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Chapter 3

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"Oh, my God, Lorelai sugar, this place looks fantastic!" exclaimed Babbette in her trademark rasp as she walked in through Lorelai's front door.

Lorelai looked up from the drink she was pouring, smiled and nodded. "Yeah! I gotta remember to thank my beautiful daughters for all their help." she said, smirking at Rory and April over her shoulder.

As per Lorelai's party rules, they had done all the work.

She handed her mother the rum and coke and took a sip of her vodka and orange juice, then walked back into the lounge. She squished down on the couch between Rory and April and eyed the growing pile of gifts on the coffee table in front of the fire place.

"Where did you lose your virginity? And when?" the room stopped breathing.

"Mom?" asked Lorelai, shocked.

"Well, except April, of course. She's only 14."

Babbette and Miss Patty glanced at each other.

"The gazebo! When I was fifteen. It was after the Founder's Firelight Festival…" Miss Patty started.

"Stars Hollow High's gym." interrupted Babbette. "It was after senior prom."

"Emily?" prompted Miss Patty.

Emily's eyes were glassy as she was obviously remembering that special moment. "Paris." she breathed, a small smile gracing her lips. "On my honeymoon."

Lorelai bit the inside of her lip. She really didn't want to know this.

"What about you, Lorelai?" asked Babbette.

Lorelai smiled and glanced at Rory. This was the beginning of her story. "It wasn't anything romantic. I was fifteen and drunk. It was on the balcony outside my bedroom. I always went out there to escape, and that balcony led to the free world."

"Rory?" asked Miss Patty.

The room instantly went silent again as everyone leaned in to hear the story. All the townies knew that Rory's first had been Dean. And they all knew that just before Rory and Dean started seeing each other again Dean's marriage fell apart. Rumour had it that there was a third party involved, a rumour that had been fuelled by Lindsay's infamous hockey stick throwing incident.

Rory glanced at Lorelai and sighed. "In my room. In my bed. On, on the night of the Trial Run for mom's Inn."

Rory hung her head and hoped, really hoped, that none of them picked up that she was the reason Dean and Lindsay's marriage broke down.

Luckily Lane jumped in just as Miss Patty's eyes flashed and understanding danced across her face. "On a Mexican beach on my honeymoon." she laughed, trying to bring the levity back.

"Randy Johnson's seventeenth birthday. I was so in love with him and I told him it was my birthday present to him." she giggled at the look Lorelai gave her.

"Next question." piped up Gypsy. While she was all for the drinking, she hated this girly tradition of sharing absolutely everything with these people. Especially Babbette and Miss Patty.

"What about you, Gypsy, darling?" asked Miss Patty in a sugary voice.

Gypsy shot her a look. "None of your damn business."

"Then you have to drink!" exclaimed Emily, pointing drunkenly at her.

Gypsy shrugged and took a long swig of her beer. "Happy?" she asked.

"Ok… Emily asked the last question, so that means… April gets the honours of asking the next one. Go ahead honey."

All eyes fell to April as she sat against the arm of the couch next to Lorelai. She looked up and saw the apologetic look on Lorelai's face and smiled. "If you had 48 hours to live, who would you spend them with?"

Miss Patty smirked. "As many men as possible!"

"Morey and the town." answered Babbette.

"Mom, my grandparents, you, Luke, Lane, the town… Paris if I could get her to sit still for more than five seconds." replied Rory, smiling at her sister.

"The boys, Zach, mamma. I'd probably be in the diner for a while, too. And Brian and Gil. We'd have to have one last band practice." Lane answered with a shrug.

"My kids. Jackson. Lorelai. At the Inn, even if Michel was there. I'd probably want to spend some time with Michel, just to see how upset I could get him."

Lorelai laughed at Sookie. "Oh, God, yes! We could go shopping, and then stop by the Inn on our way back to Luke's. Then, when we were at the diner, the whole town would be around, so I would still get to see everyone. Then, with 24 hours left, it would be just me, Rory, Luke, April, Sookie, Jackson, Davey, Martha, little Annie, Lane and her kids, my parents. Then, as we got closer and closer to that moment, it would just be me, Luke, Rory and April. Then I'd spend time alone with just Rory, my beautiful baby girl. And then April, my favourite step-daughter. Then Luke, the love of my life."

When Lorelai had stopped talking, everyone was looking at her with tears in their eyes.

"What about you, April?" asked Lorelai, shifting the focus of herself.

April smiled. "I would have 24 hours in New Mexico, doing things with my mom. Then I'd spend the other 24 hours here, with dad and all the people I've grown to love from this little town." she smiled directly up at Lorelai. "So, that'd be, Rory, Lane, her boys, dad obviously. The town in general. And you, Lorelai. I'm so glad you're finally going to be my step-mom."

Lorelai laughed lightly. "Ah, kid, you got no idea!"

They hugged and the moment was perfect, until…

"Lorelai! My drink's empty! Please, get me another drink!"

Lorelai rolled her eyes and let go of April. "Coming, mom."

Lol, I hope you liked it. I'm not sure I wrote it very well, but everytime I went to change it, nothing hit me, so it got left like this.