Title: Life As I Know It
Chapter 9: Stars Hollow
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls.
Month: August
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Six months pregnant and miserable, Lorelai feebly lifted her sticky hair off the back of her neck. She was driving in her car with the top down to the small town about twenty minutes outside of Hartford where she got all of her junk food craving needs fulfilled. But today as she slowed down near the grocery store, she noticed it was unusually dark. She got out of the car and checked the small sign posted in the window.
Closed for the Jones wedding
Sorry, Lorelai
"Dammit!" Lorelai swore underneath her breath. She then immediately felt affection for the friendly store owner she had come to know over the past four months. She remembered that Jones was the name of the mayor. The mayor's son was getting married to a girl he had been friends with since childhood. Lorelai wiped a tear running down her cheek with her handkerchief she had bought when her mood swings had started. Suddenly hyper and in need of coffee ice cream, she got back in her car and headed farther away from Hartford.
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Lorelai pulled up in front of a sign boasting "STARS HOLLOW" about ten minutes later. She drove down the main street until she reached a market.
"All right!" She parked her car and entered the store. She gathered about six pints of ice cream, two of which were coffee, a few packs of Twizzlers, and a jumbo Snickers and dropped them in front of the only open cash register. The portly older man behind the cash register scowled at her purchases and her stomach. Lorelai paid and picked up the three bags. The ice cream caused the bags to be a bit heavy, and Lorelai had a little bit of trouble carrying them out of the store. It didn't help matters when someone opened the door and hit her, causing her to drop all of her purchases and fall flat on the ground.
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"My baby. Is my baby okay?"
Even before she opened her eyes, Lorelai inquired about the most important thing in the world to her.
"Yeah, as far as I can tell, your baby's fine." A male voice responded hesitantly.
"'As far as you can tell'?! What the hell kind of doctor are you?"
"I'm not a doctor." The confused voice responded.
"Oh." Lorelai softened and opened her eyes. "Wow." She looked up at a slightly rugged face set above a flannel shirt.
"Uh, I can see the mood swings." The boy said good-naturedly.
Lorelai laughed. "Yeah, I've been noticing them too. Uh, not to be rude, but do you have any ice water?"
The boy promptly handed her a glass from the bedside table.
"Thank you. Oh, and can you answer a few questions?"
"Shoot."
"Who am I?"
"Uh, I....Well, you see, I--"
"It's okay. I know who I am." Lorelai laughed again. There was a pause. "What?"
"Who are you?"
"Oh! Duh! I'm Lorelai Gilmore. And you are-?"
"Luke Danes." They shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, Luke. But I've got one more question. Where are we?"
"Stars Hollow."
"I know that. Where in the town?"
"My room." Luke blushed.
"Okay, thank you, Luke. I think I'm going to head home now."
"Okay. Do you need any help?"
"No, I don't think so. Uh, where's me car? And my groceries?"
"Your groceries are in the freezer, and your car is still near Doose's."
"Doose's?"
"The market. I'll carry your groceries for you."
"Okay. That would actually be a big help. Thank you."
"No problem."
The couple walked through the house and retrieved Lorelai's groceries from the kitchen. Luke helped Lorelai down the steps and continued holding her arm as they walked the few short blocks to the market. Luke loaded Lorelai's groceries into her trunk.
"Don't forget to get someone to help you get those into your house."
"I won't." Lorelai shielded her eyes against the sun. "Thank you again, Luke. For all your help. Although not for the actual incident. I didn't appreciate that as much." She laughed to show it was a joke. Luke laughed with her. Then Lorelai had a thought. "Luke, do you think you could show me around the town? You can ride in my car, and it'll just be a short tour. It seems like a nice town."
"Uh, sure." Luke got in the passenger seat and Lorelai started the car. They drove slowly through the town.
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the first time they stopped, they stopped at this two-story house, that wasn't that big compared to her digs now, but it looked like a pretty good size. And not that bad. Lorelai even got out of the car and walked up the steps. She rang the doorbell and looked back to see Luke ducked as far down as he could be. She turned back to the door and rang the bell again. A woman came out of the house next door.
"No one lives there, sugar!"
"Excuse me?" Lorelai whirled to face the woman.
"No one lives there. Well, a couple owns it, but they left it a long time ago. I'm Babette, by the way." She held out her hand. "Who are you?"
"Lorelai."
"Nice to meet you Lorelai. Why are you here anyway?"
"Just looking at the house."
"Oh, okay. When are you due, sweetie?"
"What?"
Babette pointed at Lorelai's stomach.
"Oh! Uh, November."
"Ooh, you got the bad months." Babette looked at the house. "Oh, I gotta go, sweetie, but I'll see you later, okay?"
"Okay," Lorelai responded hesitantly.
"Okay, bye-bye sweetie!" And with that Babette retreated into her house. Lorelai made her way back to the car.
"This is a weird town." She mused while putting on her seatbelt.
"No shit."
"Why, Luke, you bad boy, you." Lorelai teased.
"Sorry about that." Luke blushed again.
"Oh, it's fine. I cuss all the time."
"Really?"
"Well, not quite with that potty mouth, but--" Lorelai laughed as Luke playfully hit her on the shoulder for teasing him. They continued on their tour.
~~~~~~
The second time they stopped was in front of Independence Inn. Lorelai stayed in the car this time, but stared in awe at the beautiful building and what looked like happy guests. She also noted the small flowered (or ivyed--whatever) shed in the back, just barely visible from their spot in the parking area. She stored the two stops in her memory somewhere, and dropped Luke out in front of Williams Hardware before driving back home to Hartford.
~~~~~~
Lorelai enlisted the help of the cook's assistant in getting her ice cream into the freezer. She kept one of the coffee ice cream pints for herself, grabbed a spoon from the silver cabinet, and carried both up to her room with a few fluff magazines. She lay on her bed in a bathing suit with two ice cubes on her stomach with three fans blowing at her as she read the magazines and spooned ice cream into her mouth. She felt it was the perfect end to a perfect day. At least, as far as perfect could be in her world of teenage pregnancy with an uninterested boyfriend. But she didn't think about that then. She thought about cool springs, and snow, and rain, and cold winds, and babbling brooks, and waterfalls, and then she had to go to the bathroom again. Her baby was tap-dancing on her bladder.
Chapter 9: Stars Hollow
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls.
Month: August
~~~~~~~~
Six months pregnant and miserable, Lorelai feebly lifted her sticky hair off the back of her neck. She was driving in her car with the top down to the small town about twenty minutes outside of Hartford where she got all of her junk food craving needs fulfilled. But today as she slowed down near the grocery store, she noticed it was unusually dark. She got out of the car and checked the small sign posted in the window.
Sorry, Lorelai
"Dammit!" Lorelai swore underneath her breath. She then immediately felt affection for the friendly store owner she had come to know over the past four months. She remembered that Jones was the name of the mayor. The mayor's son was getting married to a girl he had been friends with since childhood. Lorelai wiped a tear running down her cheek with her handkerchief she had bought when her mood swings had started. Suddenly hyper and in need of coffee ice cream, she got back in her car and headed farther away from Hartford.
~~~~~~
Lorelai pulled up in front of a sign boasting "STARS HOLLOW" about ten minutes later. She drove down the main street until she reached a market.
"All right!" She parked her car and entered the store. She gathered about six pints of ice cream, two of which were coffee, a few packs of Twizzlers, and a jumbo Snickers and dropped them in front of the only open cash register. The portly older man behind the cash register scowled at her purchases and her stomach. Lorelai paid and picked up the three bags. The ice cream caused the bags to be a bit heavy, and Lorelai had a little bit of trouble carrying them out of the store. It didn't help matters when someone opened the door and hit her, causing her to drop all of her purchases and fall flat on the ground.
~~~~~~
"My baby. Is my baby okay?"
Even before she opened her eyes, Lorelai inquired about the most important thing in the world to her.
"Yeah, as far as I can tell, your baby's fine." A male voice responded hesitantly.
"'As far as you can tell'?! What the hell kind of doctor are you?"
"I'm not a doctor." The confused voice responded.
"Oh." Lorelai softened and opened her eyes. "Wow." She looked up at a slightly rugged face set above a flannel shirt.
"Uh, I can see the mood swings." The boy said good-naturedly.
Lorelai laughed. "Yeah, I've been noticing them too. Uh, not to be rude, but do you have any ice water?"
The boy promptly handed her a glass from the bedside table.
"Thank you. Oh, and can you answer a few questions?"
"Shoot."
"Who am I?"
"Uh, I....Well, you see, I--"
"It's okay. I know who I am." Lorelai laughed again. There was a pause. "What?"
"Who are you?"
"Oh! Duh! I'm Lorelai Gilmore. And you are-?"
"Luke Danes." They shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, Luke. But I've got one more question. Where are we?"
"Stars Hollow."
"I know that. Where in the town?"
"My room." Luke blushed.
"Okay, thank you, Luke. I think I'm going to head home now."
"Okay. Do you need any help?"
"No, I don't think so. Uh, where's me car? And my groceries?"
"Your groceries are in the freezer, and your car is still near Doose's."
"Doose's?"
"The market. I'll carry your groceries for you."
"Okay. That would actually be a big help. Thank you."
"No problem."
The couple walked through the house and retrieved Lorelai's groceries from the kitchen. Luke helped Lorelai down the steps and continued holding her arm as they walked the few short blocks to the market. Luke loaded Lorelai's groceries into her trunk.
"Don't forget to get someone to help you get those into your house."
"I won't." Lorelai shielded her eyes against the sun. "Thank you again, Luke. For all your help. Although not for the actual incident. I didn't appreciate that as much." She laughed to show it was a joke. Luke laughed with her. Then Lorelai had a thought. "Luke, do you think you could show me around the town? You can ride in my car, and it'll just be a short tour. It seems like a nice town."
"Uh, sure." Luke got in the passenger seat and Lorelai started the car. They drove slowly through the town.
~~~~~~~
the first time they stopped, they stopped at this two-story house, that wasn't that big compared to her digs now, but it looked like a pretty good size. And not that bad. Lorelai even got out of the car and walked up the steps. She rang the doorbell and looked back to see Luke ducked as far down as he could be. She turned back to the door and rang the bell again. A woman came out of the house next door.
"No one lives there, sugar!"
"Excuse me?" Lorelai whirled to face the woman.
"No one lives there. Well, a couple owns it, but they left it a long time ago. I'm Babette, by the way." She held out her hand. "Who are you?"
"Lorelai."
"Nice to meet you Lorelai. Why are you here anyway?"
"Just looking at the house."
"Oh, okay. When are you due, sweetie?"
"What?"
Babette pointed at Lorelai's stomach.
"Oh! Uh, November."
"Ooh, you got the bad months." Babette looked at the house. "Oh, I gotta go, sweetie, but I'll see you later, okay?"
"Okay," Lorelai responded hesitantly.
"Okay, bye-bye sweetie!" And with that Babette retreated into her house. Lorelai made her way back to the car.
"This is a weird town." She mused while putting on her seatbelt.
"No shit."
"Why, Luke, you bad boy, you." Lorelai teased.
"Sorry about that." Luke blushed again.
"Oh, it's fine. I cuss all the time."
"Really?"
"Well, not quite with that potty mouth, but--" Lorelai laughed as Luke playfully hit her on the shoulder for teasing him. They continued on their tour.
~~~~~~
The second time they stopped was in front of Independence Inn. Lorelai stayed in the car this time, but stared in awe at the beautiful building and what looked like happy guests. She also noted the small flowered (or ivyed--whatever) shed in the back, just barely visible from their spot in the parking area. She stored the two stops in her memory somewhere, and dropped Luke out in front of Williams Hardware before driving back home to Hartford.
~~~~~~
Lorelai enlisted the help of the cook's assistant in getting her ice cream into the freezer. She kept one of the coffee ice cream pints for herself, grabbed a spoon from the silver cabinet, and carried both up to her room with a few fluff magazines. She lay on her bed in a bathing suit with two ice cubes on her stomach with three fans blowing at her as she read the magazines and spooned ice cream into her mouth. She felt it was the perfect end to a perfect day. At least, as far as perfect could be in her world of teenage pregnancy with an uninterested boyfriend. But she didn't think about that then. She thought about cool springs, and snow, and rain, and cold winds, and babbling brooks, and waterfalls, and then she had to go to the bathroom again. Her baby was tap-dancing on her bladder.