"Ok, I think I'll go take a shower" Luke says and he heads upstairs.
"Wait, why are you going up there? Don't you have a shower at your place?" Maria asks.
Lorelai speaks up. "Maria, your dad and I are dating again"
Maria gets a confused look on her face and then the biggest smile her parents have ever seen. "Yes! And I didn't even have to do a thing!" She runs up and hugs them both and then turns to her dad. "Race ya for the bathroom" she says.
Luke gets a smile on her face and both him and Maria race up the stairs.
Lorelai is left at the bottom of the steps listening to not only herself laugh but also to rumbling upstairs. "Hah, faster then my old man" she hears Maria say. "Hey, who you calling old?" Lorelai just shakes her head and heads to the kitchen.
A couple weeks later, the Gilmore clan is just relaxing at home, when Luke comes into Maria's room. He goes over to her bed and sits down next to her.
"What's up dad?" Maria asks once as she sets her book down that she was reading.
"Your mother's birthday is tomorrow and I want to give her this" Luke says as he takes something out of his pocket. Maria opens a small box to revel as wedding ring.
"Dad! You're going to propose?" Maria says with a smile on her face.
"Yes and I need your help. I want to come up with a way that is memorable but is also very Lorelai, if you know what I mean. Now I know that we just been seeing each other for a couple of weeks but I have loved your mother for years even before you where born and I think its time. You up to helping me or not?"
Maria fumbles around for a bit, crawls over and hugs Luke. "Ok, I have the perfect plan" she says and tells her father how it's going to go.
The next day, Lorelai walks into the diner and it looks kind of weird because everyone that is sitting is either reading a newspaper or a book and Lorelai can not see their faces. She goes up to the counter and kisses Luke without either of them saying a word. "What is today?" Lorelai asks with a smile.
"Well I believe a Thursday" Luke says with a hint of smile on his face.
"Ha ha, very funny. Now where are you taking me for my birthday" Lorelai says.
"I have a surprise, now since today is your birthday I am going to give you something that you will never have again. At least I hope." Luke says as he gives Lorelai this thermos as he walks around to her side of the counter.
Lorelai quickly grabs it but once as she does, realizes something is different because of the light weight. She shakes it a bit and you can hear a jingle inside. She opens the thermos and tips it over until the ring falls into her hand.
Luke grabs the ring from her hand and gets down on one knee in front of her. "Lorelai, you are the most beautiful and special woman that I have ever met. You give me joy and laughter everyday. When you walk into a room, my heart feels like it's about to explode. You have given me an amazing daughter and I love you with my entire heart. Lorelai Gilmore will you marry me?" Luke asks.
Lorelai stands in shock through the entire speech and when it's done, she has tears in her eyes. "Why, yes Luke Danes, I would love to marry you."
He puts the ring on her finger and stands up. He quickly wraps his arms around her and lifts her up as they are kissing. Everyone in the dinner is clapping and cheering.
Once as Luke puts her back down, she looks around to see who is applauding. It turns out that Maria called and got Rory, Jess, Richard, Emily, Sookie, Jackson, Miss Patty, Babette, Morey, and even Kirk to come and watch. Maria is standing behind the counter, smiling, and even has some tears in her eyes.
"Am I good or what?" Maria says out loud.
The next couple of weeks are being very hectic because Lorelai does not want a long engagement. Emily and Richard are paying for the whole wedding (the ceremony part) while Luke and Lorelai are paying for the reception. Rory is the maid of honor and Maria had to pay Jess twenty dollars to be Luke's best man. The whole shebang was in Stars Hallow so everyone could come. The ceremony was beautiful. The bridesmaid's dresses were red. Their bouquets where white and Lorelai had the same dress that she had in the show. Except her flowers where red. (So it had a theme). Luke and Maria had the traditional colors of tuxes (Maria's looked like Rory's in the show). The reception was held in the town square and it was a perfect night for it.
When it came time for the speeches, Rory went first. "Now as you all have known, my mom has gone through her share of guys in my lifetime"
That got a lot of laughs out of the crowd.
"But I have never seen her look at a guy the way she looks at Luke. She would drag me to the diner mostly every day when I was a kid just so she could sit there and have him rant and yell at her. She loves him more then anyone in the world, other then her two fabulous daughters. Luke, you are so good for her, you listen to her, put up with all of her schemes and crazy ideas that form in her head. A couple of years ago, she told me about this dream that she had…"
Lorelai looks up with a smile and kind of shocked look on her face.
"About you. She dreamt that you two where married and she was pregnant with twins. Now back then, she told me that I was crazy when I told her that she was secretly in love with you. But I knew deep down, that maybe one day her dream would come true. And look where we are today." Rory picks up her champagne glass and says "To my mom and new dad"
Everyone picks up their glasses and then Rory sits back down. Maria stands up and says "Well I guess it's my turn. Um… what can I say about my parents. Well to begin, I have wanted them together all of my life. Standing up here today is a dream come true for me. When I was about four or five I would come up with little plots in my head of ways that would make them have to be together. One was I would fake getting lost so my parents would have to come together to find me. I was even going to go as far as fake hit my head and pretend not to have any memory of them actually being apart. But I got over that stage in my life and now look where we are today. When my mom started dating Max, I wanted to scream. I wanted to scream because they looked like they where going to last a long time. But I knew deep down that my mom and dad were destined for each other. This may be cliché but they make each other whole. Now mom, put your hand on the table. Dad, put your hand on top of moms. Now I want everyone to treasure this moment because it will be the first and last time that my dad will ever have the upper hand. To Mr. and Mrs. Danes!"
Everyone at that point is laughing and having tears in their eyes from the speeches.
Maria sits back down only to have her mom and dad make her stand back up to hug her. Once she sits back down again, Maria looks around at the table around her and thinks to herself Now this is the perfect life!
Now I don't know if this is going to be my last story but I am also thinking of having a sequel about maybe Lorelai being pregnant. I don't know so if you guys review and want me to I will but if I don't get enough then I don't think I will. I am sorry about how long in between my chapters are but that is my life so I would try to be better in my next story but I cant promise you anything.