I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. I turned into one of them authors that doesn't update…..I'm a bad bad girl!
I had some serious writer block but if its any consolation I got in trouble at work for writing because I suddenly got an idea and would stop lol. Ok so I really didn't do either of the things I suggested lol but I have got the Luke Lorelai convo written down I just need to type it out.
As I finish work on Friday before I start uni I will probably be updating a lot because I'm not going to have the internet for a while and wont be able update.
Thank you to every one who reviewed with suggestions about what to do, sorry I didn't follow them lol
Review as always
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Lorelai had finally decided that she couldn't leave Luke to think that she had cheated on him. The thought that he might be slightly distraught due to what she had confessed to him and Rory earlier that day didn't even enter her mind. She had already dropped Libby off at Sookie's so she could talk to Luke as long as she wanted; the only thing that was running through her mind was what she was going to say when she saw Luke.
The walk to the dinner was shorter than she expected and by the time she had looked up to see where her feet had taken her she was standing on the front step, trying desperately to stop herself from hyperventilating.
As she reached out to open the door she noticed she was shaking, she wasn't sure why she was so nervous it's not like he could be any angrier with me than he already is. She took in a hesitant breath and slowly pushed open the door, it didn't occur to her that it was odd that it wasn't locked and she slowly made her way inside. The bell above the door gave an all too familiar ring that echoed through the empty dinner. Her feet were glued to the floor and she didn't want to move in fear of making her presence known.
She finally got the courage to move and deduced that he much have been upstairs if he hadn't heard her come in. The climb to the office upstairs was agonizing, she didn't want to talk to him after what he had said to her today but knew she had no choice. As she reached the top step she almost scared her self when she noticed her arm move of its own accord and open the door in front of her.
She couldn't see anything inside the apartment and she half considered turning back and going home, but something stopped her. She could see a light on inside and couldn't help her curiosity when she saw that the television was turned on, leaving an eerie glow to be cast over the sleeping form of Luke. As she moved silently into the room she noticed the abundance of empty beer bottles that were scattered around the chair he was slumped in. She tried desperately to blink away the tears that were suddenly present in her eyes as she realised that she was probably the cause of this binge.
Before she could stop herself she had knelt down beside him and was slowly running her fingers through his hair, the pang of hurt she still felt over what had happened made her stop just in time for Luke's dazed and confused eyes to fall on her pale, worried face.
"Lorelai?" his hand reached out and touched her face briefly, as though he were making sure she wasn't a dream. It didn't take more than a second for him to realise that he was awake and recoil his hand as though he had been burnt. He sat upright in the chair and nervously cleared his throat. "What are you doing here?" he moved so fast that Lorelai only saw a blur as he moved towards the kitchen to dispose of the evidence of his downward spiral.
"I thought we could talk, I think there's a few things we need to discuss." She moved cautiously around the room to sit on the bed, unsure of how she should act in his apartment.
"It's about Libby's father…." Luke's head shot up, he couldn't believe that she was going to try and justify what she had done. "It's not what you think" now it was Luke's turn to shut up and listen as Lorelai continued. Stopping briefly to concentrate on what she had come to say instead of the dull throbbing she felt in her heart at the sight of Luke. "It's not Chris, and I didn't cheat on you. I can't believe that you even thought that I had. I loved you with all my heart and you ripped it out and practically stomped on it. Then you had the nerve to insinuate I was the one that did something wrong in our relationship" so many thoughts were running through Luke's head that he wasn't entirely sure what Lorelai was saying and it didn't occur to him that Lorelai had suddenly gone quiet until she spoke again. "Luke….your her dad"
The room was silent for what seemed like hours. Luke was sitting uncomfortably on the couch and Lorelai was desperately trying judge his reaction based on her position across the room, sitting on the bed. Luke's mind was racing and he was beginning to feel light headed from his now hurried breathing, his lungs trying to get enough oxygen to the rest of his body. She wasn't expecting miracles, not expecting him to say all was forgiven lets be a family but she did expect him to say something. She realised he needed to take everything in so she did the only thing she could think to do, she sat there, in stunned silence for the second time that night.
Lorelai was adamantly staring at her shoes when her heart jumped at the loud sound of a phone ringing through the hushed apartment. She scrambled furiously to dig out her stupidly small phone from her jeans pocket. As soon as she noticed the caller ID her heart skipped again as a wave of terror mixed with fear shot through her. Why is Sookie phoning? Oh god Libby. "Sookie?" she was stood frozen to the spot while Sookie talked as fast as she could to explain what had happened.
Luke was vaguely aware that someone in the room was talking and it wasn't until he heard his apartment door being closed that he looked up. Lorelai was gone, he didn't know what he was doing but before he could stop himself he was running down the stairs after her. It wasn't until she reached the front door that she broke out into a flat out sprint to get to Sookies.
It didn't take long until she was rounding the corner to Sookies house when Luke finally caught up to her. She was stopped abruptly and no matter how much she tried the hand that was firmly placed on her shoulder wouldn't let go. She finally gave in and turned around to face a red faced and out of breath looking Luke. "Lorelai…what…you can't just tell me that and runaway…" he was still trying to catch his breath when Lorelai began to walk back in the direction of Sookies. She could hear Libby's screams as she neared the house and her heart almost broke. "Lorelai please….stop…..so that is you tell me and.."
"Luke….SHUT UP" he was taken back and completely lost as to what was happening. "This isn't about you and me…my daughter needs me." It was then that Luke realised where he was and that he could hear the faint sound of a child's screams. He wasn't sure what to do, he knew Lorelai would need help but did Libby know who he was, did Lorelai even wasn't to talk to him at the moment. He decided that it was better to be safe than sorry and tentatively walked up the few steps outside Sookies house and pushed open the door.
As soon as Lorelai walked into the house Libby's screams lessened as she saw her mother. She was stretched out on the couch with nothing but shorts on and a cloth on her head. Sookie was nervously pacing by the fire place and Davey and Martha were sitting at the top of the stairs looking on worriedly. Lorelai immediately walked up to Libby and sat next to her visibly ill daughter. "Oh God Libby." She looked down and stared into her eyes, seeing that she was in pain almost made Lorelai break down then and there. She gently placed her hand on her daughters head and soothingly began to ease her to sleep. It didn't work as planned but Libby's tears subsided and she rolled onto her stomach to get comfortable.
Lorelais hand went to Libby's back and she gradually rub it almost to try and take away her pain, Lorelai only wished she could. "Lorelai I'm so sorry, I know you wanted to talk to Luke but she started to burn up and then she was sick…so I just thought" Lorelai didn't take her worried eyes off her daughter but began to reassure Sookie. "Sookie it's not your fault, she probably caught something at Daveys party" she hadn't realised that Libby had almost fallen asleep and was now visibly shaking. She quickly scooped her up and held her close, taking the blanket that was draped over the back of the couch she securely wrapped it around Libby and gently rocked her back and forth as she used to when Libby was a baby.
Luke was still standing in the door of Sookies house and was amazed at just how good a mother Lorelai was. He had seen her raise Rory but not when she was little, she was absolutely in her element and Luke couldn't help but fall in love with her all over again. He could see Lorelai whispering something into Libby's ear to lull her to sleep and it obviously worked as Libby's soundless sobs stopped almost immediately.
Once Libby was asleep Lorelai stood up being careful not to wake Libby as she did. "Is it ok if I get her stuff tomorrow, I don't think I can carry it" She smiled wirily and began to turn around. It was the only time she had noticed Luke was in the room and staring openly at Lorelai. As she moved towards the door again Luke was shaken from his thoughts. "Where are her things?" he was blocking the door making sure he had Lorelais full attention. She gave him a sceptical look and wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. "Let me help" it was then she realised that Luke seemed to have adjusted to the news about Libby and was willing to help her. "It's by the sofa" Lorelai slowly indicated her head in the direction she had just come from.
Lorelai paused briefly in the doorway, she realised that is probably want a great idea to take a sick two year old outside when she was only wrapped in a blanket but she didn't have a choice. Walking as fast as she could with out waking Libby up as she headed in the direction of her house.
Luke was following Lorelai back towards her house, only not as fast. As he turned the corner onto Lorelais street he saw her dash inside and he quickly followed. The house was still dark when he walked in and he figured Lorelai must have taken Libby upstairs so her room. On instinct he turned on the lights and was flooded of the memories that had happened in that room earlier that night. He could hear voices coming from upstairs and moved towards the stairs leaving the pink and purple 'Dora the Explorer' bag on the sofa.
Libby had woken up when Lorelai had just reached the house when she quietly told her mom she felt sick. Lorelai made the mad dash to the bathroom and made it to the sink just in time for Libby to empty the rest of her stomach contents.
When she finally stopped a fresh batch of tears were staining her face, Lorelai placed Libby gently on the closed toilet and reached for a tissue to clean up Libby's face. Lorelai noticed that she was still shaking with a mixture of the cold and fear "its ok mommy's here, nothings going to happen," she silently picked her up and Libby instinctively wrapped her weak arms around her neck holding on to her mother . As Lorelai moved towards the bedroom she noticed Luke emerging from the top of the stairs and she carried on towards the bedroom.
Lorelai attempted to place Libby on the bed but she wouldn't let go of her mother's neck. Giving up Lorelai sat on the bed and sat Libby side ways on her lap "Could you pass me that t-shirt." She couldn't see him as he wasn't standing in the room but she knew he was there. Without question Luke walked in from the shadows and handed Lorelai a white cotton t-shirt that clearly wasn't Libby's. Once Libby was changed into something clean, comfortable and cooler Lorelai attempted to once again lay Libby back onto the bed, this time it worked.
"Can you get me a glass of water and some biscuits from the kitchen?" he moved so fast and quietly that Lorelai hardly noticed he had gone. Once Libby was detached from Lorelai she moved to her suite case to grab the bottle of child aspirin she kept with her in case of emergencies. By the time she had found it Luke was back in the room and placing the water and a small plate onto the bed side table. Libby was slowly drifting off to sleep but Lorelai knew she needed water and something for her fever.
Softly placing herself next to Libby she picked her up and placed her on her lap, a shiver of guilt passed through her as Libby let out another ear piercing scream at being woken up. "What did you do that for, she was almost asleep?" it came out a lot harsher than he meant it and instantly regretted it. Lorelais head shot up and without taking her eyes off him she reached for the glass of water off the table and looked back down to Libby.
"Baby you need to drink this and eat something other wise the pills won't work and you won't get better." Libby was still crying but reluctantly allowed her mother to feed her in between sobs and hiccups. Once half of the biscuits and two pain killers were consumed Libby fell asleep in Lorelais arms.
