It's me!
Note: those who know who Miss Selene is will know this joke, but those who don't, Rory is Audrey hephern in "Sabrina" and loralai is Natalie wood.
Disclaimer: I don't own it so don't se me.
The familiar bell rang as Rory opened the door and walked into Luke's and sat down at the counter.It had been at least four months since her graduation and when Logan asked her to marry him. She and Logan had set the date to December 6th, it was now October and loralai and Luke were getting married on Saturday and the rehearsal/ wedding shower was on Friday. It had take a while to walk around town withoutbeing ambushes by babbet or miss patty about getting married and questions about howLogan proposed.And it seemed planning both weddings seemed like an odyssey. The last few months have been consisting of wedding invites, places to have the ceremony, and finding dresses, and decorating. This wedding business was harder than it seemed.
"Hi Luke did my mom leave already?" she asked
"Yeah about twenty minutes ago, why were you planning to meet her?"
"No, I was just hoping to catch her, oh well."
"Coffee?" he asked pointing to the coffee pot.
"To go, please" rory gave a frustrated sigh andslipped her ring off and put it on the counter.
"shouldnt you get that ring refitted?"
"no its fine, i'm just still getting used to waring it." moments later kirk popped out of nowhere.
"nice ring." he said eyeing the counter.
"um thank you" she smiled and nodded.
" so I've heard your ring is too big,I can fix that problem, I have one that looks exaclty the same only smaller. you wont tell the difference"
"um, no thanks kirk"
"come on all I need is its certificate of authenticity..."
"stop trying to sell her a new ring kirk." luke told him getting annoyed.
"fine i'm just trying to help, by the way are you and Loralai still getting married because I finally got the nerve to ask lulu and I was hopeing you might consider..."
"no kirk" At then her cell phone rang Luke pointed to the 'no cell phone' sign so she got up and went outside to take her call.
"Hello"
"Hey it's me." Logan said through the other line.
"Hey what are you doing?"
"Um, meetings, you know."
"Yeah, your dad I know. I feel for you."
"Thanks. Ace listen, I've got this dinner thing tonight so I'll be home a little late is that alright?"
"Yeah that's fine, I'm meeting my grandma to day anyways…" she trailed off feeling a little let down. "So are you still free for the wedding rehearsal on Friday?" she asked
"Yup, the whole weekends cleared."
"Alright, I gotta go meet my mom and grandma ok love you bye." She hung up her phone and dropped it in her pocket. She walked back into Luke's disappointed. They both have been so busy lately her with both weddings and him with work they hardly had time to themselves, and the only real time they spend together was when Logan's dad dragged them to parties to show off his successful son and his beautiful fiancé.
"You ok?" Luke asked setting the coffee on the counter.
"Yeah, I'm ok." She to picked up the cup and her purse and was about leave when her phone rang again, Luke made a face, "come on Luke its mom"
"fine." He said he turned around and left to go take an order.
"Hey mom…." She was cut off by loralai.
"Where are you?"
"At Luke's getting coffee"
"Get over here now!"
"You sound desperate"
"Maybe because I am, just get over here now, please," there was a pause, "wait don't its too horrible, wait, never mind I want to share this with you."
"I'm scared but I'm coming anyway because if I don't you'll never let me live it down."
"Exactly"
She got up "Seeya Luke."
"kirk!" he yelled at he tried to slip the ring off the counter " rory dont forget your ring!" he yelled to her. she grabbed her ring and wavedtoLuke.
He watched her as she walked out the door and to her car. He walked back to the counter and began making a new pot of coffee. He heard the door open when turned around he was expecting Rory but who he saw was a person he wouldn't have guessed in a million years.
"Jess" Luke said looking at jess in complete shock. They stared at each other awkwardly; they hadn't seen each other for at least 5 years.
"Hey" jess said breaking the silence.
"Hey, um...what are you doing here?"
"Well I was in the area so I thought I'd drop by."
"Oh, alright, um…how have you been?"
"Alright,"
"how long have you been in town?"
"I actually have an apartment outside of town so……yeah." He looked around uncomfortably, "so what's going on with you?"
"Uh, me and loralai are getting married actually."
"So you finally realized what was right in front of you." He almost mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing, when?" he said quickly
"On Saturday"
"Good and what about….how's she….." He asked trying to avoid saying her name.
"Oh Rory is doing really well."
"I'm glad to hear" he said in his usual sarcasm, he turned around to go but stopped when Luke spoke up again.
"She's engaged too. Rory's engaged" That confirmed one of his biggest fears.
He had a feeling she was, he caught a glimpse of her ring when he saw her outside on her phone and hoped it wasn't an engagement ring. He didn't turn around. "Let me guess, dean?"
"No a different guy you wouldn't know him"
'Some rich guy no doubt', he thought jealously but it was a big relief to hear that dean was finally out of the picture.
"Alright now that were all caught up." He walked toward the door.
"The wedding rehearsals on Friday"
"Noted" Jess nodded but didn't say anything as he walked out the door.
Rory knocked on the door to her grandparents' house, the maid had opened the door and let her in. "um is my mom and grandmother here?"
"Oh yes there upstairs." The maid answered politely. She thanked her and walked upstairs into her grandparents' room she knocked then opened the door. The room was filled with racks of dresses. Colored shiny ones beaded one and white ones, wedding gowns no doubt.
"Hello? Mom, Grandma? Is anyone in here?"
"Rory, There you are" Emily came out and hugged her. "Loralai, Rory's here"
"Good! Now run Rory run for your life!" loralai's disembodied voice shouted out.
"Whats going on?" she asked fingering oneof the dresses. Suddenly an older woman walked out of the dress forest.
"Rory, you remember Miss selene right?"
"Oh yes hello."
"Oh its Sabrina nice to see you again" she smiled.
"Natalie is trying one on now" She suddenly raised her voice higher "Natalie come out and show Sabrina your beautiful dress."
"No"
"Oh come on loralai come out"
"Fine" loralai walked out unhappily in a really puffy white gown, similar to her debutante dress "doesn't…. say it."
"I think I've seen that dress before" Rory said smiling
"Don't" she warned
"Where have I seen it?"
"Oh yes, I remember now, I wore that dress before."
"Stop"
"Now presenting Loralai Victoria Gilmore" She said in a fake announcer voice. "Should I get you a fan?"
"See mom, now my own kid is mocking me."
"Oh loralai stop" Emily turned to Miss Selene "Selene, Rory's getting married too."
"Oh marvelous, I've got dresses take your pick."
"Oh no first is my maid of honor dress first."
"I'm scared" Rory said backing up slowly.
In a few minutes Rory was in a shiny orange-ish brown taffeta dress.
"Aw I look like a butterscotch wrapper" she said looking into the mirror.
"A very cute butterscotch wrapper" loralai said in a baby voice.
About an hour later after the war with the bad dresses had stopped.
"I think I found one." Loralai shouted from behind the racks
"Me too" Rory shouted back.
"Let's come out at the count of three ok."
"One, two three….." They both walked out and stopped when they saw each other. Rory walked up to the long mirror and looked at herself.
"You look beautiful" loralai walked up to her hand hugged her from behind.
"So do you" she said to her mom's reflection. They stared at themselves. Loralai's dress was fairly simple, long lace sleeves with a silk train, and Rory's was simple as well, but the shiny taffeta layer on top made the dress seem blue.
"Wow were getting married." Rory said in disbelief to her reflection.
"Yup," she said over her daughter's shoulder "the Gilmore girls are getting married."
Alrighty, likey? I was going to make the dress picking longer but it woulda lagged so...you know...and miss selene talking about the people shes dressed. but you know, Please review please please. Tell me what you think.