Author: aynat (©Tanya Long)
Description: A funeral, a baby and a new beginning. To start over Lorelai needs to say goodbye.
Spoilers: ONE MAJOR ONE FROM SEASON SIX (well... season five finale on)
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gilmore Girls characters, though I would kindly pay for Luke. I make no money from this, it's purely for fun!
Author's Note: I'd like to thank y'all for the kind reviews, they keep me writing. -)
It had now been two days since her conversation with Luke, and Lorelai hadn't managed to get out of bed. They hadn't said much more, he simply left to let her think about things herself. And think she did. But she knew he was right, she would of course take Gigi. It was a part of Christopher that she could help grow up... it was Rory's sister!
She had phoned the lawyer the day before and knew he would be here, with Gigi, sometime today. It seemed everything was happening so quickly, Lorelai felt she hadn't even had time to take a deep breath.
It was only minutes after she had woken up that the door bell rang. Getting dressed quickly she flew downstairs to answer the door. "Mr. Laymen," she said as she looked up, and then stopped. "Mom?"
"Lorelai, what is wrong with you?" Emily Gilmore asked as she walked in without being invited.
"What are you talking about mom?"
"You're adopting Gigi?" she stated in a nearly uncomprehendable voice. "I mean really Lorelai, have you gone crazy?"
"No mom I haven't," she said as she closed the door. "This is what Christopher wanted, so it's what I have to do."
"Please, Christopher obviously wasn't thinking when he thought of this," Emily argued. "And if he was, obviously he didn't think it would ever actually happen.
Tears burned Lorelai's eyes as she whispered, "But it did happen."
"That doesn't mean you have to do this Lorelai," Emily insisted.
"Mom, what am I supposed to do?" she asked. "Christopher's mother certainly can't look after her, do you want to?"
"Don't be ridiculous, I can't take her," Emily scoffed.
"Well I'm certainly not allowing Rory's sister to go to a foster home," Lorelai told her. "Not when I'm in the position to stop it."
Emily sighed as the door bell rang again. Lorelai opened the door and the lawyer came in, carrying little Gigi. "Ms. Gilmore," he said, nodding towards Lorelai.
"Mr. Laymen, hello," Lorelai said as she shut the door behind him, shooting her mother a 'say-anything-rude-and-I'll-shoot-you' look. "And hi Gigi," she said as she went over and brushed her hand through the childs hair. Carefully taking her from the mans arms she marvelled in how warm the child was. And how much she looked like Rory when she was young.
"Oh, this is my mother Emily Gilmore," Lorelai told him as they walked into the kitchen. "She wanted to be here to see Gigi as well."
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Gilmore," he said, shaking her hand quickly. "Now Lorelai, if we can go into the kitchen I have some stuff to discuss with you."
"Of course, it's right through there," she told him. Giving her mother another menacing look she followed the lawyer.
After discussing the formalities of the whole issue, ignoring upset sighs from Emily, and signing different papers for different things the lawyer began to pack everything back up. "Ms. Gilmore," he said, "I believe everything here is in order. Someone from social services will be by tomorrow to ask you some questions and look at the house." Lorelai nodded. "Also, there's something you may want to know before you make this official..."