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Chapter 13: It could have been Rory

"Christopher!" Luke said a bit shocked, but he was not as upset as he though he would be if he would ever had to face him again. But with Lorelai still in his arms and his three children still bouncing up and down excitedly, he was too happy to argue with Chris.

"Luke" Chris nodded his head and gave him a strange look.

"Daddy, I told this man that we won! Do you know him?" William asked.

"Yes, Will. I know him. He is an old friend of your mummy, you know." Luke explained and Lorelai kissed him on his cheek, happy that he was reacting so great.

"I´m a bit more than an old friend. I´m Rory´s father!" Chris hissed. William' s eyes opened wide.

"Daddy is Rory's father! She is my sister!" William said to Chris.

"My sister, too!" Sara nodded.

"Mine, too!" Laila also stated.

"Rory is my sister!" Gigi yelled at the three younger kids. She was back from the bathroom and had heard what her father and William had said.

"You're lying! You're not my sister! Rory is not your sister!" William yelled back.

"Will, stop yelling!" Luke said.

"But she yelled first! And she is lying!" he yelled at Luke angrily.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Rory's voice appeared from the doorway.

"Rory!" Gigi squeaked and ran towards her. Rory hugged her.

"Hello, Gigi! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Rory, Rory. She's bad!" William said and ran over to Rory, who picked him up.

"Why Will? Why should Gigi be bad?" Rory laughed and stroked over Gigi's hair and winked at her.

"She lies! She says that you are her sister. But you are my sister and Laila's sister and Sara's sister!" William said and shot Gigi another angry look.

"Well, Will, but Gigi is also my sister. You know my father is her father, that's why she is my sister."

"But he is her father. Not daddy!" William said confused and pointed towards Chris.

"Why is he thinking that you are Rory's father?" Chris asked Luke angrily.

"Because he is. Not biological, but he is, dad. I told you that I love him like a father and that he treats me like a daughter. You knew that. I told you. So stop making a scene and confusing my little brother." Rory said and then hugged Chris briefly.

"He is your brother?" Gigi asked Rory and tucked at her hand.

"Yes, look, Gigi. This woman over there is Lorelai, my mother. And this young man here is William, my brother and these are Sara and Laila, my sisters. And this is Luke, my step-father." Rory explained to Gigi.

"Rory!" Sara yelled when she realized that her sister was in the room.

"Hey, Sara. Hello Laila. How are you?" she asked and greeted them.

"We won!" Laila smiled at her.

"Yeah. I made a goal!" William yelled excited.

"Ah, Will. Please stop yelling into my ear. But I'm very proud of you." she kissed him on his cheek and placed him back on the ground.

"What's your name?" William asked Gigi.

"Gigi" she said shyly again.

"I'm Will. We won at soccer today. Come, we can play in the garden and I can show you!" William smiled at Gigi.

"Can I Chris?" Gigi asked.

"Yeah, but please don't ruin your dress. It was expensive you know!"

"Yes, Chris!"

"Come on!" William said and pulled at Gigi's arm.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down, sweetie. At first we are going to eat, then you can play in the garden. I'm pretty sure Sookie has already finished the meal." Lorelai said.

"But Mommy, I'm not hungry! I wanna play!" William whined.

"No discussion. You don't need to eat when you're not hungry, but you will join us at the table. We will eat together, so stop whining and shoo!" Lorelai told him and pointed into the direction of the dinning-room.

William walked into the room, like he had been told, but he was pouting and looked at the floor.

"Chris. I'm hungry, too!" Gigi said, and looked at the floor when her father shot her an angry look.

"Well, why don't you join us, Chris? Will and Gigi can play afterwards and you can spend some time with Rory?" Luke said and surprised everyone.

"Uhm...well...I don't know... I think..." Chris stuttered.

"Oh, Chris come on! Your daughter is hungry, I bet you are too. It's no problem" Lorelai assured him.

"Okay, thanks!" Chris said and took Gigi by her hand and walked over into the dining room, followed by Rory, who carried Sara and Laila.

Luke wanted to follow them, but Lorelai held him back.

"Well, Mr. Danes, can you tell me what happened right here? Did you really invite Chris to dinner? Should I be jealous?" Lorelai grinned.

"Very funny. And if you ask me, I didn't invite him, but his daughter. I mean look at this girl. He was pissed when she mentioned that she's hungry. This guy isn't able to look after a child. Who knows when she has eaten something real for the last time. And then this stupid dress. Why is he buying it and letting her wear it on a journey, if she's not allowed to make it dirty?" Luke ranted and wanted to go on when Lorelai silenced him by pressing her lips on his.

"Thank you. My thoughts exactly. He yelled at her when she told him she needed to go to the bathroom. Poor girl!" Lorelai sighed.

"Yeah, poor girl. If you would have married him, Rory could have been her!" Luke told her and Lorelai knew that that was why he was caring about Gigi. It could have been Rory.

"I'm glad I didn't. But let's go and eat, I'm hungry."

"Yeah, me, too" he said and pecked her on the lips.

"Oh and Luke? Whatever he will say, don't kill him, okay? Tomorrow he will be gone and tonight I will be sleeping with you and not with him" she said. Luke chuckled and slung his right arm around her waist and kissed her on her sleeve when they walked over to the dinning-room.

"Dirty!" Luke whispered into her ear.

"Totally how I meant it!" she also kissed him, but on the cheek.

When they sat on the table Luke helped Sara eating, while Lorelai helped Laila. Rory cut the things for William and when Logan arrived he started some small-talk with Christopher, while William, Sara, Laila and Luke filled Lorelai and Rory in about the game. Gigi was listening intently, but remained silent all the time.

When the dessert arrived, Lorelai, Sara and Laila clapped their hands and yelled excitedly what caused Luke to mock Lorelai, that she was just as bad as her two year old girls.

They were still laughing when Chris suddenly began to scream.

"God, Gigi. I told you not to make this dress dirty! Now there is chocolate all over it. Are you too stupid to pay attention? You are never doing what I tell you! You're such a horrible kid! Why couldn't your mother take you with her? But instead she married that jerk who hates kids and now I have to look after you! Sometimes I wish you wouldn't ..."

"Chris stop it!" Lorelai yelled just as loud.

Gigi was a mess. She was sobbing and crying, but strangely without making any sounds. She mumbled "I'm sorry" over and over while Chris yelled at her.

"Lorelai stay out of it! You have no idea what this is about!" Chris yelled at her now.

"It's about a dress, Chris. A stupid dress!" Lorelai shot back. Rory walked over to Gigi and soothed her. She had seen her father several times treating Gigi that way, so she wasn't surprised. But she felt sorry for her little sister.

"It's not just about that dress. It's about her whole behavior." Chris said to Lorelai a bit more defeated than angry this time.

"Chris you are sounding like our parents!" Lorelai told him and stood up. She walked to Rory and then took Gigi from her and picked the girl up.

"Hey, baby, stop crying. You know what? We will go over to the bathroom and clean you up, okay? And then you get a new chocolate ice cream, because it's all on your dress. What do you think?" she asked the girl. Gigi just nodded, still looking terrified.

"And I'm sure your dad wants to apologize for the stupid things he said, because they aren't true. He is so lucky to have you!" Lorelai looked at Chris and raised her eyebrows. Chris was just starting to say something when his cell phone rang. Of course he answered it and left the room. Gigi sighed.

"Come on babe. Let's clean you up!" Lorelai smiled at her and also left the room.

She walked into the bathroom belonging to her office and sat Gigi on the closed toilet.

She took a Kleenex from the box sitting on a shelf and handed it to her, then took another one and dried her cheeks.

"So, now. Hands up, so that I can clean your dress" she told her and Gigi obliged.

"You know, I used to make my dresses dirty all the time when I was your age. And my mother got very angry. And she would send me to my room or yell at me, but I always wondered why. That doesn't clean the dress. And by the way, where is the sense in wearing a dress you are not allowed to make dirty, huh? Uuuh, I know. These dresses are pretty cool when you twirl around in a circle and the skirt flies up and everyone can see your underwear! Ever tried it?" Lorelai smiled and Gigi had to smile too.

"No, Chris wouldn't like it." she said quietly.

"Well, he used to like it a lot, believe me!" Lorelai giggled and Gigi joined her.

"So, you can hardly see the spot anymore. See?" Lorelai told the girl after some minutes.

"But it's all wet. I think we have to dry it. You want to do it or should I?" she asked Gigi and held the hair-dryer in front of her like it was a gun. Gigi had to laugh again.

"I do it!" she decided and turned on the hair-dryer. When the dress was dry again she dressed herself and handed Lorelai the hair-dryer.

"Well, your hair is a mess from the changing. Should I make you another pony-tail?"

"Yes"

Lorelai sat down on the toilet seat and started to comb Gigi's hair.

"You have such beautiful blonde hair. You know when I was a teenager I always wanted to have blonde hair. And then I always wanted Rory to have blonde hair. Because angels have blonde hair. In every picture the angels have blonde hair and so I wanted her to have blonde hair, because she was my angel. But hers is brown, just like your dad's. And mine is even darker. And now Laila has kind of blonde hair. But it's more like light brown, you know. Somehow like Luke's. But your mommy has blonde hair, right?"

"Uhuh, you know her?" Gigi asked Lorelai.

"I met her a few times. And I was there when you were born. Your mother was very scared and your father nearly came too late. But in the end he made it in time and was there when you were born. Rory and I waited outside and then your daddy came out and told us how happy he was that you were there."

"He never told me that you were there. He just said that mommy was screaming very loud."

"Yes, that's what mothers do when they are having their babies." Lorelai smiled and finished Gigi's hair.

"Were you also screaming?"

"Dear god, yes. Very loud. Especially when I had Rory. With William not so much because Luke was there to support me."

"Wasn't dad there when you had Rory?"

"No, he came kind of late when I had Rory. But now let's go out and organize that new ice-cream for you!" Lorelai lied and changed the subject.

"Thank you!" Gigi smiled and took Lorelai's hand when they walked back into the dinning-room.

"Mummy, can I play soccer now?" William asked when they entered the room.

"Are you finished eating?"

"Yes"

"Okay, then run! But stay in front of the porch where I can see you!"

"Daddy, ball too!" Sara said.

"All, right. I think I will join you. And have an eye on you. Laila, you are coming with us?"

"Uhuh!" she nodded and Luke took the girls out of their high chairs and when he placed them on the ground they ran off immediately.

"Gigi, you wanna join us?" Luke asked her and smiled at her.

"If I'm allowed to?" she said unsure.

"I will talk with your father. Now go!" Lorelai told her and Gigi followed Luke outside.

Chris came back some minutes later and found the dining-room empty. He walked to the reception area and found Rory and Lorelai laughing on the porch while they watched how Logan and Luke played with the kids.

"Hey, Rory. Lor´! I have to go. My partner just called me, I need to fly to L.A. for the week-end. Gigi will you come over please? We have to leave!" he called his daughter.

Gigi had just tackled Logan on the ground with Sara's help and they tickled him to get the ball while he rolled on the ground. She looked up and her smile was gone, but she came over. Lorelai looked at her and was shocked at what she saw. This girls wasn't even saying that she did not want to leave. She had resigned.

"Chris, why don't you leave her here for the weekend?" she asked him out of an impulse.

"What?" he and Rory asked surprised at the same time.

"Yes, leave her here for the weekend. We have enough space at the house and she could play with Will. They seem to get along pretty well. What do you say Gigi? Would you like to stay with us until your dad is back?" Lorelai asked her.

"Yes, can I dad?" she asked him hopefully.

"Well, okay. If Luke is okay with it." Chris said.

"What should I be okay with?" Luke asked when he passed to get the ball.

"With Gigi staying for the weekend, hon´!"

"Yes, sure. No problem. Come on Gigi! The game isn't over yet!" he said and gave her the ball. Gigi took it and ran over to where the others were waiting.

"Well, I have to go. Seems like she won't miss me. Bye Lor´ bye Luke. I'll pick her up some time on Sunday!" Chris said, took his bag he had brought from the reception area and left, waving at Gigi.

"Thank you!" Lorelai grinned at Luke.

"You're welcome!" he grinned back, winked at her and then ran over and lifted Laila up, who had the ball, and ran with her towards the goal.

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