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Luke's Diner
Lorelai walks into the diner, her bag on one shoulder, carrying Olivia on her other hip. She glances up at Luke and smiles. He walks over to her, giving her a hello kiss. "Did you have the day off?" Luke asks as he plants a kiss on Olivia's head. Lorelai gives him a strange look.
"It's Sunday, I always have the day off," Lorelai reminds him. "I wondered why you took Liam at all today."
"I forgot. You've been working most Sundays since the inn opened anyways," Luke says. Lorelai shrugs. He walks away, back to the counter and picks up a coffee cup. "Coffee?"
"Elixir of life?" Lorelai responds quickly.
"Sure, a shortened one," he grumbles. Lorelai laughs. Luke shakes his head walking over to get the coffee pot. "Aren't you going to sit here?" Luke asks, motioning to the stool in front of the coffee cup.
"I can't, remember?" Luke stares at her a moment, really trying to think. "Sookie's coming in we're going to-"
"Plan the wedding," Luke finishes, slightly recalling their late night conversation. Lorelai shakes her head smiling.
"You never remember."
"Why you try to tell me these things as I'm going to sleep, I'll never know," Luke mutters. "Okay, pick a table." He motions. Lorelai picks the table by the door, setting the bag down next to her and settling Olivia in her lap. Luke grabs the coffee cup off the counter and brings it over along with the coffee pot. "You want me to take Olivia upstairs with Liam?" Luke asks as he pours her coffee. Lorelai glances down at Olivia.
"Yeah, I guess," Lorelai figures, as if she really doesn't want to. "You still checking on them every 10 minutes?" Luke nods.
"Just like Jess and Rory," Luke responds. Lorelai grins.
"Oh you." Luke sets the coffee pot on the counter and lifts Olivia from Lorelai's arm.
"Hey there, Baby Girl, did you let Mom sleep in this morning?" Luke says to Olivia who blows raspberries in response.
"Oh yeah she did, cuz you took the screamer," Lorelai tells him.
"He's not a screamer. He just wants to make sure I can hear him when I'm asleep," Luke informs Lorelai, who smirks.
"Who's gotten up in the middle of the night for the past month? Lorelai Gilmore, correct. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!" Lorelai teases. Luke shrugs it off.
"You've been up at that time anyways," he responds. Seeing Sookie walking in the door, Luke walks away to take Olivia upstairs. Sookie sets a big box by her side as she takes the seat across the table from Lorelai.
"Hey there," Lorelai greets Sookie, eyeing the big box. "A naked woman going to pop out of that?" Sookie reaches in the box and begins laying magazines on the table. "Modern Bride. Brides. Bridal Guide. World Class Weddings. Sookie, did you buy out the entire newsstand?" Lorelai asks, after reading the titles off some off the magazines.
"Well you want the best there is!" Sookie exclaims.
"Sure, but you could have told me. I have some here," Lorelai says, picking a few magazines out of the bag next to her and handing them to Sookie.
"Okay well these are three years old and these are almost two years old," Sookie says, looking at the dates on the magazines. "You want something modern don't you?"
"Well one of those is Modern Bride," Lorelai responds, defending herself. She grimaces. Sookie touches Lorelai's arm.
"Lorelai, you don't want the wedding you planned with Max or the wedding you planned with Christopher. You want something different. Something that represents you and Luke," Sookie tells her as Luke walks in and over to them. Lorelai shares a glance with Luke.
"Coffee, Sookie?" Luke asks.
"Sure, but Luke, don't you think I'm right?" Sookie asks. Lorelai chuckles.
"He doesn't care," Lorelai says. Luke furrows his eyebrows, shooting Lorelai a confused look.
"Yes, I do."
"Oh." Lorelai sits back. "I just… I didn't know guys actually ever wanted any input on weddings. I mean, we planned yours," Lorelai says, looking at Sookie, who nods.
"Max and Christopher never wanted any input?" Luke asks. Lorelai shakes her head.
"Rory and I planned my wedding to Max. It was an outdoor theme, you remember," Lorelai says. Luke nods. "And my mother planned my wedding to Christopher." Luke steps back, appalled. "Yeah." Lorelai nods.
"Emily did? No wonder you didn't marry him," Luke says, closing his eyes, wanting to put the words back in his mouth. Lorelai touches his arm.
"Seriously, you should have seen my face when he told me that my mother was involved in the planning. I imagine the hole is still in the roof," Lorelai tells him.
"Yikes," Sookie says. Luke takes a deep breath.
"Well, I'll leave you two to your planning," Luke says, touching Lorelai's shoulder.
"Coffee," Sookie reminds him.
"Times two," Lorelai adds, pointing to her empty cup. Luke gives her a look but walks off to go get the coffee.
"So, I was thinking about a summer wedding," Sookie says, her eyes lit up. "Like end of August." Lorelai doesn't look thrilled about this idea.
"It's June, Sookie. That means that we have two months to plan the wedding. Plus I want Rory to be here for the wedding. And also, my wedding to Max was supposed to be end of August."
"Oh, yeah," Sookie says softly. She flips through a magazine, trying to come up with a new idea.
"You know I was thinking…" Lorelai begins, folding her hands in front of her. Sookie looks up at her. "We haven't scheduled a wedding for the Dragonfly yet. Maybe my wedding could be the first one. It only takes one to start the ball rolling and that way we can show off our tastes in weddings. What do you think?" Sookie flashes Lorelai a big smile.
"That's a great idea!" Sookie squeals. Luke walks over with the coffee pot and a cup for Sookie.
"Luke, what do you think about having our wedding at the Dragonfly?" Lorelai asks him. Luke shrugs, pouring the coffee.
"I think I've heard of that place. Seems to me that someone said the dark haired owner's kinda bitchy," Luke deadpans.
"I heard that the dark haired owner is withholding sex tonight," Lorelai responds. Luke glances up at Lorelai, to correctly read her face, making sure she's actually joking. But she's giving him a poker face. Luke swallows only to have Lorelai wink at him.
"Anything else you need?" Luke asks.
"Oooh, a Breakfast at Lucas's," Lorelai requests.
"What specifically do you want?" Luke asks.
"A Breakfast at Lucas's. It's 3 ounces of Jack Daniels and 6 ounces of decaf, but you can make it caffeinated for me," Lorelai says innocently, her eyes glittering with mischief. Luke groans.
"I'll get right on that," Luke mutters and walks away. Lorelai grins at Sookie.
"So, okay, the Dragonfly. When?" Sookie asks, jotting down notes in a notebook.
"Well, I think I'd like to have it outside." Sookie sets down her pen.
"Lorelai, if we're going to wait until summer's over it'll be cold."
"And snowy," Lorelai adds. Her eyes light up and she looks away in wonder. "Yeah, we can have it outside with the snow falling around us. Me and Luke standing under the chuppah. Me in a beautiful cream gown and white lilies all around," Lorelai says in a dreamlike state.
"And everyone in overcoats," Luke grunts, setting a muffin on a plate in front of Lorelai. She looks up at him.
"Thanks," she says as if she didn't hear his comment. She breaks off a bit of the muffin and nibbles at it.
"It sounds nice," Sookie says hesitantly.
"But…" Lorelai replies, motioning for Sookie to continue.
"But, don't you think people would be cold outside?"
"Well we can have everything but the chuppah under a heated tent. Besides, if they don't like me enough to withstand the cold, then maybe I don't want them to come," Lorelai responds.
"They may be okay with the cold up to the point that they actually get frostbite," Sookie comments. Lorelai gives her a look. "But if you're okay with a heated tent, then we'll go from there." Lorelai glances at Luke, who nods and walks away. "So, when?" Sookie flips open the calendar, putting it in front of Lorelai, who flips to October and points to a date. "October 17th it is." Sookie writes down some more notes as Lorelai flips open a magazine and begins turning pages.
"You're going to do the menu right?" Lorelai asks. Sookie nods. "Oooh, you should make that fabulous chicken dish you made the other day!" Sookie grins.
"It was pretty good, wasn't it?" Sookie says, proud of herself.
"The sauce you put on it… wow."
"Secret's in the sauce," Sookie quips.
"Uh, ew?" Lorelai wrinkles her nose. Sookie giggles.
"Good thing you didn't say dirty." Lorelai nods, knowingly. Sookie giggles again. "So how many in the bridal party?" Lorelai furrows her eyebrows, considering this.
"Well, there's you," Lorelai says, pointing to her fingers. "And Rory, of course. And April. Oh, and Liz. So four." Sookie's eyes go wide.
"Wow, that's a lot Lorelai." Lorelai sighs.
"Well how about this, we can make Liam and Olivia the ring bearer and flower girl and April can be the junior bridesmaid and push them down the aisle in a stroller," Lorelai suggests.
"Clever!" Luke walks over.
"Anything new?" Luke asks.
"Yeah, how do you feel about the twins being our ring bearer and flower girl?" Lorelai asks.
"And they're just going to skip down the aisle?" Luke asks in disbelief. Lorelai laughs, smacking his arm.
"April's going to push them down in a stroller," Sookie tell him. Luke nods, agreeably. "What we need to know is who you want in the wedding."
"And it needs to be three, cuz I've got Sookie, Rory and Liz," Lorelai adds. Luke gives her a disgusted look at the mention of Liz. He sighs.
"Well Tony'll be my best man," Luke begins and then pauses. "And Kirk?"
"Kirk? Kirk's going to be in the wedding?" Lorelai repeats, her voice getting higher. Luke shrugs.
"Yeah. Sure." Lorelai looks at him in disbelief.
"Okay…"
"And… Jess?" Luke looks at Lorelai for approval. She nods.
"Okay, he's your nephew," Lorelai agrees.
"But Rory's going to be a bridesmaid," Luke reminds her. Lorelai shrugs.
"When she gets back I'll give her a choice: Jess or Kirk." Lorelai smirks. "And I really can't predict that response. Anyone want to take a bet?" Lorelai looks from Luke to Sookie. Receiving no response, Lorelai shrugs.
"Have you talked to Rory?" Sookie asks. Lorelai and Luke share a look. Luke lightly grips her shoulder. "Okay, got it." Sookie blushes. Lorelai touches Sookie's arm.
"It's okay, Sook. That's why we're doing this. Keeping my mind off of things," Lorelai say. "Now how about we put the plans on hold and go play with two adorable 6 month olds who are probably craving some attention," Lorelai suggests. Sookie sets down her pen.
"Yes, let's," Sookie agrees. Lorelai stands.
"Work hard, we're going to need good money for this wedding," Lorelai tells Luke. She smiles a gives him a quick kiss and then follows Sookie up the stairs.