Lorelai couldn't help, but practically skip down the streets of Stars Hollow. She was just so happy. She was singing in her head as she jogged home.
singingI used to think maybe you loved me, now baby, I'm sure. And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my doOoOor! Now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down. Cuz' I just can't wait, till you write me you're coming around. I'm walking on sunshine! Waaaaaa Oh! I'm walking on SUNSHINE! Waaaaaaaaa oh! And don't I feel good!
The song definitely matched her mood.
She ran in her house, slamming the door behind her, up the stairs, and to her bedroom closet, amazed by her quick-work-out. She flung the closet door open and wildly threw clothes aside, looking for her red dress.
"Jeans…The Clash…something yellow...crazy sweater...'Mary is my home girl'… Ooo! Pretty!... Bangles t-shirt…zebra stripes? No way! Where is it? AH!"
Don't tell me I LOST it?
She went to the heap of clothes on the other side of the bed, in the corner. The clothes she decided she would keep-but would probably never wear again.
"WHERE IS IT?" she was frantic now.
At the very bottom of the pile, rolled in a ball was her red dress. She hadn't seen it in a few years. She held it out in front of her.
She loved the style-it was so romantic and elegant. It had a deep v-neck, halter, a brooch-y sparkly thing in the middle; it was tight around her waist, giving her an hour-glass figure. It hung simply at her knee, poofing out a little. It had clearly seen better days, since it was wrinkled and looked gross.
She remembered this dress. She remembered saying that she would wear it every day. She bought it in Hartford one day with Rory, and she wore it on a disaster-date with a guy who she thought was serious with...it was all coming back to her now.
I remember! I wore this that last date with Jeremy. He was nice and all, but he did this thing, when he ate, and he teeth would...move, and ewww. shudder
We were walking around the square, at night. It was September 1998, 99? Not sure. But anyways, we were walking, and he was being all nice, and we had been dating for 7 months. Or was it 8? No! Wait, it was 9. 9 months.
And, we sat down on the bench in the gazebo. I seriously thought he was going to propose by the way that he was talking. He was so nervous, and shaky. laugh
And...he started talking, and I was just nodding, not really hearing what he was saying, just waiting for him to hurry up and propose already! laugh
And, the only thing I heard was, "We should see other people." And, I was all confused, then started screaming, and crying. I scared him away! I was a crazy person. God, I hate being wrong.
I cried for a while, then...Oh...my...God. Luke! Luke came out of his diner...sat down next to me on the bench...and just let me cry on him for like, 2 hours. Oh my GOD!
"HE stayed with me nearly the WHOLE night with me, just crying my eyes out! OhmyGod! How could I have waited so long?"
She sighed from her memories, looked at the dress again, and walked downstairs to the washing machine. This dress needed a spruce! (A/N: SPRUCE!)
When she came down the stairs she saw the stalker-George Clooney magazine on the floor. She picked it up, and said, "Thank you, George!"
I mean- out of all of the people in Stars Hollow, HE came to her rescue!
Yup, so I wrote this pretty late last night, with like, NO TIME, so I figured, "okay, not-so-important-or-big-chapter-going-in-here!" So, then, I thought, "Well, how could Luke have known about the red dress?" So I came up with a kinda-sucky story about it, but, hey, it's what I could think of at that hour.
And, by the way, Lorelai was thinking of the KATRINA AND THE WAVES version of 'Walking on Sunshine', not the Disney remake. (No offense to anyone who likes the Aly& AJ one, but this is MY story, so HA!)
That's pretty much all of my thoughts...that and, "why DOES ink come out of pens"
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