Fate, Or Something Like It
Section 2: Life In Dating Drive
Chapter 15
Discoveries
Disclaimer: Yes, Gilmore Girls is not mine, all the credit goes to the brilliant minds of Amy and Dan Pallidino
A/N: Yes since I have posted it has been a while and I am very very sorry. We had district for UIL one week and the next district for One Act Play. We won district in UIL, but not One Act Play. I was devastated. I do however have 5 chapters for your pleasure. Please read and review.
"Married?" Luke said as he made his way to his father who was pacing in the entry way. "To Jimmy?"
"Yea, married to Jimmy Mariano."
"What the hell was she thinking?" Luke said running up the stairs. "I'm going to kill Jimmy."
"Luke?" Lorelai called after him. "Where are you going?"
"To get Liz and kill Jimmy." Luke said as he ran down the stairs and past her. "You stay here."
"But Luke."
Luke just kept going. He ran out the door to his truck, got into it and skidded off down the road.
A few minutes later William turned to Lorelai.
"So you must be Lorelai Gilmore?"
"Yea, and this..." Lorelai went over and picked up Rory. "Is Rory."
"Your sister?" William asked smiling at Rory.
"No, my daughter."
"Oh." William pulled the door shut. "Would you like something to drink? We have milk, tea, coffee..."
"Coffee." Lorelai cut him off.
"I'll be right back." William walked into the kitchen.
Lorelai heard him start a pot of coffee. She took Rory and went over to the couch. She gently sat down. 10 minutes later William came back with two cups of coffee.
"Here you go." William handed her a cup. "So are you and Lucas dating?"
Man do you get straight to the point. "I guess we are. We've been together since school got out for the summer."
"That's a long time." William sat down in the brown chair next to the fire place. "You two known each other long?"
"Not that long, a year this past September."
"Oh, so you're the one from Hartford. The one that ran away from home when she had her daughter."
"The one and only." Lorelai looked around nervously. "So, where did you find Liz?"
"She was in New Haven."
"Not far then."
"Nope. I've been looking for her in New York these past months and then when I'm on my way back I stop in New Haven and find her and Jimmy at Wal Mart, of all places, then when I go up to her she says 'I'm married daddy'. Then I started yelling at her to come home, she screamed at me that she was never coming home and then Jimmy and her ran off."
"I am so sorry Mr. Danes."
"William." William said. "Please call me William."
"Yes William." Lorelai smiled at William as she took a sip of coffee. "Do you think Luke will be here soon?"
"By midnight. I know Lucas. He'll probably turn around and come back."
"You sure?" Lorelai asked.
"Very sure."
At the same time Luke was driving to New Haven. He really didn't know where Liz was, but he had a feeling she was in New Haven. It was a gut feeling and Luke Danes always went with his gut. He drove steadily down the highway towards New Haven. As he came to the New Haven exit Luke took a deep breath and rounded the corner. He pulled up to a small yellow house that was old and ratty. Why he came here he had no idea, he just had that feeling again. He shut the car off and stepped out of the car and walked towards the house.
Ding...Dong...
"Coming!" A girls voice came from the other side.
If it isn't Liz then just say you got the wrong house and turn around and go back to Stars Hollow. Ok Luke here she comes.
"Luke?" Liz said confused as to why her brother was standing at the front door of her new, or old, house. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to see you." Luke stepped past Liz and walked into the house.
"Okay." Liz shut the door.
"So you living here now with your husband?" Luke asked bending down and running his finger across the end table.
"Yea, this is Jimmy's mother's house. She let us have it." Liz said walking into the kitchen where dinner was on the stove.
"Well that sounds great little sis. I am so glad to know that you are married at 18 and apparently pregnant." Luke said motioning to her stomach.
"Yea, so what."
"So what?" Luke says raising his voice. "My little sister is married and expecting and she's still in highschool!"
"Luke, give me a chance to explain."
"No need for explanation sis. I'll go and leave you here with your new life." Luke turns to the door and opens it. "Tell Jimmy I said hey."
Luke walked out of the house and closed the door behind him. He walked to his truck, got in, and drove off.
There was few times when Luke Danes cried. And this was one of those times. The only other time Luke cried was when his mother died. Luke drove down the road and let the tears come on. Liz was his little sister. He loved her and cared for her more than anything. And he disappointed her. He felt as if he could have prevented this. He could have been smart and told Jimmy to lay off, but he didn't. He could have locked Liz in her room and never let her out when she told him she was running away with Jimmy. But again he didn't. He wasn't mad at Liz, he was mad at himself.
"You can stay the night if you want."
"No thanks Mr. Da...William, I really need to get home." Lorelai said as she put Rory into her car seat.
"I could at least give you a ride."
"No that's fine. I need the exercise."
"Okay then." William opened the door. "Have a nice night and I'll have Luke call you as soon as he gets home."
"Thanks."
Lorelai walked with Rory past Doose's and William's Hardware towards Miss Patty's. Miss Patty had just opened a day care and she wanted to see if she could keep Rory during the day. Luke never called her last night. And this morning he didn't either. She thought maybe he was too tired and slept in late, but Luke always was up at 4:45. She slid the door open to Miss Patty's and walked inside.
"Hello Lorelai." Miss Patty greeted. "You here to take up my offer on a dance lesson?"
"No Miss Patty, I was wondering if you could keep Rory during the day?"
"Of course. Maybe I could get this little one to be a dancer."
"I doubt it. Rory might only be a year old, but she is very stubborn."
Miss Patty laughed. "Well then I guess the Gilmore Girls are to stubborn for me."
Lorelai laughed. "I guess so."
"Do you need me to keep Rory today?"
"Yes, please." Lorelai handed Rory over to Miss Patty. "All of her stuff is in this bag," Lorelai gave Miss Patty a pink diaper bag. "She usually takes a nap at 3:30."
"Well then I think we're set." Miss Patty smiled at Lorelai.
"Then I better go." Lorelai turned and headed out of the studio towards William's Hardware.
The bell rung her arrival.
"Whatever you need let me know." Luke automatically said.
"Well I need a hug and a kiss."
Luke looked up from the baseball magazine and smiled. "Hey Lorelai."
"Hey hon."
Luke sat down the magazine and walked around the counter to Lorelai. He wrapped her in his arms and hugged her tight. Then he kissed her on the head and let her go.
"Did you find Liz?" Lorelai asked when he let go of her.
"Yea."
"Was she married like your dad said?"
"Yea."
"Luke?" Lorelai noticed he wasn't acting like himself. "Was there something else that happened?"
"Yea." Luke took a deep breath. "She's pregnant with Jimmy's baby."
"Oh Luke." Lorelai squeezed his arm then hugged him.
"I feel like I could have stopped this."
"There's no way you could have, Luke. She would have left no matter what."
"I know I just feel like I could have done something, like lock her in her room and throw away the key."
"Luke, you know that wouldn't have worked."
"Yea, so did you have a good night?"
"I guess, me and your dad had a little chat over coffee."
"What did he say?"
"Nothing really, except 'are you two dating?'."
"I am so sorry Lorelai." Luke gave Lorelai a peck on the cheek.
"It's fine." Lorelai pushed a hair out of her face. "You coming by later?"
"Yea. I'll see you around 6:00."
Lorelai gave him one last kiss and left.
"So did you get to know my girlfriend better?" Luke asked when he walked into his father's office.
"Actually I did." William took off his glasses and sat them on the desk. "She seems like a very sweet girl."
"She is."
William stood up and walked towards Luke. Just as he made it to Luke, he passed out.
A/N:
Well there's chapter 15. Hope you liked it. Now William knows about the two. Please review. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend and I'll update soon. New GG episodes on Tuesday. Wwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooo!