(Disclaimer: I don't own this song, it's "fly" by Celine Dion)
Lorelai sat on her bed, brushing her hair over and over again in a senseless motion. She didn't care. She didn't care about anything anymore now that Rory wasn't here. "Lor?" Sookie knocked on the door. "Sweetie, it's almost time to go to Rory's funeral.. Luke's here." As if on cue, Luke entered. "Lor?" he said softly. "It's time to go." Seeing Lorelai like this broke his heart. Lorelai shook her head. "I don't want to go," she said. "I'm not supposed to go to my daughter's funeral. What if I break down?" Sookie hugged her. "Face it, Lor. You are going to break down. It's life." Lorelai started to cry. "Why? Why her? Why my baby girl? Oh God, why??"
Luke took Lorelai's hand. "Lor, you have to go. You'll regret it so much if you don't." Lorelai nodded her head, and slowly allowed Sookie and Luke to help her out of the door.
Lorelai gripped Sookie's hand as she entered the funeral parlour. Even after three weeks, she still kept thinking Rory was here. It broke her heart when she called out Rory's name and no-one came to her. They walked to the front pew and sat down. Emily, Richard, and Chris were in the front row too. In the second row, Lane, Luke, Sookie,Jess, and Dean were there.
The other people of Stars Hollow were scattered in the other rows. In each of the people's hands, Lorelai saw that everyone had a single rose for Rory. It brought tears to her eyes, as she shakily went up to the front, facing all the people that she cared about. The hundreds of eyes were on her as she began her speech.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't want to come here today. I mean who would want to come to the funeral of their daughter/best friend? Luckily I had some good advice from a teriffic friend. Now, where to begin? Rory and I were inseperable. Two peas in a pod. Each other's half. Wherever you saw one of us, you would see the other. Just think of all the things I can't do with her now. I won't ever get to see her graduate, or.. or.." her voice started to break down. Lorelai stopped for a minute to compose herself. Then she started again. "I'll never get to see her get married, or to do just anything we promised to do with each other. And it shatters my heart to just remotely think that she's not going to be with me anymore. My friends are great and I love them, but they're not Rory. And I loved Rory more then anything on this Earth." Finished, Lorelai sat down and started to cry. This funeral was more emotionally draining that she could stand.
Lane stood up and said some things about Rory, but truthfully, Lorelai's mind was in a fog. All she could think about was Rory. Her Rory. One by one, the people of Stars Hollow stood up and placed a rose on Rory's casket, some of them stopping and whispering a few words, while other's simply, yet lovingly placed their rose on her casket.
After everyone was gone, (Sookie and Luke made her promise to phone them when she got home), she slowly walked up to Rory's casket. "Hey Babe." She stroked Rory's arm. "I miss you like crazy, ya know. Everything I do reminds me of you. Even drinking coffee. Our good old coffee." "I miss our talks.." Lorelai sniffled. "I miss the fact that we could tell each other everything, anytime, anywhere. I'm never going to forget you honey, and I love you so, so much." She bent down and kissed Rory lightly on the lips, then walked out of the funeral home. Never had she felt so old and heavy in her life. When Lorelai woke up the next morning, she felt sort of a.. presense.. in the room, like Rory telling Lorelai that she loved her too and that everything was going to turn out okay. Smiling, Lorelai snuggled deeper down into her covers and dreamt about Rory in heaven.
Epilouge
Lorelai entered the graveyard a year later.Smiling a bit, although it still hurt her to enter this gravesite. Something that would never, ever be easy for her. She knew it by heart, as she had visited it at least once every week. "Hey you." Lorelai stroked the headboard. "have I told you about Luke yet? He proposed! I was so happy.. of course I said yes.Then I started to cry. The one thing that was most important to me when I was about to marry Max is that you were there. And you arent going to be here to this one. You should be there, Ror. It's still not fair to me. Lane's been coming over to visit more, she really misses you.. she started her own band professionally and has dedicated so many songs to you." "Everyone misses you Ror, the town has been so quiet lately. No one's been the same since." "Every night when I go to bed, I talk to you. Can you hear me? Sometimes I think you think can. It's been so hard Ror, to tell you the truth.. I haven't really gotten over it. Every minute of every day I'm thinking about you, and I'll never stop. That's my promise to you Ror. I'll never forget you. I love you like you can't believe, and I'll come again soon."
Fly, fly little wing Fly beyond imagining The softest cloud, the whitest dove Upon the wind of heaven's love Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain And fly again
Fly, fly precious one Your endless journey has begun Take your gentle happiness Far too beautiful for this Cross over to the other shore There is peace forevermore But hold this mem'ry bittersweet Until we meet
Fly, fly do not fear Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear Your heart is pure, your soul is free Be on your way, don't wait for me Above the universe you'll climb On beyond the hands of time The moon will rise, the sun will set But I won't forget
Lorelai sat on her bed, brushing her hair over and over again in a senseless motion. She didn't care. She didn't care about anything anymore now that Rory wasn't here. "Lor?" Sookie knocked on the door. "Sweetie, it's almost time to go to Rory's funeral.. Luke's here." As if on cue, Luke entered. "Lor?" he said softly. "It's time to go." Seeing Lorelai like this broke his heart. Lorelai shook her head. "I don't want to go," she said. "I'm not supposed to go to my daughter's funeral. What if I break down?" Sookie hugged her. "Face it, Lor. You are going to break down. It's life." Lorelai started to cry. "Why? Why her? Why my baby girl? Oh God, why??"
Luke took Lorelai's hand. "Lor, you have to go. You'll regret it so much if you don't." Lorelai nodded her head, and slowly allowed Sookie and Luke to help her out of the door.
Lorelai gripped Sookie's hand as she entered the funeral parlour. Even after three weeks, she still kept thinking Rory was here. It broke her heart when she called out Rory's name and no-one came to her. They walked to the front pew and sat down. Emily, Richard, and Chris were in the front row too. In the second row, Lane, Luke, Sookie,Jess, and Dean were there.
The other people of Stars Hollow were scattered in the other rows. In each of the people's hands, Lorelai saw that everyone had a single rose for Rory. It brought tears to her eyes, as she shakily went up to the front, facing all the people that she cared about. The hundreds of eyes were on her as she began her speech.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't want to come here today. I mean who would want to come to the funeral of their daughter/best friend? Luckily I had some good advice from a teriffic friend. Now, where to begin? Rory and I were inseperable. Two peas in a pod. Each other's half. Wherever you saw one of us, you would see the other. Just think of all the things I can't do with her now. I won't ever get to see her graduate, or.. or.." her voice started to break down. Lorelai stopped for a minute to compose herself. Then she started again. "I'll never get to see her get married, or to do just anything we promised to do with each other. And it shatters my heart to just remotely think that she's not going to be with me anymore. My friends are great and I love them, but they're not Rory. And I loved Rory more then anything on this Earth." Finished, Lorelai sat down and started to cry. This funeral was more emotionally draining that she could stand.
Lane stood up and said some things about Rory, but truthfully, Lorelai's mind was in a fog. All she could think about was Rory. Her Rory. One by one, the people of Stars Hollow stood up and placed a rose on Rory's casket, some of them stopping and whispering a few words, while other's simply, yet lovingly placed their rose on her casket.
After everyone was gone, (Sookie and Luke made her promise to phone them when she got home), she slowly walked up to Rory's casket. "Hey Babe." She stroked Rory's arm. "I miss you like crazy, ya know. Everything I do reminds me of you. Even drinking coffee. Our good old coffee." "I miss our talks.." Lorelai sniffled. "I miss the fact that we could tell each other everything, anytime, anywhere. I'm never going to forget you honey, and I love you so, so much." She bent down and kissed Rory lightly on the lips, then walked out of the funeral home. Never had she felt so old and heavy in her life. When Lorelai woke up the next morning, she felt sort of a.. presense.. in the room, like Rory telling Lorelai that she loved her too and that everything was going to turn out okay. Smiling, Lorelai snuggled deeper down into her covers and dreamt about Rory in heaven.
Epilouge
Lorelai entered the graveyard a year later.Smiling a bit, although it still hurt her to enter this gravesite. Something that would never, ever be easy for her. She knew it by heart, as she had visited it at least once every week. "Hey you." Lorelai stroked the headboard. "have I told you about Luke yet? He proposed! I was so happy.. of course I said yes.Then I started to cry. The one thing that was most important to me when I was about to marry Max is that you were there. And you arent going to be here to this one. You should be there, Ror. It's still not fair to me. Lane's been coming over to visit more, she really misses you.. she started her own band professionally and has dedicated so many songs to you." "Everyone misses you Ror, the town has been so quiet lately. No one's been the same since." "Every night when I go to bed, I talk to you. Can you hear me? Sometimes I think you think can. It's been so hard Ror, to tell you the truth.. I haven't really gotten over it. Every minute of every day I'm thinking about you, and I'll never stop. That's my promise to you Ror. I'll never forget you. I love you like you can't believe, and I'll come again soon."
Fly, fly little wing Fly beyond imagining The softest cloud, the whitest dove Upon the wind of heaven's love Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain And fly again
Fly, fly precious one Your endless journey has begun Take your gentle happiness Far too beautiful for this Cross over to the other shore There is peace forevermore But hold this mem'ry bittersweet Until we meet
Fly, fly do not fear Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear Your heart is pure, your soul is free Be on your way, don't wait for me Above the universe you'll climb On beyond the hands of time The moon will rise, the sun will set But I won't forget