So, missed me? Sorry for the wait, I hope the chapter will make up for it. One scene I had in my head for quite a while. Oh and I want to give out two prizes! One for pattyweb0606, bevause she noticed that I used the descrition of the "perfect dress" in the last chapter and the other goes to Severien because she realized the Celine Dion lyrics in the chapter. Congrats to both of you! Enjoy your virtual cookie!
Chapter 34: Presents and hoopla
After a lot of discussion Luke and Lorelai had decided that she would have a bachelorette party three days before the actual wedding. Lorelai of course had convinced her fiancé, because he was not willing at first to agree that she would hang out with her friends and get mind numbingly drunk. Lorelai had thought about having her party a day before the wedding, because that way she would have some company the night she would have to spend without Luke. They had changed the plan though, when Luke had asked her if she really wanted to stay away from the alcohol or get married with a major hang-over. Both didn't sound appealing and so they had come up with this new plan.
Luke hadn't been sure what he should do at first, the thought of having a bachelor party with Taylor and Kirk made him gag, but he had decided to invite some friends and relatives and just go for a beer with them. He hoped that they wouldn't plan any funny stuff like strippers, because he was sure he would snap that second and would end the party right there.
"Babe, when will your cousins arrive?" Lorelai yelled from the bathroom into the bedroom, where Luke was sitting and watching a baseball match on TV.
"Around six. Why?" he yelled back.
"Because the girls will be over by seven and I want you gone then, so you won't spoil the fun with your sheer presence", she grinned when she walked into the bedroom, only a towel wrapped around her.
"How would I do that?" he asked and raised his eyebrows while Lorelai opened the drawer and took out some panties and a bra.
"Well, for once if they hire a stripper for the beginning and then you open the door or you are still in the room. I think you wouldn't just ask him to leave", she still grinned.
"You bet I wouldn't", he nodded and then snorted at the thought.
"See, that's why I want you gone by then", she told him again.
"Message received", he nodded and stood up. He walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her, while she was rummaging through her closet looking for something to wear. "You won't let him touch you", Luke said in a low voice directly to her ear and his breath tickled her skin.
"But maybe he is really hot and sexy and poor little me can't resist because…oh", she moaned mid speech when he let her towel fall to the floor and his hand was immediately between her legs, while he sucked at her neck.
"He won't touch you. And you won't touch him", he insisted and kissed his way down to her right shoulder while his other hand still played with her.
"I don't want to touch any other man than you and you are the only man who is allowed to touch me", she whispered, closed her eyes and let her head fall back against his shoulder.
"Good", he nodded, turned her around and kissed her hard while he locked the door behind them. A second later they crashed onto the bed and the clothes she had chosen lay forgotten on the floor.
"Hello sugga' ready to have some fun?" Patty asked Lorelai when she entered the house.
"Always Patty", Lorelai laughed and took the huge punch bowl from her friend. Her mother, Rory, Lane, Sookie, Babette, Michel and all the others were already sitting in her living-room. The table and the desk were full with plates with different food and Sookie and Babette, who had come over early with the decorations were already a bit tipsy and were giggling, no matter what the rest said.
"Oh Patty, finally. We thought you wouldn't make it. Where were ya?"
"Oh, Taylor refused to sell me the rum for the punch, because he wasn't invited to Luke's party", Patty explained and sat down in the only empty armchair.
"Maybe you should have invited him, I mean Michel is here as well", Sookie giggled and pointed to the French man amongst them.
"And I can't say that I enjoy it", he snorted with his heavy French accent.
"Oh come on Michel. Drink a bit more punch and you'll see that you will have fun. And by the way: You wanted to come. You weren't even invited", Lorelai laughed and handed him some of the punch Patty had brought and which would definitely be stronger than the one she had made.
"So what is Luke doing tonight?" Emily asked.
"He went to dinner with his cousins, his nephew, some old friends and the boyfriend of his sister", Lorelai said and started to laugh.
"And where is Luke's sister? Shouldn't she be here?" Emily wanted to know and looked confused when Lorelai, Sookie and Babette erupted in laughter.
"She is in the hospital", Rory giggled.
"What happened?" Patty wanted to know because she smelled gossip.
"Well Luke called earlier and told me that TJ, his sister's boyfriend decided to leap frog over a parking meter in front of the restaurant they were going to", Lorelai giggled.
"And he didn't make it", Sookie blurted out and they laughed again.
"Poor Luke had to get him to the hospital and then called. Liz who had just arrived immediately drove over to the hospital to check on her man and so that Luke could go and get something to eat with the rest of the gang", Lorelai finished the story and now even Emily wore a small smile.
"Was he drunk?" Patty asked.
"No, obviously he said something about his airpants not being stretchy enough, and don't even ask what he meant by that", Lorelai completed her report. "So, now tell me! What have you planned?" Lorelai grinned and turned towards her friends. That moment the doorbell rang and Lorelai started to grin. "I knew it", she said and hurried off to find a male post man in front of her door.
"Delivery for Miss Lorelai Gilmore", he said and the ladies started to cheer when Sookie started the music and the man started to strip.
Another hour later the party was full swing and everybody was chatting and drinking.
"So, is there no dancing here? I was hoping there'd be dancing", Michel said, stood up and started to dance to the music which was blasting.
"You need to strut Tony Minero?" Sookie asked him.
"It is a weekend and on the weekend I like to move, and the ladies, they like it too", he replied.
"Especially when you move out of town. Ba zing!" Lorelai slurred.
"Has she eaten?" Emily turned to Sookie.
"Yeah. About a pot of coffee", Sookie replied. "Okay ladies… and Michel", Sookie started an announcement and turned down the music. "I think we should let the games begin, before our lovely bride here will be too drunk to play any of the games", she said.
"Yay, games", Lorelai clapped her hands happily.
"And that is where we leave", Rory said with a look to Lane. She had said she didn't want to witness any of the dirty stuff and she stayed true to her word. Together with Lane she left the house under the constant complaints of her mother.
"So now that the kids are out of the house, what are we gonna play?" Lorelai asked curiously.
"Well, everyone here has a present for you", Sookie started.
"Yay presents!" Lorelai cheered.
"But to get it you have to answer a very personal question truthfully which the present giver asks you", the cook finished and Lorelai huffed.
"That's so easy", Lorelai laughed and leaned back on the couch. "Who starts?" she asked and looked around- and came face to face with Emily and Michel.
"Oh my god! You want me to answer dirty question in front of my mother and a French putz who is my co- worker?" she asked shocked and Sookie laughed discreetly.
"Believe me Lorelai, that I don't really want to know that about you, but it seems that we have no choice. We will just forget about that evening and everything that was said by tomorrow", Emily suggested.
"Deal", Lorelai nodded and tried to give her mother a high- five in her caffeine-high, but Emily just looked strangely at the raised arm and didn't know what to do with it, which made her daughter pout.
"Ok, I'll start", Patty said and pulled a wrapped box out of her bag.
"I already love that game", Lorelai sighed dreamily when she saw the gift.
"I want to know: How big is Luke's… little Luke?" Patty asked with a naughty grin and Emily flinched slightly.
"Patty, I can't answer that. He isn't here and that question isn't about me", Lorelai protested and giggled.
"Then I am sorry honey, I can't give you the present", Patty sighed.
"No, I want my present", Lorelai pouted and looked up at her friend, who started to grin again.
"I haven't measured it Patty", Lorelai rolled her eyes when she saw the grin.
"Bigger than the others you have had?" Patty asked.
"Yup, definitely", Lorelai nodded and smiled cockily.
"I knew it! The way he fills out those jeans!" Patty gushed and handed Lorelai the gift. Immediately Lorelai tore the paper from the box and then opened it.
"Oh my god", Lorelai exclaimed when she looked inside and closed the lid again. "Patty!" she said and stared at the woman.
"Well, one never knows. I thought in case he has socks in the front of his jeans and you need a little something", Patty laughed and the rest started to laugh as well. Except Emily and Michel of course.
"Ok my turn", Gipsy decided. "Swallow or argue?" she asked and raised her eyebrows. "And I am not talking about an argument here", she clarified.
"Swallow", Lorelai grinned. "Although Luke would never argue with me about that", she added and held out her hand for the present. Gypsy handed her an envelope and when she opened it, Lorelai saw that it was a bonus card for a repair of her car. "How inventive", Lorelai smiled and lay it on top of Patty's present.
"What's the craziest place you two have done it?" Sookie asked her best friend.
"I think that would be the garage", Lorelai giggled when she remembered it.
"The garage? How? Why?" she asked.
"One question Sook' and now hand over that present", Lorelai grinned and Lorelai handed her a huge basket. At first Lorelai thought it was a normal food basket, but when she took a closer look she saw that it really wasn't. It had penis shaped pasta, eatable body paint and strawberry flavoured massage oil.
"Oh, that's so great", Lorelai laughed when she saw all those things. She hugged Sookie briefly and then turned to Michel, who was next.
"When was the last time you had sex?" he asked and grinned, like he it was a given fact that she hadn't had sex in months.
"Today. Right before Sookie came over", Lorelai laughed.
"That's why Luke answered the door and you took so long in the bathroom", Sookie exclaimed and giggled as well. Babette who was already bouncing impatiently in her seat was also grinning, because now was her time to ask her question.
"How many times in one night… did he make you wanna scream… hoopla?", Babette asked excitedly.
"Hoopla?" Lorelai laughed.
"Come on sugga' tell us!" Babette urged.
Lorelai just grinned and held up one hand. Then slowly raised the other hand and held up two fingers. She bit her lower lip when the others gasped.
"He made you come seven times?! That man is a god!" Babette exclaimed and again Emily flinched. "Morey only made it to four so far", she added and suddenly everyone was talking about their "hoopla"- numbers. They were so caught up in their talk that they didn't realize at first that Lorelai had suddenly vanished.
"Ok, my turn", Emily said after a while to end the babbling and when she turned to look at Lorelai she realized that her daughter was gone.
"Where is she?" she asked confused.
"I think she went upstairs", Sookie shrugged.
Another ten minutes passed and Lorelai still didn't come back. Most of her guests were to drunk to actually realize how much time had passed, but Emily wasn't. She waited another five minutes then went upstairs to look for her daughter.
"Lorelai?" she called, but got no answer. "Lorelai?" she asked again and then saw the light under the door in the bathroom. Just when she had reached the door she heard her daughter.
"Damn phone", she heard Lorelai say before something crashed against the door. She also heard that Lorelai was obviously crying. Emily tried the door-knob and was relieved when it was open. Lorelai was sitting on the floor in front of the bathtub when Emily entered. Her makeup ran over her cheeks and she was sobbing hysterically.
"Lorelai, what's wrong? What happened?" Emily asked her worriedly.
"Mom! What are you doing here?" Lorelai asked and stood up. She wanted to rush out of the room, but her mother held her back.
"Do you want to run? Is that it? You won't marry the father of your child again?" Emily asked and closed the door behind her.
"What?" Lorelai asked confused and tried to stop her tears.
"Are you cancelling the wedding?"
"I am not cancelling the wedding mom!" Lorelai insisted and Emily looked at her a long time without saying something. Lorelai felt like her mother could look inside of her and was glad when her mother's eyes left her face. Emily looked around, not really knowing for what she was looking until she found it. On the floor in the edge of the room, beside the bin for the clothes, lay a single pair of panties. The white lace was stained with blood.
"oh my god", Emily whispered and her eyes widened in shock. "Did you….the baby!" she said and suddenly looked as white as a sheet. Lorelai was looking confused at her for a moment, before she understood what her mother was talking about. "Lorelai we have to get you to the hospital, maybe it's not too late. Sometimes women have bleedings although they are pregnant", Emily started and turned around to leave the room.
"Mom no. The hospital isn't necessary", Lorelai shook her head sadly and felt the tears come again. When Emily saw that she lay a hand on her daughter's arm.
"Oh Lorelai. I am so sorry", she said and the pain in her voice and the worry was cleary audible. Lorelai couldn't stand it anymore.
"Mom, I did not lose the baby. I was never pregnant", she admitted and started to sob again.
"What?" Emily asked and took the hand from Lorelai's arm.
"I was never pregnant, mom. I did not lose the baby because I was never pregnant. But I so desperately wanted to be", she sobbed.
"But you…" Emily pressed out.
"I was so desperate. I didn't know what to do anymore. I missed Luke and I couldn't live without him anymore. All I wanted was to marry him and be his wife. But how could I risk Rory's future for that? Luke would never allow that Rory's education was put at risk and you just wouldn't see what a great man he is. That day I felt so upset. I just didn't care anymore because I had spent the nights crying in my bed. I couldn't sleep and I couldn't eat anymore. And then I saw that Rory missed him as well. Luke is like a father to her and she missed him. So I drove over to you and wanted to talk some sense into you and there he was… I just snapped. Before I thought about it I blurted out that I was pregnant, although I knew I wasn't. Luke was as shocked as you and he was furious when he found out that I had lied. But that way we could be together. We could get married and Rory could go to Chilton. We would have a few weeks to try and get pregnant. But it didn't work. I am not pregnant.. again. And now you can go down and tell everyone that you cancel the wedding. I am really sorry mom, but I didn't know what to do. I just love him so", Lorelai said between sobs and hiccups. She was quiet then, waited for her mother to yell at her. She knew the explosion would come and she knew that she had ruined everything for good this time. Emily was also quiet for a while and her face was unreadable.
"I want to ask my question", Emily said then and Lorelai looked up surprised,
"What?"
"I still have to ask my question. The game is not yet finished", Emily clarified.
"Okay", Lorelai nodded, not knowing what her mother was playing this time.
"How long have you loved Luke?" Emily asked and surprised her daughter again with that question.
"For a long time", Lorelai replied truthfully and waited for her mother's reaction.
"Hm", Emily said, then fell silent again for a moment. " I did not see it", she said then.
"Mom, I am sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about", Lorelai said and started to get angry. Her mother should finally react and tell her what a bad person she was and cancel the wedding. It had to come and she wanted this torture to be over rather sooner than later.
"I did not see it that you love him. I thought you just wanted to love him, but I was wrong. You do love him", Emily said quietly.
" I really do love him", Lorelai nodded.
"I can see that now. I saw it when you looked for your dress and I saw it at the party. Abby would be so proud because you two get married", she said.
"So that means…" Lorelai stared at her mother and felt something like hope coming up.
"That means you should wash your face and not let your guests wait any longer. It's rude", Emily lectured her in soft tone and then the cellphone on the floor rang.
"That will be Luke. I tried to call him", Lorelai said and picked up the phone.
"I'll be downstairs", Emily nodded and opened the door.
"Thank you mom", Lorelai said before she answered the phone and Emily just nodded and took a deep breath before she went down the stairs.
When Luke heard what had happened he decided to end his own party and came over to Lorelai's house immediately. When she saw him her feelings overwhelmed her again and Lorelai started to weep for the second time that day. Luke held her and reassured her in their bedroom. He had to admit though, that it was all a bit too much. They would get married in three days, she was not pregnant and her mother approved of their relationship. He wasn't sure if he should be sad because she was not pregnant or if he should be happy because they could still get married.
He was relieved when Lorelai finally calmed down and together they went downstairs where surprisingly everyone had left. Everyone except for Emily.
"They were drunk so I made sure they went home before they would throw up in your living-room. Michel is asleep in my car and I still have to drive him home, so I will leave as well now", Emily told them and slipped in her coat and took her purse.
"Thank you", Luke said and it was clear that he was not only talking about the driving home Michel part.
"Good night"; Emily just said and walked out the front-door.
"Mom, wait", Lorelai said suddenly and hurried after her mother out on the porch.
"What?" Emily asked and turned around in front of her car.
"You still owe me a present", Lorelai started to smile. It was still a bit unsure, but it was there.
"Go inside Lorelai. A running nose won't look good at the altar", Emily lectured her daughter, then got into her car and drove away.
"She is right. Let's go inside", Luke said, wrapped her arms around her and led her inside. They both hadn't really understood yet what had happened.
TBC and please review!