Tales of a Lonely Girl

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Chapter 7
Flower Girls & Mrs. Danes- Lorelai/Rory

"...so then, he comes up to me, and says, and I quote, 'this is the best Inn I've ever been too. The service is amazing, and I'm not complaining about the good looking woman working here either.' And then he winked at me. George Clooney winked at me."

"And called you good looking..." Rory reminded her.

"Yeah, too bad it was all a dream. I swear, if Clooney ever actually came to the Inn I think my heart would stop beating."

"Well I don't think George Clooney's planning to stop in Connecticut anytime soon. I don't think he's the kind of guy who visits a town for the trees and all."

"I guess you're right."

"So, how was the real opening day?"

"It was great...just as I imagined it to be."

"Which is..."

"Sookie going cooking crazy...trying to be the new Emeril and all, and Michel just going crazy."

"His chair still hasn't come?"

"Nope but he insisted that I called them to make sure it was coming within the next few days."

"And is it?"

"It sure is."

"Well, good. Are the families there nice? Do they like the Inn?"

"I think so. I really do. They all seemed pleased and happy to be there."

"That's great mom, I can't wait to see it in action when I come home. I'm getting ready to come home. That's for sure."

"Good. So..." Lorelai wanted to bring up Dean but didn't know how. It was still a sensitive subject and the last time they actually talked about it resulted in there ever-so-touching fight. "Has...Europe concurred your every wish?"

"Meaning..."

"Has it been good to you?"

"Oh yes, Europe and me are best friends."

"Thatta girl. You were always one for foreign places."

There was a long pause. Rory could tell in her voice that Lorelai had more to say but didn't know how to approach whatever the topic was.

"So," Lorelai began, breaking the silence, "have you...resolved your problems that you wanted to...while in Europe?"

Ah, so that's what it was. Dean. Of course. She should have guessed.

"To some extent."

"To some extent?"

"The cities so pretty here at night."

"Oh." Lorelai took the hint that she didn't want to talk about it. That's okay. Maybe some other time. Maybe not.

"So, I went out a few nights ago and walked through this small park near our hotel. There were so many couples sitting around I wanted to--"

"No need to finish that sentence."

"Right. Your fear of the word--"

"Oookay that's enough. So, carry on with your...story."

"There were so many couples sitting around it made me...sad, so I called Dean."

"You called Dean."

"You're good at repeating things, mom. Has anybody ever told you that?" Rory mocked.

"So, you called Dean..."

"And we talked."

"And you talked..."

"Okay mom that's getting really annoying. Stop."

"Right, stopping now. So keep going."

"And we talked for a long time. Over an hour at least. We talked about what happened...that night, and where he and Lindsay stand...and where him and I stand."

"Well I'm glad to know you all are standing, not sitting." Lorelai joked.

"Well, he's living with his parents right now. He left Lindsay, like he originally intended on doing," she paused letting her last sentence sink into her mom's head. Like he originally intended on doing. Lorelai understood she was in a...well, polite...way trying to say, 'I told you so.' "And we're going to talk."

"Talk...how?"

"Well I've realized while I've been here that, I don't want to be with Dean. It was wrong what I did and I would take it back if I could but, we're still going to talk and try and work things out as...mature," another pause, "friends." She was in quite the, 'I'm right' mood.

"Well that sounds like it was a pretty good conversation."

"It was."

"I'm glad."

"So how are you? Still with Jason or did he finally leave?"

"We're engaged."

"Your what!?"

"I told you it was a mistake that we were fighting before. Now I don't think you can be my maid of honor. You've been lowered to the flower girl." Lorelai said in all seriousness.

"Wait, you're...you're what! Why didn't you tell me that you're engaged!"

"Because I'm not."

"What?"

"But I'm glad to know, that if I were in fact...telling the truth, which I wasn't, that you'd be so excited about it. Since when do you like Jason?"

"I never said I didn't like Jason."

"Well, you implied that you didn't." Lorelai said matter-of-factly.

"I never implied that I didn't like him." Rory said trying to sound convincing.

Lorelai rolled her eyes and mocked Rory. "Did he finally leave?" She imitated.

"Fine...okay? I thought he was just a little creepy." Rory admitted.

Lorelai sighed in relief and laughed a little. "You're telling me."

"So...Jason's out."

"And Luke's in." Lorelai said quickly.

"Luke's in? Wha–what do you mean Luke's in?"

"Well you know in baseball when they say something like...uh, insert some really bad baseball players name here is out and insert some really good baseball players name here is in?"

"I'm talking about you and Luke! Not some baseball player."

"Well, remember we talked about how...I thought I was dating Luke?"

"Yeah..."

"Well thought is suddenly am."

"Speak English for a change."

"I am dating Luke. It's not that hard to understand."

"You're dating Luke!" Rory screamed in excitement.

"Now you're the one who's repeating things."

"I'm so happy for you! Details, all of them, now." Rory said ignoring Lorelai's jokes.

Lorelai thought for a moment. The first thing her mind set to was the kiss at the dragonfly. There were no words to explain that though because that left her speechless. To no extent could she describe that. Then her visit with Luke which was near perfect. She had only been with Luke for a few weeks but it seemed like she had an eternity of things to catch up on.

"Uh, man...where do I begin?" She thought as the moments passed through her mind.

"What do you mean where do I begin!" Rory asked anxiously.

"Well, you have been gone for a while..."

"How long has this been going on!"

"Since the test run..."

"Why didn't you tell me!" She said excitedly. "That's so great, mom."

"Well you and I weren't exactly buddy-buddy back then."

"Yeah well..." Rory paused, letting the awkwardness escape, "what have you guys done!"

"Well mommy, we've gone to first base, and then..." Lorelai said like a 13 year old. Well, a 13 year old wouldn't be telling her mom that though, would she? What better did they know though.

"Be serious."

"That's hard."

"Mom..." Rory warned her.

"I don't know! Okay? We've gone on a few dates, I visited him in Maine," she lowered her voice and said quietly, "he slept over a few times..." She suddenly seemed embarrassed to tell her 19 year old daughter that her boyfriend slept over. Big deal, right? But something was different this time.

Rory gasped in excitement. "This is serious!"

"Well..."

"I'm so happy for you guys!"

It was nice to know somebody was happy for them. Since not many people knew about the two of them, Lorelai liked to know somebody was interested.

"Thank you." Lorelai said softly.

"Are you happy?" Rory asked, trying to be serious for a moment.

"Rory, I'm so happy..." For a change, Lorelai was being serious.

"So it is serious."

"It is." Lorelai said positively.

Rory sighed. "It's about time."

"Oh don't start this again..."

"What??" Rory asked innocently.

"The whole, Luke has had a thing for me for years, but I'm too blind to see it."

"I wasn't going to say that but my oh my someone must think pretty high of themselves."

Lorelai rolled her eyes. "Devil child..."

"I just think anyone would be able to tell you two had a thing..."

"Anyone?" Lorelai asked, giving in a little.

"We're talking Stevie Wonder."

"I wouldn't--"

"I'm not going to argue with you about this. It's obvious. It's always been obvious. You're just too stubborn to ever admit it."

"Ohhh, look at the time. I've gotta go pick some tomatoes with Jackson so I'm going to get going. Bye babe."

"Bye Mrs. Danes." Rory said giggling.

Lorelai hung up and grinned to herself. The simple fact that Rory called her 'Mrs. Danes' made her stomach drop. The opening went wonderfully. The guests were very pleased, and so were Sookie, Lorelai, and Michel.

But, with the Inn opening now, she realized she wouldn't have nearly as much time for Luke as she wanted. Sure she'd still go in for her daily dose of caffeine in the morning, maybe a quick stop after work, and a few phone calls at night, with the exception of a few dates or 'sleep overs' a week but that's not the commitment she wanted to give. She was all in. He was all in. And it was all going to work.

She grabbed the phone and laid across the couch dialing the familiar number.

"Hello?" He answered.

"It's me..." She said smiling.

"Hey, you."

Yep, things would be good.

A/N 2: Sorry for the lack of the actual Luke himself in this chapter but I'm trying to maintain the whole 'theme' of the story. Anyways, I think the next chapter will be the last. So here's a little clue as to what's going to happen next time: Luke and Rory talk. There will also be a date in the next chapter and then I think I'm going to put an end to the story!

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