Reunion
Chapter One – The Message
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls (though I wish I owned Luke)!
Summary: Will Luke be able to forgive Lorelai for what happened at Emily and Richards vow renewal?
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Lorelai turned in bed. Without even taking a glance at the clock, she knew it was early. Much too early to be awake. And yet, she was. She was more alert than she wanted to be, just as she had been the night before, and the night before that. She tried to remember the last night that she actually slept through, then quickly regretted it. The last night that she clearly remembered having slept through was when she was with Luke. She instantly hated herself for thinking it, for thinking about him.
She rolled over and closed her eyes. She tried to will herself to think about Rory or the inn, but she couldn't. Her thoughts kept drifting back to that day. That stupid wedding, and Christopher and her mother. She hated them, and she hated what happened. But as much as she wanted to focus on how angry she was at them, she still kept thinking about Luke. About what she should have said differently, or done to keep him. She blamed herself for not doing more, not holding on to him tighter.
She replayed it in her head. Every movement she made, every smile, every giggle. She thought about how perfectly her hand fit into his, and how soft that space between his neck and his shoulder was. She missed his day old scruff and his haphazard hair. She could picture the two of them, walking hand in hand, dancing, kissing. She longed for him, desperately. She was exhausted from the tossing and turning that took place night after lonely night. After a while, Lorelai quietly fell back asleep, praying that something would be different when she awoke in the morning.
"Brrriiinnnggg..." Lorelai woke to the sound of the telephone. For some reason, the phone seemed more annoying than usual.
"Nobody's home, go away." Lorelai spouted. She flipped over and placed a pillow over her head to close her ears to the noise. She heard it ring three more times before the answering machine kicked in.
"Yo, like, we know who you are, and if you come back here, I am going to have my overly-sized Doberman chew your head off. Mom, don't say that. Rory, shhh... Leave a message or else... BEEP."
"Lorelai, that truly is the most repulsive message I have ever heard. But, you can't teach an old dog new tricks can you? I want you to know that I went to that diner and I talked to that man of yours. As much as I hate your choice of partners, I have no desire to lose you as a daughter. Please call me back, Lorelai. I find it very rude of you to ignore me, and to pull Rory into it, honestly. Well, think about that. Goodbye, Lorelai." Lorelai, listening to the message, propped herself up as soon as Luke was mentioned. Was she hearing things right, did her mother actually say she went to talk to Luke?
She jumped out of bed and ran down to the phone. She was almost expecting to see that no message was there and that she was, indeed, insane. However, sure enough, when she reached the phone, a little blinking "1" was in the small screen.
"Her nerve..." Was all she could muster up. Then, finally, she thought about it. Just what had her mother said to Luke. And what did she mean by "I have no desire to lose you as a daughter."? Lorelai thought over this for a few moments. Then, without realizing it, she began to almost thank her mother. She didn't know why, but she knew that something was going to change. She didn't know what, exactly, would happen.
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Short, I know, sorry!
TBC... R&R please!
