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Luke's Diner - late Wednesday evening

Luke was closing up the diner and waiting for Yitzhak to stop in. He needed to hand over the keys since he, Lorelai and Bucky were heading out for Stars Hollow over the weekend.

[Luke's here for Yitzhak and one other person. If your characters want to dine at Luke's, please put up your own post for earlier in the evening. Thanks!]

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Yitzhak had gotten Luke's phone call. As a rule he hated phone calls. You couldn't glare at people over the phone. But this was his boss, so there was a certain degree of politeness that had to be maintained; anyway, Luke had told him about his plans to move back to Stars Hollow, and he'd been expecting this phone call for a little bit.

Not that he wasn't still going to need a drink, afterward.

At any rate, he came down to the diner and sat down at the counter, managing to look a little less sullen and impassive than usual.

"Thanks for stopping by," Luke said, pushing a large manilla envelope across the counter. "All the paperwork you need about the business is in there and I've included the master keys. There's also my phone number in Stars Hollow in case you need to reach me with any questions."

Yitzhak suppressed a soft sigh and hoped that phone number wouldn't be needed any time soon. He had a certain recuperation period he needed to go through first.

He took the envelope, opened it to check the contents, and gave Luke a brief nod when everything he'd said would be inside proved to be there.

"I've got two employees from the school now. A kid named Jude who likes to put everything on sticks, but has been pretty good. And a kid named Cameron who I just hired, but seems really responsible," Luke said. "Plus ~~the npc employees~~, who are all reliable ~~as npcs are~~. But you're in charge, so if someone isn't working out or you want to hire more people, feel free."

On sticks? That earned a raised eyebrow from Yitzhak, but he nodded again.

He considered for a moment. This guy was putting him in charge of the whole damn place. Yitzhak hadn't been in charge of anything more significant than a washed-up third-rate drag queen rock star's wig collection and sorry excuse for band equipment in his life.

"Thank you."

"Thank you," Luke said. "I'd hate to close this place since there's really a need for the diner on the island, but after that mess with the trolls, there's no way me and Lorelai can raise our kid here."

Yitzhak nodded significantly. He remembered those trolls. Singing at them had worked pretty well, but Luke didn't look like the sort of guy well-versed in Barbra Streisand.

He patted the envelope in what he hoped was a reassuring manner and actually met Luke's gaze steadily, as if to say Luke could count on him.

Not that his expression let on any hint of his half-formed ideas of glittery paint.

"Good luck," Luke said, holding out his hand to shake.

Yitzhak wiped his hands hastily on his pants before reaching over to take Luke's hand and shake it firmly. "You too," he replied. "Take care of baby."

Was it too much to hope that maybe Bucky might grow up to be a drag queen?

Luke smiled. "Thanks. I'm planning to."

Yitzhak, who was already planning out ideas for Bucky's first drag outfit, almost smiled at that, and moved behind the counter to help Luke finish cleaning up. He figured he could do at least that.

Like every teenager, Cameron sometimes got hungry. The kind of hunger that a cheeseburger seemed to fix. When he opened the door to the diner however, it was pretty obvious that he might be a bit late. "Are you already closed, sir?"

Luke looked over and sighed. "If you'll take it to go, I'll make you something. What do you want, kid?"

"Cheeseburger?" he asked hopefully, letting the door close behind him. "No one makes them quite like you."

"Sure," Luke said. "The grill's still hot." He grabbed a burger and threw it on the grill. "You come in here a lot?" he asked, trying to recall if he had met Cameron before.

"Occassionally," he replied, taking a seat at the counter as he waited. "You might remember me better in a smaller version. And with a Mountie. I didn't bring him with me this time."

The memories of the weekend when everyone at the school had regressed in age were permanently implanted in Luke's mind. "Oh yeah. You're the kid who kept trying to help me," he remembered.

"My mom taught me to make myself useful," he said sheepishly. "Sorry if I got in the way."

"Nah," Luke said, giving Cameron a half smile. "You were pretty cute. I hope my son grows up as polite."

"Ah thanks," Cameron rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "How are they doing? Your son and Miss Gilmore," he clarified. "I haven't seen them since the troll invasion."

"They're doing okay," Luke said. "We're moving back to Stars Hollow though. We want Bucky to grow up in a safer environment."

"Who's going to make hamburgers then?" Cameron asked, sounding worried. "Uh, I mean. I can understand that. That weekend was sort of insane and it must have been rough getting abducted like that."

"Diner's staying open. I hired a guy who's going to take over as manager," Luke said. "He could probably use more help if you know anyone who's looking for a job."

"Will his hamburgers be as good as yours?" Cameron asked. He seemed to consider things. Since the theater had changed owners, he was without a job and the holidays were seriously making a whole in his budget. "I actually might be looking for something."

"I left him my secret recipe," Luke said. He flipped Cameron's burger and then wiped his hands, grabbing an application from under the counter. "Here, fill this out and I'll hire you on before I leave."

"For real?" he grinned as he picked up a pen (making sure it wasn't going to attack him first) and started filling in the form.

"Sure," Luke said with a shrug. "Then you can learn the secret burger recipe too."

There really wasn't a secret burger recipe. Luke wondered if he should humor the kid and make one up.

"Cool," Cameron totally bought the whole recipe thing. "Should I work out my shifts with the new manager?"

Luke nodded. "Yeah, that would probably be best. I'll give him all your info."

"Thank you, sir," Cameron finished up the rest of the form and handed it back to Luke.

After glancing over the form, Luke nodded. "Anytime, Cameron." He put the paper aside as he finished preparing Cameron's burger and put it in the to go container.

"Here ya go," he said. "On the house. First new employee perk."

Cameron grinned and got up, picking up the bag. "Thank you, sir. I think I might like the perks here," he said. "I hope everything works out back home."

"So do I," Luke said. "Take care."

"Thanks for the burger! Night, boss," he grinned before heading out.

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