Okay, like I already said in my last chapter I can see the interest in the story fading and so I think the next chapter (38) will be the last one.
The lacking interest was also what caused me mainly to wait so long, although I thing the lacking readers numbers were co,ing from the not working alert-function.
I apologize to all those who were waiting and I appreciate thei offers to bribe me with cookies ;)
this chapter is not betaed yet, so sorry for the faults, but I didn't want to make you wait any longer!
Chapter 37: I will kill you
„Mom?" Rory asked worried when Lorelai didn't react. Luke squeezed Lorelai's hand, because he knew what she was thinking about this and saw her taking a deep breath.
"Rory, could I talk to you for second? Alone?" Lorelai asked her daughter then and walked up the stairs to her bedroom, without even waiting for a reply. Rory followed, Logan stood helpless in the middle of the room and Emily and Richard's facial expression were clearly showing that they were not happy about the fact that Lorelai obviously wasn't approving of this engagement.
Luke just sat on the couch and watched the whole scenario, debating with himself if he should say something as well. But in the end, he couldn't do anything different, that what his gut was telling him and so he stood up, took his crutches and then faced Logan.
"I want to talk to you. Kitchen. Now", he said and walked through the door into the dinning room.
"Excuse me", Logan said to Emily and Richard and then followed Luke.
"Grandma, what does enstraged mean?" Sara asked and tucked on Emily's pyjama pants.
"Engaged, Sara. The word is engaged. And it means that Logan and Rory will get married", Emily explained and sat down on the couch again, with her granddaughter in her lap.
"Why?" asked Laila and sat down next to Emily and dragged Richard with her by his hand.
"Sit", she ordered her grandfather and climbed in his lap when he was seated.
"Because they love each other and they want to spend the rest of their lives together", explained Emily.
"Like mommy and daddy?" Laila wanted to know.
"Yes, like your mommy and your daddy", Emily nodded.
"And like you and grandpa?" Sara questioned further.
"Yes and like your grandfather and me", Emily nodded again.
"Will they have a baby?" was the next question.
"I don't know. Maybe, some time in the future", Richard took over.
"And then we will have another brother or sister, but then we will be older", Sara concluded.
"No, this wouldn't be your brother or your sister, it would be your niece or your nephew. Like you are to Aunt Liz and Uncle TJ this baby would be for you", Emily replied.
"So it wouldn't live in our house?" Laila went on.
"No, it would live with Rory and Logan", grandmother Emily explained again with a lot of patience.
"That's stupid then I don't want them to get married", Sara decided and then climbed off the couch, leaving a stunned Emily and Richard behind and caught Meeko who was eating the Christmas-tree and put him in his cage.
"Logan proposed?" Lorelai simply asked after Rory had shut the door of the bedroom.
"Yes", Rory nodded.
"And you said yes?" Lorelai asked the next question.
"I think we established that by announcing our engagement", Rory shot back.
"Oh, don't be smart! You realize that today is not April first? And this is certainly nothing to joke about", Lorelai got really angry now.
"Mom, what is your problem?" Rory chose the direct approach.
"My problem? You really ask me what my problem is? Rory you really want to marry a guy who is cheating on you for years now? You want that?" she asked her daughter.
"Mom, he stopped cheating on me. He promised he won't do it again", Rory explained.
"And you believe that? Are you really that naïve?" Lorelai shot back.
"I am not naive, but I trust him because I love him, can't you understand that?" Rory sounded desperate, because she really wanted her mother to be happy about her engagement.
"No, honestly I can't because if the man I love would ever betray me like that I think I would lose the trust in anything I believe. God, only the thought that Luke could do something like that is unbearable. Rory if he would really love you, he wouldn't do that to you. He would look out for you and be there for you and would try to make you happy, the happiest he can. And not sleep with random women, whenever he likes", Lorelai said, and sounded as desperate as Rory.
"Mom, Luke's coma changed us too. We were broken up back then, but when I needed him, because my father was in coma and my mother was running around like an alien, he was there. He showed me that I can trust him and that he loves me. He was shocked when he saw what was happening to you and he said that he understood that life is too short to spend it hurting each other. Mom, I love him and I trust him and I really want to marry him, so please, can't you just be happy for me?" Rory asked and her eyes were slightly watery. Lorelai took a deep breath, because somehow she understood Rory while on the other hand, she didn't understand her not at all.
"I will try", Lorelai said then and Rory rushed over to her and into her mother's arms.
Luke meanwhile was waiting in the kitche for Logan and whirled around when the kitchen-door closed. Luke took some deep breaths to calm himself and then addressed Logan.
"Okay, I will make this short: If you will ever cheat on her or hurt her ever again I will come over and kill you slowly and painfully and then hide your dead body so no-one will ever find you. Do you understand me?" he asked and pointed his index-finger at Logan.
"Yes", the blonde young man nodded.
"We watched this for too long and hoped that you would split up for good some day, but that obviously didn't happen. If you marry her you will make her happy, you will care for herm you will watch out for her. I swear to god if there will be anymore troubles which you cause… you heard me!" Luke finished his little speech.
"Luke I understand what you re saying and I will make Rory happy, but I have to say that…" Logan started, but Luke interrupted him.
"No, you don't have to say anything. You heard me loud and clear. This topic is closed", Luke decided and walked out of the room, leaving Logan stunned in the kitchen.
When he arrived back in the living-room, he saw that Rory was back down, but Lorelai was missing.
"Your fiancé is in the kitchen", Luke told Rory. She looked scared, what he might had done to Logan, because she knew that if Luke wanted to beat Logan up, he could, even with his crutches.
"He's still alive?" she asked her step-father.
"Slightly shaken, but still alive", Luke told her and gave her a little smile.
"Thank you dad", Rory said and hugged Luke, before she went into the kitchen.
"I think I will go upstairs and look after Lorelai and Will", Luke informed his in-laws then and made his way up the stairs.
As he had expected he found Lorelai in William's room, talking to him, while he lay pouting on the bed.
"Hey", he said to get her attention and she stood up from the bed and walked over to the doorway where he was standing.
"He's still angry?" Luke asked Lorelai and pointed with his chin shortly in William's direction.
"Yes, he says you are mean, but I think he is more shocked that you have your strength back and can carry him to his room again. Whatever slight power he thought he had over you is gone now, I think that scares him", Lorelai said and laughed slightly when William huffed on the bed, because he had heard what she had said.
"And you talked to Rory?" Luke asked her then and slung his arms around her waist to pull her close.
"Yeah, she says that Logan has changed and that she trusts him and wants to marry him", Lorelai summarized the talk with her daughter.
"So same old same old", Luke shrugged.
"Yep", Lorelai nodded and leaned her head against Luke's shoulder.
"I had a little talk with Logan", Luke admitted then and Lorelai's head shot up and she looked at him.
"He's still alive?" she asked the same question as Rory minutes before and Luke chuckled.
"Yes, he is", he said.
"And what did he say?" Lorelai wanted to know.
"Nothing, I told him I would kill him if he will ever hurt Rory again and then I left the kitchen", Luke told her. Lorelai laughed and lay her head on Luke's shoulder again.
"Good talk" she mumbled into his shirt and he pulled her closer to him and kissed the top of her head. He kept stroking with one hand through her curls, when he addressed William.
"Hey you! Listen, if you will ever treat a woman the way Logan treats Rory remember that your old father will kick your butt around", Luke told him and Lorelai laughed in his chest.
"Okay", was all William said, because of the slightly aggressive tone his father had addressed him with, although he had no idea what Luke was talking about.
"We should get downstairs and unwrap our presents" Luke whispered into Lorelai's ear and kissed her cheek.
"Okay," she nodded and kissed him softly on the lips before she stepped back from him, but kept one of his hands in her own.
"Hey, Will come on, you can unwrap my gift", Luke called William, who immediately ran to his father's side.
"Really?" he asked excitedly.
"Yeah, sure", Luke nodded and scooped him up in his arms and carried him to the stairs where he had to put him down, because he couldn't walk downstairs with him in his arms, because this was much more difficult than walking upstairs.
"Mommy, Daddy, have you seen Rory's ring? It's pretty!" Sara informed them when they arrived downstairs and pranced towards her parents, while William ran to the tree to search for one of Luke's presents which he would unwrap.
"No, we haven't yet", Lorelai said and looked at Rory's outstretched hand.
"It's beautiful", she admitted then and gave her eldest daughter another hug, before she sat down on Luke's lap and let the kids bring them their drawings and presents they made for them.
TBC