AN#1: Sorry if it took long to update, but translating is hard, I'll try to be faster next time.
AN#2: Thanks Ally for the beta! You help me a lot, lot, lot, lot.
Chapter 6: If you could see your face!
They were back to the dinner and Luke was still in shock after the last projection. He never thought that he would live something like that and it wasn't easy to believe.
He turned to Emy who pointed toward the counter where an older Luke was taking orders.
"Its now two years later and Rory begins Chilton today, do you remember it?"
"Not really"
"Perfect, it's a … hum... a really good story".
At this very moment, Lorelai came in the dinner wearing a really nice outfit.
"What are you doing here?"
"See, now, that's why you were voted Mr. Personality of the New Millennium. Where's your crown?"
"I just mean you don't usually come in at this time."
"Well, I have to pick up Rory from school. Luke pours her some coffee Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"No lectures?"
"My blood sugar's low. I'll eat an apple and get back to you."
Emy laughed at that, Luke too. Emy has always known that there was just one person in the world who can make Luke joke like that… and that was Lorelai. This was their pattern, she made him laugh and he did the same thing to her.
"Hm. God, this has been one hectic, bizarro day for me".
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. This morning with the being late, and my mother with her existing. Oh, and this father, this father from Chilton, he, uh, drove out to the inn all the way from Hartford just to ask me out".
"Really? You going?"
"You're so subtle!"
"Oh shut up!"
"You're repeating yourself!"
"You're annoying me!"
"You're so funny!"
"No. He's got a kid in school with Rory", Lorelai said, "and the whole thing just seemed a little weird."
"Oh, good."
"Good?"
"Yeah, I think it's good that you turned him down."
"You're more subtle", Emy laughed
"Shu…"
Luke stopped his sentence before saying something he shouldn't say. He rolled his eyes. This girl was seriously beginning to annoy him. But, in the same time, there was something in her that was slightly funny. She was always joking and mocking him, but she kept her two feet on earth. She was like a mix between Rory and Lorelai. In fact, she looked more like Rory, but she was more direct, less subtle.
"Okay" Lorelai asked.
"I mean, he's probably old, right?"
"Old?"
"Yeah. I mean, he's got a kid in high school."
"Well, so do I."
"Yeah, but you were young when you had Rory. Most people aren't that young. Most people are, uh…"
"Old."
"Yeah."
"Like this guy who asked me out."
"But you're not going."
"No, I'm not going."
At this moment, Luke and Lorelai shared a very talking stare. The older Luke, with Emy, couldn't keep his eyes from them while his jaw dropped. He couldn't believe that Lorelai was staring at him like that.
"Each time, I mean, EACH TIME, when you see that, I'm sure that your mouth is going to hit the floor" laughed Emy.
"She… I… you… she… did you see that?"
"It's hard to miss!"
"Did you see… how… she looked at me?"
"It's not bad!"
"But she… and it's less than a year ago".
"You're in shock? You don't know what's coming!"
"There's more coming!"
"Yup, let me show you" Emy said while she clapped her hands. The décor faded and it was the night outside of the dinner. Luke could see himself through the window while he was closing his dinner. They heard somebody talk from Doose's. They turned toward it and saw Lorelai and Rory walking toward them.
"Ok, we're the same day, but during the evening. Rory and Lorelai are talking about their day from hell".
They saw Rory giggling and Lorelai turning toward her.
"…What?" The mother asked.
"I was just thinking about the way Paris' face looked when I beat her to that Martin Luther question".
"Good, huh?"
"Fourteen shades of purple".
"Cool".
"Tomorrow I'm shooting for 15". Rory said before being stopped by her mother in front of Luke's window.
"Hey, what do you think of Luke?"
Suddenly, wide eyes, Luke's jaw dropped down making Emy laugh really hard.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, do you think he's cute?"
"Oh, if you could see your face, you're so funny! Why didn't I bring a camera with me? I always should bring a camera when I come to see you… you're too funny!"
"Oh, no. No way" was saying Rory at the same time than Emy.
"No way what?"
"You cannot date Luke".
"I said nothing about dating Luke".
"If you date him, you'll break up, and we'll never be able to eat there again".
"I repeat, I said nothing about dating Luke".
"Date Al from Pancake World, his food stinks".
"I cannot believe what I'm hearing. Al's food does not stink, Al stinks".
Emy couldn't help but laugh, she was really beginning to regret the lack of camera at this very instant. If a picture is worth thousand words, a picture of Luke right now would be really talking. His eyes were wide, his mouth was lightly open like a fish and he was staring at nothing shaking his head like if he wasn't able to believe what was happening.
For Emy, speaking right now was really hard because her stomach was hurting too much from laughing too hard. She was hugging herself, trying to steady her breathing.
"You are both total IDIOTS!"
"Yeah, we are".
"I don't think that there's anything more obvious than that you're in love with her and we just saw that she likes you too….so why didn't you try it?"
"First, I didn't know she thought I was… cute" he said smirking. "And… now… it's just… too late!"
"Why do you say that?"
"She's getting married".
"Does she have a ring around her finger yet?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing"
"She won't get married?" Emy said nothing. "Emy? Will Lorelai get married?"
"Listen to me, the night is still young. Okay? We still have a lot of thing to see!" She said clapping her fingers.
TBC…
Short and boring chapter, more's coming as soon as I can translate it and it will be less boring!
