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Chapter 2: Confrontation
Lorelai stood there extremely shocked not sure what to do.
She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out.
Just then Brenda walked in with a smile.
"Sorry I'm late. Hi. I am Brenda Armstrong, and I am the partner in crime, Ms. Gilmore's second hand." She grinned. "So, let's get down to business." She grinned. "Luke Danes? Am I correct?" Brenda asked Luke. "We met, yesterday." Brenda laughed.
"Yes. I remember from yesterday." Luke nodded.
"He was the stranger." Brenda commented toward Lorelai.
Luke laughed. "So the wedding…"
"Yes. So small wedding?" Lorelai asked trying to keep her composure.
"Yeah… we didn't really have a lot of people to invite, and so we just decided to fly everyone out here, so we could have a nice quite wedding." Jess said.
Lorelai nodded.
"Do you know what your color scheme is going to be?" Brenda asked.
"Yes, my dress is all white, with a little bit of a champagne red in it, so we decided our colors are going to be a nice cream color with champagne." Rory said with a small smile as she pulled out color samples.
"Oh these go well together." Brenda smiled. "Okay, now we have a large ballroom that is open, but you said you have a small guest list right?" Rory nodded.
"Okay, Brenda grinned. "We have this beautiful suite that Lorelai renovated into a small ballroom when she first moved here. It has huge windows that look over the whole city, and you can see the Eiffel Town from it, and at night it is just gorgeous." Brenda exclaimed. "Ms. Gilmore is a genius when it comes to this stuff." Brenda smiled
"Wow, that sounds perfect." Rory said turning to Luke and Jess who nodded.
"Yeah, it sure sounds beautiful! You should definitely get it Ror." April smiled.
"When you say suite, does that mean it has the same layout? Will it look like a suite?" Luke asked.
"No. It doesn't. It has the same layout as the others, but when you see inside you could never tell. There a large area right by the windows where a dance floor is set up, and it is large enough for tables to be set up everywhere, plus the outside patio. It can easily fit up to 50 people. There are stairs that lead up to the second floor of the suite and that can have more tables, plus we added a bar and we can have one of our bartenders go up there." Lorelai told them.
"It really sounds great." Jess said. "What do you think?" Jess asked Rory.
"I think it sounds amazing." Rory smiled, "Is there a way we can see it now? Or do you have other plans you need to get to?" Rory asked.
"No, we can take you now." Lorelai nodded. Brenda led Jess, April, and Luke out as Rory and Lorelai trailed behind.
"Rory…" Lorelai started.
"No. You are not my mother, you are just the wedding planner." Rory told her sternly before walking up ahead and put her arm around April who looked up at Rory sympathetically.
As they walked past the reception Mary stopped them.
"Lorelai, John rang down here and said to tell you that Leila has a slight fever. He sounded serious, and you know John. He's never serious." Mary said in a really worried voice.
Lorelai sighed. "Can you ring back up and tell him to stay with her and I will be up in 30 minutes."
"Okay." Mary nodded.
Brenda turned to Lorelai who you could tell was worried.
"You can go, I have this under control. Like Mary said, John never gets worked up."
"No, it's okay. It's just 30 minutes, and he only gets worked up when it concerns Leila." Lorelai said.
Luke, Jess, and Rory looked at them confused.
"So… let's go see the suite." Lorelai said as she led them to the elevator and all the way up to the 15th floor.
As Lorelai passed her suite number she looked over at Brenda.
"Do you want to run in real quick?" Lorelai nodded as she reached into her pocket and tried to find the key.
"Crap, I forgot the key in the room." Lorelai sighed and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" A faint tiny voice could be heard.
"John, it's me." Lorelai said.
"Who's me?" John laughed.
"Lorelai." Lorelai sighed.
"I don't know a Lorelai." John laughed.
"John." Lorelai said sternly.
"Fine, fine. Don't have a cow." John opened the door. "Sis, is burning up, Mom." John told Lorelai as he opened the door.
"Shit." Lorelai sighed as she walked into the room.
John stayed at the doorway.
"Hey Brenda." John grinned.
"Hey demon child." She smiled back.
"You changed my name again?" He asked. "And I thought it was Satan." He said sarcastically.
Brenda rolled her eyes. "You are such a bad influence on my son."
"Maybe your son is a bad influence on me." John said innocently.
"Oh, He is. I never denied that. You two are demon children, I swear, if you weren't Lorelai's kid, I would send you and my kid off to Switzerland."
"I love you too Aunt Brenda." John said smiling.
"John, stop tormenting Brenda." Lorelai laughed. "Okay I need you to be the responsible one for once and watch your sister if her fever gets any higher, call my cell phone immediately, or Brenda. If all fails with that, call Mike, but I have my phone on and I will answer." Lorelai told him.
"Okay, Mom." John saluted.
"And be nice to your sister. She's sick, so don't go playing pranks on her." Lorelai pleaded as she kissed his forehead.
"Okay Mommy." John grinned and walked back inside the Suite.
"Cute kid." Rory commented as they continued walking.
"Not as cute as his twin sister." Brenda told her. "She is the cutest girl I have ever seen. They are so smart. They act like mini adults." Brenda laughed.
"What's her name?" Rory asked.
"Leila Leah Gilmore." Lorelai replied.
"And your son?"
"Jonathan William Gilmore." Lorelai told them quietly.
Luke looked up at Lorelai when he heard the name, and Rory just sighed and turned the other way.
"Sorry, since we are exchanging names, I didn't get the future married couple." Brenda laughed.
"Sorry, I'm Jess Mariano." Jess shook her hand.
"Rory…" Rory said warily as she looked over at Lorelai. "Rory Danes." Brenda turned to Lorelai and gave her a look.
"April Danes" April shook Brenda's hand.
Lorelai looked at Luke questionably, but he just glared and turned the other way to follow Brenda into the suite.
"It looks great." Rory smiled.
"Yeah it does." April nodded. "What do you think, Dad?"
"I like it. It seems like enough room for everyone." Luke nodded.
"Okay, it's final." Jess nodded to Lorelai.
"Okay, now we can settle all the details." Brenda nodded.
"Do you have Groomsmen and Bridesmaids?" Brenda asked.
"My best man is Zach, and my friend Kyle is a groomsmen." Jess said.
"My maid of honor is my best friend Lane, and April is a bridesmaid."
"Alright. Ring bearer and flower girl."
"My sister Doula is the flower girl, and we have our god kids, Steve and Kwan as the ring bearers." Jess said
"Okay. Would you like your parents already sitting or would you like them to walk down the isle during the ceremony.
"My mom and step-dad will walk down the isle and Rory's Grandparents will walk down the isle, because Luke is walking Rory down." Jess exclaimed.
"…And your Mom, Rory?" Brenda asked.
"She's not in the picture." Rory whispered softly trying not to see the hurt in Lorelai's eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Brenda said as she wrote down the stuff down.
"Alright, let's go downstairs and check out all the china, and table cloth patterns." Brenda smiled.
"I think you have it from here…" Lorelai said.
"Okay. I will talk to you tonight and we can start planning tonight." Brenda said.
"Uh…sure." Lorelai said as she turned around to walk out.
"Lorelai…" Luke called.
Lorelai turned around. "We need to talk." Luke said. "Please."
Lorelai shrugged. "I'm just the wedding planner." Lorelai tried not tear up.
"There are two sides to every story, Right?" April asked stopping Lorelai from walking out. "I know one side, but we all never heard the other." April said quietly looking up at Jess who just nodded.
"What's going on?" Brenda asked.
Lorelai looked at Brenda with tears forming in her eyes. "I can't do this." Lorelai croaked out. "I have to get out of here."
"Lorelai." Brenda grabbed her arm gently.
"Brenda, let me go, I have to go check on Leila, I need to go." Lorelai cried.
"Stop running away!" Rory shouted. "Stop." Rory's voice went hoarse.
Lorelai looked over at Rory.
"I really should go. Congratulations, Kiddo." Lorelai told Rory softly.
Rory had tears forming in her eyes. "Mom." She cried softly as she ran into her mom's arms and cried.
"I'm so sorry, Rory. I should have called, I am so sorry. I had to leave." Lorelai cried.
"Mom, it's all my fault. I should not have dropped out. I shouldn't have. But Jess made me go back. I graduated, mom." Rory cried.
"I shouldn't have left like that." Lorelai cried. "I was pregnant and scared." Lorelai cried.
"Pregnant?" Luke asked.
"I'm sorry, Luke." Lorelai cried. "I… you were so mad at me, and Rory hated me, and everyone seemed against me. You didn't know what I felt life, so I had to leave."
Luke shook his head. "So John and Leila are mine?" he asked. Lorelai nodded as tears flowed from her eyes.
"I can't believe this is happening again?" Luke ran his hands through his hair. "I have to get some air." and Luke walked out.
Lorelai looked at him leave and let the tears fall.
Rory hugged her Mom. "I'm sorry." They both whispered. "We have a lot of talking to do." Rory said.
"I know" Lorelai cried. "I know." Lorelai nodded.
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