Summary: Set 6 years after the Season 6 Finale: "You know someday you'll be The Reigning Lorelai." "No I don't even want to think of that." "Why?" "Because when I become the Reigning Lorelai that means that you'll be gone."
Now she has to think about it. Implied Lit, Java, and a little Christopher in between.
She didn't cry.
She didn't want to be like Grandpa when Gran died. She didn't want to be like Luke who was being like Grandpa when Gran died. She didn't want to be like Jess either whose uncomfortable stance to Luke's breakdown reminded her of Jason Stiles. She wanted to not cry like she did with Gran. But she didn't want to feel the guilt either. Lorelai wouldn't of wanted her to. Be guilty of course. She wouldn't of wanted her to be like Grandpa…anyone but Grandpa. So she would be herself. She would be Lorelai Leigh Gilmore…afterall she was The Reigning Lorelai.
Yes Rory was the reigning Lorelai. Because Lorelai Victoria Gilmore was dead. It was sudden and thankfully it happened fast. Apparently she didn't feel any pain. But Rory wondered how getting into a car accident would result in a painless death. It was ironic though, how her mother pushed through all the pain in her life while alive but died without it.
She didn't have a scratch on her. Maybe it was the fates working even in her afterlife, but Lorelai looked even more gorgeous dead. Rory was a little jealous. She wished she could look like that when she died. There weren't any stains on her clothes from blood…Rory didn't get it. How was her mother dead when there were no signs of it on her body? She didn't cry when she saw the body but she did come to a sort of clarity…she accepted her mother was dead. It wasn't until she saw the body that it really became true. She would cry at some point, she knew she would. But she couldn't do it now, not with everyone around all the time and with everything that was getting done. There wasn't time for it. Maybe after the funeral, when she was home with Jess who would cry with her and understand the wonder of it all. But right now she had to be The Reigning Lorelai and take comfort her mother was always in her.