Hell can turn into heaven 12: Dance marathon!
AN: Hey! Thanks for all your reviews! You guys are amazing. To those of you, who wonder if this is going to be like the dance marathon in the show, don't worry Rory and Logan will not brake up. I promise. And again I used some/or a lot of the lines from the actual episode, but I just can't imagine a dance marathon without them. Please don't hate me for that. (I've my own stuff too, so don't worry)
A little shout out to Laurin (another stars hollow freak) for being a good friend, give me ideas and tell me that my stories aren't crap before I post them…
I own nothing….sad isn't it?
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Early the next morning Lorelai tiptoed downstairs where Colin, Finn, Stephanie and Paris were sleeping peacefully. She smiled to herself and continued on her way to the kitchen where the coffee was. She started the coffee maker and walked over to Rory's bedroom door. As carefully as she could she opened the door and peeked inside. Rory's head was resting on Logan's chest and his arms were wrapped securely around her body. Both were sleeping peacefully with little smiles on their faces. Lorelai closed the door again and sat down at the kitchen table. She couldn't believe how fast Rory was growing up, it seemed like only yesterday that she had said her first word, and now her boyfriend was sleeping over; in her bed. She could only hope that Rory wouldn't do anything stupid.
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Inside Rory's room her alarm clock started to grunt.
"Make the grunting stop!" Rory said loudly.
"On your side of the bed Ace" Logan mumbled. Rory sat up and looked down at Logan.
"Logan?" asked confused.
"Ace, the grunting…."
"Sorry" she said and hit the snooze button that made the grunting stop. She could not remember that Logan had joined her in her bed last night, as a matter of fact; she could remember going to bed at all.
"How did you end up in my bed? How did I end up in my bed?" she asked, her eyes barely open.
"You fell asleep in my lap, so I carried you in here. And Lorelai told me to stay in here." he said and pulled her back down so her head was in its previous position.
"Did you just say that my mother told you, my boyfriend, to join me in bed?"
"Yeah, I was shocked too. We were told not to do any funny business though." Rory laughed, that sure sounded like her mother. She glanced over at the clock, four thirty; (in the morning) was her mother insane?
"MOM!" she yelled. The door opened a few seconds later, and Lorelai appeared in the doorway.
"Are, you, insane?" Rory asked and pointed at the alarm clock. Lorelai just smirked and shook her head.
"Take a shower and meet me upstairs in 20 minutes. We need to get pretty for the marathon" Lorelai said, walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. Rory groaned and buried her face in Logan's chest.
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Two hours later Lorelai, Rory and Logan were walking towards the school, and the dance marathon. Lorelai was wearing a dark blue halter dress with a red coat over. Rory was in a red dress full of little white dots with a brown coat. They had decided to let the others sleep in and come watch when they wanted to. Logan had insisted on coming and was currently holding up a very sleepy Rory. She rested her head on his shoulder and had her eyes closed. She was going kill her mother…
"How you doing there champ?" Lorelai asked and glanced back at Rory.
"Early" Rory mumbled.
"Yes it's a tad early"
"No sun"
"Well he's not up yet"
"I can't even open my eyes"
"That's okay, there's nothing to see. Kirk's in a Speedo, Taylor's in a skirt, Al's in assless chaps" Lorelai said, causing Logan to laugh out load. There had to be a couple of screws loose in Lorelai's head.
"Oh my God, stop. I'm never gonna be able to close my eyes again." Rory said and lifted her head from its position on Logan's shoulder. Lorelai let out a little giggle and earned a 'death glare' from Rory. They walked over to Babette who was in charge of the sign up table.
"Morning Babette" Lorelai said.
"Oh, morning sugar. You guys look terrific" Babette said as she let her eyes travel over Logan's body.
"Thank you"
"Babette can I lay down at the table while mom signs in?" Rory asked.
"Not an early bird huh?" Babette asked as Rory placed her head on Logan's shoulder again.
"I need to get some coffee into her and we'll be fine. Kirk however will be crying like a little teeny girl"
"So what else is new? Ok, now you two go get your physicals, bring your release form and they'll get you a number"
"Thanks. Come on Snoozy" Halfway inside Sookie stopped Lorelai and started to talk to her.
"We're gonna go say hi to Lane ok?" Rory said.
"Okay, hon, hurry back. Remember the sooner we get inspected, the sooner we get coffee"
"Yeah coffee" Rory said as she and Logan walked into Miss Patty's.
"Hey Lane"
"Hey guys" Lane said and continued stirring a big bucket of god knows what.
"Need any help with that?" Logan asked.
"No, I finally got a really good footing" lane said.
"Ah Lane…what is that stuff?" Rory asked.
"This my dear friends is eggless egg salad. Though this year my mom added food coloring to make the egg-like product look more eggy"
"Smart"
"And every sandwich comes with your very own pamphlet 'dancing for the devil' an illustrated look at the effect of dancing on your chances of spending all eternity in hell"
"Boy her flames are getting really good" Rory said.
"And this is normal behavior from your mother?" Logan asked. He been lucky enough to not meet the crazy Mrs. Kim yet.
"Oh yeah!" both girls said.
"Lane, get scooping! The minute the air hits the bread it starts to stale" Mrs. Kim said as she walked over to them. Logan looked at the woman horrified. And he thought his parents were scary.
"Ok mama"
"We're gonna stop by later and say hi." Rory said.
"Please do" Lane said and started stirring again.
"Bye Mrs. Kim"
"You have a pamphlet?" Mrs. Kim asked.
"Yes, I do"
"Take one to your mother"
"Will do" Rory said as she and Logan walked across the studio to where Logan was waiting in line for the physicals.
"Lane's mom is scary…" Logan said and Rory started to laugh.
"She tends to leave people a little startled. So don't worry you're not alone." She said and patted him on the back.
"What is he not alone about?" Lorelai asked.
"Being afraid of Mrs. Kim" Rory said. Lorelai nodded in agreement.
"You're not alone"
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A few minutes later the threesome walked into the high school gymnasium where Taylor was in the middle of the speech that everyone knew by heart.
"Any couple without a number will be disqualified. All couples must be touching at all times. All couples must remain moving at all times. The only time you may stop moving or stop touching is when you hear this horn. That sound means you have ten minutes. Ten minutes to get a drink, to eat a snack, take a rest, or whatever it is you can do in ten minutes. And in addition to the ten-minute rest periods, every person participating has been issued a yellow emergency card. In case of an emergency a contestant may hold up the card and leave the floor for ten minutes. And new this year is that every person can have one emergency buddy that can take another persons place. This person must be listed on the emergency list by the door. First aid is available in Miss Patty's. Please, remember, that if you feel yourself getting light-headed or having shooting pains or any other stroke-like symptoms, please move off to the side so that your collapse will not get in the way of the other dancers. All right, people, lace your shoes, pin those curls, because we only have five minutes left until we start!"
"Emergency buddies! That's new!" Lorelai said excited.
"Wanna be my emergency buddy?" Rory asked Logan with a little pout, knowing that he couldn't say no to her when she did that.
"Sure Ace, and please stop pouting. I feel like I've done something to hurt you or something." Rory smiled and kissed him.
"Thank you" she said and signed his name on the emergency list.
"Mom, who's gonna be your emergency buddy?"
"I don't know…"
"I know!" Logan said with a mischievous smile and signed something on the list. Lorelai leaned forward to see what he had written and let out a little gasp.
"You little devil"
"Oh come on mom…you might not even need him. And you and Luke have gone back to the way you used to be; lots of flirting, but no real action. Maybe this will trigger it"
"Luke will NOT be happy about this"
"Just make bambi eyes and pout a little and he'll be in" Logan said. Lorelai thought about it for a little while before she nodded her head. Rory and Logan grinned as they walked over to Luke's coffee stand.
"Hey, we're dying. Load us up" Lorelai said.
"It isn't ready yet" Luke said.
"Mommy…" Logan let out a little laugh when he heard the desperation in Rory's voice; this however earned him a death glare from said girl.
"What do you mean it's not ready? It's six in the morning. Nothing says coffee like six in the morning." Lorelai said, Luke glanced around to see if anyone else was looking before he pulled up a thermos and handed it to the girls.
"You did not get this from me" he whispered.
"Then who do we send our kisses of gratitude to?"
"The eternal question is asked yet again"
"Thanks Luke…..Oh it's strong" Rory said.
"Yeah?...Hello!" Luke rolled his eyes at Rory and Lorelai while Logan used all his self-control to keep himself from laughing. Calling those two coffee addicts was an understatement.
"All right folks! Everybody on the floor! We're two minutes away. I repeat, everybody on the floor, we are two minutes away!" Taylor yelled through his megaphone.
"This is it babe" Lorelai said.
"I'll be over there ok?" Logan said and pointed to the bleachers at the side of the dance floor. Rory nodded and kissed him. Lorelai grabbed her hand and dragged her out to the dance floor. Halfway there she turned her head towards Luke.
"Oh, and Luke! You are my emergency buddy!" she yelled.
"I'm your what!"
"My emergency buddy!" Luke shook his head and went back to is coffee making. He could just give up fighting her; he knew she would win anyway.
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A couple of hours later the rest of the gang arrived. Logan, Finn, Colin and Steph who had never seen a dance marathon were watching in amusement. Paris had seen these things before so she wasn't in the same state of shock as the others but she still had to laugh and some of the tricks Kirk did just to piss Lorelai off.
"So what did we miss?" Steph asked.
"Well, Andrew got into a fight with his date, just as Rory told me. They were fighting about some other guy that she had dated and ended up storming off the floor in different directions. Lorelai has on more than one time to flip Rory, just because Kirk is flipping his date. So far there's been no flipping for Rory."
"How long have they been dancing?" Finn asked.
"Around 14 hours. I feel so sorry for Rory. Look at her." They all turned to look at Rory and Lorelai who were dancing really slow, Rory resting her head on Lorelai's shoulder, barely awake.
"How much longer?" Rory mumbled.
"Oh, chin up soldier. We should be getting a brake pretty soon."
"I hope so"
DUUUUUUUUT (pretend it's a horn sound)
"Oh my god!" Lorelai said.
"What? What?"
"The runaround"
"The runaround? That does not sound so good"
"I'm sorry baby, I'm so, so, so sorry"
"Ladies and gentlemen on your marks and get ready…and…go!" Taylor yelled through his megaphone and all the dancers started to run around the gym in a big circle.
"Aww, poor Rory! That does not look pleasant" Colin said as they watched the dancers run around.
"No it really doesn't"
DUUUUUUUUT!
"Ten minute break everyone! Ten minute break!" Taylor yelled. At that note Rory and Lorelai collapsed on the dance floor. The gang walked down from the bleachers and over to the spot Lorelai and Rory was lying at the moment. They reached them just in time to see Rory moving her leg around.
"Ace? What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to kick her, but I can't reach" Rory said causing the others to laugh.
"I would help you, but I can't move" Lorelai said.
"Can I owe you one?"
"Yeah, no problem. Okay, okay heart returning to normal. I have to get us some more coffee from Luke's"
"Yes! I'll go get us some sandwiches"
"Good idea. This is fun huh?"
"Oh yeah, big fun" Rory said sarcastically as Logan pulled her up from the floor.
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Much later in the marathon Steph and Paris have fallen asleep with their heads in Colin and Finn's laps.
"They've been dancing for 23 hours, how much longer do you think they'll last?" Colin asked.
"I don't know…they've gotten this far, it wouldn't surprise me if they won" Logan said.
"I thought Rory was exaggerating when she told us about this town, but apparently she was serious." Finn said as they watched yet another person faint.
"When it comes to Stars Hollow I don't think it's possible to exaggerate" Logan said with a laugh. Out on the dance floor the girls were laughing too.
"Tell me a joke" Lorelai said.
"Knock, knock"
"That was a good one" Lorelai said and giggled. Rory soon followed and the two of them broke down in a giggle fit.
"Ow!" Lorelai suddenly said.
"You ok?"
"Oh no!"
"What?"
"My heal broke"
"What?"
"My heal just broke off. Damn, these are brand new shoes too"
"They were made in 1943"
"Well I just bought them Tuesday"
"I told you not to wear vintage shoes"
"But the lady at the store said that they hadn't been worn a lot"
"Not a lot in 60 years is still a lot"
"I got to fix them. I'll use my emergency card. I'll be right back"
"No, stop! If you leave there's no way I'll be able to stand up on my own"
"It's just ten minutes!
"Nighty, night" Rory said and placed her head comfortable on Lorelai's shoulder.
"Fine, hold on. Logan! Logan! Come down here" Lorelai yelled and Logan made his way down towards the dance floor.
"What are you doing mate?" Finn asked.
"I'm her emergency buddy. That means that if she needs me to I have to dance with her" he said and continued on his way towards Lorelai and Rory.
"Is everything alright?" he asked concerned.
"Yeah, but my heal broke and I need to get it fixed. This one however is not able to stand up on her own, so you have to hold her up" Lorelai said and draped Rory's arm around Logan's neck.
"Sure" he said and placed his arms around Rory's waist to hold her up. Within seconds her head was resting on his chest/shoulder. Lorelai smiled at the picture they made.
"Don't let her stop or lay down, understand?" Logan nodded.
"I'll be back in ten minutes"
On the bleachers Colin and Finn watched as Logan danced with a sleeping Rory.
"He is so whipped" Colin said, Finn nodded in agreement.
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Across the room Luke had just finished fixing Lorelai's shoe. Lorelai was watching Rory and Logan dance; she didn't have the heart to break them up…even though Rory was sleeping it seemed so cruel to make her switch dance partner again. Plus, she looked so content on Logan's shoulder.
"Luke, will you dance with me?"
"What"
"I don't have the heart to break that up" she said and pointed at Rory and Logan. Luke nodded and gave Lorelai her shoe.
"Fine I'll dance with you" he said. He tried to sound annoyed, but it didn't really work. Lorelai grinned and dragged him onto the dance floor. It was only them, Donna Delain and Kirk, and Rory and Logan left on the floor. Lorelai and Luke danced over to Logan and Rory.
"Logan you to can go sit down if you want to" Lorelai said. Logan nodded and led Rory over to the bleachers where he sat down and pulled Rory onto his lap where she instantly fell asleep again.
The clock ticked away and before they knew it the 24th hour was up. Kirk looked at the clock and let go of Donna's hands as he yelled.
"The time is up" Lorelai shrieked and jumped into Luke's arms. Kirk had let go of Donna's hands that meant that she and Luke won. Luke couldn't help but laugh. Lorelai was like a little kid sometimes. He didn't have time to think more that that, cause suddenly Lorelai's lips was on his own…
AN: So, what do you think? Like it? Hate it? Love it? Please tell me.