Written in the Stars
By Gilmoregirl1979 (the reigning Quote Queen)
Rating: PG-13
Hi this is your friendly disclaimer: I REJECT ASP's REALITY AND SUBSTITUE MY OWN! Once again, I don't own (DAMN IT! DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT!), No Harm No Sue. (JUST GIVE ME A JOB and we will call it even!)
R/R: yes please I love reviews; I wanna marry them (as previously stated, I have strange passions.)
Summary/ The Q: What if LL hooked up when they first met? What if things had moved … a touch more quickly…?
LUVZ: I miss you!
FEATURED BETA: Localizy, thank you for putting up with my compulsive persnickety changes…for this crazy PUB. She's the DAVID BLAINE of BETAING…and she's all MINE… MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Localizy, What Can I Say…
No seriously go read localizy's fic what can I say…. read this first… then go to her's!
A/N: in avoidance of the FINALE, we decided to treat you all with this MONSTER UPDATE! You will be so overwhelmed you will forget all about the CRAP FOR CRAP! Courtesy of the Resistance! As Izy says, "for those that may not want to watch the drama of hell unfold; here are some distractions."A/N: Dialogue borrowed from 1.06 - Rory's Birthday Parties /
written by: Amy Sherman-Palladino / directed by: Sarah Pia Anderson
intentions and dialogue may have been changed by GG1979
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Chapter 34:
Believe It Or Not
Early in the morning on October 27th, Lorelai attempted to slip out of Luke's arms.
"Where are you going?" Luke asked with a groggy voice, trying to keep her close to him.
"I have to do something," she whispered.
Luke released her, assuming it was to go to the bathroom, "Okay," and then he rolled over.
Lorelai crept downstairs to Rory's room, smiling at her daughter still curled up in fetal position with Colonel Cluckers. "Happy birthday, little girl," she whispered.
"Hmm," Rory groaned, knowing that she and the Colonel needed their sleep. Rory let her mother in her bed for this little tradition, but she rolled over to face away from Lorelai with the Colonel in a tight hug. Lorelai began to smooth her daughter's hair, and tell her story once again.
"Sometimes I can't believe how fast you're growing up."
Rory's only reaction to the observation was, "Hmmm."
"So you know what I think?" Lorelai whispered.
Rory kept with the vague, "Hmmm."
"I think you're a great, cool kid, and the best friend a girl could have."
"Back atcha," Rory yawned, knowing she had at least another 15 minutes before she had to talk again.
Lorelai continued, "And it's so hard to believe that at exactly this time many moons ago, I was lying in exactly the same position. Only I had a huge, fat stomach and big fat ankles and I was swearing like a sailor on leave and there I was in labor…" and Lorelai was allowed to finish her story as her daughter continued to dream the early morning of her birthday away.
It had been a long time since Lorelai just sat and looked at her sleeping little girl, and she had to laugh at herself. Lorelai was starting to see more and more of Luke in Rory's features, and wondered if she could debunk the nature versus nurture argument.
Then something was sticking out of the Colonel's wings, it looked like a piece of paper. Lorelai wondered if it was the postcard from Christopher, if Rory kept it on hand, just in case. Maybe Rory was hoping on her birthday they would hear from him again; perhaps on the anniversary of her birth, Rory was missing her father all the more. Lorelai pulled the corner out of the wing, and was surprised to see the much handled picture of her self and Luke sleeping side by side. How in the world? The picture looked strange to Lorelai, their sleeping positions were opposite of their norm when Luke stayed over in her bed. Lorelai saw how Luke and her were face to face relaxed and contently smiling at each other in their sleep.
Lorelai looked down at Rory wondering how she ever got such a picture. It was then she saw the makeshift bedding beneath them and realized this was from the Misery week sleep over; the event Lorelai believed truly cemented Luke in both Gilmore girls' hearts.
Rory stirred again, "Am I 12, yet?"
"Yeah, baby, you're 12."
"Hmmm, is daddy up?"
Lorelai's brow furrowed, "Daddy?"
"Hmmm," Rory didn't realize her sleepy blunder, yet corrected, "Luke, is he up yet?"
Lorelai gasped, she didn't know how to react to that, "Umm no… daddy isn't up yet," she used her daughter's word to see if she could gauge a reaction.
"Okay," Rory yawned again, "I want pumpkin pancakes…"
"Okay… I'll tell him," Lorelai rubbed her daughter's arm, then slipped the picture back into the colonel's wings, wondering if Rory was dreaming of a world where Luke was indeed her biological father.
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Lorelai went upstairs to wake up Luke to make Rory's birthday pancakes. She nuzzled his neck, and he groaned in protest, but stretched out, realizing he slept in later than usual he finally got up.
"If you make keeping me up at night a habit, I'm gonna have to change the diner's hours."
Luke had made everyone pumpkin pancakes with cinnamon butter as the birthday girl had requested. The birthday girl also insisted on helping, so Lorelai watched from the kitchen counter as Rory and Luke spooned the batter into the pan, flipping the cakes with their respective spatulas, and how Luke kissed Rory on the head to wish her a happy birthday.
Rory attempted to flip her pancakes in the air, but after the fourth sacrificed cake, Luke assured her that she'd get better when she got a little older. "I couldn't flip them in the air till I was 14," he fibbed.
"Okay, I'll have to set aside some time to practice," Rory said she stepped aside to let the professional do his work.
"You're not supposed to work on your birthday," Lorelai scolded.
"It's not work, I like cooking… its fun."
Everyone in town knew the official party was set for four in the afternoon, which left the little family plenty of time to get ready. They headed over to the diner to help Luke set up and decorate the diner, bringing their costumes with them to change into before the party. The Diner was decked out in purple, orange and black streamers, Rory and Lorelai put ghosts and bats in the diner windows, and Luke sighed thinking the place looked stupid, but it was all for Rory, so he kept his mouth shut not wanting to hurt her feelings on her birthday. The things I do… he mused internally.
Luke already had changed into his Red Sox jersey and was waiting for the girls to finish getting ready, as he was accustomed to whenever they went out for an evening. Suddenly, Rory burst through the curtain doorway from Luke's apartment. "Look at me!" she exclaimed loving her costume.
She had on a long dress with an empire waist, and a complimentary jacket that cut off at the empire waist. Rory's long hair was all bound up in a bundle of curls, "Mom, did my hair," and she let them bounce to show Luke how pretty they were. "It took a lot of hair spray though, not a strand will be out of place for the next 8 hours!" she exclaimed, getting into character.
"You look great," he complimented.
Rory narrowed her eyes at him, "You have no idea who I am, do you?"
"Not a clue," he laughed, knowing she wouldn't be offended.
"It's okay, I'm Elizabeth Bennett," and she did a twirl for him, "from Pride and Prejudice," she explained. "Mom, made my dress and jacket; this is an empire waist, which was the style at the time. Usually mom and I coordinate, but…" she trailed off.
"What?"
"Well, she found a costume she really liked… and so this year we aren't matching. I mean it's not like I asked her to be Lady Catherine De Bourgh!"
Lorelai called from behind the back room curtain, "You ready for my grand entrance?"
"Oh boy?" Rory rolled her eyes.
"What?" Luke asked.
Then, Lorelai pulled the curtains apart to reveal she was wearing a Wonder Woman costume, complete with tiara, gold eagle bodice, red knee high boots, and a red cape with white stairs. Lorelai then burst into the theme song, "…All the world's waiting for you, and the power you possess; In your satin tights, fighting for your rights and the old Red, White and Blue," as she spastically danced out into the diner.
Luke was so stunned he couldn't speak for a full minute. He sat in his seat with his gaped mouth and perplexed brows, trying to recall exactly how he fell in love with such a woman as Lorelai Gilmore.
"What's the matter? Don't you like it?" Lorelai asked, noticing the blank expression on Luke's face.
"You are not wearing that."
"Umm, yes, I am," Lorelai said happily, but firmly.
"Lorelai, it's October and you are running around in a … in a … bathing suit," he admonished.
"Hello … the cape," she waved the unnecessary material that she had added in his face, "I'm decent."
"Your legs are completely exposed…"
"Knee highs," she kicked one of her boots forward, to display her half covered leg.
"…This is a diner, and there are…health codes…" he stammered.
"You want my legs to wear hair nets? Because I've gotta tell ya, I totally shaved my legs for this outfit!"
Luke struggled nonverbally for a little while longer, but knew it was pointless and gave up, "Just…keep the cape on!"
"Relax, the goods are for you and you alone," and Lorelai stepped forward to kiss him, to thank him for his possessive jealousy. "It's not like I'm going home with Taylor tonight."
"Ew! Mom! Don't gross out the birthday girl!"
"Yeah, don't gross out the boyfriend, either."
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Luke set up a table by the door for gifts to be deposited on, and raised the blinds of the front door so everyone would know the party was beginning.
Lane also changed in Luke's apartment to come as Alanis Moressette, "If my mother asks, I was a Korean Missionary, even though Mrs. Kim would hardly approve of any participation in a pagan holiday. I'm in charge of Music!" she called dibs and took over the CD player and party music.
Morey was a zombie and Babette came as the bride of Frankenstein. Miss Patty, that is, Mae West, complete with parasol, came with a vat of her famous punch for the adults, carried in by the Greatest American Hero, a.k.a. Kirk. Lorelai rolled her eyes with disappointment, "Aw man."
"What? You thought you were going to be the only super hero?" Rory asked her mother as they stood at the front door to greet the guests.
"No, I just don't want the image of Kirk in tights in my head all day," she said in a low voice as Kirk approached them.
"Happy Birthday, Rory," in said in his trademark monotone, handing Rory her gift.
"Thanks Kirk," and Rory put the gift on the table with the others.
Then Kirk seemed to look Lorelai up and down. "Wonder Woman, good choice. I would suggest that we pair up, but… Luke could totally beat me up."
"That is possibly …very sweet of you, Kirk. Thank you," Lorelai smiled lamely, and a little gross and a little disturbing. Suddenly she wished she had heeded Luke's advice about her bare thighs.
"Any chance that…well, that's not gonna work out? You and him?"
Lorelai looked over at Luke who was actually socializing with Morey, a strange combination, the mellow musician and the usually disgruntled diner owner actually talking. At the same time Luke was obediently setting up the basin for the "bobbing for apples" game Lorelai had planned for the kids. Luke had been progressively changing as result of being involved with the Gilmore girls, he definitely smiled more than when Lorelai had first met him. She turned back to Kirk, "Sorry, Kirk, it seems good and solid to me."
Kirk let out a dejected, "Darn," and he sulked away to get some of Patty's punch.
Lorelai saw Rory shudder next to her, "You cold honey?"
"No, I just had a flash of Kirk as my new daddy… Ewww!" she nearly convulsed again.
Lorelai smiled, knowing already whom Rory already had in mind as her new daddy. Lorelai reminded the crowd to vote for their favorite costume, the ballots and ballot box were on the gift table.
Bobbing for apples was messy yet fun, and Lorelai assured Luke that just because she wanted to play didn't mean there would be a little Luke in 9 months. Guess the ghost had been a big hit, where one of the kids was taken to the storage room and another child was covered with a sheet, and the returning child had to guess who was missing, a.k.a. who was the ghost.
Everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to Rory, and Luke dreaded the same treatment in a week when his birthday rolled around. Luke was glad he made so many mud pies, since people wanted to take halves home with them. Rory thanked all her school friends for coming and handed out goodie bags as they departed, while Lorelai took care of their wacky neighbors with warm thanks and hand shakes. Luke was even kind enough to make sure Kirk got home to his mother safely, walking him the two block's to his house; Kirk was singing passionately and off key, "Believe it or not… I'm walking on air… I never thought I could feel so free…" the whole way as he stumbled down the street with Luke keeping him on the side walk, "Flying away on a wing and a prayer, who could it be? Believe it or not it's just me," straining his voice for a big finish.
Lorelai considered as they watched the two guys disappear down the street, "Do you think Kirk copied me on purpose?"
"What are you talking about…he wasn't Wonder Woman," as Rory pulled down the bats and ghosts from the windows.
"Come on… 80's TV super hero, we were both singing our respective theme songs…it's suspicious."
"You're paranoid. Come on; let's see if we can get this done before Luke gets back…"
"Rory, its still your birthday you aren't supposed to lift a finger."
"Come on, Luke put up with party games and his diner being taken over …for me… it's the least I can do."
They decided to wait till they got home to open the gifts; Luke helped to load up the Jeep and followed them to their house in his truck. Lorelai helped arrange the gifts on the coffee table for Rory to tear into, settling into the easy chair with a notebook to make a tally for Rory's incessant need to thank every single person for every single bauble she received.
Lorelai noticed that Rory's smile widened on the couch, "Who's it from sweets?"
"Luke," Rory said in an excited whisper, her shoulders shrugging up to her ears.
"Luke!" Lorelai called, "get in here!"
"What? I was coming right back… I was just getting the coffee you asked for," handing her the mug.
"Well, sit back down. Rory is opening your gift."
"Sit next to me," Rory instructed.
"Okay, okay," Luke was happy that she was so excited about it, hoping it would last once the wrapping paper was off.
Lorelai's anticipation was equal to Rory's, and she bit her lip as Rory tore the paper off. Luke never did tell her what he settled on.
Rory gasped, "Oh my gosh! No way!" and she turned to Luke to pounce a hug on Luke, "Thank you!"
"What is it?" Lorelai asked.
Rory could hardly contain herself she showed her mother, "The A&E version of Pride and Prejudice! You know the one that was on last year…"
"You mean the one that you watched every airing of?"
"With Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle," Rory read off the cover, "Mom can we watch it this weekend?"
"Rory! That's like six hours!"
"Six?" Luke seemed surprised by the number.
"Yeah," Lorelai confirmed for her thoughtful boyfriend. "Besides we were gonna do the monster marathon, we have a date with Claude Rains and Lon Chaney Jr!"
"Don't forget Bela and Boris!" Rory reminded.
"And Bela and Boris…"
"Whose Bela and Boris?" Luke asked, " and whose Claude and Lon?" Luke felt left out of the conversation again.
"See Rory, we have too many beaus this week, but next week how about we watch an hour a night?"
"Alright, I guess it makes more sense to have our monster marathon this week." Rory turned back to Luke with the cassettes clutched to her chest, "Thank you Luke! I just love it!"
"I'm glad to hear it…" he smiled again still wondering who all these guys were they were gonna see.
Alright sweets, its a school night, so to bed."
Rory gave Luke another hug, and kissed her mother's cheek, "Thank you for my new stereo, mom."
"Well if Lane keeps giving you all those CDs … you can't just hold 'em up to your ear like a seashell. Besides, this means you can give me back mine."
"Rory, I'll set up the stereo before dinner tomorrow okay?" Luke promised.
"Thank you, Luke, night!"
Luke looked at Lorelai, hesitantly wanting to ask something.
"Luke?"
"Can I stay the night?"
"Of course," she smiled, "… since when do you need to ask?"
"Well, I didn't know if you… you know were getting sick of me… sleeping over all the time"
"Not sick of you yet," Lorelai said with a smile, leading him upstairs to go to sleep.
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Lorelai left work early on Thursday to hang the caramel apples that the trio made the night before in the usual tree, and she smiled at Babbette and Morey as the set up their traditional gallows. Lorelai then seemed to realize how much their traditions were changing because of Luke. Usually, they had Rory's party at the house, but Rory wanted it at the diner with Luke. Usually, only Sookie and her accompanied the girls on Trick or Treating, but again Rory wanted to include Luke.
Lorelai did Rory's hair again, and Rory broke out the gloves her mother made to match the jacket. "It's gonna be cold Mom, are you sure you want to stay as Wonder Woman?"
"Please, with how hot I look, I can take a little cold."
"Okay" Rory sing song'd in a "You'll be sorry tone".
After only a half hour of trick or treating, Lorelai started complaining, "Okay, I'm never one to admit when I am wrong, cause I never am… but Luke, honey, you were right… bathing suit in October…bad idea."
Lane and Rory begged, "We still have 4 more blocks…can't you hold out…"
Lorelai groaned.
Luke pulled her closer to him, "I'll make you some coffee when we get home." Up until then he had just been holding her hand, but he didn't want her to catch a cold.
"Bring the coffee upstairs, I'll be the one thawing under the covers."
Luke being the most normal dressed of them all took Lane home while Lorelai and Rory waited by the diner. Rory was going to hang on to Lane's haul of candy till they could trade favorites and bargain at the crap shake.
When they got home, Lorelai rain upstairs, declaring she was thermal bound. Rory shook the hand of Luke she had been holding. "Luke, will you help me take down my hair?"
Luke immediately looked toward the stairs hoping Lorelai would be back soon. When he looked back down at those big blue eyes again, he found himself saying "Sure".
They talked about the trick or treating and about her birthday party as Luke fumbled to remove the pins from Rory's head, making her giggle. She could have brushed her own hair out, but handed him the brush instead. She watched him in the mirror, saw him so focused as to not hurt her as he stroked through her hair with the brush. She felt this was a nice moment, and Rory almost predicted that she would look back fondly on this birthday and Halloween.
Rory went to bed and Luke went upstairs with a mug of coffee to warm up Lorelai.
When he entered the room, Lorelai was on the bed and met Luke in black and orange lingerie.
"I thought you were cold and thermal bound?" he choked out, taking in the sight over her.
"I thought of a better way to warm up."
Luke put down the mug, knowing it would be the only thing growing cold in the room tonight.
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A/N: Featured refrain: Hard Luck Woman (Luke POV/o imaging Scott with a guitar…SEXY!)
(Luke to Lorelai or FANS to ASP)
If never I met you
I'd never had seen you cry
If not for the first "hello"
We'd never had to say good-bye
If never I held you
My feelin's would never show
It's time I start walkin'
But there's so much you'll never know
I keep tellin' you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags, I really love ya
I can't forget about you
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'til you find your man
Before I go let me kiss you
And wipe the tears from your eyes
I don't wanna hurt you girl
You know I could never lie
I keep tellin' you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, 'til you find your man
A/N: You all know how I like to get on my soap box (because I have the high ground) and rant… well I have another STATEMENT that we must make TOGETHER, A plea really.
On that impending day when the Season 6 DVDs come out… PLEASE I beg you, my crack whores, my minions, my casual readers…if you loved GG ever! DO NOT BUY SEASON SIX OF GILMORE GIRLS
Reasons:
-Why would you want to shell out the dough to relive such an abysmal season, if necessary it will be syndicated in the fall I'm sure, watch it, if you HAVE TO, for free.
-Hit ASP/DP in the Royalties and DO NOT contribute to validating their HALF ASSED VINDICTIVE DRIBBLE
-IF you ABSOLUTELY MUST buy it to complete your collection… PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you have any love for me at all… please WAIT until Season 7 comes out (Buy season 7 FIRST then buy 6 a week later) … it won't go anywhere… it will still be there…
I want it to have the lowest preorder/first day sales of all the seasons…
Please be strong and make the STATEMENT with me… join the resistance!
I thank you for your time… my darling crack whores and fans
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"That was all God given talent..." why thank you Luke!
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R/R: PLEASE, I like to better myself. To quote The Princess Bride,
"...Remember this is for posterity ... so be honest."
Please be specific with R/R; name one (or as many as you can think of or want to mention..…) At least one specific thing you liked
Please! It makes me feel good...inside (Dirty!)
Hence the Rant option below.
Insert Rant here VA/N: if not completely satisfied with this chapter, please return unused portion for a full refund...