Hey everyone!!! sry its been sooo sooo long...but as i said before, my whole chp got deleted, and i had to rewrite it. Its def not as good as it was, but it'll have to do. btw has any of your email from fanfic been getting to ur email address? because i havent gotten ANYTHING. a lot of people reviewed, and i didnt get one email. So im just wondering if its working for you all. Just leave it in your review because i dont know if the email will work...lol no duh.
Thanks to my fabulous beta person--Layne
Chapter 8 everyone!!!
Chapter 8: Surprise Visitor
Previously:
"Remember how we woke up this morning?"
"Yeah..."
"Well let's go to sleep and wake up like that." Lorelai said like a little girl.
"Fine." Luke said, but he was happy on the inside. He didn't have to do anything special for Lorelai. The simplest thing like holding her while she was sleeping would make her happy. He could give her everything he had to offer, and she would be okay with it. He turned around and held her in his arms, and they stayed like that all night long, as they both slept with smiles on their faces.
Luke and Lorelai woke up the next morning in each other's arms.
"Morning." Luke kissed Lorelai on the lips, and pulled the covers off.
"Good morning. So, St. Augustine today?" Lorelai asked, getting out of bed herself.
"Yeah. I figure that if we leave at 11, we can be back by 11 tonight. Or we could leave whatever time and sleep at a hotel there. Then we could come back in the morning. It's up to you." Luke told Lorelai.
"Um...Well let's see how it goes, that stuff may take more time than you think it will." Lorelai said. "That sounded dirty didn't it?" Lorelai cringed when she realized what she said.
"Extremely. So let's get ready. Are you bringing a bag?" Luke asked, feeling he knew the answer.
"Luke! Of course. Should I take clothes, just in case we end up staying there tonight?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah, take some clothes. Just to be safe."
"Right. To be safe." Lorelai was thinking about Rory. 'Why didn't she answer last night?' She was worried. "Hey, Luke? I'm going to call Rory. I'll be right back."
Lorelai went out into the hallway and took out her cell phone. She dialed and listened to the rings.
"Hey it's Rory, leave a message and I'll call you back." Rory's recorded voice came over the phone. Lorelai hung up and tried her dorm at Yale. It rang once and Paris picked up.
"Hello?" Paris said in an annoyed tone.
"Hey Paris, its Lorelai, is Rory there?"
"No."
"Well do you know where she is?"
"No."
"When was she home last?"
"She was home last night and then she left at like 6. She hasn't been home since."
"Do you know if she left with anyone?" Lorelai thought that Rory didn't have a boyfriend at the time, but there could be someone that she didn't know about.
"Well last night when I came home there was a note." Paris said.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"You didn't ask."
"So what did the note say?" Lorelai asked getting agitated.
"It said, Paris, be back in a few days. Rory."
"That's it? No whereabouts?"
"Nope." Paris replied.
"Well is her cell in her room?"
"No."
"So then she has it?"
"Yes."
"Jeez, the work!" Lorelai said.
"What?"
"Nothing, Paris, thank you, and find a class or something that teaches you how to give someone information."
"What are you babbling about?"
"Nothing, Paris. Thank you and goodbye." Lorelai hung up and sighed. She tried Rory's cell one more time and got the voicemail again. She went back inside, and Luke noticed how upset she was.
"Lorelai, what's wrong?"
"I don't know where Rory is." Lorelai's voice came out shakier than she meant it to.
"What? What do you mean you don't know where she is?"
"I've been calling her, and she didn't pick up. So I talked to Paris and she told me Rory left a note that said she would be gone for a couple days. Nothing else. What if she's hurt? What if she was forced to go somewhere?" Tears were streaming down Lorelai's face.
"I'm sure she's fine. Maybe she went to Stars Hollow. Did you call anybody-"
"I called Babette, Patty, Lane, my home, Sookie and Taylor. She's definitely not in Stars Hollow." Lorelai was crying harder now, and Luke came over and hugged her.
He kissed her forehead and said, "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll hear from her soon. She's fine. I know she's fine." Luke was rubbing her back, and Lorelai's phone rang.
"Rory?" She said into the phone.
"Mom?"
"Rory, honey, where are you?"
"What?"
"I've been calling you nonstop. Paris said you left a note. Where are you?" Lorelai was getting mad that Rory wouldn't tell her where she was.
"I'm...I'm in the hospital."
"What?" The color drained from Lorelai's face.
"I...I was going back to Stars Hollow and there was a drunk driver. He was driving behind me. Really fast. And if I went into the lane over I would've been hit by a car head-on, so I just stayed where I was and the car hit me."
"Rory! Honey, are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine. They just kept me overnight to make sure."
"So nothing's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong." Rory confirmed. Lorelai was crying again, and Luke immediately comforted her. Hearing Luke's voice soothing her mother, Rory smiled. "Mom, is that Luke?"
"Yeah."
"Well? Tell me about the date!"
"Well..." And Lorelai gave Luke a reassuring nod and went back out into the hall. She told Rory everything that happened at Marrakesh, and what they were going to do today.
When she finished her story, Rory said, "So then you're taking it slow?"
"Well...yeah, but not too slow."
"Okay cause that makes sense."
"Well honey, you don't want the gory details do you?" Lorelai teased.
"Ok Mom. I get it. Now go pack. And call me sometime again today." Rory told Lorelai.
"Will you answer?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes, I promise."
"Okay, I love you babe. Feel better." Lorelai had forgotten until that moment that Rory was spending the day and night in the hospital.
"Love you too, Mom. Bye."
"Rory wait!" Lorelai quickly said.
"What?" Rory wanted to hang up. Her arm was hurting. 'It's probably nothing.' She said to herself.
"Call Lane. Have her come and stay with you. I don't want you to be all alone in the depressing hospital room."
"Fine, Mom."
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, Mom, I'm fine. Now go!"
"Fine. Bye Rory."
"Finally! Bye Mom."
Lorelai hung up and went back inside.
"How is she?" Luke asked right when she came back in.
"She's in the hospital. She's okay, but they're keeping her overnight just to be sure."
"What? Why is she in the hospital?"
"A drunk driver hit her car. From the back. Lane's going to stay with her tonight."
"So she's okay?" Luke made sure.
Lorelai smiled at how worried he got. "She's fine. So now we're behind schedule. I'm going to pack clothes because I have a feeling we're not going to get there in time and it will be like 12 when we are all done, and I don't want to drive 3 hours in the dark."
"Yeah." Luke said, packing a cooler full of drinks and snacks. "So you go get ready, and meet me downstairs in 5 minutes?"
"See you in 5."
"I hate when people say that."
"I'll be downstairs in 5 minutes."
"Thank you." Luke kissed her briefly and went out the door. Lorelai returned to her room and finished packing. 'Everything's going to be fine.' She kept repeating that to herself in her head. She wanted to just forget everything and have a good time with Luke today. 'That's what I'm going to do. Unless Rory calls, I'm not going to think about it. She's fine, so there's nothing to think about.' Lorelai wiped a tear that had escaped her eye and walked out of the bedroom with her bag packed. She looked at herself in the mirror, sighed, and went out the door.
Luke was waiting at the front doors with the car all packed and ready to go. When Lorelai got there, he threw her bag in the back and opened her door. Lorelai was used to this by now and said, "Why thank you, sir."
To her amazement, he said back, "You're welcome, miss." Lorelai smiled as Luke got into the driver's seat.
"We'll do this in shifts. At the first rest stop we take, I'll drive, then when I stop, you drive. So on and so forth."
"Sounds fair."
"It does at that. Plus we can't make out when we're driving, but the frequent rest stops give us time to do that." Lorelai looked at Luke as his mouth opened.
"Lorelai!"
"What?" Lorelai said innocently.
"Why did you say that?"
"Because it's true." Lorelai said seductively.
"Stop." Luke said, turning on the car and moving out of the parking lot. Even though he acted like he hated when she did, this, he loved spending time talking with Lorelai. And he was pretty sure she knew it.
"But Luke? Don't you love me?" Lorelai feigned a shocked voice.
"Yes." Luke answered simply.
"I love you too." Lorelai replied, taking out a magazine and an iPod. She put on "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and started singing along to it.
"Stop singing." Luke demanded when they reached a stop light about 30 minutes into the trip. Lorelai had been singing Bangles songs nonstop since they left.
"But Luke? How could you say that? My voice is just beautiful."
"That it is, as well as the rest of you, but I'm trying to concentrate on the road and not get us killed."
"Yeah, well, you can do that while I'm singing. Ooh!" She said as another song came on.
"Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream.
But I can't be late, or I guess I just won't get paid.
These are the days when you wish your bed was already made.
Just another manic Monday."
"Lorelai!" Luke shouted.
"Luke, why can't I sing?"
"It's distracting. I'm driving."
"Luke!" Lorelai was silent for a minute until a part of the song came up. Her face lit up and she started singing again.
"All of the nights
Why did my lover have to pick last night
To get down
Doesn't it matter
That I have to feed the both of us
Employment's down
He tells me in his bedroom voice
C'mon honey, let's go make some noise
Time it goes so fast
When you're having fun
Just another manic Monday."
Luke's face was 13 different shades of purple and he said, "Lorelai, will you shut up now?"
"Why?"
"Because we're at the first rest stop."
"It's been an hour already?"
"Yes. Now get out."
"Why are you going to make out with me?" Lorelai asked, silently hoping.
"No. I'm going to get food out of the cooler, then we're going to switch spots and I'll sing while you try and drive."
"Seriously? You're going to sing?"
"Not a chance."
"But you just said..."
"It's called sarcasm."
"Jeez, Luke, you're in a bad mood."
"It's nothing." Luke was in a bad mood. He had a major headache.
Lorelai thought of something. She moved around the car and up to Luke. She kissed him hard on the lips. After a couple moments, she opened her mouth to deepen the kiss. Just then someone shouted, "Get a room!" Lorelai looked around to see who it was who broke their kiss, and when she saw Jess leaning against his car, her heart stopped.
Luke turned around and saw him too. Jess walked over to them, and Luke walked forward to Jess. Lorelai stood right where she was, unable to move.
"Jess! What are you doing here?" Luke asked after giving Jess a manly hug.
"Just passing through on my way to...somewhere." Jess said.
"You have no idea where you're going do you?"
"Nope, I'm taking a vacation."
"Oh, well, good. How's work?"
"Great, and especially great because...well, I'm writing a book. And then I can publish myself when I finish it."
"Really? You're writing a book?" Lorelai jumped into the conversation, proud that Jess was finally taking his life and doing something productive with it.
"Yes, I am."
"Jess, that's great. Really." Luke said, moving his arm around Lorelai.
Jess noticed this. "So you two are together?"
"Yeah. Finally." Lorelai said.
"Lorelai!"
"I agree. Finally. You two were so in love with each other and still are I guess." Jess said.
"Yes we definitely are." Lorelai said and smiled up at Luke. Lorelai gave Luke a look that said "Let me talk." Luke gave her a questioning look.
"So, Jess, we're going to St. Augustine, would you like to join us?" Lorelai asked. Luke coughed to cover up his huge smile at the offer Lorelai was making.
"I would love to, but I don't want to intrude."
"Oh, no, you wouldn't be intruding. Please come." Lorelai smiled again.
"All right." Jess had nothing better to do.
"So just follow us and stop when we stop." Lorelai said.
"Yeah that would be great."
'Jeez that conversation went fast.' Luke thought to himself as the 3 of them got into their cars and headed to St. Augustine, Florida.
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-Moe
