Title: Maybe Family 23/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net) and if you want a quick response from meaning during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)
Disclaimer: these characters belong to Gilmore Girls except any characters you do not recognize
Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.
Comments: email me all you comments and suggestions. This is my second Gilmore Girls Fan fiction. I also write Friends. So well hope you like it
"This." He said as he opened the box to show the engagement ring. He got on one knee. "Lorelai Gilmore, will you marry me?"
Lorelai just stood there speechless for a long time.
"Rory come into my room soon and wake me up please." Lorelai whispered to Rory.
"Wake you up? Mom, this isn't a dream." Rory whispered back.
"This most be this can't be happening."
"It is." Rory said as she pinched her.
"That hurt!" Lorelai screamed.
"Now that you've realized you are awake. You might want to answer him." Rory whispered in her ear.
"I haven't already?" She asked Rory shocked.
"He wouldn't still be down on his knee if you had." Rory whispered back.
"So I have to answer him." Lorelai asked still in a haze.
"That would be the nice thing to do." Rory said.
"Look sorry to interrupt your little discussion but I'm kind of waiting for her." Luke said.
"Right sorry." Lorelai said facing him.
"Do you need me to repeat the question?" He asked.
"No, I remember the question." Lorelai said nervously.
"Is there any chance you can remember your answer?" Emily asked annoyed.
"You know what maybe we need to talk about this." Luke said worried as he got up and looked at Lorelai. "Do you want to do that?"
"Yeah, I do." Lorelai said as she followed him upstairs.
"Tell him yes!" Rory screamed up the stairs.
"So you know what this means?" Jess asked coming up to her.
"What are you talking about?"
"This means that what they're discussing up there will decide our fate, where we will live, if we will be related, everything."
"Yes, it does seem that way."
"How about we sit down." Luke said as him and Lorelai came into his room.
"I'm sorry." Lorelai said quickly.
"For what?" Luke asked confused.
"For not giving you an answer down there, for making you wait, for embarrassing you." Lorelai said sadly.
"It's ok, I didn't really expect a quick, normal response from you."
"Oh really why?"
"Because you're Lorelai, you're the crazy lady, you live on coffee and you are always surprising me, that's one of the reason I love you."
"I know, and the fact that you love me despite all of that is one of the reason I wanted to say yes."
"I don't love you despite all that, I love you because of all that."
"I know and that's why this is even harder." Lorelai said getting up.
"What is even harder?"
"Saying no."
"What? Why would you say no? I thought you wanted me to propose, I thought you loved me, I thought you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me."
"I do, I just…."
"You just what?"
"I just I'm not so sure about this, Luke. I mean what if we're wrong and we're jumping in to something that's wrong?"
"But what if it's is right? What if the fact that no one else has lasted except the two of us, is a sign? What if the women that I serve coffee to every morning, who I consider my best friend is the woman I'm supposed to spend the rest of my life with? What if the man that you see every morning, that you argue with, that you are best friend with is the person you are meant to be with? Would that be so bad?"
"No it wouldn't."
"Then what's wrong, Lorelai? What's so wrong with this?"
"That's it, there isn't."
"Ok, you lost me there."
"The fact that nothing is wrong with this plan is way I'm no so sure about it. Nothing in life ever is as perfect as it seems."
"It isn't perfect."
"What?"
"Both of our lives that are perfect might not blend together just right and there will be problems and we'll probably make mistakes but that's life and if we get something wonderful out of it then isn't it worth the risk?"
"But…"
"There's no buts Lorelai it's either worth it or it isn't. I think it is but it really matters if you do."
"How do you know if I say yes, that I won't run like I did with Max?"
"I don't but you're worth it."
Lorelai let out a heavy sigh. "It is worth it."
"Is that a yes?"
"Yes, that's a yes." Lorelai smiled. "Now can I get my ring?"
Luke laughed and put it on her finger. "I love you so much."
"You must because you invited my mother here, that's quite a brave thing to do."
Luke laughed. "I did it for you."
"You know Luke's going to kill you." Jess said smiling.
"He loves me, why would he kill me?" Rory asked confused.
"Because you're the person who convinced him to propose and if she says no, it's your fault."
"No, it's not."
"Yes, it is and you know it."
"Yeah I do." Rory said sadly. "But she won't say no, she loves him."
"She loved Max too right? And she also loved your father? She's not married to either one of them right now is she?"
"Ok, you've got to stop being right. Besides, I have faith in my mother and I know she will say yes."
"You want to bet on that?" Jess asked smiling.
"Put a lot of money on me, we need it." Lorelai said as she came down the stairs.
"But he's broke and I'll end up having to pay her." Luke said.
"But either way it'll end in the same place, with us." Lorelai said smiling.
"Wait did you just say us? So you said yes?" Rory asked hoping.
"Yes, I did." Lorelai said.
"I would tell you Congratulations but you're getting a coffee addict, crazy lady. What you really need in to be admitted to a mental hospital with her." Jess said to Luke.
"I'm so glad to see you are happy about this because we'll probably end up moving into their house." Luke said.
"Why not! I practically live there as it is." Jess said sarcastically.
"So you happy?" Rory asked Lorelai.
"Very, so are you ok with being a maid of honor?"
"Wouldn't thinking of being any thing else. I'm so happy for you. I'm just wondering what took you so long?"
"I don't really now exactly but that's besides the point the point is I'm getting married." Lorelai said laughing.
"Can I cut in?" Christopher asked coming up. "I wanted to tell you Congratulations"
"Thanks Chris that means a lot. It really does." Lorelai said truthfully.
"Well I'm glad I know about it before your party this time." Christopher said.
"I wouldn't do that to you again, any way."
"I know, but just thought I'd bring it up."
"So you're going to actually marry the ice man?" Emily asked sarcastically as she came up.
"Yes I am and his name is Luke, mother and I love him." Lorelai said.
"I don't know why you do but you do." Emily said sarcastically.
"So this means that you two are going to be cousins." Paris pointed out to Rory and Jess.
"Yeah I guess but more like stepbrother and stepsister than cousins." Rory said.
"Can you believe that we're going to actually be living together?" Jess asked.
"You practically live there already, this just makes it official." Rory said.
"He lives there?" Tristan asked confused.
"Well when they are dating, he always ends up sleeping on our couch." Rory pointed out.
"You never mentioned that." Paris said to Jess.
"It never came up." He said back.
"Either way no matter where we live we were already family any way this just makes it legal." Rory said smiling as she put her arm around Jess.
"I'm going to go insane living with the you and your mother." Jess said sarcastically.
"It'll be a growing experience." Rory said laughing.