Lorelai walks into the living room holding two wine glasses. "So this is when we celebrate in style?" Chris asks. Lorelai grins and hands him a glass. "What are we drinking to?"
"Umm… Friday Night? No dinner? What else?"
"Okay, but you do realize this isn't something we have to celebrate. I mean, you're supposed to be there. We're basically celebrating the fact that your parents are going to hold this over your head for the rest of your life?" Lorelai shrugs.
"If that's the case." She walks over to the couch and sits down. "So, do you want any say in what we watch tonight?" Chris smiles and walks over to sit next to her.
"Are you sure you're okay with us not going tonight?" he wonders. She looks at him like he's crazy.
"Not going to my parents is the dream of a lifetime. Besides, they deserve it, they were the jerks last week who decided to jump down my throat for no reason. Not that that was anything new, but I still didn't deserve it. I'm happy, don't I look happy? I mean even Virginia Woolf was happy once in awhile. She had to be. Nicole Kidman played her in a movie and Nicole could not ruin that perfect face being mopey all the time," Lorelai rants. Chris grabs her arms as she's waving them around.
"Okay! Okay! Well, hopefully Rory will have a good time without us," Chris says. Lorelai nods.
"She will," Lorelai assures him, patting his knee. "So, did you pick a movie yet, or is it finally time to watch Hardbodies?" Chris smiles at her for a moment. Lorelai glances around a little unsure. "What? Do I have something on my face?" She kinda brushes her nose. Chris laughs.
"You know, Lorelai. I'm really glad we're together. This is going really for us. Isn't it?" Chris watches Lorelai's face. She nods. "Okay, well I just wanted to say that. And that I'm glad we're together. You know, I've always loved you but I never really loved you the way I should until now. So, yeah, that's what I wanted to say." Lorelai looks pleased and blushes. Embarressed, she shuffles around, picking up the remote and plays with it. "And…"
"Oh, there's more." Lorelai sits back putting the remote down. Chris winks and gets down in front of her on one knee. "Oh…." Lorelai sits up, her mouth dropping open.
"Lor, the last time I proposed to you I didn't really mean it. You were right not to marry me then. I was confused. I was immature. I didn't really understand what love was or what we were doing. But now everything's changed. And we're good together. And we've become a family and I want that family to be perfect. So, Lor, will you marry me?" He takes a box out of the inside pocket of his suit coat and opens it to reveal a beautiful engagement ring. Lorelai's hand goes to her chest as she tries to remember to breathe. She has a shocked expression on her face. "Lor?"
"Oh, wow, Chris…" She looks a little confused, like she's trying to think but not really coming up with anything. "Are you sure?" Chris looks confused. "I ah - mean - ah - are you really sure? It's only been a few months."
"What? Yes, Lor, yes I'm sure, I've never been more sure. I want to marry you with all my heart. I've never wanted anything this much. So I'm going to ask you again, Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, will you marry me?" Chris watches her expression, expectantly. As Lorelai takes a deep breath before possibly taking the biggest step of her life.
"Yes!" she exclaims.
"You're still seeming a little befuddled." Lorelai giggles.
"No, no, I'm sure. I'll marry you, Chris. We, you, me, we're going to get married. Yes." She finally smiles for the first time since the question was first proposed. Putting the ring on her finger, Chris cups her chin and kisses her. Lorelai looks down at the ring watching it glitter.
"It was my grandmother's," Chris says, sitting down next to her. He takes her hand, both still looking at the ring.
"It's beautiful, Chris." Lorelai looks over at him, eyes shining and then kisses him.
"So, we should celebrate." Lorelai's face lights up.
"Dirty!" Chris laughs.
"But Rory…."
"Won't be home for hours," Lorelai insists. Chris stands and scoops Lorelai up into his arms.
"Celebration begins!" He carries her up the stairs as Lorelai laughs the whole way.
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Notes: Yes, I know this probably doesn't make you happy, but it's Chris. And I wrote it this way for a reason making the proposal sound like a certain movie because I always liked how they did it in that movie. Since it's supposed to be the easiest decision you ever make, at least that's what they said in the movie, and it shows something that it wasn't the easiest decision for her. If you know what movie I'm talking about you'll understand.