Title- Here Without You
Pairings- Luke and Lorelai (JavaJunkie all the way)
Set in the fourth season, after 'Afterboom' and before 'Luke can see her face'
Summary- Liz has cancer and she and TJ broke up. Who will be her savoir? And how will Lorelai react? It will start out a story then turn into a series of letters and each chapter will be in a different person's point of view. (Luke and Lorelai have been friends for 11 years.)
Disclaimer- If I owned it, there wouldn't even be an April or Christopher.
Chapter 6- Luke (Sunday May 2nd 1:20 P.M)
After a spending a night waiting for her to return, she never returned and I gave up the thought that she might actually come back and try to sort things out for once, but then again this was typical Lorelai, she always ran away from things. I even stayed in the diner for about a half-hour longer than scheduled to see if she'd show up and tell me that it was a mistake for her to run, that she wanted to be with me, that that kiss had meant something, but then again, this was typical Lorelai, she always ran away from things.
Now I had just reached the place where I was staying with Liz and Jess. So far Jess hadn't showed up and it was just Liz and I, she seemed so unbothered when I said hello, like this was just a family trip that I was just taking for fun. Now she was watching Tv on the couch eating popcorn while I began to unpack.
It was when I finally finished unpacking my first of three boxes when I found them, the pictures of me, Lorelai, and Rory. I suddenly remembered my promise to Lorelai, that I would call once I arrived in Maine and tell her everything was going fine. I wasn't sure what to do considering the way we parted the night before. Should I call her or not? It was like my brain was playing an ongoing game of tennis, trying to reason out the correct choice.
When I caught sight of her in the picture, laughing while Rory tackled her in the last bit of snow on the ground, I made my decision. I had to call her, to hear her voice, and let her bring up the topic of last night if she wished to talk about it. If not, then eventually we would talk about it, I was sure of it.
I quickly dialed the familiar number I had memorized years ago and proceeded to wait for her to pick up the phone. After two rings she picked up, out of breath, probably due to the fact that her phone is always hidden in the most strangest of places. "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me,"
"Oh," She sounded a bit surprised, probably expecting me to not call or something. "Hi,"
There was a somewhat awkward silence that I quickly tried to fill to keep the conversation as normal as possible. "Yeah, you wanted me to call you when I got here, in Maine." I reminded her in a tone that I tried to ease out all nervousness.
"Right, sorry I forgot." I heard her take a deep breath and about to ask something, but she stopped abruptly. "So, how is it, there?" She asked a couple seconds later.
"It's nice, sort of like Connecticut only a lot more woodland areas. Liz is doing fine, too. I am actually surprised by how well she looks, considering the fact that she said I needed to get here as soon as possible."
"Oh, has Jess arrived yet?"
"Nah, he said he'll be up on Monday or Tuesday, he said he has some type of job to sort out in New York before he got here."
"Oh, well at least he's coming. What ever happened to that guy Liz brought with her to Stars Hollow a couple months ago? AJ? PJ?"
"TJ, and they broke up, but it was bound to happen, that's how all of Liz's relationships are, never working out, always with the biggest ass-holes."
"That must suck, never finding that one person who gets you completely but you keep thinking you find them when they just end up hurting you or you hurting them." Her voice was quieting, in an almost saddened tone that I hated to hear from her.
"Yeah," I agreed quietly. I quickly noted in my mind that I understood her completely, always knowing just how to deal with her, and could and would support her in any way I could. There was a long silence as we both sat in out own thoughts. "So, the inn, I haven't had time to ask lately, how's it coming along?"
"It's coming along great," Her voice filled with pride and adoration. "Thanks to you. Without you we wouldn't have been able to open in three weeks. We only have a couple last minute things to do and then not this weekend but the following is the test-run, which I hope will run smoothly."
"It will," I told her in a reassuring tone. "And I promise that if I get the chance, I'll do my best to make it to either the opening or the test-run, but it depends on Liz's schedule." I really wanted to go and see her dream finally come true, it had to be amazing.
"Really?" She asked in a soft tone. "It's okay if you can't but if you have time you definitely should stop by. Preferably the opening but I'll take what I can get,"
"Why the opening?"
"You'll just have to come and see or wait for me to call and tell you about it once it's over."
"Alright then, I'll do my best but I have to get going, Liz is calling me downstairs. God, I am telling you, this next year is going to be a nightmare. She isn't even that sick and she already has me fulfilling her every need."
"Bye, Luke," She said and I could just tell she was smiling the same smile from the picture I had now propped up against an alarm clock on the table next to my bed. Only this time, I wasn't able to see it.
"Goodbye, Lorelai," I hung up the phone, tossing it on the bed and trudged down the stairs to see what Liz wanted me to do now. As I walked down the stairs I contemplated the phone call with Lorelai. She did seem like she wanted to talk about the kiss but was too afraid to speak first and risk losing the communication. But it was okay, for now, because it was like an unspoken code, we only had to talk about it if it was necessary.
Authors Note- Okay, it was short, but don't expect a lot of long chapters lately. This will be the normal length of a chapter from now on.
Authors Note 2- I started to add the date and if it doesn't go along with the show's timeline, then too bad, my story, my date.
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