AN: Well it's all coming together now. It's at an end. Sigh. I'll cry into my pillow tonight because it is finally finished. That's it, I won't draw out the suspense. Here it is, in it's completion.
Disclaimer: I own nothing – especially GG
Rory and Lorelai were the last to leave the party. Rory was moving back to Stars Hollow for the last few days of summer. Luke was "warming up the car", in truth he was wrenching off his bow tie and muttering under his breath about hating parties like this. They drive back in quiet reflection on the night.
Rory leant her head on the cool window as they drove through Stars Hollow. Why? Why? Why? Why did it have to feel like this? Why couldn't she just get over it? When they got home, Lorelai made them each a cup of coffee. They talked animatedly about the evening, but neither's heart was truly in it. Rory made her way slowly to her room and leaned on the windowsill. It had started to rain, one of those beautiful summer electric storms.
Tristan, Lisa and Theo rode home together, laughing about Paris who that night had kept checking her phone for text messages. She and Doyle were in "talks" with each other to reconcile, or at least, that was what she'd told them all. And Madeline and Harry had been flirting wildly with each other all night. Theo laughed.
"Oh God that brought back memories. Remember those two would always pick up during high school when we used to sneak out to Lewitzan" Tristan nodded. "Oh," She said wistfully. "Remember Lewitzan?" Tristan and Lisa laughed.
"How could I forget, they let me in with an Asian guy's ID!" Theo laughed hysterically and he looked at her out of the corner of his eyes.
"And Wills and I got caught in the toilet by the bodyguard who tried to take photos on his phone" Lisa put in. They all laughed again.
"What time is it?" Theo asked.
"What? I don't know…um…one o'clock?" Tristan was staring at her incredulously. She leaned forward to wind down the glass separating them from the driver.
"Excuse me, could you please take us to 6789 Charlemagne Drive?" Tristan raised his eyebrow.
"Shh," She said, "Don't worry your pretty little head"
"You think I'm pretty he asked?" In a shrill voice, batting his lashes. She just sighed and pulled out her cell.
"Hey Louise? You awake? Good…wait, are you having sex? Eww but good…Tris and I are on our way over Je to go bld oar. Pall ghem nll". Lisa clapped her hands, excited. Tristan was confused until he remembered the secret language the girls of DuGrey, level 4 had developed to talk about the guys while the guys were there. It had worked, they'd never been able to understand it.
The limousine swept into Lou's driveway half-an-hour later. She stood on the front verandah, still in her ball gown with Rupert in his suit. Madeline and Harry were there as well with Paris and Wills on their way. Nobody had been able to get onto Rory. It had started to rain and there was going to be a fantastic storm later. Theo, Tristan and Lisa beckoned the others to run to the limo.
"Ghis vs fuch n treat vdea" Louise chattered excitedly while the guys looked on, utterly bemused. They all fitted comfortably, with enough room for the others who were pulling into the drive. Louise's cell rang and she answered it.
"Okay, okay we'll see you there…" She hung up, "Paris and Wills are gonna follow us there".
"Where?" Tristan finally asked.
"To the old bar…to Lewitzan" Theo announced, like it was the most obvious thing in the world as she leant forward to give directions to the driver.
Rory was sitting on her bed but her mind was spinning like she'd had too much to drink. She stood up, still in her gown from that night. She needed air. She made her way out to the verandah, ignoring her cell phone that was vibrating crazily on her dresser. She opened the front door slowly and let herself outside. It wasn't cold despite the damp from the still pelting rain. It was deafening as it beat down on the roof. Something made her look up yet she didn't start when she saw somebody standing on the front lawn.
"Logan?" She cried. He was soaked, standing there in jeans and a black shirt. His hair was matted to his head and he stared at her. Ignoring the rain she ran out to him.
"What are you doing here?" She yelled when she got to him. He said something but she couldn't hear him over the rain.
"What?"
"I love you!" He screamed. She stepped back and he made no move to move closer to her.
"What?"
"I love you! That's it! That's all I have to give you!" She stared at him, her hair was hanging wetly around her shoulders and in her eyes but she didn't push it away.
"I could give you anything but you don't want it. I wanted to spell out the word in fireworks. But this is all I have. Standing outside your house in the rain!" He had finally moved closer to her so she could hear him.
"Just…just staring at the windows!" He laughed ruefully. "Wondering which one is yours! And wanting to knock on the door and hold you and never let go!" Tears were in her eyes now.
Lorelai and Luke were peering out the lounge room window. They had heard her leave.
"I'll kill him," Luke was saying but Lorelai held him back.
"Wait"
"But I know Ace…I know…I'm not good enough for you. I cheated; I took it for granted you'd never leave. I don't even know why I cheated, maybe it was because I wanted you to leave, for it to end sooner so I didn't get as hurt. Because I knew I could never end it myself." Their eyes locked and he winced.
"It doesn't matter how many diamonds I can buy you, or how many limousine rides to dates I take you on…I'll never be good enough for you. And that means I have nothing except…" Rory's heart was beating violently somewhere in her body but she wasn't conscious enough to know where. She felt like she was on drugs, in an altered state where she wasn't aware of what was happening to her body.
"…Except the knowledge that I love you" He stared hard at her. She bit her lip and stared up at the sky where lightning was breaking. Logan, Luke and Lorelai were all holding their breath. She mumbled something as the tears started streaming freely down her cheeks.
"What?" Logan, Lorelai and Luke all shouted. Lorelai immediately clapped her hand over her mouth.
"I DON'T NEED FIREWORKS!" She screamed as loudly as she possibly could. In an instant she had thrown herself on him, her arms around his neck as she crushed her lips to his, the rain pouring down on them while Lorelai did a happy dance inside.
AN: The secret language is one my friends and I used to use at high school. Basically, you "fold" the alphabet in half so each letter has a partner.
E.g. There are 26 letters. A is number one, N is number 14, so N replaces A. Therefor, All will become Nll.
What Theo said to Louise was "We go to old bar. Call them All". You have to change some grammar around and use smaller words because otherwise it would be obvious, like Pig Latin. If Theo had said "We're going to Lewitzan, call everybody" it would have come out as "Je're toing go Yewitzan. Pall reverybody"