Hello! They say be the change you want to see in the world. Well, when I had the idea of a Bridgerton x Gilmore Girls AU fic, with Kate as a perky Lorelai and Anthony as a grumbling Luke, well I just needed it to exist. I couldn't find anything like this, so I took it upon myself to write it. Now, it's been a while since I wrote an fanfic, so bear with me. I definitely welcome any comments, questions, or critiques, but I ask that you just please be nice be about it. I'll be doing my best to update this regularly! Okay, this is the last big author's note in the beginning.

Edwina Sharma was, for all intents and purposes, pretty happy with her life.

Which really was saying something.

When the car accident that had taken their parents lives had occurred two years ago, all while she was on a school trip to London, Edwina had thought that surely, this would be it. Her life was as over as over could be; gone were her happy, dorky parents. Gone was her carefree sister Kate, too shell-shocked from the car accident that she'd all but blocked the memory. Gone was their old home in a suburb in San Francisco, with its crabapple tree in the front yard and treehouse in the back. She and Kate had rarely left each other's sides as their things were packed up, their house sold, their lives shuttered. But, as Edwina was consistently shocked to find, even as things ended, they began.

It was their mother's cousin, Mary, their aunt, who was considered Edwina's legal guardian. Kate had baulked at that, only twenty three and still formidable in the lawyer's office, insisting that she could take care of Edwina herself. Aunt Mary thankfully had flown in the next day, and after a long talk that Edwina was not privy to, it had been settled. Aunt Mary simply wanted to provide for them, help them out, and she was willing to give Kate whatever independence she wanted, provided that they lived nearby. And so, that was how Kate and Edwina found themselves moving to Stars Hollow. Aunt Mary lived just outside of Hartford, just a thirty minute drive away, and gave them the house that their mother had grown up in to live in. Kate had turned down her job offer in San Francisco and instead took up working at the inn Aunt Mary owned, showing up early and bossy until she was running the place within the year. Edwina had been enrolled in their mother and Aunt Mary's old school, Grosvenor Academy, that fall, and found the coursework challenging, but settled in quickly, making friends.

They settled into an easy if cautious rhythm; meals at the local cafe, evenings punctuated by inane and insane town events that were always entertaining, and Friday dinners at their Aunt Mary's house. It had been two years since they'd moved, and when Edwina felt the sharp twinge of loss, she was no longer helpless to the waves it dragged her under. If her Aunt Mary gave Kate an exasperated sigh in the same way her mother used to, she could count to ten, count her breaths, and then talk about it with Kate or journal about it later. There were still bad days, sure, but Edwina was surprised at how they grew further and further apart. There was simply so much to do.

At first, however, Edwina had been worried about Kate. She knew so little about the details of the car accident, how it had happened, other than the fact that it was storming and her father had lost control of the car. Kate had been so morose in those early days, refusing the cry but looking at every moment as though she might snap. She made lists of things to do, going through all the forms and affairs, begrudgingly letting Aunt Mary help her. Kate was a perpetually moving machine, never once settling, and Edwina didn't push her. Kate usually only settled when wanted to and at the time, it seemed like if she wasn't packing, making lists, and then checking off those lists, she might break.

It wasn't until after they'd moved into their little house in Stars Hollow, spent a week unpacking and settling, did she see Kate smile. It was the day school started for Edwina and the day Kate started her new job. Kate had woken up early, attempting to make pancakes and coffee for breakfast. Kate had always been helpless in the kitchen but in a fit of misplaced mothering and older sisterhood, she'd been attempting to cook them both meals their first week after moving. Their previous evening's carbonara had somehow turned out acidic and between watching Edwina chew thoughtfully through some bacon before claiming it interesting, and then watch Edwina almost stab herself while trying to get a fork through the blackened discs Kate insisted were pancakes, Kate had admitted defeat, proclaiming that the oven would be used for extra shoe storage and the diner in town would be where they'd get dinner.

When Edwina had met Kate at the bus stop in town after a long day of school, Kate had been about as bright eyed and bushy tailed a person could be, babbling happily to Edwina about how the owner of the diner was so grumpy and stupid but the coffee was the best she'd had in her life, before dragging Edwina to the diner herself, proclaiming she had to see for herself.

And that was when Edwina had seen what Kate hadn't - what Kate still couldn't.

She was in love.

The owner of Anthony's Diner turned about to be the aforementioned Anthony, all six foot two of him. He was wearing a flannel and a backwards baseball cap ("I stole it off his head, I thought he was going to explode!" Kate confided in a giggle as they walked through the door), a crush of brown hair framing his face from under the cap, and he had warm brown eyes that went wide as Kate walked into his diner again.

Later, when Edwina slyly noted that they never left Kate's face the entire time they were there, she'd earned a quick kick to the shins.

And so it went, day in and day out. Oh sure, some days they ordered Chinese, or pizza during their Godfather marathons, and at least one day a week was reserved for being proud patrons of Al's Pancake World ("I don't want him to feel left out," Edwina had insisted, pouting, through the bathroom door as Kate barfed up her meal from him), but they went to Anthony's at least once a day, and always for breakfast. Edwina knew Kate swung by there every lunch break, even though her friend Sophie, the brilliant cook at the inn, made plenty of food for the staff meal at lunch. Their days didn't feel like days unless marked by coffee with a side of bickering at Anthony's.

It was truly a sight to see Kate and Anthony fight. Neither of them ever really got angry, and almost never fought about something important, but it seemed like the two of them just liked their verbal sparring. Kate in particular, Edwina thought, just enjoyed getting under his skin. For all his talk though, Edwina knew that Anthony liked her too much to even care.

And so, somewhere in between the grief, the heartbreak, the new starts, and the best coffee in the world, they'd settled into Stars Hollow. Their own little life, marked with birthdays, town events, breakfasts, and Friday night dinners; it was fragile but it was theirs.

So, yes, Edwina was happy. Happy about the little peace this town afforded them. Happy about the smile she got to see on Kate's face, the long chats with Aunt Mary, the endless possibilities ahead of her.

Today, however, it did not seem like Edwina would get much peace.

"You are the most stubborn luddite on the Eastern seaboard! If it wasn't a legal requirement, you'd be bringing in water in a bucket from a well and refusing to get plumbing!"

Edwina sighed as she entered Anthony's Diner to the far from dulcet tones of her elder sister and Anthony in yet another fight.

"Indoor plumbing is not the same as a router, and you know it!" Anthony was currently attempting to move her sister out from behind the counter. Kate, Edwina noted, was clutching a wifi router to her chest, as a Verizon salesman seemed to be floundering helplessly by the entrance.

"You make the best food on the planet, but you've got bad reviews just because of your lack of wifi and insane no cellphone rule, you've got to-" Kate was furiously trying to reach around Anthony's arms to place the router on the counter when he froze.

"You think my food is the best on the planet?"

Edwina rolled her eyes with a smile as she sat herself down at their table. Those two were idiots.

"Well, yeah, I mean everyone knows," Kate was sputtering now, a light blush colouring her cheeks. "Come on Bridgerton, humour me."

"I humour you by allowing you to get your coffee here," Anthony had found his senses again and was now attempting to grab the router from her.

"Allow?" Kate's gasp cut through the diner. "You don't allow-you're so stupid-we keep you in business!"

"How exactly do you keep me in business?" Edwina felt the eye roll all the way at her table.

"We are your most loyal customers, I'm spending all my money here, I'm basically an investor-"

"You're a caffeine addict, that's what you are-"

"So as your biggest investor I'm allowed to have wifi-"

"You're allowed to join your sister at her table before I throw you out with the Verizon dude!" And with that, Anthony succeeded at grabbing the router from Kate, threw it at the unsuspecting Verizon man who had the good sense to catch it, and frog-marched Kate over to Edwina.

"Fix her, she's in rare form today," He grumbled to Edwina in lieu of a greeting.

"Nah, you just unlocked another level of crazy," Edwina smiled up innocently at Anthony, dodging the kick Kate aimed for her shin. "Burgers for both of us today, I think, and big coffees."

"If you switch mine with decaf, I will flog you in the town square," Kate poked Anthony's arms until he grunted in understanding, moving away to put their order in and shepherd the confused Verizon man out the door.

"How was your day?" Kate's smile as she turned to her sister was a 180 of her scowl with Anthony and Edwina melted at it. It was the smile only she got to see, that all too proud, big sister smile.

"Great, except Eloise and Pen got detention for trying to hit our headmaster with rubber bands during assembly. And I got an A minus on my French test!" Edwina put the offending test on the table in front of them as Anthony reappeared with two mugs of fresh coffee.

"Edwina, I'm putting that on the fridge, and if you try and ask if you can retake this test, I am placing you in a psych ward myself," Kate proudly peered at the test before folding it carefully and putting it in her purse. "And Bridgerton, you've got to keep an eye on that sister of yours!"

"I heard," Anthony gave a long suffering sigh. "I thought Grosvenor had seen the worst of my family's mischief after Colin graduated, but trust Eloise to wreak havoc through sheer stupidity."

"Oi," Edwina said. "That's my friend you're talking about, watch it."

"Well, you can tell your friend to stop being the source of my grey hairs, how about that," Anthony arched a brow at her. "I thought boarding school was supposed to make kids behave better, not worse."

"Hmm, I guess it doesn't take if they live there and don't come home," Kate said, reaching for her coffee. "Mine is but a lowly day student but you don't see her in detention." Her smirk was cruel but Anthony didn't take the bait, instead rolling his eyes and moving away. Edwina thought it odd for all but two seconds before Kate took a sip of her coffee.

"Hey, this is decaf!" Kate yelled across the diner.

"Maybe I wanted a flogging," Anthony tossed back with a wink, Kate's mouth falling open instantly, and Edwina had to hide her laughter behind a large sip of coffee to avoid her sister's derision.

Yes, Edwina was happy indeed.

Feel free to drop a comment below or come say hi on tumblr anjork or twitter folklauerate :)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters or the song Reflecting Light