Chapter 2 Who the hell is Toby?
A/N: So here's the next chapter. Somehow it doesn't want to get really funny. I guess it will be a pure romance with slight drama anyway. Well, we'll see. If you liked this please review because it's so much easier to write when I know that people like my story. And please don't bother to tell me what ideas you have on how to the story should continue.
She sank down on a chair, not believing what was happening here. She rubbed her eyes once.. twice but she still stared at Luke who was.. and that stunned her even more.. smiling widely and very happily. He had his arm around her waist and watched the young boy that had kissed her earlier playing with the dog.
And Rory.. Rory was pregnant. God, she was still so young and she was still at Yale how could she be so irresponsible? Lorelai felt anger rise up in her but then she remembered this whole situation. Considering the things she had already learned about this.. she didn't even know what it was, dream or alternative universe or something like that... were already strange enough.
Luke was her husband it seemed. Rory was engaged and was excepting a baby. And well, she seemed to have a child herself. What was the boy's name again? She had forgotten it and somehow she felt ashamed about it. How could she forget the name of her little son? What kind of mother was she? The bad conscience pricked her a while until she realized that she didn't even remembered giving birth to this child.
All of sudden she realized tat this was her biggest wish. This life she was leading here, having a family, seeing Rory having a successful life of her own, even having a dog. That was her dream, her biggest wish since she had been twelve.
„The shooting star", she suddenly yelled out. She laughed quietly to herself. That was not possible, was it? Believing in such things was ridiculous. Who would believe that a shooting star really made wishes come true?
But before she could think about this even longer the phone rang. She stared at it a few seconds and hesitated. What was expecting her?
She picked up the receiver and brought it to her ear carefully. "Hello"?
"Good Morning Mrs. Danes", a voice said and she felt a warm feeling in her stomach when she heard that name.
"Good Morning", she said, not having the slightest idea who it was.
"I call you because there was another incident that Toby was involved in", the woman said and sounded very serious.
Lorelai didn't know what to say. She didn't even know what this woman was speaking about?
Before she could stop herself she answered. "Toby? Who is Toby"?
"Mrs. Danes.. I know that you have a strange sense of humor but now is not the time for one of your jokes. Your son had another fight with Jake Dickens and I have to insist that you come immediately to pick him up. Tomorrow when he comes back, we'll sort things out but I think for today it would be the best when he stays at home", the woman, who obviously was a teacher, said.
Lorelai was dumbfounded. Of course, Toby was her son.. the little boy who had waked her up this morning. And her son had been in a fight, she swallowed. What kind of mother was she that her son was some kind of a rowdy?
"well, okay…", she stuttered. "What did you say was the address of Toby's school again?" She asked out loud, mentally slapping herself for that question. The teacher had to think that she was joking again.
And she was. "Very funny Mrs. Danes. I'll expect you to be here in half an hour", she answered irritated and hung up.
Lorelai was left speechless and stared at the receiver a long time. How could she know what school her son was at? Okay in Stars Hollow was only one school but she knew that her son could be in some school in Hartford as well. What was she to do?
Before she could change her mind about this, she once again reached for the phone and called the number that she knew by heart since years.
"Luke's Diner"? A gruff voice answered and she swallowed. Calm down she said to herself, this is Luke.. our Coffee Luke and no one else. Well, now he was more than that, he was her husband and this thought made her very nervous.
"Hi..", she began, her voice trembling slightly.
"Lorelai", he had recognized her at once. "Are you okay? You sound nervous".
She gasped. Oh God how had he been able to hear that? A shiver ran trough her body. Well, we're married since.. well since I guess 8 years, she told herself. It is normal for a husband to recognize when his wife was sad or nervous.
"Well.. Toby's teacher called me. She said he had been in a fight .. again", she answered, quite curious how he would react.
"Oh no.. it was this Jake kid again, wasn't it? Don't worry Hon, I'll pick him up and get him home. I'll call you at the Dragonfly as soon as I know what did happen this time", he said and his voice was so soft and gentle that it made her shiver even more. She had never heard Luke like this but she had to admit that she liked it.
"O.. okay. Alright..", she stuttered not really knowing what to say to this man that she knew since years and that was her best friend.
"Anything wrong beside that Lorelai? You're very quiet this morning".
"No.. no, no. I'm fine.. really everything is okay, great just great", she said quickly and he sighed,
"Okay. I'll call you later. I love you , bye", he said.
"I love you, too", she answered without hesitation and then she gasped. What was that? She hadn't even wasted one thought to how meaningful these words were. She had always been very careful with using these three words. They'd never really escaped her mouth not even with Max or Christopher. But saying them to Luke seemed so right and that bothered her.
She quickly shook her head. This whole dream was getting more and more confusing. She needed to wake up immediately, this as all too much. But it wasn't working, no matter how hard she tried, when she opened her eyes she was still there. She sighed, she needed a strong coffee now. For a quite while she sat there, drank her coffee silently and thought about how strange this dream was, especially because it didn't want to stop.
Suddenly the door was opened and she jumped up. She saw the boy, Toby, stepping in slowly, his head hanging low. She felt sorry for him, he seemed sad. Then Luke stepped in. She stared at him in pure amazement. He wore a black shirt and his hair was shorter. She had to admit… he looked great.
He looked up and spotted her. "Hey.. what are you still doing here. I thought you had to go to the Dragonfly. I heard you had a whole bus of people checking in this morning", he said.
She swore quietly under her breath. Damn, she had forgotten that in this dream, world or whatever she had already opened the Dragonfly and that Sookie was all alone there. But Sookie hat to wait.
She knelt down to this boy who was obviously her son. He had dark brown hair and a mouth jest like hers and Rory's. But the eyes.. these were Luke's eyes. And somehow this fact touched her. She had to smile.
"Well.. err.. Toby. Are you okay"?
Luke nodded instead. "He's fine, a few bruises but..", he was cut off by his son.
"But you should see Jake, he's got a bloody nose", Toby said and his face beamed at the thought. Lorelai couldn't help herself but was somehow pride.
"That's my boy", she replied which caused Luke to glare at her.
"Lorelai", he said and now he sounded exactly like the Luke she knew when she went on his nerves. He picked the boy up and let him down on the kitchen table. "You know that it was wrong to hit Jake, don't you"?
Toby crossed his arms. "But he hit Katie.. and you always said that I must help other people who cant help themselves. And Katie is very small and Jake is really big and he hit her without any reason. I had to make him stop", he blurted out.
Luke began to smile and she had to do so herself. Wow, that was her work. This wonderful and brave little boy was her son, her own flesh and blood. She had again managed to raise a kid which was just wonderful. Well, she couldn't remember raising him, she couldn't even remember him at all. But tat didn't matter now.
Luke patted his head. "I' very proud of you Toby. That was the right decision. And tomorrow I'll come with you to school and we'll sort things out with Mrs. Graner and Jake Dickens, alright"?
Toby nodded and grinned widely. Then he jumped down and looked at Lorelai. "Can I go out to play with Bennie"?
"Bennie?" She asked. Luke and Toby looked at her questioning.
"Ahh Bennie.. of course. Be nice and behave yourself when you go there. Well, eh.. greetings to his mother", she quickly said.
Her men stared at her in wonder. "What are you talking about? Bennie is a dog… our dog Mom", Toby said.
Lorelai's eyes widened. Oh n she was soo stupid. Of course, the damn dog. "I know, I know.. joking.. I'm always joking, you know me guys.. haha I'm so funny. Bennie, who is Bennie… hahaha how could I forget our Bennie. I would never, he's so cute..", she babbled but was cut off by her son.
"Bennie is not a he.. she's a girl Mum", Toby stated and looked at her astonished.
Damn, she thought. Why the hell would we name a girl Bennie, this is a name for a boy but for a girl. Is it a short form for what? "I didn't sleep much last night, guess I need more coffee", she quickly said.
That seemed to be enough explanation for Toby and he ran off without another word. Luke stepped forward and grinned. "I guess I was too rough last night, tonight I'll let you get more sleep", he said, his voice harsh and gruff.
Her eyes widened. "What"? She yelled out. Luke, the shy and square Luke was talking about sex.. sex with her.. and he did it in what way?
"Dirty", it escaped her mouth. He grinned.
It made her shiver again. But somehow the thought of having sex with Luke was not giving her the creeps.. it sounded.. interesting. Like something she would like to try out.
Stop, she yelled at herself. What the hell are you thinking about. He's Luke, just Luke. The Coffee man, her best friend. You just can't think about him like that. That was wrong.
But this Luke didn't seem to think that way because he leaned down and kissed. At first she was shocked but then she realized that she liked it. His lips were soft and his kiss very gentle. It let her heart beat madly in her chest and butterflies flying around in her stomach. She felt like a teenager who had fallen n love for the first time.
He stepped back and looked at her. And in his eyes was so much love. Love for her. And it made her dizzy. "I have to get back to the Diner. I'll see you in the evening", he said and smiled.
She couldn't say anything so she just nodded. "Okay", she whispered. "Bye".
He placed another quick kiss on her lips and gone he was leaving her speechless.
Somehow she began to like this dream very much. Maybe she should wait a little to wake up.
A/N: I know it's short, I'm sorry about this. I hope there're not too much mistakes in it because it's not beat read.