Two Tragedies
"I'm not marrying Chris" I told my parents. My father just sat there.
My mother said, "You're pregnant. A child needs two parents Lorelai". I couldn't beleive what I was hearing. I thought my parents would understand.
"I'm sixteen. I just learned how to drive and you want me to get married?" I asked. My father finally spoke.
"You two can live here. Chris will come work for my company" I shook my head as he spoke.
"So are we just supposed to quit school?" I asked furiously.
"Lorelai you will not quit school. You will marry Chris in one week and-" my mother said but I interupted her.
"One week?" I said, "When was this planned?" My mother looked shocked. Apperantly she hadn't ment to tell me that much.
"We called Christophers parents. They think it's a god idea." my dad told me. I shook my head and started towards the door. Before I slammed the door behind me, I heard my mother say, "It's for the best you know!"
I went to my car and cried. I thought about Chris and the baby growing inside me. I didn't want to admit it to myself but my parents were right. The baby needed two parents. My mother walked outside. I dried my eyes and drove away.
I drove down the street towards Stars Hollow. I wanted to see Luke so badly. I needed to see him. I needed my best friend. But I couldn't face him at that moment. What was I supposed to tell him? "I'm getting married to the guy who cheated on me"? No. I don't think so. I got to Stars Hollow and almost turned down the street towards the Hardware store when I changed my mind. I needed to see him but at the same time I couldn't face him. Then my phone rang.
"Hello?" I said as I dried my eyes.
"Hey Lorelai it's me" It was Luke.
"Hey Luke" I said. He sounded kinda sad.
"Could you come over?" Luke asked. I wasn't really sure how to answer that.
"Um... I don't know". I said.
"My father died" Luke told me. I quickly forgot about everything that I was worried about.
"I'll be right over" I said. I heard Luke say thanks before he hung up. I turned around and drove over to Luke's in 2.3 seconds. The sign on the door said closed but I went in.
"Luke!" I yelled and ran upstairs.
I walked into the apartment without knocking. Luke was facing the door with his arms crossed and leaning against the counter. He looked up when he heard the door. I walked over to him and hugged him. He hugged me back. I felt so bad for Luke. I felt like I should have been crying. Luke's dad and I hadn't seen much of each other but I still felt bad for not crying. That probably sounds stupid, I know. I just couldn't help it. After a few minutes he let me go. I looked up at him.
"How are you?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I've been better." he said. I looked around.
"Where's Liz?" I asked. Luke started walking around. I had seen him do that when he was upset with Liz.
"She went to New York with her boyfriend. When she found out dad had died she thought of it as a perfect chance to run away. She left and told me call her and let her know when the funeral was." I was shocked. Liz wasn't the best person in the world but I thought she had more sence than that.
"I am so sorry Luke" I said. He stopped and looked at me.
"Thanks" he said.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked. He shook his head. "Ok". I tried to think of something comforting to say but I couldn't think of anything. "Are you hungry?" I asked, "I'm not the best cook in the world but I could order something or go out and pick up some food". Luke was silent for a minute. Then he shook his head.
"I'm not hungry" he said, "But if you're hungry then I can make you something". I shook my head. I wasn't feeling very hungry.
"Come here" I said and had him sit on the couch and I sat next to him. "Have you cried?" I asked him. He shook his head and smiled a little at me. "Cause you can you know. I won't think you're any less manly or anything,". He laughed a little and kissed my forehead. We both stayed there and fell asleep.
I woke up because of my stupid cell phone. I hurriedly got my phone out of my purse and went out into the hallway.
"Hello?" I asked. I was pissed at whoever called me. Luke needed to sleep.
"Hey Lor" I heard on the other line. Only one person calls me Lor. Can you guess who it is?
That's right. Christopher.
"What do you want?" I asked coldly.
"Lorelai I am so sorry. I didn't want all of this to happen with our parents and everything." I shook my head even though he couldn't see me.
"You called me at 6:30 for that?" I said. There was silence on the other line.
"Sorry" Chris finally said. "Where are you?" he asked.
"At a friends" I told him and hung up. I went back into the apartment and Luke was making coffee.
"You don't have to" I said even though I did appreciate it.
"I want to do something" he said. I nodded to show that I understood. "I've never had anyone in the family die, well not anyone that I knew in the family, but my mother got rid of my rabbit when I was at school once when I was younger. Not as bad but I was still sad. So if you wanna talk I'm here" I told Luke. He smiled at me.
"Thanks" he said. "I just noticed your outfit" he said with a smile on his face. I looked down. I was still wearing my school uniform. A maroon colored skirt, white shirt, maroon tie and black jacket. I looked back at him.
"Shut up" I said laughing. "Remind me to mock you about that later." Luke said. I glared at him and then laughed a little.
Later that day I came in to the apartment after going out to get food. Luke was on the phone. He had been calling relatives all day telling them what had happened. I put the food on the table. I had met this girl Sookie who really liked to cook. She couldn't make anything fancy yet but she still made really good food. I had her make a burger for me and a ceaser salad for Luke. I put the food on the table. Luke hung up the phone.
"I hate lawyers" he said.
"That was a lawyer?" I asked. He nodded getting his salad. "My dad left his will with a lawyer. I've been trying to figure out which one". I was a little confused.
"Your dad had more than one lawyer?" I asked.
"No but I don't what his lawyers name is so I'm tying to find him". I nodded. My mouth was to full to ay anything.
((one month later))I sat in the last class of the day. I stared at the clock waiting for it to be 3 so I could leave. Two minutes. After school I was going to go see Luke. I was still mad at my parents. They had wanted me to elope and have a bigger wedding later. I convinced them to wait so we could plan the wedding. That would give me enough time to come up with a plan. My mother was probably at home making plans.
Riiiiiiing.
The bell. Finally. I grabbed my bag and ran out of the classroom and into the nearest bathroom. I changed out of my uniform and into a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. I stuffed my uniform in my bag and walked out. I already had my homework so I went straight to my car.
Well, I tried. Christopher stopped me.
"Hey Lor" he said. He was all nice to me. The GAG dance was coming up. That's girls ask guys. Anyway, he was dropping hints that he wanted me to ask him. I wasn't going to. Not in a trillion years.
"Go away Christopher" I said. I didn't expect him to. This was one of the very few times he lived up to my expectations.
"Where are you going?" he asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Nowhere" I said, pulling out my keys for my car. Chris sighed.
"Lorelai, I'm the father you can't just shut me out like this".
I was about to unlock my car but I stopped and turned to face him.
"I told you that you can be involved. And you can. I'm not shutting you out. You're the one who has tried to make small talk. If you want to be involved than you can call me. Later. OK?" I said and then unlocked my car and left for Stars Hollow. Luke had finally found the lawyer who had his dads will. His dad had left everything to him and Liz. Now Luke wanted to talk to Liz so they could split up the stuff. The funeral was two weeks after William died. It turns out, Liz is pregnant too and that was why she left. So she could be with the father. I was shocked. So was Luke. You should be glad you weren't there when he found out.
I parked my car in the usual spot outside the store. I walked in. Luke was sitting on one of the stools.
"Hey" I said giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "How's it going?" I asked. He smiled at me.
"Good. I got a hold of Liz. She said all she wants is her stuff. I can keep the rest". I smiled.
"So you're keeping the store?" I asked. He nodded.
"Are you going to keep it a hardware store?" I asked.
"Actually," Luke said, "I'm going to sell it. Well rent it out so I can still live upstairs". I gaped at him.
"You can't do that!" I said. He looked at me funny.
"Yeah I can". I rolled my eyes at him.
"You should close it for a little bit. Until you finish school and then open a restaurant or something. It would be so cool". I flashed him a smile.
"I'll think about it" he said. I beamed.
"Good. Now, do you have any coffee for me?" I asked. He looked at me.
"Your pregnant. I'm not giving you coffee". I gave him a little pouty face.
"Please?" I asked, "I had a really long day. My last hour, history, seemed to last forever" I told him.
"I don't have any coffee" he said. I looked at him like I was mad.
"How can you not have any coffee?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I don't drink it and you're not going to. You're pregnant". I touched my stomach.
"Oh I am? I thought I was just gaining wait" I said sarcastically. It was his turn to roll his eyes. I laughed and kissed him again.
I spent the whole day at Luke's. Well, the rest of the day. We played cards and he stopped me from running to Doosey's to buy some coffee. At the end of the day (which came way to soon) I had to go home. It had started to rain and Luke didn't want me driving home in the dark while it was raining. I convinced him I was going to be OK. He was still hesitant though.
That's when I decided to tell him what I had been thinking for a long time.
"Luke," I said, "I love you". He looked at me for what seemed like hours. I couldn't read him expression and then he kissed me.
"I love you too" he said. I was extremely happy. I wanted to stay but then my phone rang. Guess who it was. My mother. You can always count on her to ruin something.
"What?" I said.
"That is a very impolite way to answer the phone young lady" she said. I rolled my eyes.
"Hello mother. May I help you?" I said with a bitter sweet voice.
"When are you coming home?" my mother asked in the same tone as me without the sweet in it.
"I'm on my way now" I said and hung up. I knew I was going to get chewed out when I got home but didn't really care at the moment. I turned back to Luke.
"I have to go" I said. I kissed him again and forced myself to leave. Before I walked out I said "I love you" one more time. Luke smiled and said "I love you too". Then I left.
Emily Gilmore sat on the couch. She read a book that the DAR had suggested. She read the words but didn't really pay attention to it. She was waiting for her daughter to get home. Two hours ago she had said she was on the way. What was taking so long? She wasn't even answering her cell phone. The living room was completely silent. All Emily could hear was the ticking of the clock. Then the phone rang and made her jump. She picked it up expecting her daughter.
"Hello?" she said into the phone.
"Hello is this the Gilmore residence?" a male voice on the other end asked. Emily was a little confused. She didn't recognize the voice.
"Yes. May I ask who I'm speaking to?" Emily said politely.
The man on the other end of the phone said, "I would like to speak to the mother of Lorelai Gilmore". Emily should have seen this coming. Lorelai was probably in some sort of trouble.
"This is she" Emily replied. The man cleared his throat.
"This is a doctor from the Hartford Hospital. Your daughter has been in an accident". Emily felt as if her heart had stopped.
"What?" she asked as tears flooded her eyes.
"Your daughter was hit by a car on the road. Her car slid off the road because it was so slippery".
Emily forced the words out. "Is she OK?" she asked even though she knew she couldn't be.
"She hit her head. She's unconscious. Why don't you come down and I'll give you the details when you get here?" the doctor said. Emily couldn't say anything. She hung up the phone and left.
a/n Sorry it took so long. I hope you like it. Remember to REVIEW!