Doing What's Right on the Wedding Night
Rating: PG-13
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Chapter 6: Hummingbirds Weren't on the Freaking List!
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She was standing at the doors in tears. He invited her in and held her in his arms, whispering words of comfort. She looked up at him and gave him a long passionate kiss, finally showing him how she felt. The kiss lasted until they both ran out of air, and by then they were already on the bed. She began to unbutton his shirt and he began kissing her neck.
"Luke," she half said, half moaned.
"Yeah?" he asked. I opened my eyes. That was all a dream?
"What?" I asked.
"You, um, said my name."
"Oh." I did that aloud? Crap. "Um well, am I hogging the blankets? I do that all the time. I don't know why, I mean, I'll fall asleep sharing the blankets and I'll wake up with all of them. Weird huh?" Great, I was babbling now.
"Nope. I'm good."
"Good." So, I knew Rory was mad at me and all, but I don't know if this was much better. What's better, sharing a bed with a hostile daughter or a man who's name you'll be moaning in your sleep?
"That all?"
"Uh huh, night."
"Night."
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The next day, after waking up and adressing the very awkward position me and Luke found ourselves in, (my face buried in his chest and his arm draped across my body) I went to go apoligize to Rory.
"Rory, I'm sorry, please open the door," I said, knocking repeatedly until she answered.
"I'm sorry too Mom!" she brought me inside.
"Ugh! Are there more of them?"
"I think so, the flowers are reproducing. But that's beside the point. Did you tell Luke, you know, what the fight was about?"
"No, I mean, you seemed upset about it, AND it would've made things awkward if he didn't feel the same way!"
"Are you blind?"
"Huh?"
"Mom, Luke's pretty much in love with you. The whole town knows it."
"Ugh, not the whole 'Luke has a thing for you' speech. I mean, why hasn't he said something then?"
"Why haven't you?" She had me there. It would probably be a good idea to tell him, but then again, it could totally ruin our friendship. Gah!
Being in love sucks!
"Okay, let's drop this for now, because I need to eat. Do you think the coast is clear downstairs?" Rory asked.
"Let's check the schedule. Early morning walk, 7:30. Regional history talk, 8:15, bluppity blah bah bah bah. We're in luck. Breakfast just ended and the arts and craft workshop doesn't begin for another thirteen minutes."
"We've got a window!"
"It must be when they all shower."
"I'll grab my bag, you grab Luke. Go go go!"
Me, Luke, and Rory walked down the stairs, only to be greeted by Ladonn.
"Hello strangers!"
"Uh!" Rory yelled.
"Uhh, geez," Luke said. Dammit! Why were all the people standing by the window!?
"We've been worried about you three."
"What are you people doing?"
"We're watching hummingbirds."
"They're still out ther if you wanna scooch in," said one the women looking out the window.
"They're the darndest things. Flap their wing a hundred times a second. It's an engineering marvel," said one of the men.
"That was not on the freaking list!" Luke complained.
"We don't put things like this on the freaking list, because the delights of nature aren't on any kind of schedule," Ladonn said. Stupid nature.
"So push in some chairs. We're gonna make some fresh scones." Food!
"Yes, they're for tea this afternoon," Ladonn confirmed. "I just brought out the first test batch. Have a taste."
"A taste would not be bad," Rory says.
"Uh, maybe just one taste." Luke nods and all three of us eagerly grab a scone. For the next few minutes I talk about publishing, the business I am apparantly in. Fortunately, this gives me an excuse to go make a 'business call', leaving Luke and Rory to their fates.
"Hey, Sookie, it's me."
"Hey sweetie, how's the trip?"
"It's fine. Where are you?" It sounded loud behind her.
"Luke's."
"Luke's can open without Luke?" Wow, shocking.
"Yeah, Ceaser opened. So, um, I have some bad news."
"What?"
"The town knows Luke went with you guys." That's all?
"Uh, Sook, that's not that big a deal, I mean, they're crazy, not stupid. They can put two and two together."
"Yeah, well, that's not the bad news."
"Huh? What is then?"
"Well, they didn't exactly get the story straight." Oh, no.
"What are they saying?"
"Um, the lastest version of the story is that Max ended the engagement because he found out you were having an affair with Luke, and now you and Luke are on your way to Vegas to elope and Rory is your witness."
"WHAT!?" No no no no!
"It's really bad. They talked about it for an hour at town meeting last night!"
"Why didn't you stop them!?"
"I tried to! They won't listen!"
"Oh, no. Luke's gonna be soooo mad! We'll uh, deal with it when we get back to town. Just make sure they don't think I'm having Luke's kid when we get home."
"Okay."
"Bye." I walked back out into the lobby. "Um, honey," I said to Luke, "can I talk to you for a second?" Luke looked relieved.
"Yes."
"C'mon." We walked up the stairs. At the top Luke said,
"Thank you! B&B-ers are creppy as hell and-"
"The town thinks we're eloping."
"WHAT?!"
"The town. I just talked to Sookie, and um, the town thinks that I cheated on Max with you and now we're eloping."
"That's crazy!"
"That's Star's Hollow!"
"Why would they think that?! I mean, we're just friends! You wouldn't have cheated on Max with me and we wouldn't be eloping! We're just friends"
"But is that all we're ever going to be?"
"Huh?"
"Luke..." Giving up on words, I kissed him hard on the lips.
tbc
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