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Its story time -
*The following morning
"Mom! Mom, get up! Sookie and Jackson are gonna be here any minute now!" Rory shouted semi-unconsciously.
"What! What time is it?" Lorelai could barely open her eyes to look at her alarm clock that conveniently wasn't set. "Oh my god, it's 5:15! Get it in gear sister, it's go time!
The thought of moving exhausted Rory. "Hey, did I mention that this cruise was so not a good idea?!"
"Aw - hon, you're just saying that because." An extremely annoying doorbell interrupted Lorelai's thought. "Yeah, this cruise was a bad idea!" Lorelai admitted.
The girls bolted downstairs; well it was more of a fast walk, but in their severe state of fatigue, they could have been running a marathon. Lorelai opened the front door with great effort. Sookie and Jackson eagerly greeted their fellow travellers.
"Good morning!" Sookie blissfully exclaimed.
"Bah!" returned Lorelai.
"Don't mind her, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Rory eyed Lorelai. "Why don't you guys come in and relax." Rory had taken on the role of hostess after her mother's previous outburst.
Sookie and Jackson stepped inside the Gilmore home. "What a splendid day for cruising," stated Jackson. He seemed to be in high spirits. That Sookie was a miracle worker.
"Yes it certainly is Jackson!" Sookie wholeheartedly agreed. "Let's hurry up, so we don't miss the cruise! Sookie was sickeningly excited, and slightly pushy.
Lorelai had been waiting for this moment to pull out the sarcasm. "Sookie, why on earth would we want to miss the cruise? Why would we want to drop our heavy bags and go back to sleep and."
"And - that's enough out of you!" Rory hastily interrupted. Now let's put our happy faces on and get ready. Sookie, Jackson, we'll only be a minute." And with that, the girls returned upstairs.
*20 painful minutes later
"Are you sure we have everything?" questioned Rory.
"Yes I'm sure - now let's go." Lorelai was impatient and quite agitated.
"Um, do you have your tickets?" Sookie nervously inquired.
"Do we have our tickets? Sookie, I'm shocked that you would ask such a thing!" Lorelai looked towards the floor as though she was scheming something. "I'll be right back, I um forgot to um, feed the dog." She ran upstairs, this time she was actually running.
Rory simply shook her head in disbelief. "This is going to be a very long day!" Sookie and Jackson nodded in agreement.
*At the airport
"We're here, we're here, tee hee hee hee!" Sookie was ecstatic.
"Sookie! This is the airport - it's not Disney World!" Lorelai was amazed at Sookie's level of enthusiasm, although under normal circumstances, Lorelai too would have been genuinely excited. At that particular moment however, Lorelai's nerves were violently overtaking her.
"I hate planes," Jackson moaned."
"Well, maybe planes hate you!" Sookie giggled hysterically.
"I'm hungry," stated Rory.
"Me too!" Lorelai, Jackson and Sookie agreed in unison.
"Hallelujah! Let's get some grub!" Lorelai was slowly becoming herself again. Food always served as a perfect distraction.
*After a satisfying feed of chilli dogs and fries, the gang gathered their belongings and headed towards their boarding gate.
"Flight 712 to Vancouver BC is now boarding," a voice echoed over the loudspeaker.
"Crap! Everybody run - run like you've never run before!" Sookie was like a drill sergeant.
"So, we're catching a flight to Vancouver, and then we're cruising from Vancouver to Alaska?" Rory was confirming, while desperately out of breath.
"Yep, and we're cruising all throughout Alaska, hence the term "Alaskan Cruise," Lorelai added, also very deprived of oxygen.
"We made it, we made it! Now, I just need to collapse on the floor for about an hour," Sookie sighed as they reached their boarding area.
"We can all have a nice sleep on the plane Sook," Lorelai said sincerely, because she too undoubtedly needed a rest. -The four of them entered the plane and took their assigned seats, across the aisle from each other. Within minutes, Sookie, Jackson and Rory were sound asleep, and it was then for Lorelai that reality finally set in. We're going on a cruise - Lorelai cringed at the thought. She needed a drink to ease her tension. As the flight attendant approached her, Lorelai requested a scotch on the rocks. -Two hours, and 4 drinks later, the bathroom was truly beckoning. Lorelai shakily stood up and wobbled in that direction.
*Meanwhile, at another end of the plane, Luke and Nicole were enjoying a relaxing flight. Her head rested on his shoulder as she slept soundly. Luke's mind was wandering, making sleep impossible. He thought about Lorelai, and as he did, she walked right past him. He immediately dismissed it as a figure of his imagination, yet his heart fluttered as a result. Upon returning from the restroom, Lorelai again walked past Luke, she was oblivious and drunk, he was beyond himself. Had he actually seen her? She had appeared not once, but twice, directly before him. He could barely breathe, let alone make sense of any of it. Still, he simply shrugged his shoulders and tried desperately to clear his mind.
Lorelai eventually returned to her seat. Her head was spinning, yet her nerves had miraculously relaxed. Soon, her eyes closed and she helplessly crossed the threshold into dreamland.
*Vancouver BC is the place to be -The plane landed, and it was only then that the weary travellers awoke from their states of rest.
"Where the hell are we?" Lorelai questioned in a drunken stupor
"Vancouver!" Rory informed her seemingly delirious mother. "Have you had anything to drink?" It was a fair assumption.
"Of course not! How dare you accuse me of sush a thing." She was slurring her words. "Is this a dream?"
"I hope not - cause I am loving this!! Sookie shrieked with delight.
"Oh yeah, me too. Hooray for cruising!" Jackson was a terrible actor.
-At last, they departed the plane and awaited the shuttle-bus that would ultimately transport them to their cruise ship.
*To be continued Please R/R cause it makes me happy!
Its story time -
*The following morning
"Mom! Mom, get up! Sookie and Jackson are gonna be here any minute now!" Rory shouted semi-unconsciously.
"What! What time is it?" Lorelai could barely open her eyes to look at her alarm clock that conveniently wasn't set. "Oh my god, it's 5:15! Get it in gear sister, it's go time!
The thought of moving exhausted Rory. "Hey, did I mention that this cruise was so not a good idea?!"
"Aw - hon, you're just saying that because." An extremely annoying doorbell interrupted Lorelai's thought. "Yeah, this cruise was a bad idea!" Lorelai admitted.
The girls bolted downstairs; well it was more of a fast walk, but in their severe state of fatigue, they could have been running a marathon. Lorelai opened the front door with great effort. Sookie and Jackson eagerly greeted their fellow travellers.
"Good morning!" Sookie blissfully exclaimed.
"Bah!" returned Lorelai.
"Don't mind her, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Rory eyed Lorelai. "Why don't you guys come in and relax." Rory had taken on the role of hostess after her mother's previous outburst.
Sookie and Jackson stepped inside the Gilmore home. "What a splendid day for cruising," stated Jackson. He seemed to be in high spirits. That Sookie was a miracle worker.
"Yes it certainly is Jackson!" Sookie wholeheartedly agreed. "Let's hurry up, so we don't miss the cruise! Sookie was sickeningly excited, and slightly pushy.
Lorelai had been waiting for this moment to pull out the sarcasm. "Sookie, why on earth would we want to miss the cruise? Why would we want to drop our heavy bags and go back to sleep and."
"And - that's enough out of you!" Rory hastily interrupted. Now let's put our happy faces on and get ready. Sookie, Jackson, we'll only be a minute." And with that, the girls returned upstairs.
*20 painful minutes later
"Are you sure we have everything?" questioned Rory.
"Yes I'm sure - now let's go." Lorelai was impatient and quite agitated.
"Um, do you have your tickets?" Sookie nervously inquired.
"Do we have our tickets? Sookie, I'm shocked that you would ask such a thing!" Lorelai looked towards the floor as though she was scheming something. "I'll be right back, I um forgot to um, feed the dog." She ran upstairs, this time she was actually running.
Rory simply shook her head in disbelief. "This is going to be a very long day!" Sookie and Jackson nodded in agreement.
*At the airport
"We're here, we're here, tee hee hee hee!" Sookie was ecstatic.
"Sookie! This is the airport - it's not Disney World!" Lorelai was amazed at Sookie's level of enthusiasm, although under normal circumstances, Lorelai too would have been genuinely excited. At that particular moment however, Lorelai's nerves were violently overtaking her.
"I hate planes," Jackson moaned."
"Well, maybe planes hate you!" Sookie giggled hysterically.
"I'm hungry," stated Rory.
"Me too!" Lorelai, Jackson and Sookie agreed in unison.
"Hallelujah! Let's get some grub!" Lorelai was slowly becoming herself again. Food always served as a perfect distraction.
*After a satisfying feed of chilli dogs and fries, the gang gathered their belongings and headed towards their boarding gate.
"Flight 712 to Vancouver BC is now boarding," a voice echoed over the loudspeaker.
"Crap! Everybody run - run like you've never run before!" Sookie was like a drill sergeant.
"So, we're catching a flight to Vancouver, and then we're cruising from Vancouver to Alaska?" Rory was confirming, while desperately out of breath.
"Yep, and we're cruising all throughout Alaska, hence the term "Alaskan Cruise," Lorelai added, also very deprived of oxygen.
"We made it, we made it! Now, I just need to collapse on the floor for about an hour," Sookie sighed as they reached their boarding area.
"We can all have a nice sleep on the plane Sook," Lorelai said sincerely, because she too undoubtedly needed a rest. -The four of them entered the plane and took their assigned seats, across the aisle from each other. Within minutes, Sookie, Jackson and Rory were sound asleep, and it was then for Lorelai that reality finally set in. We're going on a cruise - Lorelai cringed at the thought. She needed a drink to ease her tension. As the flight attendant approached her, Lorelai requested a scotch on the rocks. -Two hours, and 4 drinks later, the bathroom was truly beckoning. Lorelai shakily stood up and wobbled in that direction.
*Meanwhile, at another end of the plane, Luke and Nicole were enjoying a relaxing flight. Her head rested on his shoulder as she slept soundly. Luke's mind was wandering, making sleep impossible. He thought about Lorelai, and as he did, she walked right past him. He immediately dismissed it as a figure of his imagination, yet his heart fluttered as a result. Upon returning from the restroom, Lorelai again walked past Luke, she was oblivious and drunk, he was beyond himself. Had he actually seen her? She had appeared not once, but twice, directly before him. He could barely breathe, let alone make sense of any of it. Still, he simply shrugged his shoulders and tried desperately to clear his mind.
Lorelai eventually returned to her seat. Her head was spinning, yet her nerves had miraculously relaxed. Soon, her eyes closed and she helplessly crossed the threshold into dreamland.
*Vancouver BC is the place to be -The plane landed, and it was only then that the weary travellers awoke from their states of rest.
"Where the hell are we?" Lorelai questioned in a drunken stupor
"Vancouver!" Rory informed her seemingly delirious mother. "Have you had anything to drink?" It was a fair assumption.
"Of course not! How dare you accuse me of sush a thing." She was slurring her words. "Is this a dream?"
"I hope not - cause I am loving this!! Sookie shrieked with delight.
"Oh yeah, me too. Hooray for cruising!" Jackson was a terrible actor.
-At last, they departed the plane and awaited the shuttle-bus that would ultimately transport them to their cruise ship.
*To be continued Please R/R cause it makes me happy!