Hi guys, it has been a long time since I published a story! But I have been on a Gilmore Girls binge lately (I am just so excited for the revival!) Anyway, I was listening to one of my favorite songs "Let It Go" by James Bay and it just reminded me of Luke and Lorelai and the break up at the end of season 6. This is a dramatic take on what could have happened next. Please read, and if you interested I will continue.
But just to let you know...there is no Christopher involved in this version. Okay. Read and enjoy. Thanks.
Lorelai felt her legs moving, she could hear her heels clicking on the pavement below her...but even still it didn't seem real. She was sure he would have said yes, she was sure he would have jumped and finally realized they were losing each other. He was losing her. She stood there, professed her love to him and begged him to take the jump and get married and all she got in return was a look that suggested she had lost her mind.
And maybe she had...she sure felt like she had! Nothing made sense anymore. She was always confident before, sure she had her moments when she felt weak but not like this. She had never been so unsure of anything in her life. Everything she thought she knew had just crumbled apart in front of her eyes and her future with Luke had disappeared into thin air.
Before she knew it, she was walking up the front steps of her house and flinging the door open. Paul Anka lifted his head nervously from his spot in the hallway, he could sense that something was wrong. She needed to cleanse the house of anything of Luke's. They were done. he made that clear. They were not getting married.
She quickly moved toward the stairs taking two at a time she marched up to the bedroom and whipped open his closet. She laughed sadly to herself when she realized just how easy this was going to be. Not that it would be easy on her heart, but it would take no time at all. None of his things were here. There was only two shirts hanging in his closet and a pair of old sneakers on the floor. She quickly grabbed the three items and tossed them on the bed.
Moving to the bathroom, she flung open drawers and cabinets. Extra toothpaste, the only kind that he liked, shaving cream, an extra blue toothbrush and his comb...all of these things were marched right back to the bed. She plucked up two pictures from her dresser and tossed them aside too. Her hands were shaking as she glanced down at her hand and saw the beautiful diamond currently taunting her. She sighed, took it off and threw it on top of the pile.
As she glanced around the room, she saw a vase on the nightstand. When the renovations had been finished, she placed it there empty. The following day she found daisies, her favorite flower practically overflowing in that vaise. And for a few weeks, they were replaced every Saturday by the man she loved. But now there was just a bunch of dead stems she had been unable to discard. She hoped that he would replace them, but that would actually require him to stay at the house once and awhile to notice how dead they were.
Suddenly the dam broke and the tears were pouring down her face and she lost all control. She grabbed the vase full of dirty water and dead flowers and hurled it across the room not looking at where she aimed. She didn't care she wasn't it gone. She wanted it all gone. Every reminder of the man that had just smashed her heart into a million pieces.
It wasn't until she heard the crash that she was jolted back to reality and she realized she had thrown the vase directly at the mirror over his dresser. She groaned, 7 years of bad luck was the last thing she needed at the moment. Her body trembled as she bent down to pick up the broken pieces of glass. Her eyes were so full of tears she wasn't careful with it and quickly slit her hand open. It stung, and yet she somehow welcomed the pain. It dulled the ache in her heart. But only long enough for her to realize just how much she had lost in one night.
Anger and confusion welled up in her again and she reached for anything she could find and began to throw the object across the room. In a whirlwind, pictures, clothes, shoes, pillows, books and more were being hurled in every direction as she sobbed and broke apart. She heard the crush of glass under her shoes but she didn't care. She clawed at the comforter on the bed, blood smearing against it's pure white color.
The sight jolted her, but not enough to stop. Instead she went towards her own closet and whipped it open and pushed everything aside to reach what she was looking for. Her wedding dress. Her perfect dress to marry her perfect man. She screamed and pulled it off the hanger and threw it across the room, blood smearing the beautiful lace.
Collapsing on the floor she curled into a ball and began to cry harder than she ever had in her life. She didn't even hear the door creak open and the small intake of breath.
"Lorelai?" A familiar voice called out to her.
She didn't lift her head, she didn't move, she just cried and prayed they would go away. At least it wasn't his voice, she knew that for sure. He was probably back at the Diner carrying on with his life as if nothing had happened. Because clearly he didn't love her. Clearly this didn't effect him the way it did her.
"Lorelai...sugah…" The voice said again as it stepped into the room, glass crunched under the person's feet.
"Go away!" Lorelai finally yelled from her spot on the floor surrounded by clutter and her hand still dripping blood, "Go away, please go away!"
The person sighed and waited a moment, "Patty called and told me she saw you and Luke fighting in front of the Diner. And then I heard glass break and the screaming and I…"
"Please...Please go away...go away…Please Babette..." Lorelai cried harder as she realized who it was.
"Lorelai you are bleeding. There is blood everywhere...you need to get checked." Babette leaned down towards her, "Doll come on...sit up for me."
"I said go away!" Lorelai screamed as she jumped, sending Babette back in a panic. "I don't need help! I don't want it! I just want to be left alone! I want to get away from this place!"
"Maybe if you just call Luke-" Babette tried, but suddenly she realized she had said the total wrong thing. "Lorelai I-
"There is no reason to call Luke. He made it clear he doesn't care. There is no more Lorelai and Luke and I need to just accept that." She walked towards the bedroom door again, "I need to get out of here."
Babette nervously followed Lorelai through the hallway and down the staircase. Morey was nervously standing by the couch where Paul Anka was currently trembling. "Is everything okay?" Morey asked.
Babette gave him a look that plainly said no, "Lorelai where are you going?"
"I told you. I need to get out of here." Lorelai grabbed her pag, ignoring the ache in her palm, she swung towards Babette and Morey. "Can you watch Paul Anka for a few days? I will come get him soon. I just...I need to get out of here."
"Lorelai you are in no condition to-" Babette pleaded.
"I can't Babette. I just can't. I'm sorry." With that she turned towards the door and fled her house as fast as she could.
Babette and Morey barely had time to process what was happening before she was pulling the jeep out of the driveway. Lorelai had no idea where she was going...she just knew she couldn't stay here. She sped down main street, she went even faster when she had to pass the Diner. She couldn't face it. She couldn't face the memory of her shame.
She flipped on the radio and drove and drove until suddenly she was on the highway. And she knew just where she wanted to go.
Back in town, Babette had quickly called Sookie and told her of the recent events. Sookie told Jackson she had to go out, jumped in her car and drove to Lorelai's house to see Babette in person.
"I don't understand...she just took off?" Sookie asked as she walked up the porch steps, "She didn't say where she was going?"
"No. She just said she needed to get out of here. All she had was her keys and purse. Nothing else! She just ran off. And she was bleeding...Oh Sookie she was bleeding bad." Babette said as she followed her into the house.
"Bleeding?" Sookie asked turning to look at her. "What do you mean?"
"I found her in the bedroom…" Babette said pointing up the stairs, "It's a mess in there!"
Sookie hurried towards the stairs and up them as fast as her legs would allow. She walked into the bathroom and gasped when she saw the damage lying around. She spotted the bed and noticed that all of the things there were Luke related.
"What the hell happened?" Sookie asked turning back to Babette.
"Well Patty called me and said that Luke and Lorelai had some sort of fight out front of the Diner. She said Lorelai said she wanted to elope and Luke said no and then Lorelai walked away. And the next thing I knew I was hearing glass breaking from here and Morey and I ran over as quick as we could. Thank God she never locks the damn door! We got right in." Babette said as Morey walked in carrying Paul Anka.
"I should have seen how sad she has been lately. I just thought that Luke would pull it together!" Sookie said looking around the room. "I need to go talk to him."
"I don't think Lorelai wants to see him at the moment." Babette said shaking her head.
"Well it doesn't really matter does it? She's not even here. We don't know where she is." Morey said. "Maybe we should call Luke. Maybe she went there."
Sookie shook her head, "No...she wouldn't go there. Not now."
"Then maybe she went to see Rory?" Babette asked hopefully.
"I don't think she would be able to face her yet." Sookie said sadly. "Listen...can you stay here by the phone...watch Paul Anka? I'm going to go and try and talk to Luke."
"Of course. You call us if you hear from her. We will call you if she shows back up." Babette called as Sookie nodded and turned towards the stairs.
She drove as fast as she could into town and noticed that the lights in the Diner were off. It was still early which meant that after the fight he must have thrown everyone out. She glanced to the alley and saw his green truck parked there. Slamming her own car into park right out front she swung the door open and ran to the Dinner door.
She pounded on the glass but knew no one would answer. She groaned and tried to reach above the door where Lorelai once told her Luke kept a spare key. But of course she couldn't reach.
"What are you doing?" A voice asked from behind her.
Sookie spun around hopefully and smiled when she saw Kirk. "Kirk! Thank God! Can you get the key up there for me?"
"Why are you breaking into the Diner? Luke kicked everyone out. He sounded pretty mad." Kirk said.
"Kirk I don't have time to gossip okay? I need you to get the key for me. It's an emergency." Sookie said impatiently.
"I don't' think that's such a good idea." Kirk said shaking his head.
"Damn it Kirk! I pulled thorns of your naked butt! You owe me! Now get me the damn key!" Sookie said stomping her food.
Kirks cheeks burned as he quickly reached up to retrieve the key. "I thought we agreed to never tell anyone about that."
"And I kept my deal...no one heard me. Now move!" Sookie yelled as she pushed Kirk out of the way, slammed the key on the hole and swung the door open.
She left it hanging open as she dashed through the Diner and up the back stairs towards Luke's apartment. The lights upstairs were all off too and she prayed he was home. His car was there...he had to be right?
She pounded on the apartment door. "Luke! Luke open up! It's Sookie!" There was no answer but she had a feeling he was inside. "Damn it Luke! Open the door!"
Still nothing.
"I don't know what happened tonight with you and Lorelai...but if you love her at all or ever loved her you will open the door this minute!" Sookie screamed.
Suddenly the door flew open and an enraged Luke stood in front of her, "What do you want?"
"What happened?" Sookie said throwing her hands up, "Babette called me frantically and now Lorelai's gone and she's bleeding and-"
"Bleeding? Gone?" Luke said shaking his head, 'What the hell are you talking about?"
"Babette said that you fought and then Lorelai went home and totally freaked out. Your bedroom at the house looks like a tornado blew threw it and there is glas and drops of blood everywhere. Lorelai totally freaked! She told Babette she had to leave and she took her keys and just left!" Sookie said quickly.
"She left? But where did she go? And why is she bleeding? Where is she bleeding?" Luke asked frantically.
"I don't know!" Sookie yelled, "I already tried her cell on my way to her house and it went straight to voicemail."
Luke lifted the cap of his head and ran a hand through his unruly hair. "Shit."
"What happened?" Sookie said sadly, "What the hell is going on?"
"I...I don't know..." Luke said as he began to pace around in the apartment. "She just showed up and said we should elope. And she was yelling and I was yelling and she said now or ever and I said no and she walked away."
"You said no?" Sookie asked as she stepped into the apartment. "You actually said no?"
"Well she was talking crazy!" Luke yelled. "She wasn't making sense. We needed to think about it."
"What was there to think about? You want to marry her don't you?" Sookie asked incredulously.
"Yes. No." He shook his head. "I mean yes...but not like that. I want Rory to be there...and you and her parents and I want April to be there…" He stammered.
Sookie snorted. "Are you sure about that? Because the way it seems you don't want April within 1,000 feet of Lorelai."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Luke asked finally stopping to look at her.
"It means that the minute that April showed up you started pushing Lorelai away." Sookie said with her hands on her hips. "I mean you didn't say anything about her when she first showed up. Lorelai had to find out on her own. And then when she did you pushed her further away!"
"I was just trying to figure it all out. I was trying to figure out how to make it work." Luke said angrily.
"Well you were taking to long just as you do with everything!" Sookie yelled. "Did you think Lorelai was going to wait another 8 years for you to make the jump Luke? You were trying to figure it out but what you were doing was breaking Lorelai into a million pieces and today you broke the last one."
"How was I supposed to know how upset she was?" Luke screamed, "She never told me she was unhappy!"
"How could you not know?" Sookie said throwing her hands up in frustration. "You've always known when something was bothering her. Even before you were together!"
"I don't know…" Luke whispered. "I don't know..."
"I'll tell you how...because you haven't bothered to look." Sookie said pointing at her, "And now she's gone and I'm afraid she's going to do something really stupid."
"Sookie…" Luke said taking a step towards her.
She shook her head, "I don't know why I even came her." She stepped back towards the apartment door, "I am going to find my best friend." She paused and turned towards him again, "And let me tell you...if something bad happens to her I will blame you." She said pointing harshly at him. "I do blame you."
Luke stood in a daze as Sookie rushed out of the apartment. He didn't move again until he heard Sookie's car start outside and drive away. Then he turned on the spot, looked around the apartment for some sort of clue as to what to do. When nothing came to him, he grabbed his keys and followed the path that Sookie had taken just moments before.
He was in the truck before he knew it and driving towards the house for the first time in what felt like forever.
Lorelai made one stop, a 24 hour clinic to have her hand examined and wrapped up. She filled up on gas after and got snacks and then quickly got back on the road. Her mind was reeling but she had to make one phone call before she drove any further.
She wasn't surprised when it went to voicemail. "Hey kid...uh It's Mom. I just wanted you to know that I am going away for a few days. Everything is fine...just had to take care of something. I promise I will call when I can. I'm fine...just not home. So...I'll talk to you later. I love you Rory."
She quickly hung up and took the next exit. It was going to be a long drive all on her own…
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