AN: Hey, you liked it! Yay! I'm happy! Well, I guess I forgot to mention a few things last chapter. Sorry about the title, it has nothing to do with the story, I know. It's just that I was listening to The Smiths (they so rock!) while I was uploading the story and How Soon Is Now started playing (I love that song) so I just used as my title, but no I do not own it, unfortunately. I own the CD, but not the rights hehehe. Another thing, yes, this is a PDLD, but I guess I'll throw in some Luke/Lorelai just for the fun of it. I actually just want to have fun with this story, so yeah... I think this is it... I'm listening to The Smiths again, singing The Boy With The Thorn In His Side... hahaha, sorry, now on to the Thank yous!
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Jmarit17 - less dramatic, that's what I was going for! Yeah, I wished I had thought of that, Finn pinching Ms Patty back, I guess she would have loved that, right... I mean, who wouldn't? Besides the point... Yeah Marty's pretty stupid, I don't like him either, so that'll probably reflect in this story... anyway, thanks for reviewing!
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Chapter 2: Surprise, surprise!
Lorelai had just pulled her car up her driveway when her cell phone started ringing inside her purse. She quickly grabbed it and answered, "hello?"
"Hey, it's me."
"Hey, 'me'. Oh, wait. 'Me'? I'm talking to myself on the phone? I'm even more insane than I thought," she rambled on.
"It's Luke," he said and Lorelai could just picture him rolling his eyes.
"Oh, so you're not me?"
"No, I'm not me, er, you..."
"Ha," she teased.
Luke just grunted. "Are you doing something tonight?" he asked after Lorelai stopped laughing.
"Well, actually I made plans with Matt."
"Who the hell's Matt?"
"He's my boyfriend. My other boyfriend," she said seriously.
"Lorelai..."
"Why? Did you want to do something? Cause I could cancel with Matt, he wouldn't mind. He's not jealous."
"Lorelai..."
"He's not jealous of you actually."
"Forget it."
"Aw, you give up so easily!"
"You know, one day I might actually believe one of you insane rambles."
"Why won't you believe me now?'
"Lorelai..."
"Fine, I'll stop."
"Thank you. So, you're not doing anything tonight?"
"I don't know... am I?"
"I want to cook for you, at your house."
"Cook for me? Will you wash the dishes afterwards?"
"Don't I always?"
"I guess."
"Is 8 ok?"
"It's perfect."
"I'll see you later then."
Lorelai went inside her empty house. Rory had been away for over two years, she was junior at Yale now, but still she could not get used to her empty house. She went over to her daughter's bedroom and looked around. Everything was just as Rory had left it. All her posters, most of her books and all her stuff on the dresser, it was all there. Lorelai believed that after college, Rory would come back home and their lives would continue just as it had always been. Of course she had Luke in her life now too. She loved him. She couldn't imagine her life without him in it anymore. All the years it took them to be together, all the years they danced around, flirted but never acted on it... they were making up for the lost time now. Lorelai was determined not to let him go. She had always seen Luke as a commitment-phobic kind of guy, but he was just waiting for the right person to come along and he always knew it was her. All that he needed was to wait for her to realize that he was the one for her as well. She eventually did, and now she was happier than she had always been. She decided to call Rory.
"I'm happy," she said when her daughter answered he phone.
"Good! Why?"
"I have Luke in my life."
"Mom... that's sweet."
"I'm in love."
"I'm aware," Rory said as she walked out of her dorm, her cell phone in hand.
"Where are you going?"
"Huh?"
"I just heard a door close. You're either coming in or out."
"Out. I'm going over to Finn's to give back his keys."
"What keys?"
"The keys to his dorm."
"What are you doing with the keys to his dorm?" Lorelai asked and Rory knew she was smirking and her eyebrows were raised.
"He left them in the backseat," Rory said vaguely, tempting Lorelai to tease her.
"That's too easy."
"What?"
"I know nothing happened when you didn't protest."
"You'll never know for sure."
"Mean, mean child."
"Yep, that's me. So was there anything else you wanted or you just called to tell me you were happy?"
"No, that was basically it."
"Ok, then, I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow? What's tomorrow?"
"Mom, you do this every time we talk on a Thursday."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Fine, I'll go for it, like I always do... Friday Night Dinner."
"Right... we're going straight to Heaven when we die, you know that, right?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Hello! Emily and Richard Gilmore every Friday night for the past six years! Purgatory! Actually, no, hell on Earth! We, my dear, are paying for all our sins already. When we die, we'll become saints and they'll build us a church in Stars Hollow."
"Yeah, ok, mom, I'm here at Finn's and I just don't feel like listening to your insanity anymore. I'll see you tomorrow," Rory said while knocking on the door to Finn and Logan's dorm.
"Till tomorrow, ungrateful child. Tell Finn Ms Patty says hi... to his ass!" she said and laughed at her own joke. Rory rolled her eyes and chuckled.
"Good-bye, mom," she said and hung up the phone. No one answered the door so she called out Finn's name. Nothing. She knocked again and called Logan's name. Nothing again. 'I'll just come back later', she thought. 'Wait, I don't have to come back later, I've got his keys! I can just leave them on his desk' she thought and used the keys to open the dorm. She went inside and called the guys' names again, making sure they weren't there. She slowly walked into Finn's bedroom, she had never been there before. She had been in their dorm before, but had only stayed in the common room. His room was organized, for a boy's room at least. There were no naked women posters up on the wall, which was a good thing, Rory thought. His closet door was open and Rory could see that he wasn't one of those people who maintained a clean room by stuffing things inside their closet, his was very clean and organized. But what called her attention the most was his desk and the shelves above it. 'Good taste in music' she thought when she took a Ramones CD from one of the shelves. She put it back and turned her attention to his book collection. Most of his book were related to History and mostly about Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. He owned a few biographies and some literature classics. 'Withering Heights?' she thought when she picked up the book. It had been a while since she read the book so she opened it only to find that Finn underlined all of his favorite quotes from the book. She put the book back and chose another one, Sign of Four. She gasped when she saw what was hidden behind that book. "Jane Eyre? Finn owns Jane Eyre?" she said out loud. She opened the book and saw that he underlined his favorite quotes from the book too. She was so engrossed in reading his favorite passages that she didn't hear someone come in and didn't notice him standing on the doorway.
"You can borrow it if you want, love."
"Jesus Christ!" Rory said startled letting the book fall from her hands.
"Didn't mean to scare you," Finn said walking over to her and picking the book from the floor, "you've never read Jane Eyre?"
"I've read it, I was just surprised you owned it."
"Why? It's a great book."
"I know it is."
"So, why were surprised?"
"You underline your favorite quotes," she remarked.
"I do indeed."
"All your books?"
"Every single one."
"Interesting."
"I'm a very interesting guy."
Rory just smiled and kept looking through his books.
"Not that I mind the visit, but two things come to mind. One: how did you get in when no one was here? I just don't see you as the Breaking and Entering kind of girl. And two: what are you doing here?"
"I think this can answer both your questions," she said showing him his keys, "I got your keys."
"Ah, so you kept them last night so you could sneak in here today and check out my room to see if I'm a normal man and worthy of your attention. I see..."
Rory laughed, "maybe you dropped them in my backseat on purpose to get me inside your room when no one was around," she said.
"Oh, love, you see right through me," he said taking a step towards her.
"Your book collection, very nice," she said turning sideways so not to face him.
He smiled, "I didn't get you inside my room just to look at my books. There are a lot of other things we could do."
"I bet there are," she said still not facing him, but slightly blushing. She was never comfortable when guys flirted with her, even if was just a joke. "Well, you have your keys now, you'll have to come up with another plan to get me here again," she said and walked to the door, Finn following.
"Don't worry, I'll do that," he said and winked at her.
She just smiled and rolled her eyes. "Ah, don't worry," she said before leaving, "I won't tell anyone you have Jane Eyre hidden behind The Sign of Four."
He grinned when she closed the door behind her and started whistling while walking back into his room.
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"Marty!" Rory called when she saw him walking down the hall a few feet away. He closed his eyes and made a face before turning to face her.
"Hey," he greeted not very cheerfully.
"Hey, I missed you at the party last night. Why didn't you go?"
"Oh, I was studying and when I realized it was too late to take a bus to Stars Hollow."
"Why didn't you call me? I could have given you a ride."
"Maybe next time."
"Next year, you mean. Only one birthday a year."
He smiled awkwardly, "Yeah."
"Is everything ok?" Rory asked noticing Marty's unusual behavior towards her.
"I'm fine, just a bit tired from studying so much... How was the party?"
"Fun. Finn impersonated Madonna on my mom's coffee table."
"Sorry I missed that."
"And he did that after Ms Patty pinched his ass," Rory said giggling as she remembered the scene and Finn's reaction.
"Really?" Marty pretended to be interested.
"Of course he then passed out and I had to drive him back, and he forgot his keys and I had to wait for Logan to go open the door. We slept on the doorstep."
"Sounds like you had fun, especially with this Finn person."
"The whole night was great, you really missed some great fun."
"Like I said, maybe next time, or next year... I've gotta go, I'm late for class, I'll see you around."
Rory didn't understand Marty. She was blind to these sort of things. He was jealous. He didn't know her favorite flowers, but her other friends did. They surprised her with that, in the middle of a class. He would have thought the act sweet if he wasn't feeling so jealous of them. He knew he was losing Rory to them. He thought back to their freshman year at Yale, when it was just the two of them. And Paris. But there was no Logan, Finn, Colin or Stephanie. No parties, no drinks, no nothing, just them. He thought he could have had a chance with her, but he was too shy to act on it. Then her ex-boyfriend came into scene again. And then they broke up, but she was already involved with the Yale elite. Deep down he knew Rory would never look at him they way he'd like her to, but he never gave up hope.
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Lorelai wrapped herself in a towel to answer the doorbell.
"I thought you said 8," she said when she saw Luke standing outside.
"I did."
"It's 7 o'clock."
"I know, but I had to make the food. The dinner will start at 8, but I need some time to prepare one of the dishes."
"Oh, but I wanted to watch you cooking! It's such a turn on."
"Lorelai..." Luke said a little embarrassed.
"How come you still get embarrassed with the stuff I say to you?"
"You just don't get used to these things, Lorelai."
She giggled, "you're so cute."
"Whatever. Go on get dressed while I start making dinner."
"You sure you wouldn't rather have dinner with me wrapped in a towel?"
He sighed, "why do you do this? This is a serious date!"
"Well, sor-ry! Fine I'll go..." she said and went upstairs to change. 45 minutes later she came down the stairs. Luke looked at her and smiled, his eyes sparkled, she looked stunning. She noticed his stare and twirled. "What do you think?" she asked.
"You look beautiful," he said.
"Why, thank you... hum, this smells delicious and it looks great too. I'm hungry!"
"Sit, it'll be ready in 15 minutes."
"I need to tell you something important," Luke said when they finished desert.
"Ok."
"I love you."
"I knew that. I love you too."
"Just be quiet and let me talk."
"Aren't we bossy tonight?"
"Lorelai," he begged impatiently.
She giggled, "fine."
"I love you and I've loved you for many years. Yes, I know you know that too. We've been together for 15 months now, but it feels like much more. At least for me. I've known you a long time and I've loved you long enough to know that you're the woman for me, the woman I want to spend my whole life with, " he took a small black velvet box from his pocket and looked at Lorelai, who was completely stunned by his speech, "will you marry me?" he asked while opening the box and reveling a very simple but beautiful diamond ring.
Lorelai stared at the ring for about thirty seconds in silence and Luke was beginning to get worried she might say no and that he had rushed things when she finally spoke, "did you just proposed?" she asked still in shock.
"I'm holding a ring, I've asked the question, I'd say, yes."
"Oh, my gosh... you proposed."
"And you haven't answered."
"I know, I'm sorry, I'm just surprised, that's all."
"Lorelai, I'll be needing an answer anytime soon."
She smiled now that the shock was over and simply said, "yes."
Luke sighed in relief and smiled. He stood up and put the ring on her finger.
"It's beautiful," she said admiring the jewel.
"I love you," he said kneeling down beside her. She looked at him and smiled. She traced his face with her fingers and then put her hands behind his neck, pulling his face to her so she could kiss him. "I love you too," she said when they pulled away.
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'God damn it! Stupid cell phone! Stupid me for not turning it off before going to bed,' Rory thought while she looked for her ringing cell at 2:30 in the morning. She checked the caller ID, 'of course, it had to be my mother.'
"What!" she answered grumpily.
"He proposed!" Lorelai shouted happily. She was in the living room while Luke slept upstairs.
"What!" Rory asked surprised.
"Luke! He proposed tonight! He wants to marry me!"
"Mom! That's great! You said yes, right?"
"Of course, Rory, what kind of question is that?"
"Sorry... well, congratulations! I wish I could be there to hug you! Wait, Luke's at the house, isn't he?"
"Yeah."
"You're calling me now... oh you just had sex!" Rory said with a disgusted face.
Lorelai laughed at the other end, "we had to celebrate," she said.
"Ew mom, too much, that's too much."
"I'm so happy, I can't even sleep."
"So you called me."
"I wanted you to be the first to know."
"Thanks. I'm so happy for you."
"I'm happy for me too." They both giggled.
"Are you going to tell grandma and grandpa tomorrow?"
"Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, you took forever to tell them you were engaged to Max. Plus, they're not very fond of Luke, you know."
"He's going to dinner with us tomorrow and I'm telling them," Lorelai affirmed.
"He agreed to this?"
"Yes..."
"Did you ask him?"
"Yes..."
"Mom, did you ask him?"
"No, not yet, but he'll go, trust me, I can be very persuasive," Lorelai said with an evil grin on her face.
"I'm gonna go before this conversation gets any worse. I'll give you a hug tomorrow."
"Ok, hon, good night!"
"You too, mom. Congratulations again!"
"Thanks. I love you sweets!"
"Love you too mom, see you tomorrow."
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AN: Ok, so there's an engagement party on the way, hehe. Lots could happen, and I'm already thinking about some stuff, I just don't know how long it'll take me to write. I'm a very slow writer... sometimes...anyway, don't forget to review!
