Chapter 3
Rory woke up the next morning with the feeling that someone was watching her, turning over and slowly opening her eyes Rory is faced with Shaya and Scarlet standing at her bedside. "Mommy, we're hungry." Shaya states as Scarlet nods.
"All right, let's get up, and get dressed and we will go meet Sookie at Luke's and have breakfast."
"Yay!" Shaya exclaims as she and Scarlet grab hands as they run out of the room.
15 minutes later Rory has helped all of the children dress and they load back into Rory's car and drives toward Luke's.
"Mommy!" Scarlet shouts the instant she spots Sookie sitting at the counter and talking to Luke.
"We're hungry." Madison and Riley chorus to their mother.
"I know," Sookie nods, "Daddy had breakfast waiting for you at home." Turning from her children Sookie faces Luke again, "I will see you tonight Luke."
"What?" Luke asks, "right. Tonight the rehearsal dinner."
Sookie smiles at him and gathering her children she leads them out of the restaurant.
Rory and Shaya both take seats at the counter, "good morning Luke." Rory greets cheerfully.
"Morning." Luke states absentmindedly as he grabs a coffee cup for Rory and a juice glass for Shaya and immediately pouring de-caf coffee into Shaya's cup and orange juice into Shaya's glass.
"Yay!" Shaya cheers, "coffee!"
Rory stifles a giggle and immediately pulls the glass out of Shaya's reach, "so are you nervous Luke?" Rory questions.
Luke sets the juice pitcher on the coffee heater and when he turns around again one of his waiters immediately changes it. "Me nervous, of course not. I'm marrying my best friend."
"Luke?" Shaya takes control of Luke attention now.
"Hmm?" Luke asks setting a stack of peanut butter pancakes, a recipe Luke had created and only made for Shaya, down in front of her.
"When you marry Grandma can I call you PoPPop Luke?" Shaya asks.
Rory focuses on Luke's face and he is nearly beaming when he responds, "if you want peanut, sure." Luke had always called Shaya peanut because she went through a stage, about a year ago, when all she would eat was peanut butter so the nickname and the pancakes had stuck.
"Thank you so much for taking her for the day Luke," Rory breaks the silence moments later.
"Oh sure, I know you and your mom have lots to do to get ready for tomorrow." Luke responds.
Rory kisses Shaya as Luke prepares her coffee in a to go cup, "bye baby I will see you later."
"Bye Mommy." Shaya calls as Rory hurries out of the diner and toward the Dragonfly Inn where Lorelai and Luke were holding their wedding and reception.
Miraculously, when Rory reached the inn Sookie was all ready there without her children, along with Rory's mother and grandmother. Sookie was ordering the people in the kitchen around and making last minute changes to the rehearsal dinner's menu, Emily seems to be ordering everyone else around and Lorelai seems to be a little lost and isn't fighting with her mother like she usually is.
"Rory you're here!" Lorelai seems to come to life when Rory steps through the doors, "where's Shaya?"
Rory smiles, "with her PopPop Luke."
"With her..." Lorelai smiles brightly, "that's so cute!"
"I thought so. She came up with it all on her own."
"Rory, we need to talk." Lorelai states, "sit with me."
Rory eyes her mother suspiciously, "what? Are you going to tell me that Dean's suddenly reappeared in Stars Hollow and is coming to the wedding also?"
Lorelai smiles and shakes her head, "nothing like that. But Luke has asked Jess to be his best man. And so since you are my maid-of-honor you have to walk down the aisle with him and everything else, you know pretend to like each other."
Rory nods, "that's all right. I spent the entire evening with him yesterday. We're fine."
Lorelai pats her daughter's knee, "good."
Several hours later Rory and Lorelai were finished preparing for the rehearsal dinner and were finished dressing at Lorelai's house with about twenty minutes to kill before the official rehearsal started. "I want coffee, don't you want coffee?" Lorelai asks as they walk out of the house.
"Sookie will have coffee made." Rory states, "if we go to Luke's we are going to get in his way."
"For twenty some years we have been in his way, and far into the future we are going to be in his way. I'm sure he's used to it." Lorelai grabs her daughter's arm and drags her toward Luke's.
Walking into the diner Luke is behind the counter but dress in nice slacks and a shirt for the rehearsal but trying to combat the dinner rush. Shaya ,in the dress Rory had left for her, is sitting on the counter eating a large chocolate chip cookie.
"Mommy!" Shaya exclaims.
Turning at Shaya's words Luke questions, "what are you guys doing here? I though we were meeting at the inn?"
"We wanted coffee." Lorelai grins.
"Should we be leaving?" Rory asks glancing at her watch.
"Yeah, yeah spoil-sport." Lorelai sighs. "Are you going to come with us?"
Luke nods and turns to give directions to his waiter in charge, then he kisses Lorelai and they leave.
Rory woke up the next morning with the feeling that someone was watching her, turning over and slowly opening her eyes Rory is faced with Shaya and Scarlet standing at her bedside. "Mommy, we're hungry." Shaya states as Scarlet nods.
"All right, let's get up, and get dressed and we will go meet Sookie at Luke's and have breakfast."
"Yay!" Shaya exclaims as she and Scarlet grab hands as they run out of the room.
15 minutes later Rory has helped all of the children dress and they load back into Rory's car and drives toward Luke's.
"Mommy!" Scarlet shouts the instant she spots Sookie sitting at the counter and talking to Luke.
"We're hungry." Madison and Riley chorus to their mother.
"I know," Sookie nods, "Daddy had breakfast waiting for you at home." Turning from her children Sookie faces Luke again, "I will see you tonight Luke."
"What?" Luke asks, "right. Tonight the rehearsal dinner."
Sookie smiles at him and gathering her children she leads them out of the restaurant.
Rory and Shaya both take seats at the counter, "good morning Luke." Rory greets cheerfully.
"Morning." Luke states absentmindedly as he grabs a coffee cup for Rory and a juice glass for Shaya and immediately pouring de-caf coffee into Shaya's cup and orange juice into Shaya's glass.
"Yay!" Shaya cheers, "coffee!"
Rory stifles a giggle and immediately pulls the glass out of Shaya's reach, "so are you nervous Luke?" Rory questions.
Luke sets the juice pitcher on the coffee heater and when he turns around again one of his waiters immediately changes it. "Me nervous, of course not. I'm marrying my best friend."
"Luke?" Shaya takes control of Luke attention now.
"Hmm?" Luke asks setting a stack of peanut butter pancakes, a recipe Luke had created and only made for Shaya, down in front of her.
"When you marry Grandma can I call you PoPPop Luke?" Shaya asks.
Rory focuses on Luke's face and he is nearly beaming when he responds, "if you want peanut, sure." Luke had always called Shaya peanut because she went through a stage, about a year ago, when all she would eat was peanut butter so the nickname and the pancakes had stuck.
"Thank you so much for taking her for the day Luke," Rory breaks the silence moments later.
"Oh sure, I know you and your mom have lots to do to get ready for tomorrow." Luke responds.
Rory kisses Shaya as Luke prepares her coffee in a to go cup, "bye baby I will see you later."
"Bye Mommy." Shaya calls as Rory hurries out of the diner and toward the Dragonfly Inn where Lorelai and Luke were holding their wedding and reception.
Miraculously, when Rory reached the inn Sookie was all ready there without her children, along with Rory's mother and grandmother. Sookie was ordering the people in the kitchen around and making last minute changes to the rehearsal dinner's menu, Emily seems to be ordering everyone else around and Lorelai seems to be a little lost and isn't fighting with her mother like she usually is.
"Rory you're here!" Lorelai seems to come to life when Rory steps through the doors, "where's Shaya?"
Rory smiles, "with her PopPop Luke."
"With her..." Lorelai smiles brightly, "that's so cute!"
"I thought so. She came up with it all on her own."
"Rory, we need to talk." Lorelai states, "sit with me."
Rory eyes her mother suspiciously, "what? Are you going to tell me that Dean's suddenly reappeared in Stars Hollow and is coming to the wedding also?"
Lorelai smiles and shakes her head, "nothing like that. But Luke has asked Jess to be his best man. And so since you are my maid-of-honor you have to walk down the aisle with him and everything else, you know pretend to like each other."
Rory nods, "that's all right. I spent the entire evening with him yesterday. We're fine."
Lorelai pats her daughter's knee, "good."
Several hours later Rory and Lorelai were finished preparing for the rehearsal dinner and were finished dressing at Lorelai's house with about twenty minutes to kill before the official rehearsal started. "I want coffee, don't you want coffee?" Lorelai asks as they walk out of the house.
"Sookie will have coffee made." Rory states, "if we go to Luke's we are going to get in his way."
"For twenty some years we have been in his way, and far into the future we are going to be in his way. I'm sure he's used to it." Lorelai grabs her daughter's arm and drags her toward Luke's.
Walking into the diner Luke is behind the counter but dress in nice slacks and a shirt for the rehearsal but trying to combat the dinner rush. Shaya ,in the dress Rory had left for her, is sitting on the counter eating a large chocolate chip cookie.
"Mommy!" Shaya exclaims.
Turning at Shaya's words Luke questions, "what are you guys doing here? I though we were meeting at the inn?"
"We wanted coffee." Lorelai grins.
"Should we be leaving?" Rory asks glancing at her watch.
"Yeah, yeah spoil-sport." Lorelai sighs. "Are you going to come with us?"
Luke nods and turns to give directions to his waiter in charge, then he kisses Lorelai and they leave.