hey guys,
boy you have no idea how busy I am... and I'm nervous... do you think it's possible to die of nervousness?
This chapter is a bit fluffy and a bit sad. I wanna thank my best freind Isi (Hailey-Amanda) for helping me translating this chapter because of my lack of time. --huggels-- love you
I have the next chapter already translated so I'll post it in a couple of hours after I got some sleep.
enjoy.
Chapter 12
Birthdays are basically joyful days. Joyful because of the birth of a new person in our world. Every year anew we celebrate the day at which an important person to us arrived in this world. That were relatives, good friends or just acquaintances. We celebrate, make gifts or just spend some time together. No matter whether it's the day of birth, the first birthday, the 18th birthday or any other. Some people don't care about their birthday and just spend this day like any other. However there will be someone somewhere who thinks of this person at this day.
Children's birthdays are always something special. Even though the children might not yet understand the sense of if and only know that they become a year older and get presents, it's all the more special for the parents. After all it's the day their little angel joined them in this world. One tries to make ever birthday something special and so did Lorelai and Luke as well.
Today was the birthday of the kids. Luke and Lorelai had woken them up together, then had breakfast with them and brought them to the kindergarten together.
Now they were decorating the house for the party. Well, Luke was decorating and Lorelai was giving orders.
"Luke, that crystal chandelier needs to be a bit more on the left side… now it's too far on the left. Go half that way to the right again… yes, that's perfect."
Lorelai had convinced Luke after multiple begging attacks to have a theme party and now they were turning the house into a kingdom. They had a throne for each of the kids, a red carpet and everything one needed in a kingdom. Lorelai had even sewed them a prince and princess costume. She hadn't wanted to give away the seats of king and queen because in Lorelai's opinion that were still she and Luke.
A rattle from the kitchen made her shriek. With a worried look on her face she left Luke with the décor and checked up on what had happened.
The kitchen looked like a battlefield. On the middle counter a fancy two-storied chocolate cake was standing, which resembled an artwork. The rest of the kitchen was covered with wheat and the theme matching plastic-dishes were spread over the whole floor. And in the middle of it all stood Sookie.
"Sookie, what happened?", asked Lorelai and eyed out the chaos.
"I wanted to lean on the counter but instead I leaned on the handle of the pan… but in the pan was that wheat bag which then flew threw the air, of course…" Sookie pointed out the flight path of the wheat bag and then towards the dishes on the floor.
"… and then it fell on the counter and POFF everywhere was wheat…" Lorelai could only shake her head. Sookie was really queen of chaos in the kitchen. Before she could even ask how the dishes had ended up on the floor Luke entered the kitchen.
"Lorelai, honey, we need to go and get the kids."
"What? But Luke, you still have to roll out the red carpet and… and…" Luke came from behind her, reached his arms around her and quickly kissed her neck.
"That's already done." He whispered into her ear.
"And the armaments? Are the armaments arranged?" She asked still hectically.
"I put them up already. Everything's done." He tenderly rocked her from one side to the other, still his head held next to her ear.
"Everything's done?" she asked a bit quieter.
"Everything's done." He assured her again before she turned her head around and kissed him softly. Sookie watched them with a dreamy look. She was glad Lorelai could enjoy her life again after all that had happened. Lorelai's voice however pulled her from her thoughts again.
"Okay, Sookie, you clean up this mess in no time and we get the kiddies. Come on, Luke." She grabbed Luke's hand and pulled him after herself out of the kitchen. Sookie only shook her head and began to clean up the kitchen.
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Luke and Lorelai were standing arm in arm in front of the kindergarten and were waiting for the kids to get out.
When the doors opened the first thing they saw was their two kids covered in streamers and with big smiles on their faces. They had celebrated their birthday at the kindergarten with all their friends.
When they saw the two of them both came running towards the couple with a loud "Mommyyy"-scream. Since Leyla's death Lorelai hadn't come and picked them up from the kindergarten.
Lorelai knelt down and hugged her two troublemakers as good as possible with her belly of eight months pregnancy.
"Hey, my birthday-babies." She greeted them and tousled their hair shortly.
"Mommy, we're no babies anymore. We're already four now." It came from Leo and Linnea nodded approvingly. Luke laughed lightly.
"At home there's another party waiting for my two big ones. Then let's go." Leo and Linnea squeaked joyfully and each grabbed one hand of their father but Lorelai had a whole different problem.
"Luke, could you help me? I can't get up again." Again Luke had to laugh. The way Lorelai was crouching on the floor with her big belly and the fact that she couldn't get up again was just too funny. He dropped the hands of his kids and walked over to his wife. She stared at him from the floor with big puppy eyes and the legendary pout on her lips which only made him laugh once again.
"I don't like it at all that you're laughing at me, Luke. I believe, I have to secretly tell little Lil what a mean father she has to warn her beforehand."
Luke only laughed harder, reached under her arms and pulled her up to her feet.
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The party was in full progress. Linnea and Leo were sitting in their thrones wearing their costumes and were enjoying the attention they were getting.
The whole town was there. Babette & Morey, Mrs. Patty & Taylor, Kirk & Lulu, Gipsy & Andrew. Just everyone. In every invitation was written that they have to come in theme fitting costumes to the party what everyone had done. Lorelai, of course, didn't leave out the chance to dress Luke and herself as king and queen and so they were both standing next to their kids. Luke with a grumpy face because he didn't like the whole costume thing at all.
Every guest had to walk over the red carped and had to bow in the right way to congratulate Leo and Linnea and to give them their presents.
But since the party had started Lorelai was really quiet. Something seemed to oppress her. She was trying to hide it but Luke noticed it anyways.
The point where the party really started was when every guest had arrived and given the kids their present. Music was played, cake was eaten and theme fitting games were played. Everyone had fun especially the kids and so no one noticed it when Lorelai slipped out the house after two hours.
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When Luke started to clean the party was still in full progress. While doing that he thought about Lorelai. Something was bothering her since the party started. This morning she had been her old self. Luke started to worry.
After he threw the torn up wrapping paper in the trashcan and had done some of the dishes he wanted to see what Lorelai was doing. Maybe try and cheer her up a little. But he couldn't find her anywhere. She wasn't in the kitchen or in the dining room he would have seen that. She wasn't in the living room with all the other party guests either. He also couldn't find her in one of the bedrooms upstairs.
He asked some of the guests, without worrying them, if they've seen her but no one had seen her the last few hours.
Luke sat down in one corner of the living room and thought about where Lorelai possibly could be. He was really worried.
Deep in thought he looked at the kids. What could've happened that was so important that she'd leave the birthday party of her kids? Who would be more important than her kids?
And then it hit him. Luke jumped up and grabbed his jacket.
"Luke, where are you going?" Rory, who had seen him, asked him.
"I'll be right back. Please look after Leo and Linnea until I'm back" and with that he ran out of the house.
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She pulled her jacked tighter around her shaking body. Even if it was warm outside she was freezing. Her hand grabbed the cold metal of the gate and opened it. Slowly she walked through it and walked determined along one of the many paths. After a few minutes she stopped and starred at the grey rock in front of her.
"Leyla Danes, 12th august 2002 till 30th may 2006, Our Angel forever" was engraved in it together with a picture of an angel.
Slowly the tears started to run down her cheeks.
"Happy Birthday, my angel" she whispered and laid a bunch of flowers on the grave before she collapsed in front of it. Tears were running down her cheeks and she silently started to sob.
"I miss you so much, baby" she started talking and didn't notice Luke standing behind her.
"It's so hard without you. Every day I experience with your siblings I ask myself how it would be if you'd still be here. And Just today. How much would I have liked to see you arguing with Linnea about who is the more beautiful princess but nevertheless defending her when Leo would have annoyed her once again.
How much I would have liked it to take you in my arms and wish you a happy birthday but instead I'm starring at this grave.
Your Daddy made something clear to me and I want you to know it too. I love you Leyla and even if I love Lil as much as I love you she will never replace you"
A noise behind her let her start up. She turned around and saw Luke behind her. He, too, had tears running down his face. He sat down on the ground beside her and took her in his arms.
"She knows it, Lorelai. She knows it" he whispered into her ear and together they were sitting there thinking about their lost daughter.
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