Lorelei Meets her Future the ReWrite

Thanks to those of you who have waited for me to do more Gilmore Girls. I am currently working on rewriting this fic. It does coincide with a Logan/Rory fic which I may not have posted yet. Enjoy this for now.

Part 1

While Lorelei was in New York for a meeting with the Durham Group, who wanted to make her a consultant, she stopped at a coffee shop in the Village. She had her coffee in hand while she looked around for a table only to spy a gentleman sitting at a table alone. He met her glance before he motioned for her to come over to his table.

He was a tall multi cultural gentleman dressed in suit pants with a double breasted coat. Lorelei had to blink a couple times as she approached the table. He was gorgeous with his shirt and tie slightly opened revealing a striped tie, that he more than likely had loosened to relax.

She guessed he was about 6'3. Her blue eyes met his hazel ones as she unconsciously bit her lip. She swallowed again, he was built like a GQ model. He had a shaved head but it only accented his beauty; she thought. His paper-sack tan skin contrasted beautifully with his eyes. Lorelei was mesmerized and for the first time she was speechless.

"Oh, thanks for the seat I thought I might have to stand by the door," she said putting out her hand to shake his ,"My name is Lorelei," she added.

"I 'm Sean," he said holding her hand while looking into her startling blue eyes.

She took a seat with a light nod of her head because she really just wanted to stare at him for a moment and take in his presence. There was a fragrance surrounding the table that was thoroughly masculine and a bit heady to her.

Several minutes later they were chatting like old friends. It began about local things like the New York and the Village. Lorelei eased into telling Sean all about Stars Hollow and Rory. She didn't mention her fiancé, Luke. It wasn't on purpose so much but it didn't seem the right moment. She wanted him to keep looking at her like she was special and the curious look in his eyes intrigued her she reasoned After coffee, Sean asked her to dinner. She accepted. They walk to a restaurant on the same street.

"So many buildings, not enough green spaces I don't know if I could ever get used it," she gushed.

"I know I'm from the Midwest and this can be a little overwhelming at times."

"So you are an investment banker?"

"Yes, my building is just on the other side of the street."

"Great and you live around here, right?"

"Not too far."

"I'm sorry I wasn't inviting myself over I was just thinking how much gas money you would save if you live in the area."

"Yes, it was good for a while but I just closed on a house in the suburbs," he added.

"Congrats."

At the restaurant the conversation continued to flow. She raised her wine glass to clink to his in a toast to his new home.

"To your new home," she said before she clincked her glass to his.

Lorelei didn't know what had come over her. Besides Michelle at the Inn she had never spent any real time with men of color. She had never thought of it one way or another.

"Thanks."

It was the opening Sean needed to tell her all about his new home. He hadn't wanted to brag but he was excited in a calm way. His place was a Tudor with four bedrooms a pool and two and half baths. He had been considering inviting his mom to come live with him, since she lived alone but she was undecided.

"So how does you girlfriend feel about this?"

"I am not dating at the moment," he answered with a smile.

"Sorry, once again my foot goes in my mouth."

He smiled again at her expression of disgust at herself.

"Not to worry, you're not being graded," he laughed.

After dinner they took a walk in the park where he asked for her phone number. She gave it to him without hesitation. Near the coffee shop where they met he helped her to get a cab. Lorelei turned to thank him and he kissed her on the cheek. She blushed then smiled before she closed the door.

In the car, she calls Sookie and told her the whole story.

"He's gorgeous, intelligent, and funny; what was I thinking spending time with him?" Lorelei lamented.

"Yea, did you forget about Luke?"

"No, but I am so attracted to this guy.'

"I don't know what I am going to do Sookie, he wants to see me again and I gave him my number."

After she hung up with Sookie she phoned Luke to tell him she was on the way back. He didn't ask any questions about the reason for her being late. She didn't see any reason to enlighten him at that point.

She was restless because she realized she was being unfair to Luke. She has begun to spend fewer nights with him before she met Sean but now it was her guilty conscience. Luke was so busy with other things he never questioned her about what was happening to them.

Two nights after her return to Stars Hollow from New York, Sean phoned her and they talked for three hours. During the call they made plans to meet at a halfway point the following week for dinner and a movie. She spoke with Sookie after that call and Sookie was upset with Lorelei for her deceitfulness.

"Break up with Luke, it's only fair, I don't believe you let this go on even for a day," she said before she hung up on her.

Lorelei was in shock but she knew Sookie was right.

That night she had called Luke but he had been in such a good mood she didn't had the heart to tell him.

It was only one day before she was going to meet Sean and she still hasn't told Luke she was breaking things off. In heart she was afraid that it would come down to her just being afraid to settle down and not about her developing feelings for Sean.

"You have to do this," she said to herself as she stood outside the diner. Luke smiled at her as he saw her talking to herself outside the door. She finally walked in with determination.

"Luke, we need to talk," she added with a smile for good measure.

Luke pulled her over to the side and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yes?"

She took a deep breath.

"I want to call off our engagement," she stated quietly since for some reason they had not gone upstairs. She should have told him it was important but there was only Kirk in the diner over near the front window.

He blinked.

"What? Why?"

"I am having second thoughts and desires for other men, there I said it."

She turned around to leave and he stopped her. She felt horrible and for a moment she thought she might be getting ahead of herself. She faced him as she started to tear up. He led her to his office apartment. She collapsed in the chair crying. In a few moments she had calmed herself.

"I'm sorry, it has to be this way," she said wiping her eyes with a tissue.

Luke looked at her for several long moments.

"You met someone in New York didn't you?"

She nodded.

"I didn't mean to."

"If he cares for you, you shouldn't be sorry."

"I do love you Luke, but I am beginning to feel it is more of a brotherly love."

"Don't worry except for the sex; I believe that could possibly be mutual."

"Huh," she said not sure she was hearing him right.

He explained how over the years that he had loved her there were times she seemed to be depending on him more than others. Usually when she wasn't dating anyone. Somehow when she asked him to marry him, he had hoped it was out of affection instead of out of desperation. However their current situation showed it was the latter.

"It's not so much the romantic kind of love we have going, but more a relative thing, right?"

"I think that sums it up, I'm so sorry," she added.

After she left Luke cried for a very long time.

TBC