I know I keep doing this and starting new stories but I would like to assure the loyal readers of The Gilmore Boy that I will keep continuing it. :) I've just been reading some other stories and got inspired to do this.

So Rory is 8 in this and her and Lorelai are still living in the potting shed at the inn. They meet Luke much earlier than they do in the show so Lorelai and Luke get together earlier than they do in the show. It won't happen straight away but this will be a javajunkie! Lorelai works at the inn with Mia still there as her boss and Sookie there as the chef. Luke has just opened the diner. That's it really! Hope you like it! :)

Chapter 1

"You ready for breakfast sweets?" Lorelai asked her daughter.

"Yeh do you think Sookie will make omelettes again? I love the way she makes them so fluffy." Rory said excitedly.

Lorelai laughed. "I'm sure she will. Come on, let's go." She said.

Rory grabbed hold of her mom's hand as they walked towards the inn. They bumped into Mia in the reception.

"Well hello girls! You here for breakfast?" Mia smiled warmly at them.

"Yeh! I'm going to ask Sookie if she'll make omelettes again!" Rory beamed.

"Great choice, Rory." Mia smiled. She looked at Lorelai. "Could I have a quick word?" She asked.

"Um sure!" Lorelai said slightly nervous. She smiled at Rory. "Go ahead, hon. I'll be in there in a few minutes." She smiled.

"Ok!" Rory said happily and skipped to the kitchen.

"Is everything ok?" Lorelai asked nervously.

"Oh everything's fine." Mia smiled. "I was just wondering if you'd like a day off today." She said.

Lorelai was surprised. "Day off? Why? I'm scheduled to work, aren't I?"

"Yes but you've been working the last few weekends and I thought it would be nice for you and Rory to spend the day together. I know you miss that as well." Mia said.

Lorelai smiled wistfully in the direction of the kitchen. "Yeh I have missed that." She admitted. "But..."

"Ah ah ah, no buts." Mia said. "You're covered for the day. Go enjoy the day with Rory. I know the diner should be up and running in the square now. Maybe you can go and have lunch there?" She smiled.

"A diner?" Lorelai questioned surprised. "I haven't seen a diner in the square." She said.

"It's the one with the William Hardware sign outside. The son of good friends of mine opened it." She said.

"Ok well if you're sure, maybe we will check it out." Lorelai smiled.

"Good, now go have your breakfast and I don't want to see either of you for the rest of the day." Mia instructed.

"Thanks." Lorelai said sincerely. "You're too good for us."

"Nonsense." Mia said. "Now shoo!"

Lorelai laughed and headed to the kitchen to find Rory already eating an omelette on the counter. "Thanks for waiting!" She exclaimed.

Rory giggled. "Sorry mom! Sookie made one for you too!"

"Well then maybe I can forgive you." Lorelai said. "Hey Sook!" She smiled at her best friend.

"Hey Lorelai!" She smiled back. "Yours is there?" She said pointing to the plate next to Rory.

Lorelai sat next to Rory. "So how would you like the whole day with mommy?" She smiled at her daughter.

"I thought you were working today?" Rory said confused.

"Mia's given me the day off so I can spend it with you."

"Cool!" Rory beamed. "It's been ages since we've spent the day together!"

"Yeh it has. I'm sorry I've been working so much." Lorelai apologised.

"No I understand why you are. I'm always happy to go see Lane or hang out at the inn." She smiled.

Lorelai smiled at her selfless daughter. She had always wanted to give her daughter the life she had always wanted. A life away from all the society snobs and mandatory cotillions and debutante balls. She lasted the first year at home after she had Rory but her mother had hired nannies to look after her and she hated it. She wanted to be able to put her daughter to sleep and be there when she woke up. She was never allowed though, that's what the nannies were for according to her mother. She decided that enough was enough and she wanted a better life for herself and for Rory and wanted to raise Rory her own way so she packed up all their stuff one day and took the first bus out of Hartford. She didn't really know where to go, she just knew she had to get out of Hartford and before she knew it they were here in Stars Hollow. She smiled at the memory of getting off the bus and immediately liking the small town she had arrived in. She asked someone for directions of where they could stay for night and was directed to the Indepence Inn. The rest was history. Mia offered them the potting shed and offered her a job as well. Lorelai was stunned at her generosity.

"Mom!" Rory said loudly, taking her out of her daze.

"What? Sorry hon." Lorelai said.

"What were you thinking about?" Rory asked.

"Just the day we arrived here." She smiled.

"I'm glad you chose this town." Rory said.

"Me too." Lorelai smiled.

"Me three!" Sookie added. "So what are you going to do with your day off?" She asked.

"Well I was thinking maybe we could go to the bookshop." Lorelai smiled looking at Rory's excited face.

"Really?"

"Yep. You can choose one book and then I was thinking we could go for a walk by the lake. Oh and Mia suggested a place for lunch. This new diner that has opened in the square."

"Oh yeh, Luke's!" Sookie nodded.

"Is that what it's called?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeh Luke's the owner. We went to school together." Sookie said.

"Cool! Well what do you think of the plan?" Lorelai asked her daughter.

"Sounds good!" Rory nodded.

After having spent an hour in the bookstop while Rory looked through every shelf trying to find the best book and then going for a walk by the lake, Lorelai started feeling her stomach rumble and she was starving to crave some coffee as well.

"How do you feel about lunch?" Lorelai asked Rory who was busy throwing some bread for the ducks.

"I think we should have it." Rory grinned.

"Great minds think alike!" Lorelai grinned. "Come on, let's go find that diner."

They headed to the square and Lorelai looked round for a building that looked like a diner. She then spotted the William Hardware sign and remembered what Mia had said. As they got closer, she saw a logo saying Luke's on the window.

"Um mom..." Rory said quietly. "I don't think we should go in there. It doesn't look very friendly."

Lorelai looked through the window and saw Taylor trying to reason with a guy in a flannel shirt and a backwards baseball cap. She grinned. "Lunchtime entertainment! Even better!" She looked at Rory who was looking doubtful and softened. "It'll be fine, hon. Mia knows the family so he can't be that bad." She said.

"Ok..." Rory said quietly, still not convinced.

They entered the diner and heard some bells jingle above the door, announcing their arrival. They went and sat down at one of the few tables left by the window. Lorelai watched the argument with a grin on her face.

"Luke, all I'm saying is that the hardware sign might put people off. Everyone won't know this is a diner." Taylor tried to explain.

"That was my dad's sign, Taylor! It's staying! End of!" Luke shouted.

"But Luke..."

"No! It's not your business! I mean it, Taylor!"

"You are impossible! Impossible!" Taylor exclaimed and stormed out in a huff.

"Oh Luuuke!" Lorelai called.

"Mooomm!" Rory exclaimed, her eyes widening.

Luke scowled in Lorelai's direction. "I'll be right with you." He grunted and went and took someone else's order.

Lorelai pouted. "But I need coffee and we're starving!" She exclaimed dramatically.

"Wait your turn." Luke said annoyed.

"I don't think you understand that I need coffee to live! I need it now. Pleeeeeease!" Lorelai pleaded.

Luke scowled over at her but said nothing.

Lorelai looked round and saw Miss Patty at the next table and there was a newspaper on her table. "Can I borrow that?" She asked.

"Of course sweetheart." She replied enjoying the show.

Lorelai smiled her thanks and went to the horoscope section.

"Mom what are you doing?" Rory asked.

"Getting coffee." Lorelai grinned. She looked up for Luke and found him pouring some coffee for one of his customers. "Hey Luke! When's your birthday?" She asked.

"What?" Luke asked confused.

"When's your birthday?" She repeated.

"Um, november 6th.." He said.

"Thanks." She grinned and tore out the horoscope for Scorpio and wrote something on it.

Luke eventually went over to their table.

"Here!" She smiled handing it to him.

"Are you trying to be annoying?" He grunted.

"Yes!" She grinned. "Just read it!"

Luke sighed and looked down at piece of paper. It read, You will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she will go away. "You're crazy." He said but gave her a mug and poured some coffee in it.

"Thanks! Keep that in your wallet. You never know, it could bring you luck. I'm Lorelai by the way." Lorelai beamed.

"Would your sister like anything?" He asked glancing at Rory.

"Oh she's not my sister. She's my daughter. Rory." Lorelai said but then felt a bit nervous about his reaction.

"Oh." Luke said obviously a bit shocked. "Sorry." He mumbled. "Rory, would you like anything?" He asked.

"Um coffee?" She asked. She saw her mom try and hide her smile.

Luke glared at Lorelai. "You let your daughter drink coffee? She's too young." He ranted.

"Oh no, she doesn't. I was just joking.." Rory said meekly. "Sorry.."

"Yeh she's not allowed it until she's 13." Lorelai grinned.

Luke rolled his eyes. "That makes me feel much better." He said sarcastically.

"Do you have chocolate milk?" Rory asked shyly.

"Sure." Luke said writing it down. "Any food?" He asked.

"Two burgers and fries." Lorelai said.

"Coming up." Luke said walking back to the counter and kitchen.

"Mom, do you have to annoy him?" Rory exclaimed.

"It's fun!" Lorelai grinned. "He loved it really."

"Yeh, it really looked like that. "Rory said sarcastically.

Luke watched them as he gave the order to the kitchen and poured some chocolate milk into a glass. Something about Lorelai intrigued him but he didn't know why. He watched her converse with Rory and couldn't help but smile a little when he saw Rory giggle at whatever crazy thing she had said. He walked back over to their table and gave Rory her chocolate milk. "Here." He said.

"Thanks." Rory smiled shyly at him.

"This is amazing coffee! How do you make this?" Lorelai gushed.

"Secret." Luke said.

"Come on, I won't tell anyone."

"Sorry." He shrugged.

"Can I ask you a question?" Lorelai asked.

"I'm working." He said trying to sound annoyed but something was making him stay there. He never talked to his customers this much but these two were different.

"It will only take a minute." Lorelai pleaded.

"Fine." He said.

"What's your favourite colour?" She grinned.

Rory giggled.

"That's what you wanted to ask me?" Luke asked somewhat amused.

"Well it's a standard question." Lorelai shrugged but had a twinkle in her eye.

"Blue." He said.

"Cool!" Lorelai grinned. "Now go check on our food because we might faint any moment."

Luke looked at Rory who hid her smile when she realised he was looking at her. "Is she always this bossy and annoying?" He asked.

"Yep!" Rory nodded.

"God help me." He muttered. "I feel for you." He said but gave Rory a slight smirk.

Rory giggled suddenly feeling a bit more comfortable with him. "Thanks." She grinned.

Lorelai gasped. "Hey!" She said indignantly as she watched Luke walked off to the kitchen.

After finishing their burgers, Lorelai walked up to the counter to pay. "Hey." She smiled at Luke. "You'll be happy to know we're leaving so can I pay?"

"Don't worry about it. First customers are on the house." He said waving away her money.

"What? Really?" Lorelai asked surprised.

Yeh really? Luke thought. "Um yeh.."

"Oh ok. Well thanks." Lorelai smiled. "And I'm sorry about earlier. I was just messing with you." She said somewhat shyly.

Luke suddenly saw the vulnerability of the woman stood infront of him. He gave her a small smile. "Don't worry about it." He reassured her.

"It was nice meeting with you. Mia suggested this place." Lorelai said.

"You know Mia?" Luke asked interested.

"Yeh I work for her at the inn. She told me you'd recently opened."

"Oh right. Are you new in town? I haven't seen you around." He asked.

"Not really. I came here when Rory was 1. Mia helped me out big time. She gave me a job so I could have money to look after Rory and she gave us somewhere to live." She explained.

"At the inn?" He assumed, whilst wondering where her parents were.

"Um...yeh..." Lorelai said, embarrassed about admitting they lived in the potting shed.

"Well Mia's great. Tell her I say hi." Luke said.

"I will." Lorelai smiled. "We better get going. Thanks for the coffee and food. It was great."

"See you around." Luke smiled, hoping he would.

"Really?" Lorelai raised her eyebrows. "After spending ages telling me I was the most annoying person you'd ever met." She smirked.

"Yeh well you brought entertainment to the day." He shrugged.

Lorelai grinned. "See you around then."

Luke watched her go back to the table to get Rory and then held Rory's hand as they headed to the door. Rory turned round and smiled at him, giving him a wave. He waved back and smiled as he saw her grin. He watched them as they walked across the square.

"You were right, mom. He wasn't too bad." Rory grinned as they walked back to the inn.

"I think we've definitely found our place to eat." Lorelai smiled.

"Definitely! That burger was amazing!" Rory agreed.

They arrived at the inn and decided to spend the rest of the day to just relax outside in the sunshine. They went to the potting shed to get a blanket and Rory grabbed a book to read while Lorelai grabbed a magazine.

"Will you be ok for a couple of minutes?" Lorelai asked as they laid the blanket down. "I just need to go talk to Mia."

Rory settled down on the blanket and opened her book up. "I'll be fine." She smiled.

"I won't be long. Don't move from here, ok?" She said.

Rory nodded. Lorelai smiled as Rory immediately got engrossed in her book and headed towards the inn and went in. She spotted Mia behind the reception. "Hi Mia!" She smiled.

"Now I thought I told you I didn't want to see you in the inn today." She smiled.

"I know, I know. We're out relaxing by the lake. I just wanted to say we went by that diner you suggested." Lorelai smiled.

"Ah did you meet Lucas?" Mia smiled.

"Lucas?" Lorelai smirked.

"Yes Lucas. I know everyone calls him Luke but his mom always called him Lucas so I stick with that." She said.

"Oh right. Yeh I think he found me annoying." Lorelai grinned.

"Wouldn't surprise me." Mia joked.

"Hey!"

Mia laughed. "He's a good one, that one." She smiled.

Lorelai nodded. "He told me to tell you hi by the way. Oh you didn't tell me that first customers are on the house there? I would have ordered much more!" She grinned.

"I didn't know that. I haven't heard about that." Mia said.

"Oh.." Lorelai said confused. "Um well I better get back to Rory. Thanks for the day off again. We've had fun."

"I'm glad." Mia smiled.

Lorelai headed back to Rory who was lying down, still reading. She lay down next to her and grabbed her magazine but her thoughts kept going to Luke. Why would he say first customers are on the house when he didn't do it to anyone else? She then felt herself smiling as she remembered how Luke joined in with the banter nearer the end, probably just to get her to shut up, but it was fun. He was even nice to Rory which always puts that person in her good books. She remembered Mia's words that he was a good one and how she knew his parents. She then started to wonder why Mia had said that in the past tense and remembered how angry Luke was at Taylor who wanted him to take down what was obviously his dad's sign on the door. She closed her eyes and found herself taking a nap.

After a couple of hours basking in the sunshine, they had dinner at the inn with Mia. They then headed back to the potting shed and Rory went into the curtained off bathroom to have a bath while Lorelai got ready for bed. Rory appeared after a few minutes, though.

"Mom, there's no hot water." Rory said.

"What? But it was working this morning." Lorelai exclaimed.

Rory shrugged. "All that's coming out is freezing cold water."

"Urghh...ok hon. You skip your bath tonight then and I'll get it sorted tomorrow." She sighed, thinking how the hell she could get it fixed. She couldn't afford getting a plumber. They always ripped you off. She would have to talk to Mia tomorrow and ask her advice.

Rory got changed into her pyjamas and then snuggled up to her mom in bed and both fell to sleep pretty quickly after having quite a busy day.

So what do you think? Worth me continuing? Please review and let me know what you think! I would really appreciate your feedback, good or bad! Thanks! :)