Fate, Or Something Like It
Section 4: A Wedding To Remember
Chapter 34
A Russian Theme
Disclaimer: I can't really think of anything...nope still can't.
A/N: I am super tired, so if this sucks you know why. Also I fell asleep during Speech today, we were watching 'March of the Penguins'. It was embarrassing.
Lorelai awoke the next morning with a pleasant feeling inside. She rolled over onto her stomach and looked at Luke. He was fast asleep. Lorelai gently nudged him, and when he didn't wake up she leaned onto him and kissed him softly on the lips.
"Wake up." She whispered. "It's time to get up."
"Hhhmmm." Luke mumbled waking from his sleep. "What time is it?"
Lorelai looked over at the clock. "9:34." She said leaning back on him. "Pretty early."
"Yea." Luke mumbled stroking her hair. "I slept good last night."
"Me too." Lorelai smiled. "One of the best sleeps I've ever had."
"Good."
"Yea good." Lorelai leaned in and placed a kiss on Luke's lips. Just as she was about to break away Luke pulled her in closer and continued the kiss. As it began to get more heated, the phone rang.
"Damn phone." Luke mumbled when Lorelai turned away from him and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" Lorelai answered smiling when she felt Luke's hand caress her waist.
"Lorelai, it's your mother."
The mood was instantly spoiled.
"Hello mother." Lorelai said shifting to a sitting position and pulling the sheet closer to her body. Luke seemed not to care and ran his fingers along her spine. "What can I do for you?"
"I heard from your father, that you and Duke.."
"Luke mom."
"Luke, right. You and Luke had set a wedding date and you were beginning to plan it."
"That's correct mother." Lorelai shuttered when she felt Luke's hand travel around her waist to her stomach.
"I was wondering if maybe you would like to come over and me and you go over some plans for the wedding."
"I'd really like too, but..."
"Wonderful. I'll see you at 2:00." And with that Emily hung up the phone.
"Party pooper." Lorelai said after placing the phone on the hook.
"Who was that?"
"My mother."
"Your mother? What did she want?"
"Apparently dad told her about our wedding date and now she wants us to go over stuff together over tea." Lorelai sighed and rolled back into bed. "How dad found out I'll never know."
"Well you see..."
"You told him."
"Kinda."
"What do you mean 'kinda'?"
"Well, he came to the hardware store looking for you and I told him you were out shopping for the wedding and he asked when the date was, and well I told him."
"Oh damn."
"What?"
"Mom's going to want to plan the wedding."
"So."
"So? I wanted to plan the wedding. Just me. No Emily Gilmore wanted."
"I'm sorry hon."
"It's not your fault." Lorelai sighed and looked at the ceiling. "And just when we were..."
"Oh well. I needed to get up and get to work anyways." Luke leaned up and over and kissed Lorelai. He then grabbed his boxers from the floor, slipped them on, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Lorelai watched as he did so, and when he shut the door she got out of bed and slipped on sweat pants and a t-shirt. She made her way to the door, unlocked it, and stepped into the hallway.
She looked from side to side and thought about what it would be like in a few years, when Rory and the twins were older and the baby in her belly was born. She smiled when she envisioned the children running around and her and Luke spending time with them.
She made her way down the hall, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. She turned on the coffee pot. Lorelai picked up the kitchen phone and dialed Liz.
"Hello?"
"William, it's Lorelai."
"Hi Lorelai, how are you?"
"Good. Could I talk to Liz?"
"Yes, she's right here."
Lorelai heard William say something and then a respond, then she heard a thump and a bang, and then Liz came on the phone.
"Lorelai?"
"Hey Liz, I was calling to check on Allison."
"Oh she's fine."
"Have you gotten hold of Anna?"
"Nope. I keep trying every number, but no answer."
"What are you going to do with her?"
"Allison?"
"Yea."
"If I can't get a hold of Anna or her family I'm going to have to take her to the adoption service."
"Oh, you can't do that."
"Well I can't help it Lorelai. I don't have enough time to take care of two kids and make a living."
"Then I'll take her."
"What?"
"I'll adopt her." Lorelai said reluctantly.
"But Luke."
"If Luke doesn't like it, he can get over it."
"Okay." Liz said unsure. "When do you wan to pick her up?"
"Tomorrow around lunch. I'll bring Rory and all four of us can have lunch."
"Then I'll see you tomorrow."
"Tomorrow."
Lorelai took a hand off the wheel and pushed the radio button on. She switched the channels until she heard Thriller boom through the speakers. She sang along while driving towards a house she would never want to go to again.
"There's hell." Lorelai mumbled driving into the drive way, shutting off the truck, and getting out. "I wonder..." Lorelai thought as she walked up to the door. As she reached the door, the door suddenly opened and there Emily stood.
"Well hello Lorelai."
"Mother."
"Come in." Emily moved out of the way for Lorelai to pass, she shut the door and turned to Lorelai. "We're having tea on the patio."
"Lead the way." Lorelai said motioning for Emily to move.
As Lorelai did that Emily saw her stomach underneath her blouse. "Have you gained weight?"
Damn!
"What do you mean mother?"
"I mean, I noticed that you weren't as small as you were last time I saw you."
"Well, I have gained weight." Just not in the way you think.
"Oh, well you need to cut back on bread." Emily said waving her hand and walking towards the patio.
"Yes mother." Lorelai mumbled.
"Sit there." Emily said sitting in a chair and motioning for Lorelai to sit down across from her. "Let's pour some tea."
Emily picked the pot up and poured her a cup and then Lorelai. She then held up a basket with French scones in it and offered one to Lorelai, who accepted.
"So your wedding is on July 4th?"
"Yes."
"And have you picked a theme out for the wedding yet?"
"No mother."
"Good." Emily reaches underneath her chair and pulls a bag out with books piled in it. "Here's a book that I personally love." Emily said handing Lorelai a book which read Classic Weddings From The 19th Century.
"Thanks mom, but I really think..."
"A Russian theme."
"A what?"
"A Russian theme. You could wear a beautiful pearl gown and ride up to the ceremony in a carriage that is pulled by a white stallion, and oh what the sight!"
"Mom I think I..." Lorelai was cut off by a pain in her lower abdomen. "Ouch!"
"Ouch? What do you mean ouch?"
"Oh my God!" Lorelai screams toppling over. "Call 911!"
Emily screams for the maid who rushes out.
"Call 911!"
The maid panics and runs inside. Emily bends down next to Lorelai and holds her.
"I've called them, they're on their way."
"Damn hospital!" Emily yelled after turning from the front desk, still with no answers. "Why can't anyone in this dirty place help me?"
"Can I help you Mam?" Emily turned to see a young man that was in his thirties in a white coat.
"Are you a doctor?"
"Yes I am."
"My daughter Lorelai Gilmore, had been brought here by the ambulance. We were talking when she screamed and toppled over."
"Have you not been able to find out anything from anyone?"
"No! These damn people, keep telling me that I'll have to talk to the doctor."
The doctor looked through the file in his hands.
"You said Lorelai Gilmore?" The doctor asks flipping through the papers.
"Yes. Lorelai Victoria Gilmore."
"I'm sorry, I have a Lorelai Danes, but no Lorelai Gil..."
"That's her."
"Danes?"
"That's her husband's name."
"I see. Well.." The doctor pulls out a few sheets of paper. "Follow me."
The doctor starts down the hall with Emily next to him.
"Your daughter I see was pregnant."
"Pregnant?" Emily asks stunned.
"Yes Mam."
"I didn't know."
"Well she came in and right now she's doing fine, but the baby isn't." The doctor says turning to meet the gaze of Emily.
"What do you mean?"
"It seems she has lost her son." He says trying to break it easy.
"Oh my..." Emily cries out. "My baby!"
Almost 5 minutes later Luke came running into the hospital.
"I'm looking for a Lorelai Danes!" He yelled.
"Danes?" A nurse asks. "Are you family?"
"Yes, I'm her husband."
"Follow me please."
The nurse walks down a long hall with doors on both sides.
"She's in 128."
Luke thanks the nurse and walks down the hall. He opens room 128 and steps inside. He hears a beeping sound and a muffled cry.
"Lorelai?" Luke calls gently.
"It's Emily Gilmore." A voice replies.
Luke comes around the curtain to find the older woman in a tall chair next to the bed. He glances at the bed and see's the beautiful brown headed, blue eyed girl, asleep with machines attached to her.
"Oh Lorelai." Luke whispers and walks over to the bed. He gently cups her face. "Oh baby."
"Hello there." The doctor says from somewhere behind Luke. Luke doesn't notice. "Sir?"
"Oh, sorry." Luke says turning to the young man.
"I'm Doctor Martin, and you are?"
"Luke Danes. Lorelai's husband."
"Sir your wife is fine."
"Thank God." Luke lets a breath out he didn't know he was holding. "And the baby?"
"Sir, that's the bad news."
"Please don't tell me."
"Your son didn't make it. I am so sorry for your loss."
"Oh my God!" Luke cries out.
In all of Luke Danes' life he has only cried once. When his loving mother died. And now in almost 15 years later, he cried for the second time. Luke was 20. In 20 years, Luke had only cried twice. His fiancé was laying in a hospital bed. His unborn son was dead, and for him, he was devastated.
A/N: All of ya'll begged me not to have them lose the baby, and I really, really, really didn't want them to. But... Well it ended up that way. I'm sorry for all of the hate that is sent my way. By the way, did ya'll like the last episode? I did, I think that the past few episodes have been pretty good. I am so terrified of the season finale. But I have to put my trust in Amy. She has carried us for 5 (Almost 6) long years, and I believe she'll make the show great! Go Amy! (And Dan!) And can ya'll believe they're leaving!