A/N: I know I shouldn't have written this while my other stories are A,
unfinished, and B, no where near finished, but the season finale of
Gilmore Girls had an ending that was just calling for me to write this
story. It wouln't leave me alone. I was haunted in my
sleep, I swear. At any rate, this is just a 9 page reaction to
the finale's ending, and I've no plans for a sequel or anything.
When Lorelai walked outside, the last thing she expected to find was her daughter curled in a ball on the front lawn, crying her eyes out. Hesitant, she moved towards Rory, and placed a comforting hand on her daughter's back. Even if they had just had a major fight, Lorelai was still her mother. Rory's tear stained face came into view as she looked up at her, and Lorelai felt her heart break for her daughter.
"Oh, God, Mom. What have I done?" Rory said in a strangled whisper. Lorelai didn't reply, and Rory was glad, because she wasn't sure she could handle the answer. Snuggled into her mother's embrace, it was easy to forget for just a moment, to block out that 15 minutes ago, she'd been in bed with Dean. In Bed. With Dean. The thought seemed so outrageous, so not what was supposed to happen, that Rory began to laugh.
Lorelai stared at her daughter with concern in her eyes. Rory was laughing now, and the laugh exuded more than a little hysteria. The laugh soon dissolved into quiet sobs, and she held her daughter tight. Lorelai felt a little hysterical laughter coming on as well. If her first time had been a mistake, well, then Rory's was...God, there were no words to describe what Rory and Dean had done here.
"Listen, Babe. I can't begin to think of things to say to make you feel better." Lorelai began. "And as much as I hate to bring this up, I have to get back to the inn." Rory looked up at her mother. "I know that things are not okay between us...but I was hoping..." Lorelai trailed off.
"I'll go." Rory agreed. "I don't think I could sleep here if I tried." She told her mother. Lorelai nodded and smoothed her daughter's hair out of her face. Quietly, they gathered their things, namely the camera and cd's that had brought them home in the first place, and set out on a brisk walk towards the Dragonfly.
The walk was silent, each of them contemplating the night's events. Lorelai debated on whether or not to share her good news with Rory. Luke had kissed her. Luke had kissed her. Rory took the choice away from her.
"You said something when you came home, you know, before..." She began. "...about a naked Kirk?" Rory asked her mother. She was desperate for anything that would take her mind off of Dean for even a second. Lorelai couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. The image of Kirk running naked down the stairs of her inn, and subsequently through the town square, with Luke running after him would forever be burned into her brain.
"Well, apparently, Kirk has night terrors." Lorelai began, building up slowly. "After he and Lulu fell asleep, he thought he was being attacked by, well, something, and fled down the stairs, with nothing but a pillow, screaming like a banshee." Even in Rory's guilt-ridden state, the image that Lorelai was giving her made her crack a small smile. "So there's Kirk, naked..."Lorelai joyfully threw that word in again. "...and Luke takes off after him." By this time, Rory had started chuckling in a horrified kind of way. "Kirk's really fast, you know." She pointed out, starting to laugh a little herself. "And he was singing." Lorelai was gasping for air at this point, and even Rory couldn't stop herself from outright laughter. "So, finally, Luke has him cornered on Kirk's mother's roof..." Lorelai paused, trying to stay some of her laughter.
"No!" Rory gasped out.
"Yes!" Lorelai went on.
"Did Luke finally talk him down?" Rory asked, when the two women had calmed slightly.
"Yeah, we got him back to Lulu, who is a braver woman than I've ever known." Lorelai answered. They were silent again, a kind of awkward silence that she had never wanted to have with her daughter. It was the kind of awkward silence that Lorelai had with her mother, and the sheer thought of it was killing her. Again, she debated on telling her daughter about Luke.
"Is there something you're not telling me?" Rory asked, startling Lorelai out of her thoughts.
"I'm dating Luke." Lorelai blurted out. Well, too late to back down now.
"What?" Rory couldn't believe her ears.
"I'm dating Luke. Officially dating Luke." Lorelai repeated. They were coming up on the Dragonfly now, and she lowered her voice. While her relationship with Luke would be public knowledge soon enough, she wanted to keep it quiet for at least one more night. "He kissed me." She told her daughter, in a near whisper. Rory stopped in her tracks.
"Are you okay with dating Luke?" She asked her mother. Lorelai nodded. "Are you sure? It's like I said earlier, if you're going to be with Luke, you're going to be with Luke. Everyone is going to be watching." Rory pointed out. "Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I think I am." Lorelai answered her daughter as they walked through the front door of the inn.
Both of them were surprised when Luke greeted them in the doorway. Lorelai had figured on him heading to bed when she didn't come back right away, but then figured she ought to have known better. It was Luke. He wouldn't go to bed without knowing that she had at least come back safely.
"Hi." He said, sounding embarrassed. He looked from Lorelai to Rory and back.
"Hi." Lorelai echoed, a silly smile on her face.
"Mom, I'm gonna..." Rory gestured to the stairs. Lorelai met her daughter's gaze, and it spoke volumes. Luke knew that something had happened, and it was bad. He just hoped that Rory had not had a bad reaction to he and Lorelai getting together.
"I'll be up in a few minutes." Lorelai told her daughter. They watched as Rory made her way up the stairs. Once Lorelai was sure her daughter was out of earshot, she practically collapsed in Luke's arms. He awkwardly comforted her, unused to being in this position with her.
"It's bad, isn't it?" Luke asked. Lorelai nodded into his shoulder. "Want to tell me about it?"
"I went home to get the camera, and to find out what was taking Rory so long." Lorelai began, her voice muffled against his shoulder. She pulled away from him, and wiped at her eyes. "I found her in bed with Dean." Lorelai told him quietly.
"Please tell me you're joking." Luke said, his voice marred with anger and disbelief.
"I wish to God I was." Lorelai replied.
"He's married!" Luke exclaimed harshly.
"Shh!" Lorelai warned him.
"He's married, and Rory..." Luke trailed off. He was stunned.
"I know." Lorelai said, her voice going monotone. "And after he left, she and I...we said the most horrible things to each other, Luke." Her voice cracked when she said his name.
"It'll be okay." Luke pulled her back into his embrace. Both of them had been so wrapped up in the conversation that neither had realized that Jason had seen the whole thing. Watching them from the doorway, he tightened his fist in anger. How could she do this to him?
When Lorelai walked outside, the last thing she expected to find was her daughter curled in a ball on the front lawn, crying her eyes out. Hesitant, she moved towards Rory, and placed a comforting hand on her daughter's back. Even if they had just had a major fight, Lorelai was still her mother. Rory's tear stained face came into view as she looked up at her, and Lorelai felt her heart break for her daughter.
"Oh, God, Mom. What have I done?" Rory said in a strangled whisper. Lorelai didn't reply, and Rory was glad, because she wasn't sure she could handle the answer. Snuggled into her mother's embrace, it was easy to forget for just a moment, to block out that 15 minutes ago, she'd been in bed with Dean. In Bed. With Dean. The thought seemed so outrageous, so not what was supposed to happen, that Rory began to laugh.
Lorelai stared at her daughter with concern in her eyes. Rory was laughing now, and the laugh exuded more than a little hysteria. The laugh soon dissolved into quiet sobs, and she held her daughter tight. Lorelai felt a little hysterical laughter coming on as well. If her first time had been a mistake, well, then Rory's was...God, there were no words to describe what Rory and Dean had done here.
"Listen, Babe. I can't begin to think of things to say to make you feel better." Lorelai began. "And as much as I hate to bring this up, I have to get back to the inn." Rory looked up at her mother. "I know that things are not okay between us...but I was hoping..." Lorelai trailed off.
"I'll go." Rory agreed. "I don't think I could sleep here if I tried." She told her mother. Lorelai nodded and smoothed her daughter's hair out of her face. Quietly, they gathered their things, namely the camera and cd's that had brought them home in the first place, and set out on a brisk walk towards the Dragonfly.
The walk was silent, each of them contemplating the night's events. Lorelai debated on whether or not to share her good news with Rory. Luke had kissed her. Luke had kissed her. Rory took the choice away from her.
"You said something when you came home, you know, before..." She began. "...about a naked Kirk?" Rory asked her mother. She was desperate for anything that would take her mind off of Dean for even a second. Lorelai couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. The image of Kirk running naked down the stairs of her inn, and subsequently through the town square, with Luke running after him would forever be burned into her brain.
"Well, apparently, Kirk has night terrors." Lorelai began, building up slowly. "After he and Lulu fell asleep, he thought he was being attacked by, well, something, and fled down the stairs, with nothing but a pillow, screaming like a banshee." Even in Rory's guilt-ridden state, the image that Lorelai was giving her made her crack a small smile. "So there's Kirk, naked..."Lorelai joyfully threw that word in again. "...and Luke takes off after him." By this time, Rory had started chuckling in a horrified kind of way. "Kirk's really fast, you know." She pointed out, starting to laugh a little herself. "And he was singing." Lorelai was gasping for air at this point, and even Rory couldn't stop herself from outright laughter. "So, finally, Luke has him cornered on Kirk's mother's roof..." Lorelai paused, trying to stay some of her laughter.
"No!" Rory gasped out.
"Yes!" Lorelai went on.
"Did Luke finally talk him down?" Rory asked, when the two women had calmed slightly.
"Yeah, we got him back to Lulu, who is a braver woman than I've ever known." Lorelai answered. They were silent again, a kind of awkward silence that she had never wanted to have with her daughter. It was the kind of awkward silence that Lorelai had with her mother, and the sheer thought of it was killing her. Again, she debated on telling her daughter about Luke.
"Is there something you're not telling me?" Rory asked, startling Lorelai out of her thoughts.
"I'm dating Luke." Lorelai blurted out. Well, too late to back down now.
"What?" Rory couldn't believe her ears.
"I'm dating Luke. Officially dating Luke." Lorelai repeated. They were coming up on the Dragonfly now, and she lowered her voice. While her relationship with Luke would be public knowledge soon enough, she wanted to keep it quiet for at least one more night. "He kissed me." She told her daughter, in a near whisper. Rory stopped in her tracks.
"Are you okay with dating Luke?" She asked her mother. Lorelai nodded. "Are you sure? It's like I said earlier, if you're going to be with Luke, you're going to be with Luke. Everyone is going to be watching." Rory pointed out. "Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I think I am." Lorelai answered her daughter as they walked through the front door of the inn.
Both of them were surprised when Luke greeted them in the doorway. Lorelai had figured on him heading to bed when she didn't come back right away, but then figured she ought to have known better. It was Luke. He wouldn't go to bed without knowing that she had at least come back safely.
"Hi." He said, sounding embarrassed. He looked from Lorelai to Rory and back.
"Hi." Lorelai echoed, a silly smile on her face.
"Mom, I'm gonna..." Rory gestured to the stairs. Lorelai met her daughter's gaze, and it spoke volumes. Luke knew that something had happened, and it was bad. He just hoped that Rory had not had a bad reaction to he and Lorelai getting together.
"I'll be up in a few minutes." Lorelai told her daughter. They watched as Rory made her way up the stairs. Once Lorelai was sure her daughter was out of earshot, she practically collapsed in Luke's arms. He awkwardly comforted her, unused to being in this position with her.
"It's bad, isn't it?" Luke asked. Lorelai nodded into his shoulder. "Want to tell me about it?"
"I went home to get the camera, and to find out what was taking Rory so long." Lorelai began, her voice muffled against his shoulder. She pulled away from him, and wiped at her eyes. "I found her in bed with Dean." Lorelai told him quietly.
"Please tell me you're joking." Luke said, his voice marred with anger and disbelief.
"I wish to God I was." Lorelai replied.
"He's married!" Luke exclaimed harshly.
"Shh!" Lorelai warned him.
"He's married, and Rory..." Luke trailed off. He was stunned.
"I know." Lorelai said, her voice going monotone. "And after he left, she and I...we said the most horrible things to each other, Luke." Her voice cracked when she said his name.
"It'll be okay." Luke pulled her back into his embrace. Both of them had been so wrapped up in the conversation that neither had realized that Jason had seen the whole thing. Watching them from the doorway, he tightened his fist in anger. How could she do this to him?