TITLE: "The Mariano Effect" - Chapter Four
DISCLAIMER -I don't own the characters (pout) -the WB, Amy Sherman- Palladino, everyone else does. And yes, Jimmy is definitely yummy (DILF), but I would never choose him over LUKE, my love!
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Recap:
"Luke! What the hell are you doing?!" Lorelai hissed. Then thought for a moment.
"I'm keeping you from making the same mistake my sister made with this guy," he growled, completely oblivious to her state of undress. His face was red and he was ready to kill Jimmy.
"I guess you decided to leave out that little piece of information before you screwed her, huh, Jimmy?" Luke's eyes burned into Jimmy's. "Yeah, this is Jimmy Mariano, you might want to get a last name from the guys that you're about to sleep with, Lor," he now turned his anger at Lorelai.
"Mariano?! What are you talking about? " she asked, looking from Luke to Jimmy. "As in Jess's FATHER?!" she said shocked, looking at Jimmy, who was frantically trying to put his pants back on.
Chapter Four
Lorelai's P.O.V.
Oh my GOD, Jess's FATHER! Rory is going to die when she finds out! Luke is going to kill him! And ME! Okay, that explains why he seemed so familiar to me, Jess has a lot of his mannerisms. Oh God, Jess's father!! What am I going to do now? Okay, putting a shirt on would be a good start. I searched the floor desperately for my shirt, anything to cover up. Luke took his flannel shirt off and gruffly threw it at me, exposing his bare muscular arms. He still hadn't taken his eyes off of Jimmy. I quickly covered myself with it and ran into the bathroom, closing the door behind me, but leaving it open just a little so I could hear and see what was going on. I was scared.
Jimmy hurriedly put his pants on and tried to calm Luke down.
"Luke, Listen, it's not like it looks," he stammered. "I didn't know she was your girlfriend, you have to believe me!" His eyes were wide and desperate.
Luke looked at the door to the bathroom and I pulled the flannel shirt closed a little more, watching him with terror in my eyes. I've never seen Luke this angry. I mean, I've seen him mad, like the time when Dean and Rory broke up, but this was different. "She's NOT my girlfriend, she's Jess's girlfriend's MOTHER!" Luke spat at him. He looked back to Jimmy. "What the hell are you doing here anyway, Jimmy? Because if you were hoping for a happy family reunion, you've pretty much blown your chance for that," Luke growled.
"I wanted to see Jess. I wanted to try to make amends to him for leaving." he started.
"Make AMENDS?!" Luke said incredulously. "For running away when he was a few days old? And THIS is how you make amends?! By sleeping with his girlfriend's mother?" Luke sounded more genuinely upset than angry. "Jess doesn't want to see you, I can be sure of that. And I don't need you showing up here and messing with his head. I'm trying to get him straightened out and going in the right direction in life and he doesn't need YOU screwing it up," he added, sounding like he was trying to negotiate a deal.
"He's my son, Luke. I don't know what to tell you. I screwed up. But I've gotten my life together now and I want to try to make things right again, I don't know, I just need to see him and talk to him," he said, pleading.
"If you want to make things right, you should just get the hell out of here and leave him alone," Luke stately simply.
"Luke, I can't. I drove here from California to see him and talk to him. I need to do this, can't you see? I just need to see him and then I'll go, I promise," he said calmly.
"Fine. Then go talk to him. He's closing the diner for me. Just don't tell him what happened here tonight. AND THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF STARS HOLLOW or you'll have to deal with me." Luke gave Jimmy his terms.
"Okay," Jimmy said quietly, knowing that Luke would definitely follow through with his threat. He put his shirt on and slipped into his boat shoes, quickly throwing the few clothes he had with him in his duffel. He shot a look at the bathroom door and started to call my name. "Lor.."
"No!" Luke barked at him. "I'll handle her, you've done enough damage here," he dismissed Jimmy by motioning with a nod to the door leading to the hallway.
"Okay," he said quietly, slinking out of the room.
Luke watched him leave, then glanced over to the bathroom door. He sat on the edge of the bed and let out a huge sigh, covering his face with his hands, resting his elbows on his knees.
I walked out of the bathroom quietly and meekly, Luke's huge flannel shirt looking more like a dress than a shirt. I sat down on the bed next to him.
"I'm so sorry, Luke, I didn't know," I said trying to hold back tears. A moment ago I was mad as hell at him, but now I just felt miserable. Like I betrayed him.
"Oh, Lorelai," he sighed, still covering his face with his hands, shaking his head. "I shouldn't have broken in here like I did, but when I found out it was Jimmy, I just couldn't stand it.the thought of him.touching.you." he groaned the last few words, as if he could barely bring himself to say them out loud.
I put my hand gently on his shoulder. "I understand," I said to him gently, thinking that he was looking out for me, he didn't want me to go through the pain of what his sister went through. He just didn't want me to fall for Jimmy the way Liz did, only to get hurt.
"No, Lorelai, I don't think you understand at all," he said, finally taking his hands away from his face, turning to look me squarely in the eyes.
I searched his eyes for what he was talking about. God, he has gorgeous eyes. How come I've never really noticed how beautiful his eyes are? Maybe I just never bothered to really, really look at him? Suddenly I could hear Sookie's voice -- 'just look at him, it's right there,' -- she's said that more than once, trying to convince me that Luke was in love with me. Was IT really there? "Make me understand, then, Luke," I said quietly.
****What does Luke do????****
A/N - to A12 - Could you tell me where in Chapter One I made the mistake of confusing Luke's last name and Jess's last name? The only mention of Mariano is in reference to Jimmy so I'm not sure why you made that comment on your review.
DISCLAIMER -I don't own the characters (pout) -the WB, Amy Sherman- Palladino, everyone else does. And yes, Jimmy is definitely yummy (DILF), but I would never choose him over LUKE, my love!
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Recap:
"Luke! What the hell are you doing?!" Lorelai hissed. Then thought for a moment.
"I'm keeping you from making the same mistake my sister made with this guy," he growled, completely oblivious to her state of undress. His face was red and he was ready to kill Jimmy.
"I guess you decided to leave out that little piece of information before you screwed her, huh, Jimmy?" Luke's eyes burned into Jimmy's. "Yeah, this is Jimmy Mariano, you might want to get a last name from the guys that you're about to sleep with, Lor," he now turned his anger at Lorelai.
"Mariano?! What are you talking about? " she asked, looking from Luke to Jimmy. "As in Jess's FATHER?!" she said shocked, looking at Jimmy, who was frantically trying to put his pants back on.
Chapter Four
Lorelai's P.O.V.
Oh my GOD, Jess's FATHER! Rory is going to die when she finds out! Luke is going to kill him! And ME! Okay, that explains why he seemed so familiar to me, Jess has a lot of his mannerisms. Oh God, Jess's father!! What am I going to do now? Okay, putting a shirt on would be a good start. I searched the floor desperately for my shirt, anything to cover up. Luke took his flannel shirt off and gruffly threw it at me, exposing his bare muscular arms. He still hadn't taken his eyes off of Jimmy. I quickly covered myself with it and ran into the bathroom, closing the door behind me, but leaving it open just a little so I could hear and see what was going on. I was scared.
Jimmy hurriedly put his pants on and tried to calm Luke down.
"Luke, Listen, it's not like it looks," he stammered. "I didn't know she was your girlfriend, you have to believe me!" His eyes were wide and desperate.
Luke looked at the door to the bathroom and I pulled the flannel shirt closed a little more, watching him with terror in my eyes. I've never seen Luke this angry. I mean, I've seen him mad, like the time when Dean and Rory broke up, but this was different. "She's NOT my girlfriend, she's Jess's girlfriend's MOTHER!" Luke spat at him. He looked back to Jimmy. "What the hell are you doing here anyway, Jimmy? Because if you were hoping for a happy family reunion, you've pretty much blown your chance for that," Luke growled.
"I wanted to see Jess. I wanted to try to make amends to him for leaving." he started.
"Make AMENDS?!" Luke said incredulously. "For running away when he was a few days old? And THIS is how you make amends?! By sleeping with his girlfriend's mother?" Luke sounded more genuinely upset than angry. "Jess doesn't want to see you, I can be sure of that. And I don't need you showing up here and messing with his head. I'm trying to get him straightened out and going in the right direction in life and he doesn't need YOU screwing it up," he added, sounding like he was trying to negotiate a deal.
"He's my son, Luke. I don't know what to tell you. I screwed up. But I've gotten my life together now and I want to try to make things right again, I don't know, I just need to see him and talk to him," he said, pleading.
"If you want to make things right, you should just get the hell out of here and leave him alone," Luke stately simply.
"Luke, I can't. I drove here from California to see him and talk to him. I need to do this, can't you see? I just need to see him and then I'll go, I promise," he said calmly.
"Fine. Then go talk to him. He's closing the diner for me. Just don't tell him what happened here tonight. AND THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF STARS HOLLOW or you'll have to deal with me." Luke gave Jimmy his terms.
"Okay," Jimmy said quietly, knowing that Luke would definitely follow through with his threat. He put his shirt on and slipped into his boat shoes, quickly throwing the few clothes he had with him in his duffel. He shot a look at the bathroom door and started to call my name. "Lor.."
"No!" Luke barked at him. "I'll handle her, you've done enough damage here," he dismissed Jimmy by motioning with a nod to the door leading to the hallway.
"Okay," he said quietly, slinking out of the room.
Luke watched him leave, then glanced over to the bathroom door. He sat on the edge of the bed and let out a huge sigh, covering his face with his hands, resting his elbows on his knees.
I walked out of the bathroom quietly and meekly, Luke's huge flannel shirt looking more like a dress than a shirt. I sat down on the bed next to him.
"I'm so sorry, Luke, I didn't know," I said trying to hold back tears. A moment ago I was mad as hell at him, but now I just felt miserable. Like I betrayed him.
"Oh, Lorelai," he sighed, still covering his face with his hands, shaking his head. "I shouldn't have broken in here like I did, but when I found out it was Jimmy, I just couldn't stand it.the thought of him.touching.you." he groaned the last few words, as if he could barely bring himself to say them out loud.
I put my hand gently on his shoulder. "I understand," I said to him gently, thinking that he was looking out for me, he didn't want me to go through the pain of what his sister went through. He just didn't want me to fall for Jimmy the way Liz did, only to get hurt.
"No, Lorelai, I don't think you understand at all," he said, finally taking his hands away from his face, turning to look me squarely in the eyes.
I searched his eyes for what he was talking about. God, he has gorgeous eyes. How come I've never really noticed how beautiful his eyes are? Maybe I just never bothered to really, really look at him? Suddenly I could hear Sookie's voice -- 'just look at him, it's right there,' -- she's said that more than once, trying to convince me that Luke was in love with me. Was IT really there? "Make me understand, then, Luke," I said quietly.
****What does Luke do????****
A/N - to A12 - Could you tell me where in Chapter One I made the mistake of confusing Luke's last name and Jess's last name? The only mention of Mariano is in reference to Jimmy so I'm not sure why you made that comment on your review.