Okay, thanks for the support and wonderful reviews. I still want more though! Anyhoo… This next chapter will be what everyone has been waiting for and dreaming about and on the edge of their seats about.
Different Plans
Everything"We're home!" Luke called when he entered the door.
"Living room!" Called Lorelai.
Bernie followed him in and put away her things for school, then went to the Living room to see her mother. "Hey Mommy!" Bernie said giving her mother a hug.
"Hey sweets. Did you and Daddy have a good time today?" Lorelai asked her daughter.
"Uh huh." Bernie told her nodding her head. "We rented Problem Child 2 and got some Milk Duds."
"Very good selections." Lorelai said nodding with approval. Hey Bernie, why don't you go and get a snack in the kitchen, okay?" Lorelai suggested.
"Okay!" She said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Did you tell her?" Lorelai asked Luke.
"Uh huh." Luke unemotionally.
"And?" Lorelai probed. "What did she say?"
"She said," Luke said pausing. "that she couldn't wait to meet her."
"Luke Danes, that was very cruel." She said slapping his shoulder.
"What can I say? I learned from the best." He said smirking.
"Uh huh. So, this is good." Lorelai said with a content a smile.
"Yea it is." Luke said joining her on the sofa.
'So, I talked to Rory." Lorelai begins.
Luke looks at her expectantly.
"She said that she didn't know how long that she was staying, but it might be indefinitely." Lorelai said with a twinge of excitement.
"You really missed her." Luke said.
"Yeah, I did. She's my best friend." Lorelai said. "Well my other best friend." She quickly added. "I have three you know." She told him seriously.
"That's what I've heard." Luke said smirking.
"Well, it's true." Lorelai said snuggling into Luke's side.
Luke put his arm around Lorelai and they sat in a comfortable silence for a little while.
"Hey, where's Rory?" Asked Luke.
"Eitan had an itchy throat, so Rory gave him some medicine from his doctor." Lorelai said.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Luke asked concerned.
"I don't think it's that bad. I think he's just getting over a cold or something, that's what it looked like." Lorelai told him.
"Oh well I hope he feels better then." Luke said.
"Yeah me too." Lorelai says.
They smiled at each other. They didn't know however that Rory had just walked out of the bathroom and heard the end of their conversation. She sighed and entered the room.
"Hey Luke, your back?" Rory said.
"Yep." Luke said.
"Is Bernie here?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, she's in the kitchen getting a snack." Luke told her. "I'll get her. Bernie come in here!" Luke called.
"You rang?" Bernie says as she enters the living room.
"Bernie, I want you to meet your sister Rory." Lorelai said with a smile.
Bernie and Rory were introduced to each other and very pleased to finally meet each other. Bernie requested to meet Eitan, so Rory led her into the bedroom. When they returned, Luke was making dinner and Lorelai was sitting on the couch flipping through channels on the television. When dinner was ready, they had a nice family dinner with all six family members present.
After dinner, when the younger children had been put to bed, Rory went into luke and her mother's bedroom.
"Rory." Said Lorelai with a smile.
"Hey, could I talk to you guys for a minute?" Rory asked nervously.
"Sure sweets. Is everything okay?" Lorelai asked concerned.
Rory nodded unconvincingly.
"Luke, come here!" Lorelai called.
"What's going on?" Asked Luke when he entered the room.
"Rory wants to talk to us about something." Lorelai tells him.
"Oh, okay." He said going and sitting and on the bed.
Rory sighed. "Okay. I know you're wondering why I'm here." Rory started.
They nod.
"I just want you to know, that I never intended to stay away as long as I did. There was just never a moment when I could come down here. I think I was a little scared too." Rory said looking down.
"You should never be scared to come home Rory. We love you so much, and you know that you are always welcome. Even if we are in a fight." Lorelai said.
"I know that, but I guess I just didn't want to own up to my mistakes, you know?" Rory admitted.
"So then, why now? What convinced you to come home now?" Lorelai asked.
"Eitan." Rory said. "He's sick, and he's getting worse. He needs to get a blood transfusion, but he has a rare blood type." Rory said.
Lorelai and Luke were stunned and speechless. Lorelai got up and hugged Rory, Luke followed suit. "It's gonna be fine honey." Lorelai said rubbing her daughter back.
"He could die!" Rory said crying. "He was all that I had for so long, and he could be taken from me!"
"I know it's hard Rory. But you've gotta keep positive." Luke said.
"I know. It's just that I lost everyone. First I lost my family, then Lane, Logan, Jess, then Feye and Todd, then Paris, and now Eitan could be gone too!" Rory said with furious tears in her eyes.
"Rory, I know that you feel like you've lost everyone that meant something to you, but you have to remember that you haven't. You still have your family, and Eitan might be okay. You have to remember that even though you miss the important people, there are still some around. And if you don't talk to them or spend time with them, you'll lose them too." Luke said.
Rory looked up chuckling. "Was it just me, or did that sound a little rehearsed?"
"He told me the same thing when you left." Lorelai said. "If it wasn't for Luke, I don't think that I could have made it without you kid." Lorelai said, tearing up as well.
"I'm so sorry mom." Rory said falling into her mother's arms once again.
"It'll be okay. It'll all be okay." Lorelai said as she stroked her daughter's head. "You should get some sleep." Lorelai told her.
Rory went to her room, feeling relieved that she had told someone else what was going on.
Luke and Lorelai went to bed worried. They didn't sleep much that night.
At the Diner
'I wish I had gotten more sleep last night.' Luke thought. Luke was really tired. He was so tired that he didn't even notice the ringing of the bell on the door above the diner.
Luke was so tired that he didn't notice the silence, or the whispers that followed. Luke was so tired that he didn't notice whose order he was taking, until he spoke.
"Hey uncle Luke."
TBCSorry it took me a little while to update. I've been busy GASP, and have been updating another story because I'm one of those people who does everything the hard way, so I have to write about four stories at once and have two more that I should be writing as well, but I don't feel like it. So, I want you to review, tell what you think. I want lots and lots of reviews, so go crazy!
Ta ta.