So I've been having a big think over this weekend and the reason I signed up on here was because I wanted to write great stories like several amazing writers on here who have really inspired me. However, I think my problem is that I sort of rush my stories and then get to a point where I don't really know where to go with them and then I let you all down by stopping as I've lost inspiration. I am really to sorry to all my supporters who have felt like I've let you down by not finishing certain stories.
HOWEVER, I think if I write longer chapters and put all my effort and time into one big story, I really think I can write something good. I have been really inspired by several writers and I want to write as great a story like them. So please stay with me through this as I promise this will be my main story from now on. I know I've said that before but I really do mean it. I really want people to enjoy my writing and I really hope this story will do that! Again, I'm really sorry for stopping and starting with these, I hope you don't hate me too much!
So on to what this story will be about! Basically it will be a javajunkie (obvs! :p) and it will start during the last episode of season 2 but Luke and Lorelai will make up at Sookie and Jackson's wedding. For the purpose of this story, Lorelai and Chris did have their short relationship but everything that happened with them and then Sherry being pregnant happened in the episode before. Also, Rory will be single at the moment. Her and Dean were together but they stayed broken up after the first time. Tristan did go off to military school but he may return at some point. ;) Jess will also be in it but sorry literati fans, Rory and Jess will just be good friends in this. That's basically it and hopefully this story will follow them through the seasons! Wish me luck! :D
Chapter 1
"So what do you think?" Sookie asked enthusiastically.
There were three simultaneous groans as Lorelai, Rory and Michel all lifted their heads off the table. "Sookie, you can not play this at your wedding!" Lorelai said.
"Why?" Sookie asked.
"Because it's depressing! When you walk down the aisle, it should be to something happy, something romantic." Lorelai said.
"But this is a great song!" Sookie argued.
"Not for your wedding. Now let's look at these other options." Lorelai said getting up to go through a selection that was on the other table.
"I'm leaving. I will not sit through anymore of this insanity." Michel whined.
"Michel this is important! You know I'm actually in the wedding which means you have to run it." Lorelai said. "You've never run a wedding before."
"I'm sure I'll manage." Michel said sarcastically.
"Sookie, how about Lane and I go through some options and then confer with you? I promise we'll pick some good songs." Rory suggested.
"Ok." Sookie conceded.
"Hallelujah." Michel said and walked off.
Lorelai sighed and sat back down. "I wish for once he would actually take something serious!" She exclaimed.
"Hon, it's fine. Michel will be fine. As annoying as he is, he is good at his job." Sookie said.
"I guess so.." Lorelai sighed.
"Are you ok?" Sookie asked concerned, having noticed her best friend's mood wasn't great lately. "I know things haven't been great recently..." She said.
"I'm going to go see Lane. Confer on some song choices." Rory made her excuses to leave knowing her mom probably just needed to talk things out with Sookie. She knew her mom had been devastated when she found out Sherry was pregnant and dad left yet again. She was angry at her dad too. He had promised her it would work this time but again they were just shallow promises. "I'll see you later mom." She said.
"Ok see you later hon." Lorelai gave her a small smile and watched her daughter leave.
"How are you really? Are you missing Christopher?" Sookie asked cautiously.
"Half of me is. The other half is telling me how crazy it was for me to think it would work this time." Lorelai sighed. "I just thought...I really thought I could finally have the whole package this time. I thought he'd grown up and finally able to commit. How stupid was I?"
"Aw hon, this isn't your fault. Christopher was your first love. If he suddenly steps up and says he's ready, it's hard not to believe him." Sookie said. "It's not your fault."
"I so wanted to believe him, I just let myself get dragged along again and then he goes and hurts me and Rory again." Lorelai said. "And then there's Luke.." She sighed.
"You two still not made up then?" Sookie asked sympathetically.
Lorelai shook her head. "I wrote him an apology letter but it's always so awkward when I go into the diner. He's just not him. He's like the robot version of himself." She sighed. "I know it's all my fault. I never should have blamed him for that accident. I know he'd do anything for Rory and to throw that back in his face was just horrible."
"You were upset." Sookie said.
"That's no excuse." Lorelai said. She sighed. "Anyway, I better go but I'll see you later."
"Ok hon. Don't beat yourself up about Christopher ok?" Sookie said. "And don't worry about Luke. You and him will work things out soon." She said.
"Thanks Sook." Lorelai said giving her a small smile.
The following day, Lorelai and Rory were walking to the inn when they passed the diner. Rory noticed her mom glance through the window and saw that same look she had had for the last few days now. She knew her mom had been upset about her dad but she also knew this argument between her and Luke had also been a factor. She couldn't remember the last time her mom and Luke had fought this long before. "Hey mom, how about we go in an grab some coffees before going to the inn?" Rory suggested.
Lorelai caught Luke's eyes through the window but quickly looked away. "No it's ok. You can go in if you like. I should really start getting ready at the inn and make sure Sookie has everything."
Rory sighed. "Are you sure?" She asked.
"I'm sure. Come on, we'll be late." Lorelai forced a small smile.
"Ok." Rory said and followed her mom away from the diner and towards the inn.
A few hours later, Lorelai was stood on the back porch of the inn looking at the crowd of people gathering for her best friend's wedding. She smiled as she saw Rory laughing and chatting with Lane.
"Lorelai." A voice behind her said.
Lorelai cringed. She turned round. "Mom.." She said. She had totally forgotten Sookie had invited her parents.
"You seem surprised to see us." Emily said.
"No, not surprised. I just forgot that Sookie invited you, that's all." Lorelai said.
"How could you forget that?" Emily asked.
"There's been a lot going on lately." Lorelai sighed not really wanting to get into it again with them as it wasn't exactly pretty when she told them about her and Chris' split.
"Yes well maybe you should have thought about that before you decided to end your relationship with Christopher." She said bluntly.
"Mom, I really don't want to go through this again." Lorelai gritted her teeth. This was Sookie's day.
"Seriously Lorelai, Christopher wants you. I'm positive he wants you. If you told him that, I'm sure he would come back." She said.
"Mom! Christopher left me. He wanted to go back to Sherry." Lorelai said. "Look, I don't want to talk about this anymore. You'll never understand that me and Christopher will just never work!"
"Grandma, Grandpa!" Rory said coming up to them.
Lorelai shot her a daughter grateful smile.
"Come and get some drinks." Rory smiled. "There are some people I'd like you to meet!"
Lorelai let out a relieved breath when her parents followed Rory. She looked around at everyone. She couldn't help but notice all the couples. She sat down on the steps with her drink in her hand. Suddenly she heard footsteps behind her and then someone sit down next to her. She turned to look at the and was surprised to see Luke, all dressed up in a suit. "Luke! Wh..What are you doing here?" She asked surprised.
"I was invited." Luke said.
"Oh. Of course." Lorelai said kicking herself for being so stupid. Of course he had been invited.
Luke glanced at her and couldn't help but notice that she didn't seem like herself at all. "Are you ok?" He asked.
"I'm ok." She lied.
Luke looked out across the crowd of people. "You forget I've know you for years. I know when you're lying." He said. He turned to look at her again. "I heard you with your parents.." He admitted.
Lorelai sighed. "It was nothing." She said. "Chris turned up, we started something good. Well I thought it was good before he announced his ex girlfriend was pregnant and that he was going back to her because he wanted to do it right this time." She said.
"Wow. Uh I'm sorry." He said. "That uh that must have been hard."
Lorelai felt tears in her eyes. She had missed this. She had missed talking to Luke about everything. He had always been her shoulder to cry on and she now knew she had taken him for granted. She turned to look at him. "I'm so sorry Luke..." She said sincerely, blinking back tears.
"Lorelai..." Luke said awkwardly.
"No let me get this out." Lorelai said. "I'm sorry I blamed you for the accident. I know it wasn't your fault. I know you would do anything for Rory. I was upset and worried and I took it out on you because Jess wasn't there and that was wrong. I'm just...I'm sorry..." She said.
"It wasn't Jess' fault either." Luke said quietly.
"I know.." Lorelai admitted quietly.
Luke looked at her. "You do?" He asked surprised.
She sighed. "Rory's told me that enough times plus one thing I do know about Jess is that he actually likes Rory. He wouldn't have deliberately hurt her, I know that now." She said. She looked at him. "I know I was in the wrong blaming Jess, blaming you. I just...I hope we can be friends again, like we were before. I've missed you." She said sincerely.
Luke sighed. "Well my life has definitely been less exciting without you annoying the hell out of me." He said.
Lorelai smiled. "I am sorry." She repeated.
"I know." Luke said giving her a small smile and giving her knee a little fist bump.
Lorelai let out a breath. She suddenly felt so much lighter, like a weight had lifted from her shoulders. She had her friend back, her best friend. Rory suddenly came rushing up to them. "Mom, we need to get in position. It's starting soon." Rory said. She then noticed both her mom and Luke smiling. "You made up!" She smiled.
"Yeh we did." Lorelai smiled.
"About time!" Rory joked. "Hi Luke!"
"Hey Rory." He chuckled.
"Ok let's go." Lorelai smiled getting up. She turned to Luke. "See you after?" She asked.
"Yeh see ya." He smiled and he watched them rush off.
The ceremony was beautiful. Lorelai beamed as Sookie and Jackson said their vows and then had their first kiss as husband and wife. She couldn't help but glance into the audience and share a smile with Luke.
Later, Lorelai and Rory were stood at the side and Jackson led Sookie to the dancefloor for their first dance.
"Aw they look so happy." Rory smiled.
"Yeh they do." Lorelai agreed, smiling at the sheer happiness she could see on Sookie's face.
Luke suddenly appeared by their side. "Thanks for your help." He grunted.
"With what?" Lorelai grinned innocently.
"Yeh we thought it was sweet Kirk wanted business advice from you!" Rory grinned, playing along.
"He has like 43 jobs! The only advice he needs is to just have one job!" Luke exclaimed.
Lorelai and Rory laughed. "Well Kirk looks up to you. He sees you as his best friend." Lorelai grinned.
"Ah geez..." Luke groaned.
"So how did you get away?" Rory laughed.
"He ran when he heard Taylor was looking for him. Apparently Taylor wasn't very happy with him about something." Luke smirked.
"Aw poor Kirk!" Rory laughed.
"Sookie and Jackson would like for other couples to join them in the next dance." Miss Patty announced through a microphone.
"I'm going to find Lane. I'll see you later." Rory smiled.
"Ok hon." Lorelai smiled. She then turned to Luke. "So you want to get some food?" She asked.
"Uh..." Luke said obviously deliberating something but then deciding against it. "Sure." He said.
They then walked over to the buffet and then sat down on the steps of the porch again.
"So I think I should let you know something..." Luke said.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"Jess is back." Luke admitted.
"Oh." Lorelai said surprised.
"He suddenly turned up in my apartment and said he wanted to come back." Luke said. "He seemed genuine. I told him he had to follow my rules this time and he actually agreed. I couldn't really say no."
Lorelai nodded. "Well I guess maybe him and I can sort out our differences this time." She said.
"Really?" Luke asked.
"Well Rory likes him and obviously thinks there's good in him. Maybe I just need to get to know him better to see that." She smiled.
Luke smiled. "He's a good kid. I honestly think that."
Lorelai smiled. "I know you do. He's lucky to have you."
They locked eyes for a minute and for a millisecond, Lorelai thought she could see what everyone was talking about it but before she could think further, her parents came up to them.
"Lorelai, I hope we're not interrupting something." Emily said narrowing her eyes.
"Uh no mom, you're not." Lorelai sighed. "What's up?"
"Your father has an early flight in the morning so we're going to head home now." She said.
"Ok." Lorelai said.
"Tell Sookie thank you for the invite." Richard said.
"I will dad. Have a safe flight." She said.
"I will." Richard said. "Come along Emily." He said leading Emily away, not wanting to get into another argument.
After the reception finished, Luke walked Lorelai and Rory home.
"You know you didn't need to walk us all the way home." Lorelai said as they walked up their driveway.
"I don't mind. It's dark. I wanted to make sure you got home safe." Luke shrugged.
"Aw you softy!" Rory joked, grinning.
"You're like our guardian angel! Ooh we should buy him wings!" Lorelai clapped excitedly.
"I think a cape would suit him more." Rory played along.
"Nah I think wings would be better." Lorelai grinned.
"Ah geez, will you two ever stop?" Luke said gruffly.
Rory grinned. "Sorry! Night Luke, thanks for walking us home!" She said sincerely.
"Night Rory." Luke smiled.
Rory disappeared inside while Lorelai stayed outside a bit longer. She smiled at Luke. "I'm glad we made up. I wouldn't have had as much fun mocking Kirk and Taylor all by myself." She grinned.
"Yeh they really are idiots." Luke chuckled.
There was a pause while they both just stood there. "So I guess I should go in. Rory will be waiting." Lorelai said.
"Yeh I should get back to the diner." Luke nodded.
"See you tomorrow?" Lorelai asked.
"Well I do have the coffee." Luke smirked.
"That you do. God I've missed your coffee!" Lorelai grinned.
"What else is new?" Luke joked.
"Hey!" Lorelai said indignantly.
"Night Lorelai." He smiled.
"Night Luke." She smiled softly.
Lorelai watched him walk off and couldn't help but think that maybe she had missed a moment. She thought back to that moment on the porch. She was positive she had seen what Sookie had been telling her all these years. Look the guy in the eyes. It's right there. She had said. She watched Luke disappear from sight before slowly walking up to the front door and disappearing into the house.
So I didn't want to get them together in the first chapter but I promise they will hook up very soon! :) I really hope you like this! Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks! :)
