Fate, Or Something Like It
Section 4: A Wedding To Remember
Chapter 32
Setting The Date
Disclaimer: No it's not mine, but I sure do wish it was.
A/N: In English class we are reading Romeo & Juliet. We are assigned parts and have to read them out loud to the class. I'm Juliet. I am so excited!
"Maybe the baby will be fine." Lorelai said walking into the hardware store with Rory in her arms.
"Why do you say that?"
"My stomach is growing."
"That's great." Luke said kissing Lorelai on the cheek. "Hey princess."
"Daddy!" Rory squealed. "Mommy, I want daddy!"
"Okay, okay." Lorelai said handing Rory over the counter to Luke. "I'd swear you two were blood related."
"You have chocolate on your face princess." Luke said wiping it off with a rag. "What did you eat for breakfast?"
"Mommy's cocalate prise!"
"Mommy's chocolate surprise?"
"Uh..huh." Rory shook her head fiercely.
"Lorelai." Luke said turning to Lorelai.
"What?" Lorelai asked innocently.
"I told you not to feed our children chocolate in the mornings."
"I didn't..." Lorelai began.
"Then why does she have chocolate all on her face?"
"Because." Lorelai stated.
"Someday, I'll have a restaurant and you guys can come and eat breakfast everyday, and never eat your mommy's chocolate surprise." Luke said talking to Rory.
"But I likes Mommy's cocalate prise."
"Well I don't."
"What do you not like big brother?" Liz asked walking out from behind the curtain.
"Liz!" Lorelai smiled, walked over to her, and hugged her. "Where's Jess and Allison?"
"Upstairs in Dad's office." Liz steps back. "You want to see them?"
"Yea." Lorelai says following Liz upstairs.
The two walk up the stairs and walk inside the office.
"Jess, Allison, come here. Aunty Lorelai wants to see you."
"Aunty Lauri!" Jess yells from somewhere in the office. Just then they see Jess walking slowly around the corner.
"He can't talk that well yet, or walk, but he's moving fast for being a year old."
"Hey buddy." Lorelai said scooping Jess into her arms. "You're going to have to come stay the night with Me and Uncle Luke."
"Yay!" Jess giggles.
"I'll get Allison." Liz says going off in the direction of the bathroom. "She's shy, even around me."
"Oh." Lorelai replies.
"She calls me Aunty Liz right now. She asks about Anna a lot, calling her mommy."
"The poor thing."
"I've tried getting a hold of Anna, or her parents, but for some unknown reason I can't." Liz comes around the corner. "She really needs a mom, but I can't care for two one year olds. And with me working at Doose's and here, it's too much."
"She looks like Luke."
"Yea, she does." Lorelai smiles at the little girl. "But the paternity test said he wasn't her father."
"I know, but.."
"Do you want her to be his?" Liz asks suddenly.
"No, I just feel so bad that she doesn't have a mother or a father."
"Me too."
Later that night, when Luke had come home from work he found Lorelai laying on the couch eating popcorn, with Casablanca on the TV.
"Hey hon." Lorelai called when she heard the front door open and close. "I found this interesting movie at the video store when I stopped there earlier."
"What is it?" Luke asked hitting the play button on the answering machine.
"It's called Casablanca. It's great so far."
"Well keep watching it and I'll make dinner." Luke said starting for the kitchen.
"I already did." Lorelai replied eating a handful of popcorn.
"What?" Luke turned around surprised.
"It's on the table if you want some."
Luke walked into the kitchen and peered at the good looking food.
"You cooked this?" Luke called from the kitchen.
"Yep." Lorelai yelled back.
"This is from Al's."
"No it's not."
"Yes it is."
"No it's not Luke."
"Okay, okay I believe you." Luke replies. He spoons some potatoes and corn onto his plate with some chicken, sticks it in the microwave and heats it up.
"This is really good." Luke says as he walks into the living room with the plate in his hand, He sits down next to Lorelai.
"What was this called again?"
"Casablanca."
"What's it about?"
"Ssshh.." Lorelai says.
"What did..." Luke starts.
"Do I have to go over the movie rules again?" Lorelai asks.
"No." Luke replies quickly.
"Thank you." Lorelai says turning back to the TV.
"I want a date."
Lorelai comes into the Hardware store with a steadily growing belly.
"A what?" Luke asks confused.
"A set date." Lorelai stares at Luke who looks back clearly confused. "For our wedding."
"Oh, that."
"Yea, that." Lorelai pulls off her sunglasses and sets her purse on the counter. "I want a date that I can count on and set stuff up for."
"Well..." Luke thinks a second. "When is the baby due?"
"The end of May, beginning of June."
"Then we need to either make it before that or after that."
"I really don't want to have a huge stomach when I get married."
"Then after."
"After." Lorelai thinks a moment. "How about July?"
"July. What day?"
"The 4th."
"On a holiday?"
"Why not?"
"Don't you think people are going to be busy?"
"No. At least I don't think so. Even if they are it wont matter."
"Then it's set."
"July 4th of 1987."
"Married." Luke mumbles.
"Married." Lorelai smiles. "I gotta go." Lorelai grabs her purse and glasses, makes her way behind the counter and wraps her arm around his neck. "I love you."
"I love you too." Luke leans in and kisses Lorelai tenderly on the lips. Then things got a little heated. Lorelai grabbed at the bottom of Luke's flannel, and Luke let her pull it off of him. He then pulled off her jacket and shirt and threw them behind him. Just then the bell rung the arrival of another customer. "Damn!" Luke yelled pulling from Lorelai and stepping in front of her while she scurried to get her shirt.
"You know if your going to do that you could at least go upstairs."
"Sorry dad." Luke said.
"Your dad?" Lorelai whispers.
"Uh huh."
"Don't worry Lorelai, this isn't the first time I've had my son pawing a girl in the hardware store."
"Dad!" Luke yells.
"Just kidding Luke. It was a joke."
"Is that so?" Lorelai asks coming out from behind the counter with her shirt on inside out and jacket over her arm.
"No, I've never had a girlfriend in the hardware store and dad knows it."
"That was Liz. Liz had a different boy every time."
"That's far enough." Luke said giving Lorelai a peck on the lips. "See you at home."
"Bye." Lorelai walked over to the door and opened it. "Bye William."
"Bye Lorelai." William smiled and turned back to Luke when she left out. "So you and my future daughter in-law were getting pretty down and dirty right in front of the whole town."
"I don't know what it is." Luke says. "Lately it's been like me and Lorelai can't keep our hands off each other."
"How far is she?"
"Around 3 months."
"Yep, it's that time."
"What time?"
"When your mom was pregnant with you we had the same thing happen. Your mom was around 3 months pregnant with you too."
"So you mean it's like a pregnancy stage?"
"Yea, and in a month or so she'll hate your guts, so have all the fun you can now."
"What other stages do I need to know about?"
"Well when she's about a month before she gives birth, she'll start crying at everything. If a fly is killed she'll cry."
"Man."
"And when she's over due, if she is, she'll get mad at every thing and she'll blame you for everything that happens, whether it's good or bad it's your fault."
A/N: There you go. Chapter 31 down. Only a few more chapters until the end of this section. Then we'll be at the 5th section and the finale of Fate, Or Something Like It. Are you excited? 'Cause I am. Read and review!