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Summary: A stranger had called her and now her life was turned upside down, everything she thought she knew turned out to be wrong, she had lost her place but found a family. Set before Lane's wedding but after Parenthood 2x20.
Lorelai Gilmore is Sarah Braverman's twin sister whom she's never met. Camille and Zeek were told she wasn't going to make it and that she died a couple of days after her birth. Emily Gilmore gave birth to a weak baby after multiple attempts to conceive. She never knew her daughter died and was replaced by Sarah's twin.
AN: The action takes place in 2006 to match the dates so everything that happened on Parenthood in 2010 here happened in 2006. So Rory was still born in 1984, and Lorelai and Sarah were born in 1968, Adam in 1966, Crosby in 1972 and Julia in 1975. (you know what I mean if you watch Parenthood)
Spoilers: Mainly all seasons except the last for Gilmore Girls, all episodes aired as of April 6th for Parenthood.
Hi, Thank you reviewers, LateVMlover, Leonie1988, Happy Fae, Sami D, Jan, JJsMommy27, JBurrell, BFD, Jeremy Shane, and Chaeehl.
It is with great pleasure that I present you chapter 10!
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It was the morning after her ultimatum, Luke had gone to her house to talk to her. He yelled for her and got no response. He went inside, he had barely made it to the living room when Babette jumped from the couch.
- "Hey!" She said with her raspy voice.
- "Jeez Babette, give a little notice before jumping on people!"
- "Sorry, 'bout that, didn't mean to scare ya-
- You didn't-
- You're probably wondering why I'm at Lorelai's house and not mine;
- Not really, no.
- Well, Paul Anka was doing his weird noise he does when he's hungry, so I came and I fed him-
- Great thanks Babette-
- And I did a load of my unmentionables-
- Jeez! I don't want to know that!-
- Anyway, I heard 'bout the fight.
- You heard about the fight?" He asked incredulously. "How?
- Well, someone saw you yelling at each other outside the diner.-
- Someone?
- Yeah, anyway, couples fight, I'm sure ya and Lorelai'll be fine. Ya love each other right?
- Yes, thanks, yes. That's why I came here for, you don't happen to know where she is, do you?
- No, all I know is she didn't come home last night. She probably spent it at Sookie's again.
- Thanks Babette." He stood there wondering if she was going to leave when she answered his unspoken question.
- "I'm waiting for my panties.
- Ok, alright, still didn't need to know that, well I'm gonna go see Sookie, lock up when you leave.
- I will, now go get her, Sugah!"
He smiled one last time and he was out the door.
On his way to Sookie's, he noticed the gathering around Stars Hollow only red light. He parked his car, and went to check it out. Of course, it was Taylor's idea to put a flash radar, and of course it went bad. But it wasn't until the crash sound reached him that he realized Kirk had crashed into his diner with a car.
All eyes turned on him waiting for him to blow up at Taylor and Kirk, but he did no such thing. He stood there, frozen.
They had started cleaning the crash site, his diner, when he came back to his senses.
He filled all the paperwork that needed to be filled, and hired Tom to reconstruct his maimed diner.
He got back in his car, and got to Sookie's. Upon realizing it was well after noon, he turned his car around and went to the Dragonfly instead.
He was greeted by Michel, who did his best to annoy him.
- "If you see your fiancée, tell her it's not okay to take a vacation without notice."
He didn't stop after seeing the confusion on his face.
- "Just talk to Sookie, she's the one in contact with her!"
He panicked a little bit after the words registered in his brain. He marched in the kitchen. Sookie was telling a cook where to put the supplies.
- "Sookie! What the hell is going on!" He almost yelled.
She turned to him, slightly scared.
- "Come on outside, I'll explain.
- Alright." He said more softly, seeing the cook terrified. He went outside, expecting Sookie to explain everything calmly, but she didn't. Instead she yelled at him.
- "What is wrong with you?
- I I don't know." He answered truthfully, not knowing what she meant.
- Because of you she's go-gone!" She choked, repressing a sob.
- "What do you mean gone?
- She left. You were the only thing that was keeping her here, and you bailed, and now she's gone!
- What?
- You sent her packing! She was miserable for weeks, but you didn't see a thing. She had enough and gave you a choice and you let a walk away!-
- A choice? She-
- Shush! I'm not done yet. Now she's in California, and I don't even know if she'll come back. Now she's free from the Gilmores and Rory's graduating next year, nothing was keeping her in this side of the country but you! I swear to God, if I lose my best friend because of you Luke Danes, I'm coming after you!"
Luke was speechless. Sookie wasn't one to blow out like that.
- "Sookie, you're not going to lose her, she's your best friend. Now tell me when did she go to California."
After Sookie had calm down, she started to tell the story without getting too upset.
Lorelai had called that morning and told her she was taking a week, that she'd call to give her updates. She also told me to go check up on Emily. She had told her what happened with Luke.
After getting all the information he needed, he went to his apartment, left a note for April, packed a bag, and drove to the airport.
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She was sitting at the desk, staring at her phone, in her other hand was a positive pregnancy test. She contemplated calling Sookie before considering calling Luke. She was lost in her thoughts; she didn't hear the door open.
- "Lorelai, are you ok?" Camille asked as she neared her long lost daughter, she put her hand on her shoulder and Lorelai jumped. "Hey, hey, it's ok, it's just me, are you ok?" She asked as she took a seat next to Lorelai's.
- "I'm ok I just didn't see you coming in- I'm-" She paused like lost in thought. "I'm pregnant"
- You are? That's wonderful news, isn't it?
- Yeah I guess, I mean, I never pictured myself doing the single Mom thing again, I thought that if I got pregnant I was going to do it right. But I'm single again, and my parents are not my parents, and my real parents, whom I have met yesterday, live on the other side of the country-
- Do you have to be single?" Camille interrupted her rambling. "Adam told us you were engaged, but he didn't tell us anything about him. I assume he is the father.
- Yes, he is. It's complicated. We were together for two years and we were engaged, but we broke up. We've been friends for ever and after 8 years he finally asked me out. We dated for a while, broke up, we were both a mess, we got back together, I had a false alarm, Rory dropped out of college, move into the pool house at my parent's. I proposed to him, he was ranting about how he wasn't going to let Rory threw her dreams away and I was thinking, he's the one, he took care of me and my daughter and he would do anything for us, so I proposed, he said yes right away. I was happy with him, I missed Rory like crazy, but he made it easier. We remodeled the house. Rory came to her senses, she got a job and went back to Yale, I started planning the wedding, and it was around that time that Luke found out he had a daughter. He didn't tell me for 2 months. And then I met her accidentally, she introduced herself as Luke's daughter. He wanted to spend time with her, I was ok with that, it was more than Christopher did for Rory when she was that age, but he kept me apart, he decided that I shouldn't meet her." She paused to breathe a little, Camille wanted to ask questions, but she knew she had to let the rambling go on so she could have the whole story. "We were supposed to get married on June 3rd, but the wedding got postponed because he said it was all coming too fast. But as time went by, I felt more like it was canceled, and then I met a brother I didn't know about. I confronted my parents and after that it pretty much went sour. I gave Luke an ultimatum, I needed him to be the one constant in my life, but he said no, he let me go. Then I packed and came here with Rory to meet you all, and I had a weird dream that I told her about, and she pointed out to me that I was eating fruits and vegetables, which absolutely not normal for me so I took a pregnancy test, and it's positive, and I have to tell Luke, but I don't want to just yet, I'm still hurt and mad at him." They had ended up on the couch, Camille had her arm around Lorelai, rubbing her back as she let out the tears she had kept for months.
-"Ah you must think I'm crazy," she tried to joke as she started recollecting herself, "I mean I just met you, and I'm here wailing on your couch.
- I wouldn't say that, you've been through a lot, and I suppose this is just the tip of the iceberg, and you have a right to be emotional, don't you worry about that."
At that moment, Lorelai asked something that warmed Camille's heart, making it jump of joy.
- "Can I call you Mom?" she asked with a little voice.
- "Of course, you can, that would make me unbelievably happy." She answered with a big warm smile.
- "Thank you, Mom."
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The night was falling on the Braverman's household. They were all seated at the table outside, under the lights, eating the main course when she saw him coming. Lorelai quickly got up to intercept him before he got to the table. She took him aside. Rory watched her mother move with apprehension.
- "What are you doing here? We broke up.
- No, you broke up with me, and just because I wasn't fast enough, you thought I didn't want to marry you, but I do, I want to marry you, I love you, I want to have a middle with you." He said recalling her words when it was her who had said them." I went to your house yesterday, I was greeted by Babette-, no let me finish this," he said seeing her trying to interrupt, "I love you Lorelai-." She interrupted him anyway.
-"Well sometimes love isn't enough. All you did for the last months was separate me from your life, you didn't want me to get to know April. It was like you were in the driving seat, and I wanted was to get in the passenger seat, but you wouldn't let me in, you locked the door, and all I could do was try to hold on to the bumper and hit all the potholes, and I got really badly bruised. I couldn't take it anymore! It hurts, it really hurts! I can't take it anymore, so you need to go! I need you to go!
- Lorelai, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but I love you, I'll let you do anything you want, but please don't let us be over. I know you love me too. Yesterday, I watched a car crash into my diner, I wasn't in it, but I saw the whole thing from outside, stupid Taylor! And I was there, but I stood frozen for several minutes. Now there's a giant hole where my wall used to be. It's gonna take a couple weeks to fix it." He sighed. "It's a disaster, but I-I don't care, I mean I care. You know what, no I really, I don't care. It's like it's not even real to me, It's like life isn't even real to me unless you're there and you're in it and I'm sharing it with you and I don't know what I was waiting for, and I don't know what I was scared of, but, I'm not, I'm not scared, I'm not waiting, I'm here. And Vegas isn't too far off, we can go and get married-
- No. It's too late Luke, we're over. I gave you a choice and you chose to have two separate lives and I can't deal with that, so we're through. And I have a family to get back to, so please go.
- We are not over, Lorelai, I'll make you see that, whatever it takes, I know I'm the one for you. I'm the guy for you Lorelai Gilmore. I'll leave you alone for now, but I'm not going anywhere." He said as he got in his rental car and drove away.
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They all heard the argument. When Lorelai came back, they all pretended to be fascinated by what was in their plate.
- "I'm sorry, I'm not hungry anymore, I'm gonna go lie down."
Just saying these words exhausted her, and when she got into the guest house, she collapsed on the couch. She heard the door open. She lifted her head to see Camille standing next to her.
- "How are you feeling honey?" She inquired softly.
- "Not so good." She shook her head.
- "You know you'll have to tell him.
- Yeah, but I'm not ready to let him in again.
- You don't have to do that, just let him know, and set some boundaries until you're ready."
She seemed to ponder the idea for a moment. Camille let her ponder for a while.
- "Just come when you're hungry, I'll set aside some chicken for you.
- Thanks Mom." She answered absent-mindedly.
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Ok, this is probably the last one where I use the show's real dialogue (GG) I might use some of Parenthood's.
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And maybe you recognized the line "I'm the guy for you Brooke Davies" from One Tree Hill.
Now Bad news/Good news:
Good News is I started writing chapters 12 and 13. Bad News is, Chapter 11 is not yet entirely done.
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To Jan: Thank you for the review ^^. You'll see a little bit more about Amber/Haddie's reaction to Rory in the next chapter. As for Lorelai changing her name, It won't happen. She's Lorelai, she might change to Braverman, but she'll keep her first name.
To Sami D: Thanks ^^. As I said before, we'll see more of Amber's reaction to Rory in the next chapters. As for Emily and Richard, I'm working on it. Just be patient, and it'll come. ^^
I'll get greedy, I want 15 reviews ^^ (that's just to give time to finish the next chapters, be patient ;)