These are not my characters. I am just borrowing them for a little while so I can have my fun (Dirty).
Sunday morning:
"Here, sit down." Luke told Lorelai as he helped her into a chair. "Why don't you tell me what happened now. Help me help you." Sookie takes a look at the seriousness of Luke's face and says, "I'll give you two a minute alone. If you need me, I will be in the dining room checking on breakfast." With that said, Sookie exits the kitchen and Luke looks back into Lorelai's eyes, which are brimming with more tears.
"How could she leave? I mean we have fought before, but never like this. She has never wanted to leave before." Lorelai cried. "I mean, I knew she was angry and hurt, and, and , and confused but that doesn't give her a right to run away from me."
"I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is harder for me because I don't know the whole story. Why don't you start there." Luke offered, kneeling in front of her, stroking her arms.
"Well, the other night, when I went home to get a camera, Rory was there. Dean was there. Rory and Dean were there. Together." Seeing the confused look on Luke's face, Lorelai repeated, "Together." "Together," Luke echoed, "Like together, together? Oh my God, Rory no...." Luke trailed off as the realization fully hit him.
"Yes, so then Dean left and I was there and we fought. She said some really terrible things about me and Christopher and Sherry and how I am no better than her. She broke down and I comforted her. Then she said she needed to be alone and I left. I didn't know where I was going, but somehow I wound up with you. This morning when I went home, she was even more angry than when I left last night. She was mad at me for not being a good enough mother. She said horrible things to me, accused me of being the reason she turned out the way she was. She said I haven't been a good mother or a good example. She kept on yelling at me and I went upstairs and told her we would talk about it later. She left while I was in the shower and left me this note. What am I going to do? She's gone, Luke, she's really gone. I don't know how to bring her back." Lorelai sobbed.
Luke looked at her and began to think, "You just don't know, do you? You don't know how much of an amazing parent you have been for all these years. You have succeeded at doing this all alone. If this is anyone's fault it is Christopher's for not being there to tell his little girl that one day there will be slime that will tell you anything to get you to say yes." What he said was, "She was angry, you said it yourself, and confused, hurt, and scared all at once. She took out her emotions on you, which was wrong, but haven't we all done the same thing before. She is with your mom now. I know, spending a summer with Emily Gilmore is not your idea of fun, but maybe it will help Rory. It may also help you too. You need to learn how to live without Rory."
"But I have. She was away at college all year, in case you missed it." Lorelai replied, still crying.
"Oh, I didn't miss anything," Luke said to her. "Yes, she went to school, but was she ever gone for longer than a week or two at a time? No. The two of you have been together for so long that this is going to hurt. This isn't going to be easy. Maybe even as difficult as caffeine withdrawals; but it will make both of you stronger. She has your mom there to help her, and you have me here. If you'll let me help you." Luke whispered as he helped her to stand.
Lorelai looked at him and just nodded. It was all she needed to do. Before her head was done confirming, she felt Luke's arms around her and felt the security and compassion that she longed for. "I had better get to work," she said quietly. "It will be good for me to keep busy and take my mind of Rory's problems."
"Yeah, it will," Luke said as he slowly loosened his arms and took a step back from her. "Now, before you go out there, maybe you should fix your, uh, eyes." He said as he pointed to her mascara, which had run down her face by then.
"Thanks," she said, as she took a towel and began wiping at her eyes. As she turned to head out into the dining room, she turned around and said, "See you tonight?"
"Uh, okay, sure." He replied.
"Good, cause we have a date you know. You, me, a movie? Remember?" She smiled at him.
"Yeah, I remember. Let's make it at seven-thirty?" Luke asks?
"Okay, sounds good," Lorelai smiles as she turns and walks out into the dining room.
7pm- Lorelai's House
"Rory!!!! Where are you when I need you?!?!?!" Lorelai shouts through the house. "He will be here in half an hour and I still have no idea what I am going to wear." She then thinks to herself "This is stupid. If someone hears me yelling like this, they are going to have me committed. I actually sound crazier than I really am. How about this one," she thinks, picking up a blue dress. "No, too dressy. Hmmm, this will work, and this and these shoes. Okay earrings. Maybe something small. No. How about dangly. Yeah, these will go nicely." As she puts on the last earring, there is a knock on the door. "Coming!" she calls down the stairs. "Dirty," Luke shouts from outside. As she opens the door both of them take a minute to stare at each other and admire. Luke is dressed in a black t- shirt with gray dress pants and Lorelai has on a short khaki skirt with a tight, low cut, blue shirt. "You look nice, "They both say at the same time. "Thanks," again in unison. Luke then touches Lorelai's arm. "Are you ready?" he asks. "Let's go." She replies. She closes her door and they walk out to his truck.
"Where are we going again?" Lorelai asks. "This week has been so crazy that I am not even sure who I am, let alone what I am supposed to be doing."
Luke smiled at her and said, "You are the beautiful, mildly insane, Lorelai Gilmore, who is going to dinner and a movie on her date with me, Luke Danes."
Lorelai blushed and then looked down at her lap. "Thanks," she said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Anything for you," Luke said as he smiled and looked out onto the road.
Sorry this one was a little longer than the others. I wanted to get their date started. This is going to be a roller coaster I think. Just like their lives so far. Hope you like it.
Sunday morning:
"Here, sit down." Luke told Lorelai as he helped her into a chair. "Why don't you tell me what happened now. Help me help you." Sookie takes a look at the seriousness of Luke's face and says, "I'll give you two a minute alone. If you need me, I will be in the dining room checking on breakfast." With that said, Sookie exits the kitchen and Luke looks back into Lorelai's eyes, which are brimming with more tears.
"How could she leave? I mean we have fought before, but never like this. She has never wanted to leave before." Lorelai cried. "I mean, I knew she was angry and hurt, and, and , and confused but that doesn't give her a right to run away from me."
"I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is harder for me because I don't know the whole story. Why don't you start there." Luke offered, kneeling in front of her, stroking her arms.
"Well, the other night, when I went home to get a camera, Rory was there. Dean was there. Rory and Dean were there. Together." Seeing the confused look on Luke's face, Lorelai repeated, "Together." "Together," Luke echoed, "Like together, together? Oh my God, Rory no...." Luke trailed off as the realization fully hit him.
"Yes, so then Dean left and I was there and we fought. She said some really terrible things about me and Christopher and Sherry and how I am no better than her. She broke down and I comforted her. Then she said she needed to be alone and I left. I didn't know where I was going, but somehow I wound up with you. This morning when I went home, she was even more angry than when I left last night. She was mad at me for not being a good enough mother. She said horrible things to me, accused me of being the reason she turned out the way she was. She said I haven't been a good mother or a good example. She kept on yelling at me and I went upstairs and told her we would talk about it later. She left while I was in the shower and left me this note. What am I going to do? She's gone, Luke, she's really gone. I don't know how to bring her back." Lorelai sobbed.
Luke looked at her and began to think, "You just don't know, do you? You don't know how much of an amazing parent you have been for all these years. You have succeeded at doing this all alone. If this is anyone's fault it is Christopher's for not being there to tell his little girl that one day there will be slime that will tell you anything to get you to say yes." What he said was, "She was angry, you said it yourself, and confused, hurt, and scared all at once. She took out her emotions on you, which was wrong, but haven't we all done the same thing before. She is with your mom now. I know, spending a summer with Emily Gilmore is not your idea of fun, but maybe it will help Rory. It may also help you too. You need to learn how to live without Rory."
"But I have. She was away at college all year, in case you missed it." Lorelai replied, still crying.
"Oh, I didn't miss anything," Luke said to her. "Yes, she went to school, but was she ever gone for longer than a week or two at a time? No. The two of you have been together for so long that this is going to hurt. This isn't going to be easy. Maybe even as difficult as caffeine withdrawals; but it will make both of you stronger. She has your mom there to help her, and you have me here. If you'll let me help you." Luke whispered as he helped her to stand.
Lorelai looked at him and just nodded. It was all she needed to do. Before her head was done confirming, she felt Luke's arms around her and felt the security and compassion that she longed for. "I had better get to work," she said quietly. "It will be good for me to keep busy and take my mind of Rory's problems."
"Yeah, it will," Luke said as he slowly loosened his arms and took a step back from her. "Now, before you go out there, maybe you should fix your, uh, eyes." He said as he pointed to her mascara, which had run down her face by then.
"Thanks," she said, as she took a towel and began wiping at her eyes. As she turned to head out into the dining room, she turned around and said, "See you tonight?"
"Uh, okay, sure." He replied.
"Good, cause we have a date you know. You, me, a movie? Remember?" She smiled at him.
"Yeah, I remember. Let's make it at seven-thirty?" Luke asks?
"Okay, sounds good," Lorelai smiles as she turns and walks out into the dining room.
7pm- Lorelai's House
"Rory!!!! Where are you when I need you?!?!?!" Lorelai shouts through the house. "He will be here in half an hour and I still have no idea what I am going to wear." She then thinks to herself "This is stupid. If someone hears me yelling like this, they are going to have me committed. I actually sound crazier than I really am. How about this one," she thinks, picking up a blue dress. "No, too dressy. Hmmm, this will work, and this and these shoes. Okay earrings. Maybe something small. No. How about dangly. Yeah, these will go nicely." As she puts on the last earring, there is a knock on the door. "Coming!" she calls down the stairs. "Dirty," Luke shouts from outside. As she opens the door both of them take a minute to stare at each other and admire. Luke is dressed in a black t- shirt with gray dress pants and Lorelai has on a short khaki skirt with a tight, low cut, blue shirt. "You look nice, "They both say at the same time. "Thanks," again in unison. Luke then touches Lorelai's arm. "Are you ready?" he asks. "Let's go." She replies. She closes her door and they walk out to his truck.
"Where are we going again?" Lorelai asks. "This week has been so crazy that I am not even sure who I am, let alone what I am supposed to be doing."
Luke smiled at her and said, "You are the beautiful, mildly insane, Lorelai Gilmore, who is going to dinner and a movie on her date with me, Luke Danes."
Lorelai blushed and then looked down at her lap. "Thanks," she said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Anything for you," Luke said as he smiled and looked out onto the road.
Sorry this one was a little longer than the others. I wanted to get their date started. This is going to be a roller coaster I think. Just like their lives so far. Hope you like it.