Fate, Or Something Like It
Section 3: Secrets Unraveled
Chapter 27
Highway To Hell
Disclaimer: Yea, we all know it isn't mine.
Lorelai had noticed an abrupt change in Luke's mood when she arrived at the hardware store later that day.
"Go see Grandpa." Lorelai said ushering Rory up the stairs. "What's up with you hon?"
"Nothing." Luke said busing himself with work.
"You sure?" Lorelai asked trying to look at him in the eyes.
"Yea." Luke paused. "I'm going to go check on..." Luke walked off into the back.
"Right, nothings wrong!" Lorelai said falling onto the counter and hitting her head. "Ouch!" She rubbed her head.
"Sometimes the snow comes down in June." Lorelai sung. "Sometimes the sun goes round the moon. I see the passion in your eyes. Sometimes it's all a big surprise."
"Hey." Lorelai looked up from Will to find Liz standing in the doorway.
"What are you doing here?" Lorelai laid Will down in his crib and turned back to Liz.
"I thought I would move back to Stars Hollow."
"Great." Lorelai said. "You staying with your dad?"
"Yea, I haven't went by there yet, Jess is in the car, I thought I would stop by and say hey first."
"Well hey, I'm glad your back."
"Me too." Liz smiled. "You wanna come over and eat dinner with us tonight?"
"I'd like to, but we have to go to my parent's to eat dinner."
"Too bad."
"Yea, too bad."
"Highway to Hell." Lorelai said.
"What?" Luke asked looking straight forward.
They were on their way to Hartford to eat dinner with the Gilmores.
"We're on the Highway to Hell."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, this highway is heading to hell, a.k.a. the Gilmores."
"You are so...what's the word for it?"
"Ow!" Lorelai faked hurt. "You okay back there Rory?"
"Yes." Rory said looking out the window. "How much 'till get there?"
"Um...not long."
"Good."
"Ring the doorbell Lorelai."
"You ring the doorbell."
"It's your parent's house, you do it."
"How about neither of us do it and we go home?" Lorelai started walking off.
"How about you stop acting like a 4 year old and ring the doorbell?" Luke pulled her back around.
"You want to ring the doorbell Rory?"
"Stop it!" Luke says ringing the doorbell.
Ding...dong...
"There you are." Emily said opening the door. "We were wondering when you would arrive here."
"Well we're here."
"Come in." Emily moved aside so they could come inside. "Go into the living room and Richard will get you something to drink. Where's the twins?"
"We left them with my friend Sookie." Lorelai said ushering Rory inside and stepping inside herself.
Luke and Rory followed Lorelai to the living room where Richard was making drinks.
"What would you like?" Richard asked stirring a bloody mary.
"I'd like a club soda and milk for Rory." Lorelai said. "Luke?"
"A..um..beer."
"A beer?" Richard asked giving Luke a once over.
"I'll get Marie to fix it for you." Emily says walking into the kitchen.
"And I'll get your cub soda and milk." Richard left to.
"Nit wit juice."
"What?"
"Beer, it's nit wit juice to them."
"You're reading too much into this."
"Here's your beer." Emily said walking in with Luke's beer. "Richard is coming with your drinks Lorelai."
"Thanks." Luke said as he took a sip of his beer.
"That beer looks so good I almost want one myself."
"Well you can have a sip if you want." Luke moved the glass towards Emily.
"No thanks."
"More for me." Luke mumbled drinking his beer.
"So you two aren't married?" Emily asked getting comfortable in her chair.
"Don't you get straight to the point." Lorelai mumbled under her breath.
"What was that Lorelai?"
"I said no mother."
"But yet you two have two little babies?" Emily asks.
"Yes mom."
"Were you two planning on having kids, when you had them?"
"Not really."
"Were you guys engaged?"
"Yes." Luke stated.
"Oh, so you proposed to my daughter before you found out she was pregnant?"
"Yes." Luke stated again.
"Hhmm. I'm going to go check on our drinks." Emily gets up and walks out.
"Damn." Lorelai says.
"Rory." Luke says motioning to the young girl asleep in his lap.
"Sorry." Lorelai whispers.
"Here's your drink Lorelai." Emily comes in with her glass.
"Thanks mom."
"So Luke I heard that your father owns a hardware store in that charming town of yours."
"Yea he bought it when I was young."
"Oh." Emily takes a deep breath. "It smells as if dinner is ready. Let's go into the dining room and I'll get Richard."
"Doggy poo poo." Lorelai says to Luke.
"What?"
"That charming town of yours." Lorelai imitates Emily. "It means doggy poo poo. Everything my mother says means something."
"She didn't say anything wrong."
"You just don't hear it the way I do."
"That's the truth. Come on princess. It's time for dinner." Luke says as he picks Rory up.
"Thanks for coming you three." Emily says following Lorelai, Luke, and Rory out the front door. "Oh my!" Emily sees Luke's truck. "I'll have to call the gardener to move his dirty truck out of the drive."
"Oh, it's mine."
"Oh. Well it's...rustic."
"Bye mom."
Emily smiles and walks back inside.
"You know your mother never directly said anything bad about me or my father's store or even Stars Hollow, but for some reason I feel as if that last rustic really was crap pile."
"I'm sorry babe." Lorelai says patting Luke's shoulder. "It'll get better on the way home."
"Thank God."
"Until you hit I25 and from there to the Stars Hollow exit you'll have a horrible headache."
"Oh great."
"Cheer up, it's not as bad as it will be when you get into Stars Hollow and the beer hits you and you remember all that she said."
A/N: I just figured out that I don't think Lorelai and Chris sleep together. Well they might, but Lorelai is taken advantage of. I watched the trailer of I'm Ok Your OK, and it showed Lorelai laying on her couch, out of it and Chris sitting on the table next to her, then he picks her up and walks her upstairs. I don't know, but that's what I think. Anyways read and review. 4 day weekend yea! More time for writing.