If One of Us Had Been a Frog
Chapter Seventeen: Pulp Friction.
Disclaimer: Duh.
Summary: She couldn't figure out how she had survived a month without him.
A/N: In case you haven't noticed, I'm not doing this in order. Where's the fun in that anyway?
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"Luke?" She called, when she heard the door open and close. She was still sitting at the kitchen table, poking the ice cream with her plastic spoon. "Did you get him?" She asked.
"I got him." He said. She could tell it wasn't pretty.
He returned to the kitchen a few moments later. "You're gonna have to burn that blanket tomorrow." He told her, sitting beside her at the table, and beginning to stroke her back. He could tell she was still worried about that Mom Card thing.
"I'll give it to Michel." She told him, half-heartedly.
"Or Taylor." He told her.
She smiled slightly and looked up at him, then rested her head on his shoulder. He stroked her hair, and kissed the top of her head.
"It'll be okay." He whispered.
She lifted her head off his shoulder and looked up at him.
God, she had missed him.
It was funny. Now that they were back together, she just couldn't figure out how she had survived a month without him. An entire month... She just didn't know.
She leaned in and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her, and held her up, because she wasn't doing a very good job of it on her own.
He was always there for her. He always held her up when she had trouble doing it herself. He always had a shoulder for her. He always let her lean on him.
She didn't remember ever standing up, but suddenly she's standing in her kitchen, wrapped in his arms, leaning on his chest. He's holding on to her tightly, but she doesn't mind. She likes it, actually.
"Wanna go for a walk with me?" She asked him.
He looked at her. He could see she needed this. There was more going on than what she was saying. That was okay. He knew she'd tell him when she was ready.
"Sure." He told her, and led her outside, with his arm still wrapped around her.
"It's a nice night." She told him, once they were down the road. The sky wasn't clear and you couldn't she the moon through the clouds, but the air was perfect. It was pretty warm for New England winter weather.
"Yeah." He agreed, and pulled her closer to him. Her coat wasn't as heavy as his was. "You want my coat?" He asked.
"No, I'm fine. It's not too cold." She told him.
"Okay." He told her.
"You locked the door, right?" She asked, remembering Kirk and his night terrors.
"Yeah." He said.
"Did you remember the key?" She asked.
"Yeah." He told her.
She smiled. She really didn't know what she did without him.
"Luke?" She asked, turning to him, and stopping in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Yeah?"
"I was pretty lost, too." She told him. It was corny, but she just felt like she need to tell him. She needed him to know that she really did need him, and that he was never just the 'for now' guy.
He smiled at her, and she studied his face. She loved his smile.
He leaned in and kissed her, and her hands brushed his face. She missed this. She doesn't know how she got through the long weeks.
"I missed you." She told him, as he put his arm around her and they kept walking.
"Me too." He told her.
"Rory will be okay, right?" She asked, switching the subject. He used to think this was weird, but now he loved it. He was used to it, and he liked it that way.
"She'll be fine." He told her. It was weird, but he always made her believe him.
"I just worry sometimes." She told him.
"I know." He told her.
"I know you know." She told him. He wasn't exactly sure what she was talking about, but he understood, anyway.
"Rory is... Rory, you know? I know she doesn't make that many mistakes, but whatever mistakes she does make, she always works through it and learns from it. She'll be fine. She's in college. People do things in college that we just don't understand." He told her.
She nodded. It was nice to have someone who understood.
"But it works out. She loves you. You're her best friend. Nothing will change that." He told her.
She smiled. "Thanks." She told him. She really meant it, too. For everything.
He sighed. "No problem." He told her.
She moved closer to him as they walked. Neither of them said anything for a few more blocks, but it was okay. They didn't mind.
"Is it raining?" She asked, after she felt a few raindrops.
They stopped. "Yeah, I felt a few drops." Luke told her.
"At least I'm wearing my rain boots." She grinned, holding up her leg to present to him, the yellow rain boots she had slipped on when they got home from their date.
He laughed. "I can't believe you're going to wear those in public." He told her.
"They're cute. They look good on me." She told him.
He laughed, kissed her, and agreed. Of course, he thought she looked good in anything.
Then it started pouring harder and harder.
Lorelai laughed. "Someone's trying to tell us something." She told Luke.
"What? That we shouldn't leave Kirk in your house without supervision?" He asked her, practically yelling over the rain.
"That I need you." She told him. She just needed to make sure he knew. She needed him to know.
"And my rain boots." He added.
"Especially the rain boots." She laughed, and kissed him again.
She was soaking wet. Her coat was drenched, and definitely not water-proof. The water was making it pretty heavy. And her make-up was probably running down her face. Her pants were soaked and pretty uncomfortable.
She didn't care.
She was with Luke. That was what mattered. They were back together, again.
And plus, she had her rain boots on.
Not my best, I know, but it's still review-worthy don't you think?
Did you guys hear that one of the producers of Everwood is coming over to Gilmore Girls? I'm happy about it, because I watched Everwood in the beginning and have sort of been watching it recently and I've always thought it was pretty good, and realistic, but also funny and you know... I don't know. Like, it deals withreally big problems, but in a way that doesn'tseem completely fake and everything. Like, she could probably pull of the long lost daughter thing... I don't know. I think it's good, because yeah, maybe she can help save our beautiful show?
Let's hope.
I've decided that next season, I either want to see the Lorelai/Chris thing was just a dream that Luke was having... or I want to see love overcoming all this stupid crap. I'd love to see the second one, because the dream makes it sort of lame, although I'd rather see Luke having the dream than Lorelai having it, because it's a little less stupid, don't you think?... but anyway... I just don't know how overcoming all that Chris and April and all of that crap will work, you know? Like Lorelai said, Chris is always going to be in her life... and now, Luke will DEFINITELY not be okay with that, you know? The April thing... I don't think that will be the huge issue anymore... Man... depressing.
Well, we'll see. Just thought I'd share.
I had MCAS today. I might have failed. It was the math one, and I suck at math. Though, my friend told me that she thinks you only have to get like a 40 on it to pass, so that'd be good and like save my life... Anyway, I love MCAS cuz we have nooo homework and all we do in the other classes is watch movies and stuff. IT's sweet.
Ummm... it's 1:53, so if you're up, please entertain me. I'm bored & can't sleep, so a review would be very lovely.
Thank you.