Lorelai broke into a smile. Rory jumped up and hugged her, and then hugged Lane, Callie, and Tristan. The trip was 2 days later, and it went for 2 weeks, so Callie and Lane spent the night and talked about it. They had to run Tristan home (he came with Rory), and then they sat up all night. The next day, after sleeping until 2 (they went to bed at 5 am), Callie and Lane went home to pack. Rory started her packing while she talked to Tristan, who was packing at his house. Lorelai, too excited to pack, went to the diner to talk to Luke and Sookie.
"Ohhh, you are such a great boyfriend!" ROry said to Tristan on the phone.
"Ok, so if I didn't get you tickets for you and all your friends for a 2 week cruise, I would be back to OH Evil One?" He said, folding a shirt.
"Of course not, but you might go back to halfway decent boyfriend!" She said giggling.
"Ok. I am finished!" Tristan said.
"What! T., were going for 2 WEEKS!!!!!" Rory said, in utter disbelief. She had just started packing her shirts.
"I have 20 shirts, 6 pairs of shorts, 4 pants, a sport coat, sneakers, dress shoes, flip flops, and underwear and swim trunks. It's not hard, Rory. Let me come over and help you." Tristan said.
"Oh- hey I have a beep. Hold on a sec." Rory said. When she came back, she had a job for her TOTALLY ADORABLE boyfriend.
"Hey, T. You can come over, but pick up Callie first. She is gonna bring ALL her clothes over and we're going to pack together. SO hop to it, cutie!" Rory said, hanging up. She didn't know how he could pack in the hour they were on the phone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey!" Rory said, running to the door. She hugged Callie, and kissed Tristan. Tristan sat at the table and drank his coffee. He yelled ideas into Rory's room, but, true to her word, Callie had brought ALL her clothes. She had 5 bug duffel bags full of clothes. She even brought a few winter clothes, and she brought gift cards too, so she and Rory could go shopping tomorrow for the stuff she didn't have.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"OK! We're done!" Rory said, running into the living room. Tristan had arrived at 7 with Callie, and it was now about 1:30. Their were still a few loose ends to tie up, but they had most of it done. Rory looked on the sofa to see Tristan asleep. The movie It Could Happen to you was on tv, and it was about half way over. Rory curled up next to him, and Callie was on the floor. Within minutes, they were asleep. When Lorelai came home at about 3:30, they were still asleep. She turned off the tv left them there and went upstairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Rory uncurled from her position on the couch. Tristan was staring at her, and Callie was making coffee with Lorelai. She kissed him, and they went into the kitchen. After having coffee Tristan took Callie home, and Rory helped Lorelai fit everything in her suitcase. They were ready by five, and Rory set out her pajamas and the clothes for the next day. She and Lorelai then cleaned the house and headed to Luke's.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"SO, Luke, how long did it take you to pack?" Rory said, sitting on one of the stool's at the bar. "How big was your bag?"
"Well, it took like a hour and I have my overnight bag with my stuff. A few shirts and pants, a nice suit, and some shoes." Luke said, pouring coffee. When Lorelai and Rory just stared at him (they had 2 and 3 suitcases. Callie had 2, also.), he laughed and went around to serve others.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Agghhh! We're here!!!!" Lorelai cried as they entered into the airport. They had to fly to Florida, where they would board the cruise ship. Lorelai had 10 cups of coffee that morning, so it was really effecting her system.
"Lorelai, honey, we will be thrown off the plane if you are like this on it. First class people are really stuffy." Sookie said, wrapping her arm around Lorelai's shoulder.
"Really! Will we get parachutes? Do they just push us out?" Lorelai said, bouncing along. Luke and Tristan had the suitcases (11 of them, not including their bags), and Rory, Lane, and Callie were walking between the guys and Sookie and her mom. Lorelai continued to make hyper comments as they boarded the plane, and for the few minutes she was awake on the plane. They had an 8'oclock flight from Hartford, so Rory had her up at 5:30. She was extremely tired. When they landed in Florida, Tristan and Luke retrieved the luggage, and they caught a cab to the pier were they would take off from.
"It's beautiful!" Rory said, climbing out of the cab and looking at the huge ship in front of her. It was about 12 noon now.
"Yeah, but not as much as you!" Tristan said, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her head. He then went to help Luke with the luggage. They boarded the ship. Luke and Tristan went to their cabin, Sookie and Lorelai went to theirs, and Callie, Rory, and Lane went to the last one. They were staying in huge cabins, compliments of Tristan's parents. The girls cabin was the biggest because their were three of them. They had mini bars (paid for by the DuGrays) and really big bathrooms. The cabins were lined up in a row.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Rory's Cabin
"Hey you guys, there are 2 beds." Rory said, folding a shirt on one of the king sized beds. "Which one of us gets a bed to herself?"
"Well," Lane said, coming out of the bathroom, "We will be here for 14 nights, so 14 divided by 3 is....."
"Two of us get five nights, and one of us gets four." Callie said, flipping the channels on the tv. "I don't mind. I'll take four nights."
"Ok. Thanks, Cal. Lane, you take the first 5 nights, I'll take the next five, and Callie, you can have the last four." Rory said. "14 days, 15 nights."
They spent the next 20 minutes marveling over little things like mints on each pillow, and good smelling shampoo in the bathroom, while they unpacked. At about 2 o clock, Tristan came by and they went to explore the ship. Rory checked her door number so they could find their way back. She was #415, her mom and Sookie were 414, and Tristan and Luke were 416.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"T., this is gorgeous! I can't believe you did this for us!" Rory said, looking at the huge swimming pool. It had fountains and a lazy river wound around the ships deck. Their was a movie theater, a bowling ally, an arcade, and dance club (18 and up! They all just made it!). There were several pools, and nice restaraunts. Lane, Callie, and Rory had plans to take her mom and Sookie to the nail boutique and the spa the next day. They were making stops on 5 islands over the next fourteen days, and Rory had a ball looking in all the shops on the ship. They stopped at an old fashioned soda shop called Luna's, and Rory made a mental note to tell her mom that their was a really good coffee shop on the ship. 2 hours later, they finally ended up back in front of their rooms, and they made plans to all meet up at 6:30 to go to the dance club. Rory called her mom and told her the plans, and then the girls spent a couple hours getting ready.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You look great!" Rory told Callie and Lane as they put the finishing touches on their clothes. Callie wore a hot Pink tube top, and tight white jeans. Rory sported a yellow halter top and tight white jeans, and Lane wore a purple spaghetti strapped shirt and tight white jeans. Callie had blonde curls, so her hair looked good (I love curls), and Rory and Lane had brushed theirs straight. At 6:15 they went to Lorelai and Sookie's room, not surprised to find Sookie ready and Lorelai scrambling around to find an outfit. Sookie had on a pretty lilac skirt and shirt.
"She sat around and watched tv until 5:45 and then took a 30 minute shower. I told her to hurry!" Sookie said. Rory just nodded knowingly. How many times had she been in that situation. Finally Lorelai was ready, wearing a square knecked powder blue spaghetti strapped shirt and a white jean skirt. Luke and Tristan picked them up at 6:30, wearing a white polo(luke) and a blue polo(Tristan) and khakis. They went to the club (thank goodness for Callie's memory) and got drinks. They danced for a while until they all came off the floor breathless. Tristan disappeared for a few minutes, saying he was at the bathroom. Then, a song came on. At first she didn't recognize it, but then Rory looked at Tristan, and he had a gleam in his eye. They came together and danced to "their song", Mandy Moore "I wanna be with you". They danced to this song the first time they had kissed as a couple, at a Chilton mixer. Oblivious to the rest of the world, they stared into each others eyes for the
whole song. Lorelai, Sookie, Callie, Lane, and heck, even Luke saw the love in their eyes. You couldn't stare into someones eyes for more than 6 minutes (they didn't notice the end of the song) without being in love. Luke also disappeared for a few minutes, and when he came back he had a excited look on his face. No one noticed, though, because they were looking at Tristan and Rory. They finally noticed that the song was over, and while they walked back to the table, Lorelai could see a sort of glow around Rory. Then Luke guided her onto the floor, and started dancing as Trisha Year wood started singing "How DO I live".
How do I
Get through one night without you
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I, I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
Your my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything good in my Life.
Luke looked into her eyes as they danced slowly.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
Oh how do I live?.
These verses perfectly described how they both felt. Rory watched and thought how perfect they were for each other.
Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There would be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything real in My life
With that, Luke pulled a box out of his pocket. The DJ came over the mike and said, "Hey Lorelai Gilmore, you have a really great guy. He was so nervous about tonight that he asked me to do the honors. I play the songs, but no one has ever asked me to do this. Lorelai, Luke thinks you are awesome. He loves you, everything about you, including your coffee addiction. It's what brought you together. Now, he would like to ask you something."
Luke got down on his knee and opened the box. By now, everyone in the room was looking at him. A employee brought a mike over to Luke. Sookie grabbed Rory's hand, really excited.
"Lorelai Gilmore, I love you. Will you marry me?" Luke said, holding up the ring. The mike was moved to Lorelai's mouth, and she looked so shocked that Rory had to laugh.
Then she spoke. She said one word. It was all she had to say. Yes or no?
TBC
"Ohhh, you are such a great boyfriend!" ROry said to Tristan on the phone.
"Ok, so if I didn't get you tickets for you and all your friends for a 2 week cruise, I would be back to OH Evil One?" He said, folding a shirt.
"Of course not, but you might go back to halfway decent boyfriend!" She said giggling.
"Ok. I am finished!" Tristan said.
"What! T., were going for 2 WEEKS!!!!!" Rory said, in utter disbelief. She had just started packing her shirts.
"I have 20 shirts, 6 pairs of shorts, 4 pants, a sport coat, sneakers, dress shoes, flip flops, and underwear and swim trunks. It's not hard, Rory. Let me come over and help you." Tristan said.
"Oh- hey I have a beep. Hold on a sec." Rory said. When she came back, she had a job for her TOTALLY ADORABLE boyfriend.
"Hey, T. You can come over, but pick up Callie first. She is gonna bring ALL her clothes over and we're going to pack together. SO hop to it, cutie!" Rory said, hanging up. She didn't know how he could pack in the hour they were on the phone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey!" Rory said, running to the door. She hugged Callie, and kissed Tristan. Tristan sat at the table and drank his coffee. He yelled ideas into Rory's room, but, true to her word, Callie had brought ALL her clothes. She had 5 bug duffel bags full of clothes. She even brought a few winter clothes, and she brought gift cards too, so she and Rory could go shopping tomorrow for the stuff she didn't have.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"OK! We're done!" Rory said, running into the living room. Tristan had arrived at 7 with Callie, and it was now about 1:30. Their were still a few loose ends to tie up, but they had most of it done. Rory looked on the sofa to see Tristan asleep. The movie It Could Happen to you was on tv, and it was about half way over. Rory curled up next to him, and Callie was on the floor. Within minutes, they were asleep. When Lorelai came home at about 3:30, they were still asleep. She turned off the tv left them there and went upstairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Rory uncurled from her position on the couch. Tristan was staring at her, and Callie was making coffee with Lorelai. She kissed him, and they went into the kitchen. After having coffee Tristan took Callie home, and Rory helped Lorelai fit everything in her suitcase. They were ready by five, and Rory set out her pajamas and the clothes for the next day. She and Lorelai then cleaned the house and headed to Luke's.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"SO, Luke, how long did it take you to pack?" Rory said, sitting on one of the stool's at the bar. "How big was your bag?"
"Well, it took like a hour and I have my overnight bag with my stuff. A few shirts and pants, a nice suit, and some shoes." Luke said, pouring coffee. When Lorelai and Rory just stared at him (they had 2 and 3 suitcases. Callie had 2, also.), he laughed and went around to serve others.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Agghhh! We're here!!!!" Lorelai cried as they entered into the airport. They had to fly to Florida, where they would board the cruise ship. Lorelai had 10 cups of coffee that morning, so it was really effecting her system.
"Lorelai, honey, we will be thrown off the plane if you are like this on it. First class people are really stuffy." Sookie said, wrapping her arm around Lorelai's shoulder.
"Really! Will we get parachutes? Do they just push us out?" Lorelai said, bouncing along. Luke and Tristan had the suitcases (11 of them, not including their bags), and Rory, Lane, and Callie were walking between the guys and Sookie and her mom. Lorelai continued to make hyper comments as they boarded the plane, and for the few minutes she was awake on the plane. They had an 8'oclock flight from Hartford, so Rory had her up at 5:30. She was extremely tired. When they landed in Florida, Tristan and Luke retrieved the luggage, and they caught a cab to the pier were they would take off from.
"It's beautiful!" Rory said, climbing out of the cab and looking at the huge ship in front of her. It was about 12 noon now.
"Yeah, but not as much as you!" Tristan said, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her head. He then went to help Luke with the luggage. They boarded the ship. Luke and Tristan went to their cabin, Sookie and Lorelai went to theirs, and Callie, Rory, and Lane went to the last one. They were staying in huge cabins, compliments of Tristan's parents. The girls cabin was the biggest because their were three of them. They had mini bars (paid for by the DuGrays) and really big bathrooms. The cabins were lined up in a row.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Rory's Cabin
"Hey you guys, there are 2 beds." Rory said, folding a shirt on one of the king sized beds. "Which one of us gets a bed to herself?"
"Well," Lane said, coming out of the bathroom, "We will be here for 14 nights, so 14 divided by 3 is....."
"Two of us get five nights, and one of us gets four." Callie said, flipping the channels on the tv. "I don't mind. I'll take four nights."
"Ok. Thanks, Cal. Lane, you take the first 5 nights, I'll take the next five, and Callie, you can have the last four." Rory said. "14 days, 15 nights."
They spent the next 20 minutes marveling over little things like mints on each pillow, and good smelling shampoo in the bathroom, while they unpacked. At about 2 o clock, Tristan came by and they went to explore the ship. Rory checked her door number so they could find their way back. She was #415, her mom and Sookie were 414, and Tristan and Luke were 416.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"T., this is gorgeous! I can't believe you did this for us!" Rory said, looking at the huge swimming pool. It had fountains and a lazy river wound around the ships deck. Their was a movie theater, a bowling ally, an arcade, and dance club (18 and up! They all just made it!). There were several pools, and nice restaraunts. Lane, Callie, and Rory had plans to take her mom and Sookie to the nail boutique and the spa the next day. They were making stops on 5 islands over the next fourteen days, and Rory had a ball looking in all the shops on the ship. They stopped at an old fashioned soda shop called Luna's, and Rory made a mental note to tell her mom that their was a really good coffee shop on the ship. 2 hours later, they finally ended up back in front of their rooms, and they made plans to all meet up at 6:30 to go to the dance club. Rory called her mom and told her the plans, and then the girls spent a couple hours getting ready.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You look great!" Rory told Callie and Lane as they put the finishing touches on their clothes. Callie wore a hot Pink tube top, and tight white jeans. Rory sported a yellow halter top and tight white jeans, and Lane wore a purple spaghetti strapped shirt and tight white jeans. Callie had blonde curls, so her hair looked good (I love curls), and Rory and Lane had brushed theirs straight. At 6:15 they went to Lorelai and Sookie's room, not surprised to find Sookie ready and Lorelai scrambling around to find an outfit. Sookie had on a pretty lilac skirt and shirt.
"She sat around and watched tv until 5:45 and then took a 30 minute shower. I told her to hurry!" Sookie said. Rory just nodded knowingly. How many times had she been in that situation. Finally Lorelai was ready, wearing a square knecked powder blue spaghetti strapped shirt and a white jean skirt. Luke and Tristan picked them up at 6:30, wearing a white polo(luke) and a blue polo(Tristan) and khakis. They went to the club (thank goodness for Callie's memory) and got drinks. They danced for a while until they all came off the floor breathless. Tristan disappeared for a few minutes, saying he was at the bathroom. Then, a song came on. At first she didn't recognize it, but then Rory looked at Tristan, and he had a gleam in his eye. They came together and danced to "their song", Mandy Moore "I wanna be with you". They danced to this song the first time they had kissed as a couple, at a Chilton mixer. Oblivious to the rest of the world, they stared into each others eyes for the
whole song. Lorelai, Sookie, Callie, Lane, and heck, even Luke saw the love in their eyes. You couldn't stare into someones eyes for more than 6 minutes (they didn't notice the end of the song) without being in love. Luke also disappeared for a few minutes, and when he came back he had a excited look on his face. No one noticed, though, because they were looking at Tristan and Rory. They finally noticed that the song was over, and while they walked back to the table, Lorelai could see a sort of glow around Rory. Then Luke guided her onto the floor, and started dancing as Trisha Year wood started singing "How DO I live".
How do I
Get through one night without you
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I, I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
Your my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything good in my Life.
Luke looked into her eyes as they danced slowly.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
Oh how do I live?.
These verses perfectly described how they both felt. Rory watched and thought how perfect they were for each other.
Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There would be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything real in My life
With that, Luke pulled a box out of his pocket. The DJ came over the mike and said, "Hey Lorelai Gilmore, you have a really great guy. He was so nervous about tonight that he asked me to do the honors. I play the songs, but no one has ever asked me to do this. Lorelai, Luke thinks you are awesome. He loves you, everything about you, including your coffee addiction. It's what brought you together. Now, he would like to ask you something."
Luke got down on his knee and opened the box. By now, everyone in the room was looking at him. A employee brought a mike over to Luke. Sookie grabbed Rory's hand, really excited.
"Lorelai Gilmore, I love you. Will you marry me?" Luke said, holding up the ring. The mike was moved to Lorelai's mouth, and she looked so shocked that Rory had to laugh.
Then she spoke. She said one word. It was all she had to say. Yes or no?
TBC