Hello all! Here is Chapter 12! Thank you for reading! Please review and keep reading! You won't be disappointed!
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Flashback to September 19th, 1989-
A day after Aprils birth, Lorelai reveals that she never had the heart to sign the adoption papers.
Lorelai looks at Luke and through a tearful sob, manages to get out a full sentence, "Luke, I never signed the papers. I tried, but all I could do was throw the paper in the trash. So who in the world would take our kid, and claim that I signed the papers? I mean, if I would have been able to have a responsible bone in my body yesterday, if it wasn't for the demerol, I could have explained." Luke looks back at Lorelai then down at his feet to mask the anger in his eyes, "Your mother. She pulled this stunt." He gets up and paces around the shed while Lorelai gets her thoughts together. Lorelai takes a deep breath, "Oh my god. Luke. It WAS my mother. She told me that she would take Rory and any other important thing away if I ever saw you again, and if I told you about her." Luke looks at Lorelai again after he stops pacing, "She told you that?! Oh that makes my blood boil. But wait. How did she know that you told me? Or that we've been back together for a while now?" Lorelai puts a hand up to her mouth in shock, "The letters. The letters I sent you anonymously for the first four years of Rorys life. She must have caught my dad putting them in his desk. I made backups, just in case one got lost in the mail." Luke groans, "Lorelai, what does that have to do with Aprilanne? I don't understand."
Lorelai looks like she is on the verge of a breakdown, "My evil and conniving mother, choked the information out of my father. He was protecting us. She's getting back at me. She didn't take Rory, but she took April. She came into our home, and took the adoption papers out of the trash. She forged my signature. Or better yet, she probably went to give them the papers, and they realized that she forged my signature, so they denied her right then and there. I bet she and Anna are mostly behind this. She gave our daughter to Anna. She played us. You weren't 'dating' Rachel. My mom paid her. She had Rachel come in out of the blue. You didn't want to be with her. But she had Rachel weasel her way in. Then Rachel pretended to pretend not to want you anymore, because she 'couldn't' have kids. Then she asked you to get a surrogate. As soon as my mother got confirmation that I was originally agreeing, she put her plan even further into motion. Then when the agency called to say that I never sent the papers in, she decided to stick her nose in our business. God, I'm just so angry. But mom wanted to piss me off, well I can tell you that she succeeded."
Luke looks at Lorelai with pain his eyes, "Lorelai, she has to pay. We have to get April back from Anna. We have to take this to court." Lorelai gets up and walks out to the car, with Luke following her,"Lorelai, what the hell are you doing?" Lorelai opens up the car door and gets in, "I'm going to tell my mother what I think. That's what I'm doing!" Luke nods knowing that one way or another, they were doing this, and gets in the car quickly. Lorelai then starts the car and speeds out of the inns parking lot.
When Lorelai pulls up at the Gilmore Mansion, Luke looks over at her and grimaces as he rubs her cheek, "Are you ready to do this?" Lorelai smiles slightly at him before becoming serious again, "I'm ready. My mother won't know what hit her." Lorelai gets out of the car and heads to the front door with Luke behind her, holding onto her waist. Lorelai knocks on the door and Richard opens the door, "Hi you two. What brings you here?" Luke looks at Richard, "Where is Emily? We have a bone to pick with her." Richard groans, "Oh god. She took Rory didn't she?! I made her promise that she'd leave you all alone and that you could tell Luke about Rory whenever you wanted. She promised!" Lorelai looks at her father, her voice seething with venom, "She took April. She gave her away. She took the adoption papers out of the trash, and forged my signature." Richard looks at his daughter and future son in law and points up to the stairs,"She's in bed. Good luck. I'm right behind you. You will get your daughter back. I promise you that."
Lorelai stomps up the stairs with her small hands balled into fists, Luke and Richard are behind her. As soon as Lorelai gets to Emily's bedroom, she takes a deep breath and yanks open the door causing Emily to jump out of bed, "LORELAI! For the love of god, what are you doing here?" Lorelai gets up close to her mothers face, "You took our child away! You wanted to take Aprilanne from us before she got older and attached to us. Her own parents! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Emily groans and rolls her eyes, "Lorelai, I told you that if you went back to him, that I'd take the most important thing from you. I didn't take Rory because she knew what was going on. She established a relationship with you. April, won't get to know you. April, WON'T get a chance to grow up a peasant." Lorelais face turns eighty shades of color before landing on bright red, "So it wasn't about Luke and HIS scholarship? It was about me marrying a privileged rich man. But for your information mother, Luke is a Harvard graduate. He may be a flannel wearing, backwards baseball cap, small town man, but he is also a lawyer. That's right! He's extremely smart! And we are going to kick your ass and Anna's in court! My future husband,to me is a privileged rich man. Not only is he smart, he is hard working. He loves our daughter. He hasn't officially met her yet, but he will when Rory is ready. He will be amazing to her. And, when we get Aprilanne back, he will just be the perfect father, to her too. End of story." Emily looks at Lorelai and scoffs at her, "I did sign the papers. But when I took them to the agency, they knew that it wasn't your signature. So I paid them to take April and give her to Anna after she was born. Rachel helped me out by tricking Luke when he was most vulnerable." Luke gasps, "EMILY, ARE YOU TELLING US THAT OUR DAUGHTER HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED?!" Emily nods, "I figured you didn't need her and Anna wanted to get back at both of you." Lorelai looks at Luke then at Richard who has been really quiet, "Dad, please call the police. We need to report a kidnapping."
Luke and Lorelai leave the Gilmore Mansion and go back to shed. As soon as Luke walks in, he calls the police station to check with the police to make sure they went and arrested Emily. The police chief said that she was being interrogated at the moment, and that they had put out an APB for April and Anna, moments before they brought her in. Luke comes into the bedroom and sits down beside Lorelai and raps his arms around her. Lorelai starts crying as she looks at the pictures taken of her, April and Luke at the hospital the day before.
September 18th 1996- Aprils 7th Birthday-
Anna Nardini is sitting on the couch reading US Weekly, when April comes bouncing down the stairs. Anna looks up at the seven year old. April has bright blue eyes, dark curly brown hair, and a beautiful wide smile. Anna is always asked if April is hers, which makes Anna very defensive. April doesn't act like Anna at all. April rants over everything, just like Luke does. Anything can set her off, and she can rant for hours. April also has an iron stomach and is a fast talker, just like Lorelai.
Anna panics every second of the day, because she knows what she did wrong seven years ago, and she's afraid that April will find out. She's been hiding in Stars Hollow, most of the time. They had moved across the country before so they could blend in.
Anna had her motives, long before Emily Gilmore came to her with a brilliant plan of hurting Luke and Lorelai. It all started twenty-five years ago, the first day of elementary school. Anna had really liked Luke a lot, she had tried getting his attention for a long time. But, that day, she saw Luke smile for the very first time at Lorelai in the hallway. The teachers loved her and Luke loved her. Every single person loved her. Anna was jealous of Lorelai. Lorelai was everything that Anna wasn't.
So, when Emily almost literally forced the truth out of Richard, who had talked to Luke periodically after the last separation, She had found out that Luke was alone and falling apart because she told him to stay away. Emily went on searches around every town, to find the perfect girl to send to the love of her daughters life. Finally, Emily found Rachel, who happened to be best friends with Anna. Emily paid Rachel to go into the hardware store and play with Luke's emotions, even though he wouldn't want her anyway. After Rachel told Luke that she 'couldn't have kids', Luke was afraid to give in, but he accepted. He then went to Lorelai and asked for her help. He told her that he wouldn't and couldn't let the baby be from anybody else. After Rachel found out that Lorelai was expecting, she then called Emily, who then called Anna, who said that she'd take April.
Anna felt like everything was even now; Lorelai had taken her chances with Luke away from her, so taking something so special away from them was worth it.
Today, April woke up and realized that she isn't Anna's daughter. She goes down stairs to find her 'mother' reading US Weekly. April crosses her arms and looks at Anna, "Anna Nardini, where are my real mother and father?" Anna stops reading and her mouth drops open. After a few minutes of silence, Anna finally speaks, "April, what are you talking about?" April scoffs, "I'm not dumb. Where are they? I don't look like you and I don't act like you." Anna looks down and grumbles, "You found the letters didn't you?" April squints at Anna, "What letters?" Anna's eyes go wide, "Damn. Okay. Listen to me April. Your parents didn't want you." April runs out of the room and runs into Anna's bedroom, and locks the door. She looks around the room and finds the file folder. April opens the folder to find seven years worth of letters. She puts a hand over her mouth as she reads one of the letters from Luke and Lorelai, where they are pleading for their daughter back, while asking Anna to comply with police. April hears Anna's footsteps outside of the bedroom door and that makes her cringe, "You took me from them! There has been an APB out for me since a day after I was born! They have been looking for me!" Anna groans, "April. Don't start this with me." April tries to figure out a way to get out of the room. After a few minutes, April notices that the window is her only option, so she pulls over a chair to the window, and shimmies it open. April notices that she's really close to the ground, so she climbs out of the window and as soon as her feet touch the ground, April starts ruining towards the police station.
It takes five minutes for April to run to the Police Station. As soon as she gets there, she opens the door and runs in. April heads over to the counter and looks at the receptionist, "Hello! I need the police to call my parents and end the search. I'm the missing daughter of Luke and Lorelai." The receptionist looks at April then over at the printed out APB in front of her, "Do you know your name?"
April frowns, "My name is April Jennifer Nardini. I'm figuring that I have a real name?" The receptionist nods as she dials Luke's number for the diner. Luke picks up and says gruffly, "Luke's?"
The receptionist is full of joy, "Hi Luke, this is Mary from the police station! We have Aprilanne! She came here on her own! She wants to talk to you." Mary hands April the phone and April sniffs, "Daddy. I had to climb out Anna's bedroom window. I was so scared!" Luke's is in shock, "Sweetheart, thank god you are alright. Okay. Me and your mama will be over to get you as soon as we can. I promise. Thank god, you are alright." April hands the phone to Mary, and walks to the window. April gasps as she watches police cars speed in the direction that she came from..
Before Luke leaves, he tells Cesar to take over the diner for the day. Then, Luke gets in his truck and drives to the Independence Inn. Once he gets to the Inn, he sees Lorelai on the front porch working on the Inns expenses. Just last Monday, Lorelai became executive manager of the inn and she takes her job very seriously. Luke turns off the truck and gets out. Lorelai sees him walking towards her with a huge smile on his face. After a minute, she realizes why he's so happy. Lorelai takes off running to him and jumps in his arms and cries into his neck. Luke cups her chin and pulls her face up to meet his eyes and whispers, "Lorelai." Lorelai looks deep into his eyes and kisses him gently, "Luke." Luke smiles bigger, "We need to go. Our daughter is waiting for us." Lorelai sniffs and smiles, "Let's go Lucas. Chop chop."
10 Minutes Later-
Luke and Lorelai pull up to the police station, and run inside. Mary is standing in the hallway when she sees them come in, "Oh good. You two are are here. I have bad news." Luke's eyes go wide,"What's wrong Mary? Is April okay?" Mary nods, "Yes. April is perfectly fine. It's Anna. When the chief and the whole police department and a swat team went to arrest her, she was gone. She's on the run again." Lorelai sighs, "Can I see my kid? Please? I'd rather worry about Anna later." Mary smiles at Luke and Lorelai, "Yes. I'll go get her." After a few minutes, Mary opens the door and out pops big blue eyes and a stream of long brown ringlet curls. Lorelai takes Lukes hands in hers as April slowly walks out of the door way. After a brief hesitation, a smile blooms across Aprils lips as she runs down the hallway into Luke and Lorelais arms.
Luke and Lorelai start crying and Luke looks at April with a tearful but proud smile, "Baby girl. Welcome home. And by the way, it's your seventh birthday. Happy birthday angel." Lorelai kisses Aprils forehead, "Happy Birthday, Aprilanne Marie Elizabeth Gilmore-Danes."
Luke smiles, "Oh April. I wanted to let you know that, you have a big sister. Her name is Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Danes. We call her Rory for short. You'll love her." When April gets a chance to speak, she frowns, "Mommy, daddy, Anna said you never wanted me. Is that true? Lorelai gasps, "Never true. We wanted you, more than anything." April nods, "Okay. Well, can we go home? I wanna meet my big sister!"Luke and Lorelai look up and back at each other with a smile. Luke takes his keys out of his pocket, "Let's go ladies." Lorelai keeps April in her arms as they walk to the truck. After they get in, Luke drives by the elementary school to pick up Rory. As soon as Rory sees the truck, Luke rolls down the window, and April sticks her head out and waves at her older sister. Rory waves back with shock on her face. After getting into the truck, Rory starts talking to April and realizes that they have a lot in common, no matter the five year age difference.
When the family of four gets back to the crap shack, the girls go off to play games together in the living room, and Luke and Lorelai head to their bedroom. Luke lays down on the king sized bed, taking Lorelai down with him. She puts her head on his chest and smiles, "Luke, we finally have our daughter home. I'm just so happy." Luke kisses her hair, "You know what this means, right?" Lorelai looks at him with a squinted eye,"No. What?" Luke plays with her hair, "We can get married now. Remember we said that we'd wait for April to be brought back to us, before we could set a date or get married?" Lorelai giggles, "Yes. Now I remember." Luke chuckles, "I have an idea. Let's get married at Disney World. It'll be a fairytale wedding. Cinderella's castle, horses, daisies, a ball, Mickey Mouse. How does that sound to you?" Lorelai gasps, "Luke, I'm in. I am all in! But let's wait just a while longer. Let April get settled in first. Nothing new needs to be sprung on her now." Luke smiles, "Okay. I will wait."
Lorelai and Luke get up and look down at the girls in the living room. Lorelai raps an arm around Luke, "She looks so happy". Luke looks at April then back at Lorelai, "Yeah. She does."
