A little Christmas spirit, love and mischief
A bright searing light flashed through her eyelids as a dark shadow loomed above her
"Mom!" yelled Rory pushing the flashlight out of her eyes
"You said it was my year to wake you!" said Lorelai smiling as Rory attempted to extract herself from the covers of her bed
"Wake, not blind me!" she replied grabbing a brush and pulling her hair into a quick ponytail
"Tinsel?" asked Rory
"Check"
"Lights?"
"Check"
"Tacky Rudolph stolen from Taylor?"
"Check"
"Walki-talkies?"
"Check and its all systems go" replied Lorelai with a mad glint in her eye
It was that time of year, Christmas. The Gilmore Girls time of year. The tradition began when Rory was eight. A young innocent eight year old dressed all in black joined her mother in painting the town red, well red in tinsel actually. The first year, it had been the town square, the next Miss Patty's and so it continued. The quaint little Stars Hollowians continued their quaint little lives enjoying it every year when out of nowhere one of the town's features was drowned in fairy lights and plastic reindeer. Pools had been started, by Kirk of course, to see where the unknown decorator elves would hit next.
This year they had decided on the Big Kahuna
Luke's diner
"Here" said Lorelai throwing Rory a black hat and flashlight
"Let's go" said Rory grabbing her black coat and racing Lorelai down the stairs
The black duffels stood innocently beside the door "Ready?" asked Lorelai
"You bet"
"Wait!" Lorelai yelled a panic stricken look across her face
"We forgot the coffee!"
"Mom we're going to Lukes"
"I bet that evil man won't let us have any" complained Lorelai
"Mom, we're going to Lukes in the middle of the night….he wont be there….its just us and the blessed coffee machine" said Rory slowly
Lorelai's eyes gleamed "You mean?...."
"All to ourselves"
"Whoooooooooooohooooo!" yelled Lorelai grabbing her duffel and running into the cold night
Rory ran after her
* Later that night *
"You don't think we over did it do you?" asked Rory critically steeping back in front of the diner
"It's perfect" grinned Lorelai
The lights they had strung from every corner from every chair from well everything, reflected in her eyes. The windows were decorated in fake snow in lieu of the real thing which was soon forecast. Tinsel adorned everything and finally the crowning glory
A model of Santa and his reindeer, level with the 2nd floor
It was a little unique
Lorelai, the ever creative one had gone all out
Some resemblances could be seen
Santa looked alarmingly like Luke
And well as for the elf happily hugging Santa………
"Done?" asked Rory
"Ohh yeah" replied Lorelai as she put an arm around Rory and happily set off for home, each of them swinging their cups of Lukes coffee merrily in the cold night air
Just a little Christmas fic because I love Christmas – I'll update soon – all suggestions and reviews are extremely welcome!