Connect the Dots

Chapter 16: Bridesmaids Revisited

Disclaimer: I don't own the show or the characters; they belong to the wonderful creators of Gilmore Girls.

Summary: My version of what happens after the screen fades to black…

A/N: Hey guys, sorry I haven't written anything lately. I've been busy… and just haven't really felt like writing. It was my vacation week… you know how it goes…

I'll try & get to Kiss with Open Eyes tomorrow night.

She never slept as well when he wasn't lying beside her. The bed always felt cold, and way too big.

She wasn't really sure why. She had spent a good 20 something years of her life sleeping in that bed, by herself. It had never seemed cold to her before, or big. But she guessed it was just one of those things… She just didn't know what she was missing.

She turned over and faced his side of the bed, and wondered if he would come by tonight. He had been working late at the diner every night that week. Sometimes he'd close up and just sleep at her house anyway, but other times he was too tired or he didn't want to wake her, and he just stayed at the diner.

She pouted, and turned to grab the phone from her nightstand. She couldn't sleep without him, and she was so tired. Plus, she missed him. She hadn't seen much of him the past few days.

"Luke's."

"Hey there."

"Hey." He said, in that voice that always made her smile, because she knew he was smiling, too.

"Whatcha doing?" She asked, in that 14 year old girl voice of hers.

"Making a grilled cheese, a BLT, chicken fingers, a cheeseburger, an entire bag of onion rings & an ice cream sundae?"

"Is Rory there?" She asked, excitedly, knowing well enough that Rory was in Hartford with Paris.

"Kirk went off his diet."

"Ah."

"He's making up for lost time." Luke said.

"Well, can you at least put it in to-go bags, and come home?"

"I have to close." He told her.

"I thought Lane was closing tonight." She whined.

"Nope."

"You told me that she was last night."

"I let her go 3 hours ago." He told her.

"Why?" Lorelai asked.

"She wasn't exactly… focused."

"What?" Lorelai asked, not understanding what was going on.

"She was distracted."

"Okay…"

"Zach proposed." Luke told her, and she almost dropped the phone.

"He what?" Lorelai asked, in shock.

"He asked her to marry him…" Luke told her.

"When?" Lorelai asked.

"3 and a half hours ago?"

"How did I not find out about this?"

"I don't know."

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"What'd she say?" Lorelai asked.

"What?"

"When he asked… What did she say?"

"Yes."

"Yes? She said yes?"

"Uhh… yes." Luke answered.

"Wow… I wonder if Rory knows."

"I don't know." Luke shrugged.

Lorelai sighed. Lane and Zach were getting married. Logan's sister got married on Saturday. Everyone was getting married. Except for her and Luke.

"So, Burger Boy, when are you coming home?"

"Home? Soon, I promise."

"Well, hurry… the bed is freezing without you." She told him.

"That's why you keep me around?" Luke asked.

"And you have the coffee." She smiled.

"What about the pie?"

"Pie, too."

He laughed.

"Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"It's seriously like Antarctica in here."

"Right." He said, before hanging up.

She smiled and hung up the phone, then snuggled into her pillow and waited.

Everybody was getting married. She wanted to be happy for them, really, but she couldn't help being jealous. Lane and Zach were getting married? They had been broken up for months, and now they decide to just get married?

She wondered what Rory thought about this, if she even knew. Lane got engaged… right after Rory and Logan broke up. That had to make it all worse. He was supposed to be the one…

She remembered Valentine's Day, at the Vineyard. "These might be the ones, Mom." The ones.

Luke was the one, wasn't he?

He had to be. Who else could be the one?

Nobody.

Luke told her they would get married. He loved her, they would get married, and they'd have lobster at the wedding. He was the one. She knew he was the one.

She wondered if Lane and Zach would get married before them. She wondered what Mrs. Kim would say about this. She wondered if Rory would get to be the maid of honor.

Then, she heard the door open. It had only been about 20 minutes. That was fast. She smiled and waited until he was upstairs.

"What the hell happened downstairs?" He asked, when he came into their bedroom.

"Oh… uh…" She had forgotten about that. She'd have to finish cleaning up everything tomorrow. Oh joy.

"Lorelai?"

"Well… GiGi… you know how 3 year olds are…"

"Gigi did all of that?" He asked, with his eyes wide.

"Yeah." She told him.

"And Christopher wonders why he can't keep a nanny?" Luke asked, sarcastically, while he took off his shirt.

"Well… he feels bad… saying no to her. She doesn't have a mom." Lorelai explained.

"Did you have problems saying no to Rory?" He asked.

"Well… sometimes… Do you have trouble saying no to April?" She asked, and cringed once the words left her mouth. She knew that was taking it a little too far.

He looked at her, surprised to hear what she had just asked. "I think that's sort of different, don't you?" He asked her, surprisingly calm.

"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry." She apologized quickly.

He sighed, and climbed into bed. "It's OK." He told her because giving her a peck on the lips.

"I love you." She told him sweetly, as she snuggled into his arms.

He looked over to her and smiled. "I know." He said softly.

"So Lane and Zach are really getting married, huh?" Lorelai asked.

"I guess so." Luke told her.

"I wonder how Mrs. Kim is taking it."

"Probably not too well."

"Yeah." Lorelai said. "How did he do it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well… how did he propose?" She asked.

"Well… he just asked… and she didn't think he was serious, so he pulled out the ring, and she smiled, and said yes… That was basically it." Luke told her.

"There was a ring?" Lorelai asked. "What did it look like?"

"I don't know." Luke shrugged.

"Hmmm…"

"So, April is coming to the diner around 2 tomorrow." Luke said, surprising Lorelai with his change of subject.

"Oh, OK." Lorelai said. "I'll be busy cleaning the house anyway."

"OK." Luke said, and shut his eyes.

Lorelai had wanted to go to sleep so badly, but after what he had just said, she could barely shut her eyes. It had been a month since she found out about his daughter, and she still hadn't met her.

If Luke was the one, if they were really getting married, why couldn't he just let her in his life a little bit?

"Hey Luke?"

"Yup?"

"April can come here sometimes, you know."

"OK." Luke said, and Lorelai sighed.

"I mean… it's your house, too… I know you haven't officially moved in yet… but it's your house, too."

"I know, Lorelai."

"So, why doesn't she ever come over here?" Lorelai asked, raising her voice a little more than she had intended.

"I don't know… She likes the diner." Luke said, confused at why she was angry.

"Luke?" She asked, softening her voice.

"Yeah?"

"When do I get to meet her?" She asked.

"What?"

"I've known about her for a month, and I still haven't met her… I mean… She's going to be my step daughter… Don't I get to meet her?"

"Of course you do."

"When?" She asked.

"I don't know, Lorelai." He sighed.

"Why don't you want me to meet her Luke?"

"I do want you to meet her." He argued.

"Well… it doesn't really seem that way." She told him.

"It may not seem that way, but it is that way." He told her.

"I just don't get it."

"I just need some time…" He told her, trying to make her understand.

"Why? Why do you need time? Time for what?" She asked.

"I just… I just…" He stumbled over his words.

"What, Luke?" She asked, getting frustrated.

"I just… don't want you to see me… suck as a Dad." He told her, and her heart melted.

She looked at him, a smile creeping up her face. "It'd be a discussion." He had told her at the Dance Marathon. "What about the kids?" He asked her at the Dragonfly. "I bought a house." He told her. "Kids would be good." She whispered to him after they got engaged.

She snuggled back into his again, lifted her head and kissed him.

"You don't suck as a Dad." She told him with a smile.

"You don't know that." He replied.

"Luke… April comes here every single free minute she has… if you sucked as a Dad, she would never do that." She told him.

He didn't look convinced.

"Go call up Jess, or Rory… ask them if they think you suck as a Dad." Lorelai told them.

"I'm not their father." He told her.

"You took care of Jess… You saved him, and you know that." Lorelai told Luke. "And Rory… you made her mashed potatoes when she had the chicken pox… and you beat up her boyfriends… you kissed her boo-boos when she fell down… you blew up balloons on her birthday… you went to her graduation… I mean, maybe your not Christopher, but I'm pretty sure that a good thing." She told him. "You will be an amazing father, and I know it."

"I just… don't want to do something stupid and make her cry, or… something. I just wanted to get used to this… whole father thing, before you saw me be one… I mean, you… are an amazing mother." He told her.

She smiled at him, and played with his hair. "I've made my mistakes." She told him. "So will you… it's a part of being a parent."

"OK." He said.

"I was just lucky… Rory is a great kid." She told him, when she saw the unconvinced look on his face.

"So is April." He told her.

"I know, that's why I want to meet her." Lorelai said.

"She wants to meet you, too." Luke said.

"Really?" Lorelai asked, grinning.

"Yeah… How about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's good for me." She said.

"Good." He said.

"She likes Battle ship, right?"

So… I finally had Luke & Lorelai talk about the whole April thing b/c… Lane & Zach are engaged, and everybody is getting married except Luke & Lorelai. The only thing that's really stopping them is April… so I figured Lorelai would try to speed up the process a little, after hearing about everyone getting married… you know? I'm not really sure if I'm explaining it right, but whatever. That was my reasoning.

So… I actually liked this episode. See, the season, all of the other storylines in the show have really bored me… Basically I've just been watching it & waiting for the L/L scenes to come on… All of the Rory/Logan stuff has bored me, and the band stuff hasn't been that interesting either. So, with the exception of the scenes when Jess came back, the only interesting scenes have been L/L

But, in this episode, I actually liked the Rory stuff & the band stuff… I mean, Bach singing Hollaback Girl, just about made my life… & drunk Rory was hilarious… I mean, of course I was completely missing all the L/L stuff… but everything else was good. The Chris/Lorelai stuff didn't even really bother me.

I sort of thought that Rory was going to go back to Logan after the Doyle stuff happens…. Because everyone knows he loves Paris, yet he was lonely & depressed, so he tried to kiss Rory…. Sort of the same thing that Logan said, you know? So, I sort of thought that would make Rory understand. But, I'm glad that Rory & Paris are living together again. Now she has somebody to get the bowls.

I think the whole Gigi/Lorelai thing was Lorelai trying to practice for meeting April… I mean, she got all those board games ready & everything… but seriously, can 3 year olds play battle ship & candy lane? I mean, I know 12 year olds & 3 year olds are completely different… but I don't know. Just a guess.

I also liked that Lorelai & Chris sort of talked about Chris leaving and everything. I was gonna scream when Chris was like "what kind of person leaves a kid?"

"Should I dud him?"

& hey, what happened to that spoiler that Lorelai was going to fire Cesar?

Man… I so loved Bach singing Hollaback Girl. That was soooooo hilarious. Drunk Rory & Doyle made me laugh, too. Very funny stuff. Kirk is always entertaining.

Man… this is going to be a very long hiatus.

Well, this story won't be around until new episodes start up again… So please leave me some lovely reviews to make the time go by.

Thank you.

AND ALSO… I'd like to tell you guys that Gwen & Gavin are expecting twins… Thought it was funny since you know… Luke & Lorelai are just like Gwen & Gavin… Hmmm….