Thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate them!!! More ReviewsUpdate sooner… do the math… Ok, Here is Chapter Six (It's a long one!!) So be prepared:
Oh… and I know there are tidbits of Loerlai's past in the episode 'Dear Richard and Emily' but I'm going to write it my own way, but I'll stick to the basic plot. Sorry if that bothers anyone!
I do not know when Lorelai met Chris… but in my story, she's known him practically her entire life. And they are very good friends, but nothing more… yet…
R&R
Here it goes-
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The car trip home was grim, Lorelai just stared, day-dreaming, out the window, wishing she'd never go back to Harvard, and that she'd stay in Star's Hallow forever.
"Lorelai, stop moping around! You have no reason to be upset! Now sit up straight! It is improper for a young lady to slouch! Lorelai, don't roll your eyes at me!" The car trip home was mostly Emily yelling at Lorelai and her many, un-ladylike flaws.
As soon as they reached home, Lorelai ran up to her room and locked the door. She didn't want to talk to her parents; she didn't want to talk to anybody but Luke.
Looking around her room, Lorelai realized that her parents really didn't understand her. First of all, the walls were pink. Not the neon, electric pink Lorelai liked but the dull, pastel, princess-baby pink. In the corner there was a doll-house… a doll-house! One of those old Victorian, beautifully crafted antique doll house. She would have loved it eight years ago, but now it just sat, collecting duct, with random articles of clothing sprawled over it. Everything was pink, and young, and lacy and girly, and very, very delicate. Nothing in the room was 'Lorelai'. She realized her parents knew nothing about her and that is why they still treated her like a five-year-old. But Lorelai was growing up.
She had always had a terrible relationship with her mom. They only interacted when forced. They were, and had always been complete opposites. Emily was delicate and dainty, and very ladylike; she would accept nothing less then perfect. As former debutant, Emily looked elegant ball room dancing.
Lorelai, on the other hand, couldn't be more different. She was a slob, and didn't care for dancing or frilly dresses or whatnot. She would care less about that crap. Which is probably why Lorelai turned out to be who she was
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A small pebble tapped bumped against the window of her bedroom window. She must have fallen asleep, since it was considerably later, and she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.
Yawning, she stood up from the chair she had dozed off in, and hurried to the window. Christopher stood on the balcony, waiting for Lorelai to open the large window.
"Hey… I thought we had plans yesterday?" Chris questioned, climbing through the window. Lorelai sighed and closed the window, carefully, making sure her parents didn't know that she had company.
"Sorry…" she replied sitting back down in the chair "I went shopping with my mom in this little town called Stars Hallow and we got snowed there overnight."
"Bummer… it must have sucked to be stuck in a weird town with YOUR mom. Stars Hallow… that's a weird name for a town, it's probably one of those tiny, dull towns, like, where you know everyone in the whole town." Chris said, as he fiddled with his hands and then took a ball from his pocket, and started to throw it up it the air. He tossed it to Lorelai and she caught it.
"No… actually, it was a really nice town, and I really want to go back. There was something… really special there and… I don't know…. But it was just different. And I met this guy there… never mind" She didn't really feel comfortable talking about Luke with Chris.
"Lore…"
"Yeah?"
"Just forget it… it wasn't important." Chris sighed, he could tell by Lorelai's expressions and attitude that it wasn't just any guy, he could tell that Lorelai liked him. And inside, he felt just a little bit jealous.
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Time passed. Lorelai begged and begged her parents to let her go to the Valentine's Day festival, but they were just too busy. Years went by, and Lorelai almost forgot about the little town. She thought of it, only when she was truly upset, and needed a happy place to go inside her mind.
Today was one of those days. Lorelai hid her face in her pillow and cried. She just cried. Her life was in ruins and it seemed impossible to fix. She was only seventeen years old, and she couldn't handle it any longer. The last year had been the hardest of her life. It wasn't easy being pregnant at sixteen, Especially with Emily and Richard as parents.
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"Lorelai, you can't be serious. Now stop fooling around." …was Emily's first reaction to when Lorelai, sheepishly told her the news. Lorelai stood there, unsure of what to say or do. In fact, that was one of the moments where she wished she was back in Stars Hollow, where everything seemed magical.
"I'm sorry mom!" Lorelai cried "I… I didn't know it would result to this…"
"Lorelai, you're serious, aren't you?" Emily asked. She nodded. Emily stared. There was silence, possibly the worst moment of Lorelai's life so far, she waited for her mother's reaction.
"Richard…"
"…not right now, Emily, I'm busy." He called back.
"…but, Richard, it's important."
"…not right now Emily"
"Richard, Lorelai… is pregnant." Great, more silence. Then the slow, steady, even, footsteps of Richard pacing into the room echoed through the building
"Did you just say…" but Emily completely ignored his question.
"Oh I knew we shouldn't have had that Hayden boy hanging around here so often! It was him… wasn't it?" Emily hesitated for an answer.
"…yes" Lorelai squeaked
"We have to get it removed!" Emily exclaimed
"No!" Lorelai shrieked. "I'm not getting an abortion! That would be cruel!" Her parents awkwardly stared at her.
"You suppose you're going to raise… this… thing?" Emily said in disgust
"Of course not, we'll hire a maid to do it for her! She has to go to school! She has to attend Yale" Richard replied, making it impossible for Lorelai to respond.
"Stop!!!" yelled Lorelai. Her parents just stared. "I'm going to raise her… or him myself! I don't care about school! I don't care about anything else. I'll do it alone if I have to!"
"What about Christopher?" Emily questioned
"What about him?" Lorelai retorted.
"Good heavens Lorelai! He's the father, what is he going to think?"
"It doesn't matter, he's not the who…"
"While you'll have to get married! Of course!" Emily said like it was such an obvious solution.
"No!" Lorelai revolted.
"Well of course you will! My grandchild will not be a basta…"
"Shutup!" Lorelai roared at her mother "You will not talk about MY child that way! I will raise it myself! And it will turn out PERFECT."
"Well she's obviously delirious!" Richard exclaimed "The hormones are kicking in already!"
"ARRRRRRRGH!' Lorelai screamed and sprinted back upstairs to her room, locking the door.
"What will people think?" Emily asked Richard. He just shook his head.
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Lorelai continued to sulk on her bed, trying to forget the horrible memories. It was September 6th, exactly one month from Rory's first birthday. Lorelai couldn't stand living with her parents anymore. Then she thought of it: Stars Hollow. She could run away there, with Rory, of course. She had nothing to lose. Her parents were just obnoxious and unnecessary and Chris didn't care for a family. \
Now, she thought. I will go now. It's now or never.
An hour later Lorelai had packed her new jeep, something she had insisted in buying a few months before, with Rory in her portable crib and most of her toys, and some clothes. Lorelai had packed mostly the necessities for herself. There was just one problem: she didn't have much money.
That didn't bother her now though, she was already driving herself and sleeping Rory to the magical land of Stars Hollow. She sure hoped it was the same. In fact, she hoped for Luke. She knew her expectations were high, but she needed a miracle.
She left but a note for her parents, and no way of contacting her:
Dear Richard and Emily,
I have left for opportunity for a new Life. For both of us: Rory and I. That we may both start over fresh. I don't when I'll see you, but I believe this is for the best.
Lorelai
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"Stars Hollow, next left:" The sign read as Lorelai drove down the highway. Turning Left, she began to see the small area of building that formed the familiar town.
"We're here!" Lorelai whispered back to now awake Rory. They both smiled and Rory giggled too. They turned on to the main street. Lorelai remembered exactly where William's Hardware store had been. She turned a corner and parked right in front of the store. She took Rory out of her car-seat and carried her to the entrance of the building. As Lorelai was about to open the door she realized someone on the other side was turning the "open" sign to "closed". The person saw Lorelai and their eyes immediately met. She realized it was Luke, who looked much, much older. He slowly realized who it was, and quickly turned the door open. They were still silently making eye contact, and Lorelai began to cry. Tears ran down her cheek, and Rory began to wail. Luke remained alarmed, still trying to figure out what happened and who Rory was.
"Hi" Lorelai managed to whisper "Remember me?" Luke nodded
"Well… I'd like you to meet my daughter… Rory." Luke stared with his mouth wide open.
She can't be over seventeen…, he thought, and she already has a child?…
Lorelai neared Luke and whispered into his ear. " I messed up, Luke, I really messed up." Lorelai and Rory shivered in the cold. Luke motioned for them to enter the store, and then and there he realized the pain Lorelai had experienced. He realized she needed him more then anyone now. And he was ready to help.
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Wow! That was long! I hope loved it, R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!