The Gilmore-Grey Union

By Michael Weyer

POV: Luke

I'm in the back, going over some supplies when I hear the sounds of yelling. That's never a good thing for the lunch hour. I come out to see a mass of brunette hair pushing Kirk out the door.

"Um, I'm not done with----"

"Kirk! Out! You can come back in a few minutes but for right now, get out!"

I can feel myself getting pissed. "Lorelei, for God's sake, what are you----"

She locks the door and turns to me. Her face is flushed as if she's been running. She's also heaving for breath and I feel my anger fade as I realize she's upset. "Lorelei? What's wrong?"

She sits down at a table and tries to brush back her hair. "It's…Rory…" She heaves.

"Is she ok? What happened?" I ask in instant concern.

She looks up at me and I can see a numb shock in her eyes. "She got married."

For one brief second, I think she's joking. But not even Lorelei would go this far for a laugh. I feel my jaw unhinge as her words sink in. "She…what!"

She nods. "She called me this morning, she was out drinking and woke up and…"

I'll kill him. I don't care how rich he is, I don't care who his father is, I am going to kill that Logan with my bare hands. "Oh, jeez. I don't….I'll kill him."

"It wasn't Logan."

I stare at her. "What?"

"It wasn't him," she continues. She's staring down, her voice low. "It was a guy she met at the bar."

My jaw is wide open but I barely register it. "She…she did what?"

"My daughter got drunk and married a stranger she met at a bar last night," Lorelei goes on. "And oh boy, is that a sentence I never thought I'd hear myself say."

"Oh my God." I march over to the counter, grab a mug and slam it down. I then grab the coffee pot and move it toward the mug.

"Luke!" I hear her shriek. "What are you doing! That's coffee! You don't drink coffee! You keep telling me it should be illegal!"

"Is Rory really married?"

"Yes!"

"Then I need something and the bars are closed." I throw back the cup, gasping a bit as the elixir of evil washes down my throat. I shake my head as I put the cup down. "Jeez…what…what is she going to do?"

She shakes her head. "I don't know…It just happened, I don't know if they talked about options yet. Of course, it could get more complicated…"

"How?"

"They weren't using protection."

"Ah, Jeez." I rub my temples hard as I slump on a counter seat. "Oh, this is so not good."

"You're telling me. God, I was having a hard enough time with getting her back to school and now this? I'm not old enough to be a mother-in-law! Or a grandmother! I can't…I don't know how…"

"Hey, hey, it'll be okay." I move over to hug her. "We'll handle this."

"Oh, God," she moans as she leans on me. "I suck so bad as a mother."

"No, no, you're not," I quickly say as I stroke her hair. "You don't suck as a mother."

"She's dropped out of school, she has no purpose, she's married…"

"Just…we're get through it, ok?"

She looks up at me with tears streaking down her face. "Really? Are you lying?"

"Well…yeah," I have to admit.

She smiles and gives me a quick kiss. "You're sweet."

I sigh as I lift her to her feet. "Look, how about you go upstairs and try to calm down while I undo any damage to out livelihood, ok?"

"Can I take the pot?"

"No."

"Lukey!"

"I need you calm, Lorelei."

"Coffee makes me calm."

"Coffee makes no one calm. I had one cup and I think I can keep going all day."

"Ooh, dirty."

I smile at that. Keep up the humor and we should be able to handle this new lunacy just fine.