A Reunion chapter 1 by: Guitar Hero

It had been ten years. Luke and Lorelai have two sons. Johnny and Keith. They are twins. So they are both 26. As far as they know they are both living in Australia. Stars Hollow was too small for them, so they moved out of the house at sixteen.

"Lorelai we are not watching Lethal Weapon again!" "Please?" Lorelai couldn't help it. She loved to torture her wonderful husband. "Fine but when you start saying the lines I get to be Riggs!" "You are no fun." Luke started laughing. There was a knock at the door. "Who would interrupt us in the middle of movie day?" "A drug dealer," Lorelai joked. Luke gave Lorelai his I would kill you but there is not enough room in the car's trunk stare. Lorelai got the message quickly. They kept knocking at the door. Luke finally went to answer the door just to humor whoever was knocking.

"Hi," said the person. As soon as Luke saw who the person was he knew who the person was. One word was all Luke could say. "Keith," Luke said while he stared at the figure. Keith was Luke and Lorelai's 26 year old son. He looked a lot different than when he left home. He looked scruffy, one of the many things Luke and him had in common. He had a beard like Luke's. You know the not a beard but not a clean shave either. He had gold hair(what side or the family he got that from Luke did not know.) He had on a tight button up shirt, tight designer jeans, black skate shoes, and a silver watch.

Luke could tell Keith had money because of how expensive his clothes looked. "Come on inside Keith, I am sure your mom wants to see you." Keith shook his head okay and went on inside the house. As soon as Lorelai tried to say something to Keith Luke would stop her. Finally after minutes of silence Keith spoke. I'm so sorry for leaving home at 16. "Hell right you should be sorry!" Luke said angrily. Luke's voice was rising with every letter. "I mean, you leave me and your mom a voicemail telling us you were leaving?!" "Hey, I didn't want you guys to make it into a bigger deal than it already was! And yes it was a huge deal and that I could of handled it better than I did, but years ago I was the type of guy who was immature, but now I've changed!"

"Sorry to break it to you, Keith but people can not change that much in 10 years!" "Dad let me ask you a question. What do you think I have been doing all these years?" Luke tried to speak but Keith would not let him. I have made a life Dad! I started a successful band, I have had 25 acting jobs, I have wrote 41 books, and have 24 pieces of artwork in museums around the world!" "Keith that is all well and good, but it doesn't change who you were 10 years ago!" After the two spilling out all the feelings they have held in for ten years all became calm in the Danes household. Keith looked over to his mom who just looked at him with understanding eyes. Luke, she started, I understand why you are upset, but I also understand Keith's partake on the subject as well. "What?" Both the men said at once in unison. "Keith's story is no different than my story growing up. My parents didn't understand me at all. They wanted me to be what they had in mind. I wanted options, just like Keith."

Luke thought about what Lorelai said. "She is right," Luke thought. Luke had calmed down and was now able to listen to reason. "I am sorry, Keith." Luke said thoughtfully. Keith just smiled his lopsided grin that he inherited from Luke. " Keith I believe that you have changed," Luke blurted out. He grinned again. "Keith are you moving to Stars Hollow again?" Lorelai asked with curiosity. "Yep, next door." Keith said as if stating the obvious. "Keith before you go put your things in your new house come watch Lethal Weapon with us!" Luke sighed. Keith was a lot like him but he was also a lot like his mother. "Which Lethal Weapon are we talking about? 1,2,3, or the awesome action packed 4?" " 3 then 4!" Lorelai said happily. " Alright!" Keith screamed. They then started to watch the opening title of Lethal Weapon 3. Lorelai and Keith started to sing along with the song. "Ask yourself to watch over me there's no one to see…" Surprisingly the two were singing in tune. Luke was glad that Keith was back. Lorelai was happy to have someone to sing with again.

It was only 7:54 by the time the group finished watching Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 so the group decided to watch 1 and maybe 2 if they had time. Before they put Lethal Weapon 2 in the DVD player Lorelai and Keith started discussing Lethal Weapon 1. " It's so sad," Keith started, "that Riggs would want to cause suicide because some bad guy killed his wife." " I am so on your side, Keith." About 30 minutes later the group started Lethal Weapon 2. In the middle of a scene Keith said, "to hell with democracy!" (You would understand why he said that if you saw that particular scene.) By the time they finished the movie it was 11:32. "Luke," Lorelai began but didn't finish because he was out like a light.

Keith spent the night in his old room until 6:10. If there was one thing he knew it was that he didn't inherit from his mom it was how early he got up. His parents weren't up yet. So he tiptoed downstairs into the kitchen and made a pot of coffee, grabbed himself a cup, wrote a note, and quietly snuck out the back door. By the time his Dad woke up it was 7:55, which was very strange for his father to wake up so late. Luke walked into the kitchen and saw the note it said, "Dad you are most likely gonna find this note before mom so do not read on until mom wakes up. It is nothing bad I just went out to see the town after all these years. I left on foot so my car is in the garage. The keys are in it so you can go for a spin later. The car is very nice. I have 3 others that are the exact same car, you can have one if you want. Hopefully no one is gonna recognize me after all these years because I do not want to be peppered with all kinds of questions. Read the rest of the note later." From: Keith

Lorelai got up at 10:40. "Hey," she said to Luke. "Make me coffee?" "No, Keith did." Luke said matter-of-factly. "He left a note." Luke was not kidding that he left a note.(I know what you are thinking. You are thinking what is so funny about him leaving a note? One definition of a note is a letter that states an action, well that is my definition of a note, well anyways, there is another definition of a note. The other definition is a note on a musical staff. So anyways the funny part of him leaving a note is him in my opinion being a charming character he cut a piece of paper into the shape of a musical note and wrote a note on it.) The 2 parents read the note telling how successful he had become. Of course Luke and Lorelai were excited to know Keith had a life.

Keith was happy as he walked around the square. No one in town recognized him. He always loved to walk around the square. Sure he was a little hot because it was early summer. He knew he wanted to cool of so he went into the bookstore. The bookstore was always cooler than other places in town. Keith started to browse the different selections of books. Unlike Luke, Keith loves to read. Keith picked up a book by Gary Paulsen. It was called Hatchet. Keith read the book a long time ago so he put the book in the basket and continued shopping. He saw a book he read so many times but had not bought it. The book was Huckleberry Finn.(These two books I have mentioned are 2 of my favorites.) He shopped around a bit more and paid for the items and left. As soon as Keith left he knew the temperature had risen at least 20 degrees. He had to cool of. He knew the perfect place, the lake!

Keith went home to change into his cargo shorts and t-shirt so he could go swimming. "Hey, Keith." Luke said to his son. Keith looked at his Dad. He couldn't believe this was his dad. His dad was wearing cargo shorts and a Red Sox t-shirt that was just a little too tight so it showed his well toned muscles. Lorelai came out of the kitchen with a glass of lemonade in her hand. She wore a pink and blue bikini. Luke and Lorelai's hair was wet. From the way they looked they just got back from the lake. "Get back from the lake?" Keith asked innocently. "Yeah," Luke said. "Perfect weather to go there," Keith stated. "So gonna go to the lake? Or are you dressing like this for comfort?" Luke said seriously. "Ha, you don't know me anymore!" Keith said very matter-of-factly.

Not much later Keith arrived at the very lake in which Lorelai asked Luke out for the very first time. Keith remembers the story his parents told him over and over very vividly. It was the summer of 2003. A heat wave had hung over Stars Hollow for 3 weeks. Lorelai was lounging by the lake lazily when Luke showed up. Lorelai had been avoiding Luke all week because she thought she was starting to have feelings for him. She was caught of guard when he showed up. When he was kicking of his sneakers she started to check him out. Then he checked her out. Then she asked him to come watch movies at her house. "Hello, anybody home?" Keith soon realized he was spacing out so he left for the lake.

Keith soon arrived at the lake. It had been years since he came out to the lake. It was just as tranquil as he remembered. His mom and dad once told him about a place were no one swims. Upstream. As soon as he arrived at the unknown swimming spot he heard a twig snap. Keith breathed out the breath he did not know he was holding. It was just his dad. "Hey," Luke said. Keith just looked at the clear water. Keith looked over at his dad. He grinned his famous grin. "What?" Luke asked his son. Keith quickly pushed his dad into the water. He started grinning even more. Keith started to laugh at his father. Then he too jumped into the cool water.

Keith and Luke proceeded to swim and talk for about an hour. Not much later they arrived home to find Lorelai watching Face/Off. (Face/Off is a good movie starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.) "Hey, Mom." As soon as Keith saw what his mother was watching he was in a trance. He then walked over to the couch and sat on it. "Can we play Role Play?" Keith asked. Lorelai shook her head yes and said, "I get to be Castor Troy!" "Yes! That is good on account that I like being Sean Archer!" Luke, Lorelai, and Keith watched the movie. Luke kept watching mother and son engage in the fun game of role playing. They were surprisingly good at the voices. He thought it was good that Lorelai and Keith were having time to re-bond.

It was only 3:00, but each of the family members started to become tired. Lorelai started to shut her eyes but then forced herself to wake up. "Keith, I know what will wake us up!" Lorelai exclaimed. "What?" He asked tiredly. "Coffee!" Lorelai said happily. Keith quickly responded to the beloved word. To Keith and Lorelai coffee is a god. A beautiful tasty goodness. Keith is just like his mother when it comes to coffee. On average Keith drinks about 5-6 cups of coffee a day. Keith quickly poured himself a cup of black, steamy goodness. He immediately drank over half the cup. He then proceeded to drink the rest of it very quickly.

Lorelai and Keith were wide awake for the next 3 movies. Well, they were wide awake until they got to the fourth movie. Lorelai was the first to fall asleep. She fell asleep on the couch. She had fallen asleep not ten minutes into the movie. The next victim was Keith, who fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie. His back was propped up on the couch's arm making sitting on the floor a surprisingly comfortable position. Luke was the very last victim. He also fell asleep on the couch only five minutes after Keith.

By the time Keith woke up it was 7:00. He quietly put on a pot of coffee, snagged himself a cup, and snuck back into the living room. He looked over to his parents who were still peacefully asleep. Keith put the cup of coffee on the table. He then lifted his comatose dad onto one of his shoulder's and his mom onto the other. He then took them upstairs to their bedroom and gently placed them onto their bed. He looked around the room to find a blanket to put on the couple. He found one and placed it lovingly on top of them. He glanced over to them to make sure that he did not wake them. As soon as he was sure they were still sound asleep he tip-toed downstairs and left the house to go spread the word that he was back in Stars Hollow! The first stop was Babette's house.

End of Chapter 1