Title: Father's Day Works Magic

Summary: Rory wants to spend father's day with Luke. Set after season 6.

Disclaimer: I only own my imagination. The rest is all ASP's doing.

Previously: Luke takes Rory To the bating cages. They have father/daughter bonding moments.

CHAPTER 5: FISHING WITH SHAKESPEARE

"Mom, thank you for this." said Lorelai, leading Emily in the living room.

"It's alright Lorelai. I'm happy to have done this for you." said Emily, genuinely happy. "Now tell me again why you couldn't of had bought this yourself?" she says as they sat on the couch.

Lorelai sighed. "Mom. If I had bought this here, then everyone in Stars Hollow would have found out before I did."

"I suppose. How you live with these gossip queens, I will never know."

"You're one to talk. I mean gossiping with the DAR about Bitty's new nose job. Kind of the same thing mom. Just, the gossip here is about the people living in this town. Not high society."

"I suppose you are right. That Patricia is such a doll. Oh, did you know that Tully was caught by her husband with Benny the butcher man?"

Lorelai looked at her mother in a what-the-heck-was-that look. "No I didn't."

"Well he did." she chuckled. "Oh, now that's drama for you." she said with an amused smile on her face. Then she turned to Lorelai with a serious expression. "Are you sure about this?"

Lorelai looked at her mother and softly said "Yeah."

"But how are you sure? I mean are you-"

"Yes. And amongst other things. I just know mom. I have this feeling."

"Ok. Well, it's all in here." she said, giving Lorelai the plastic bag.

"Thanks." Lorelai smiled.

"You're welcome." she replied, getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"To give you some privacy." she said.

"Please stay."

"What?"

"I can't do this alone. Please stay."

Emily looked at her daughter. She had those pleading eyes and that pout. In all the years, Emily would have never imagined that Lorelai would beg her to stay for this. And she was happy that she did. "Alright."

xOxOx

"This is your cabin?" asked Rory, walking inside Luke's family cabin.

"Yep. This is it."

"Wow, It's beautiful. I never imagined that it'd look like this."

"Well this is a family cabin." the two entered and rested in the kitchen. "Now, this is the kitchen, right there's the living room. In the hallway in the living room leads to the bedrooms and there's two bathrooms."

"How many bedrooms are there?"

"3. One for me, one for Liz and one for my parents."

"Cool. Can I see them?"

"Sure. Lets go." the pair went into the living room and into the hallway. First they went into Liz's room.

"Wow, very retro." she said.

"Yeah, Liz was the rebellion in the family."

Then they went into Luke's room. "How manly of you. Baseball really is your favorite sport." she said, referring to all the baseball stuff he had in his old room.

Luke shrugged. Then they went into Luke's parent's room. "It's big." Rory marveled.

"Yep."

"I love this balcony." she said, walking out into the balcony that has the view of the entire lake.

"Me too."

"This is a great cabin Luke. No wonder you like to come here."

"Yeah." Rory went exploring some more in the cabin while Luke made them some snack. Rory went back into Luke's room. Something about young Luke intrigued her. She knew he liked baseball, obviously, she knew that he was an athletic person. But she didn't know much about him.

She enjoyed so much looking at his old stuff. It makes her feel more connected to Luke. She looked at old photo albums. She loved to know what Luke looked like as a young boy. Then she looked at more of his stuff. She found an old stuffed bear. It was so cute. It had a baseball cap on and was wearing a baseball jersey. She took the bear and headed on out into the kitchen.

"Look what I found." she announced, holding up the bear and showing it to Luke.

"Oh. Hey, I forgot all about that." he replied, looking at the bear.

"It's so cute. Is it yours?"

"Yeah. My mom made it. It was her gift for my ninth birthday. I had it here at the cabin. It was the last time the whole family ever spent our time here. Before my mom died." he said quietly.

Rory looked at him with sad eyes. "Oh I'm sorry Luke. Duh. Of course. I'm sorry for making you remember those stuff."

"It's ok. It's all in the past. I haven't even looked at that thing since then."

"It must be painful. I'll just put it back."

"No. it's ok. I'm glad you found it. I missed it."

"Really? Did you hug it at night while you slept?" she asked teasingly.

He rolled his eyes. "No."

"What's it's name?"

"It doesn't have a name."

"It doesn't have a name? But Luke, every teddy bear has to have a name."

"Fine you name it."

"Ok. I'll name you…Shakespeare."

"Shakespeare? Why?"

"Because, he's one of the greatest writers in history." she said in a 'duh' tone."Why? Do you have any other name for him?"

"No."

"Ok. Hi there Shakespeare." she said, shaking the bears hands. Luke rolled his eyes. "It really is a great bear Luke."

"Do you want it?"

"Me?"

"Yeah. I don't want it, obviously, so you can have it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. You already named it."

"Thank you Luke." she said, giving him a hug. "So what do you have there?" she said, referring to the table with food in front of them.

"well, I made some sandwiches. I thought that we could eat outside, like a picnic or something. And, if you like, we can go swimming also."

"Swimming?" he nodded. "But Ididn't bring any bathing suit."

"Your mom left her bathing suit in here the last time we came. Since you guys share your clothes all the time, the bathing suit would probably fit you. If not, I'm sure we can find something from Liz."

"Ok. I'll try mom's. where is it?"

"It should be in the masters bedroom. In the closet."

"Ok." then Rory ran towards the bedrooms.

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"It's so beautiful out here." said Rory as they walked outside. Rory was wearing Lorelai's two piece black bikini, but, out of shyness and Luke's disapproval of how revealing it looked, she wore a large shirt over it. Luke wore his swim trunks and his shirt. They settled under a huge tree. Luke spread the food on the blanket and they ate.

"This is really nice Luke." said Rory once they were finished eating.

"Yes it is."

"I really love it out here. it's so peaceful. And perfect with the weather."

"Yep."

"Do you want to go swimming?"

"Sure."

Luke and Rory went swimming. Then after a while, Luke took out the boat and they went fishing. Luke taught Rory the proper way to fish, just as he taught Lorelai. The good thing about Rory is, she was easier to teach than her mother. After a few tries, Rory got the hang of it, she caught a few fish, small but still fishes.

"It's so cute Luke. Can I keep it please?"

"Are you gonna take care of it?"

"Yes."

"Fine. You can keep it."

Rory squealed. "Thank you."

"Welcome."

Rory stayed quiet for a while. "Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"You know I really want to call you dad."

"You know you have a dad."

Rory shook her head. "Not a dad like you. Chris may be my biological father, but you're my dad. You always have. In my heart and in my mom's."

"You know, if you want you can call me dad."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I've always looked at you as my daughter."

"And I always look at you as my dad. So I can call you dad?"

"Sure. But it might be weird considering your mom and I are not together anymore."

"Then why don't you just change that?"

"What do you mean?"

"Luke," she says exasperated. "You love mom. Mom loves you. I know you guys want to be together. You guys can work it out. Talk to each other."

"Rory."

"Don't you want to be with mom?"

"You know I do."

"Then why don't you? At least try to get her back. She will come back."

Luke looked at Rory who was now focusing on fishing. Then he went back to fishing as well, focusing on his own thoughts.

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"Lorelai?" said Emily once Lorelai appeared in the living room. She was drained. She's tired. Emily took a look at her. She was frozen still. An expression on her face that said she was gonna cry. "Oh Lorelai." she said, then she hugged her. Lorelai hugged her mother back tightly, letting the tears flow from her eyes.

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A/N: I'd like to think that you guys have an idea of what Lorelai's favor was. You'll get a cookie if you can guess it. It's kind of obvious now.

A/N: Next chapter's last.

OXOXOXOXOXO

Things i like about this chapter/
+Lorelai wanting Emily to stay for the favor
+Rory looking through Luke's stuff
+Rory naming the bear Shakespeare
+Luke giving the bear to Rory
+Rory telling Luke to at least talk to Lorelai and work things out
+Lorelai crying in Emily's arms
+When you review and tell me what you like about it

Mood: sleepy

Main thought while writing this chapter;
...Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, the amazing chocolatier...
...Oompa Loompa Doompa-Di-Do. I've got a question, a question for you...
...The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good...
GO MANNY (PAC MAN) PACQUIAO

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