Atlast! Behold a new chapter! I hope you guys are still there and haven't given up on me! Knock knock...anyone home?
Well a few things happened since we last spoke: I graduated! :) I'm in a middle of a move, and... I'm an "aunt"! (My bestfriend's sister just gave birth three days ago) Happy happy times!
I'll let you get to reading, have fun, and everyone have a safe summer.
Chapter 28: Packing Boxes, Opening Doors.
One week later.
"Kirk I need more boxes!" Luke yelled as he stepped over a pile of unpacked clothes. "Why is it that your mother has to have so many clothes?"
"We're girls, we speak through fashion," Rory defended before throwing some jeans in a full box. "Sky!"
"Yeah Rory?" Skylar scampered from her parent's bathroom.
"Will you get me a roll of tape?"
"Ok," Skylar said, happy to help.
Luke, Rory, Joey, Kirk and Lane were all at the house, helping pack up to move to the Twickham house. Lorelai being pregnant meant she wasn't able to help much. So Luke had Kirk and Lane come over to help pack some things to start the moving process along.
Everyone got up at six in the morning to start packing, and it was almost noon now. The kitchen and bathrooms were all packed. The bedrooms and living room were the only rooms left. Luke and Rory decided to tackle the master bedroom, while April had Marcia come over to help pack up her room and to help Skylar with her own. Their plan was to get the whole house done, without anything stopping them. But it wasn't turning out to be that way.
Skylar, being only four, was sidetracked often, and all she wanted to do was play with her toys. Kirk was at first very helpful, but as the hours passed and his blood sugar got low, he was worse than Skylar. So that left everyone else to work harder.
Skylar returned with tape, followed by a sluggish Kirk, who was carrying boxes.
Rory taped up the boxes, and then started to label them. She had a system, which was the best thing for her. She would fill the boxes, tape them, and label them. A few times she would have to reopen the boxes to see what was inside, but she didn't have to do that anymore, seeing that Skylar was there, drawing pictures of what was inside them. It kept Skylar happy and kept Luke from worrying.
Once noon had struck, Luke had told everyone to stop and get something to eat. They were all told to meet back at the house at one. Not a minute later.
Rory and Joey went to Weston's Bakery, Kirk went to his mothers, and Lane went back to check on Zack and the twins. April and Marcia walked to Marcia house. That left Lorelai, Luke and Skylar back at the house.
"How are you feeling?" Luke asked, handing Lorelai a plate of food.
"I'm doing well. I just wish I could help." Lorelai felt bad that she was just sitting on the couch while everyone around her worked.
"If you promise not to lift anything heavy and you're seated at all times, then you can help Skylar pack up her room."
"Really?" Lorelai squealed.
"I can't believe you're happy about packing." Luke said in shock.
"It's not that I'm happy, it's just hard to watch."
"Don't worry, I have a surprise once we get the house packed."
Lorelai looked up to Luke, "What surprise?"
Luke snorted, "If I told you then it wouldn't be a surprise."
"Fine," Lorelai huffed.
Few minutes had passed, Luke, Lorelai and Skylar just finished eating when everyone came rushing through the door.
Luke glanced at the clock; it was only 12:45, "What are you guys doing here? I said to be back at one."
"We know, but we thought we should cut lunch short, that way we don't fall behind," Rory said smiling.
"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Luke watched as everyone ran to their designated packing spots.
Skylar had helped Lorelai off the couch and to her room. Lorelai sat on the bed while Skylar was in charge of handing her clothes and toys to pack away.
"Mama look!" Skylar came over to Lorelai, handing her a dust covered binky.
"Oh wow." Lorelai admired the pink pacifier.
"What is mine?"
Lorelai nodded before choking back tears.
"Mama don't cry." Skylar hopped on the bed to hug her mother.
Lorelai smiled at her daughter, "I'm okay Sky, Just weird to see you grow up."
"I'm a big girl!" Skylar clapped her hands together happily.
Lorelai laughed, "Yeah you are."
Luke came in to check up; he saw Lorelai's tear stained face and was immediately by her side, consoling her.
"What's the matter honey?" He asked lovingly wrapping his arms around her.
Lorelai smiled, leaning into him. "Nothing Luke," She said calmly. "I'm alright, I just can't believe our baby is all grown up."
Sky hugged Lorelai as best she could with her big stomach in the way. "I'm sorry Mommy," she said sincerely.
"It's alright baby girl, I'm also really happy you're growing up. You're becoming a wonderful young lady."
"Yay!" Skylar cheered again. "Daddy are you gunna help me?"
"Yes sweetie, I came in here to see how things were going," Luke replied.
"I thought we were doing good Sky?" Lorelai gasped.
Sky shook her head. "That's cause I'm doing all the work Mommy."
"Ohhh," Lorelai nodded. "I see." She looked at Luke.
Luke smiled. "Don't worry Sky, I'm going to help you and Mommy can still supervise." He got down on the floor and began helping their youngest daughter pack her belongings into boxes.
"Are you excited about the new house Sky?" Lorelai asked, trying not to get bored.
"Yes!" Sky grinned, looking up from her box of toys. "Daddy is painting my room pink, you know that?"
Lorelai nodded and laughed. "Yes sweetie I know."
"What color is your room going to be?" Skylar asked.
"Please don't get your mother started on paint colors," Luke said, knowing the last time didn't end so well. "Come on lets finish your room."
"When I'm done can Martha come over?" Skylar asked as she placed a toy train in the box.
"We'll see how far we get today." Luke told her.
Skylar nodded, "Maybe tomorrow?"
"We'll see."
"That means 'no' doesn't it?" Skylar crossed her arms, pouting.
"With that attitude it's a definite no." Luke said fatherly.
Skylar's mouth gaped open, "I sorry."
Luke sighed, "It's okay. As I said we'll just have to see, understand?"
"Yep." Skylar nodded.
"Dad." April entered Skylar's room. "Marcia and I are finished with my room."
"Great, everything labeled?"
"Yeah."
"Are all the boxes taped?" Luke asked.
"Yeah," April responded again.
"What about-"
"Dad!" April rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Can't you just go and look for yourself?"
Luke stood up from the floor, "I trust you," he smiled, just teasing her.
"Is it okay if I go to Nick's house after dinner?" April wondered.
"We'll see."
"Man is that like your new catch phrase?" Lorelai joked.
"Hush you." Luke said before giving Lorelai a smile. "Are his parent's going to be home?"
"Yes," April sighed, having been through this routine many times with her father and step-mother.
"How long are you staying over there?" Lorelai questioned.
"I'm not sure. We were just going to watch a movie. So like...two hours."
"Two hours not a minute late." Luke said sternly.
April smiled widely before running into her father's arm. "Thanks Daddy."
"You're welcome." Luke said. "Just make sure you let us speak to his parents before you leave."
"Okay," April said before leaving Skylar's room. She walked to the kitchen, in search of the phone. After no luck, she made her way through the living room. Nope. She then headed back to the kitchen and to Rory's room.
"Hey Ror-" she pushed the door open. She saw Rory and Joey engaged in a heated make out session.
She cleared her throat and Rory and Joey quickly pulled away from each other.
"April!" Rory said breathlessly.
"I'm sorry," April giggled. "I just wanted to know if you'd seen the phone."
Rory spotted it on the table in front of her and tossed it over to her. "There you go."
April giggled. "Thanks sis," she said before turning and leaving the room with Marcia laughing hysterically.
Rory blushed and looked at Joey. "Sorry about that, it shouldn't happen again."
"It's alright," Joey laughed. "You're so cute when you're embarrassed."
Rory reached over and playfully hit him with the pillow. "Just for that you get no more kisses!" She said feigning sternness.
"What? No! I'm sorry, please. "
"No!" Rory said.
"Well then I guess I'm just going to have to break out my lethal weapon," he said with a mischievous grin before bringing his hands up and tickling her, causing her to break out in spastic laughter.
Lorelai walked into her bedroom and lay down on the bed. As much as she wanted to help her family pack their house she can't deny that growing the twins is physically exhausting. She turned on her side and ran her hands over her stomach, thinking about how much her family is changing. The diner and the Inn are both doing amazing, April is thriving in high school, Sky is beautiful, thriving and growing, she and Luke are expanding their family...but probably the biggest change of all is that her baby, her Rory is getting married.
Luke came into the room. "You okay honey?" He asked.
"Yes," she smiled, "I'm just thinking."
"Oh?" He said, sitting down beside her. "What are you thinking about?"
"How much our family is changing."
"Oh."
"It's a good change though," she assured him. "I'm really happy.
Luke grinned then leaned down to kiss her. "I'm really happy too."
"I love our family Luke. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For marrying me and making all of this happen."
Luke shook his head. "I feel like I should be thanking you. You said yes, you shared your home and your daughter and gave me another beautiful little girl."
"Don't forget the twins." Lorelai placed her hand on her stomach, rubbing it gently.
"How could I forget them?" Luke chuckled before kissing his wife's stomach. "Come on Crazy Lady, let's finish packing."
"I think I'm going to stay here for a bit. I need some rest."
Luke stood up from the bed and kissed the top of Lorelai's head, "Take all the time you need." he said before leaving.
By six that night, the whole house was packed. April stayed over at Marcia's for the night after finishing the movie with Nick, Sky went to Sookie's house to have a sleep over with Martha, Rory and Joey planned on going to visit Joey's parents, while Luke and Lorelai sat at the house sharing a bowl of popcorn and a movie.
Ever since they packed, the house had an echo, the stairs seemed to squeak louder and the rooms were bare.
Soon after the movie was over, Luke and Lorelai traveled the stairs for the last time. And for the last time in this house, they drifted to sleep.
I just want to give all my readers a heads up. I'm going to be writting a few more chapters of this story before it's complete. Before you gasp, I AM going to be doing a sequel. I'm not exactly sure how many chapters are left, I'd say maybe 5-7 more to go before I end this. But I'll keep you guys up to date.
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