Fades to Black
Chapter 20: Super Cool Party People
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
-The first scene happens after all the kids leave Luke's diner.
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Luke stepped out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist, his hair dripping wet. Lorelai was waiting for him on the bed.
"Didn't sleep much last night?" She asked, noticing the bags under his eyes.
He shrugged. "You guys were having fun." He told her.
Lorelai stood up and followed him to the dresser. "You aren't mad, are you?" She asked.
He turned to look at her, with a confused expression on his face.
"You know… about the party… April… with me meeting her." Lorelai said, carefully.
"She liked you." He commented
"Isn't that what you didn't want to happen?" She asked, more careful.
"That's not what I said. Of course I want her to like you."
"But…"
"Look, I just meant that I… I wanted some alone time with her, you know? Before she met you and forgot about me."
"Luke…"
"C'mon Lorelai, who would rather hang out with me than you? I don't know how she hasn't gotten sick of me yet."
"She would never get sick of you."
"Well, why would she like hanging out with me? I don't know anything about Harry Potter or books or Geometry... You know all about that kind of stuff."
"Hey." She said, grabbing his attention. "I like hanging out with you." She told him, sweetly. "Despite the fact that you know nothing about Geometry... or Harry Potter... or Molly Ringwald... and that says something my friend." She added. He smiled at her.
"That's the girl with the underwear, right?" He asked.
She laughed. He went back to the point.
"But still- who would rather hang out with me than you?"
"Why does it just have to be me or you?" She asked, him. "Why can't it be us… together?" She asked him, stepping closer to him, and leaning on the dresser.
He looked at her, and she watched as the corners of his lips turned into a small smile. "You're right." He told her. "I guess I was being stupid, huh?"
"Don't call my boyfriend stupid." She told him.
He leaned in towards her. "Fiancee."
"Right." She said, right before he kissed her. Then, he pulled back, ran his fingers through her hair.
"Thanks." He told her.
She smiled. "Anytime."
"She really did like you." Luke told her.
"I liked her, too." Lorelai smiled. "Must be those Luke Danes genes of hers." She joked.
He laughed. "Must be." He smiled, and looked down at the blouse she was wearing.
"Nice blouse." He told her. It was the one he had picked out for her.
She smiled at him. "Thanks."
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She got it. She completely understood. She knew exactly where she was coming from.
That's why she cried all the way home.
She knew that she had just gotten excited. She was happy to be included. She was happy that Luke had asked her there, begged her, actually. She was happy to meet April. She was happy to show Luke that she could help. She just pushed herself in there, maybe too far.
She knew that staying up all night, alone, with the girls, when Anna didn't even know her, was a bad idea. She just hadn't thought of it then. She was too happy about being included.
She knew all of Anna's concerns were completely fair. She knew that if the roles had been switched, she would have done the same thing.
April had told her that she'd like Anna. She was right. She did like her.
She wished she didn't.
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"What's wrong?" Luke asked, that night, when Lorelai opened the front door. She had drove around for a while, not wanting to go straight home. By the time she actually pulled into the driveway, it was dark outside and the porch light that Luke had fixed was on.
She looked up at him, surprised by his presence. He hadn't been staying at her house that much before the trip. She had almost gotten used to being alone again.
She quickly wiped the make up from under her hairs. "I didn't know you were here." She told him, embarrassed that she had been caught like this.
He stepped closer to her, and put his arms around her. She held on to him tightly.
She wondered what he'd say when he found out. She wondered what he'd want to do. She wondered if he'd be mad she went to see Anna. She wondered if he'd be mad about what she had said.
"Lorelai…" He began, in that concerned voice of his.
"Not yet." She said, just above a whisper.
They stood there, in the foyer, for a few more minutes, just holding each other.
"Don't be mad." She told him, finally.
He knew that couldn't be good.
"I went to see Anna." She told him, pulling away just slightly, so she could look at his face.
"You…?"
"Please don't be mad." She repeated before he could finish.
"Why?" He asked, confused at why she would do this.
"I just… I felt like that whole Anna getting mad thing was completely my fault, and… I don't know… I thought if she just met me and I talked to her, and told her that it wasn't your fault, then… then it'd be OK, you know?"
"And…?" He asked.
"And, what?" She asked.
"What'd she say?" He asked her.
Lorelai sighed. He knew that couldn't be good.
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Yeah, this was very hard to write, incase you couldn't tell.
I don't know. It was just hard.
I absolutely loved this episode though. It makes me feel a little better about this whole ASP leaving thing. The guy who wrote this episode is going to take over for her...
I loved when Luke picked out the blouse and then Lorelai realized he had picked out all her favorite clothes. LOved that. I absolutely loveddddd the birthday party. It was great. I loved Luke begging Lorelai to come over, and the Lorelai/April stuff. So great. I loved Rory telling Mitchum off. I loved Paris. It's one of my favorite eppys so far... the last few have been pretty good... not tooooooooo much sad LL stuff. But, yeah., I'm sooo not looking forward to next week... or the week after.
'I'm hoping to update Poker Faces today, so look out for it
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Thanks.