A/N I'm baaack! I know a lot of people have abandoned the hope of me ever finishing this fic, but I decided to prove them wrong with this fabulous new chapter. So thanks to all reviewers, as always, especially the most recent, Gilmore-girl 1979, guest, not registered and evilphrog, I'm sorry for the wait! Anyway I hope you enjoy this new chapter, I write for the happiness of my readers.
Disclaimer: My name's not Amy Sherman-Palladino, therefore: not mine.
Lorelai eventually convinced Luke to join her at "The Hall of the Great Lafayette Daffodil," which turned out to be a small log cabin half a mile outside the town-centre.
"Can we go back, Luke?" Lorelai whined as they were just leaving the town.
"Oh no, we're going to see this flower, both of us," Luke replied.
"But it's not actually the flower, it's just a sort of shrine dedicated to it, nothing interesting really."
"Lorelai, you were really excited about it a half hour ago,"
"Yeah, that was before I knew that I would have to walk like, six miles just to see it,"
"Lorelai," Luke said in an exasperated tone, "it's not that far now, you never do any exercise, and it'll be good for you."
"Fine, Dr Luke."
After another fifteen minutes of brisk walking on Luke's part and slow plodding steps on Lorelai's, they arrived at the cabin.
"It looks pretty empty," Lorelai observed as they approached the entrance.
"Lorelai," Luke said through gritted teeth.
"Yeah?" she answered distractedly while looking around path for other people.
"Did you check the opening times?"
"What do you..." she paused as realization dawned "oh."
"Oh!? Lorelai!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think-"
"That's just it Lorelai, you never seem to think, about anything!"
"Come on Luke! This isn't totally my fault,"
"Oh yes, I should have known that you would have brought us to a closed shrine to a FLOWER!"
"Fine, Luke, just fine. It's always my fault, isn't it? I'm ruining this for you, I'll just go, so you can watch Rachael get married and realise just how pathetic your life is!" Through the last part of her rant Lorelai had been holding back her tears, but as she turned to leave they came streaming down her face.
Luke watched her go and began to think that he had overreacted, but that gave her no right to insult him like that. He decided to go for a walk to clear his head, so when he saw her he could convince her to stay without getting angry.
Back in her room, Lorelai was angrily punching a familiar number into her cell, and waited for an answer.
"Hello?" the voice on the other end said.
"Hi Rory, it's me, mom" Lorelai said, instantly happier at the sound of her daughter's voice.
"Mom? Is there something wrong?"
"No, well yes, but it's not my fault. Luke should have told me to check the opening times, I didn't even want to see the flower that much, but he got so angry. He's blaming me for everything, you know? How was I supposed to know that Bernie Ernie didn't work at the hotel, I mean if someone picks up the phone at a hotel, you assume he works there right?"
"Umm, yeah?"
"You know, he probably thinks I walked in on him on purpose, but why would I want to see him naked anyway-"
"Wait, you saw Luke naked?!" Rory practically screamed.
"I seriously hope you're not in the middle of the library right now," Lorelai said, smiling as she remembered her earlier conversation with Luke.
"Mom, I don't understand any of what you just said, which is saying a lot if the only person who can usually follow every word of your rants is totally confused at the end of one of them. Start again."
"Okay, well we sort of got escorted from the hotel by security, but that wasn't my fault you see..."
After about an hour and a half, Lorelai finished explaining to Rory the events of the day.
"Mom, did you really have to say that to him, I mean I can imagine his life is pretty hard right now with the divorce and everything," Rory said after she had told her about the argument outside the daffodil shrine.
"I know, I feel so bad about that now, I want to apologise, but he hasn't come back yet," Lorelai answered, "It was just a reflex really, I get yelled at, I yell back."
"But mom, it's Luke, you like Luke. If there were no Luke I would think it would mean the end of the world, as we know it."
I know, what do you think I should say to him?"
"Sorry to start with, maybe something along the lines of 'I love and want to spend the rest of my life with you' to finish?" Rory added.
"Rory, I've told you before, nothing is going to happen with Luke. And he's just got divorced, I wouldn't want to be just a rebound thing."
"So you would want a more meaningful relationship than a 'rebound thing.'"
"What are you a psychologist now? Luke and I are just friends, we might not even be that now thanks to my big mouth," Lorelai sighed. Just then she heard the door of Luke's room open and close again, "I think he's back, what do I do?" she said, starting to sound panicky.
"I don't know, you're the mom here figure it out,"
"Devil child."
"Bye mom, love ya" and with that she hung up. Lorelai let out a frustrated sigh and started pacing up and down her room, trying to figure out what to do. But, as she hadn't been paying attention, she didn't notice her suitcase, and as she didn't notice it she didn't realise she was walking straight towards it.
"Ahh!" she let out a small scream as she tumbled to the floor, "Oww, Ethel how could you do this to me? I've been with you for so long and you don't see it fit to warn me I'm about to trip over you? That's it; I'm never taking you to Europe ever again." As she was about to get up, she heard a soft knock at the door,
"Lorelai? Are you ok?" Luke called from the other side of the door.
"Yeah, my ankle is a little sore and I'm a little embarrassed, but I'll get over it," Right then he was the person she wanted to be there the most at the same time as being the person she wanted to be there the least.
"That's good. Listen Lorelai, I think we should talk,"
"Yeah, come on in door's open," When Luke came in Lorelai was still sitting on her bag.
"I'm really, really sorry about before I just overreacted and I was wrong." Luke said before he sat down.
"No, it's okay I was way out of line with the last thing I said to you. You've always been such a good friend and I shouldn't just insult you like that. I'm so sorry."
"Truce?" Luke said, holding out his hand
"Truce." Lorelai said, taking it.
A/N Wow, I have no idea where the fight came from, I was just going to have them get there and it is closed, they laugh at Lorelai's mistake and go back to the room. Then all of a sudden they hate each other! I think it's fanfiction that just does this, the characters tell you what they want to say! Review, lay duh hull (my attempt at irish)
Disclaimer: My name's not Amy Sherman-Palladino, therefore: not mine.
Lorelai eventually convinced Luke to join her at "The Hall of the Great Lafayette Daffodil," which turned out to be a small log cabin half a mile outside the town-centre.
"Can we go back, Luke?" Lorelai whined as they were just leaving the town.
"Oh no, we're going to see this flower, both of us," Luke replied.
"But it's not actually the flower, it's just a sort of shrine dedicated to it, nothing interesting really."
"Lorelai, you were really excited about it a half hour ago,"
"Yeah, that was before I knew that I would have to walk like, six miles just to see it,"
"Lorelai," Luke said in an exasperated tone, "it's not that far now, you never do any exercise, and it'll be good for you."
"Fine, Dr Luke."
After another fifteen minutes of brisk walking on Luke's part and slow plodding steps on Lorelai's, they arrived at the cabin.
"It looks pretty empty," Lorelai observed as they approached the entrance.
"Lorelai," Luke said through gritted teeth.
"Yeah?" she answered distractedly while looking around path for other people.
"Did you check the opening times?"
"What do you..." she paused as realization dawned "oh."
"Oh!? Lorelai!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think-"
"That's just it Lorelai, you never seem to think, about anything!"
"Come on Luke! This isn't totally my fault,"
"Oh yes, I should have known that you would have brought us to a closed shrine to a FLOWER!"
"Fine, Luke, just fine. It's always my fault, isn't it? I'm ruining this for you, I'll just go, so you can watch Rachael get married and realise just how pathetic your life is!" Through the last part of her rant Lorelai had been holding back her tears, but as she turned to leave they came streaming down her face.
Luke watched her go and began to think that he had overreacted, but that gave her no right to insult him like that. He decided to go for a walk to clear his head, so when he saw her he could convince her to stay without getting angry.
Back in her room, Lorelai was angrily punching a familiar number into her cell, and waited for an answer.
"Hello?" the voice on the other end said.
"Hi Rory, it's me, mom" Lorelai said, instantly happier at the sound of her daughter's voice.
"Mom? Is there something wrong?"
"No, well yes, but it's not my fault. Luke should have told me to check the opening times, I didn't even want to see the flower that much, but he got so angry. He's blaming me for everything, you know? How was I supposed to know that Bernie Ernie didn't work at the hotel, I mean if someone picks up the phone at a hotel, you assume he works there right?"
"Umm, yeah?"
"You know, he probably thinks I walked in on him on purpose, but why would I want to see him naked anyway-"
"Wait, you saw Luke naked?!" Rory practically screamed.
"I seriously hope you're not in the middle of the library right now," Lorelai said, smiling as she remembered her earlier conversation with Luke.
"Mom, I don't understand any of what you just said, which is saying a lot if the only person who can usually follow every word of your rants is totally confused at the end of one of them. Start again."
"Okay, well we sort of got escorted from the hotel by security, but that wasn't my fault you see..."
After about an hour and a half, Lorelai finished explaining to Rory the events of the day.
"Mom, did you really have to say that to him, I mean I can imagine his life is pretty hard right now with the divorce and everything," Rory said after she had told her about the argument outside the daffodil shrine.
"I know, I feel so bad about that now, I want to apologise, but he hasn't come back yet," Lorelai answered, "It was just a reflex really, I get yelled at, I yell back."
"But mom, it's Luke, you like Luke. If there were no Luke I would think it would mean the end of the world, as we know it."
I know, what do you think I should say to him?"
"Sorry to start with, maybe something along the lines of 'I love and want to spend the rest of my life with you' to finish?" Rory added.
"Rory, I've told you before, nothing is going to happen with Luke. And he's just got divorced, I wouldn't want to be just a rebound thing."
"So you would want a more meaningful relationship than a 'rebound thing.'"
"What are you a psychologist now? Luke and I are just friends, we might not even be that now thanks to my big mouth," Lorelai sighed. Just then she heard the door of Luke's room open and close again, "I think he's back, what do I do?" she said, starting to sound panicky.
"I don't know, you're the mom here figure it out,"
"Devil child."
"Bye mom, love ya" and with that she hung up. Lorelai let out a frustrated sigh and started pacing up and down her room, trying to figure out what to do. But, as she hadn't been paying attention, she didn't notice her suitcase, and as she didn't notice it she didn't realise she was walking straight towards it.
"Ahh!" she let out a small scream as she tumbled to the floor, "Oww, Ethel how could you do this to me? I've been with you for so long and you don't see it fit to warn me I'm about to trip over you? That's it; I'm never taking you to Europe ever again." As she was about to get up, she heard a soft knock at the door,
"Lorelai? Are you ok?" Luke called from the other side of the door.
"Yeah, my ankle is a little sore and I'm a little embarrassed, but I'll get over it," Right then he was the person she wanted to be there the most at the same time as being the person she wanted to be there the least.
"That's good. Listen Lorelai, I think we should talk,"
"Yeah, come on in door's open," When Luke came in Lorelai was still sitting on her bag.
"I'm really, really sorry about before I just overreacted and I was wrong." Luke said before he sat down.
"No, it's okay I was way out of line with the last thing I said to you. You've always been such a good friend and I shouldn't just insult you like that. I'm so sorry."
"Truce?" Luke said, holding out his hand
"Truce." Lorelai said, taking it.
A/N Wow, I have no idea where the fight came from, I was just going to have them get there and it is closed, they laugh at Lorelai's mistake and go back to the room. Then all of a sudden they hate each other! I think it's fanfiction that just does this, the characters tell you what they want to say! Review, lay duh hull (my attempt at irish)