Chapter 1: Chocolate For Breakfast?
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Chapter 1 : Choclate For Breakfast?

 




“Mom!” Rory Gilmore called, hopping out of her room on one foot, while trying to put on her shoe at the same time. “Get up! Are you up?”

Lorelai Gilmore grunted at her daughter from the kitchen, where she was sleepily preparing coffee.

“Why does Monday have to come after Sunday?”

“Because that’s generally how the days of the week go,” Rory replied.

Lorelai nodded, taking a sip of her coffee. She made a face and turned to Rory.

“To Luke’s?” Rory suggested.

“To Luke’s.”



“What can I get you?” Luke asked, balancing three plates on his arms. He went around the diner, handing the steaming plates off to whoever ordered them, and walked back up to the counter. “Well?”

Lorelai looked at Rory. “Do we ever order anything different?” she asked. “Can’t we just say ‘the usual’ yet?”

“I don’t know,” Rory answered. “We could try.”

“We’ll have the usual, Luke.”

He nodded. “Coffee and a plate of toast. Coming right up.” He started to walk off.

“Toast?” Lorelai looked confused.

Luke came back. “That is what you usually get, right?”

“I don’t know. Rory?”

“Ah, I get it now. You actually have to usually get a certain food for you to be able to say ’the usual’.”

“Oh! But we don’t have that.”

“I know. Maybe we should get one.”

“And change our routine, our way of life—and quite possibly the world?”

“Good thinking.” Rory turned to Luke. “We’ll have coffee.”

“That’s it?” he returned.

“That’s it.”

Luke turned to Lorelai for confirmation. “Oh—that’s it.”

Once again, Luke started to walk off.

“On second thought, I’ll take a piece of toast, too.”

Luke turned back for a second, glared, and went to get the order.

“You did that on purpose,” Rory accused with a smile.

Lorelai grinned. “Yeah, it was fun.”

Jess decided to make his appearance then, but tried to go unnoticed by Luke. He started over to where Rory and Lorelai were, but Luke saw him out of the corner of his eye.

“Jess—coffee!” he ordered.

“Got it covered,” Jess replied, bringing the coffeepot over to the Gilmore girls. “Coffee?”

“Yes please,” Rory said.

Jess nodded at Rory, filling two cups with coffee and setting them down in front of her and Lorelai. “What are you doing after school?”

“Dean’s coming over and we’re going to watch some old movies.”

“So today’s Dean day?”

“Yes.”

Jess nodded, leaning against the counter. Luke came back with a plate of toast.

“You did want this, right?” he asked, handing Lorelai the plate. He stared at Jess until finally he stood up, walking off with the coffeepot.

“I don’t know,” Lorelai said thoughtfully. “I’m having second thoughts. Today doesn’t seem like a ‘toast’ day...Maybe brownie day?” She looked at Rory.

“Chocolate for breakfast?” Luke asked.

“Oh yes, you can have chocolate any time,” Lorelai told him.

“And you?” Luke asked Rory.

“I’ll just take the toast.”

“At least you’re normal.”

“I haven’t converted her to the dark side yet,” Lorelai shrugged. “Give me another week. Soon she’ll be eating chocolate for breakfast with the rest of us.”

“Luke, when will my order be ready?” Taylor asked a few feet away.

“Depends on what you ordered, Taylor.”

“All I wanted was some coffee.” Taylor emphasized his words with various hand motions.

“Coffee, oh geez. Jess!”

“You yelled?” Jess responded a moment later, walking back over.

“I thought you were giving everyone coffee.”

“I am. I decided to take my break.”

“Jess—“

“Alright, alright!”

Jess went over, poured a few cups of coffee, then stopped and looked up. He watched Rory as she stood up, told Lorelai bye, then headed outside.

“Here,” Jess said, handing Luke the coffeepot.

“What? You didn’t give them coffee,” Luke said, motioning to the table by the window.

“I have to go to school, I’ll see you later!”

Luke walked over to Lorelai.

“Where is he going?”

Luke shrugged. “He said school.”

“School? Early? Jess? Jess left early to go to school?”

“I’m just as shocked as your are,” Luke said flatly. “So what’ll it be—brownie?”

“You’re so good to me,” Lorelai joked, smiling. Luke went off to get her a brownie, and she turned to the window, watching as Jess hurried after Rory.



“Rory!”

Rory looked up, stopping and letting Jess catch up to her. “What, Jess?”

“Can I get a ride to school?”

“I don’t go to your school,” she reminded him.

“I know.”

“Our schools are on the opposite sides of town.”

“I know.”

“I have to go before I’m late.”

He shrugged. “I know.”

“I don’t have time to drop you off,” she exclaimed, trying to get her point across. It didn’t seem to be working.

“So drive me to Chilton and I’ll just walk to school.”

“That’s stupid. It will take you five times as long to get there. What’s the difference?”

“The company,” Jess said simply, opening the passenger side door.

“Get in,” Rory sighed.

Jess grinned, climbing into the passenger seat while Rory got behind the wheel.

Lorelai watched with narrowed eyes from her seat at the counter.

 

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