Title: Father's Day Works Magic

Summary: Rory wants to spend father's day with Luke.

Disclaimer: I think we all know that this is not mine. Maybe if I wish really hard...nope, still not mine.

Author's Note: A really late father's day fic. I know, but you guys know I'm a sucker for father/daughter fics. So I just had to. I could of posted this during father's day, but I was too busy. And besides, I needed to formulate what I was gonna write here.

I would just like to say thanks to those of you who suggested option number two. It was easier to write. I have lots of ideas for this fic. So I hope you like it.

CHAPTER 1: SPENDING THE DAY WITH LUKE

It's that time of year again. That dreaded day that she never liked to celebrate. Mother's day, sure, she loved that. But this, Father's day. Never had she celebrated Father's day before. Chris was never there to celebrate for. So she never celebrate it. She'd only hang out with her mom.

Even though this year was different, Chris was here and he's been here for a while now. He's finally trying to be the dad that he never was to her. And even though she likes it, he's finally getting involved, it didn't seem right.

This year was suppose to be different cause this year, she would be getting a daddy. The dad that has always been there for her even though he's not her real father. Her mom and Luke would be getting married this year. And they could finally be a happy family. But everything went hell loose. She doesn't know the whole story, only that Her mom and Luke wouldn't be getting married, and that they had somehow broken up.

She was crushed once she heard. She just wanted to yell Why? Why would god ruin her family? At first, of course, Christopher came to mind as the reason, again. But her mom assured her Chris didn't have anything to do with it. He's long out of the picture. She believed her after hearing the seriousness in her voice. She wanted to know why, what the reason was. But her mom was hurt and she could tell that she didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't push it.

Father's day. She's already spent her morning with Gigi and Christopher. And even though her mom and Luke aren't together anymore, have to change that, she still wanted to celebrate her Father's day with her real dad. She walked across town and entered the not so busy Luke's diner.

"Hey Luke." said Rory quietly, once inside.

Luke looked up, a surprised expression came to his face. "Rory." he breathed. Rory smiled and sat on a stool. "What are you doing here?"

"Why? I can't come to my favorite diner and see my favorite diner owner?"

"No. you can. It's just that, with what happened between your mom and I, I just thought that-"

"Luke. Whatever happened with you and mom does not affect what happens between you and me. I still want us to be…friends. We can still be friends right?"

"Yeah. We can.." he smiled. She smiled back. "So…coffee?"

"You need to ask?" he smiled and got her coffee. "Actually, can I have that upstairs. I want to talk to you in private.

"Sure." he said. Giving her her cup of coffee and instructed Cesar that he's in charge. He walked upstairs and Rory followed. Once inside Luke's apartment, Rory sat down on the couch next to Luke. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, happy father's day for one." she grinned.

"Thanks." he smiled shyly.

"And. I just want you to know, that I'm, was, really excited about this."

"About what?"

"About you and mom getting married."

"Oh. Rory-"

"No, let me finish. I've always dreamt that the two of you would get together and get married someday. I even dreamt that we would move in with you and live here in the diner." Luke looked at her with a slight smirk. "I was twelve. But, anyways, you know that I've always thought of you as a father. I mean, you've always been there for me ever since I've known you and you were as close to a dad I had."

"Rory. You know I'm not trying to replace Christopher. He's your father."

"I know you're not. You were just looking out for us. Filling that void that Chris couldn't cause he refuse to. And because he wasn't responsible enough. But you have always been there for us, for me and mom. And I thank you for that. For being my dad. You're not a replacement, cause I have no father to replace. You've always been my father."

Luke smiled at Rory. "You know, you've always been my daughter Rory. I may have a real daughter now, but you're always my first daughter."

"Thanks Luke." she smiled, then she hugged him.

"Is that all?" he asked, once they had parted.

"Well, no, not really. I wanted to know if you're free today."

"Why?"

"Well, I wanted to spend father's day with you."

"You do?" he asked, stunned. she nodded enthusiastically. "What about Christopher?"

She shrugged. "We already had breakfast together with Gigi. I've already had my share of father's day with him. Besides I really want to spend father's day with you."

Luke smiled wider. "Really?"

"Yeah. I mean, I've always wanted to spend this day with you ever since I found out you and mom were engaged. But unless you have plans with April, then it's ok."

"No. I already spent the morning with her too."

She smiled. "But what if she has some sort of surprise for the two of you later on. I don't want to ruin it."

"Rory, it's ok. April and Anna are gonna be spending the rest of the week in Rhode Island to see her grandfather. They left after our breakfast."

"Oh. That's nice, so you can spend the day with me then?"

"Sure, but what about your mom?"

"She doesn't know. But even if she did, she would totally agree with me on this one."

"Will she be mad?"

"Luke. You two may have broken up, but she's not gonna make me not hang out with you. I'm 21 now. And even if I wasn't, she still would have been ok with it."

"Are you sure?"

"Look, if this is gonna be too weird for you since with the break up and all-"

"No. I want to spend the day with you. It's just, I don't want your mom to be more mad at me than she already is now."

"Why? What happened?" she asked, now trying to find out why they broke up. Luke didn't say anything, he just sighed and looked down. "You don't want to talk about it. Gotcha. But don't worry Luke, mom will be fine by this." Luke still looked a little doubtful. "Do you want me to call her just to be sure?" she asked, in a joking matter. But this seemed to cheer Luke up. "Ok , fine. I'll call her. But there's no need." she said, pulling out her cell. She dialed her mom's number and waited for her to pick up. She got the answering machine. "Hey mom, it's me. I'm gonna be spending the day with Luke. We might take all day. I'll probably be home till late so don't wait up. If you need me for anything, just call. Bye. Love ya." then she clicked of her phone. "There? Happy?"

"Did she say she was fine by it?" he asked.

"The machine picked up. But if she were to object, she would call." she smiled. "Come on Luke. I wanna spend time with my daddy." she said, saying the last part quietly, her lips turning into a pout.

Luke smiled, knowing he could never say no to this girl and her mother. "Ok. Let's go." he said, getting up walking towards the door. Rory got up as well, following Luke, giddiness flowing through her. "But if your mom calls in a fit, I send you strait home."

"Ay-ay captain." she says, mock saluting. Luke just smiled and they left.

I was going to post this after In the Clamor and the Clangor was over, but I decided otherwise. It was in my computer dying to be posted. I'm still gonna continue it whether you like it or not. I've already have half of chapter two written.

Things I like about this chapter/
+When Rory said Happy Father's Day to Luke
+When Rory wanted to spend the day with Luke
+When Luke wanted to make sure that Lorelai was ok with them spending the day together.
+When you review

Mood: irritated

Main thought while was writtingthis;
I am so like Rory in life. I mean, I live with my mom. She raised me onher own. My dad's always AWOL. My mom works at a hotel, kind of like an inn. Cause it's small. But they call it a hotel. My mom may not have a Luke, but she does have a Christopher (gr. hate christopher). I am top on my classes. I got a 4.0 GPA. I am the top reader. I write alot. I even got in to UC San Diego, UCLA, and UC Berkley. May not be Harvard, Princeton, or Yale, but those are some top schools in the west coast. That is so freaky. The next thing you know, I'll be the editor for the school news paper and i'm gonna be sleeping with my married ex-boyfriend on the day of the test run of my mother's very own inn, er, hotel, whatever.

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