We're not going to take this!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! I am just obsessing about it per usual. Used storyline from I get a sidekick out of you, and of course I don't own ANTM, or Tyra banks or Miss Jay. It would be cool if I did, but I don't.
Summary: why won't Lorelai assert some control over her spinning out of control life? What if she does? How would Luke take it?
I just read very troubling news. No ASP and co next year. We may despise her for what she did to OUR couple, but still they are the lifeblood of the show. She is the messiah if you will, and we the decipels. Today is a very sad sad day.
Author's Note: I am going to be in Florida for the next couple of weeks, so I can't count on regular updates, since I don't have high speed there. Thanks for all the reviews everyone has been writing. RnR
'Pack your bags, were going camping.' Luke said and Lorelai just looked at him like he was crazy. 'I'm sorry what?' She said and he smiled and took her in. He had missed her while he was away, but spending time with April had given him the perspective he needed. He knew he couldn't be the parent he wanted to be without Lorelai there by his side.
He had to sit down and truly think why he kept it from her in the first place. There must be some reason that he felt panic when he had finally realized that his daughter and her mother would be in his life, and he had to own up to it. Lorelai deserved that after all.
And then when Jess had called him from Lane's wedding to inform him that he was needed at home, he had been scared. At first he thought that it had to do with the baby, or Lorelai. He had horrible visions of a miscarriage, or worse Lorelai in some horrific accident, and he wasn't there for her.
And that's when he remembered who was taking her to the wedding. Christopher, someone who was always there in the background of their relationship. It felt like he was just waiting for Luke to mess up to the degree that Lorelai would just give up on him, and move onto to Christopher. You return to what you know, right?
So he had sat by himself on the cramped smelly yellow school bus, and he thought long and hard about his relationship, his past and the most pinnacle, his future. Did he want to be with her? Did he see a future or was the proposal and everything after that, just an aftershock from the sudden rift in the once perfect relationship between Rory and Lorelai.
Did Lorelai simply jump from one deep relationship to the next, but then he closed his eyes and thought about lazy Sunday mornings, with the sun shining in on them, and Lorelai just lying in his arms, and he knew the answer. They were the whole package together, and neither of them would ever feel that way with anyone else.
'I'm taking you camping and fishing. We're going to fix this.' He said and bounded into the house and went upstairs and started throwing clothes in his old duffel. 'What happened to the one Anna gave you?' Lorelai had said in the doorway and he shrugged. 'It bothered my fiancée, and all I want to do is make her happy.'
Lorelai whimpered a little and Luke looked at her to make sure she was ok. 'Damn hormones.' She said and went to go dry her eyes with the almost empty box of Kleenex. 'Will you go with me, so we can work things out?' Luke asked her hopefully and Lorelai looked at Luke trying to find any reason not to go, and for once, she realized, she didn't feel nauseous.
She took this as a sign and nodded. 'As long as I don't have to sleep on the floor, sure.' Luke smiled and Lorelei began to help him pack.
Hour later, in the truck, it is silent. Lorelai rubs her stomach trying to ease the butterflies and the nauseous ness. Luke looks over at her worriedly. 'Your sure that everything is ok?' Lorelai shrugs. 'Yup everything is fine, just haven't been pregnant in 22 years Luke, it's a little different.' Lorelai snapped, and both of them didn't speak for another half an hour.
'If I hadn't told you already Lorelai, I'm really happy about it.. You know.' Luke said and he took on of her hands in his and he rubbed his thumb along her index finger. 'Thanks.' Lorelai said awkwardly.
She didn't know how to deal with Luke anymore. That one gesture blew apart her defenses, and she was ready to hate Luke for abandoning her when there was so much wrong with them. But of course this is Luke, who had to wait eight years to even approach her about his feelings.
Lorelai shifted uncomfortably and saw a sign that there was a rest stop coming up. 'Can we go into that rest stop?' Lorelai said awkwardly and Luke nodded numbly. Lorelai stumbled out of the truck awkwardly and she kept on looking back to see Luke.
She had an insane thought that she could just run away and avoids the conversation that she knew was coming when they finally got to Luke's cabin. He had assured her that the most camping she would have to do was sitting on the dock and watch him catch their dinner.
Instead she went pee again and when she came out, there was Luke with a steaming cup of coffee. Lorelai stopped for a second and then smiled. 'I am ignoring that you are drinking this.' He said and she smiled and both of them were quiet for the rest of the drive.
Luke pulled onto a dirt road and Lorelai looked around and saw a lake and trees. 'Wow Luke this is amazing.' Lorelai said and Luke stopped the truck in front of a small cabin. 'It's been in my family for a long time.' Luke says and Lorelai steps out of the truck. Luke leads her into the cabin.
'Can you point me to a bed, I need to lay down.' She didn't even wait for Luke to point out where to go she went off to find it herself. She found a small bedroom with a double bed with a plaid cover on the bed. It was rustic and cozy.
Lorelai just collapsed and slept on her side, not even thinking about that when she woke up, she would have to talk to Luke. One of the worst things about her separation with Luke was that she missed the feeling of sleeping with Luke. Not the sex, just lying next to Luke.
She woke up to the smell of simmering meat, and she smiled and wandered out sleepily. 'Hey.' Luke says as she goes and sits at the table.
'How long was I out for?' Lorelai asked Luke and he shrugged casually. 'Not too long, have you been sleeping ok?' Luke asks and Lorelai doesn't answer him. 'I think you know that answer.' Lorelai states and Luke doesn't say anything in response to that.
Soon, dinner is done and they sit and eat in silence. Lorelai hadn't been feeling up to eating much, since she found out about the pregnancy. Of course it was delicious and they sat in silence. It was beginning to drive Lorelai crazy.
'When are we going to speak to each other Luke?' Lorelai asked and Luke sighed and gathered their plates. 'This has to go well Lorelai, or where will that leave us?'
'Well I guess I should start then? Luke says and he sits down in the living room. 'Yeah maybe that's a good idea.'
