AN – Hey, I know it has been forever since I updated this but I got some inspiration last night and so I'm back, though any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.
So where we left off was that Lorelai had seen Chris at the Inn and then come running to Luke, who in turn had gone and found Chris and punched him in the face (Lorelai didn't know this happened though). Ok well on with the story :)
Chapter 8 – My resemblance of a life, don't mess with it."Emily?" a nervous Christopher said into his cell phone
"Yes, who is this?" she asked impatiently.
"It's Christopher, I know where Lorelai is"
Lorelai woke up to the sound of movement around her. She clenched her eyes closed not wanting to get up just yet. The light streamed through the window and hit her, causing her to feel warm and content, adding to her reasons not to get up. A familiar scent then hit her nose and she opened her eyes to see Luke standing in front of her holding a mug of coffee. She smiled sleepily at him, sitting up.
"No lecture?" she asked taking the mug quickly before he changed his mind.
"Not today" he said turning and walking back towards his kitchen, where Rory sat on the floor banging one of Luke's pots with a wooden spoon. Lorelai sat on the couch for a few more minutes savouring her coffee. She glanced at the clock on the other side of the room, it read 10am, it was Saturday morning and Mia had given them today off, so she didn't have to go to work. She sunk back into the couch and watched as Rory attempted to make imaginary soup, copying Luke's stirring action.
An anxious and nervous Emily Gilmore sat in the passenger seat of her expensive car, as Richard drove quietly towards the town named "Stars Hollow". As the senary got softer and the richly furnished houses faded to trees Emily wondered where her daughter and granddaughter could possibly be living, not imaging herself living away from her Harford society comforts. But her daughter had always been different, not in a bad way, she just tended to try and find her own way to do things. The trees were now turning into small white houses with quaint picket white fences. Emily watched as they passed the sign announcing their entrance into the small town where Rory and Lorelai were supposedly residing. Emily directed Richard, using the map, to Inn on the other side of the small town, and she hurriedly got out of the car and headed for the entrance.
Mia stood in her usual place behind the reception desk of the Independence Inn, she was currently sorting the days mail, as the Inn ran efficiently around her. A couple walked in through the doors to the Inn, looking around suspiciously. Mia raised her head to look at them as they made their way towards her.
"Hello, can I help you?" she asked in her usual friendly manner.
"Yes," said the women confidently.
"I'm looking for my daughter and granddaughter, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore" she said, her manner cold and business like. Mia faulted, she was standing face to face with the women, the couple that Lorelai had ran away from. She hesitated before deciding the only way to face this situation was with truth.
"I believe you will find them at the diner in town, Luke's Diner" said Mia, her expression unreadable.
"Thank-you " said Emily, before turning and walking abruptly out, her husband following suit.
"If I only had a brain, do do do do" sung Lorelai, as her and Rory sat on the couch in Luke's apartment. The lunch crowd had gathered downstairs and Luke had had to go down and help, leaving Lorelai and Rory to enjoy the story of Dorothy and her pretty red shoes. But somehow it had ended up with Lorelai being the only one watching the movie as the impatient Rory took to crawling around the apartment instead. As the scarecrow continued his song, Lorelai heard her stomach rumble, she had eaten breakfast with Luke a couple of hours ago but now she desperately wanted donuts. She stood up and stoped the movie, she picked up Rory and made her way downstairs on a hunt for donuts.
"We want donuts" she chanted softly at Rory, who smiled, and they descended the stairs to the diner.
Their short ride to the middle of town was much the same as the previous trip, filled with silence. Richard pulled up in front of the gazebo and looked around the town, trying to spot a 'Luke's Diner', Emily did the same.
She soon spotted the 'Luke's' sign but as most was confused by the 'Williams hardware store' sign above, her patients was low and anything that read Luke was good enough for her. She unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car, Richard following and in no time at all they stood in front of the business, claiming to be a hardware store and a diner. It looked like a diner on the inside and Emily pushed open he door and entered the establishment.
Luke grabbed two plates from the pass and walked around the counter, as the door to the diner opened and two people entered. They looked very out of place, dressed in their fancy clothes among the simple people of Stars Hollow. He place the plates of food down in front their designated customers and turned in time to see Lorelai descending the stairs, wearing his track pants and baseball t-shirt, baby Rory resting on her hip.
He smiled as she reached the bottom, she looked up and her smile faded. She was looking past him at the people who had minutes ago entered the diner.
"Lorelai?" said the women, disbelievingly. Luke turned to face the couple.
"Mum" Lorelai said softly. These people were Lorelai's parents? Luke stared at them not really believing it.
Everyone in the diner was staring at the scene that had developed in front of their eyes. A stunned Lorelai stood frozen in her place at the bottom of the stairs and Luke crossed quickly to her.
"Lorelai" he said softly. His voice seemed to bring her back to reality and she turned quickly and walked back up the stairs, no longer feeling hungry.
Emily had had enough of her daughter running away so she crossed the diner, prepared to follow her daughter up those stairs, but the flannel clad man stood in her way.
"I don't think she wants to see you right now" he said firmly. Emily gave him a look of disgust.
"And who might you be?" she said, her tone as if she was talking to a nobody.
"Luke Danes, owner of this diner and Lorelai's boyfriend" he said, confident on the outside but slightly intimidated on the inside. Richard hung back, he had not wanted to come and get Lorelai, it was her life and she could do what she liked, this was his philosophy at this stage, but his wife could not let it go.
Emily attempted to push past Luke, but he held his arm out strong to stop her.
"Move, I am going to see my daughter" she said, eying Luke off.
At that moment Lorelai appeared at the bottom of the stairs, still holding Rory.
"Luke" she said softly. He turned to see her, her face set slightly sad yet determined.
"I need to talk to them" she said simply, her eyes pleading with him. Emily smiled bitterly at Luke before pushing past them both and making her way up the small staircase followed by Richard. Luke turned to walk back behind the counter but was stoped by Lorelai's hand on his arm.
"Come with me?" she asked, her usually bright eyes dull.
He nodded his head and walked up the stairs with her and Rory.
Luke and Lorelai entered the small apartment and Lorelai clung Rory to her protectively. Emily and Richard stood awkwardly in the middle of the room. Emily eyes brows rose as she saw Luke enter, but she kept silent. She instead turned to face her daughter.
"Lorelai we want you to come home" she said simply. Lorelai rolled her eyes at her mother, did she really expected to say 'sure mum I'll be right there'.
"Did Chris tell you I was here" she asked her expression blank.
'That's not important..."Emily started but Lorelai cut in.
"It is important and I want to know" she said, keeping her voice even.
"Well if you insist yes he did, he was worried about you" she said, defensively, why she was defending the guy who had impregnated her daughter was beyond Lorelai, maybe it was because it was social acceptable, but he was for the moment definitely off Lorelai's Christmas card list.
"He's not worried about me, he's worried about his reputation" she said coldly.
"Lorelai!" her mother said exasperatedly.
"This is getting ridiculous, your father and I want you and Rory back with us where you belong" Lorelai was about to rebut, but was cut off by her father.
"Speak for yourself Emily" he said looking at his wife coldly. He then turned to face his daughter.
"Lorelai, I do not want to force you to come home, you have obviously made some sort of a life here and I have no right to come and disrupt that, I do however do not wish to loose contact with you all together. So all I ask is that you call and tell us how you are" he said watching his daughter intently. Amazed, Lorelai nodded her head. Richard let out a little smile at this and turned to face his wife again.
"Emily I will be waiting in the car" he said and as with that he crossed the room and left.
A stunned Lorelai stood, awaiting her mother's reaction.
"This is not the end of this" she said cruelly, as she walked briskly past the couple, following her husband down the stairs.
Lorelai turned to face Luke who simple wrapped his arms around her and Rory tight.
She didn't know how to feel, she needed sometime for this to all sink in.
Chris was lazily flipping through the channels as the lay across the hotel bed. He had sent Mitzy home after that guy had come and hit him in the face, he still had a mark from it, and definitely did not feel like fooling around with Mitzy and seeing as that was all she was good at, he told her to leave. She didn't have that fast whit, or good conversation Lorelai had always had. Chris looked up when heard a knock on his door, hesitantly he got off the bed and went to answer it, hoping it wasn't that guy again. He pulled the door open and on the other side was an angry looking Lorelai wearing grey sweat pants and a denim jacket.
"Lor" said a slightly surprised Christopher, Lorelai pushed past him into the room and he closed the door and turned around to face the angry girl.
"Christopher James Hayden" she said, her voice so full of hate for the guy, no the boy who was standing in front of her. He stoped still at the sound of his full name, only his mother ever called him that and she only used it when she was very angry with him.
"Why? Why in the whole entire universe did you have to go and call my parents" she said, pacing back and forth around the room. Chris was about to start his defence but was cut off as Lorelai continued to rant.
"Why? I mean Rory and I have a great life here, and Luke…is…so great and then you go and call the last two people in the world I want to see. Why?" she almost yelled at her once best friend. Chris stood for a minute considering.
"Luke is that his name?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah" she said tentatively. He looked down before looking back up at a slightly confused Lorelai.
"Well I was worried I mean I was attacked by this guy you seem to be in love with" he said bitterly, resentment and disgust in his voice.
"What?" Lorelai asked obviously having no idea that Luke had punched Chris.
"Your boyfriend, he came around here the other night and punched me in the face and told me if I ever came near you and Rory I wouldn't see daylight and I mean Lor how could you be…" Lorelai walked straight for the door, walked straight past a confused Chris calling her name.
She turned at the door and faced him once more.
"I never want to see you again" she said, a look of uppermost determination on her face, Chris dared not argue with her. She turned quickly on her heel and walked out of the room.
The diner was empty and Rory was asleep in her carrier on the floor. Luke was whipping down the counter waiting for Lorelai to get back, she said she had to take care of something, Luke's mind desperately wanted to know what it was and he has the great suspicion she might have gone to see Christopher. And in that case she would find out she'd punched the guy and probably hate him forever. Luke was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard the bell above the door jingle, signalling someone had entered. He had barely looked up when Lorelai flung her arms around his neck and kissed his passionately. Her kissed her back, still partly confused at what had bought this on, but he definitely wasn't complaining. Their kiss became deeper as Luke's arms wrapped tight around her waist. After a few more seconds the pair pulled away breathlessly. Lorelai looked at Luke lovingly, smiling happily.
"Thanks" she said, her blue eyes locked with his.
"For what?" he asked, still thoroughly confused.
"For punching Chris" she said, giggling slightly "And saying that stuff" she added, genuinely thankful to have Luke in her life. Luke laughed a little and pulled her in tighter.
"Anytime" he said his eyes locking with hers before dipping his head and kissing her passionately, extremely happy she wasn't mad at him for punching Chris.
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