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Taking a moment to toot my own horn, :D. Check it out! 'Gilmore girls' - an excerpt from Chapter One-
"Casear! I need those eggs!"
Lorelai looked up to find a kind of grungy, gruff, cowboy-ish, looking coffee god coming towards her.
"Hey, you, I need coffee," Lorelai said as she quickly turned to face the man who had just stopped a few feet in front of her to pour her precious coffee into someone else's cup.
"What?" the man asked, turning to look at her with quirked brows.
"Coffee: the stuff that's in that pot. I need some. A lot, really. Hell, you may as well give me the whole thing," she said through a laugh, a sort of nervous laugh. The man was giving her such an annoyed, intense, look.
"Yeah, you and everyone else in this damn town," he grumped while walking behind the counter. "Sit down, I'll get to you when I can," he promised dryly.
"Unless you have invisible chairs, there is nowhere to sit," Lorelai retorted as she poked her head between two customers to look at the coffee baring man who was behind the counter.
"Then wait for a table, or go to Weston's. I'm busy," he said shortly as he went down the line, refilling customer's cups.
"But Fran's is closed and unless I get there before Ellen, I will have to hell to pay!" Lorelai exclaimed with desperation.
"What?" Luke asked, confused.
Lorelai sighed. She didn't have time for this. "Ellen, she hates me and if I don't get to the Inn before she does, I'll get a ten minute lecture on the importance of punctuality and trust me, it's a real snooze fest. Been there, done that, you know? So I need coffee or I may just drop dead from withdrawal pains. Right here. And you don't want that, do you? Who wants a dead body right in the middle of their diner? No one. Unless you're a Freddy Krueger fan or something, then maybe you wouldn't mind. Seeing a dead body might be comforting, but I don't have time to find out, so please, please, give me the coffee," Lorelai begged as she followed him around.
"Yeah, I get it, you're a coffee addict; great, but I have a diner to run, so either shut up and wait, or go somewhere else," Luke warned after finishing his lap around the room and disappearing into the kitchen.
Lorelai's face fell as she looked around the diner with sad, defeated eyes. She didn't have time to go another round and was just about to leave when something at the counter caught her gaze and the light blub went off in her head. With a new smile on her face, Lorelai went to the counter with an idea.
"Can I borrow that?" she asked the older woman who had just set aside the horoscope section of the newspaper.
"Of course, dear," Ms. Casini said with a smile.
"Thanks," Lorelai said as she reached into her purse to grab a pen. Just when she got her fingers around the object, the coffee hogging man came back from the kitchen, and this time, with plates in his hands.
"What's your horoscope?" Lorelai asked as she turned to follow him with her eyes.
"Did you not get the, 'shut up,' part?" Luke said with tired eyes.
"Yeah, got that loud and clear. What's your horoscope?" she asked again.
The man sighed. "Scorpio," he said, just wanting to shut her up.
"Thank you," Lorelai sang as she turned back to the paper. She quickly found his month and without stopping to read his predictions, she scribbled down a few words at the end of it. She then, carefully, ripped the section free. "Here," she said while holding up the little piece of paper. "Read."
Not having time to ask what it was, or argue with her, Luke took the paper and quickly unfolded it. "You will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she'll go away," he read the words aloud. He then looked up at the woman and was met with a big smile, and bright eyes. "Fine," he gave in. He dropped the paper down on the counter and then turned to grab a to-go cup. "Here. Ya happy now?" he grumped.
"You have no idea," Lorelai said with a smile as she quickly dug for some money. "Here you go," she said while handing him two bills. "Oh, and you might want to keep that," she said while jerking her chin at the counter as she backed away from him. "Maybe one day, it will bring you luck," she said with a shrug.
Luke was caught off guard by her sudden soft, calm voice and easy smile
"Bye, coffee man," she sang before turning to the door.
He looked down at the counter to pick up the small piece of paper and by the time he looked up again, the annoying woman was gone. Luke sighed.
If you'd like to read more, head on over to - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4853141/1/Gilmore_girls
"Casear! I need those eggs!"
Lorelai looked up to find a kind of grungy, gruff, cowboy-ish, looking coffee god coming towards her.
"Hey, you, I need coffee," Lorelai said as she quickly turned to face the man who had just stopped a few feet in front of her to pour her precious coffee into someone else's cup.
"What?" the man asked, turning to look at her with quirked brows.
"Coffee: the stuff that's in that pot. I need some. A lot, really. Hell, you may as well give me the whole thing," she said through a laugh, a sort of nervous laugh. The man was giving her such an annoyed, intense, look.
"Yeah, you and everyone else in this damn town," he grumped while walking behind the counter. "Sit down, I'll get to you when I can," he promised dryly.
"Unless you have invisible chairs, there is nowhere to sit," Lorelai retorted as she poked her head between two customers to look at the coffee baring man who was behind the counter.
"Then wait for a table, or go to Weston's. I'm busy," he said shortly as he went down the line, refilling customer's cups.
"But Fran's is closed and unless I get there before Ellen, I will have to hell to pay!" Lorelai exclaimed with desperation.
"What?" Luke asked, confused.
Lorelai sighed. She didn't have time for this. "Ellen, she hates me and if I don't get to the Inn before she does, I'll get a ten minute lecture on the importance of punctuality and trust me, it's a real snooze fest. Been there, done that, you know? So I need coffee or I may just drop dead from withdrawal pains. Right here. And you don't want that, do you? Who wants a dead body right in the middle of their diner? No one. Unless you're a Freddy Krueger fan or something, then maybe you wouldn't mind. Seeing a dead body might be comforting, but I don't have time to find out, so please, please, give me the coffee," Lorelai begged as she followed him around.
"Yeah, I get it, you're a coffee addict; great, but I have a diner to run, so either shut up and wait, or go somewhere else," Luke warned after finishing his lap around the room and disappearing into the kitchen.
Lorelai's face fell as she looked around the diner with sad, defeated eyes. She didn't have time to go another round and was just about to leave when something at the counter caught her gaze and the light blub went off in her head. With a new smile on her face, Lorelai went to the counter with an idea.
"Can I borrow that?" she asked the older woman who had just set aside the horoscope section of the newspaper.
"Of course, dear," Ms. Casini said with a smile.
"Thanks," Lorelai said as she reached into her purse to grab a pen. Just when she got her fingers around the object, the coffee hogging man came back from the kitchen, and this time, with plates in his hands.
"What's your horoscope?" Lorelai asked as she turned to follow him with her eyes.
"Did you not get the, 'shut up,' part?" Luke said with tired eyes.
"Yeah, got that loud and clear. What's your horoscope?" she asked again.
The man sighed. "Scorpio," he said, just wanting to shut her up.
"Thank you," Lorelai sang as she turned back to the paper. She quickly found his month and without stopping to read his predictions, she scribbled down a few words at the end of it. She then, carefully, ripped the section free. "Here," she said while holding up the little piece of paper. "Read."
Not having time to ask what it was, or argue with her, Luke took the paper and quickly unfolded it. "You will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she'll go away," he read the words aloud. He then looked up at the woman and was met with a big smile, and bright eyes. "Fine," he gave in. He dropped the paper down on the counter and then turned to grab a to-go cup. "Here. Ya happy now?" he grumped.
"You have no idea," Lorelai said with a smile as she quickly dug for some money. "Here you go," she said while handing him two bills. "Oh, and you might want to keep that," she said while jerking her chin at the counter as she backed away from him. "Maybe one day, it will bring you luck," she said with a shrug.
Luke was caught off guard by her sudden soft, calm voice and easy smile
"Bye, coffee man," she sang before turning to the door.
He looked down at the counter to pick up the small piece of paper and by the time he looked up again, the annoying woman was gone. Luke sighed.
If you'd like to read more, head on over to - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4853141/1/Gilmore_girls