A/N I think I might start this one out with an author's note this time. Whether you read it or not is completely up to you cause it's mostly only for my own entertainment at this point. If you just read my good friend Copperboom107's latest update such as I just did, and if you haven't you should cause it's worth the read But we have challenge going on about our update rate, technically I still hold the lead by a good amount, but as threatened and insecure as I am as an entity on the internet I'm going to try and keep up with this "update every day that I live until satisfied" bit. So bear with me if you have a short attention span or patience level and yes that emotion icon is a very common occurrence with me.
My hat off to you Copper, but En shall try to win! So on with the Nothingness!
"Please don't tell me that we're stuck in here."
"I'm going to do my sanity a favor and leave that question unanswered."
Rory had tried the knob already and had found the fact out for herself moments before, but apparently Max was trying to avert a meltdown.
"Lorelai will come down and look for you soon won't she?"
"Some how I'm doubting that."
It was a general retort. She had originally gone out for a walk with a book in her pocket, which hinted to Lorelai that she could be anywhere held up reading in a corner some where for any extended amount of time. Especially if the other guests were out and about, making Rory's escape chances from the down stairs, nil. It didn't seem necessary to her yet to mention Luke's presence, considering that she wasn't quite sure why he was here in the first place. She had an idea, but nothing definite. Though still nothing short of some of the town's enthusiastic views on the matter. "Oh how Miss Patty would love this." How much the whole of the town would love this. Rory didn't even want to think about the rumors that could be flying around with both the Gilmore's and Luke gone at the same time.
"Why not?"
Max was getting a little thrown by Rory's recent short and general answers. She wasn't even telling him about why Lorelai had ran and what he could do to get her back. Usually Rory would be trying to explain her mother's actions to him in attempt to help him in some way, but now he wasn't getting anything out of her. Like she didn't want him there.
The drift, apparently, hadn't been gotten in his idealistic little mind.
"She was sleeping when I left." Still not lying yet, her mom had indeed been about ready to drift off as she had left, hearing her mother's incoherent babble of the B&B's lack of coffee supply and how they should all be devoured by talking muffin's which of course had started to talk when the B&B's stopped serving them with coffee, which was the only thing that they tasted good with, which caused them not to be eaten, which made them so angry that they developed lips so they could talk and yell, "ABOUT THE LACK OF COFFEE!" Rory remembered her mother's last line and added a mental connection, "Thus the reason for them to be "devouring" talking muffins."
"So we could be here for awhile."
Max had given up on the questions at this point. It was clear to him that none of them were going to be answered at the rate he was going.
"Seems like."
Rory settled down to the floor, leaning against the door behind her, "This, could be difficult."
Lorelai marveled as Luke looked down at her, pulling away slightly.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." Luke chastised himself for his rashness. She had just ran away from her fiancé, she had been crying, and sleeping. She needed comfort and you kissed her.
She looked at him as if to memorize every aspect of his face, searching him for some kind of flaw.
There wasn't any . "I believe there was some participation on my part." Smiling at him she leaned in again-
"Turn down service!" rang through the room as Ladonn turned the doorknob, finding her guest and her guest's caller in quite the awkward position. "I'm sorry, your daughter said that you were asleep, so I thought I would see if you were alright."
"And turn down the bed I'd be in apparently." Lorelai smiled as she shifted out of Luke's partial embrace.
"Well we've only seen you once or twice down there, you always seem to sneak right past us. And you, Mr. Danes, I think I'm beginning to understand your rush to get the room number.
Lorelai looked to him while raising her eyebrow at him playfully.
"Well, you know, I was worried."
"So I noticed." She situated her back to Luke and smiled at Ladonn. "I can turn down the bed thanks, it wouldn't be the first time. Where is Rory anyway?"
Lorelai turned to Luke, directing the question to him. "Did you see her on your way up?"
"No, I just came up here to find you talking in your sleep."
"You do seem to be the type for timing." Lorelai blushed, wondering what he might have heard.
Ladonn felt as if she didn't cut in now, she wouldn't get another chance that wouldn't catch her in another embarrassing situation. "She was at dinner, but then another man that had called for you earlier arrived. I assumed that you knew?"
"How would he know I was here?" Lorelai seemed to be asking herself more than anyone, panicking slightly at where Max might be at that moment, or better yet we're he'd been. She hadn't told any one where she was going. She never even knew where she was going when she left. "And how did you know where I was?" Lorelai looked up at Luke.
"Oh, they called." Ladonn answered simply.
Lorelai turned to the owner, still not quite understanding. "Called?' Her tone was more of a reaction than an expression. "Called where?"
"On your phone."
Max fidgeted, looking at the walls surrounding them while sitting on a carry-on. Looking to Rory as she read her book.
"Hear anything outside?"
"Huh? Oh, no." Rory looked up from her book while replying awkwardly. "Just them singing again."
Max listened as the sound carried on. "Lady Marmalade again huh?"
"Yep."
"Think they know what they're saying."
"Yep."
"Scary."
"Yep."
Max had had about enough of the short cold shoulder answers. He was there for a reason, concerning them both at this point. "Why are you and your mom here Rory?"
"She wanted to go, so we packed and left."
"You know what I mean."
Max looked at Rory as she tried to focus on her book, acting like she hadn't heard him, like she had no idea what he was talking about.
"I went to Luke's this morning." Max mumbled the confession, causing Rory to look up from her book.
"Why were you there?" Rory set down the book in her lap still trying to avoid eye contact.
"You tell me, I thought that out of anyone else, he would have know where to find you and her."
Just then Max's cell rang in his pocket. Surprised at the sound, considering all that he would have had to do in the first place was call the front desk to escape he picked it up.
"Hello?"
It had just dawned on Sookie, that if Lorelai was out of town and that she had already disregarded her wedding cake, then she just might want to inform the groom about everything.
"I'm so sorry Max."
Sookie had tried to calm herself but Max could here the speaking in the apology over the phone.
"I already got the message Sookie, thanks."
He tried to sound as unhurt as he could, but he could feel Rory looking up at him. Knowing what Sookie was calling for.
Rory felt almost guilty for her sympathy. Sure, her mom had left for her reasons, which were probably for the best. But here she had left Mr. Medina, Max, her teacher back in Hartford thinking that he was getting married.
Max hung up the phone after hearing Sookie's apologies.
"I am really sorry Mr. Medina."
Max heard her genuine concern and smiled slightly. "It's fine, not your fault anyway, I probably shouldn't have come after all." It had hit him that if Sookie was calling telling him that the wedding was off, then it really was official, not to mention Rory leading him around in circles. He should have caught it before. "Let's call the desk and get us out of here."
"Sounds good." Rory forced a smile and picked back up her book.
Lorelai watched Ladonn leave as a maid told her that she had a call.
"I don't know if I should feel invaded, happy, or angry that she picked up my phone." Lorelai settled back into Luke, wandering what exactly was happening now. If Max were here, shouldn't she be trying to distance herself from the new development at hand?
"I think grateful would be it for me." Luke smiled down at Lorelai. I think we should try and find Rory.
Both hoped that Max had already left.
Luke and Lorelai made it down to the first floor while coming down the stairs. Lorelai stopped Luke from going any farther. "Shh…"
"What?" Luke stopped as her arm came before him.
"Look." Lorelai gestured down into the main room, revealing the source of the music that they had just begun to mention.
"Aw Jeeze." Luke saw the band of domestic vacationers singing some god-awful song.
"You have to be quite or they'll drag you down there and make you sing with them, asking you questions about your diner and your good looking girl friend." Lorelai looked up at him teasingly, after seeing him smile at the comment she looked back down at the crowd below. "Is that Lady Marmalade, oh my god Luke, we're in the Moulin Rouge!"
Luke was the one to silence her this time, only by holding her hips. "Quiet, they'll hear you, and I do not want to be asking anyone down there that."
Lorelai met with his hands on her hips and brought them to her stomach. "Luke Dane's I do believe that deserves a dirty."
"Let's just get down there and find Rory okay?" Luke tried not to smile at her but couldn't help himself as they tried to sneak down the stairs while still togther.
Max and Rory had been released from the luggage room and comfortable stretched in the hallway as Ladonn apologized, wondering how they had gotten there in the place. Only to leave after tripping over Sammy, who had knocked some clean towels for the next room she had to go to out of her hands.
After walking down the hall a bit trying to follow the sound of the singing coming from the main room, considering neither had explored much around the area before.
Luke and Lorelai on the other hand where trying not to let on to each other that they were grinning like idiots while walking down the halls, just narrowly escaping the one that Lorelai had referred to "The space pen dentist on the right." Who seemed to want to run away along with them than stay and listen to one more performance of the French tune that was unfortunately being led by his wife. The one that sounded like she was about to break the glass in the windows, as well as the windows in the parking lot.
They stumbled together while looking in some of the other nooks and dining rooms for any sign of Rory. Lorelai kept on talking and Luke would respond which would result in a grin or a touch from one of them, mostly at the same time from both of them.
While turning the corner Lorelai spotted her daughter turning the corner in front of her. "Rory! There you are, it seems that the residence all have dreams of being Zidler's Diamond Dogs in a night club, now all we need is to find you a penniless-" Lorelai's voice faded as she saw Max come behind her and Rory's expression come to an "I'm sorry."
"Max?"
-TBC-
Well, I started this around 5pm today and found myself being dragged off to watch "The Bishop's Wife", great movie by the way, and then was forced into the new Stargate, leaving me with 2 ½ pages of 8 text left to write before I would get to the end. Lol Oh well.
I don't know what all you'll get out of this chapter, but it was a beast to write. Thank you for all of your reviews! I might just start singing "vulu vucu she' as se swa" right now. Okay, so I don't speak French and I don't know how to spell it. That much has been apparent from the beginning lol. Thank you Luke's Girl, goclo, and forever Copperboom107. I would wake up with keyboard keys embedded in my cheek if it weren't for you.
If I don't catch all of grammar errors, I'm sorry to say that they're like Jess, please tell me, but I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to fixing them.
RORY: Maybe, like, you could limit the reports to just significant sightings. If you see him a hundred yards away, disappearing around a corner, I really don't need to know that. If he comes up to you and spits in your face, report that.
LORELAI: Permission to spit back?
You're turn now Copper,
En