A/N Hello peeps! Sorry it took so long to get up! I actually submitted this chapter on Saturday but it didn't show up, so now I'm resubmitting it. Wow, thanks for all the reviews! They really helped. Shout outs:
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Kristen- I never liked Max either. He was always really annoying. Plus, Luke's face in Love, War, and Snow when he sees Lorelai and Max walk by, kissing, always kills me. He looks so disappointed. Ah, I'm glad you liked the picture thing. I like your new word. It's cool. Hehe. Thanks for reviewing!
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Rory's Dance
Luke walks in to Lorelai and Rory's house after their weekly Friday Night Dinner. "You didn't tell me how many burgers you wanted this time so I just got 3." He says and shuts the door with his foot.
"You only got three!" Lorelai yells from the living room as Luke walks in to the room.
"Uh, yah. There's only 2 of you." He says and sits down next to Lorelai and watches her show Rory some fabric.
"Yes, but we each eat for six." Lorelai says.
Luke rolls his eyes. "Right, my mistake." He says sarcastically. "What's that?" He asks and points to the fabric.
Lorelai turns and faces him. "Oh, well, Rory has decided that she is going to the Chilton Formal and I am showing her the fabric samples so she can decide what dress she wants." Lorelai explains.
"Wow. You're really going to the Chilton Formal? I thought you hated those things." Luke asks Rory.
"Well, I'm pretty sure I do. I'm just gonna give it a chance." She says. "Oooh! I like that one!" She says and points to the blue fabric.
"Me too!" Lorelai exclaims.
"So, you're probably going to ask that Dean kid, huh?" Luke asks and shifts on the couch.
"Oh, um, well, yah, I'm gonna ask. I don't know if he'll say yes or not." Rory says.
Lorelai touches Rory's arm soothingly. "He'll definitely say yes." She reassures.
Rory looks down and raises her eyebrows. "I hope so." She mumbles.
"Are you sure you want to go?" Luke asks.
Lorelai turns her attention back to Luke. "What is wrong with you!" She says.
"Nothing." Luke says. "Can I just talk to you for a minute?" He asks.
"Sure." Lorelai says and stands up. "Keep looking at the fabrics, Rory. We'll be right back." Lorelai says and follows Luke to the kitchen.
"What is wrong with you?" Lorelai asks Luke as soon as she enters the kitchen.
Luke runs a hand through his hair. "I don't know. I just… I just don't like that Dean kid." He says.
"Why!" Lorelai exclaims and throws her hands up in the air.
Luke sits down at the kitchen table. "I dunno. He isn't good enough for Rory." He says.
"He's her first date! He doesn't have to be good enough for her!" Lorelai says and sits down at the kitchen table.
"Yes he does. Rory is special." Luke says.
Lorelai calms down. "Yes, Rory is special, very special. This is her first date and boy-friend. She just needs to enjoy it. That's it. However, if he hurts her, you have my full permission to kick his ass." Lorelai says.
"Full permission?" Luke asks.
"Yes, full permission. In fact, there will be a line. After you is me, then the whole town will join in on kicking Dean's ass, okay?" She says.
"Okay. Sorry, I just want Rory to be safe." He says.
Lorelai take his hand in her own. "I know, hun, and I love you for that." She says. After they had told each other "I love you" they had said it maybe once more after that. They weren't one of those couples that said it every five seconds. They said it in special moments, making the three words that much more special.
"I love you too." Luke says.
Lorelai smiles. "I know, now let's get back out there and continue the movie marathon." Lorelai says and they walk back out to the living room together.
Rory runs in to the diner after having asked Dean if he would go to the dance with her. She swings the diner's door open and finds Lorelai sitting at the counter flirting and giving occasional kisses to Luke. Lorelai leans over the counter a little bit and whispers something that is probably very dirty in Luke's ear. Luke blushes and smiles.
Rory walks up to the counter and stands by Lorelai. "Could take a break from being dirty for one second?" She asks excited.
Lorelai sits back down on her seat and pretends to consider the question. "Hmm… well I'll try but he is looking extremely sexy in that plaid." Lorelai says.
"God, Lorelai!" Luke says disgusted.
Rory sighs. "Mom, please let me tell you my news." She says.
"Okay, fine. I'm listening." She says and shifts in her seat to face Rory. Luke also turns his attention to Rory.
Rory sits down and faces Lorelai. "Okay, so I asked Dean to go to the dance with me." She says.
"Oooh, did he say yes?" Lorelai asks and jumps a little in her seat.
Rory nods her head. "Yes." She says.
Lorelai squeals. "Yay! He said yes!" She says and gives Rory a hug. Lorelai pulls back from the hug and gives Luke a pointed look.
"Congratulations, Rory. I hope you have fun." He says.
"Thanks, Luke." She says. "Hey, do wanna come over Saturday so you can be there?"
"Oh, well, yah. Sure, I'll come over Saturday." He replies.
Lorelai smiles. "Okay, well, be there at six. Dean is picking Rory up at seven." Lorelai informs him.
"Okay, I'll be there." He says. Lorelai and Rory get up to leave. Lorelai gives Luke a quick kiss and they head towards the door.
Lorelai turns around just as Rory opens the door. "Oh, and by the way, my mother will be there too." She says and runs out the door with Rory in tow.
"What! Lorelai, wait! What did you say!" Luke calls after her.
Luke walks in to the Crap Shack on Saturday night and finds Lorelai lying on the couch waiting for Rory to finish getting ready. Luke comes in and takes a seat on the couch, putting Lorelai's legs on his lap.
"Hey!" She greets and he leans over her legs and gives her a soft kiss.
"Hey. Is Rory ready yet?" He asks.
Lorelai waves her hand. "Nah, she still has an hour. She just got in the shower." Lorelai says and then squeals. "Hey, that rhymed!" She says.
"How come you haven't moved?" Luke asks.
"Oh, well, you see when I was making Rory's dress, it decided it wanted to fight me. In other words, it tipped over and knocked me over. I now have a minor back spasm." Lorelai explains.
"You have a back spasm!" Luke exclaims.
"Just an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny, yellow, polka- dotted one." She jokes.
Luke looks confused. "What?" He asks.
"Nothing. It's just a tiny, little one." Lorelai says.
"How come you didn't call or tell me?" He asks.
"I don't know. It wasn't that bad." Lorelai says and shrugs.
"Well, I'm going to stay with you tonight just to be sure." Luke says.
Lorelai grins seductively. "I was going to have you stay anyways."
Luke smirks. "Too bad you're too hurt to do anything." He says.
Lorelai pouts and crosses her arms over her chest. "You're a big meany head." She says and sticks her tongue out at him.
Luke smirks at her. "Not my fault Rory's dress took you down." He says.
"I'm near death and my boy-friend is still being cruel to me." Lorelai says and pretends to sniffle.
"What happened to the minor back spasm?" Luke asks.
"It suddenly got worse when my boy-friend started making fun of me." Lorelai says dryly.
"Mom! I need help with my hair!" Rory calls from her room.
"Okay. Once second, hun!" Lorelai calls back. She tries to get up but can't. Lorelai sits back down and bats her eyelashes at Luke. "Lukey, will you please carry me in to Rory's room?" She asks sweetly.
"Uh, no." Luke says.
"But you just made fun of me. You owe me." Lorelai says.
Luke snorts. "I do not owe you." He says.
"But Luke-" She starts.
"No"
"Lukey, as soon as I can move, I'll put on my little black dress for our next date." Lorelai bribes.
"See, the black dress only works when you're actually wearing it." Luke says.
"Damn." Lorelai mutters but then her eyes light up.
Lorelai flips her hair.
"Ugh, fine." Luke says and stands up.
"Yes! The hair flip is so powerful that it didn't even need the black dress!" Lorelai exclaims.
Luke puts one hand under Lorelai's knees and the other on the top of her back. He lifts her up and she tucks her head in to his shoulder. "Shut up." He grunts.
"Ah, now, Lucas, that's no way to talk to a lady!" Lorelai says in a southern accent and Luke kicks Rory's door open with his foot but closes his eyes.
Lorelai notices that Luke isn't moving and turns her head to look at him. "Uh, Luke, baby, why are your eyes closed?" Lorelai asks and looks at Rory, who is sitting at her vanity mirror in sweatpants and t-shirt she changed in to after her shower to get ready in.
Rory giggles. "Luke, you can open your eyes. I'm decent." She says.
Luke opens his eyes and Rory puts a chair right behind where she is sitting so Lorelai can sit behind her. Luke puts Lorelai down in the chair. "Thank you, Lucas! I would just die without you!" Lorelai says in the same southern accent.
Luke rolls his eyes. "I'll be out in the living room watching TV." He says and heads out the door.
"He carried you in here?" Rory asks.
Lorelai smiles from behind her and grabs the hairbrush. "Yep." She says.
"Hair flip?" Rory asks.
"You know it." Lorelai says and continues with Rory's hair.
Ten minutes later, Luke is interrupted from watching a baseball game by the doorbell. He gets up to answer it and finds Sookie at the door.
"Hi Luke!" She greets. "I've got tacos for Lorelai and Rory." She says and walks in to the house.
"Oh, thanks, Sookie. Can you just put them in the kitchen? Rory should be ready in about 15 minutes." Luke says.
"Okay. Be right back." Sookie says and puts the tacos in the kitchen then goes in to Rory's room to help with the primping.
Luke had just gotten comfortable on the couch again when the doorbell rings again. "Stupid doorbell." He mumbles on the way to the door. He opens the door to find the one and only Emily Gilmore this time.
Emily nods at him. "Hello, Emily." Luke greets.
"Hello, Luke. Where is Rory?" Emily asks.
"She's in her room with Lorelai and Sookie finishing getting ready." Luke says and Emily walks briskly past him to the living room and sits on the couch. Luke follows her and stands by the couch awkwardly. "Would you like anything to drink?" He asks.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you." Emily says and Luke takes a seat next to Emily on the couch. They sit in uncomfortable silence for a few minutes.
The silence was interrupted by Lorelai's ear-piercing scream of Luke's name. "Luuuuuuuuuuuuke!" She called from Rory's bedroom.
"What!" Luke called back.
"I need you to carry me back to the couch now!" She yelled back, oblivious to the fact the Emily was sitting right next to Luke looking tremendously confused.
"Uh, I'm coming!" He calls back and goes in to Rory's room.
He starts to walk in to the room. "Close your eyes." Lorelai commands from her seat.
"What?" Luke asks confused but closes his eyes anyways.
"Rory doesn't want you to see her until she shows all of us at the same time, so close your eyes." Lorelai tells him.
"Okay but how am I going to pick you up then?" Luke asks with his hand over his eyes.
"Well, that is quite a pickle we're in, Dill. Hehe! Get it? Dill pickle!" Lorelai says and Rory laughs from where she is sitting on the bed.
Luke rolls his eyes. "How about I just open my eyes and don't look at Rory? I'll just look at you, Lorelai, okay?" Luke asks.
"Fine." Lorelai says and reaches her arms out to Luke as he picks her up again.
"Your mother is here." Luke tells Lorelai once they are back out in the kitchen.
"Ugh!" Lorelai says and buries her face is Luke's chest. "She heard me tell you to come carry me didn't she?" Lorelai asks, her face still hidden in Luke's chest.
"Yep." Luke says.
"Which means she officially knows I am hurt in some way or she thinks I just want to have my way with you, which I do, but I can't because of my stupid back spasm that is ruining everything!" Lorelai exclaims.
"Yep." Luke says and sets Lorelai down on the couch next to her mother.
"Wow, you're Mr. Two Words man tonight." Lorelai grunts as soon as Luke puts her down. "Hi, mom." She says to Emily.
"Hello, Lorelai. Is Rory ready yet?" Emily asks.
"Yah, Sookie is just putting the finishing touches on her make-up." Lorelai says and pulls Luke down to sit next to her.
Rory comes out of her bed room to show everyone her dress.
"You look beautiful, Rory." Luke says.
"Wow, you got hit with the beauty stick." Lorelai comments.
"I am so relieved you bought her a dress, Lorelai." Emily says, looking Rory over.
"Thanks." Rory says, blushing.
After Emily makes Rory wait until Dean comes to the door, Rory is on her way to the dance. Luke had just gotten up to get Lorelai some of the tacos Sookie brought for her to eat. Emily sits down next to Lorelai on the couch.
"What's wrong with your back?" Emily asks.
"Oh, um, nothing." Lorelai lies.
"Then why did Luke have to carry you in here?" Emily asks.
"Because he was feeling incredibly romantic?" Lorelai says.
"Move." Emily says.
"What?" Lorelai asks.
"Move. If your fine and Luke had just decided to carry you 10 feet, then you must be able to move. Now move." Emily says. Lorelai tries to stand up but sits back down quickly.
"I knew it." She says.
"It's just an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny, yellow, polka-dotted spasm." Lorelai says.
"Excuse me?" Emily asks, having not understood the joke.
"It's nothing, mom." Lorelai says.
"It's not nothing. I'm going to have to stay with you tonight." Emily declares.
"Mom, Luke is already staying with me tonight." Lorelai says. A look of hurt crosses Emily's face.
"Oh, well, then I'll just leave." She says.
"Two people are better than one though." Lorelai says weakly. Emily looks delighted and declares that she's going to go help Luke get the tacos because he obviously can't do it on his own. However, Lorelai knew that Luke was just Lorelai and Emily some time alone.
Lorelai, Emily, and Luke are all sitting on the couch watching Casablanca later that night. Luke has his arm around Lorelai's shoulders and she has her head on his shoulder. Emily is sitting next to Lorelai.
"Lorelai, would you like anything else to eat? I can make you mashed banana on toast. You used to love that when you were a child." Emily says.
Lorelai scrunches up her nose in disgust. "Ew." She says.
"You loved it when you were a child." Emily says.
Lorelai shrugs. "I guess I can try it." She says. Emily looks excited when she goes in to kitchen to make Lorelai the toast.
"She looks really happy." Luke says.
"Yah, she does." Lorelai says.
"You know, I think you guys are really making progress." Luke says.
"Hmm. I think so too. Things are getting better." Lorelai says and gives Luke a quick kiss.
Emily comes back in to the living room and hands Lorelai the toast. Lorelai takes a bite out of the toast and makes a face. She spits it back out in to a napkin.
"Sick, Lorelai!" Luke says, disgusted.
"Lorelai! Why did you spit it out?" Emily asks.
"Because it's gross." Lorelai says.
"No it's not." Emily says and takes a bite out of the toast.
"Oh my God, it's horrible! What on earth was I thinking?" Emily says and goes in to the kitchen to throw the toast away. Lorelai and Luke laugh.
Its 10:30 and Luke looks over at Lorelai to find her asleep. "Emily." He whispers. "Lorelai's asleep. Do you want to take her bed upstairs?" Luke asks.
"No, that's okay. I think I'll just sleep in the chair over here. You can have the bed." Emily says.
"Nah, I'll just stay here on the couch with her and wait for Rory to get home." He says and Emily moves to the chair.
"Goodnight, Luke." She says.
"Night, Emily." Luke says and Emily falls asleep.
Luke falls asleep 10 minutes after her.
The next morning Luke wakes up and notices that Rory never came home. He jolts up in his seat, waking both Emily and Lorelai.
"Luke? What's going on?" Lorelai asks and rubs her eyes. "Where's Rory?"
"She never came home!" Luke says.
"She what!" Emily exclaims.
They all get up and Lorelai tries to find the phone. "How come she never came home? She was with that boy! Lorelai, I told you shouldn't have gone with him!" Emily says.
"I'm sure nothing happened, mom." Lorelai says and keeps looking for the phone.
"Nothing happened? Are you kidding? Of course something happened! She's your daughter after all!" Emily says.
"Hey!" Luke says.
"And you!" Emily says and points a finger at Luke. Lorelai finds the phone when it's starts ringing and Miss Patty tells her that Rory was there. With Dean.
"I knew it! She slept with him!" Emily says.
"No she didn't." Luke says and shakes his head.
"It's all your fault!" Emily says and points a finger at Luke.
"What? What did Luke do?" Lorelai asks and walks in to the kitchen to make coffee. Emily and Luke follow.
"He said he would stay up and wait until Rory got home!" Emily says.
"He fell asleep, mom! You would have too!" Lorelai says.
"Well, maybe if Rory didn't have him as such a big influence in her life, this wouldn't have happened!" Emily says.
"What?" Luke says quietly.
"Mom, that's not true!" Lorelai yells.
"Yes, it is! I know he hangs around here a lot! We can't go one dinner without his name being brought up by Rory!" Emily says.
"Rory loves Luke!" Lorelai says.
"Plus, I know he stays the night also, Lorelai! Rory talks about how you, Rory, and Luke always stay up until three in the morning with your little movie marathons and how Luke makes the best breakfast!" Emily says. "You make it seem okay for a man to stay the night!" Emily says.
"Luke and I have been dating since April! He didn't start staying the night with Rory home until August when Rory told me it was okay and that she wanted him to!" Lorelai says, emphasizing Rory.
"If you were a good mother you wouldn't let a man stay the night!" Emily says.
"Stop it!" Luke tries to interject, despite the feeling of sadness he has had since Emily started yelling.
"She's going to get pregnant." Emily says.
Luke looks shocked along with Lorelai. "No she isn't!" Lorelai yells.
"She's gonna ruin everything just like you did." Emily says.
"Mom! She's not me." Lorelai yells.
"What kind of mother are you to allow this to happen to her?" Emily asks.
"Oh, I don't know, Mom. What kind of mother were you?"
"You're going to lose her. You're going to lose her just like I lost you."
"I am not going to lose her. Do you hear me? Even if I hadn't gotten pregnant, you still would have lost me. I had nothing in that house. I had no life. I had no air. You strangled me. I do not strangle Rory."
"Oh you're so perfect and I was so horrible. I put you in good schools. I gave you the best of everything. I made sure you had the finest opportunities. And I am so tired of hearing about how you were suffocated and I was so controlling. Well if I was so controlling why couldn't I control you running around getting pregnant and throwing your life away."
"Get out!"
"What?"
"You will not come in to my house and tell me I threw my life away. Look around, mom. This is a life. You will not insult Luke. I am finally with a man that I love and who loves me back!" Lorelai says and Emily looks shocked at this. "Rory would not be who she is without Luke. And I fully trust Rory. She did not do anything stupid. If I didn't get pregnant, I wouldn't have Rory." Lorelai yells. Luke looks shocked at what Lorelai just told Emily about him. He figures that he should probably leave now, so he sneaks out the door as soon as Emily starts speaking again.
Rory sneaks in the front door and hides by the stairs.
"You know that's not what I meant." She says.
"Maybe I was some horrible uncontrollable child like you say, but Rory isn't. She's smart and careful and I trust her and she's gonna be fine and if you can't accept that or believe it, then I don't want you in this house!" Lorelai yells.
Emily walks out and slams the door. Rory creeps into the kitchen.
"Mom, thank you for saying all those –" Rory starts.
"What were you thinking? Staying out all night! Are you insane?" Lorelai says and slams the coffee pot in to the coffee maker.
"I'm sorry. It was an accident." Rory says.
"You're talking to the queen of staying out all night. I invented the concept! This is no accident! You can't do this! Period." Lorelai says.
"Nothing happened!" Rory exclaims.
"Do you have any idea what it's like to wake up with my mother here and find out that you never came home?" Lorelai asks and runs a hand over her face.
"So all this is about Grandma being here." Rory says with a nod of her head.
"No, it's about the feeling of complete terror when your kid isn't in her bed in the morning!" Lorelai yells.
"I'm sorry." Rory says quietly.
"And then it's about a whole different kind of terror when you find out that she spent the night with some guy." Lorelai yells.
"I didn't spend the night with him. We fell asleep." Rory tells her, trying to get it through to her.
"You are going on the pill." Lorelai says and points a finger at her.
"What?" Rory asks shocked.
"You are not getting pregnant." Lorelai says.
"I'm not sleeping with Dean!" Rory says eyes wide at the comment. She couldn't believe that Lorelai didn't believe her.
"Dammit!" Lorelai yells.
"What happened to all that stuff you said to Grandma? What happened to trusting me? Where did all that go?" Rory asks helplessly.
"I think its back on Patty's yoga mats." Lorelai says.
"This is crap! You know I didn't do anything. You know this is an accident. You're just mad because I screwed up and I did it in front of Grandma and she nailed you for it. Well I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I screwed up and I'm sorry that you got yelled at, but I didn't do anything and you know it!" Rory screams then goes in to her room, slamming the door on her way. Lorelai sits down at the kitchen table and cries. She picks up the phone and calls Luke.
"Hello?" Luke's gruff voice answers.
Lorelai sniffles. "C-could you please come over?" She asks.
"I'll be right there." He says and hangs up.
A/N Okay, so I hope you guys liked that chapter. A little over three weeks until the premiere! I'm so excited! Okay, I might be able to get a chapter up tomorrow if I get a lot of reviews. So, please review!
