A/N: Sorry for the long wait.
Chapter 10: Reunited
Luke and Rory knocked on Lorelai's door that evening.
Lorelai quickly wiped away her tears and made sure she didn't look totally horrible before she walked over to the door and opened it.
"Hey." Lorelai put on a smile.
"Hey." Luke smiled as he leaned forward and kissed her.
"Hey Lorelai." Rory grinned as Luke pulled away.
"Hey Ror." Lorelai smiled big. Suddenly seeing Rory just made her happier especially now that she learned the news.
Lorelai bent down a little and hugged Rory tight.
"Lorelai." Rory chocked out. "You're killing me." Rory giggled.
"Sorry." Lorelai laughed as she let go of her.
"So… I see your boxes are already packed. Great." Luke nodded. "I will start loading them up in the truck." Luke told her.
"Wait… Luke." Lorelai stopped him.
"Yeah?" he asked as he picked up a box.
"We need to talk…" Lorelai bit down on her lip.
"That doesn't sound good." Luke put the box down on the bed.
"Well, it's not completely horrible. Actually it's not horrible at all, just… confusing." Lorelai said lamely.
"Oh." Luke nodded. "Can we talk about this tonight, after Rory goes to sleep?" Luke asked.
Lorelai nodded. "Yeah. That's fine. I think tomorrow we will have to go pick up to the rest of my stuff from my parent's house. Is that alright?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah, it's fine." Luke smiled.
"Good."
Luke smiled and leaned over to hear and kissed her on her forehead.
"Ew!" Rory laughed. Lorelai looked over at her and rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out at her.
Luke laughed and picked up the box and walked out of the Room.
"So… Are we going to help?" Rory asked.
"Nah." Lorelai laughed as she lay down on her bed and flipped on the TV.
"Oh!" Rory shrieked as she lay next to Lorelai. "Willy Wonka! Can we watch that?" Rory asked.
"Duh! It's Willy Wonka." Lorelai giggled. "I love the Oompa Loompa's. I am going to marry them one day." Lorelai told Rory seriously.
"No." Rory shook her head.
"And why not?" Lorelai questioned.
"Because." Rory said in a duh tone. "You have to marry my Dad." Rory smiled.
"Hm…" Lorelai thought about it. "Luke… Or a sexy, cute Oompa Loompa."
"If you say Oompa Loompa, I will make you carry all the boxes yourself." Luke smiled as she came in.
"Then, I pick. Lucas "Butch" Danes." Lorelai smiled.
Luke sighed. "Crazy Lady." He muttered as he walked out with another box.
"Hey, Ror. I will be right back. I am going to check and see if Sookie is still here." Lorelai said getting up from the bed and walking out the room. Rory looked at all the boxes and decided to help her Dad.
She walked over the medium sized box that was actually the smallest of them all and picked it up.
"Ah… Crap." Rory muttered as she tried to keep from falling, but was not succeeding.
"Ah!" Rory fell with a thud and all the papers and pictures fell everywhere.
"Rory!" Luke said coming in the door.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Sorry." Rory pouted. "I was just trying to help." She said pulling herself out from under the stuff that fell on her.
"Well, I appreciate the thought, but I can handle it." Luke said as he kneeled down in front of her.
"Hey Dad! It's you." Rory picked up a stack of pictures. "And you're standing with Lorelai and the rest of the Stars Hollow gang. You all looked so young." Rory shrieked.
"We still are young." Luke defended. "And we will be young until Kirk gets a girlfriend." Luke laughed.
"So you will be young your whole life?" Rory asked.
"You got it." Luke told her with a wink.
Rory giggled. "Hey look at this one. It's Lorelai and Sookie in some Diner place."
"Oh yeah. I remember the place. Sookie worked there. It was in Hartford, but I heard they closed down." Luke shrugged.
"Oh. Sookie looked so cute with that outfit on." Rory laughed as she flipped to the next picture.
"Look, it's Lorelai and some guy." Rory pointed. "She's pregnant." Rory giggled.
"Wow she was fat." Rory said in a whisper.
"I wouldn't let her hear that." Luke laughed.
Rory flipped to the next one.
"Hey Dad! It's me!" Rory giggled. "I was so cute! I was like 2 or 3 here." Rory smiled.
"Yeah…" Luke trailed off as he grabbed the stack of pictures form her.
"Did you give that to her?" Rory asked.
"No." Luke shook his head as he looked at the picture.
"Hm… Maybe Sookie did." Rory shrugged as she got up from the floor and went back to watching Willy Wonka.
Luke flipped the picture over and it read. "Lorelai Leah. Age 3. Dear Lorelai, Here is the picture you requested. I am not supposed to be doing this, but I knew you would like to see how she is. –Marg-"
Luke looked at the next one and it was a similar picture except Rory was 2.
Luke's mind was racing and when he looked at the next one he about fainted. It was a picture of Lorelai and a baby. Luke flipped it to the back not wanting to know what it said, but he read it anyway.
And there, in black letters were the words: "Baby Lorelai Leah Gilmore, August 15."
"Hey, Rory, Sookie is making cookies for us…" Lorelai walked in and trailed off when she saw Luke on the floor holding the pictures with a pale face.
"Rory… go help Sookie." Luke told Rory.
"But… Dad, this is my favorite part." Rory pouted.
"Now." Luke said sternly.
Rory sighed and walked out of the door.
"Luke…" Lorelai started as Rory walked out. "I swear this was what I was going to tell you." Lorelai told him.
"Is this some kind of sick joke?" Luke yelled. "Did you somehow find out Rory lives here, so you decided to come back and mess with us? Decided to come back, lead me on, and when I least expected it swoop Rory back from underneath me?" Luke asked.
"No! I swear, I didn't even know until earlier today when my mother told me." Lorelai cried.
"Right." Luke scoffed. "You've had this all planned out, didn't you?" Luke asked.
"Luke, listen to me. I promise, I didn't even know." Lorelai told him
"You knew! Hell, now that I think about it, its obvious!" Luke told her.
"I didn't know." Lorelai pleaded.
"I can't believe you. I thought I loved you and you did this to me. You can screw with my head, but screwing with MY daughter's head is just… not right." Luke told her.
"I love you too, Luke." Lorelai cried as she followed him as he tried to go out the door. "I love you, and I would never do that to Rory or you! I love you both too much! I didn't know, Luke. Please. Please." Lorelai sobbed.
Luke turned around to see Lorelai. The fact that she said "I love you," made his heart skip a beat.
"Please." Lorelai cried as she leaned into him. He couldn't himself as he put his arms around her.
"I tried to tell you." Lorelai whispered. "…My mother knew right off the bat. She told me to leave, because she said I would screw up your lives." Lorelai cries had subsided a little.
"Hence the freak out earlier?" Luke said. Lorelai nodded into his chest.
"I'm sorry, I know this must be difficult for you." Luke whispered.
"No. I mean, yes, but I am sure it is worse for you." Lorelai told him.
"We will make this work." Luke said.
"Are you sure? I mean if you really want me to just get out of your life, I will get out and I will never return." Lorelai told him.
"Don't do any such thing." Luke told her as he kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry for over-reacting, but it just came as a shock."
Lorelai nodded. "Do we tell Rory?" Lorelai asked.
"Of course. Who knows, this could be a great thing, now Rory has a mom in her life, and this could just be perfect." Luke smiled, "Its like our family would be complete with you in it, it would be…." Luke tried to search for his words.
"One happy family?" Lorelai supplied.
"Exactly." Luke kissed her lips.
"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked unsure.
"Positive." Luke nodded.
"Hey, Lorelai…" Rory said as she walked in. "…The cookies are baking. They look delicious." Rory grinned.
"What's wrong with you?" Rory asked. "You look sad."
"Rory… we have something to tell you." Luke said.
"Okay… shoot." Rory said as she sat down on the bed. Luke sat down on one side of her while Lorelai sat on the floor in front of her.
"So, when I was sixteen, there was this guy, I thought I was head over heels in love with him. He was the popular senior, and I was the dorky junior, but he liked me. Anyways… our relationship resulted in me getting pregnant… One Christmas Eve." Lorelai explained.
"Yeah... can we skip over that part." Rory shuddered.
"Right…" Lorelai laughed a little. "So… 8 months later, on August 15th, I gave birth to a baby girl." Lorelai said picking up the picture of Lorelai and the baby in the hospital.
"Aw." Rory smiled. "Wait… August 15th?" Rory raised an eyebrow.
"So…" Lorelai continued. "As you know, I gave her up for adoption. I loved her so much, I let her go so she could live happy with a family that loves her." Lorelai told Rory. "Then a few years later, the Social Worker sent me a few pictures, and here they are." Lorelai handed them to Rory, and Rory's jaw dropped as she looked back up to Lorelai.
"You're…" Rory trailed off. "You're my mom?" She asked.
Lorelai looked over at Luke who smiled and turned to Rory. "She's your mom."
Rory smiled. "Lorelai's my mom. That's… so cool." Rory laughed.
Lorelai's eyes welled up with tears. "So cool," Lorelai chocked out.
Rory grinned and jumped off the bed and into Lorelai's arms. Lorelai looked over Rory's shoulder and smiled at Luke, who grinned in return.
"Wait a second." Rory pulled away. "You said 8 months. Isn't it 9 months later?" Rory asked.
"You were a pre-mature baby, but still very healthy and strong." Lorelai smiled.
"Oh. That makes sense." Rory laughed.
"This is going to be hard explaining to everyone." Lorelai laughed.
"It's definitely a lifetime story." Luke but in.
"You know lifetime?" Lorelai asked incredulously
Luke rolled his eyes. "I don't know lifetime... I do, but I don't watch it." Luke explained.
Rory laughed. "He does watch Lifetime." Rory nodded, grinning at her dad.
"But why would you give me up if you really loved me?" Rory asked.
"I knew I couldn't give you a perfect family like you needed." Lorelai said. "But look where you are now. You've got a great Dad, and family. You're the princess in this town, and none of this could've happened if I would have been selfish and kept you." Lorelai said letting tears fall.
Rory nodded. "Well, I am glad you did what you did then, and now we're together, so everything is good." Rory smiled,
Luke nodded in agreement.
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