Ok so… here I am and I know I left a cliffhanger before (sorry!) but I have a good reason (besides writers block) Like some of you know (hi K!) I have a 1yr old boy and let's just say the months before his birth and the ones following were kinda hectic but now I have gotten the itch to finish my stories!
I will start updating more periodically now but it's not gonna be like it was before mainly cuz I have to reread every story I left open to get back to that state of mind… so far here's the next installment of Javajunkie's Sky I am also working on finishing Super Gampa and also a new story but that I wont post until it is fully done; lastly I will get to Oh Baby and Different Start.
.o0 Previously… 0o.
"Lorelai?" Emily pushed past Sky and went into the living room.
"Mom, hi!" Lorelai had a trapped look.
"I swear that boy..." Emily started but got distracted right away. "Are you pregnant?" her eyes on Lorelai's small round belly, her small tight t- shirt doing nothing to hide it.
"Umm..." Lorelai didn't know what to say, she wasn't expecting the look Emily was giving her.
Upstairs was Sky hiding in his room going over and over scenarios and different pep-talks for her Mom once her Grandmother left. Suddenly he heard an engine and went over to his window just in time to see Emily drive off, with that he hurried back downstairs to asses the damage.
"Mom?" he found her standing in the same spot with an envelop in her hands and a shocked expression. "Are you ok?"
"Umm"
"What happened?" he got closer and took the envelope from her.
"Nothing"
"Nothing?..." he read what was inside envelope. "This is the invitation for that thing grandpa has every summer, why didn't the mailman bring this like every year?"
"She thought I was hiding something and she wanted to bust me on it"
"And boy were you hiding something" he teased and dropped on the couch while flinging the invitation on the coffee table. "So... Grandma left quick... What happened?"
"Nothing"
"Again with the 'nothing', what did Grandma say?"
"Nothing, she didn't say anything. She just looked at me, had the...Weirdest look ever, handed me the invitation and left"
"What do you mean 'weird'?"
"I don't know... Sad? Disappointed? Kinda like a lost puppy" Sky chuckled "What's so funny?"
"You called my Grandma a sad puppy" he laughed.
"Sky focus. I made my Mom sad, and not as in 'my daughter is a giant disappointment' kind of sad but the kind that also makes me sad" by the end of that she was slumping on the couch next to Sky.
"Well, you're pregnant right now so… everything makes you sad"
"Sky!"
"I mean, you're hormones are crazy so you getting sad over something is not a good measurement of anything"
"Ouch, that was mean"
"Did it make you sad?" he asked with a smartass smirk.
"Ok… you're right, but still… what should I do?"
"There's only one thing to do" he told her with a sad smile.
"And that is…?"
"We're gonna have to go 'ducky' on her. And by we I mean you"
"Ah… no. Think of something else"
"There's nothing else… want me to get the phone for you? Or do you want to pull a true 'ducky'?" he asked with a smirk.
"Fine…" Lorelai said after a long sigh. "Go get me the phone"
"Finally!" he exclaimed while getting up. "I've waited all my life for this moment"
"Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna get the one in your room too so I can hear everything"
"Give me the phone!"
"Fine…" he sigh and sat next to her so he could at least listen to her side of the conversation.
.o0 Stars Hollow, Luke's apartment, 1995 0o.
They had moved to Stars Hollow shortly after the school year had ended, had spent all summer enjoying the town, its people and festivals. When school started both Rory and Sky were attending, with him being 6 almost 7 and Rory being 12. Lorelai had managed to get her old job back at the Independence Inn; but still was always home when Sky got there, like today.
"Sky?" she called from hers and Luke's room when the door closed.
"I'm home, everything was good, I didn't make any new friends, nothing bad happened, and yes I want a snack please" he said walking into his room to dump his backpack and hoodie.
"I'm glad everything's good, and I'll get you a snack right after you come here please"
"Yes?"
"I got a very interesting call today…" she started.
"Who?" he asked with a smile.
"Your teacher" and then his smile was gone.
"Oh?"
"'oh' is right little man. Care to tell me your side of the story?"
"No?"
"Speak… now" she gave him a full ten seconds before talking again. "Ok then, let's try another approach… is It true you and your friends were making fun of a little boy?" he nodded. "MmmHmm is it true you were calling him duck boy?" he shook his head.
"Ducky" he whispered ashamed.
"Oh, ok, 'ducky', well; that's not much better now, is it?" he shook his head again. "And is it true he's the new kid in school?" he nodded. "I can't believe you Sky; did people make fun of you when you were the new kid in school?"
"No" again he whispered.
"Then why did you make fun of him?" he shrugged. "I'm gonna need real answers now"
"Everybody else was doing it"
"Please tell me you're kidding"
"Sorry?"
"You better be, you know better than that, we taught you better than that"
"I'm sorry Mommy"
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to"
"Ok, I'll tell him I'm sorry tomorrow"
"That's very sweet, but I had a different idea"
"What do you mean?"
"When I was talking to you teacher I asked who it was you were making fun of and when she told me she gave me an address so…"
"No" he groaned "Do I have to?'
"You made that little boy cry, so yes, you have to"
"It wasn't just me!"
"I don't care how many there were, all I care is what you do and today you made a little boy cry and you're going to apologize in person"
"But…"
"Next time, maybe, you'll act differently; let's go" she started to walk out of the room.
"Different how?" he ran after her and she stopped, turned, and answered.
"Tell your friends to stop it, walk away, step up, do something other tease"
"Sorry" he whispered again.
"Let's go"
.o0 423 Dandelion Ln. 0o.
"We can still walk away" Sky tried one last time while they were walking up the walkway.
"Did you walk away?"
"No"
"Then there's your answer. Knock" she pointed at the door. After a few seconds the door opened.
"Can I help you?' a woman about 0yrs older than Lorelai opened the door.
"Yes, hi! I'm Lorelai, this is my son Lucas…" sky waved at her. "… he goes to school with your son"
"Oh, hi, Lucas" she smiled at him.
"Hi" he said shyly.
"We we're wondering if he was around? Lucas here needs to tell him something"
"Oh yes! Donny! Donny, honey, come here!"
"Yes" a little boy appeared out of the blue and right away Lorelai knew where the nickname came from; the boy had a slight waddle to his walk. "Sky?" he seemed surprised and a little sad.
"Hi Donny" Sky said a little ashamed.
"Hi, Donny, I'm Lorelai; Sky's Mom. He has something he needs to tell you… go ahead Lucas"
"I'm sorry about today" Sky said quietly, Donny wasn't expecting that. "I shouldn't have said that. I should've stop them but I didn't and it's not fair to you, I'm sorry"
"What's he talking about?" Donny's Mom asked.
"Today at school some of my friends started making fun of Donny and called him names and I joined them instead of telling them to stop, I'm sorry" Sky explained.
"Donny?" she asked her son who only looked down at the floor. "Why didn't you tell me anything?" he shrugged.
"I'm very sorry, tomorrow I'll make sure they don't tell him anything" he assured Donny's Mom.
"That's very nice of you Lucas"
"I was the new kid in school not that long ago, I should've been nicer"
"Well… thank you for coming Lucas; it was very nice of you" Donny's Mom whispered a 'thank you' to Lorelai.
"See you tomorrow, Sky" Donny said with a smile.
"Bye" Sky did a half wave.
.o0 Back In The Living Room, 2004 0o.
"I hope you know I plan on getting back at you for this" Lorelai told him, phone in hand mid-dial.
"This is for your own good, Mom" he couldn't help but smile all the while she dialed Emily's cell number.
Right as Lorelai was dialing Sky's cell went off.
"Aw man..." he reached into his pocket and saw that it was the diner's number. "Wha...?"
"Where's your Mom?"
"Well hi to you too Dad. I'm good, how bout' you? Really? Wow well..."
"Sky..."
"She's in the living room on the phone, why?"
"Babbette called and said your Grandma was there" Luke was pacing behind the counter; he knew Lorelai hadn't told Emily about the pregnancy yet.
"She was but she left already"
"And...?"
"She came to drop off the invitation for grandpa's summer thing and then she left. Nothing happened. Actually Mom said that Grandma looked sad"
"Sad?"
"That's what she said. So... I made her call Grandma back to apologize for hurting her feelings" Sky said proudly.
"Aw you finally got your ducky payback" Luke teased.
"Yup"
"Have your Mom call me after she's done"
"Yeah sure" Sky hung up and went back to the living room just in time to see Lorelai hang up also. "Aw man, I missed it!"
"You didn't miss anything"
"She didn't answer?"
"No, she did, and she told me how bad I made her feel by not telling her, then that made me feel bad also and now she feels better because I feel worse"
"Sorry. I guess apologizing doesn't always have the same effect on everybody" he felt like it was his fault his mom was feeling down.
"Nah, it's just how my Mom is" she dismissed it "Who called you?"
"Dad, he said for you to call him after you were done with grandma"
"How did he know I was talking to Grandma?"
"He called to see if you were ok, Babbette told him she was here and he wanted to know how it went"
"Babbette?" he nodded. "Don't you just love living next to Babbette?" he shrugged
"I used to not care before"
"But now?"
"Now I can't ever train outside… she makes me feel like a piece of meat" Lorelai started laughing.
"My poor boy" she said while still laughing.
"Yeah, yeah, go call Dad"
You've been LoVeLuKe-ized
I know it probably wasn't the chapter you were expecting after all this time, so far I already have about 2 chapters (kinda) done for this story so at least this will be updated more often. Also helping me out a lot is my ipod, I use that to write while I'm at work XD