Three months later.
I'm finally getting the time to update. This chapter might not be as good as some, I don't really know but I hadn't updated in a while so I had to write something.
"I'm getting married in a week" Lorelai said. "I'm really nervous"
"Why? You have a great guy who is a great dad and will be a great husband" Sookie said.
"But there's so much to do. There are still the flowers, the final arrangement for the guest list, the decorations, the final fitting for the wedding dress. Thank god I finally lost the last of the pregnancy weight because when I got that first dress fitting, I almost cried" Lorelai said.
"You look great" Sookie said. "I wish I could look that great"
"I just hope nothing goes wrong" Lorelai said. "By the way tomorrow at five is the last time to try on your bridesmaid dress"
"Noted" Sookie said.
"I'll pick you up at four thirty" Lorelai said.
"So have you called your parents?" Sookie asked.
"To make sure they were coming, yes" Lorelai said.
"Are you going to have your dad walk you down the aisle?"
Lorelai sighed.
"I'm still debating" Lorelai said. "I mean, he was never for Luke but he was never against him either. I just don't know. If I don't than I'll regret it because I'm only doing this once hopefully. I'm pretty sure I'll do it. I'll call him now"
Lorelai picked up the phone but then set it back down.
"What if my mother answers?" Lorelai asked.
"Than say you need to ask your dad an important question" Sookie said.
Lorelai picked up the phone and called them.
"Mom? It's Lorelai" Lorelai said. "Everything's fine. I just needed to ask Dad an important question. Okay, yeah"
Lorelai waited for a second.
"Dad? It's Lorelai; can I meet you for lunch today? Anywhere, I just have a question to ask you that can't really wait. You want to come here? Okay, see you in an hour" Lorelai said hanging up.
Isabel started fussing.
"Oh my Izzy, it's okay" Lorelai said picking her up.
"By the way, don't go in the kitchen" Sookie said.
"Why would that be?" Lorelai asked smiling.
"I just don't want you to see the wedding cake until it's finished" Sookie said.
"Sure" Lorelai said.
"Also, I invited your mother to your bachelorette party" Sookie said.
"I'm sorry did you just say you invited my mother?" Lorelai asked.
"I had to" Sookie said. "She knows you're going to have a bachelorette party and she would have been hurt if she wasn't invited"
"Yeah, yeah" Lorelai said. "Listen, I am going to run Isabel to Luke's because I have lunch in an hour with my dad"
"Okay" Sookie said. "You aren't mad at me for inviting your mother?"
"Of course not" Lorelai said. "And now I have to go"
"Okay" Sookie said.
Lorelai loaded Isabel in her stroller.
"If my dad gets here before I come back tell him I'll be back in a second" Lorelai said.
She walked over to Luke's. People were crowded everywhere.
"Damn tourists are everywhere" Luke said grouchily as Lorelai entered the diner.
Isabel smiled and cooed at the sight of her dad.
"I'm taking it you wouldn't be able to take Izzy for a few hours" Lorelai said.
"I'm sorry but it is really busy here" Luke said. "Why can't you take her?"
"I can it's just my Dad's coming to the inn for lunch" Lorelai said. "It's okay then, he'll be glad to see her since it's been three months"
"Have you tried talking to your mother?" Luke asked.
"Talking to my mother is like talking to a brick wall" Lorelai said. "I should probably get back to the inn before my dad gets there"
"I'll see you later" Luke said.
Luke kissed Lorelai and she and Isabel walked back to the inn.
"You still have Isabel with you" Sookie said puzzled.
"The diner is packed with tourists" Lorelai said.
"Poor Luke" Sookie said.
Just then Richard walked in.
"Hi Dad" Lorelai said.
"Hello Lorelai" Richard said. "Hello Isabel"
Isabel smiled and cooed.
"She's gotten big" Richard said.
"You're telling me" Lorelai said. "So do you want to eat here? Luke's is really busy"
"Sure" Richard said.
They went into the dining room. Lorelai put Isabel in her carrier on a chair.
"So what is it you wanted to ask me?" Richard asked.
"I wanted to ask you…if you'd walk me down the aisle" Lorelai said.
"I'd be honored to" Richard said smiling.
"Thank you" Lorelai said. "It'd mean a lot"
"You know Lorelai, your mother is sorry for what she did" Richard said. "If you'd just talk to her"
Lorelai sighed.
"Why doesn't she come to me if she's so sorry" Lorelai said. "If I remember correctly, she's the one that owes the apology, not me"
"You won't answer her calls or letters" Richard said. "How can she come to you?"
"She could drop by" Lorelai said. "Tell you what; tell her that if she chooses to call, I will answer"
Isabel started banging her toy against her carrier and started to cry. Lorelai picked her up.
"Is she a fussing baby?" Richard asked.
"No, she's a lot like Rory was" Lorelai said. "And her dad"
"Hmm" Richard said. "Lorelai, I don't know if you hear this from me very often but I think you should, I'm very proud of you"
Lorelai smiled.
"Thank you Dad" Lorelai said.
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3:00AM, three days later.
Lorelai sleepily was holding Isabel who had been fussing for the last couple hours.
"Come on Isabel" Lorelai said sleepily. "I've fed you, I've changed you, and I've held you. What do you want?"
Isabel just continued to cry. Lorelai sat down and rocked her. Isabel quieted down. Lorelai dozed off to sleep.
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"Lorelai? Lorelai" Luke said.
Lorelai opened her eyes. Luke was standing in front of her holding Isabel.
"I woke up and you were gone" Luke said. "How long have you been sleeping here?"
"What time is it?" Lorelai asked.
"9:00" Luke said.
"Six hours" Lorelai said. "Izzy wouldn't sleep"
"Why didn't you have me get her?" Luke asked.
"You had her last night" Lorelai said. "You need your sleep"
"You still could have woken me up" Luke said. "Why don't you go sleep for a while?"
"Yeah" Lorelai said getting up.
She walked to her room and fell asleep again. An hour later she woke up and got dressed. Downstairs in the kitchen Luke was making breakfast. He had dark circles under his eyes.
"Man, a few more nights like this and you're going to start drinking coffee too" Lorelai said.
"Not on my life" Luke said.
Lorelai sat at the table and put her head down.
"A cemetery is more alive than the both of you" Rory said.
"Your sister is a little confused on the whole sleep at night, be awake during the day thing" Luke said.
"Why don't you guys sleep and I'll take Isabel out for a sisterly bonding day on the town" Rory suggested.
"I love you my child" Lorelai said hugging Rory.
"I'll go get Izzy ready" Rory said. "After breakfast, you guys eat and I'll take Isabel over to Lane's or Dean's"
Lorelai replied with a grunt.
"Wow, you spend way to much time around Luke" Rory said. "No offense Luke"
"None taken" Luke said. "Here is your breakfast"
He placed pancakes down in front of Lorelai and Rory.
"I don't have the energy to eat" Lorelai said. "I am so sleep-deprived that coffee won't even cure this"
"Eat and then you can sleep" Rory said.
Everyone started eating breakfast. Isabel started to cry upstairs.
"I'll get her" Rory said.
"There's a bottle in the fridge that you can warm up" Luke said.
Rory heated up the bottle and went upstairs.
"I'm done and now I'm going to bed" Lorelai said.
"I'm following" Luke said.
They headed upstairs and Rory walked over to Dean's with Isabel.
"Hey" Dean said opening the door. "I didn't know you were coming over today"
"Mom and Luke are very sleep-deprived so I volunteered to take Izzy out while they sleep. I thought I'd stop and see if you wanted to join me" Rory said.
"Where are we going?" Dean asked.
"No idea" Rory said.
"Sounds like a plan" Dean said.
They started walking around Stars Hollow.
"Rory" Liz said walking up to her. "I rang your doorbell but it must not being working so then I knocked on the door but nobody answered"
"Mom and Luke are sleeping" Rory said. "Izzy has been keeping them up"
"Poor them" Liz said. "Oh Rory, this is Jess, my son"
"Hi" Rory said. "I'm Rory, this is your cousin Isabel, but we call her Izzy, and this is my boyfriend Dean"
"Interesting" Jess said sarcastically. "I think I'm going to go look around"
"Meet me at the diner at one" Liz said to Jess.
Jess walked off.
"Don't mind him, he doesn't say much" Liz said. "She's gotten big hasn't she?"
Liz lifted Isabel out of her stroller.
"She's not taking it easy on Luke and Mom though" Rory said. "They've been alternating nights of barely sleeping"
"Sounds like fun" Liz said. "My parents helped me raise Jess so I didn't have it too bad. I think I'll leave you guys to your walk"
"Where are you staying?" Rory asked.
"Luke's old apartment" Liz said.
"Okay" Rory said. "How about you and Jess come for dinner tonight?"
"I don't want to trouble you guys especially if Isabel is making Luke and your mom exhausted" Liz said.
"It's not any trouble" Rory said. "They should be caught up on their sleep by then. Be at the house at six?"
"Sure" Liz said. "Tell Luke to call me when he wakes up"
"I will" Rory said.
"Bye Rory" Liz said. "It was nice to meet you Dean"
"You too" Dean said.
Liz put Isabel back into her stroller and walked to Luke's diner. Dean's pager went off.
"It's Taylor" Dean said. "He probably needs me to work an extra shift"
"You should go" Rory said. "You need the cash, besides; it gives the two of us some girl time"
"Okay" Dean said. "I'll see you later"
He kissed her. Isabel cooed.
"She's three months old and already competing for my boyfriend" Rory said. "Which is unfair because she has a baby cuteness advantage"
"True, but she gets her cuteness from her sister" Dean said. "Anyway, I better go, I'll see you and Izzy later"
"Bye" Rory said.
Dean left.
"It's just you and me Iz" Rory said. "I was thinking we'd go to the book store and get you started on reading"
Izzy stared at Rory and then smiled.
"Are you happy to be with me or laughing at me?" Rory asked.
Izzy cooed.
"I'm going to take that as being happy to be with me" Rory said.
She pushed Isabel to Andrew's bookstore but before she went in she was stopped my Miss Patty.
"Rory, doll" Miss Patty said. "I see you've got your adorable little sister with you"
"Yup" Rory said. "I'm giving Mom and Luke a break"
"That's sweet of you" Patty said. "She's getting bigger by the day"
"Yeah" Rory said. "Actually we were just going to make a quick stop here and then go home to check on Mom and Luke"
"Well then I should let you go" Miss Patty said. "Bye doll"
Miss Patty walked away. Again she was going to go into the store when she spotted and older lady staring at her and shaking her head. Rory walked over to her.
"Can I help you?" Rory asked.
"It's a pity for girls like you, you do it once, blinded by ignorance" the lady said. "You should have thought about the consequences"
"What are you talking about?" Rory asked.
The lady motioned to Izzy.
"She's my sister!" Rory exclaimed. "And even if she wasn't that doesn't give you the right to tell me or any other girl she should of thought about the consequences"
"I'm sorry I didn't know" the lady said.
"People don't give the teen mothers who give up everything for their child any respect" Rory said.
"I thought you just said she was your sister" the lady said.
"She is" Rory said. "But I know someone who gave up everything for her child at sixteen and raised her alone with help from no one"
Rory walked back to her house mad.
"You're home already?" Lorelai asked coming downstairs.
"You're the greatest mom ever" Rory said hugging Lorelai.
"Whoa you didn't take Izzy to a bar or something did you?" Lorelai asked. "Because anyone who thinks that would have to be drunk"
"No, I didn't realize all the criticism you must have gone through" Rory said.
"During what?" Lorelai asked. "Because believe me I've criticized when I've done a lot of things"
"When you were raising me" Rory said.
"Oh" Lorelai said. "Well it wasn't that big of a deal I mean sure there was some criticism but that's why I moved here"
"But going out in public, didn't people stare at you?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, but it didn't matter to me, I had you and that's all I needed" Lorelai said. "Now why all of this gratefulness"
"Somebody thought Izzy was my daughter and started lecturing me about consequences until I finally was able to get in that she was my sister" Rory said.
"Oh, tell me who thought that because I want to beat the crap out of them" Lorelai said.
"Some elderly lady" Rory said.
"Now you're going to make me track down every elderly lady until I find the one who said that" Lorelai said.
"You're insane" Rory said.
"You are calling your own mother insane, well I have one word for you, genetics" Lorelai said.
"Don't remind me" Rory said. "By the way, Liz is in town and she brought Luke's nephew, Jess. They're coming for dinner at six"
"Who's coming to dinner at six?" Luke asked coming downstairs.
"Liz and Jess" Lorelai said.
"Oh and Luke, Liz
wanted you to call her" Rory said.
"I will" Luke said.
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12:00AM the next morning or that night, however you think of it.
Lorelai carefully snuck into the bathroom with her wedding dress like she had the last three nights. She put it on and looked at herself in the mirror. She smiled.
"Mom?" Rory asked. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing" Lorelai said. "Just making sure the dress fit"
"At midnight?" Rory asked.
"I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd make sure the dress fit" Lorelai said.
"Sure you did" Rory said smiling. "And you've been making sure the dress fit for the last three nights as well?"