelly beans."
Lorelai narrowed her eyes at him, "You have jelly beans, I
know it, you're just keeping them from me because you know I
want it. Don't make me ask Miss Patty to order jelly beans just to
prove my theory correct."
"What the hell do you want jelly beans at ten in the
morning for?" He asked, going behind the counter to retreive the
bag.
"Oh!" Lorelai pointed, then looked at Miss Patty, "See, and
you say I bother him, he just withheld junkfood from me."
"It's not good for you," Luke said, giving her a grumpy
look.
"Ok, Jenny Craig, I'm having a sugar craving."
"You're practically made OF sugar," Luke smirked, walking
over to her with a small cup full of jelly beans.
"Yuck!" She exclaimed looking at them.
"What?" Luke said, looking into the cup.
"You've got black ones in here."
"So?"
"So I hate black ones and they're fraternizing with all the
other pretty ones. Look, I think this orange one is about to jump
ship! Oh no, the reds are making a run for it." She looked up at
him. "The black ones are evil..." she trailed looking back at them.
Then she wrinkled her nose and added, "and they taste bad."
"What, you want me to take all the black ones out by
hand?"
She smiled up at him..
"I'm not picking out all the black ones. You asked for
them, I'm giving 'em to ya. You pick out the ones you don't want."
"Don't expect a tip."
"Like you'd give one."
Lorelai made a face of disgust. "Now that's just mean."
Miss Patty laughed, "Ok, you two, stop before I have to
send you to corners."
Lorelai sighed, "Alright," she said, picking into the cup.
"What are you doing now?" Luke asked, going to refill an
older man's cup of coffee. Sometimes when Lorelai was in here,
he felt like he'd suddenly become a part of a comedy routine he'd
never signed on to be a part of.
"Picking out all the black ones to give back to you."
"Why?"
"Because I'm not going to eat them and there's no sense in
letting good junk food go to waste."
"I can't take back your jelly beans."
"Why not? They're perfectly good jelly beans."
"You've already put your fingers all over them."
She looked up at him, "Luke, it's not like I've had my
fingers in dirty places."
"Well, I don't know that."
She waved a hand, dismissing him and continued digging
through the cup. Luke knew better than to stop her and he
continued serving the people until she stood, pulling her jacket
back on. Lorelai waved at Miss Patty and then at Luke, "Bye!"
"Freak," Luke muttered.
"I heard that!" Lorelai said as the door closed behind her.
Luke shook his head, going to her table to retrieve the four
dollars and he almost laughed out loud as he looked down at the
small smiley face made of black jelly beans. Luke shook his head
and turned to see Miss Patty staring at him, smiling with the two
other women.
"What?" He asked, trying not to grin.
Miss Patty stood with the two women and she gave Luke
money to pay for their brunches, "Nothing, you two are just too
cute sometimes."
"We're not cute," Luke tried to sound macho, but it ended
up sounding like he doubted himself.
Miss Patty only nodded her head, leaving Luke to clean up
after Lorelai.
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Ok, that was just stupid! Yay! Just needed to write something and
I don't have time to really do my Gilmore Girls long story that I'm
working on... ;)
Mystic
Mysticxf@aol.com
(
geocities.com/gilmoregirlsff)