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: It is so cool to see so many people have listed this story as a favourite, or have it on alert. I'm glad y'all are enjoying! And thanks to StephieM, 'cause I'm happy to admit when I overlook something... I hadn't even thought of money! Part of this chapter is 'cause of her.
Lorelai sat back against her headboard. Gigi was curled up at the foot of the bed with a pillow sleeping softly. Lorelai smiled. She'd made the right choice. When she'd decided to take custody of Gigi she did so because she felt she could offer the best home for the child, and now she was certain.
She wouldn't be safe with Christopher's mother, because in her eyes she would never be perfect. Lorelai knew what that was like... she'd grown up like that. She watched Rory grow up like that. And now, and now Gigi would have it the hardest.
When Christopher's lawyer had told her he had decided she should have custody of Gigi she figured it was because Rory hadn't graduated college yet, she was barely 21. That's even how the lawyer described it, but Lorelai knew better now. Christopher had changed it the day he had learned. He wanted the best for Gigi, and though Rory loves her sister and would try... she wouldn't be best. Not now. But Lorelai, Lorelai he knew, would manage.
And the money! God, the money. Lorelai still couldn't believe the amount of money Christopher had put aside for Gigi... and Rory. There was so much saved. She knew his family wasn't likely to help financially with Gigi, so her money she could understand. But nearly half a million dollars was put away for Rory, where did he find that type of money?
Watching Gigi's chest rise and fall with each breath she took Lorelai's heart broke for the child. She was going to grow up without both her parents in her life, without her grandparents. Only she, Lorelai, would be there through the ups and downs of her childhood. But one look at the photo of Rory on her bedside table and she knew, that was exactly what Christopher wanted.
So money wasn't an issue... Christopher had made sure of that. Everything would be covered, Lorelai didn't need to worry about that. So that was one down, a million things left. How would Rory take all this? And Luke, could Luke be as accepting as he had seemed to be? What about the inn? This was going to be so time consuming on her part. And her family, could they ever accept Gigi? OK, her family was a small matter in her mind, but the question was still there in the back of her mind.
But, of course, the biggest question on her mind... how does one raise a blind child?