Title: It's Crazy, It's Irrational, But It's There

Disclaimer: I still do not own the show or the characters or anything.

later in the evening

It's eight o'clock at night, and although sleeping seems like a reasonably sane thing to do, it's just not an option. I can't help but think of what happened earlier today, it's the only thing on my mind. They're the only people on my mind, Luke and Chris. After skimming through the same magazine three times, I set it down and sigh as I lean back on the couch. I then slightly jump at the sound of the phone ringing, and I'm hesitant to answer it, "Hello?"

"Mom, it's me."

I immediately sit up, afraid of anything she might say, "Hey, Hon, are you all alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

I question the silence that follows after her statement, and cautiously ask, "What's up?"

"Nothing, I'm at Lane's, just hanging."

"Okay... thanks for the update." she remains silent and I suddenly feel my stomach becoming uneasy, "Rory-"

"Mom, Dad's been at the bar all afternoon - all night long."

I slowly nod my head, "Oh."

"I saw his motorcycle out there earlier, and Lane and I just walked by ten minutes ago-"

"You want me to go get him." I conclude.

"Well, I don't know-"

"Rory, I'm really not up for it. He probably has plans to stay at the inn anyway..."

"Yeah..."

"I mean, if you really want me to-"

"No, no you're probably right."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I don't want you to be in that situation anyway. Having him at the house..."

I sigh and take a few moments to take this in, before I ask, "What if he tries to get home?"

"I know, I'm worried about that..."

I then turn my head when I hear a motorcyle nearing the house, "Well, isn't that ironic?"

Rory asks, "What?"

I walk towards the window and peek through the curtain, "I think I have a visitor."

Rory's voice becomes concerned, "Seriously? Do you want me to come home?"

"No, that would probably make it worse."

"Just book him a room at the inn."

"Yeah, good thinking." I watch him as he stumbles across the lawn, "I'll talk to you tomorrow, Hon."

"Alright, call me if you need anything."

"I'm sure I'll be fine."

"Okay... bye."

"Bye."

Before I know it, there is a loud knock at the door, and a sudden wish that I had joined Rory and Lane's slumber party. I walk into the foyer and open the door, my expression making it clear that I am unimpressed to see Christopher standing there.

He looks different -- I can't help but stare at the dark circles around his eyes, and the out-of-body-expression on his face. Without saying a word, he walks into the house and leans in to kiss me. I turn my head just in time, disgusted by his ignorance, and the smell of alcohol on his breath.

He steps back and looks at me, confused, "What's the matter, Lor?" He leans in again and this time I press my hands against his chest and push him away, "Chris, stop, you're drunk." He lets out a loud chuckle, "I'm not - I'm not drunk. I had a beer. Beers. More than one."

"Well, that's obvious." I walk around him and shut the door, keeping a good distance between us as I turn back to face him, "Congratulations, you can pretty much guarantee a nice big spot on the front page of the Stars Hollow News. They have nothing better to write about..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Staying at a bar all day long, what were you thinking?"

"Psh, who's gonna know about that?"

"Well, your daughter, for starters."

His eyes widen, "Oh, is Rory here?" He begins to call after, "Ror?! Ror, where are you?!"

"She's not here, Chris!"

"Oh... well at least the pressure is off..."

"What... pressure? The pressure from what?"

"I have to - I have to ask you a very important question." I can just barely understand him, and I spend more time making sure he doesn't fall over than listening to what he's saying. It's a wonder how he drove here and made it all in one piece.

I look up at him sternly, not afraid to hide the annoyance in my voice, "What's your question?" I then roll my eyes at the sight of him dropping down to one knee, and grasping my hands in his, "Lorelai Gilmore, will you marry me?" I free my hands from his and begin to walk away, "Chris, get up."

He follows me out of the foyer, "Come on, Lor. It's time. I'm ready. I can be a family man."

I whip around to face him, my blood boiling, "A family man? Are you serious?! Look at yourself!" He doesn't say anything, just stares blankly at his shoes. I sigh and shake my head, "I'll book you a room at the inn. I'll drive you over there." I'm walking towards the phone when I feel his presence dash behind me, "No, I don't want you to drive me to the inn."

"What? You think you can drive? Chris, you can't even stand up straight!"

He leans in and chuckles, "Well, you don't drive standing up -- C'mon, Lor, I came here to see you."

"Well, I don't want to see you. Especially when you're like this!"

"I'm asking you to marry me!"

"You're drunk!" I reach for the phone. I'm about to dial the number when Chris grabs it from my hand. I angrily turn to face him, "What are you doing?!"

"I'm not leaving this house until you agree to marry me."

I cross my arms over my chest, "Oh, is that right?"

"Yeah, it is."

"Well, sorry to break it to you, Hon, but this is my house and I'm telling you that you're leaving. Now give me the damn phone!" I put my hand out, waiting for him to give it to me, but instead, he tosses it behind him and walks towards me, "No."

"Oh, real mature, Chris." I shake my head in annoyance and try to make my way around him, but he makes it impossible as he repeatedly dashes in front of me. I finally lose patience and back away from him, "God! Just get out of here, Chris! Get out!"

- Babette's Point of View -

I'm carryin' a bag 'o garbage down the porch steps, headin' towards the trash cans. Normally, Morrie takes care 'o the trash, but he can't on the count of his back's been killin' him lately. Anyway, I'm crossin' the yard when all of a sudden, I hear Lorelai screamin' at Christopher! I dunno how she could scream at such a handsome face, but I make an effort to hurry up 'n empty the trash so I can go spread the news to Patty!

When I make it 'ta Luke's, I realize he's not in such a good mood. When he overhears me tellin' the news to Patty, he doesn't say a thing! "Lucas, dontcha care that Christopher's botherin' 'ya woman?"

He rolls his eyes and emphasizes, "She's not my woman."

"Whatddaya mean she's not 'ya woman?"

I take notice that he's wipin' the counter harder than usual, "We're taking a break."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"I don't know -- ask her."

"Look, I don't know what's goin' on between the two 'o 'ya, but she sounded really upset, it kinda made me nervous. Just go check on her, will 'ya?"

With another roll 'o his eyes, Luke sighs and throws down his rag, "I'll be right back."

TBC

Author's Note: You don't have to read this. It's just me venting.. For those of you not interested in reading it, just know that I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as possible, and I would appreciate your review for this chapter.

I know that I'm probably driving you guys crazy since it seems to be taking me weeks to update my stories. There's a lot going on in my personal life etc. etc., but the true reason is because I'm really upset with what's currently going on in the show. It's hard for me to write about the characters, all I can do is roll my eyes when I think about the past few episodes of S7.

I'll be the first to tell you that it's time for Gilmore Girls to come to an end. I'm still saddened by the news of this being the last season, but I feel it's right. I absolutely love the show, but the last thing I want is for it to end up like 7th Heaven (lasting for eleven seasons and getting worse each year).

Spoilerish:

The show needs to end, I understand that, but I hate how they're ending it.

Last week's episode for example; I think it's horrible that Logan and Rory parted the way they did. The show is not coming back next year, and the writer's ended Logan and Rory's relationship with him walking away angrily. Just like Rory said, now when she thinks about graduating from college, she'll automatically think about rejecting Logan's marriage proposal. I wasn't 'all for' an engagement either, but they could have at least tried, like she offered. I didn't like the 'all or nothing' aspect of it, I thought it was very out-of-character for Logan.

Now, I know that the writers are probably expecting the Luke and Lorelai fans to be 'jumping up and down' over the preview for next week, but I'm not that excited. I obviously want Luke and Lorelai to be together, but it should have happened a lot earlier in the season. I'm not satisfied with a 'kiss' after having to watch Chris prance around for the first half of the season. Not happy. We were deprived of any LL time, and now we're never going to see them again. No chemistry, no nothing. The only real nice thing we got to see this season was Luke and Lorelai shopping for cars together, it reminded me of the better times of the show.

I'm just really uneasy. It's going to be weird not sitting down every Tuesday night at 8pm to watch the show. Especially since I wasn't really enjoying it the past two seasons. I guess I should be relieved that all of the conflicts seem to be resolved, but it's still sad the show had to end this way.

Hah, glad that's off my chest. I know this isn't really the place to post my thoughts, but I like giving my reasons for delivering chapters that aren't my best work.

Thanks for reading this far.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and I'll try to update more regularly. I'm almost done with the next chapter, I'll post it soon. I'm shooting for about.. two hours. (Trying to make up for all the time I've made you wait) LOL