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At the house later that night, Lea, Rory, and Lorelai are sitting on the couch watching Julia Child, absolutely transfixed. The show ends and Lorelai begins to get antsy. She fidgets and turns to Lea, "So!"
"So buttons!", Lea retorts.
"Not funny", Lorelai complains.
"A little funny", Rory butts in.
"What's the movie, Lea?" Lorelai begs.
Lea gets up and walks to Rory's room, grabs the bag with the movie in it, and returns to the living room. She stands in front of the girls, pulls the movie out of the bag, and hands it to Lorelai.
"It's a Wonderful Life!" Rory exclaims.
"Jimmy Stewart!"
"DONNA REED!"
"We love Donna Reed", Lorelai explains to Lea.
"So, good pick?" Lea asks.
"Very good pick. Very good."
The three begin to watch the movie, getting engrossed immediately.
At the end of the movie, all three girls are tearing up and at the time of the famous line, Lea whispers to no one in particular, "Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."
Lorelai turns to Lea and puts her hand on her knee, mouthing "Are you okay?"
Lea nods sort of enthusiastically and they go back to watching the movie.
A few minutes later, the movie ends and Lea gets up quickly and grabs her coat from the foyer. Lorelai gets up from the couch and follows her.
"Lea, wait. What's going on?"
"Take a walk with me?" Lea offers.
"Of course. Do you mind if Rory comes?"
"No, she can come", Lea says quietly.
"Alright."
A few minutes later, the trio are walking through the town square.
"Lea, are you sure you're okay?" Lorelai asks.
"There's a reason that I didn't and haven't told Cooper about Sophia", Lea pauses, "He's going to take her away from me."
"Why do you think that?" Lorelai asks.
"Because look at how I'm living. Cooper can raise her in an environment where she'll want for nothing. A suffocating environment, yeah, but at least she'll have plenty of clothes and food."
"That stuff doesn't matter. I was terrified that Rory's father and his parents would fight for custody but I got a successful job, caring friends, and while we did a lot of scrounging, it worked out fine and Christopher knew that Rory was better off with me."
"He knows all of my secrets."
"What?"
"He knows that there's been a lot going on in my life."
"I think you should give him a chance", Rory chimes in, "You never know."
"I know. But I'm allowed to be scared, right?"
"Of course", Lorelai reassures the teenager.
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The three girls come to Luke's and walk in. Sophia is sitting in a bouncy chair on the counter, with Luke slowly bouncing the seat as he looks over some receipts.
"Hey kids", Lorelai smiles at Luke.
"Oh, hey. How was the movie?"
"It's a Wonderful Life", Rory explains.
"Oh, Donna Reed."
"I know!" Rory agrees.
"How was Sophia?" Lea asks as she goes to the seat the unbuckle Sophia who is reaching out for her.
"Oh, she was great. She just got up from a twenty minute nap. I fed her about 45 minutes ago. There's still a little bit left in the bottle."
"Thank you very much, Luke. She seems really happy here", Lea smiles.
"Yeah, hey! Maybe she'll become a waitress!" Lorelai comments and everyone sighs or rolls their eyes.
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That's the end of that chapter. It's a lot shorter than I thought. I'll probably have the next chapter up within a day or two. There's some drama coming up! Please review!
