Summary: Lane and Dave go to prom. Lorelai, Luke and Rory prepare to veg out at the Gilmore residence until Jess surprises Rory! Lane/Dave, Literati and LL undertones.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own any of the characters from Gilmore Girls, not even Dave (booourns) I'm just borrowing them from A.S.P and the WB.
Author's notes: This fic sort of morphed from my original idea of just having Dave take Lane to prom (I love those two and was so pissed off when they didn't show any of their prom, we didn't even get to see pictures!) when I realized that Jess wouldn't be having his own show. So of course that means Literati! I've veered off from the exact plot lines of season three but have tried to incorporate as much of what actually happened as possible. First GG fic, please read and review. :)
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A Night To RememberChapter 1: It's all about the prep work
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore sat on the steps of their porch, going over a checklist of items they needed for their trip to Europe.
"Water bottles?"
"Check"
"Hair brush?"
"Check."
"First Aid stuff."
"Double check, bandages and gauze."
"Okay so you got the sunscreen right?"
Rory threw her hands up and replied, "Mom, for the fifth time, yes I packed the sunscreen. SPF 30. Stop asking about the sunscreen, you're becoming obsessed with the sunscreen."
"First off, it's on the list and I'm just reading what's on the list. Second, I saw a report on 20/20 last night about the effects of UV rays on your skin and the stuff they were talking about freaked me out."
"You know 20/20 is all about sensationalism."
Lorelai gasped. "What?! Are you saying Barbara Walters, journalist extraordinaire is a sensationalist?"
"Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying. I'll take Christiane Amonpour's word over hers any day." Rory answered with a grin.
"You're just in love with Christiane Amonpour."
"That's true!" Rory stopped
as she watched her mother tilt her head, with a thoughtful look on her face.
"What is it?"
"I think the phone's ringing."
Rory tilted her head as well, "yep, I'll get it."
"Of course you will obedient daughter. You wouldn't make your poor mother get up would you?"
"Mom, I already said I'd get it." Rory called as she ran towards the front door.
"Run… run like the wind!" Rory grinned shaking her head as her mom called after her.
Ring…Ri..
"Hello?"
"Rory!"
"Hey Lane!"
"Okay I only have 2 minutes cause my mom just went outside to water her flowers."
"What's up? Are you calling about tonight?"
"Of course I am!" Lane's excited voice came over the line. "It's only going to be the biggest night of my life, I'm going to prom with the greatest guy ever with Mama Kim's approval."
Rory's smiled widened at her best friend's excitement, "uh huh."
"Ok so I just wanted to make sure everything's set."
"No worries Lane, everything is ready for when you get here tonight."
"Should we go over the plan?"
"I think I got it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep. Dave will pick you up at 6:00 with Mama Kim seeing you guys off. Then he'll speed you over to my house where you'll really get ready. Then you guys will go to the prom, have an amazing time and on your way back you'll stop by my place before Dave drops you back home for 10:30."
"Rory you're the best!"
"No problem."
"Oh! Got to go, I just heard the door open! But I'll see you later! Bye!"
"Bye!" as the phone went dead. Putting down the phone, Rory walked back outside.
"Who was that?" Lorelai asked over her shoulder.
"Lane. Just making sure everything's ready for tonight."
"Ah prom, a passage of rites." Lorelai stopped and looked over at her daughter who was looking at her feet. "Oh jeez Rory, I'm sorry honey. Are you okay?"
Rory shrugged, "not really, Lane and I have always talked about going together, getting all dressed up, going in limos the whole cheesy deal. Oh well, I'll just go vicariously through Lane."
Lorelai put her arm around Rory and pulled her in for a hug. "I'm sorry sweetie. Well I guess it's a Lorelei Gilmore tradition."
"Mom? Can we not talk about it?"
"Okay whatever you want."
"Hey did you see Dave's boutonniere? The red matches perfectly with Lane's dress."
"Oh jeez, it wouldn't be that red flower thing with the pin in that plastic case in the fridge would it?"
"Mom, don't even joke about that, unless you want to be buried in the Kim's backyard."
Laughing Lorelai said, "okay, okay no more talks about sabotaging Dave's boutonniere. On to a safer topic then… so about the sunscreen…"
"MOM…"
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