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Chapter 54
"Mom! We're going to be late!" Rory called up the stairs.
"I'm coming! Keep your hair on!" She called down.
Everyone was up early as Luke was taking them to his family's cabin for the weekend.
"Give me 2 minutes!" Lorelai shouted.
"That means 10." Jamie said sitting down on the sofa.
15 minutes later, everyone was finally ready and they all got into the 7 seater and Luke drove them to the cabin.
They got there in an hour and they all bundled out of the car, Lorelai holding Abby's carrier and Jamie holding Charlie's.
"Wow it's beautiful!" Lorelai smiled looking around at the scenery.
"Yeh it is." Luke smiled. "I used to love coming here with my dad..."
Lorelai looked at him and linked her arm through his. "You been back since?" She asked softly.
Luke shook his head sadly. "It was too hard.." He admitted.
"Well...thank you for bringing us. It really is lovely." She smiled.
"He would have wanted me to share it with you." Luke said.
"We can make our own memories." Lorelai smiled looking around. Rory was sat on the stairs with Charlie next to her, reading and Jess and Jamie were kicking a football around.
"Think fast Uncle Luke!" Jess smirked kicking the ball over to him.
Luke smiled and got control of the ball and went and joined their kickabout.
Lorelai smiled and went to join Rory on the stairs. Rory smiled at her. "It's really peaceful here." She said.
Lorelai nodded. "It really is."
A while later the guys stopped playing with the football and took a rest. Luke opened up the cabin and everyone dumped their bags inside.
"Hey Luke, are we going fishing today?" Jamie asked.
"You really want to go fishing?" Luke asked surprised.
"Yeh well I wouldn't have brought the fishing rod you gave me otherwise." Jamie smirked. "Plus I promised you, I'd use it.." He added.
"Ok well we can go in a bit if you like? We'll have to go further down to have a better chance of catching something though." Luke smiled.
"Ok that's cool." Jamie said. "Mom, can you watch Charlie?" He asked.
"How do you know I don't want to go fishing?" She said.
"Well do you?" Jamie smirked.
"Well no...but it would have been nice to be asked..." Lorelai pouted.
Jamie smirked. "Sorry. So you'll watch Charlie?"
"Yeh no problem."
"Thanks!"
"You want to come Jess?" Luke asked.
"Sure, why not." Jess said.
"Rory?" Luke asked.
"I'm good. I'll keep mom company." Rory smiled.
About half an hour, the three of them headed off to find the perfect fishing spot.
"Isn't it cute they're going to do all that manly bonding?" Lorelai joked.
Rory laughed. "I think it is cute. Jamie's gotten really close to them recently. I mean I know he was always close to Luke but ever since he started at the diner, it's been different."
"Yeh you're right." Lorelai smiled. "So what do you want to do while they're off fishing?"
Rory held up a book.
"What? Really? You're just going to read and not talk to your mommy?" Lorelai pouted.
"It's a good book." Rory joked.
"Roryyy!" Lorelai whined.
"Fineee! What do you want to do?" She asked.
"Talk?" Lorelai suggested.
"About what?"
"Tristan." Lorelai grinned.
"Mommm!" Rory groaned.
"What? I just want to know if it's going well between you two. It seems to be.." Lorelai said.
"Yeh it's good." Rory said.
"You two have been spending a lot of time together over at his..." She said.
"Yeh well his parents go away a lot and it's kind of sad he's there alone." Rory said.
"So you have the whole house to yourself..." Lorelai said.
Rory then understood what was going on. "Mom...we're not at that stage yet." She reassured her.
"That's not what I was implying.." She said guiltily.
"Sure it wasn't. Mom, I know you're worried but we haven't done anything. I want to wait for the right time and Tristan's already said he'll wait until I'm ready. I promise." Rory said.
Lorelai nodded. "I'm sorry. It's just..."
"I know." Rory reassured. "But you don't need to worry."
"Well ok then.."
"Ok then.."
"So how do you think the guys are doing?" Lorelai said.
Meanwhile, halfway down the lake, Luke was explaining to Jess and Jamie how to set up the rods.
"And then you throw it in like this.." Luke said showing with his own fishing rod and throwing it cleanly into the water.
Jess and Jamie both managed to do it on the first go.
"Great!" He said.
"And then we wait?" Jess asked.
"And then we wait." Luke nodded.
"Does it normally take a long time?" Jamie asked.
"Sometimes, it depends." Luke said.
Jess looked over at his uncle. "Did you fish with Grandpa a lot?" He asked.
Luke nodded. "Whenever we came out here." He said. "He loved it."
"I wish I could remember him." Jess said.
"You were young when Liz took you to New York." Luke said. "It's not your fault."
"Yeh but still...he seems nice.." Jess said.
"He was great. And he loved you so much." Luke said glancing at Jess. "He would be happy that we're doing this together." He then glanced at Jamie. "The three of us." He said.
Jamie gave him a small smile. "I can't believe we didn't bump into him when we moved here. I guess we always stayed at the inn..." He said.
"Yeh he didn't get out much in the last few years." Luke said.
"I guess we didn't even meet you until mom stumbled across the diner!" Jamie smirked. "And then the rest was history.."
Luke chuckled. "Yep I remember that day clearly.."
"Really?" Jamie asked.
"Yeh. She came bursting in demanding coffee, being very annoying. I told her to wait her turn so she decided to ask what my birthday was and eventually I told her. She got a horoscope from some guy's newspaper and wrote on it, 'You'll meet an annoying woman today, give me coffee and she will go away.'" Luke said.
"Wow, mom really will do anything for some coffee." Jamie chuckled.
Luke smirked. "Yeh. She even told me to keep it in my wallet and someday it will bring me luck."
Jamie smirked at him. "You kept it didn't you?"
"Yep, it's been in there for 6 years." He said.
Jamie chuckled. "So you really did have a thing for her from the first day you met..."
"I guess I did.." Luke said.
Jamie smiled and looked back at the water.
After a couple of hours, the three of them wandered back to the cabin.
"About time! We're starving here!" Lorelai exclaimed.
Luke chuckled. "I'll make some dinner." He said heading inside.
"I love you!" She grinned. She turned back to Jess and Jamie. "So did you catch anything?"
"Nah there were no fish about." Jamie said.
"I think we're going to go again tomorrow." Jess said.
"Oh cool!" Lorelai smiled.
"Where's Charlie?" Jamie asked.
"Inside asleep with Abby." She said.
Jamie nodded. "Thanks for watching her."
"You don't need to thank me. So did you guys have fun?" She asked.
"Yeh it was good." Jess nodded heading over to Rory who was sat on a rocking swing and sat next to her, opening his own book.
"Yeh it was fun. Although you do kind of stand around a lot and do nothing while fishing." Jamie smirked.
"Sounds like my sport!" Lorelai joked.
Jamie smirked. "I'm going to go check on Charlie."
"Ok hon." Lorelai smiled.
"Oh mom?" Jamie said turning back when he got to the door.
"Yeh?"
"Check Luke's wallet." He smirked.
"What?" She asked confused.
"Just trust me." He smirked and then disappeared inside.
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