Fades to Black

Chapter 19: I Get a Sidekick out of You

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

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

A/N: Thank you guys so much for all of your amazing reviews. They really made my day, I'm so glad you liked it

"Hello?"

"Hey Mom."

"How's Logan?"

"Better I guess. He still isn't awake, but the doctor's say that's normal." Rory told her.

"That's good."

"Yeah… So, is Luke home yet?"

"Nope, not yet." Lorelai said.

"Mom…"

"Rory, I don't want to talk about it."

"Mom, the whole town heard you… They'll say something to him… You know they'll say something."

"I know."

"Was it because I met April?" Rory asked.

"It was just… I don't know… a long time coming, I guess."

"You'll get married, Mom." Rory told her.

Lorelai didn't say anything.

"You will. It sucks that it's taking so long, but you will. I know it. Luke loves you, Mom. He wants to marry you. He just needs time. He just found out he's a father. He needs to adjust, you know. It's hard enough trying to figure out how to be a new father, imagine him trying to figure out how to be a husband at the same time. He just needs time. You'll get married. You will."

"I know, I just… I just had way too much to drink, and I don't know… I mean, why haven't I met her yet? Why doesn't he want me to meet her? I just… I don't know. I really want to marry him."

"Aww…"

"OH, shuttup."

"Sorry, but you're cute."

"Do you want me to come down to the hospital? I can bring snacks… and games."

"No, no, you wait for your fiancée. Give him a hug for me."

"Will do."

He probably should have stopped by the diner to see Cesar, but he passed it and it was still standing, so he decided against it.

He probably should have gone home and unpacked all his stuff, but that would take forever and he was too tired.

All he wanted to do was go see Lorelai. So, he did.

"Lorelai?" He called, when he opened the front door.

"Luke?" She called from the kitchen. He heard her footsteps coming towards him.

"Hey." He smiled, when she came out into the hall.

She couldn't help but smile when she saw him. He had huge bags under his eyes. He wasn't wearing his hat, and his hair was a mess. His shirt was un-tucked and a little bit wrinkled. But, he had this huge smile on his face, and she loved it. She put her arms around his neck, and he kissed her.

"I missed you." He told her, slipping his arms around her waist.

"How was your trip?" She asked, still standing beside him, with her arms around his neck.

"Tiring." He told her.

She laughed. "You wanna go to sleep?" She asked.

"Not yet." He told her. "How was the wedding?"

"Oh, well, Lane looked gorgeous. Rory took tons of pictures. She left her camera here… you wanna see?" She asked.

"Yeah." He said, and she led him towards the kitchen. They sat beside each other, and Lorelai showed him the camera.

"There's Lane and Zach at the first wedding." She told him.

"What's he wearing?"

"Oh, that's his robe. He swears by them."

"Okay…"

"There's Lane and Rory at the 1st wedding… and there's everyone running towards the church." She told him.

"Why were they running?"

"58 seats, and 52 Koreans."

"Ah."

"And there's Lane and Rory getting ready… There's Zach and Brian… There's Mrs. Kim walking down the isle… and there's Rory walking down the isle… There's Zach and Lane getting married." Lorelai smiled.

"They look happy."

"Yeah, they do… And there's the mob of Korens."

"Whoa."

"Yep… Oh, and there's me and the Yummy Bartender. Ain't he yummy?" She smiled.

He raised his eyebrow.

"You had to be there, I guess." She smiled. "There's Me and Sookie… and Oh, well, that's Sookie, Jackson, Lane, Zach, Me and Chris." She told him. She probably should have mentioned it before.

"Chris?" He asked.

"Yeah, well, I would have told you, but it was sort of last minute."

"You went to the wedding with Chris?" If he had known that, he probably would have stayed home.

"Well, Mrs. Kim said I had to have a date or I couldn't go."

"Why?"

"Because, you know, a woman of my age, unmarried, who dresses the way that I dress."

"But, we're engaged."

"Tell that to Mrs. Kim."

"So… Chris?"

"Well, I asked Michel first, but then he ditched me 45 minutes before the wedding to see Celine Dion… and Rory was talking to Chris on her sidekick, so yeah…"

"Sidekick?"

"Oh, it's super cool. Chris gave his to me, because he got way too attached to it. I'll show you later."

"So… Chris."

"I'm sorry." She told him.

"No, it's fine. I'm just surprised." He told her. "Keep going, I want to see the pictures."

"Okay… Well, here's one of Brian and his new girlfriend… Aren't they adorable?" She smiled. "And, well… here's one of Me, Chris and Rory." She skipped over that one fast. "Here's Brian trying on Zach's robe. Here's Babette and Miss Pattie with the Yummy Bartenders. Here's Lulu, Rory and Lane right before Kirk fired the Yummy Bartenders."

"Should I ask."

"I think it'd be better not to." She told him. "Here's Kirk trying on Brian's robe. Man, that thing really did the rounds."

"I bet."

"Here's Lane and Zach again… They look cute, huh?"

"Yeah."

"Here's Hep Alien performing… Here's Jackson calling the babysitter for the 100th time. Oh, I love this picture… Me and Sookie dancing. We're such MILF's huh?"

"What?"

"Never mind." She laughed. "Here's Rory and Chris… and then Rory and Sookie… and then Rory and Jackson… Dude, what a camera whore."

Luke laughed, and slide his hand up Lorelai's back, and began rubbing her shoulders.

"There's Miss Pattie and Babette dancing. As you can see, they were smashed."

"Yeah."

"Here's me and Rory. Aren't we pretty?" Lorelai asked, batting her eyelashes.

"Very." Luke told her. Lorelai smiled.

"And then, here's Brian doing his best man speech, and there's Rory doing her maid of honor speech… and Oh, well… here's one of April and Rory."

"I didn't know they took a picture."

"They look cute together." Lorelai said.

"Yeah, they do."

"You didn't tell me Rory met April."

"I figured Rory would have told me."

"Well, she didn't."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"It wasn't like I was trying to introduce them. Rory was there. What was I supposed to do?"

"I know, I know. You did the right thing… I'm just… I don't know. I want to meet her, you know?"

"Yeah."

"I get that you want your alone time with her and everything. I understand that. I totally understand that… I just… I want to meet her."

"You will." He told her.

"When?" She asked.

"Soon. I promise."

She looked at his face. She believed him. She'd meet his daughter soon. She would. "Okay."

He rubbed her back, and then leaned into kiss her.

"There's something else I have to tell you." She told him, once they pulled away.

He waited.

"So, at the wedding… Well, I got kind of upset, and I sort of had 8 shots of tequila…"

He was getting worried now. Alcohol. Chris. He didn't want to know.

"And well, I sort of made this speech… in front of everybody…"

Speech? OK. This was better than what he was expecting.

"And… it was sort of bad… and people may mention it to you… but um, I was just upset, and it's not a big deal or anything…"

"What'd you say?" He asked.

"Oh, well… I don't know…"

"Yes you do." He said.

"Well, I said… I said that I was never getting married… and stuff."

"Oh."

"I was just upset, OK? I was just frustrated, and drunk, and upset. It's just that… It took me so long to find you, you know? And, now it's just… It's taking so long for us to get married… and, I get that you need time… that's not what this is about. I understand you need time… I just- I just really want to marry you."

He smiled. "Good." He told her, and leaned in for a kiss.

"We'll get married." He told her when he pulled away. "You'll meet April, and we'll get married."

She smiled, and kissed him again.

"Bed?" She asked.

He nodded.

He was exhausted. He hadn't had a good night's sleep in forever. But he couldn't sleep. Not at all.

He looked over to the woman beside him. The woman who had his arm wrapped around her. The woman wearing his t-shirt, and nothing else. The woman he loved more than anything. The woman he would someday marry. The woman who had taken her ex-boyfriend to a wedding.

He slid out of bed, put on some boxers and a t-shirt, and then went downstairs. The camera was still sitting on the kitchen table. He took a seat, and pressed the power button. It turned on, and it took him a second, but he finally figured out how to work it. He flipped through the pictures until he found the one he was looking for.

The picture of Lorelai, Rory and Chris. The looked so happy. They looked like a family. Mother, Father, Daughter. They were a family.

He stared at it, until he heard footsteps coming towards him.

"Luke?"

He turned and looked at her. She looked beautiful in his clothes.

"What are you doing?" She asked, but then she saw. She saw what he was looking at. "Oh."

She sat beside him, and took the camera from him.

He watched as she deleted the picture.

"Just because he's Rory's father… That doesn't make us a family." She told him, as if she was reading his mind. Maybe she was only trying to comfort Luke. Maybe she was also comforting herself a little. After all, she still hadn't met Anna.

"I know… I just…"

"I know." She told him. He smiled. She touched his cheek with her hand, and pulled him in for a kiss.

"I missed you." She told him.

"Well, I'm here now."

So, I watched the episode last night. I loved Brian and Rory's speeches. I loved the Yummy Bartenders. I loved the whole Sidekick thing. I loved Michel's dances. I loved everything about the wedding, except that Luke wasn't there, but what can you do? Lane and Zach were adorable. I've never really loved them together, but in this episode I did. They looked so happy. I loved those blinky things everyone wore at the Bachlorette party. I want one.

I was expecting Lorelai's speech to be better. I don't know. I just thought it'd be more… something. I don't know. It's hard to explain.

I hate that Rory left Chris and Lorelai alone. I don't know why. I just do. If it was me, I would have like called Babette or Sookie to go over or something. I don't know. I just didn't like it. It's not like I thought Lorelai would do something with him… It's just like… I don't know. Chris has a past, and even if he may have changed… I'd still be careful. I don't know.

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