The Mariano Effect

TITLE: "The Mariano Effect" - Chapter Four

NAME -Sandra aka Lukerules
E-MAIL -baumann1@y...

SPOILERS - Up to the scene in "Goodnight Gracie" where Jimmy runs out
of the diner to avoid Luke (except he doesn't leave his wallet behind
this time)

SUMMARY - Gilmore Girls Adult Fan fiction challenge. Bear with me,
I'm not used to doing point-of-view stories. So if you have any
**constructive** criticism, please share it with me. Thanks!

RATING - R

CONTENT -For mature adults. If you aren't a mature adult, then for
Pete's sake, don't read it! You have been warned!

PAIRING OR CHARACTER - Lorelai/Jimmy Mariano - and anyone who knows
ME, knows that I can't write anything without Luke in it!!!!

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 kne 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 kn" I " 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????****