A/N: I just feel like writing today. So here it is the elusive town meeting.
Chapter 31: A Meeting Called
It had been a month since their seperation had ended. Things weren't exactly the smae they never could be. Christmas was coming. With that the ever present loss that loomed over the house was particularly higher that year. Audrey was getting bigger. She had taken her first solo walk around the coffee table.
"Luke, I don't want Audrey to know about Chip until she's older and can understand fully what happened," Lorelai said, one afternoon at Doose's. "But growing up in this town it's bound to slip. I think we should call a town meeting to request that no one tell Audrey that she had a twin until we tell her first."
"I'll talk to Taylor," Luke said.
Luke did and Taylor agreeed to the meeting. The next night Taylor introduced Luke and Lorelai's request and then they came up to the podium.
"We would like to thank all you in your support of us during our latest trials," Lorelai began. "But Luke, Rory and I have a request to ask of you again. Audrey is growing up and getting bigger. We would like it if you could treat her as an only child. No refrences to the brother she had or anything else that has happened in the last six months. Luke and I would like to be able to tell her about Christian and what happened following his death when she is old enough to fully understand what happened."
As Lorelai explained her reasoning behind this Luke saw the nodding faces of their neighbors and friends. "I don't Audrey growing up thinking she has to live two lives, her own and one for her brother. It wouldn't be fair to her and I don't want it."
The people in the room nodded politely. They knew that this was important to the Danes' and they promised to keep it a secret. In one swoop the memory of one precious little Stars Hollow prince was put in the back of everyone's mind, never to be mentioned again.