Chapter 20 – No Time For Questions

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"So, do you want me to sleep here tonight?" Luke asked after the few moments of silence that followed the Christopher incident.

"If you want to stay…" She said hopefully.

"See ya upstairs."

"Yay!" She said as a huge smile spread across her face. "I'll be right up."

After Luke was gone from sight she walked over to the phone and picked it up. And with out hesitation she dialed an all to familiar number.

She could hear the phone ring and ring and ring, but she has no intent on hanging up. Finally, after what seemed like a hundred rings someone picked up.

"Do you know what time it is?" The voice yelled sleepily.

"Oh, I'm sorry mom. Did I wake you?" Lorelai said innocently.

"Lorelai?" Emily said, confused.

"Why did you send him over here?"

"Who?"

"Christopher."

"What are you talking about, Lorelai?"

"You sent Chris over here to try to persuade me to break up with Luke."

"Oh that…"

"Yes. That. How could you do that? How could you be so conniving and manipulative?!"

"I just told him that you were engaged."

"That's not all you told him. It's never that simple with you."

"Can't we talk about this tomorrow?"

"No. We're talking now."

"Lorelai, I'm sorry you think I sent him over there but I didn't."

"Can't you just admit it? Admit it and I will hang up and let you go back to sleep."

"I have nothing to admit to."

"Mom!"

"Lorelai, I not appreciate you yelling at me in the middle of the night!"

"Well I don't appreciate you sending Chris over here to break up me and Luke!"

"Lorelai…"

"Goodbye mother."

She slammed down the phone and burst into tears. She couldn't stand this anymore. All she wanted was Luke. She didn't want to deal with all this anymore. Her parents, Chris, everything.

Suddenly it hit her. She wiped the tears from her face and ran up the stairs and jumped on the bed next to Luke.

"What are you doing?" Luke asked sleepily.

"We're going." She said.

"Going?"

"We're leaving. Now."

"Lorelai..."

"No. We're leaving now. No time to pack. We just gotta go."

"What's going on?"

"Let's elope, Luke."

Luke's eyes widened. He didn't know what to say.

"I wanna be married to you Luke. I want to start our life together now."

"But, I thought you wanted a Stars Hollow wedding."

"I did. But, not anymore. This is what I want."

"What about Rory?"

"We'll go by Lane's and pick her up."

Luke rubbed his forehead with his hand. "So, you wanna elope?"

"Yep."

"Right now?"

"Yep."

"May I ask why?"

"No time for questions. Get dressed!"

Luke couldn't believe this was happening. He was nervous that this was just some impulse Lorelai got due to something that had happened downstairs. He was worried that she was doing this to cover her pain. He had to try to talk to her about this.

He walked down the stairs and grabbed her arm.

"Lorelai…"

"Ready?"

"What happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Just now. Something happened."

"No…"

"Lorelai, please tell me."

"Nothing happened, Luke."

He looked into her eyes. He could always tell if she was lying by looking into her eyes. He saw hurt and desperation in her eyes. This was not how he wanted to get married to the women he had loved for so long. And, he knew it wasn't the way she wanted to get married either.

He placed his hands softly on her hips and pulled her closer to him.

"Lorelai…"

She stared at him for a minute trying her hardest not to cry. She felt tears forming in her eyes and she shut them tightly in an attempt to stop them from falling down her cheeks.

When she couldn't hold it in anymore, she buried her chest in Luke's chest and let the tears fall. Luke rubbed her back softly and kissed the top of her head.

"It's gonna be ok." He whispered in her ear.

"Damn it!" She yelled through the sobs. "I always say I won't let her get to me. But, she always does…"

"Who?"

"My mother."

Of course. Emily. The destroyer. Luke was suddenly filled with anger. He couldn't believe how Emily treated Lorelai. Her only daughter. Her only daughter is getting married and she can't be happy for her because he was just a diner man. Maybe, she shouldn't be marrying him. Maybe she should be marrying someone from the Gilmore world.

He shook his head. No. She would never want to marry a guy like that. She loved him and he loved her. But he hated how much pain this was causing her.

"I think we should go." He said after a long silence.

"Luke…" Lorelai said, surprised that he would ever suggest such a thing.

"We can go to the vineyard and get married. Just you, me, and Rory."

Lorelai thought for a moment. "You sure ya wanna do this?"

"I've never been so sure in my life."

She smiled. "Ok!" She said as she headed for the stairs.

"Um, the door is this way." Luke said as he pointed at the door.

"I know." Lorelai said in a 'duh' voice. "Just 'cause we're eloping doesn't mean we can't look pretty."

"Ok…"

"Go get a suit from your apartment and meet me back here in 15 minutes."

"Ok."

"Take the jeep."

"I can walk."

"Walking is too slow. Drive!"

"Ok. I'll drive."

"Wait!"

"What?" Luke said, his face full of concern.

She grabbed him and kissed him hard on the lips.

"Now, go!"

He smiled and ran out the door to the jeep.

Lorelai ran up the stairs and started going through her closet, throwing shirts, skirts, and dresses everywhere. Her eyes lit up when she finally found the perfect dress. She hadn't worn it in a long time, but it was definitely one of her favorites. It was light pink with sparkles. It flowed just above her knees and had a deep v-cut in the front.

She threw her clothes off and slipped the dress on. She grabbed her pair of pink heels that matched perfectly with the dress and ran downstairs to Rory's room. She frowned when she didn't find anything pink. Rory wasn't really a pink kind of girl, now that she thought of it. She grabbed a white shirt, and a pink sparkly tank top.

"Isn't this mine?" She said to herself as she picked up the top.

She smiled and grabbed her purse and Rory's clothes and waited outside for Luke.

A few minutes later Luke pulled up in the jeep and got out. Lorelai was impressed to see Luke dressed up. No, flannel, no baseball cap.

"Wow." He said as he walked over to her. "How come I've never seen this dress?"

"I was saving it just for this occasion."

"I see. Well, you look amazing."

"You look pretty snazzy yourself."

"You sure this is what you wanna do?"

"Absolutely."

"Ok. Let's go."

So, this chapter is a bit shorter than my other ones, but I actually really really like this chapter! I dunno. I guess it's because this is what I wished would have happened with LL in the show. ANYWAY, I have BIG plans for the next chapter. Oh, it's gonna be awesome. ;)