Thanks to everyone who left me nice reviews for "In Their Dreams." I
decided to try my hand at this little fic. It's about what would happen
if Stars Hollow ever put on a talent show. It takes place circa March
of 2005. Just to cover the basis, Luke and Lorelai are a couple
(although, I don't reference that fact in the first chapter), Dean is
not in this story (whether he lives in SH is up to the you, as the
readers), and Rory's love life will probably not be addressed. Anyway,
I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: If you go to the forums at TWoP I own "Shirtless!Luke" but that is all. That's only in thought, anyways. I own nothing. Nothing, I say! Nothing!
Sing For Me
Chapter One.
This little story takes place in the future. Not the far future, mind you. It's also not the "What the hell am I doing tomorrow?" future, either. This story takes place around spring of 2005. The place is Stars Hollow, Connecticut. It's a quirky town, with quirky inhabitant. These quirky people in their quirky town like to do quirky things. This is a story of one such example....
"Quiet down, everyone. Quiet down," called out Taylor Doose from behind the podium. He started to bang on the podium with his tiny gravel.
The volume of the room went down almost completely except for Lorelai Gilmore. She was in the middle of saying something to her daughter Rory (who was home for Spring Break) along the lines of, "...and that's when he went for my ass."
Everyone turned around to look at her.
Lorelai noticed the eyes on her and explained, "My ass. I mean not my ass. My donkey. Umm...I'm telling her about a dream I had. Someone tried to steal my donkey and..."
"Lorelai, that's enough." Taylor yelled out. "Now, if you don't mind I would like to get this meeting started with."
"Are you sure Taylor? I think more people are interested in my ass," Lorelai called out with some snickers from the townsfolk.
Taylor was not amused. He ignored the laughter and continued on by saying, "Now that we had our weekly quota of vulgarity tonight, I think it's time to move on with this meeting. Miss Patty has some very exciting news she wants to share."
Taylor went to take his seat on the stage and Miss Patty went up to the podium. "Hello, everyone," she said. "I have some great news to share. With the permission of the city council and with the support of everyone in town, the '23rd Annual Stars Hollow Talent Showcase' will take place in exactly two weeks."
Just then everyone in the room started talking out loud.
"How did you manage to talk the council into the idea, Patty?" called out Babette, "especially after what happened three years ago."
"Yeah, I thought it was Taylor who said that there would never be another talent show unless it was over his dead body," said Andrew.
"Now just a minute," said Taylor at the sound of hearing his name, "first of all, I never said 'over my dead body' and second I think we all need to just take what happened at the last talent show and learn from it."
"I bet Kirk doesn't want to remember it," yelled out Babette.
"Can we not talk about this," screamed out Kirk.
"See. The poor boy's traumatized."
"I'm not traumatized, I just rather not think about it."
"How long did it take you to get those tomato stains out of your clothes?" Rory asked him.
"I don't want to talk about it," he replied.
"Anyway," said Miss Patty, "You can start by signing up for the show right after the meeting is over. Feel free to do whatever you want. Singing, dancing, poetry..."
"No rapping," Taylor called out.
"Damn, that was what I was going to do," called out Luke Danes from his seat.
"This is not time to make jokes, Luke. Especially since you'll never participate in anything."
"And I'm proud of that fact, Taylor."
"Miss Patty, please continue."
"Thank you, Taylor," she said. "Anyway, I hope you all will sign up. If you need any help with chorography just let me know."
With that, Miss Patty sat back down and Taylor took his position at the podium.
"Now, I would like to address the issue of prohibiting dog owners from walking their dogs after dark."
"What?" called out Luke.
"It's just not safe."
"You're kidding. They're just dogs and they're on leashes. Who cares when people walk them."
"It's unsafe and unsanitary."
"What happened, Taylor? Did a much of dogs jump you one night. So now everyone has to suffer?"
"How long do you think this argument's going to take," Rory asked Lorelai.
"I'd say till Taylor starts to cry like a little girl, and with any luck, that could happen soon," Lorelai told her.
"I brought some M&M's. You want some?"
"You are my daughter."
Lorelai and Rory ate their M&M's while they (and the rest of the town) watched Luke and Taylor argue.
After the meeting was over, a large group of people went up to sign up for the talent show. "So what movie should we reenact this year?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"How about Paul Newman's last scene in 'Road to Perdition' where he and Tom Hanks are all standing in the rain and Paul Newman's like 'I'm glad it was you' and Tom Hanks kills him."
"Hmm...But what if it doesn't rain?"
"Good point."
"Excuse me, I have to sign up," Kirk said to them as he pushed his way forward.
"Kirk, you're signing up? Even after what happened three years ago?" Rory asked him.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Okie dokie."
"Besides, the past is past and I am a performer at heart."
"What are you going to do, Kirk?" Lorelai asked.
"Ah, I don't know yet." He walked away and went to sign up.
"Some performer he is."
A thought crossed Rory's mind, "Oh, I need to tell Lane about this. She and the band will want to play."
"Good idea. I wonder if Mrs. Kim will go to watch them?"
"I doubt it. She's still referring to Zach and Brian as 'Sarah' and 'Annie'."
"Well, you never know. This show could be something we never forget."
"I doubt that."
"We'll see. Maybe we'll find out that someone in this very town has talent."
"That would be shocking"
"Wouldn't it?"
Lorelai and Rory signed up and headed home. It was time to figure out what movie scene they could wow the town of Stars Hollow with. Maybe not wow the town, but at least amuse themselves with. Either way, they had a lot of thinking to do.
Disclaimer: If you go to the forums at TWoP I own "Shirtless!Luke" but that is all. That's only in thought, anyways. I own nothing. Nothing, I say! Nothing!
Sing For Me
Chapter One.
This little story takes place in the future. Not the far future, mind you. It's also not the "What the hell am I doing tomorrow?" future, either. This story takes place around spring of 2005. The place is Stars Hollow, Connecticut. It's a quirky town, with quirky inhabitant. These quirky people in their quirky town like to do quirky things. This is a story of one such example....
"Quiet down, everyone. Quiet down," called out Taylor Doose from behind the podium. He started to bang on the podium with his tiny gravel.
The volume of the room went down almost completely except for Lorelai Gilmore. She was in the middle of saying something to her daughter Rory (who was home for Spring Break) along the lines of, "...and that's when he went for my ass."
Everyone turned around to look at her.
Lorelai noticed the eyes on her and explained, "My ass. I mean not my ass. My donkey. Umm...I'm telling her about a dream I had. Someone tried to steal my donkey and..."
"Lorelai, that's enough." Taylor yelled out. "Now, if you don't mind I would like to get this meeting started with."
"Are you sure Taylor? I think more people are interested in my ass," Lorelai called out with some snickers from the townsfolk.
Taylor was not amused. He ignored the laughter and continued on by saying, "Now that we had our weekly quota of vulgarity tonight, I think it's time to move on with this meeting. Miss Patty has some very exciting news she wants to share."
Taylor went to take his seat on the stage and Miss Patty went up to the podium. "Hello, everyone," she said. "I have some great news to share. With the permission of the city council and with the support of everyone in town, the '23rd Annual Stars Hollow Talent Showcase' will take place in exactly two weeks."
Just then everyone in the room started talking out loud.
"How did you manage to talk the council into the idea, Patty?" called out Babette, "especially after what happened three years ago."
"Yeah, I thought it was Taylor who said that there would never be another talent show unless it was over his dead body," said Andrew.
"Now just a minute," said Taylor at the sound of hearing his name, "first of all, I never said 'over my dead body' and second I think we all need to just take what happened at the last talent show and learn from it."
"I bet Kirk doesn't want to remember it," yelled out Babette.
"Can we not talk about this," screamed out Kirk.
"See. The poor boy's traumatized."
"I'm not traumatized, I just rather not think about it."
"How long did it take you to get those tomato stains out of your clothes?" Rory asked him.
"I don't want to talk about it," he replied.
"Anyway," said Miss Patty, "You can start by signing up for the show right after the meeting is over. Feel free to do whatever you want. Singing, dancing, poetry..."
"No rapping," Taylor called out.
"Damn, that was what I was going to do," called out Luke Danes from his seat.
"This is not time to make jokes, Luke. Especially since you'll never participate in anything."
"And I'm proud of that fact, Taylor."
"Miss Patty, please continue."
"Thank you, Taylor," she said. "Anyway, I hope you all will sign up. If you need any help with chorography just let me know."
With that, Miss Patty sat back down and Taylor took his position at the podium.
"Now, I would like to address the issue of prohibiting dog owners from walking their dogs after dark."
"What?" called out Luke.
"It's just not safe."
"You're kidding. They're just dogs and they're on leashes. Who cares when people walk them."
"It's unsafe and unsanitary."
"What happened, Taylor? Did a much of dogs jump you one night. So now everyone has to suffer?"
"How long do you think this argument's going to take," Rory asked Lorelai.
"I'd say till Taylor starts to cry like a little girl, and with any luck, that could happen soon," Lorelai told her.
"I brought some M&M's. You want some?"
"You are my daughter."
Lorelai and Rory ate their M&M's while they (and the rest of the town) watched Luke and Taylor argue.
After the meeting was over, a large group of people went up to sign up for the talent show. "So what movie should we reenact this year?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"How about Paul Newman's last scene in 'Road to Perdition' where he and Tom Hanks are all standing in the rain and Paul Newman's like 'I'm glad it was you' and Tom Hanks kills him."
"Hmm...But what if it doesn't rain?"
"Good point."
"Excuse me, I have to sign up," Kirk said to them as he pushed his way forward.
"Kirk, you're signing up? Even after what happened three years ago?" Rory asked him.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Okie dokie."
"Besides, the past is past and I am a performer at heart."
"What are you going to do, Kirk?" Lorelai asked.
"Ah, I don't know yet." He walked away and went to sign up.
"Some performer he is."
A thought crossed Rory's mind, "Oh, I need to tell Lane about this. She and the band will want to play."
"Good idea. I wonder if Mrs. Kim will go to watch them?"
"I doubt it. She's still referring to Zach and Brian as 'Sarah' and 'Annie'."
"Well, you never know. This show could be something we never forget."
"I doubt that."
"We'll see. Maybe we'll find out that someone in this very town has talent."
"That would be shocking"
"Wouldn't it?"
Lorelai and Rory signed up and headed home. It was time to figure out what movie scene they could wow the town of Stars Hollow with. Maybe not wow the town, but at least amuse themselves with. Either way, they had a lot of thinking to do.