A/N: Yeah here is another story I have been working on. Please review, and give it a chance… it may go fast in the beginning, but it gets better. J
When Lorelai got pregnant with Rory, She was sent to
live with her Aunt Hopie in England, because Chris
refused to be a part of Rory's life. Lorelai raised
Rory in a small house near her Aunt's. Even though her
Aunt was apart of society, She understood that Lorelai
didn't want that for her daughter, so she didn't push
it.
When Rory turned fifteen, Lorelai figured it was time
for a vacation back home to visit her parents. So, for
Rory's birthday gift, she bought her two tickets for a
two week long cruise, that would take them to New
York, where they would hop on a bus to Hartford to
visit with her parents.
Day 1:
" Mom!" Rory called from the front door, where She and
her Aunt Hopie stood.
" I'm coming, I'm coming." Lorelai ran down the
stairs.
After they said their goodbyes to Aunt Hopie from the
deck of the Ship, they went and found their suites.
Aunt Hopie had insisted on them being in a nice suite.
" So. I heard there is a Huge buffet open 24 hours a
day!" Lorelai squealed.
" This must be heaven." Rory smiled.
" Let's go check it out." Rory nodded and the two
girls made their way out of their suite and to the
dining hall.
Rory and Lorelai got their stuff and walked over to a
table. That sat their eating and talking. Lorelai was
telling her stories about their grandparents, since she
had only met them for a little while every other
Christmas.
" I'm gonna go get seconds. You coming?" Lorelai
asked.
" Nah, I'm saving my appetite for the desert." Rory
grinned.
" Okay. Your loss." Lorelai got up and walked over to
the buffet. She got a couple rolls and some chicken,
when she turned around she bumped straight into a man.
" Oh my. I am so sorry." Lorelai giggled. When she
bumped into him all his food went all over his clothes.
She looked at the man, and smiled. She had never seen
a man so hot. He had the nicest eyes.
" Uh. It's okay." He started wiping off his clothing.
He finally looked up and saw her giggling at him.
"What?" He asked.
" You have some food on your face." She smiled. He
smiled back at her. She leaned in closer to him and
got a cloth to wipe some of the food off his cheek.
" Thanks." he smiled shyly. Just then a skinny blonde
woman came up behind him and kissed him. Lorelai
became suddenly embarrassed and uncomfortable.
" Hey babe." She giggled.
" Hi." the man shifted uncomfortably. " This is...uh."
he stumbled.
" Lorelai Gilmore." She smiled and shook the woman's
hand.
" Nicole Leahy." The lady fake smiled.
" And I'm Luke Danes." the man said.
Lorelai smiled at Luke and nodded. Just then Rory came
bouncing up to her mother.
" They have Chocolate covered strawberries. It's Heaven
here." Rory giggled, when she noticed Luke and Nicole
she stopped and smiled politely. " Hi."
" Oh Luke, Nicole, this is my daughter Rory." Lorelai
put an arm around her.
" Nice to meet you." Luke said.
" Lorelai, you don't look hold enough to even be a
Mother of a...your fifteen? Sixteen?" Nicole
questioned.
" She's Fifteen, and no, uh...i don't I had her when I
was sixteen." Lorelai smiled awkwardly.
"That's nice." Nicole said evenly. " Let's go Luke,
we've got a whole day planned out for us." she
giggled.
The whole time Luke had been staring at Lorelai. He
had never seen such Blue eyes in his life.
"Luke?" Nicole called again.
" Huh? Oh yeah. Uh sure. Lets go." Luke and Nicole
said their goodbyes as Lorelai and Rory made it back
to their seats.
" Luke seemed really nice...Nicole...was...uh..." Rory
stuttered.
"Evil, fake, skinny, Blonde...the list goes on."
Lorelai sighed.
"So before Nicole came along, you and Luke had a
little moment." Rory teased.
" I did not. I mean we did not. I mean couples only
come on these cruises to elope, so god only knows that
they are probably destined for marriage."
" But see we came on this trip, and we aren't getting
married." She pointed out.
" Yes, but that would be illegal, and we all know that
you might elope with the bad boy." Lorelai smirked.
" If anyone is gonna elope we all know it would be
you." Rory smiled.
" Nobody is eloping so let's eat our breakfast." the
began to eat in silence.
Later on that afternoon, Lorelai and Rory were walking
around, it was almost pitch dark. They turned a corner
and could see Nicole and Luke in a heated argument.
"...This is not how it is supposed to happen." Luke
shouted.
" But I love you Luke!! Marry me! Don't you love me?"
Nicole shouted back.
" NO!" He shouted. Once he saw the pained expression
on her face he softened. " I am sorry. Maybe I gave
you the wrong idea with this trip." He whispered.
" Yes. You did." Nicole stormed off, obviously upset.
Luke looked down at his feet. When he looked up he
noticed Lorelai and Rory eating ice cream across the
Deck looking at him sympathetically. He got up and
went off the other direction to his cabin.
" Wow." Rory said.
" Yeah. Drama. Somehow I feel as if I should've
brought a camera. This would've made a good daytime
Soap."
Rory rolled her eyes, and continued to walk in silence
with her mother to their suite.
Day 4:
A couple mornings later, the two girls got up early to
get first dibs on the warm food.
"Oh get some pancakes." Lorelai pointed to a stack
near the waffles.
"I can't my plate is full. You get some."
" I can't I am saving space for French toast." Lorelai
smiled. Rory rolled her eyes.
Lorelai and Rory found a vacant table and sat down to
eat.
" So...How long are we staying at the grandparents?"
Rory asked.
" Uh...We're not. We are staying at a nice little inn
20 minuets from them." Lorelai grinned.
" Close enough to easily get away from them, yet far
enough to stay away." Rory smiled back.
" Exactly. It is really nice...there is...uh..." Lorelai
saw Luke walk into the Dining hall...alone. " And
Uh...it has...uh...beds and."
" Mom?" Rory waved a hand in front of her face.
Lorelai looked at her daughter.
" Sorry kiddo." Lorelai looked down at her hands. Rory
turned around and saw Luke walking toward them.
" Hey." He said. " Is uh..anyone sitting here?" he
asked gesturing toward and empty seat next to Lorelai.
" uh..no." She smiled, He sat down at turned toward
her.
" So I saw you the other night." He said awkwardly.
" Yeah. I saw you too. I figured...you uh...didn't want
to..yanno talk, since..uh.." Lorelai stumbled over her
words. She didn't want Luke to think she was listening
in on his conversations.
" Nicole broke up with me?" Luke finished.
" uh..yeah."
" I'm gonna go..over there to get some drinks. Want
some coffee?" Rory asked Luke and Lorelai
" Yes!" Lorelai exclaimed thanking her daughter
silently for breaking the awkwardness
"I'd rather live to be 40 thank you." Luke replied
dryly. Lorelai just grinned.
"okay." Rory walked off.
" So..Nicole broke it off huh?"
" Yeah. I mean it isn't like I didn't see it coming. I
think this trip was our last try to make it work."
Luke sighed.
" Oh." was all Lorelai could say.
" Yeah. I have a nephew back at home, and he hates
her, she hates him. Things are chaos, but she wasn't
right for me anyways." Luke confessed. normally, he
wouldn't pour his heart out to a complete stranger,
but Lorelai was different.
" Yeah. I get that. So you have a Nephew? You taking
care of him or what?" Lorelai asked.
"uh..Yeah. Sorrta. He came to me a couple years ago,
actually he's been living with me since he was 10.
He's doing alright now. We thought he wasn't going to
pass to the 10th grade, but eventually I got through
to him, and it worked." Luke smiled.
" That's good. So. Where are you headed?" Lorelai
asked.
" Stars Hollow. Its where I grew up." Luke said. "
You?" He asked.
"Hartford, but I am saying at an Inn in Stars Hollow
actually." Lorelai smiled brightly.
" Independence inn?" Luke asked.
" Yeah. How'd you know?"
" Well...small town. Only one grocery store, one Inn,
one diner, mine I might add, 7 porcelain unicorn
stores." Luke grinned.
" Oh that sounds like a...charming town. So you own a
diner?"
" Yup. Used to be a hardware store, but now it is a
diner. So...I know you're going to Hartford, but I
never noticed you on the way up to England." Luke
said.
" No. I don't live in Hartford. We are going for the
Summer. I'm from England."
"Ooh. Yeah I can sorrta tell now. Your daughter has a
slight accent."
" A little. She gets it from her friends, since they
all are French." Lorelai responded.
" Oh. So are you here with, her uh..father?" Luke
asked awkwardly.
" uh..no. I havn't seen him since, I don't know when.
He left shortly after I told him I was pregnant."
Lorelai looked down.
" Oh. So..he never met Rory?" Luke asked. Lorelai
shook her head." oh. I am sorry."
" No. it's okay. His loss. She is a great girl. Really
smart. She wants to go to either. Oxford or Harvard."
" I'm sure she will do it." He smiled. Lorelai nodded.
they were gazing in each others eyes when Rory came in
with two cups of coffees.
" The coffee sucks, but it will work." She said
gulping her coffee. Luke just made a face at her.
" So what were your plans today" Luke asked.
" I think we are going to hit a show probably tonight.
If you want you can join us." Lorelai suggested.
" Maybe. Right now I have to figure out if they have a
spare room I could use. Since last night I spent the
night on a lawn chair out by the pool." Luke smiled.
" Sounds like fun." Lorelai smirked.
" Maybe I will see you tonight then. How about we meet
by the Main Dock at 6:30 before the show." Luke
suggested.
" Sure." Lorelai and Rory agreed.
Luke got up from the table and walked off. Lorelai
turned to her daughter and saw a huge smirk on her
face. " What?"
" You Soo Like Luke." Rory giggled
" I do not. I can't I just met him, Plus, He just
broke up with his almost fiance." Lorelai stated.
" Whatever. Let's go hang around the pool or
something."
It was 6:15 and Lorelai was still not ready.
"Mom! Come on. You always do this. You take forever to
get ready for dates. And then they take off and
leave!" Rory shouts into the bathroom.
" Hey! I havn't been on a date since high school."
Lorelai shoots back.
" Point Proven." Rory walks into the living room part
of their suite. It was a Big suite. It had a Big
bedroom. A living Room, Kitchen, not that they have
actually used it.
Lorelai walked out of the bathroom in a long flowing
blue dress. It brought out her eyes. It was strapless
and went down to her ankles. She was wearing some high
silver heels.
" How do I look?" Lorelai asked bitting her lower lip.
" Fine!" Rory
" Just fine?" Lorelai asked tugging at her dress.
"great!" Rory sighed impatiently
" Just.." Rory cut her off.
" Mom! You look absolutely stunning." Rory smiled.
" Okay." Lorelai and Rory walked out of their suite,
after locking their door.
They walked to the main deck where they saw Luke. He
was wearing a suit with a blue dress shirt underneath.
He was clean-shaven and well groomed. He walked up to
the two and smiled.
" You Look Beautiful." Luke said to Lorelai.
" Thank you. You too. I mean you look great." Lorelai
smiled shyly.
After the Show they were all walking around.
" Hey mom. I'm gonna go to the Room and call Mel."
" 'kay Hun." Lorelai kissed Rory on the cheek.
Rory walked off leaving Luke and Lorelai talking.
" So...I told you I own a Diner, what do you do?" Luke
asked.
" Oh...well. I run an Inn, but ever since I was
younger I always wanted to design dresses." Lorelai
smiled. " I made this one." She said giving a little
twirl.
" Wow that's amazing." Luke gaped.
" Thanks. I'd like to open my own Inn. Maybe even open
a bridal, or dress shop. I don't know. I think if I
open anything first it would be an Inn." Lorelai
smiled.
" You can do it." Luke simply stated.
"How do you know?"
" I know." he smiled.
Lorelai nodded. The continued walking in comfortable
silence.
" So..What about you. Any kids?" Lorelai asked.
" Nah. Just me and Jess. He's my nephew I was telling
you about earlier."
" Oh I see. So what are you parents like?" Lorelai
asked.
" Well my mom and dad died a years ago, but they were
great. My dad was the one who owned the hardware shop,
but I turned it into a Diner." Lorelai nodded. "So how
long are you in the States for?"
" I don't know. I think We will probably go back at
the end of the summer." Lorelai sighed. " But yet, I
don't know. My mom, and my Aunt were suggesting I just
stay. Come back. I wasn't going to leave in the first
place, but you know, things happend. Chris left, So
the only thing my parents came up with was so send me
off." Lorelai wiped away a stray tear.
" Must've been hard."
" No. After the dipers, it got easy. Actually, fun."
Lorelai smiled thinking back to the times her and Rory
would skip work and school and go hit the town.
"Well thats good. My sister Liz. She had Jess at the
age of sixteen also, but she wasn't ready to be a
mom." Luke sighed. " She used to leave the house a lot
and My dad and I took care of him when he was a baby."
They were getting closer to her suite.
"Oh. So you want kids?" Lorelai asked.
"Sure. If I meet the right person. You?" Luke stopped,
they were in front of the suite.
"Definitely. If I find Mr.Right" They were both gazing
into each others eyes. Luke leaned in closer. She
could feel his breath on her. She closed her eyes and
leaned in closer. They were centemeters apart.
" Mom! Guess what? Mel got with..Car..." She saw how
close they were and how they broke apart as soon as
she opened the door. "...los. I'm sorry. I am gonna go
inside now." Rory closed the door.
Luke Looked at the ground embarrassed. Lorelai just
smiled.
"Uh..I Better get inside." Lorelai pointed toward the
door.
" Yeah. I've got to get to my New room." He said.
" Bye." He walked off.
Lorelai walked inside with a grin on her face.
" Mom! You kissed him!" Rory jumped up and down.
" No! Somone interrupted." Lorelai laughed
" Oops Sorry. Oh. Yeah. Mel and Carlos finally hooked
up."Rory smiled.
" Oh that's soo cool." Lorelai said with little
enthusiasm.
" yeah. I am gonna hit the Hay. Night mom."
" yea Night." Lorelai layed in bed. Thinking of her
'almost' kiss with Luke. She smiled to herself and
fell asleep.
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