DISCLAIMER: Do we really need to repeat this every chapter? Yes, go on, rub
it in why don't you. We are poor souls who own nothing.
Now onto the show.
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Lorelai jumped up from her place at the couch at the sound of the doorbell.
"What happened?!" Luke asked as he entered the living room, trailing behind Lorelai.
Lorelai shrugged agitatedly. "I don't know!!! I mean, one second we're talking about Valentine's Day and daisies and other pretty stuff and the next second it's World War III!!!"
She wrung her hands together, looking up at Luke despairingly.
".And now, she's gone." she finished, and slumped down on the couch.
"Hold on, hold on." Luke brought his hands up in the air, sounding confused. "Who's gone?"
Lorelai took a deep breath. "Rory, Rory's gone!!! You know the little one that looks like me and follows me into your diner with her head in a book every morning!"
"I know who Rory is!" Luke snorted as he grabbed Lorelai's shoulders to calm her down. "What exactly happened?!"
"Did you bring some coffee? I need some coffee." She pushed past him as she walked towards the kitchen.
Luke grabbed her arm. "Oh, no you don't."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Lorelai wailed as she spun around to face Luke again. "I'm just-I'm just not all here right now. My daughter's out there wandering, angry, and I've learnt the hard way that whenever Rory is angry, she goes blank! For once in her life, she doesn't think; she wanders aimlessly wherever her feet may guide her.I mean, as far as I know, she could be 'wandering' off the edge of a cliff!"
"Lorelai! Firstly, there are no cliffs in Stars Hollow! Secondly, she'll be back soon; it couldn't have been that bad," Lorelai looked up at Luke, an unconvinced expression on her face. ".ok, forget that last part then."
"It was Jess. I brought Jess into the picture." She finally admitted as she sat back down on the couch.
"Jess?! What does Jess have to do with Valentine's Day and daisies and.other.pretty stuff?!"
Hearing those words come out of Luke's mouth made Lorelai laugh wryly. "Nothing! That's the thing! Lorelai, the super screw-up mum found the sudden need to bring Jess into the picture for no particular reason, only to end up picking a fight with her daughter. Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen!"
Luke finally gave up on comprehending what Lorelai was talking about, and settled onto the more important things at hand, which, when taken care of, he knew will ultimately lead to Lorelai speaking in more understandable sentences.
He took a deep breath. "How long has she been gone for?"
"Wha-?" Lorelai's demeanor immediately crumpled as she looked up at Luke.
"Rory. How long has she been gone for?" he repeated.
Lorelai sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "What's the time?" she mumbled almost inaudibly.
"Uh.9:35."
Lorelai brought her gaze back down to earth and looked at Luke, her eyes wide. "Two hours." She whispered, before grabbing Luke's wrist and taking a close inspection of his watch.
"Two hours?! Why didn't you say she left so long ago?"
"There were no clocks in the house! Well, there were, but my eyes are only digitally-adapted and Rory's usually the one who reads them for me, and.fine. I was waiting for her to come home, and I've learnt that in circumstances like these, one should avoid any form of time-telling object at all costs because it could turn ugly."
Luke looked at her in utter bewilderment for a moment before finally speaking up. "Where do you think she might have gone?"
"No-no-no. No way. I am NOT ringing my parents about this. I can see my mother's smug look now: 'Another fight with Rory, Lorelai? She seems to be leaving home quite a bit, don't you think? Takes after her mother, in a way.'" She imitated her mother's tone to perfection.
"I never said that; but now that you bring it up, she DID go there last time."
"No! That was different! She'll have learnt her lesson by now; never spend a night with the grandparents voluntarily."
"Have you rung Lane?"
"Yes. She said she hadn't seen her."
"Did Lane have any idea where she might have gone?"
"I don't know, her mum took the phone off her after one minute exactly."
"Okay." Luke shoved his hands into his pockets, rocking on his heels. "Get your coat."
"What?" Lorelai stared at him blankly.
"Get your coat; we're going to go look for her. It's late, it's dark, and there is a teenage girl wandering alone out there." Luke motioned towards the window, where the wind was rattling the panes. "It's not safe."
"Oh my God." Lorelai muttered as the circumstances she was in finally dawned on her. Rory, alone, darkness.images of axe-murderers, escaped lunatics and other things along those lines began to spin through her head like an over-worked merry-go-round. "What are you waiting for, diner-boy?! My kid's out there!"
"Calm down.it'll all be alright." Luke followed Lorelai into the main entrance to the house.
Lorelai spun around, her eyes in a panic. "What do you mean, 'it will be alright'?! Rory, darkness, potential axe murderers.you do the math."
"I'm sorry, where did the axe murderers come from?"
"From the fiery pits of maternal instinct." She rolled her eyes before speeding out the door.
"Lorelai!" Luke hastily grabbed her coat off the rack beside him and ran out the door after her. "Great. Now I have two Gilmores to look for."
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Now onto the show.
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Lorelai jumped up from her place at the couch at the sound of the doorbell.
"What happened?!" Luke asked as he entered the living room, trailing behind Lorelai.
Lorelai shrugged agitatedly. "I don't know!!! I mean, one second we're talking about Valentine's Day and daisies and other pretty stuff and the next second it's World War III!!!"
She wrung her hands together, looking up at Luke despairingly.
".And now, she's gone." she finished, and slumped down on the couch.
"Hold on, hold on." Luke brought his hands up in the air, sounding confused. "Who's gone?"
Lorelai took a deep breath. "Rory, Rory's gone!!! You know the little one that looks like me and follows me into your diner with her head in a book every morning!"
"I know who Rory is!" Luke snorted as he grabbed Lorelai's shoulders to calm her down. "What exactly happened?!"
"Did you bring some coffee? I need some coffee." She pushed past him as she walked towards the kitchen.
Luke grabbed her arm. "Oh, no you don't."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Lorelai wailed as she spun around to face Luke again. "I'm just-I'm just not all here right now. My daughter's out there wandering, angry, and I've learnt the hard way that whenever Rory is angry, she goes blank! For once in her life, she doesn't think; she wanders aimlessly wherever her feet may guide her.I mean, as far as I know, she could be 'wandering' off the edge of a cliff!"
"Lorelai! Firstly, there are no cliffs in Stars Hollow! Secondly, she'll be back soon; it couldn't have been that bad," Lorelai looked up at Luke, an unconvinced expression on her face. ".ok, forget that last part then."
"It was Jess. I brought Jess into the picture." She finally admitted as she sat back down on the couch.
"Jess?! What does Jess have to do with Valentine's Day and daisies and.other.pretty stuff?!"
Hearing those words come out of Luke's mouth made Lorelai laugh wryly. "Nothing! That's the thing! Lorelai, the super screw-up mum found the sudden need to bring Jess into the picture for no particular reason, only to end up picking a fight with her daughter. Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen!"
Luke finally gave up on comprehending what Lorelai was talking about, and settled onto the more important things at hand, which, when taken care of, he knew will ultimately lead to Lorelai speaking in more understandable sentences.
He took a deep breath. "How long has she been gone for?"
"Wha-?" Lorelai's demeanor immediately crumpled as she looked up at Luke.
"Rory. How long has she been gone for?" he repeated.
Lorelai sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "What's the time?" she mumbled almost inaudibly.
"Uh.9:35."
Lorelai brought her gaze back down to earth and looked at Luke, her eyes wide. "Two hours." She whispered, before grabbing Luke's wrist and taking a close inspection of his watch.
"Two hours?! Why didn't you say she left so long ago?"
"There were no clocks in the house! Well, there were, but my eyes are only digitally-adapted and Rory's usually the one who reads them for me, and.fine. I was waiting for her to come home, and I've learnt that in circumstances like these, one should avoid any form of time-telling object at all costs because it could turn ugly."
Luke looked at her in utter bewilderment for a moment before finally speaking up. "Where do you think she might have gone?"
"No-no-no. No way. I am NOT ringing my parents about this. I can see my mother's smug look now: 'Another fight with Rory, Lorelai? She seems to be leaving home quite a bit, don't you think? Takes after her mother, in a way.'" She imitated her mother's tone to perfection.
"I never said that; but now that you bring it up, she DID go there last time."
"No! That was different! She'll have learnt her lesson by now; never spend a night with the grandparents voluntarily."
"Have you rung Lane?"
"Yes. She said she hadn't seen her."
"Did Lane have any idea where she might have gone?"
"I don't know, her mum took the phone off her after one minute exactly."
"Okay." Luke shoved his hands into his pockets, rocking on his heels. "Get your coat."
"What?" Lorelai stared at him blankly.
"Get your coat; we're going to go look for her. It's late, it's dark, and there is a teenage girl wandering alone out there." Luke motioned towards the window, where the wind was rattling the panes. "It's not safe."
"Oh my God." Lorelai muttered as the circumstances she was in finally dawned on her. Rory, alone, darkness.images of axe-murderers, escaped lunatics and other things along those lines began to spin through her head like an over-worked merry-go-round. "What are you waiting for, diner-boy?! My kid's out there!"
"Calm down.it'll all be alright." Luke followed Lorelai into the main entrance to the house.
Lorelai spun around, her eyes in a panic. "What do you mean, 'it will be alright'?! Rory, darkness, potential axe murderers.you do the math."
"I'm sorry, where did the axe murderers come from?"
"From the fiery pits of maternal instinct." She rolled her eyes before speeding out the door.
"Lorelai!" Luke hastily grabbed her coat off the rack beside him and ran out the door after her. "Great. Now I have two Gilmores to look for."
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P.S. Thanks to all our reviewers!!! Yay! Brownie for you!!! (Bribery? What is bribery?)