So next chapter already. I think I´m too fast, but I want to finish this story before I´ll leave for Cairo for 5 weeks.
to LukeNlorelaifan: Sorry, but two girls. That´s the way I decided it. I thought about it for a long time, but there´s a scene in my head for the final chapter, where it just need to be girls (in my head!)
to muffin aux carottes: You´ll see if they will be like Lorelai. Sorry I don´t write back in french, but I haven´t done it for 2 years now and I would make too many mistakes in writing. But I like it that you write your reviews in French that keeps me in training!
to vasj: Wow, if Luke and Lorelai would have more children in this story (which they won´t) I would have all your family members names in here, without even noticing it. Very funny coincidence!
to Lorimar Jayne: They´ll do it, just wait!
Chapter 29: Couldn´t care less
"See, I told ya he is fast!" Lorelai laughed and had to cough afterwards. She lay in her bed in her pyjama, while Emily ran after William, trying to keep him away from the stairs, while he crawled from his room to his parents bedroom and back, obviously enjoying that his grandmother ran after him.
Lorelai had caught some virus somewhere and was sick and because Luke had to pick up some things in Lichfield, Emily had offered to look after William, which was not as easy anymore as she had thought, now that he was nine months old.
"huuuh, huuuh!" made William when he sat in front of Lorelais bed, holding out his arms for his mother. She bend over, picked him up and stood him in her lap. He started kind of bouncing up and down and smiled.
"Are you dancing? But we don´t have music, honey!" Lorelai smiled and kissed his forehead.
"Mum, look over there is a CD player, can you start the CD?" she asked Emily.
"Lorelai you are ill and your son will catch the virus if you don´t pay attention. Hand him over." she said and took him before Lorelai could answer. But William had enjoyed playing with his mother a lot and started to cry.
"My poor boy. Come to mommy, sweety" Lorelai said and held her arms open for William. But Emily was not willing to hand him over.
"Oh please, can´t you listen one single time! For the sake of your son" Emily said and tried to soothe William at the same time.
"But I´m bored. Mum, pleeeeeease!"whined Lorelai.
"Then sleep and stop this inappropriate whining. You´re a grown woman and you´ll soon be mother of four children!"
"Oh my god! Four kids! Me? I never thought about that! Do I have to get a volvo now? Or a mini-van? I don´t want a mini-van! My baby, you don´t want a mini-van either, huh! We have to talk with your dad!" Lorelai said and Emily rolled her eyes. Then suddenly Lorelai started to laugh.
"What?" Emily asked irritated.
"You can stop Will and me from dancing, but not these two" she laughed and slid the bedcover aside.
"Hand him over, please!" Lorelai said and this Emily gave her William. And like a month before Lorelai pulled her shirt up and then placed Williams hands on her belly.
"Can you feel that, sweety. See, now your... uhm... these two are dancing!" Lorelai said and nearly it had slipped that she was expecting two girls.
William was not really interested in his mothers belly and let himself fall on Luke´s side of the bed.
"Your dad isn´t here to cuddle with you. But I´m sure he´ll be back soon!" Lorelai smiled and caressed his cheek. William lay on the bed, enjoyed it and slowly drifted to sleep, while Emily watched the interaction between her daughter and her grandson.
"I put him in his crib" Emily whispered some minutes later.
"No, let him sleep here. It´s fine!" Lorelai whispered back.
"Do you want something to eat or to drink?"
"No, Luke forced me to eat some soup before he went to Lichfield. But do you have time?"
Lorelai asked, still whispering.
"Yes of course. I cancelled everything, I didn´t knew when Luke would be back."
"William will sleep for some time and I thought maybe you wanna watch the wedding video with me. You still haven´t seen it."
"I would love that." Emily said, obviously touched.
"Then hop in here. You can take Luke´s side of the bed, I take Will. The tape is in the drawer."
"I can´t lie down in Luke´s bed!"
"Why not? Do you have some serious illness or haven´t showered for some weeks?"
"Lorelai!"
"It´s all right mum, I´m sure Luke doesn´t mind" she reassured her. Emily didn´t look convinced, but gave in. She wanted to see that video.
After she had put it in the recorder, with Lorelais instructions, of course, she sat down on the bed and Lorelai replaced William, so that he lay at her side, his head on her shoulder. Lorelai started the video, but then stopped it again after a few seconds.
"Mum! Take off your shoes! Come on! Goood! Now place one foot on the bed...very good... now the other... see more comfortable... and you can lean against the pillow, it´s clean, Luke changes the sheets and covers everyday since I´m sick!" Emily shot her a look and Lorelai started the video again.
"So...um.. this is me... Lorelai Gilmore... it´s the 19. October and I can´t believe that I´m getting married today... Right now it´s 4 o´clock in the morning, but I can´t sleep anymore because I´m so nervous...and I will have dark rings under my eyes later ...and look horrible... which makes me even more nervous! So Luke if you see this video some day and I never showed up at the wedding, I´m sure I died of a heart-attack. And if this is the case I want you to know that I love you!" Lorelai said into the camera while she filmed herself . Then there was a cut and another person was filming, because Lorelai and Luke were both on the screen now.
They were standing in the back-yard of the Inn under the chuppah, exchanging the vows. Lorelai had tears in her eyes and one could her several sobs from some women among the guests, but Buddy cried the loudest, while Maisy tried to calm him and muffle his sobs with a tissue.
"... you may kiss the bride" the priest said and Lorelai beamed at Luke.
"My favorite part" Lorelai whispered, but still so loud that everyone could hear her and the audience started to laugh.
"Ah Geez!" Luke said embarrassed, but Lorelai grabbed his tie, pulled him close and kissed him hard and passionate.
"I thought he said ´you may kiss the bride´and not ´you may rape the groom ! Naughty, naughty girl!" Miss Pattys voice could be heard and again everybody laughed.
Lorelai had to laugh while she watched these scenes, but Emily just sat there with no expression at all on her face. Lorelai had expected some comments, but her mother remained silent.
After a scene where Taylor held a speech until Luke stopped him and Miss Patty´s girls showed a dance, the dance followed.
" Lorelai and I discussed a very long time which song I should play for their first dance, because they have no song. We couldn´t find a solution. And because my normal stuff is not appropriate, neither is Lorelais I had a problem. But I think I found something, when I read a book which I also gave you as a present for your wedding, as you will see. I hope you like it!" Lane said and started a very slow version of "A new day has come".
"Wow, I never thought I would dance to a Celine Dion song with you, after you ruined Titanic for me, when you discussed theconstruction of the ship during the whole film!" Lorelai mocked Luke, but began to smile nearly shyly when she saw the expression on his face. He held out his hand, as he had done it at Liz´s wedding, and she took it, while she stared in his eyes. Everything and everybody else disappeared and they nearly didn´t hear the end of the song, while they still stared into each others eyes.
Then came a scene where Lorelai chased Luke with a piece of cake and he refused to eat it, followed by the scenes where they unwrapped their gifts.
When they unwrapped a small jeans jacket they both looked confused.
"Huh, somebody gave us the wrong present?" Lorelai asked and held up the jacket.
"No, I just thought maybe you could need it some time in the future!" Babette grinned and the other guests started to whisper.
"Ok, stop this whispering: She is not pregnant!" Luke declared.
"You are not pregnant, aren´t you?" he asked Lorelai then bit quieter.
"No, I´m not! But maybe Babette is right, maybe we will need it, some time in the future?" she asked.
"Yeah, maybe she is right!" Luke said and kissed her, what caused cheers and whistles from the guests.
"Oh man, we didn´t knew how soon future would come!" Lorelai laughed when she saw the scene. Emily remained silent.
Then they watched Rory dancing with Luke and a rant from TJ about why Luke didn´t wore "air-pants" for his wedding.
The next scene had been filmed from some distance, because one could barely understand what they were saying.
It showed Luke and Lorelai alone on the porch of the Inn, obviously thinking they were alone, because Luke kissed Lorelai several times.
"I wish my parents could be here and see this. See you." Luke said, his arms around her waist, his chin on her shoulder.
"Yeah, me too!" she said and kissed his cheek, then stared into the dark again for some seconds, before she bit her lower-lip.
"We should have invited them!" Luke said, knowing that she thought about her own parents.
"They wouldn´t have come. And I would have sent the invitation, again hoping them to be happy for me just once and then ..wham... right into my face their disapproval and the message that maybe some DAR-chick had invited them to her husbands 121 birthday and they need to go there, because otherwise my mother won´t get the first cup of tea anymore at the next meeting, would have come." Lorelai said and wiped the single tear away which had escaped.
"Come here!" Luke said, turned her around and hugged her. Lorelai mumbled something into his shoulder, what caused that Luke hugged her even tighter and stroked her hair with one hand.
"I know, darling, I know!" he said and the screen went black for some seconds, followed by a scene where everybody was talking and dancing, some were drunk, others sleeping on the chairs and tables, while Morey played the piano.
"What did you say to Luke?" Emil asked.
"I said: I miss them" Lorelai answered honestly and looked at William who still slept in her arms.
"We would have come" Emily just said and squeezed Lorelai´s arm for a second, then stood up.
"You need to take your medicine again.!" she said and walked out of the room. Lorelai sighed and was startled when Emily re-appeared in the doorway two seconds later.
"And Lorelai: I cancelled the DAR-meeting today, I won´t get the first cup of tea anymore." Emily said.
"And I couldn´t care less!" she added with a small smile and headed downstairs.
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