To everyone who's wondering, Christopher probably won't make another appearance after this chapter. I don't like him either but I just needed him to make another complication that will come in to play later on in the story. Also I'm back to school so my updating is going to get a lot slower I'm sorry but my teachers don't believe in giving a little amount of homework.
"Emily, I can't do it, she's too in love with him" Christopher said. "Rory loves him too"
"She's throwing her life away" Emily said. "I won't stand for"
"Emily, that isn't your decision" Christopher said. "He's there for Lorelai and Rory more than I ever was. I think maybe she's found her guy"
"No, things were not supposed to turn out this way" Emily said. "If you aren't going to help me then I'll do it by myself"
Emily hung up the phone.
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"Home sweet home" Lorelai said as she walked in the door. "Isabel this is your house, see"
"You go sit down, I'll put this stuff upstairs" Luke said.
Lorelai took Isabel and sat on the couch.
"Rory I do believe we owe you that present you were supposed to open on Christmas Eve" Lorelai said.
"It's Christmas day so technically you owe me a whole lot more presents" Rory said.
"I want to open my presents too" Lorelai said. "Luke hurry up"
He came back downstairs.
"We want to open our presents" Lorelai said.
"Yeah" Rory said.
"You two are acting like five year olds" Luke said.
"We're going to open our presents without you if you don't come sit down" Lorelai said.
"Alright, alright" Luke said sitting down.
"Okay, Rory you go first" Lorelai said.
Rory grabbed a present and tore it open.
"A book I don't have" Rory said.
"Now me" Lorelai said grabbing a present. "This one's from Luke"
Lorelai unwrapped the present and opened the box.
"It's the bracelet I saw when I was shopping with Rory" Lorelai said. "You told him about it"
"No" Rory said. "I swear I didn't"
"I saw it and I thought of you" Luke said. "Rory didn't tell me about it"
"Wow, I guess you know me" Lorelai said.
"I guess I do" Luke said.
"Well I know you too" Lorelai said. "This gift is from Rory and me"
She handed him a box. He unwrapped it. In it was a baseball cap and a solid colored shirt.
"We figured, maybe just maybe, we could get you to wear a shirt that's not plaid" Lorelai said. "Who knows, maybe it's not too late to change your fashion sense"
"Forget about it" Luke said.
"Come on" Rory said.
"Next person" Luke said.
"Not a lot of people were expecting Isabel for Christmas so I think Santa will give her her presents tomorrow" Lorelai said.
"So it's back to me" Rory said.
They continued opening gifts until there were no more.
"Okay, I think we're done" Lorelai said.
"Wait, there should be one more present for Rory" Luke said.
He got up and looked around the Christmas tree.
"Here it is" Luke said grabbing a present that had been pushed far under the tree.
He handed the box to Rory.
"It's from Luke" Rory said smiling.
She carefully opened it. In it was a necklace with a single pearl and a journal.
"Is this real?" Rory asked.
"Yes" Luke said.
"Oh my god" Rory said.
She looked through the journal. On the inside cover was a message that read:
Rory,
Your dream is to be a journalist so I figured a journal would help you with that dream. Along with this journal is a necklace with a single pearl, simply and beautiful exactly like you. I know I will never live this down with you and your mother around but I felt you should know it. Although I will be having child of my own with your mother I want you to know that to me, you are my daughter. It has been a pleasure to see you grow up and I can only hope that this child turns out to be as wonderful as you.
Love,
Luke
"Thank you Luke" Rory said hugging him.
"You're welcome" Luke said.
"Would you like me to put it on for you?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah" Rory said.
Lorelai handed Isabel to Luke and put the necklace on Rory.
The doorbell and the phone rang.
"It's been enough time for the entire town to hear we had the baby" Lorelai said. "It's probably one of them"
"I'll get the door" Rory said.
"I'll get the phone" Lorelai said.
"No, you stay seated" Luke said.
He handed the baby to Lorelai and answered the phone.
"Hey Grandma, hi Grandpa" Rory said answering the door.
"Hello Rory" Emily said. "That's a lovely necklace you're wearing"
"Thank you, Luke gave it to me for Christmas" Rory said. "Everyone's in the living room, we just finished opening presents"
"Oh" Emily said.
Everyone went into the living room.
"Merry Christmas Mom and Dad" Lorelai said. "Now I already gave you your present but I think this one is a little better than that, would you like to hold your new granddaughter?"
"We would love to" Emily said.
Lorelai handed Isabel to Emily. Luke hung up the phone.
"Who was it honey?" Lorelai asked.
"Sookie; she was seeing if everything was alright. She's coming for a visit tomorrow" Luke said. "And she said the inn held up during the blizzard"
"Oh" Lorelai said.
"What made you decide on the name Isabel?" Emily asked.
"It was Luke's mother's name" Lorelai said.
"Oh" Emily said.
"So, how were the roads on the way here?" Lorelai said changing the subject.
"Terrible" Richard said. "Ice and snow everywhere. It took double the time to get here"
"You guys could have waited until tomorrow" Lorelai said. "You shouldn't drive in such dangerous conditions"
"We wanted to see our new granddaughter" Emily said.
"I'm going to start dinner" Luke said. "Is turkey okay with everyone?"
"Turkey would be lovely" Richard said.
"I'll grab some extra chairs" Rory said.
"They're in the closet" Lorelai said.
Luke went to the kitchen and Rory went to the closet to get the chairs.
"Have you heard from Christopher recently?" Emily asked. "He's doing quite well. His new business is up and running and it's quite a money maker"
"Not only did I hear from him he showed up on my doorstep telling me he loved me" Lorelai said. "He then proceeded to tell me I didn't really love Luke and then he punched Luke, so his business might be great but that doesn't stop him from being a jerk"
"Christopher is a wonderful man" Emily said. "He loves you and Rory"
"He may love Rory but deep down he doesn't love me. I have found the man I want to be with and now he needs to go find the person he wants to be with" Lorelai said.
"You can't be serious Lorelai" Emily said. "Look at the life you could have if you lived with Christopher. Isabel could live with her father and you and Rory could go have the life you deserve"
"Are you saying I dump Luke and leave Isabel with him" Lorelai said disbelievingly.
"I'm saying you get the life that you and Rory deserve" Emily said. "You don't even have to leave Isabel with Luke. Christopher and you could raise her"
"That is it" Lorelai said angrily. "Give me back my child and leave!"
"Lorelai you're being impossible" Emily said. "I only want what's best for you and Rory"
"That's not what's best for us!" Lorelai shouted. "What's best for us is to stay with the man who loves us both"
"Christopher does love you both" Emily said. "And he can give you the life you both deserve"
"The life you seem to think Rory and I deserve is the life that I ran away from" Lorelai said. "So it may be the life we deserve but it is not the one we want. I don't care what you think of Luke, hell; I don't even care what you think of me. All I care about is that you don't try to ruin my life, the life I want and the life Rory wants"
"Why don't you…"
"Emily" Richard said cutting her off. "It's apparent that Lorelai is not going to change her mind. At least this time she's doing the right thing and marrying the man who is the father of her baby. He may not be the person you want marrying your daughter but apparently she finds something in him that you do not. Now I suggest we drop the subject"
"So you're going to let her throw her life away?" Emily asked. "Just like that"
"Please leave" Lorelai said standing up.
She took Isabel from Emily.
"I will not stand here and watch you insult the father of the baby you're holding" Lorelai said. "Now leave"
Emily and Richard left.
"Dinner for three?" Luke asked.
Lorelai nodded.
"Rory, we won't be needing those extra chairs" Lorelai said.