Chapter 1: Really Lucky
"No."
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Lorelai…"
"Please!"
"Fine, have yourself a nice hot cup of heart attack and early death."
"Bless you!" Luke grudgingly poured the steaming coffee into a large mug, and handed it to his wife with a frown.
"You know that we won't grow old together, right?" Lorelai sighed and set her mug down.
"You that sick of me already Butch?" Luke rolled his eyes.
"No, it's that coffee, along with your diet will kill you before you hit 60. And don't call be Butch. Then, I really will get sick of you."
"Oh don't joke Butch!" Lorelai said, fluttering her long eyelashes and pressing her hand to her heart.
"I'd just die of a broken heart if I thought you didn't care for me! Whatever would I do, a woman all alone! Why I'd just DIE!" Luke kissed her and put a finger of her lips.
"Shh. You'll scare away the customers that have an ounce of sanity." Lorelai giggled and took one last sip of coffee before pulling away from the counter.
"I have to go hon, see you at home alright?" Luke nodded and kissed her one last time.
"You still have to pay you know." He murmured and she pulled back.
"Seriously?" He flashed her a cocky grin.
"Yep." Lorelai sighed and handed him a dollar bill.
"Being your wife is doing me no good. At all. Bye love!" Luke smiled and waved.
"Bye crazy lady!"
Lorelai banged through the kitchen door and quickly poured herself a cup of coffee.
"Hi Sook." Sookie smiled and shoved a fork towards Lorelai.
"Try this!" Lorelai recoiled.
"Sookie, we've been over this…" Sookie groaned.
"Please! Pretty please! With a cherry on top! I need your opinion and stupid Michael says it will upset his 1,500 calorie a day diet." Lorelai groaned and took another look at the fork.
"Does it have vegetables?" Sookie shook her head.
"No!" Lorelai gave her a long look and Sookie buckled.
"Alright officer, the bodies in the trunk! I confess… It's broccoli bake."
"Sookie, you knew I wouldn't eat this!" She shrugged her shoulder and took the fork away with a sigh.
"Yes, I did. But I thought, since you love me, and I'm your best friend, that maybe…" Lorelai grabbed the fork and bit into the bake quickly. Sookie giggled and clapped her hands in the air.
"Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you forever!"
"You know Sookie, I am married." Lorelai joked and Sookie grinned at her.
"Don't joke, how is it?" Lorelai shrugged her shoulders and took a long sip of coffee.
"It's amazing Sookie, as everything you make is." Sookie feigned modesty with a smile.
"Why thank you. Broccoli Bake for dinner!" Michael entered the kitchen, with his traditional frown and the phone held in his hand.
"It's for you." He said slowly, holding the phone out to me.
"I'm busy Michael, could you take a message?" He faked a smile and held the phone out further.
"I offered to take a message but the annoying woman on the other side berated me for several minutes about how disrespectful it is for people not to accept calls if they are in the area, and how she was going to speak to you if she had to drive down here herself. I supposed it would be more entertaining if she came here herself, but I would have less chance of getting fired if I simply gave you the phone. Here" With that, Michael dumped the phone on the counter and exited the kitchen.
"He's always a ray of sunshine." Sookie said sarcastically and Lorelai laughed as she picked up the phone.
"Hello, this is Lorelai."
"I need you to come to dinner." Lorelai frowned.
"Who is this?"
"Who is this? Who is this?! I cannot believe that even you of all people would forget your own mother's voice! How disrespectful!"I'm sorry mom, I was just caught off guard, what do you need?" Emily began rattling off at her over the phone and Lorelai rolled her eyes, continuing to drink her coffee.
"I need you to listen to me Lorelai, or so help me god I will come over to your house and throw your precious monkey lamp across the room in a wild fit of rage. Now, I need you to come to dinner tomorrow night. You and Luke. You see your father and I are going out of town on Friday for Christmas and all of January to I want to visit you and your… husband one last time." Lorelai sighed.
"Does Luke have to come?" Lorelai could practically hear her mother's frown.
"Of course Luke has to come! After June 3rd he became an official part of the family, no way about it, and while you may have been able to ignore it when he was your boyfriend , but now that he is legally married to you, you must bring him."
"But-"
"Goodbye. See you tomorrow night! Be there at seven."
"Grrr." Lorelai hissed at the phone, setting it on the counter.
"What?" Sookie asked, sprinkling something into a large pot steaming on the stove.
"I have to go to dinner at my parent's house a night early." Sookie shot her an apologetic glance.
"Sorry sweets. Cookie?" This time Lorelai grinned and excepted the cookie gratefully.
"Thank you!" She gulped down the last remaining coffee and took a nibble of cookie.
"God that's good!" She said, swallowing it quickly. Sookie nodded.
"Brand new recipe, the guests love it!" Lorelai nodded and stared off into space thoughtfully.
"You ok?" Sookie asked, sounding concerned. Lorelai nodded and smiled at her.
"It's just that, when I was single, I always dreaded going to my parents' house. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still do, but… not as much. With Luke, he whispers jokes in my ear, and when the night's over we go home and I have someone to rant to about my dad's stupid work, or my mom's snide remarks. I just… I really like being married." Sookie turned from the stove.
"I know what you mean. I love Jackson, just to talk to. I'm glad you found Luke."
"Me too. Ok well, I have an inn to get back to. Bye!" Lorelai waved and excited the kitchen, resuming her normal day filled with guests, tours, managing, and pranking Michael over, and over, and over again.