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Lorelai isn't forgetting about Rory or writing her off..she's just contemplating that she is growing up and will soon be on her own.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Lorelai woke up early Friday morning and quickly remembered it was the first of two very big days. She crept down to Rory's room and slowly crawled into bed with her.
"It's ok mom. I'm awake too. Exciting day, huh?"
"It's always exciting when you're home." Lorelai teased.
"So nothing else going on this weekend, huh?"
"Well, there is Friday night dinner with the Richard and Emily. And some little thing going on tomorrow."
"Some town thing?"
"Some family/town thing."
The girls burst into giggles.
"So mom, how are you really?"
"I'm excited, and happy, and very, very hungry!!"
"Ok, so let's go down and see what we can find."
"Not much, I'm afraid. We need Luke."
"Not today we don't. It's our day. He can have you tomorrow."
"Thanks, I feel so wanted. Hey, you're really ok with this, right?"
"Oh, mom, I'm more than ok. I'm ecstatic. I'm so happy for you two, uh, three. By the way, number three...he's getting pretty noticeable."
"Just what I wanted to hear today. The time I want to look thin and beautiful."
"You are beautiful.... like a flower...just starting to bloom."
"You are learning something at that fancy college, how to smooze like a pro. And that 'he' pronoun, it just keeps creeping in."
Rory pulled her mother out of the bed and they headed into the kitchen. Lorelai had just started the decaf, when there was a knock at the kitchen door.
"I'll go. There's no way 'that man' is getting into this house until tonight." She pretended to be huffy.
Rory opened the door to Sookie, arms full of bags and boxes.
"Good morning. I brought breakfast. I knew you wouldn't have much and I thought we girls needed the morning just for us."
"Oh, Sookie, you're a life saver. Come in."
Sookie started pulling out goodies from her packages as the girls poured the coffee and got plates.
They ate slowly, but talked a mile a minute about the events of the next two days. All three were excited and ready to get on with it all. When Sookie left to check the Dragonfly one last time, Lorelai and Rory headed upstairs to get ready for their day. They were going for manicures and pedicures, and then hopefully, a late afternoon nap. Luke was picking them up around five so until then, the day was theirs.
Rory and Lorelai spent a couple hours in town, and successfully avoided any contact with Luke. Lorelai knew he was busy with his own last minute things and she could wait until five to see him. And tomorrow, well, after that, they would be together forever. That thought kept a smile on her face all day.
Finally, home again they collapsed on the living room sofa. They propped up their feet and admired their pretty polished toes. They were both too excited to nap but they drank hot tea and relaxed. They were almost dressed for the rehearsal, when Sookie called and ask if Rory could come over to the inn for a little last minute help. She went ahead while Lorelai waited for Luke.
Luke was early of course, but Lorelai was ready and waiting when he rang the bell.
"So formal, ringing the bell."
"Well, I didn't want to barge in on two women trying to get ready for an evening out."
"Very smooth, my friend. But Rory's already gone. Sookie needed some last minute help."
Luke pulled her into his arms. "So, we're all alone?"
"Yep, all alone." She kissed him warmly and ran her hands down his back, giving him a quick squeeze on his butt.
He kissed her back, letting his hands do a little roaming of their own.
"I've missed you, missed this."
"Yeah, me too."
So, tonight, it's going to be fun, right?"
"Of, course, Lorelai. The rehearsal, the dinner at your parents, all the family around..."
"All that spells 'fun' to you?"
"You'll see. It will be fun."
They kissed each other warmly and quickly got carried away. Breathless, Luke finally pulled away.
"We don't want to be late. And I've got something to give you while we're all alone."
"Something to give me, huh?"
"Not that. Something personal, a little thing I found for you." Luke pulled a small box out of his pocket. He opened it for Lorelai and she smiled.
"Luke, it's beautiful. Did you pick it out yourself?"
"Of course. Even went to that jewelry store at the mall.'
Lorelai pulled the necklace out of the box and handed it to Luke. He slipped it around her neck and fastened it. She walked over to the mirror and admired the purple teardrop stone hanging from the delicate chain. There were little diamonds accenting the deep color of the Tanzanite stone.
"Wow, it's gorgeous."
"Nope, it's a necklace. You're gorgeous."
"Ah, that's sweet. Thank you. It matches the dresses Rory and Sookie are wearing for the wedding."
"That was the idea. Every time you wear it, you can think of our wedding day."
"Who knew that you had such a romantic side to you?"
"Well, I did. It just took someone special to bring it out, I guess."
"I have a little something for you too." Lorelai pulled a box out of a drawer and handed it to him. He opened it and found a watch, classic like him, but with a couple of small diamonds on the face. He slipped his watch off and replaced it with the new one. Noticing the inscription ~
LUKE AND LORELAI LOVE FOREVER
He pulled her close and whispered, "Thank you. I love it and I love you."
"I actually have something else too."
"And this would be?" He asked as she handed him a small envelope.
"First pictures of the baby."
"Oh, Lorelai, I don't know what to say." He pulled the paper out and tried to figure out what was what.
"Pretty confusing, huh?"
"Sort of...not sure what I'm looking at."
She took if from him. "Well, there's an arm her, and a couple of legs up there, and a couple more arms...."
"What?"
"Remember my dream, Luke? The one I told you about the night of the fire? Well, who says dreams don't come true." She smiled as the information finally computed in his brain.
"Two... twins... there are two babies in there?"
Lorelai grinned, "Yep, job well done, mister. Your swimmers are potent." She tried to keep it light, because Luke was looking a little shell- shocked.
"Oh, God, Lorelai, two? Are we ready for this?"
"Well, I guess we better be. Because they're in there and some day they are going to come out."
Luke was practically speechless but Lorelai could tell he was starting to warm to the idea. His face was taking on a new look, a happy one.
He gently ran his hand over her stomach and then pulled her into a warm embrace.
"The doctor said I will probably start gaining weight and getting bigger very soon. Are you ready for that?"
"Yeah, I can't wait. But I have the easy part."
They kissed for a few minutes and then realized they really needed to leave.
"I have another surprise for you. I hope you like it. I noticed the other day that you were sort of wistful about...oh, heck, I'll just show you."
They pulled on their coats and Luke helped her into his truck. She heard him muttering something about mini vans, and SUVS, and she just laughed. She flashed to Jackson doing his math and planning to remodel.
They headed out but Luke didn't turn on the road that would take them to Dragonfly. Instead, he parked the truck in front of the little town church.
"Luke, I...how did you know?"
"I saw you look wistfully over here a few times, and I heard the comments you made about how important this little church was to the town. So I talked to Sookie and Rory and they thought it was a good idea. So you really don't mind?"
"Luke it's perfect. Exactly, what I wanted."
He helped her out of the truck and they walked into the church, already filled with the wedding party. The rehearsal went off with out a hitch, and in less than an hour they were all on their way to Hartford and the Gilmore house.
Lorelai kept her hand on Luke's leg during the drive. They shared glances along the way and talked about the next day. He was excited as she was, but more excited about her other news.
"So, do we tell everyone tonight or is it our little secret for now?"
"Well, we have to tell Rory first. After that, we'll see how it goes."
They were the last to arrive. They opened the door to much razing and a party that seemed to be in full swing. Lorelai couldn't remember such a lively party at the Gilmore house, or enjoying herself so much there. The evening turned out better than anyone expected. Luke and Lorelai were the center of attention for a while, but after dinner, everyone just enjoyed the party. They drank, and laughed as they mingled. Richard and Emily seemed to enjoy being around this group, and were very entertaining hosts. They teased Lorelai with a few of the baby pictures they had scrounged up. The few she hadn't managed to destroy. Mia had sent some pictures of the girls when they had first come to Stars Hollow. There were some cute ones of Luke and Sookie too. Luke's sister Liz had provided a few from Luke's child hood. Luke was embarrassed but pleased that his new in laws had gone to so much trouble Some one had put them together in a video with some more recent ones, and both Luke and Lorelai were touched. It was a very relaxing way to spend the evening.
It seemed like everyone had a wonderful time and it was very late when the party finally broke up. Rory had come with Jackson and Sookie, so she rode home with Luke and Lorelai.
"So great party, huh? Grandma and Grandpa really out did themselves tonight."
"It was great. They really seemed to enjoy it, didn't they?"
"And you two. I don't think you spent two seconds away from each other. What's up...because this happiness thing...well, it's kind of weird."
"Happy is never weird. We're in love, getting married tomorrow, remember?"
"Oh, yeah, but there's something else. Come on spill."
"Is there something else, Luke?"
"Maybe, hey Rory? Do you remember your mother's weird dream? The one she had when you were in Washington?"
"Sort of...the one about you? Wait, they were all about you."
Luke looked at Lorelai. "There was more than one?"
"Maybe."
"You never told me."
"Well, a girl has to have some secrets. You got the most important one."
"Oh, I remember. The last one..... the one where you were married and mom was pregnant, pregnant with ......twins...... Oh, my God, you're having twins? That dream is coming true?"
Luke and Lorelai both laughed and Rory knew the answer.
"Oh, my God, mom, you are going to be so fat!"
"Thanks, sweetie. Just the words I wanted to hear."
The rest of the drive was full of talk of double the work, double the noise, tons of diapers, and double the love.
Luke walked the girls to the door. Rory quickly disappeared into her room and Luke hung up their coats.
"Not so fast, there. You can't stay. It's almost midnight. You have to get out of here."
"Ah, you don't believe in all that superstitious stuff?"
"Not really, but I'm not taking any chances. Kiss me goodnight big guy and then you're out."
"Just one?"
Well, maybe a few."
Luke pulled her close and kissed her. She pulled back and fingered her necklace. "Thank you for this. It's beautiful and perfect."
"Thank you for my watch, and the other thing. Well, there's no way to thank you enough for that."
They smiled at each other and kissed deeply and then Luke reluctantly headed for the door. "See you tomorrow. I'll be the one in the monkey suit."
"I'll be the one in the white dress, trailing after the two beauties in purple."
"You'll be the only one I notice. Goodnight, Lorelai. For the last time, after tomorrow, I'm all yours."
"Goodnight, Luke. Hey, did you ever think this would happen?"
"Not really, but here we are."
She watched him drive away and closed the door with a huge smile on her face. She glanced around her little house and instead of thinking of the past; she could only envision the future.
The phone rang just as she slipped into bed.
"Hey, I can't sleep."
"Sorry about that. Try counting sheep."
"Lorelai, help me out here."
"How?"
"I don't know. I guess I just wanted to hear your voice."
"Are you happy Luke?"
"You have to ask? I can't remember ever feeling like this. I didn't think I would ever feel like this, actually."
"We've got it all, haven't we? We finally got it all together, despite all the obstacles."
"The obstacles we put up ourselves."
"Maybe, but the time is right now. We've got a lot to look forward to."
"More than I ever anticipated..."
"Goodnight, Luke. I love you."
"Goodnight, Lorelai. Hey, tomorrow, let's keep our little secret."
"Sure. I was thinking the same thing. Let our wedding day be just our wedding day."
"I love you. See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, tomorrow."
She hung up the phone, pulled his pillow close, and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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If you're still reading, let me know. On to the wedding...
Lorelai isn't forgetting about Rory or writing her off..she's just contemplating that she is growing up and will soon be on her own.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Lorelai woke up early Friday morning and quickly remembered it was the first of two very big days. She crept down to Rory's room and slowly crawled into bed with her.
"It's ok mom. I'm awake too. Exciting day, huh?"
"It's always exciting when you're home." Lorelai teased.
"So nothing else going on this weekend, huh?"
"Well, there is Friday night dinner with the Richard and Emily. And some little thing going on tomorrow."
"Some town thing?"
"Some family/town thing."
The girls burst into giggles.
"So mom, how are you really?"
"I'm excited, and happy, and very, very hungry!!"
"Ok, so let's go down and see what we can find."
"Not much, I'm afraid. We need Luke."
"Not today we don't. It's our day. He can have you tomorrow."
"Thanks, I feel so wanted. Hey, you're really ok with this, right?"
"Oh, mom, I'm more than ok. I'm ecstatic. I'm so happy for you two, uh, three. By the way, number three...he's getting pretty noticeable."
"Just what I wanted to hear today. The time I want to look thin and beautiful."
"You are beautiful.... like a flower...just starting to bloom."
"You are learning something at that fancy college, how to smooze like a pro. And that 'he' pronoun, it just keeps creeping in."
Rory pulled her mother out of the bed and they headed into the kitchen. Lorelai had just started the decaf, when there was a knock at the kitchen door.
"I'll go. There's no way 'that man' is getting into this house until tonight." She pretended to be huffy.
Rory opened the door to Sookie, arms full of bags and boxes.
"Good morning. I brought breakfast. I knew you wouldn't have much and I thought we girls needed the morning just for us."
"Oh, Sookie, you're a life saver. Come in."
Sookie started pulling out goodies from her packages as the girls poured the coffee and got plates.
They ate slowly, but talked a mile a minute about the events of the next two days. All three were excited and ready to get on with it all. When Sookie left to check the Dragonfly one last time, Lorelai and Rory headed upstairs to get ready for their day. They were going for manicures and pedicures, and then hopefully, a late afternoon nap. Luke was picking them up around five so until then, the day was theirs.
Rory and Lorelai spent a couple hours in town, and successfully avoided any contact with Luke. Lorelai knew he was busy with his own last minute things and she could wait until five to see him. And tomorrow, well, after that, they would be together forever. That thought kept a smile on her face all day.
Finally, home again they collapsed on the living room sofa. They propped up their feet and admired their pretty polished toes. They were both too excited to nap but they drank hot tea and relaxed. They were almost dressed for the rehearsal, when Sookie called and ask if Rory could come over to the inn for a little last minute help. She went ahead while Lorelai waited for Luke.
Luke was early of course, but Lorelai was ready and waiting when he rang the bell.
"So formal, ringing the bell."
"Well, I didn't want to barge in on two women trying to get ready for an evening out."
"Very smooth, my friend. But Rory's already gone. Sookie needed some last minute help."
Luke pulled her into his arms. "So, we're all alone?"
"Yep, all alone." She kissed him warmly and ran her hands down his back, giving him a quick squeeze on his butt.
He kissed her back, letting his hands do a little roaming of their own.
"I've missed you, missed this."
"Yeah, me too."
So, tonight, it's going to be fun, right?"
"Of, course, Lorelai. The rehearsal, the dinner at your parents, all the family around..."
"All that spells 'fun' to you?"
"You'll see. It will be fun."
They kissed each other warmly and quickly got carried away. Breathless, Luke finally pulled away.
"We don't want to be late. And I've got something to give you while we're all alone."
"Something to give me, huh?"
"Not that. Something personal, a little thing I found for you." Luke pulled a small box out of his pocket. He opened it for Lorelai and she smiled.
"Luke, it's beautiful. Did you pick it out yourself?"
"Of course. Even went to that jewelry store at the mall.'
Lorelai pulled the necklace out of the box and handed it to Luke. He slipped it around her neck and fastened it. She walked over to the mirror and admired the purple teardrop stone hanging from the delicate chain. There were little diamonds accenting the deep color of the Tanzanite stone.
"Wow, it's gorgeous."
"Nope, it's a necklace. You're gorgeous."
"Ah, that's sweet. Thank you. It matches the dresses Rory and Sookie are wearing for the wedding."
"That was the idea. Every time you wear it, you can think of our wedding day."
"Who knew that you had such a romantic side to you?"
"Well, I did. It just took someone special to bring it out, I guess."
"I have a little something for you too." Lorelai pulled a box out of a drawer and handed it to him. He opened it and found a watch, classic like him, but with a couple of small diamonds on the face. He slipped his watch off and replaced it with the new one. Noticing the inscription ~
LUKE AND LORELAI LOVE FOREVER
He pulled her close and whispered, "Thank you. I love it and I love you."
"I actually have something else too."
"And this would be?" He asked as she handed him a small envelope.
"First pictures of the baby."
"Oh, Lorelai, I don't know what to say." He pulled the paper out and tried to figure out what was what.
"Pretty confusing, huh?"
"Sort of...not sure what I'm looking at."
She took if from him. "Well, there's an arm her, and a couple of legs up there, and a couple more arms...."
"What?"
"Remember my dream, Luke? The one I told you about the night of the fire? Well, who says dreams don't come true." She smiled as the information finally computed in his brain.
"Two... twins... there are two babies in there?"
Lorelai grinned, "Yep, job well done, mister. Your swimmers are potent." She tried to keep it light, because Luke was looking a little shell- shocked.
"Oh, God, Lorelai, two? Are we ready for this?"
"Well, I guess we better be. Because they're in there and some day they are going to come out."
Luke was practically speechless but Lorelai could tell he was starting to warm to the idea. His face was taking on a new look, a happy one.
He gently ran his hand over her stomach and then pulled her into a warm embrace.
"The doctor said I will probably start gaining weight and getting bigger very soon. Are you ready for that?"
"Yeah, I can't wait. But I have the easy part."
They kissed for a few minutes and then realized they really needed to leave.
"I have another surprise for you. I hope you like it. I noticed the other day that you were sort of wistful about...oh, heck, I'll just show you."
They pulled on their coats and Luke helped her into his truck. She heard him muttering something about mini vans, and SUVS, and she just laughed. She flashed to Jackson doing his math and planning to remodel.
They headed out but Luke didn't turn on the road that would take them to Dragonfly. Instead, he parked the truck in front of the little town church.
"Luke, I...how did you know?"
"I saw you look wistfully over here a few times, and I heard the comments you made about how important this little church was to the town. So I talked to Sookie and Rory and they thought it was a good idea. So you really don't mind?"
"Luke it's perfect. Exactly, what I wanted."
He helped her out of the truck and they walked into the church, already filled with the wedding party. The rehearsal went off with out a hitch, and in less than an hour they were all on their way to Hartford and the Gilmore house.
Lorelai kept her hand on Luke's leg during the drive. They shared glances along the way and talked about the next day. He was excited as she was, but more excited about her other news.
"So, do we tell everyone tonight or is it our little secret for now?"
"Well, we have to tell Rory first. After that, we'll see how it goes."
They were the last to arrive. They opened the door to much razing and a party that seemed to be in full swing. Lorelai couldn't remember such a lively party at the Gilmore house, or enjoying herself so much there. The evening turned out better than anyone expected. Luke and Lorelai were the center of attention for a while, but after dinner, everyone just enjoyed the party. They drank, and laughed as they mingled. Richard and Emily seemed to enjoy being around this group, and were very entertaining hosts. They teased Lorelai with a few of the baby pictures they had scrounged up. The few she hadn't managed to destroy. Mia had sent some pictures of the girls when they had first come to Stars Hollow. There were some cute ones of Luke and Sookie too. Luke's sister Liz had provided a few from Luke's child hood. Luke was embarrassed but pleased that his new in laws had gone to so much trouble Some one had put them together in a video with some more recent ones, and both Luke and Lorelai were touched. It was a very relaxing way to spend the evening.
It seemed like everyone had a wonderful time and it was very late when the party finally broke up. Rory had come with Jackson and Sookie, so she rode home with Luke and Lorelai.
"So great party, huh? Grandma and Grandpa really out did themselves tonight."
"It was great. They really seemed to enjoy it, didn't they?"
"And you two. I don't think you spent two seconds away from each other. What's up...because this happiness thing...well, it's kind of weird."
"Happy is never weird. We're in love, getting married tomorrow, remember?"
"Oh, yeah, but there's something else. Come on spill."
"Is there something else, Luke?"
"Maybe, hey Rory? Do you remember your mother's weird dream? The one she had when you were in Washington?"
"Sort of...the one about you? Wait, they were all about you."
Luke looked at Lorelai. "There was more than one?"
"Maybe."
"You never told me."
"Well, a girl has to have some secrets. You got the most important one."
"Oh, I remember. The last one..... the one where you were married and mom was pregnant, pregnant with ......twins...... Oh, my God, you're having twins? That dream is coming true?"
Luke and Lorelai both laughed and Rory knew the answer.
"Oh, my God, mom, you are going to be so fat!"
"Thanks, sweetie. Just the words I wanted to hear."
The rest of the drive was full of talk of double the work, double the noise, tons of diapers, and double the love.
Luke walked the girls to the door. Rory quickly disappeared into her room and Luke hung up their coats.
"Not so fast, there. You can't stay. It's almost midnight. You have to get out of here."
"Ah, you don't believe in all that superstitious stuff?"
"Not really, but I'm not taking any chances. Kiss me goodnight big guy and then you're out."
"Just one?"
Well, maybe a few."
Luke pulled her close and kissed her. She pulled back and fingered her necklace. "Thank you for this. It's beautiful and perfect."
"Thank you for my watch, and the other thing. Well, there's no way to thank you enough for that."
They smiled at each other and kissed deeply and then Luke reluctantly headed for the door. "See you tomorrow. I'll be the one in the monkey suit."
"I'll be the one in the white dress, trailing after the two beauties in purple."
"You'll be the only one I notice. Goodnight, Lorelai. For the last time, after tomorrow, I'm all yours."
"Goodnight, Luke. Hey, did you ever think this would happen?"
"Not really, but here we are."
She watched him drive away and closed the door with a huge smile on her face. She glanced around her little house and instead of thinking of the past; she could only envision the future.
The phone rang just as she slipped into bed.
"Hey, I can't sleep."
"Sorry about that. Try counting sheep."
"Lorelai, help me out here."
"How?"
"I don't know. I guess I just wanted to hear your voice."
"Are you happy Luke?"
"You have to ask? I can't remember ever feeling like this. I didn't think I would ever feel like this, actually."
"We've got it all, haven't we? We finally got it all together, despite all the obstacles."
"The obstacles we put up ourselves."
"Maybe, but the time is right now. We've got a lot to look forward to."
"More than I ever anticipated..."
"Goodnight, Luke. I love you."
"Goodnight, Lorelai. Hey, tomorrow, let's keep our little secret."
"Sure. I was thinking the same thing. Let our wedding day be just our wedding day."
"I love you. See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, tomorrow."
She hung up the phone, pulled his pillow close, and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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If you're still reading, let me know. On to the wedding...
