Fate, Or Something Like It
Section 4: A Wedding To Remember
Chapter 35
Flowers & Get Well Balloons
Disclaimer: I'm telling ya, if I owned Gilmore Girls, Lorelai and Luke would be married and there would be no Anna or April! (April's kinda growing on me)
A/N: The last chapter was a little depressing, but this one will be much happier. Not totally happy, but some-what. Right now as I write this story I am listening to my ipod and right now Anthem by Good Charlotte is playing. A little random!
The smell was too clean. Disgustingly clean. She blinked her eyes open to find Luke asleep in the chair next to her. She smiled. Then she looked around, and noticed she was in a hospital room, laying in a hospital bed.
"What the hell?" Lorelai said sitting up unsuccessfully.
"Lorelai?" Luke mumbled opening his eyes and seeing Lorelai trying to push her self up. He quickly got up and pulled her to a sitting position. "Hey baby."
"Hey hon." Lorelai smiled weakly. "I feel like crap, what happened?"
"Lorelai." Luke said upset. "The baby."
"What happened?" Lorelai asked eyes widening.
"He didn't make it."
"He?" Lorelai asked all of sudden not being able to speak. She then got enough power to speak. "We were going to have a boy?"
"Yea babe. A little boy."
"Oh Luke." Lorelai cried, letting all tears flow from her eyes.
After 2 days the doctor let her go home. He told her that he was sorry and to take it easy. Like the doctor said Luke made her take it easy. No walking, No work, No nothing.
"Luke, really, I'll be fine." Lorelai said her eyes swollen from crying.
"I believe you, I just want to make sure." Luke pulled the pillow up for Lorelai. "Just lay here, I'll bring the extra TV up here."
"Really Luke." Lorelai was too late, Luke was already on his way downstairs.
Lorelai in the mean time moved around and got comfortable, just as she was raising up to pull the pillow up higher, Luke walked in.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting comfortable. Please Luke, I'm fine."
"Here's the TV and all of your favorite movies." Luke said sitting the TV on the table and plugging it up. "Which one do you want to watch first?"
"Grease."
"Grease it is." Luke said popping the movie into the VCR. "You want popcorn? Red vines?"
"Both."
"Be right back."
Luke walked out of the room. Lorelai took the remote and hit play. The music began to play and went to the scene at the beach.
"Here's your Red vines and Popcorn." Luke said bringing a bowl of popcorn and a package of Red Vines and sitting them in her lap.
"Thanks honey." Lorelai said leaning up to kiss him. She hit the pause button and patted an area on the bed next to her. "Sit down for a moment."
"Okay." Luke said taking her hand in his and stroking it. "What is it?"
"It's alright."
"What is?"
"About the baby." A pain of grief edged across his face. "We can try again."
"I know, but it hurts to see you so upset and then your mother. It's horrible Lorelai."
"It's alright hon. I love you and I want to have your kids."
"I love you too and I want you to have my kids."
"Then good, we agree."
"We agree."
Lorelai laughed.
"Now stop pampering me and go to work." Lorelai leaned closer and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I'll be fine here, and if I need anything I have Liz."
"Liz?"
"Yea, she's coming by later."
"You sure?"
"Very sure babe. Go." Lorelai kissed him once more before ushering him out the door. "Back to the movie."
Within the two weeks from when she got back from the hospital Lorelai had received dozens of 'Get Well' balloons and tons of flowers. Daises, Roses, tulips, lilies, petunias, and carnations. The house never smelled more spring garden then it did then. When Lorelai was well enough to move about and get back to her normal routine, her and Luke talked about the wedding.
February 13, 1987
"Hey Lukey!" Lorelai called walking into the house from yet another hard day at work. "Dinner ready?"
"Yes babe." Luke called back. "Your favorite."
"You mean your favorite." Lorelai said walking into the kitchen to find salad and soup for dinner. "Where's all the good stuff?"
"Check the oven."
Lorelai smiled playfully at Luke, opened the oven and peaked in.
"Aw Luke, you old softy." Lorelai said discovering a chocolate cake.
"I know." Luke laughed. "The wedding dress shop called."
"Ooooo..." Lorelai said getting excited really quick. "What did they say?"
"You can come in for your fitting tomorrow at 3:00."
"Great!" Lorelai squealed. "Finally it will feel like a wedding!"
"But all of the planning wasn't?"
"Yes, but the best part of getting married is happening tomorrow at three."
"Fitting your dress?"
"Yes Luke. Every girl's dream is to have her wedding dress with her."
"Well I guess you'll be happy once tomorrow comes."
"Oh yea." Lorelai said. "Hey Luke, I was thinking of something today."
"What is it?" Luke asked placing a pitcher of tea on the table and sitting down across from Lorelai.
"Let's move the wedding up."
"What?"
"Let's get married a month and a day sooner."
Luke thought for a minute. "June 3rd?"
"Yea, let's get married then."
"What about the whole 'red, white, and blue' theme?"
"We'll keep it."
"You sure?"
"Very."
"If it's what you want."
"It's definitely what I want."
"Hi, I'm Lorelai Gilmore, but in a couple of months, I'll be Lorelai Danes. That's because I'm getting married. If you haven't already figured that out. Anyways, I'm here for a fitting. For my wedding dress of course, because I, Lorelai soon-to-be Danes is getting married." Lorelai rambled to the lady at the front desk.
Lorelai was standing inside the Vera Wang wedding dress shop. Lorelai was so surprised when Luke surprised her with the money for Valentine's Day.
"Happy Valentine's Day." Luke kissed Lorelai. "Here's your gift." Luke had handed her an envelope with Lorelai written on it. She quickly tore the letter open and pulled out the note.
The money inside is for you to use on your wedding dress.
Go get you something pretty.
Inside was almost 20,000 dollars. She was shocked and immediatly asked where he got this money from. He told her not to worry and to go buy something she truly wanted.
Lorelai never cared for expensive stuff. I mean her house was expensive, but it was a gift from Luke, and then the wedding dress, it was expensive, but again it was a gift from Luke. She was baffled as to where all this money was coming from. For the meantime she pushed it aside and focused on her dress.
The lady was taking her to the wedding dress area. They passed the flower girl outfits, and the bridesmaids outfits.
"Here's the wedding dress area." the lady said. "Pick anything you want and we can alter it to you."
"Thank you." Lorelai said turning to the dresses.
For almost an hour she searched for just the perfect one. Then she found it. The Perfect Dress. Words could not describe it's beauty. It was a princess dress. It was strapless and the bodice was lacy with encrusted pearls. The rest of the dress was white with lace at the hem.
She took it to the front desk and asked if she could try it on.
"Of course. Follow me."
Again Lorelai followed the lady.
"Try it on and I'll get a fitter."
Lorelai stepped inside the dressing room and shed her clothes. She looked in the mirror to reveal herself with her lacy pink bra and lacy underwear looking back at her. She smiled. I'm getting married! She took the dress and slipped it on. First of course taking off her bra. She zipped it up and looked at her reflection. Perfect. It fit's perfect. The dress wasn't too loose, or too tight. It fit perfect and even the length was right. She marveled at how that could be.
"Hello?" The fitter called. "I'm here to fit your dress."
"You wont have to." Lorelai smiled then pulled the curtain back. "It fits perfect."
Lorelai left the shop that day with the dress. She smiled all the way home.
"Today was a perfect day." Lorelai said as she entered the house.
"How so?" Luke asked coming up behind her as she hung her dress up in the hall closet. He put his arms around her waist and squeezed.
"I found the most amazing wedding dress."
"You did?"
"Yep. It only cost 5,000 dollars and I didn't even need it altered. It fit perfect."
"That's great hon." Luke said rubbing circles on her waist.
"Where's the kids?" Lorelai asked turning in Luke's arms.
"At Mia's."
"So we have the house to ourselves?" Lorelai smiled playfully.
"For the whole night."
"What are we going to do?" Lorelai giggled.
"I have no idea." Luke said as he reached and pulled her shirt off. He then scooped her up in his arms and carried her off.
Lorelai giggles as Luke takes her upstairs and into the bedroom. Luke shuts the door with his foot.
"Luke!" Lorelai giggles from behind the closed doors.
A/N: Okay so this was happy. You all are wondering where does Luke keep getting this money from, right? Well when I do my Sequel, you'll find out. For now you'll have to wait and wallow in the worry of not knowing. Goodbye for now!