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stuff?!
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"Where could she be, where could she be," Lorelai muttered to herself as she leant forward in her seat, staring out the windscreen of Luke's truck for any sign of her daughter in the early morning streets of Stars Hollow.
"Lorelai, calm down, we'll find her." Luke tried to sound reassuring, even though inside he was panicking.
"Luke, you've been saying that for the past six hours!" Lorelai exclaimed as a new set of tears found their way down her cheeks.
Ding-ding-ding, Lorelai Gilmore just made her first valid point, Luke thought to himself ill-humouredly as he gripped the steering wheel tighter.
"Are you sure you-" Luke began before he was cut off by Lorelai.
"Yes, Luke, I am completely sure that I rang my parents at 1am to see if Rory was there. They now believe that I am an insane, terrible mother and, for the first time in my life, I am inclined to agree with them on something."
"You are not a-"
"Yes, Luke, I am! Look at me! I've been searching for my kid all night just because I failed to stop her when she stormed out of the house in the first place: that's what I am, a failure. A complete and utter failure; I know, and so does my daughter, who now most probably hates me for all that she's worth, and, and.she's always going to hate me, and next thing I know we'll be like Sidda and Vivi-"
"Sidda and Vivi?"
"Yes! The Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood! And.and we'll have screaming fights over the phone, and she'll move to New York and defame me in the newspaper, and I'll have to cut her out of my will, and then, then.Sandra Bullock will take over her body, and-"
"Lorelai!" Luke stopped the truck.
"What?! Did you see her?" Lorelai flattened her face against the windscreen, causing a pair of kids wandering past to run off in fright, before opening the door. "Rory?! Rory, sweetie?"
"Lorelai, she's not there." Luke said bluntly, if only for the sake of quietening Lorelai for a moment. "We've been looking all night; don't you think it's time we called someone?"
"I'm NOT calling my parents again! As far as they know, I had to rush off the phone halfway through their lecture because I had spotted her!"
"I was thinking more along the lines of the police."
"Argh, same thing." Lorelai muttered.
"Come on, let's head back." Luke said as he carefully turned the truck around.
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"Lorelai! Listen to me! Before you call the police, try Lane again! Sookie, even! The diner! She's a Gilmore; she's bound to have needed coffee sometime or other between now and last night!" Luke yelled exasperatedly as they entered the house.
"No, Luke, they would've rang me, they would have-" Lorelai stopped abruptly as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist from behind.
She looked up at Luke questioningly as his face slowly broke into a small smile. "Presenting the long-lost Lorelai Leigh Gilmore." He grinned.
Lorelai's eyes went wide as she slowly turned to face Rory. "My baby!!!" She engulfed her daughter in a hug which lifted her off her feet.
Both were in tears by the time Lorelai finally set Rory back down on her feet.
"Mum, I'm so-" Rory began before she was cut off by her mother.
"No, no, *I* am, I shouldn't have-"
"But I-"
"Well I said-"
"Then I-"
"Oh my God, will you get it over and done with already! She's sorry, you're sorry, everyone's sorry!" Luke finally cut them both off immediately, something only few could ever manage to do.
"Oh sweetie, what happened to your cheek?!" Lorelai's face fell as her daughter's hand rose to unsuccessfully hide a huge gash across her cheek.
Luke immediately took a step forward to survey the damage as he suddenly felt himself getting protective of the girls.
"It's a long story," Rory sighed, staring at her feet.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I have a while." Lorelai smiled softly at her daughter as she lifted Rory's chin up to meet her gaze.
"If you say so." Rory shrugged as they led her to the couch as she began to recall the events of the previous night.
By the time she had finished, Luke had an empty mug of tea in his hands while the girls sat beside each other with Lorelai holding Rory protectively while nursing their newly-filled cups of coffee.
"Well, you know what you have to do now, don't you?" said Lorelai. "As you learnt last night, you can't run away from your troubles; and more importantly, you never run away from a man who makes you waffles; he's definitely a keeper. Have I taught you nothing?"
Lorelai looked up from her daughter long enough to smile at Luke, mouthing a small 'thank you' to him.
"You're right." Rory slowly stood up. "I have to go find him."
"You go girl!!!" Lorelai leapt up from the couch as Rory waved goodbye before disappearing out the door.without a slam.
"She is so my kid." she muttered to Luke, shaking her head.
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P.S. Be warned: we have nutella and we're not afraid to use it.
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"Where could she be, where could she be," Lorelai muttered to herself as she leant forward in her seat, staring out the windscreen of Luke's truck for any sign of her daughter in the early morning streets of Stars Hollow.
"Lorelai, calm down, we'll find her." Luke tried to sound reassuring, even though inside he was panicking.
"Luke, you've been saying that for the past six hours!" Lorelai exclaimed as a new set of tears found their way down her cheeks.
Ding-ding-ding, Lorelai Gilmore just made her first valid point, Luke thought to himself ill-humouredly as he gripped the steering wheel tighter.
"Are you sure you-" Luke began before he was cut off by Lorelai.
"Yes, Luke, I am completely sure that I rang my parents at 1am to see if Rory was there. They now believe that I am an insane, terrible mother and, for the first time in my life, I am inclined to agree with them on something."
"You are not a-"
"Yes, Luke, I am! Look at me! I've been searching for my kid all night just because I failed to stop her when she stormed out of the house in the first place: that's what I am, a failure. A complete and utter failure; I know, and so does my daughter, who now most probably hates me for all that she's worth, and, and.she's always going to hate me, and next thing I know we'll be like Sidda and Vivi-"
"Sidda and Vivi?"
"Yes! The Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood! And.and we'll have screaming fights over the phone, and she'll move to New York and defame me in the newspaper, and I'll have to cut her out of my will, and then, then.Sandra Bullock will take over her body, and-"
"Lorelai!" Luke stopped the truck.
"What?! Did you see her?" Lorelai flattened her face against the windscreen, causing a pair of kids wandering past to run off in fright, before opening the door. "Rory?! Rory, sweetie?"
"Lorelai, she's not there." Luke said bluntly, if only for the sake of quietening Lorelai for a moment. "We've been looking all night; don't you think it's time we called someone?"
"I'm NOT calling my parents again! As far as they know, I had to rush off the phone halfway through their lecture because I had spotted her!"
"I was thinking more along the lines of the police."
"Argh, same thing." Lorelai muttered.
"Come on, let's head back." Luke said as he carefully turned the truck around.
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"Lorelai! Listen to me! Before you call the police, try Lane again! Sookie, even! The diner! She's a Gilmore; she's bound to have needed coffee sometime or other between now and last night!" Luke yelled exasperatedly as they entered the house.
"No, Luke, they would've rang me, they would have-" Lorelai stopped abruptly as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist from behind.
She looked up at Luke questioningly as his face slowly broke into a small smile. "Presenting the long-lost Lorelai Leigh Gilmore." He grinned.
Lorelai's eyes went wide as she slowly turned to face Rory. "My baby!!!" She engulfed her daughter in a hug which lifted her off her feet.
Both were in tears by the time Lorelai finally set Rory back down on her feet.
"Mum, I'm so-" Rory began before she was cut off by her mother.
"No, no, *I* am, I shouldn't have-"
"But I-"
"Well I said-"
"Then I-"
"Oh my God, will you get it over and done with already! She's sorry, you're sorry, everyone's sorry!" Luke finally cut them both off immediately, something only few could ever manage to do.
"Oh sweetie, what happened to your cheek?!" Lorelai's face fell as her daughter's hand rose to unsuccessfully hide a huge gash across her cheek.
Luke immediately took a step forward to survey the damage as he suddenly felt himself getting protective of the girls.
"It's a long story," Rory sighed, staring at her feet.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I have a while." Lorelai smiled softly at her daughter as she lifted Rory's chin up to meet her gaze.
"If you say so." Rory shrugged as they led her to the couch as she began to recall the events of the previous night.
By the time she had finished, Luke had an empty mug of tea in his hands while the girls sat beside each other with Lorelai holding Rory protectively while nursing their newly-filled cups of coffee.
"Well, you know what you have to do now, don't you?" said Lorelai. "As you learnt last night, you can't run away from your troubles; and more importantly, you never run away from a man who makes you waffles; he's definitely a keeper. Have I taught you nothing?"
Lorelai looked up from her daughter long enough to smile at Luke, mouthing a small 'thank you' to him.
"You're right." Rory slowly stood up. "I have to go find him."
"You go girl!!!" Lorelai leapt up from the couch as Rory waved goodbye before disappearing out the door.without a slam.
"She is so my kid." she muttered to Luke, shaking her head.
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P.S. Be warned: we have nutella and we're not afraid to use it.