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!
Lorelai felt guilty. She knew there was no reason for her to, but she did. Christopher was gone and there she was making casual jokes with Luke. Somehow, it just didn't feel right.
She needed to grieve, but how could she when her every waking moment was devoted to Gigi? She already loved that little girl as though she was her own daughter, but it hurt her everytime she looked at her. She was proof that Christopher was gone, proof that life would never be the same.
Through all this Lorelai had learned to be thankful though. Luke was by her side through every waking moment, and had a twinkle in his eye every time he held Gigi. She was lucky to have him, and Gigi was lucky too. Rory too. It amazed her that Luke didn't flinch before taking this all on, never once gave the impression that he wanted out. She was going to keep him, she wanted him here. He wasn't Christopher, that she knew, but... he was meant for her.
When Lorelai arrived home that evening with Gigi in her arms she fumbled with the lock as she made sure she was holding Gigi tight. Luke had gone to the diner to check on Ceaser and make sure everything was alright, but he assured her he would be there soon.
After she had put Gigi in her crib in Rory's old room she slowly looked around. She had packed up anything of Rory's that was left, except her Harvard stuff. She didn't know why, but she had found that in the closet and put it on top of the dresser. There was no explanation, except maybe Rory was the same age as Gigi when Lorelai had brought home a Harvard pamphlet. She had found it at a table at Luke's and thought the pictures looked neat so she put it in her purse. That evening when she took her wallet out to pay for the pizza that had come it fell out, and Rory became mesmorized by it. It sat on top of the large pile of Harvard paraphernalia Rory had collected over the years now, and though Gigi couldn't see it, she wanted her to have the chance to become mesmorized with it another way. She wanted Gigi to have anything she could, so why throw out what got Rory started so young?
Hearing a knock at the door she jumped up, thinking it was Luke. Confused why he had knocked she opened the door but he wasn't there. No one was there. Closing the door she noticed an envelope on the ground. Picking it up she felt like she was going to faint. She knew that handwriting.