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Chapter 26: Nice neighbor ...kill her!

"Hi Cesar, it´s Lorelai. Can I speak to Luke?" Lorelai asked on the afternoon of the 31st december.

"No, sorry! He left an hour ago." Cesar replied.

"With Kirsten?" Lorelai asked.

"Yes. I have to go, Lorelai. Bye!" Cesar said and hung up.

"Bye" she sighed. She picked up Sara and Laila, grabbed her keys from the table and walked outside. She slammed the door shut and walked towards Kirsten´s house.

"Hello!" Honor greeted her after she had rung the bell.She was a small girl with blonde hair, brow eyes and freckles. She wasn´t a beautiful girl, but cute nevertheless.

"Hi Honor. Is Luke here?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure. Wait a second!" the girl said and ran inside. Some seconds later Luke came to the door, a screwdriver in his right hand.

"Hi Lorelai. Something wrong?" he asked and tried to kiss her, but she stepped back.

"Something wrong? You wanted to be home three hours ago! We wanted to go shopping for the firework with the kids. Remember them?" she said.

"Ah, damn. Sorry, I forgot. Kirsten had some problems with the new kitchen. It´s still not working, so I promised to take a look at it. But I will stop now and we can go shopping. I´m sorry, really" he told her honestly. Lorelai sighed again, but then smiled a little.

"Hurry up! It´s cold out here!" she said and this time kissed him back when he leaned in.

Luke walked back inside and came back some minutes later, Kirsten followed him.

"Hi Lorelai! And thanks again! See you later!" she said, kissed him on the cheek and then closed the door behind Luke.

Luke took Sara from Lorelai then slung his arm around her shoulder and kissed her on the temple.

"Where is Will?" he asked.

"With Davey. They want to build a tree-house with Jackson."

"But it´s freezing outside! And then Jackson building something! This can´t be good!" Luke rolled his eyes.

"I know. But then he will be very tired tonight and go to bed right after the fireworks and we will have some time to celebrate on our own" she said and raised her eyebrow´s seductively.

"Good idea, But I think this won´t be happening. At least not right after the fireworks. I invited Kirsten and Honor over." Luke said and placed Sara in her car-seat.

"You did what?" Lorelai shrieked.

"I invited them over. I don´t want them to spend New Years Eve alone."

"I wasn´t allowed to invite Sookie, because we agreed on spending the evening just with the family and you invited Kirsten!"

"Lorelai it´s different! They don´t have a family. And for me Kirsten feels like family. I´ve known her forever!" Luke started the car.

"Yeah, without having contact for twenty years! Such good friends you are!" she scoffed.

"I never said that we didn´t have contact for twenty years. We always had contact. It just stopped two years ago. Must have been around the time when her husband and her son died."

"You never told me!"

"What was there to tell? I wrote a letter or an email every few months. She answered, that´s it. " Luke shrugged.

"Okay, fine. Nothing to tell. But you could have asked me before you invited her!"

"I thought you wouldn´t mind!" Luke said and they pulled onto the highway.

"Hello Lorelai!" Kirsten greeted her at eight o´clock that night when Lorelai opened the door.

"Hello Kirsten, hi Honor! Come in!" she smiled.

"It´s so nice of you to invite us over tonight. Thank you so much!" Kirsten smiled and handed Lorelai a cake.

"Wow, you brought a cake. I thought your kitchen is not working!" A fake smile was plastered on Lorelai´s face.

"It´s not working. I bought this one this evening. But when my kitchen will be working I will invite you for dinner as a Thank you for everything you did for me. It´s so nice of you and Luke to let me eat and wash here, look after Honor sometimes and help me fixing things. I couldn´t ask for better neighbors. Without you we would have been alone over Christmas." Kirsten smiled and hugged Lorelai for a second.

"Yeah...well...aren´t we nice!" Lorelai said and walked into the dining room.

Kirsten walked straight into the kitchen, where she found Luke. Lorelai was confused when she turned around and Kirsten and Honor weren´t behind her anymore, but then she saw the door to the kitchen close and followed them.

"Hi Luke! It smells good in here! What are you making?" Kirsten smiled and stood behind him, placing her hand on his shoulder.

" We decided on lamb. Is that okay?" he asked.

"Sure. Can I help you?"

"No, I´m nearly done. Maybe you could just make the dressing for the salad?" Luke asked and turned around.

"Honor, I didn´t see you! You´re feeling better? Headache gone?" he asked the girl.

"Yes it is. Thanks Luke!"

"You had a headache?" Lorelai asked the girl and walked over to stand beside Luke and slung her arm around his waist.

"Yes, the last two days. But when Luke came over today he made me some tea and picked up some medicine and now I´m feeling better." Honor explained.

"Yeah, thanks again. I didn´t have the time to pick up something with all the boxes that arrived today." Kirsten said while she took out oil and salt.

"Would you stop thanking me already. I told you it was no big deal." Luke said.

"My, my butch never learned how to take thanking, huh!" Kirsten grinned.

"Never learned when to shut up Sheila, huh?" Luke shot back.

"Why are you calling my mom Sheila?" Honor asked.

"Don´t you dare telling her! Or I will tell the story why you are "Butch" Danes!" Kirsten shrieked and turned round.

"Well..." Luke started but was interrupted when Kirsten placed a hand over his mouth. Luke tried to take her hand away and soon they were both laughing. Lorelai had to step aside to not get hit. Because of the noise coming from the kitchen William, Laila and Sara ran into it. Lorelai looked at Luke and Kirsten fighting playfully, then picked up the twins. She closed her eyes and nuzzled her nose against Sara´s then kissed her cheek before she turned her head and kissed Laila, then hid her face in the girl´s hair and took deep breath.

"Leave my daddy alone Kirsten!" William yelled and jumped excitedly up and down.

Luke won the fight and held Kirsten´s arms tight so that she couldn´t stop him again. He looked at Honor, who was still laughing.

"You know when your mother was thirteen years old there was this spin-off on TV. It was called "Sheila" and this super-heroin was somehow related to He-Man. While I watched He-Man when I was a little boy, your mother started to watch Sheila at thirteen and became obsessed with it. So one day I waited for her, but she didn´t show up. I walked over to her house and up to her room." At this point Kirsten started to yell "Stop" and Luke used one hand to place it over her mouth.

"And there she was, fourteen years old, standing in front of the mirror in a Sheila-costume, which was way too small because it was made for kids and not for teenagers, and pretended to be Sheila." Luke laughed at the memory and Kirsten and Honor had to laugh, too. A small smile appeared on Lorelai´s face but disappeared when she looked up and saw the position in which Luke and Kirsten were standing.

"But I looked hot, admit it!" Kirsten laughed.

"You didn´t look hot! You looked like a freak in a too small costume." Luke said.

"But you certainly looked hot the day you became "Butch" Danes! In this tight uniform..." Kirsten grinned and pulled away from him. She walked over to Honor and stood behind her, using her as a shield to keep Luke away.

"You know Lorelai, your husband here was very famous with the girls in his younger years!"

"What does that mean?" Luke asked and raised his eyebrows. Lorelai smiled at Luke.

"Oh, honey, you´re still hot, don´t worry! And very famous with me! I think you could tell last night!"

"Ah geez! I think dinner is ready, let´s eat!" he said.

"Oh no! I think your wife deserves to know what she married!" Kirsten said with a devilish smile and went on.

"When I was fifteen I had a huge crush on him. And he knew it, because Liz had told him. But because he was sixteen and such a guy, he didn´t react. He kept me at arms-length. He flirted with me, then kissed Linda, went with me on a date, made out with Carrie behind the bleachers, made out with Annie and so on."

"That´s not true! I never made out with Carrie!"

"But then he met a girl named Julia and they got together. They were sickening! So we, the others, got together and made banners for the next sports-game. We wrote things like "Butch kissed me!" or "Butch I love you!", "Butch you taste good". He was so embarrassed that he totally messed up the game. But from then on everybody called him "Butch". God, that was a funny time! And Julia was gone before Luke could destroy the banners." Kirsten laughed.

"Let´s eat" Luke said clearly embarrassed when Lorelai looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"So you two got together at some point?" Lorelai asked some time during dinner.

"Yes, but only a month. Then he dumped me!" Kirsten said.

"After Julia?" Lorelai asked.

"No, it was some years later. I was seventeen and two months!" Kirsten said and smiled at Luke.

"Wow, you sure remember it clearly!" Lorelai said to Kirsten.

"Of course I do. Every girl remembers the moment she loses her virginity!" Kirsten smiled at Luke and he smiled back. Lorelai´s eyes opened wide in shock, which wasn´t noticed by the others.

"Oh..uhm..wow. Of course we do! Especially if it is extremely good or just horrible" she just said.

"It wasn´t horrible. But then he dumped me for a girl named Anna and they were still together when I left the town three years later." The smile left Kirsten´s face.

"I told you I was sorry" Luke said quietly.

"Yeah, well, we can´t change the past. But although you dumped me so fast I´m happy it happened with you, you know. I mean that you took my virginity."

"Mommy, what´s vi.. vir... nity?" William asked and shook Lorelai out of her daze.

"I´m sure your daddy will explain it to you when you´re older Will. Now eat!" she said gruffly. Luke looked at her, rolled his eyes and then smiled, but she didn´t return it.

"What happened to Anna?" Kirsten asked minutes later.

"It just didn´t work anymore. I don´t know. So we broke up." Luke shrugged.

"How long did it last?"

"Altogether five years."

"And then?"

"Well, dad died. I needed some time. Then I met Rachel. She always went away, then came back. Then I married Nicole, but we got divorced right after the marriage because of the sock-guy." Luke said.

"The sock-guy?"

"Long story. Not very interesting. Are you done?" he asked and glanced around. Everybody nodded.

"Lorelai can you help me?" he asked and she nodded again.

Luke took the plates into the kitchen, Lorelai followed him. He took the plates from her and placed them in the sink. Lorelai wanted to walk back out, but Luke stopped her, by taking her arm. He pulled her to him and slung his arms around her waist.

"Hey you´re okay? You were quiet during dinner!" he asked her and looked at her. Lorelai looked down, avoiding his eyes.

"Yeah, sure. I was just listening to Kirsten´s tales."

"Ooookayy!" he said and pulled her closer. He hugged her and placed some kisses on her neck.

"Have I told you how incredible you´re looking today?" he asked when he pulled back from the hug and smiled at her.

"No, you haven´t" Lorelai said and looked at him.

"You´re looking incredible. Incredibly hot!" he grinned and she had to smile.

"Thank you kind sir. You´re looking pretty hot yourself!" she told him. He leaned in and kissed her. When he wanted to pull away, she held him back. She pushed him against the kitchen counter while her hand found the way in his hair, the other around his waist, while his hands slipped under her shirt and caressed her back. Lorelai moaned when their tongues met and also slipped her hand under his shirt. Luke´s right hand stroked over her waist and onto her stomach. He pulled away from her mouth and kissed down her neck and jaw-line. Lorelai tilted her head to the side to give him better access.

"Cake daddy!" Sara suddenly yelled right beside them and they jumped apart.

"Geez, Sara don´t scare us like that! But you´re right, we need to serve dessert!" he smiled at Lorelai, who smiled back. He took the cake out of the fridge and Lorelai grabbed the plates.

"I can´t wait for our private dessert!" she whispered into his ear before they walked back into the dinning-room.

Seconds before midnight they were all standing outside, counting down. William jumped up and down, while Sara hid behind Luke´s leg. She was scared of the loud noises, which already filled the air. Laila and Honor stood side by side , while Luke had his arms around Lorelai´s waist, his chin resting on her left shoulder and he kissed her on the cheek after every number they counted down. Kirsten stood beside her daughter.

"3...2...1...Happy New Year!" they yelled. Lorelai turned around in Luke´s arms and kissed him passionately. Then they picked up their kids and kissed them, wishing them a happy new year. Kirsten hugged Honor for a long time, then hugged Luke and Lorelai, who still had the kids in their arms. When they put them down Luke and Honor started their own firework and William and the twins threw little balls on the earth that made noises when they exploded. When Lorelai´s cellphone rang she knew it was Rory and walked inside.

"Hey Mom! Happy New Year!" Rory yelled into the phone.

"Happy New Year hon´! How´s the party?" Lorelai yelled back.

"Great! Can´t you hear the noise! How´s your family celebration?"

"I can hear it, otherwise I wouldn´t yell like an idiot. It´s..well...not exactly a family celebration" she yelled and sighed. Rory heard it.

"Why? What´s wrong mom?"

"Luke invited Kirsten and Honor over!"

"And why is that a problem? He didn´t mind celebrating with Sookie and Jackson on Christmas!"

"As it turns out Kirsten lost her virginity to Luke and had a crush on him for years when they were teenagers."

"What?" Rory yelled.

"Exactly my reaction."

"And now you are jealous? Mom, that´s stupid!"

"I know. I´m not jealous. I just... she´s nice and I like her, but she´s here all the time. It´s annoying and they are just living here for a week. It´s like.. she´s a nice neighbor, but I like to kill her sometimes!"

"You are jealous!" Rory laughed.

"Am not! I think you drank too much!"

"Okay, you are not. Wish Luke and the kids a happy new year. I will be over next week-end. I have to go! By mom!"

"By kiddo! Have fun!" Lorelai yelled back and hung up. She walked back outside.

Kirsten was holding Sara, who was scared and cried, while Luke joked with Honor. Lorelai stood on the porch and watched them. When Luke walked over to Kirsten and took Sara from her, then laughed when she said something, Lorelai turned around and walked back inside.

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