A/N Yes, I do realize what a horrible person I am. Semester exams are this week though, so I've been studying. Sorry for taking so long! Thanks for the reviews. Shout outs:
Allie- Thanks! Sorry for taking a little longer updating.
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Christine Writer- Hehe…glad you liked the chapter. I hate Christopher as much as you do. He's a dope.
Queen Tigeress- I'm sorry you don't like Rory and Dean together. I don't like them together either, but it goes along with the timeline on the show. Thanks for reviewing!
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Kristen- We all have our guilty pleasures. Yah, writing them getting engaged really helped me too. :) I was sad when I ended the first season, but I'm also really excited for the second. I've already got tons of things planned for it. Thanks for reviewing!
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Bianca89- I really didn't want to do a thousand yellow daisies. It doesn't seem like Luke's thing. Max isn't Luke. That's the only hint I'm giving for Red Light on Wedding Night. Thanks for reviewing!
Wish I Was Mrs. Danes 117- I'm so glad you liked the last chapter. I love Lifehouse too. I always think of Luke and Lorelai when I hear their songs. Luke would be so proud if he saw all the javajunkies' rants. We get a chance to practice them a lot right now, that's for sure with Chris in the picture. Thanks for reviewing!
Friendlyneighborhoodlorelai- You're most definitely welcome. I'm glad you liked it. Ah, but they didn't buy the house thankfully. Lorelai didn't want to move from Stars Hollow (aka Luke) Hehe…I loved that! Thanks for reviewing!
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Okay. I'm really excited to start season two. Here is the first episode!
Previously:
"Well, I have news that will definitely cheer you up." Lorelai says, grinning from ear to ear excitedly.
This sparks Sookie's interest some. "What?" She asks.
"Luke and I are back together!" She blurts out.
"Because I love you, you idiot!" Rory exclaims as Dean slowly turns around.
Luke pulls a small velvet box out from his jean pocket. "I love you, Lorelai. Marry me." He asks as he opens the box to reveal a gorgeous silver ring.
Lorelai takes the ring, her hands shaking, out of the small box and looks at him carefully, overjoyed. "Yes." She whispers.
"We're getting married!" Lorelai shouts.
"Dean and I are back together!" Rory exclaims as the three of them embrace.
"Oh, I like that one!" Rory says, pointing to a picture of a wedding dress in Modern Bride.
"That is pretty." Lorelai agrees, nodding her head.
"Oh, what about that one, mom?" Rory asks excitedly, pointing to another dress.
"Rory, you know I want to make my dress, right?" Lorelai asks.
"Yah but this is just for ideas." She says.
Lorelai smiles widely in reply. "Okay. Good. I, personally, like the first one you pointed to." She says.
"Lorelai, Rory, are you home?" Luke calls as he walks into the house.
"Hide the magazine." Lorelai whispers. Rory looks around the room for a moment before sitting on the magazine as a last minute resort.
"Hi, Luke." They greet. Rory shifts uncomfortably.
"What're you hiding?" Luke asks, suspicious.
Rory eyes go wide. "Uh, nothing." She stammers.
Lorelai lowers her head. "No, you don't speak when we're trying to lie." She whispers playfully.
"Ha! You are hiding something!" Luke says, walking over to them and puts his hands on his hips. He stands in front of Rory, squatting down to her sitting level and looks her in the eyes. "Rory, what're you hiding?" He asks.
Rory looks down. "Uh, I'm not…I'm not hiding anything." She says, her eyes on the couch.
"I'll give you the last piece of pie I brought home if you tell me." He bribes.
"No!" Lorelai exclaims. "Rory, do not give in!" Lorelai encourages.
"It's a bridal magazine!" Rory blurts out, taking the magazine out from under her and handing it to Luke.
Luke grins at Lorelai. "A bridal magazine, huh?" He asks.
Lorelai turns towards Rory. "You are a terrible liar." She states.
Rory smiles, grabbing the piece of pie. "I did get a piece of pie out of it though." She says, taking a bite and closing her eyes as the taste registers in her mouth.
Lorelai narrows her eyes at Luke. "Traitor." She mutters to both of them before standing up and kissing Luke, staying in his arms when they part.
"I'm just going to take my pie to my room." Rory says as she gets up off the couch. "Make sure to ask Luke which dress he likes the best." Rory says, smirking.
"Mean!" Lorelai yells over Luke's shoulder as Rory's door shuts behind her.
"A bridal magazine, huh?" Luke asks, still smirking.
"We need ideas for my wedding dress!" Lorelai wails. "You don't want me showing up in a trash bag do you?" She asks.
"Depends on how much of it you're wearing." Luke flirts.
Lorelai smiles. "Now, give me my magazine back!" She says.
"Can't I just look at some of the dresses?" He asks, beginning to open the magazine.
Lorelai grabs it from his hands quickly. "No! You're not supposed to that before the wedding!" She says.
"I'm not supposed to see the bride the night and morning before the wedding. It says nothing about the bride's dress." He counters.
Lorelai narrows her eyes at him before crashing her lips onto his. Luke drops the magazine to wrap his arms around her body, pulling her tightly into him. "Ha!" She says as they part and grabs the magazine quickly.
"Not fair." Luke says, glancing at the magazine.
"Yah, well, you shouldn't have tried to look at her fiancée's wedding dress!" Lorelai teases playing, emphasizing the word fiancée.
"Yah, well…" He starts.
"Luke, I think I picked a date!" Lorelai exclaims.
Luke looks confused. "That fast?" He asks.
"Well, yah. We should have it in the winter!" Lorelai says. "With snow! It has to be snowing." Lorelai says.
"Sure, as long as the guests don't freeze to death." Luke replies.
Lorelai rolls her eyes. "It would be inside." She says before she is struck with another idea. "Oh, I should ask Rory and Sookie what color…wait…no, I need to go tell Sookie!" She exclaims.
Luke chuckles. "You haven't told Sookie yet…a whole day after we got engaged?" He asks.
Lorelai points at him, narrowing her eyes. "It hasn't been a full day yet." She says, smiling.
Luke smiles back at her. "No, it hasn't." He says as he pulls her into a gentle kiss.
"Rory!" Lorelai yells a moment after they have parted.
"Jeez…my ear, Lorelai." Luke complains, bringing his hand to his ear after her shrill scream.
"Sorry." She says quickly before turning back towards Rory as she walks out of her room.
"Yah, mom?" Rory asks.
"We haven't told Sookie and the town yet!" She exclaims.
Rory's eyes widen. "It's been like twelve hours already! They're going to be so mad!" She says.
"Let's go! Come on, Luke!" Lorelai says, running to the door.
Luke shakes his head on the way out, smiling.
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"Now, how should we do this?" Lorelai asks as they make their way through town.
"I say we just tell them." Luke says.
"No!" Rory and Lorelai exclaimed together.
"Luke, this has to be perfect. The town deserves to have it told to them in the most special of ways." Lorelai says and cranes her head to the side, thinking.
"Lorelai!" Miss Patty's voice could be heard from a mile away.
Lorelai, Rory, and Luke turn around quickly to see Miss Patty walking as fast as she could up to them. "Let me see that rock on your finger!" She exclaims, jerking Lorelai's hand to her body.
Lorelai and Rory's eyes go wide. "H-how did you know?" Rory asks.
"Oh, Trudy Baker lives very close to where Luke proposed." Patty says, and then just notices Luke. "Luke, you have fabulous taste in rings." She says flirtatiously.
"Hey, that's my fiancée you're talking to now!" Lorelai says, and hooks her arm through Luke's. She looks up at him lovingly.
Luke returns the look, smiling back down at her. Miss Patty looks at them adoringly. "Aw, so, Luke, tell me how you did it!" She says.
"Uh, no." He says.
"Mom, uh, the whole town is coming up behind Patty." Rory says, poking Lorelai on the arm and pointing to the town gathering around them.
"The whole town knows don't they?" Luke asks, irritated.
"Well, you couldn't possibly expect me to keep something this wonderful and exciting a secret, did you, Luke?" Patty asks, nudging him.
Lorelai scoffs. "You keep something a secret?" She says unbelievingly.
"Well, how'd he do it?" Miss Patty asks again.
"You know what, Patty, we were actually on our way to tell Sookie. She doesn't know yet, does she?" Lorelai asks.
"No, not yet. I don't think the news has reached that part of town yet." She says.
"It's scheduled to reach the Independence Inn in exactly fourteen minutes and fifty-four seconds!" Kirk calls out.
Rory glances at Lorelai worriedly. "Mom?" She asks meekly.
"Run!" Lorelai exclaims before taking off at a sprint towards the inn. Luke and Rory look warily at each other before following her.
Lorelai, Rory, and Luke arrive at the inn ten minutes later.
"Sookie!" Lorelai exclaims. Rory and her lean against the counter, both gasping for breath, and put their hands to their hearts, while Luke stands there perfectly fine.
Sookie looks at Lorelai and Rory concerned. "What's wrong?" She asks.
"Nothing's wrong." Lorelai says.
"Then why are you breathing like you're about to die?" Sookie asks.
Lorelai stands up and leans on Luke. "Luke and I have really exciting news!" Lorelai exclaims. "Well, Rory does too!" She says.
"Okay, tell me!" She says.
"Do you want to go first, hun?" Lorelai asks.
"Sure." Rory says, panting heavily. "Dean and I are back together." She says.
"Aw, pumpkin, that's great!" Sookie exclaims. "Luke, Lorelai, what's your news?" She asks.
Lorelai holds her hand up as Luke smiles at her. Sookie's eyes widen in recognition. "Is that…are you engaged?" She asks. Lorelai and Luke both nod, smiling. Sookie screams so loud that the other chefs jump at the sound of it. "Yes, finally!" She yells. "You two are so right for each other!" She runs up to both of them, eloping them in a hug. She starts jumping up and down, along with Lorelai and Rory. Luke stands off to the side, letting the girls celebrate.
Sookie backs up from the hug as tears start to fall from her eyes. "Hey, Sookie, what's wrong?" Lorelai asks, still breathing a little heavily.
"It's just…this is so right. You two are so right for each other." Lorelai and Luke look at each other, agreeing. "It was so long in coming. You both deserve this." She says, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Thanks, Sookie." Luke says as Lorelai and Sookie embrace.
As Lorelai and Sookie part from their hug, Kirk comes running into the kitchen. "Sookie, Lorelai and Luke are getting married!" He exclaims, breathing just as heavily as Lorelai and Rory were.
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"Are you really bringing Dean to dinner next week?" Lorelai asks, unbelieving.
Rory shrugs. "Yah, I mean, I do want Grandma and Grandpa to meet him, and they said I could bring a friend." She says as they walk into the diner.
"Yes, but he'll never be the same!" Lorelai wails.
"Mom." Rory groans. They sit down at a table, waiting for Luke.
"No, seriously, he won't be. He'll be like The Red Eyed Man, all scary sounding." She warns, arms posed in an attacking stance.
"Getting off the subject of bringing Dean to dinner next week-" Rory starts.
"Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you when Dean turns into a high society robot." Lorelai shrugs.
"You should bring Luke to dinner next week to tell Grandma and Grandpa that you're getting married." Rory finishes.
Lorelai sighs. "Uh, no." She says without a second thought.
"Mom, you have to tell them." Rory chastises.
Lorelai sighs deeply. "I want to be happy. I don't want them ruining that for me." She says.
"But they will be happy, mom." Rory insists. "They want you to be happy." She proceeds.
Lorelai shakes her head. "Rory…"
"Hey." Luke walks up to them smiling and leans down to give Lorelai a quick kiss.
"Mom doesn't want to tell Grandma and Grandpa about the engagement." Rory tattles.
"Rory!" Lorelai exclaims.
Luke's brow wrinkles in confusion as he sits down on the extra chair at their table. "Why?" He asks.
Lorelai shifts in her chair. "I don't want them to ruin this for me." She says. "I mean, I'm so happy about it. I don't want them to make it unhappy." She pouts.
Luke rubs her arm soothingly. "They're your parents. You have to tell them." He reasons.
"Uh, no I don't. See, I've already got it planned out. Whenever I go over there, all I have to do is hide my engagement ring. Then when we get married, all I have to do is hide both rings." She says.
Luke looks at Lorelai skeptically. "Uh huh. And what will happen when we have to go to one of their parties, and their friends know someone who knows someone who knows us? The Hartford people know everyone, so you've told me." Luke says.
Lorelai pouts. "Please, Lukey, don't make me go." She begs.
Luke shakes his head. "Lorelai…"
"I promise I'll repay you." She whispers seductively.
"Okay, your daughter is still sitting right here." Rory says, pointing to herself.
"How about if I go with you next week? We can tell them together." Luke says.
"Aw but that will take all the attention off Dean and Rory when her grandparents have a heart attack." Lorelai whines.
"No, actually this works out really well!" Rory exclaims. "Grandma and Grandpa might not be so mean to Dean if you tell them about the engagement." She says.
Lorelai sighs. "Fine. But only if you come with us, Luke." Lorelai relents.
"I'll come, sure." He replies.
"You know, once we're married, you'll have to come to every single Friday Night Dinner." Lorelai teases.
Luke's eyes widen. He gulps. "Every one?"
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Lorelai, Rory, Luke, and Dean stand outside the Gilmore Mansion that Friday Night. Luke adjusts his tie nervously as Dean shifts his weight from one foot to the other.
Lorelai and Rory smile at each other, watching Luke and Dean. Lorelai slips her hand into Luke's and squeezes it.
"You okay?" Luke whispers into her ear.
Lorelai tucks a stray hair behind her ear. "Just nervous." She replies.
"That makes four of us." Rory comments, giving Dean a reassuring smile before she rings the doorbell.
"Hello!" Emily greets vivaciously. Her mood changes when she sees who has accompanied Lorelai and Rory. "Luke, I didn't know you were coming." She states, looking him over after deciding to interrogate him first.
Luke shifts nervously. "Yah, well…" He starts.
"Luke and I actually have some…news to tell share with you." Lorelai says, hooking her arm through Luke's.
"Oh, well that's nice." Emily responds, shifting her gaze to Dean.
"Grandma, this is Dean." Rory introduces. "Dean, this is my grandmother."
"Hello." Dean greets. He had received tutoring the whole ride on how to act around Emily and Richard Gilmore from Luke. Dean figured it was probably best to say as least as possible.
Emily opens the door further so that the guests could step into the foyer. "Come, come. We have a celebration to attend." Emily guides them into the living room.
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"So, Dean, where are you planning to go to college?" Richard talks for the first time that night.
"Oh, uh, well I. . ." Dean stumbles.
"Jeez, Dad, start off with 'what's your favorite baseball team' or something." Lorelai scolds.
Richard glances at Lorelai. "I'm talking to Dean." He says.
"I don't know yet." Dean replies.
"You don't?" He asks.
Dean shakes his head. "No, not yet." Rory and Lorelai look at each other, each not knowing how to stop Richard.
"Well, what kind of grades do you get?" The interrogation proceeds.
"Richard, please, don't grill the boy." Emily pleads.
"I'm not grilling the boy, Emily. It's an easy question. A's, B's, C's?" He asks.
"I get a mixture actually." Dean replies, obviously uncomfortable.
"Mixture?" Richard asks, laughing. "What's the ratio?" Back to the point.
"Richard." Emily warns once more.
Rory looks pleadingly at Lorelai. "Hey, who wants to hear Luke and my news now?" She asks.
Richard glances at Lorelai quickly. "Not now, Lorelai." He says. Lorelai and Luke share a look.
"Richard, let Lorelai tell you her news." Emily reprimands.
Lorelai clears her throat as she looks at Luke for support. Luke grabs her hand under the table, squeezing it gently. "Uh, well, actually, Luke and I have something to share." She says.
Richard's attention is still on Dean as he keeps staring at him. "Grandpa?" Rory asks meekly.
Richard clears his throat, finally shifting his gaze away from Dean. "Yes?" He asks.
"Dad, Luke and I are telling you our news now." Lorelai says, gesturing between Luke and her.
"Fine, then. Proceed." Richard responds, finally giving them his attention.
"Um, okay, then." Lorelai starts. Luke caresses her thigh soothingly.
"It is good news, I hope?" Emily asks.
Lorelai looks quickly at Luke, then at Rory. She nods. "Yes, it's very good news." She responds, clearing her throat once more. "Well, um, actually." She takes a deep breath. "Mom, dad…" She addresses them both, looking at each of them for a moment as she leans forward in her seat, propping her elbows on the table. She sets her purse on her lap and pulls out her engagement ring, keeping it hidden under the table as she silently plays with it. "Um, Luke asked me…Luke asked me to marry him." She says, bringing the ring out from under the table and slipping it onto her finger. "And I said yes. We're getting married." She says, smiling.
Emily pushes her chair back from the table and stands up quickly, leaving the room. Lorelai, Rory, and Luke watch, confused, as she leaves. Luke looks at Lorelai. She shrugs sadly.
Lorelai turns her attention to her father. "Dad?" She asks.
"Wait for your mother." He answers.
Emily returns a moment later, carrying a planner. She sits back down in her seat. "What's the date?" She asks urgently.
"The date?" Lorelai asks, still confused.
"Yes, the date for your wedding. What's the date?" Emily asks.
Lorelai blinks slowly, trying to comprehend what Emily is doing. "Uh, well, we haven't set one yet. We were thinking some time in winter though." Lorelai says.
"Some time in winter is not a date, Lorelai. You must pick one soon so I can let my friends know. They'll need advanced notice, you know, Lorelai." She says.
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"Thanks for dinner, Grandma." Rory says, hugging Emily.
"You're quite welcome." Emily hugs Rory back. "Dean, I hope you had a pleasant time?"
"Uh, yeah, I did." He responds.
Lorelai, Rory, Luke, and Dean begin walking out of the house. Emily calls after them. "Congratulations, Lorelai, Luke. We're happing for both of you." She says.
Lorelai smiles softly back. "Thanks, mom."
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Lorelai and Luke lay in bed that night, talking about their day. "See, I told you it would go well." Lorelai says, her head lying on Luke's chest.
Luke snorts. "You did not. You told me that it would be horrible." He says, stroking her hair.
Lorelai shrugs. "Well, I was semi right. It was horrible for Dean in the beginning of dinner until we intervened." She says, playing with her ring.
"Do you like your ring?" Luke whispers.
Lorelai holds it out in front of both of their faces. "I love my ring." She says genuinely.
"And it fits?" Luke asks, kissing the top of her head.
Lorelai snuggles further into her fiancée. "It fits perfectly."
A/N Hope you guys liked that chapter! As for the show, I actually really liked the last episode. Lorelai and Christopher fighting about houses, kids, and a wedding was great. Lorelai and Luke's moment was so cute. I didn't like the fight as much as I thought I would. It needed music or something, though seeing Luke punch Christopher was great. Anyway, I hope you guys liked that chapter. Sorry for the delay in getting it up. I hate semester exams. I might be able to get another chapter up soon, depending on the number on reviews. Review please!