Chapter 4 Telling the truth

A/N: I'm so terribly sorry it too me so long to update but here it is, finally the last chapter. I hope you like it, and thanks to everyone who reviewed. You guys rock! RR

"What is this thing about my mother you spoke about?" She asked before he could even open his mouth to say anything.

He looked at her in deep concern. "What"?

"Please.. don't ask, just answer my question. I'll explain later", she said and looked down. She expected him to race up to the phone to call some doctor, or to yell at her why she was acting like this but none of this happened.

Instead he leaned against the doorframe as to steady himself and took a deep breath. In pure amazement she looked up when he began to speak.

"Emily is very sick. The doctor thinks that it could be cancer", he said softly, his eyes studying his completely changed wife intensively.

She gasped and stared at him in shock. "What"? Her eyes began to fill with tears. Yes, of course she sometimes hated her mother for what she did to her but deep down she'd always loved her and only wanted to be loved by her too. Cancer? When you've got cancer you die, she said herself. And thinking about her mother dying was almost more than she could bear. Her face lost all of it's color hearing this terrible news.

But Luke's face paled even more at her reaction.

"You didn't know"? He said and it was more a fact than a question that left his mouth.

She shook her head softly, not knowing what to say. He probably thought she was crazy, a lunatic.

He stepped closer carefully as he feared she maybe would jump up and run away just like she'd done at the Dragonfly. "Sookie called me… she .. she was really concerned. She babbled something about you not knowing anything and not recognizing her children. I.. I came here as soon as I could. What.. what is going on here Hon"? He asked.

She took a deep breath. Oh what the hell? She knew that it was in vain to act normal, she had to tell him the truth. But what was the truth? What was she to tell him? She had no clue what was happening here either. But then she decided that this was exactly what she had to tell him.

"I don't know myself, okay? I know nothing. I woke up on morning and I was here. Here with you as my husband and Rory pregnant, and with a son I haven't seen before in my life. And everything was just so confusing", she said. Is still confusing, she silently added.

He shook his head in disbelief. "Oh my God Lore.. what are you talking about?"

"I thought that I was dreaming at first but then I couldn't wake up. Everything was so real, it is more than just a dream…oh I don't know. But one thing I know for sure. I'm not crazy or something like that", she said and the last sentence she almost yelled in his confused face.

He slowly sat down beside her and took her hand in his. "Hon.. no one believes that you're crazy.. maybe you fell on your head or something and you have a.. a amnesia or something like that..", he began but was cut off by Lorelai who jumped up.

"No! No .. I know that it's not like that. See… I know it's sounds weird but .. but back in reality , back in my world or past or whatever place I came from.. we are.. well we're just friends or something like that. The Dragonfly is not opened yet, Rory is certainly not pregnant and not engaged either and I don't have a son named Toby say nothing of a dog Bennie..", she said.

He seemed to be too shocked to reply anything so she continued quickly. "Look.. the last thing I can remember is standing at the window seeing a shooting star and.. I made a wish.. I wished to have a family , ya know the whole package. I wished to finally get that. Then I got back to bed and fell asleep. The next thing I know is being here and having.. having all this, having you..", she stuttered.

Luke sighed deeply. "Lorelai.. I .. I really want to believe you but you must understand that this is.. sooo crazy.. it simply sounds unbelievable. I mean who believes in shooting stars?"

"I do", she yelled now. "How can I make you believe Luke"? I wouldn't believe it myself but the only other explanation is that I went insane and this is certainly not what I want to think about myself, she thought.

He shrugged his shoulders, not knowing what to say. This woman standing in front of him acted like a lunatic but the point was that she didn't seem like one. She was still Lorelai and what she said was.. well quite unbelievable but she didn't sound like she had lost her mind or something like that. She dearly believed in what she said and Luke knew her well enough to know that this woman had never been proven wrong.

Then he looked up at her. "In your.. your world.. or whatever.. do .. do you till have your appendix?" He suddenly asked. He still had trouble to adjust all this stuff in his head but maybe.. well, it was worth a try. After all then he would know for sure that this was nonsense.

Lorelai stared at him in deep confusion, she didn't understand why he was asking that just right now, in this situation. It just didn't seem to fit.. at first.

"Yes of course. I'm still as God has made me, appendix, adenoids.. still there. I don't even have an piercing or tattoo", She replied proudly.

He rushed to her side and before she could stop him he had grabbed her and had lifted her shirt. "What the hell are you doing"? She yelled. Not that she didn't like the fact he was touching her like that but it confused her not quite understanding what he was up too.

He stared at her perfect smooth skin, his fingers caressing her stomach like searching for something and then stumbled back in shock. "Not.. not possible", he stuttered.

"What"?

"The scar.. your appendix …you had a stomach ache and we… I didn't bother about it too much but then you collapsed right into my arms… scared the shit out of me", he explained shivering at the memory of holding her lifeless body in his arms.

"Point is.. they had to get it out..that was four month ago and it left a scar. I saw the scar.. it was there. But there's no scar", he yelled now too.

Now it dawned on her. Now she finally had the evidence to proof it to him that she was not crazy. And to prove it to herself.

Luke stared at her and then he sank down on the couch before his legs could give out. She stepped closer carefully. "Are you okay Luke"?

He nodded slightly. "So, it's true.. you're not Lorelai.. well, you are but you're not my Lorelai! But where is my Lorelai"? He asked and she shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know. But I guess she is somewhere", she replied softly.

"Now it all makes sense", he thought loudly. "That you didn't remember Bennie or David or Sookie kids. I noticed that you were different, kissing you was different..sleeping with you was different.. Oh my God .. I slept with you and you.. we are just friend.. I'm just a friend for you. You didn't even want it".

She sat down beside him. "Oh no, no it wasn't like that. I .. I wanted it.. I liked it", she said quickly.

"But you said in your world we're just friends".

"No, I mean yes. I mean we're not together but we're more than just friends. You've been there for me my whole life, you're my best friend and even if I didn't realize it.. not until now.. I love you and.. I think that you love me too. Well, I hope so", she whispered quietly.

"Oh yeah.. I do", he answered quietly and smiled slightly. This was still unbelievable but this woman sitting in front of him was still his Lorelai but younger. He considered this fact a moment. "Lore.. do you know what I think? This here, that's no dream.. I think that's your future. You wished so dearly to have all this and maybe whoever send you here just wanted to show you that you'll get the whole package someday. He wanted to tell you to have patience", he said.

She looked up. What he said made sense, maybe he was right. She smiled slightly. So this was her future. She looked around and smiled even more. The whole package, she sighed. She really was going to get it. "I.. I love my life here. I simply love it", she whispered.

He sighed. "I know. But now you have to go back".

Lorelai stared at him. "You want me to go"?

He had to laugh at the way she said that. "Lorelai.. you know that you have to go back. As much as I love you.. you need to get back. My young self is a stupid idiot because he's not able to tell you how he feels. And you have to get that into his.. my stubborn head somehow".

She sighed deeply. "But there's so much for me to do back there. I still have to make my dream of the Dragonfly come true. And.. and it's so terrible at the moment, nothing works, I need money and I got none … I have to handle problems with Rory and now I also have to take care of our relationship. It's so much work and it's sooo hard", she whined.

Luke caressed her cheek softly. "Yes I know but you know that I will always be there for you. And you know what your life will be like if you don't give up. You would miss all these wonderful things that already happened in your life. Marrying me, getting pregnant, going to Rory's engagement. All this will happen and it will happen in the near future. I promise you everything is going to work out just like you want it too".

She smiled slightly and nodded. But then she remembered that in her future everything was perfect but one thing. Her mother. Her mother was still sick. "My mother", she breathed. He hugged her tightly, wrapping his arms around her.

"Life is not easy Lorelai. And nobody leads a perfect life. But now you know maybe you can enjoy being with her even more. She's still there and she loves you".

"She does"?

"Oh Lorelai.. of course she does. Do not run away from her and some day she will tell you in her own words what she feels for you."

He looked at her one more time, stroking her cheek. He smiled. "I love you so much Lorelai and you should never forget that, no matter what will happen".

"What do you mean.. will there be times I'll not know that"? She asked frightened.

"Lorelai. Do you really think that there'll be no fights, no times that we want to kill each other. When I recall right you already use to argue with my every now and then. But it doesn't matter does it? Look at us.. we're the happiest couple in the world. And do you know what? Making up is the most wonderful thing to do", he replied quietly and laughed.

She smiled but then she nodded. She knew that he was right, And thinking about it maybe it wasn't to bad to still have this work in front of her. Because staying here meant to miss all the hard work but it also meant to miss her own weeding, the birth of her own child. And that was something she certainly didn't want to miss.

"But now.. but now it is time to wake up", he said.

"How"?

He looked at her and not knowing why he knew that it would just work. "Just try to let go and.. trust me. Do you trust me"?

"Yes".

Suddenly she said. "Wait! When I wake up, will I remember all this? I want to remember, I need something g to convince myself that I was not dreaming", she said.

He nodded and then gave her his wedding ring. "I don't need this anymore, I don't need a ring to show that I have a wonderful wife. I know it and that's enough". With these words he laid the ring in her hand and closed it around the jewel.

"And now.. Goodbye my beloved Lorelai Gilmore", he whispered quietly. And then he reached forward and gently closed her eyelids. "Time to go home".

In the morning:

Lorelai sighed quietly and rolled around. "Morning Honey", she whispered but when she opened her eyes the other side of the bed was empty. And this time there was no note on the pillow. She quickly sat up and rubbed her eyes. Tiredly she decided that it was time to stand up, she had to wake Toby after all. But then she remembered. There was no Toby. Not yet?

"Oh man this dream was weird", she said to herself. But had it been a dream or not? She didn't know. She sat up and sighed deeply. Suddenly she felt something in her fist. Slowly she opened it and was shocked to see a gold ring laying in there. "Oh my God. It was real", she breathed.

But it had worked, Somehow it had worked. She was back now.

Thinking about it she realized that she already missed Luke so much, being with him, feeling his touch, his kiss.

She wanted to lay in bed the whole day, dreaming about him and their future life but then she realized that there was till much to do, much to experience before that.

And grumbling she finally rolled out of bed, going downstairs. She took a look at her answering machine and saw the little light blinking, telling her that she had a new message. A little bit she was scared to listen to it, not knowing what was expecting her. What had happened while she had gone. Had time passed here too?

She pressed the button and waited. "Lorelai? This is your mother! I hate your answering machine and you know that. Would you please pick up because I know that you there. Pick up. Oh Lord.. well, I just wanted to make sure you didn't forget our Friday night Dinner. I'll expect you around 8. And Lorelai? Don't come too late", the snappish voice of Mrs. Gilmore was heard.

Lorelai leaned against the doorframe and took a deep breath. Before she could stop herself she found herself calling back.

"Emily Gilmore"?

"Hello.. it's me. Lorelai.. your daughter", she said, unsure of what to say.

"Well, hello Lorelai. And you don't have to tell me that you're my daughter.. I know that. But how can I help you. Please don't tell me you want to cancel the Dinner", she replied.

"I.. no.. I just wanted.. well, how are you?"

Even if she didn't saw her mother she could see her raise her eyebrow.

"You called me to ask me that? Well, I'm fine thank you".

Lorelai breathed in relief. But of course what had she expected. Her mother was still healthy. This terrible sickness would bring her down in ten years and not earlier.

But somehow she had to say out loud what she felt.

"Good okay. I'm glad. I love you Mom", she said and then she quickly hung up. She knew that today she wouldn't have gotten the answer she wanted. Her mother wasn't ready yet to say it. But that was okay. She could wait.

Just now she realized how tired and finished she was. She needed her caffeine now, badly. But this time there was no Rory. And there was no coffee. "Ahh", she groaned,. So she did was she'd always done. Se went to the Diner.

For a few seconds she stood in front of it, her hand resting on the door handle but she didn't want to go in. Maybe she had been wrong, maybe she hadn't been in her future, maybe it was really a different world and Luke was different too and he didn't even loved her at all.

But when she recalled Luke's word and knew that this man inside there was her to be husband and the greatest man in the world. And he loved her, Lorelai Gilmore.

She opened the door and then she stopped staring at Luke. He wore his baseball cap backwards, his hair was shorter and his cheeks stubbly. He was soo cute. And he was hers. She needed to grin by that thought. Suddenly he looked up and saw her.

"Hey2, he muttered. Then he turned around to get her a cup of coffee.

But all of sudden he realized that she was till not moving and he felt her stare in his back. He whipped around. "What? What are you looking at"?

And he saw her grin that was plastered upon her lips. "What.. Lorelai! Do I have something in my face or what"? He asked now annoyed.

She laughed quietly. "No".

And then she stepped forward to get her cup of coffee. When he handed it to her , their fingers slightly touched and they both flinched away. When she looked up she saw Luke starring at her and she smiled.

"Thanks", she mouthed.

He looked down, now he was again the grumpy Luke who felt very unsure and nervous at the moment. Not gazing up he muttered. "No problem".

She grinned and made her way back outside. She didn't turn around but she could feel his gaze on her. And she knew that everything would be just fine.

The End

A/N: So it's done. I wanted to write more about this but I think I should stop now. Loved writing this fic especially because I got so much reviews. Thank you guys. Of course I would be glad to get even more reviews ;-) Cya