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Sammi: You are incredibly insane.
The next night.
"So the guys actually threw Luke at a Bachelor Party?" Lorelai asked.
"Yup" Sookie said. "Jackson, TJ, Taylor"
"Taylor?" Lorelai said laughing. "Somebody will have to give me a picture of that"
"I told Jackson to take a ton of pictures" Sookie said. "Don't worry"
"I'm sorry we couldn't go out to the bar or anything like that" Lorelai said. "But it's be a little hard to convince them Izzy is eighteen"
Sookie laughed.
"It's okay" Sookie said. "Your house is just as fun"
"So when is everyone arriving?" Lorelai asked.
"Seven" Sookie said.
"So anytime now" Lorelai said. "And my mother is coming for sure?"
"Yes" Sookie said.
The doorbell rang.
"I'm assuming that's going to be her" Lorelai said.
Isabel squealed in delight as she saw her mother get up to answer the door.
"And what are you so excited about missy" Lorelai said smiling.
Rory picked Izzy up and started playing peek-a-boo with her. Izzy cooed and smiled. Lorelai answered the door.
"Mom, hi" Lorelai said smiling. "Come in"
"Hello Lorelai" Emily said. "Where should I put the present?"
"On the table's good" Lorelai said.
Emily came inside. Lorelai took her coat and put it in the closet. Emily sat on the couch. She looked at Rory playing with Isabel.
"She's getting big" Emily said.
"Yeah she is" Rory said.
"You like being an older sister?" Emily asked.
"Love it" Rory said.
Isabel curiously looked at Emily. She stared for a second and then smiled.
"Would you like to hold her Mom?" Lorelai asked.
"Could I?" Emily asked.
"Last I knew there wasn't a law about holding your granddaughter" Lorelai said.
Rory handed Isabel to Emily.
"Watch out though" Rory said. "She grabs your hair or your earrings and once she does she doesn't let go"
"Has the party started without us?" Babette asked coming in the door with Miss Patty.
"Nobody can start a party without you two" Lorelai said. "Come on in"
Half an hour later the house was filled with people.
"Okay everyone, a toast to Lorelai, may she enjoy her last two days of being single" Babette said.
"Here, Here!" Everyone shouted.
Just then the doorbell rang.
"I wonder who that could be" Miss Patty. "Sweetie, Lorelai, you might want to put Izzy upstairs"
"You're kidding" Lorelai said putting her hands over her eyes.
Miss Patty opened the door.
"Kirk!" Miss Patty said surprised.
"Did someone here order a stripper?" Kirk asked stepping inside with his boom box.
"Mom I'm scared" Rory said.
"Rory, sweetie, cover your eyes" Lorelai said. "Kirk you have the wrong address"
"Impossible" Kirk said. "It says your address right here"
"We don't need a stripper anymore" Lorelai said.
"It says right here…"
Lorelai cut Kirk off.
"I know what it says but go home please Kirk" Lorelai said. "You'll still get paid I promise"
"But…"
"Do you want me to call Luke?" Lorelai asked.
"No" Kirk said. "I'll leave"
Kirk left.
"That was the most disturbing thing I've ever seen" Rory said.
"It could've gotten a lot worse" Lorelai said.
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The next morning Lorelai took Izzy downstairs. Babette, Miss Patty, Sookie, and Gypsy were asleep in the living room. Lorelai went into Rory's room.
"Rory?" Lorelai said.
"Its 9:00 in the morning, you're insane" Rory said groggily.
"Do you even have to ask?" Lorelai asked. "I'm going to see if Luke opened the diner this morning, do you want to come?"
"I want to sleep" Rory said.
"I take that as a no" Lorelai said.
She turned on the light as she was walking out of Rory's room.
"Mom" Rory complained.
"Izzy did it" Lorelai said turning off the light.
She closed Rory's door and drove to the diner.
"Did you have fun last night?" Lorelai asked sitting down at the counter.
She sat Izzy's carrier on the counter.
"They took me to a bar and Taylor got a black eye" Luke said.
"What? How?" Lorelai asked laughing.
"He tripped and fell into some biker" Luke said.
"And the biker punched him?" Lorelai asked.
"No the biker's five foot girlfriend did" Luke said. "Afterwards everyone except Kirk got drunk"
"Even Taylor?" Lorelai asked in disbelief.
"Did you know he was in a ballet class?" Luke asked. "It got really creepy especially when he started doing moves from his class"
"Dirty" Lorelai said.
"Geez" Luke said.
He took Izzy out of her carrier.
"How was your night?" Luke asked.
"Miss Patty, Sookie, Babette, and Gypsy are still passed out in the living room. Liz, is out somewhere"
"And your mother?" Luke asked.
"Stayed a couple hours, then left" Lorelai said. "Did you know Kirk took a job as a stripper?"
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear what you just said" Luke said. "So did you talk to your mother?"
"Yeah, I said hi, how are you, thank you for the gift, and bye" Lorelai said.
"She stopped by here this morning" Luke said.
"Wait, what?" Lorelai asked.
"She told me she was sorry and that she knows now that I may not be Christopher but I did raise Rory more than he did. She said that I must love you and Rory very much and that maybe she was wrong about me. Then she asked me to give this to you"
Luke set a package on the counter.
"This has to be a trick, Emily Gilmore does not say she may have been wrong about something" Lorelai said.
"Just open the package Lorelai" Luke said.
Lorelai first opened the card.
Dear Lorelai,
I wrote this because obviously you aren't taking my calls. I realize now that my thoughts of you and Luke were wrong. He seems like a nice man and I know he will take care of you and Rory. After all he's been doing for the last eleven years. I know I already gave you a gift but this is the one that I've always dreamed of giving you. This is the one that on the day of your birth I envisioned you wearing on your wedding day. You don't have to wear it, I'll understand if you don't want to. I wore it on my wedding day and thought maybe you'd like to borrow it for yours. I truly am sorry.
Love,
Mom
Lorelai opened the package. In it was Emily's tiara. Lorelai sat there staring at the tiara for a second. Luke took her cell phone out of her purse and sat it in front of her.
"Call her" Luke said.
"I'm going to be upstairs" Lorelai said taking her cell phone.
She went upstairs. The diner was empty so Luke started talking to Izzy.
"So you had a rough night last night, huh" Luke said to Izzy.
She smiled and cooed.
"Hopefully, everything is going well with your grandma and mom right now" Luke said.
Just then Liz came into the diner.
"How's my big brother doing on the day before the big day?" Liz asked.
"He's doing fine" Luke said.
Liz sat down at the counter. It was quiet.
"It's too bad they couldn't be here" Liz said quietly.
"Who?" Luke asked.
"Mom and Dad" Liz said.
"I don't want to talk about this, Liz" Luke said irritated.
"Why Luke? Why can't for one time I talk about Mom and Dad with you?" Liz asked. "You know when did you last go to see their graves, huh?"
"And least I didn't run off and leave them with the responsibilities of raising my child" Luke said.
Liz's face dropped.
"Liz, I didn't mean that" Luke said. "I'm sorry"
"No, you're right, I did do that" Liz said. "But that's what I mean Luke, we owe them everything and for once I wish that you would just admit you miss them"
"I do miss them" Luke said.
"Then do you realize what today is?" Liz asked.
"I know Liz" Luke said. "I know"
"Then maybe you'll come with me" Liz said. "At noon"
"No" Luke said. "I don't think I can"
"Fine" Liz said. "I'm going to go track down Jess"
She left the diner.
"What was that about?" Lorelai asked coming downstairs.
"Nothing" Luke said.
"Really, cause Liz sounded kind of upset"
"It's nothing Lorelai, just drop it" Luke said.
"Luke, tomorrow I'm going to be your wife, which means you can talk to me" Lorelai said.
"Today is the anniversary of my mom's death" Luke said. "Liz tends to take it a little hard"
"I don't blame her" Lorelai said. "One day, maybe you know, you could tell me about her"
"Yeah" Luke said quietly.
It was quiet. Izzy had fallen asleep.
"She had auburn hair and these amazing green eyes. My dad loved her more than anything" Luke said.
"She sounds beautiful" Lorelai said.
"She was" Luke said. "She taught me how to cook when I was eight. My dad was so mad; he said cooking would make me soft. She told him that cooking was more important than any dumb sport. That cooking involved making something out of nothing and sports just involved running in circles"
Lorelai laughed.
"I think I would have liked your mother" Lorelai said.
"She would have loved you" Luke said.
"So why does Liz take this so hard, I mean besides the fact that Isabel was her mother"
"Liz used to go out days at a time. She'd leave Mom with Jess and she basically did that until she turned seventeen. Then one day she came home after leaving for a week to find Mom in the hospital after fighting cancer for about three months. Mom died the next day" Luke said. "Liz was devastated, she blamed herself. She stayed here and raised Jess until our Dad died a year later, then she took off with Jess. Two years later she came back to check on me after her second marriage or her relationship after her second marriage failed"
"Wow" Lorelai said. "So how do you feel about all of this?"
"Are you Dr. Phil now or something?" Luke asked.
"It's just, it seems like you got left with everything" Lorelai said. "You know why don't I remember this happening, I lived here when all of this happened"
"You were seventeen and had a one year old when this all started, you rarely left the inn" Luke said.
"True" Lorelai said. "Maybe later on we could go see your Mom's grave, I'd really appreciate it and I think Liz would too"
"We have the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner" Luke said.
"Not until six" Lorelai said. "We could leave right now"
"We have Izzy with us" Luke said.
"We can take her with us" Lorelai said. "Show her that she had more than one grandma and grandpa"
Luke thought for a second.
"I guess" Luke said.
They got into Lorelai's jeep and drove to the cemetery. They walked out to Luke's mother's grave.
Isabel Elizabeth Danes
1942-1983
Beloved mother, daughter, wife, and friend.
Forever in our memories, minds, and hearts.
On her grave was a picture of her holding an infant Liz and a six year old Luke standing next to them.
"I wish she could have met you and Rory" Luke said. "And Izzy"
"Someday she will" Lorelai said.
She snuggled closer to Luke.
I know this wasn't very Gilmore Girlish at the end but I had a severe writer's block and had to fill the pages up somehow. So when I was thinking to myself about different ideas I could use I realize that not once did they ever mention anything about Luke's mom in the show so I decided to do it. Also I realized something, I never put a disclaimer on here so I'll put one know not that it will do me any good since I've already written eight chapters. By the way the next chapter will be Luke and Lorelai's wedding.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters. If I did do you really think I'd be writing these stories. No, I wouldn't have to because I'd be writing the show.
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