She Always Takes Me Back

Chapter 18: Bargaining With the Devil

Francine turned on the windshield wipers to remove the bug obstructing her view. She can't believe she was headed back to Stars Hollow so soon. She knew she'd have to bail Christopher out of his current mess, but she figured it would be the police who called her.

Christopher had sounded like a crazy man when he called her after midnight, rambling about devils and guns and murder. He was begging her to come help him before Gigi killed him or had him kill someone. She agreed to come after he began weeping into the phone. She cringed just thinking of the sound he made.

"How did I get such a weak child?" she muttered to herself. "He's nothing like his father."

The clock on the dashboard read 1:45. She hoped Christopher was in real trouble because if he wasn't, she might never speak to him again. A highway sign said Stars Hollow was 15 miles away. She turned up the radio to keep from falling asleep.

As the door shut on room number seven of the Dragonfly Inn, Luke pressed Lorelai against it and kissed her. His hands were on either side of her body, not touching her, but trapping her against the door. She wrapped her arms around his waist, and opened her mouth to deepen their kiss.

They maintained their position for a few minutes until the need for air overtook their lust.

"Before we go any further," Lorelai said between breaths. "Put out the 'Do Not Disturb' sign."

"Are we still going to be having sex when the maid comes to clean?"

"Michel sometimes likes to send up the maid early to scare the customers. If he knows I'm here, we'll get an early wakeup call. He's always looking for blackmail material."

"That guy is a putz," Luke said opening the door to hang the sign. "Why do you keep him around?"

"He's got blackmail photos."

Luke locked the door, then grabbed her and pushed her back against it. This time, however, his hands were everywhere. They were in her hair, on her breasts, under her shirt, on her ass and caressing her face. She was on sensation overload as she tried to give as good as she was getting.

"Hey, Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"We've never done it standing up," she said as he pulled back from her.

"What about those times in the shower?"

"Considering we're usually worried about falling and breaking our hips, those don't really count. Anyway, we've never done it standing up against a door like in The Godfather."

"And you want to change that?"

"Yes" she said as her hand reached down to caress him through his slacks. "Right now."

Luke almost growled as he pushed harder against her, and hoisted her on his hips. She wrapped her legs around his waist as her lips moved to his earlobe.

"Pants, Luke," she said as her legs dropped to the floor. She unbuckled his belt and pants and pulled them down, leaving him in his boxers. Luke reached under Lorelai's skirt to remove her underwear. Lorelai reached her hand inside Luke's boxers to find him ready and able.

Lorelai smiled as she removed her hand and pulled off his boxers. Luke kissed her again, gaining entrance into her mouth as his hand made sure she was ready. As he hoisted her up and entered her, Lorelai bit Luke on the shoulder through his shirt, causing Luke to moan from a combination of pain and ecstasy.

As Luke thrust into her, Lorelai hung onto his neck and moaned into his ear. Once they had found their separate releases, Luke carried a still-wrapped-around-his-body Lorelai to the bed.

"That was so much better than The Godfather," she said as Luke removed the rest of Lorelai's clothing, then his own.

"I don't know about that," he said as he got into bed next to her. "The Godfather is a really good movie. It was definitely better than Godfather III."

Lorelai hit Luke across the chest.

"If you ever compare our sex life to Godfather III again, you will find yourself back to Cinemax and being your own best friend."

"All right, it was better than any movie you've ever forced me to watch," he said kissing her again.

"Thank you, she said snuggling up against him. "Now let's test this bed for durability."

Luke smiled as she rolled on top of him.

Everyone was awake at Christopher's when Francine arrived.

"Hello, Grandmother Hayden," Gigi said in her sweet little girl voice. "We've been waiting for you."

"Hello, Georgia. Christopher, what is going on here."

"Gigi, do you want to explain or should I."

"I'll do it, Daddy, since you'll just get it wrong. Have a seat, Grandmother Hayden. This may take a while."

Gigi explained her dilemma and Christopher's role in her ascension as Francine listened patiently. She couldn't believe the crazy tale this small child was explaining with words she shouldn't know. She was slightly disturbed to hear her granddaughter's soul was being held as blackmail to make her father kill another man.

"Now, let me see if I have this straight. You are the spawn of Satan and have found a way to take over this world via a gateway to Hell that resides in Stars Hollow, and the only way to open this portal is to kill a man you lives here? A man that happens to be dating the mother of my son's other daughter? Why didn't you just take over her body? You could have killed him yourself."

"If I could kill him myself, I would, but he is protected from me. I cannot harm him. Someone else must do it, and your son is the perfect patsy. He'd do anything if he thought he could have that woman back."

Francine sighed because she knew Georgia was right.

"So say my son kills this man, this Mr. Danes? What happens then?"

"I'll leave this body as my own will be released from the fissure. Georgia's soul will return to this body, and Christopher will have 30 minutes to leave Stars Hollow before all Hell breaks loose."

Gigi laughed at her own pun, but Francine was not in the mood for her humor.

"And you have a way for Christopher to kill this man?"

"All he has to do is pull the trigger. He tried once, but missed and got hit in the face with a frying pan."

Francine stifled a laugh. It was typical Christopher.

"Okay, Christopher will do it, but if he fails again, you'll set him free."

"I can't do that. He'd just miss on purpose."

"No he won't. If he does, you may keep Georgia's soul."

"Mother!" Christopher said as he stood up from the couch.

"Sit down, Christopher. You had your chance to solve this, but you called me instead. You'll do as you're told. If you had listened to me and your father years ago, none of this would have happened."

"I don't see how going to Princeton would have prevented this."

"If you had gone to Princeton, you'd have met someone new, most likely gotten her pregnant and married her. You'd have a nice job, with a nice wife, a few children and you wouldn't be chasing after Lorelai Gilmore. Now, you are going to do this. I feel sorry for that man, but I have a grandchild to think about. Do we have a deal, Georgia?"

"Deal. Shake on it?"

Georgia extended her hand, and Francine took it. Christopher put his face in his hands. He couldn't believe his own mother had turned against him.

"Now, I'm going to go home. Please, don't call me again, Christopher, until you have your daughter back."

Francine left as quickly as she could. She was horrified at what had happened to Georgia, but panicking would not help matters any. She did what she always did, she tried as best she could to clean up the mess Christopher had made. She only hope it didn't lead to Georgia or Christopher getting hurt or killed.

At 7 a.m., on Michel's orders, a maid attempted to open the door to room number seven, but found it blocked.

Lorelai was still lying in bed next to Luke when she heard the door rattle.

"I'm going to kill Michel," she said as Luke rolled over to face her.

"What?" he said in a sleep heavy voice.

"Nothing. I'm just glad you thought to put that chair there because I was going to have give Michel a raise otherwise."

Christopher couldn't sleep. He thought his mother was going to save him, not make things worse. Now, if he didn't kill Luke, he'd lose Gigi forever. He only had one real course of action. He was going to kill a man. Christopher picked up his gun, and headed out of the apartment. If he was going to shoot Luke, he had to make sure he wasn't going to miss this time.

Gigi woke up at the sound of the door closing. She could feel Christopher's will crumbling. He was hers now. She just hoped that he didn't mess up because she could feel the time frame for opening the portal getting shorter and shorter.

She didn't know what was about to happen, but she only had one more chance to take over this world and make it her own. She left the apartment to get some breakfast.

The bell over the door to Luke's Diner rang as a tiny girl walked into the diner by herself.

"Hey, kid, bathroom's are for customers," Luke said as Georgia Hayden climbed into a stool at the counter.

"I don't have to pee," she said in a little girl voice. "I'm here for breakfast. I here your pancakes are to die for."