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Chapter 4: Prince Charming in Surprise
"Are we there yet?"
"What are you? 4? We'll be there soon."
"I'm bored."
"Lorelai will you please shut-up and let me drive please?"
"Yeah mom, just go to sleep until we get there."
"But I'm booooored. Why couldn't Luke come?"
"Someone had to hold down the home town back there and Luke isn't into this kind of stuff anyway."
"Neither am I," Jess muttered.
"Oh please, you guys are best friends," Rory insisted.
"Rory, the last thing we talked about that had anything to do with boys was 11 years ago when she told me she lost her virginity. After that, boys were not a topic we discussed," Jess explained.
"Are we there yet?" Lorelai asked in a whiny voice.
"NO!" Rory and Jess shouted.
"Okay! Jeez, ask a questioned and you get your head bitten off," Lorelai mumbled under her breath.
Rory and Jess continued their banter as Lorelai finally fell asleep on their way to Manhattan, New York.
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"I'm so excited!"
"You're so weird."
"You love me anyway."
"Do I have a choice?"
"Not really."
"Exactly," Justin pointed an accusatory finger at Tabby, but smiled.
"I want to hear all about this date!" Tabby exclaimed.
"I know, you've been telling me that for the past 2 hours," Justin groaned.
"Yeah, well I can't help it!" Tabby said with a grin.
Knock Knock
"She's home!"
"Why would she knock?"
"Who knows, that girl is crazy!" Tabby said. She jumped off the couch and raced to the door. She swung it open only to see Lorelai, Rory, and Jess standing in front of her, "Oh, it's just you," she said dejectedly.
"Thanks," Lorelai said with a pout.
"Oh you know I love you!" Tabby said as she went to hug Lorelai.
"Is Lo home yet?" Rory asked.
"Nah, I was hoping that you were her," Tabby answered.
"Where's Justin?" Jess sighed.
"Living room," Tabby informed.
"Thank you," Jess said and walked past the girls into the living.
"Escaping the girls?" Justin asked.
"Always," Jess said.
"So," Tabby said, linking arms with Lorelai and Rory, "how do think the date is going?"
"Hopefully good," Rory started.
"Yeah, she needs this," Lorelai agreed.
"Now, we wait," Tabby smiled as they made their way to the living room where Justin and Jess were watching TV.
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"Are you sure you can make it back to your apartment? Because I can walk you," Lo asked Kevin as they made their way to her apartment building.
Kevin laughed lightly, "Yeah, I think I can manage."
"Okay, well this is my stop," Lo stopped out front of a tall brick building.
"I'll walk you up," Kevin said and took Lo's hand in his own.
"Thanks," Lo smiled up at him and led them to the elevator where they took it up to the 5th floor and walked to apartment 5D, "You might get to meet my little girl. I don't know if she decided to stay up and wait for me or not."
"I'd be delighted," Kevin said as Lo put her key in the knob and started to twist it.
"How was it!?" Tabby, Rory, and Lorelai exclaimed as soon as the door was fully open. They had run to the door as soon as they heard voices.
"Oh my God, I can't believe you guys drove all the way up here!" Lo said surprised to see her mom and grandma in her apartment at 11 o'clock at night.
"Is this Kevin?" Lorelai asked, ignoring Lo's statement.
"Yes that's me," Kevin answered and put his hand out for her to shake.
Lorelai took his hand warily and narrowed her eyes at him, "Let's move to the living room," Lo suggested.
"Okay," the three chorused.
"Is Stevie up?" Lo questioned.
"Um, I put her to bed, but I'm not sure if she's sleeping or not," Tabby answered.
"Okay, I'll check on her in a minute," Lo answered. When she entered the living room her eyes bulged at the site before her, "Dad! You came with them too?"
"Oh my God," Kevin mumbled worriedly under his breath.
"This the guy?" Jess asked skeptically as he rose from the couch and over to Kevin, Justin trailing behind him.
"Yes," Lo squeaked, not expecting her father to be there.
Jess eyed him carefully, as did Justin. Just as Jess was about to speak a small voice could be heard from the hallway.
"Mommy?" Stevie asked quietly, rubbing her eyes. She was wandering down the hallway with her pink blanket clutched in her hand and little pink footed pajamas on.
Lo smiled, "Yes baby?"
"Who's dat?" she pointed to Kevin as she waddled over to Lo. Once she reached her, Lo scooped her up in her arms.
"That is Kevin," Lo told a sleepy Stevie.
"Daddy?" Stevie asked.
A pained expression crossed Lo's face as she bit her lip and answered, "No baby, not daddy."
"Otay," Stevie laid her head down on Lo's shoulder and stuck her thumb in her mouth as she drifted off to sleep.
"She's cute," Kevin said with a smile.
"She is, and if you ever hurt my little girl, I'll break every bone in your body," Jess threatened.
"Dad," Lo said warningly.
"Whatever he leaves, I'll finish," Justin put in.
"Justin," Lo said sharply.
"He needs to know what he's in for," Jess said to Lo.
"He does not need to be threatened," Lo argued.
"Enough!" Lorelai and Rory said.
"That was weird," Kevin mumbled.
"You'll get used to it," Lo supplied.
"Jess and Justin are right Hun; he has to know that if he hurts you he's going to wish he was dead. You don't need anymore hurt," Lorelai reasoned.
"Yes, but you're just going to scare him off and then I will be hurt and it will be you guys' fault," Lo huffed.
"Excuse me," Kevin cut in and everybody turned to him, "I'm not going to hurt Lo. After hearing what that jackass did to her and Stevie…I wouldn't be here right now if I didn't plan to be good to her and stay with her," he directed to Jess, Justin, Lorelai and Rory, "and it's okay if they threaten me. They're just trying to protect you," Kevin directed to Lo and smiled.
Lorelai, Rory, and Tabby looked at the pair and then exchanged glances, "Prince Charming."
Lo reached out one arm to hug him and he gratefully accepted, "Thank you," she whispered in his ear.
"No problem," he whispered back.
"Can you back down now?" Lo asked Jess and Justin.
Jess narrowed his eyes, but relented, "I guess."
Lo gave Stevie to Lorelai and jumped into her father's arms, "Thank you daddy!"
"Anytime babe," Jess said back.
Lo pulled apart from Jess and eyed Justin who in returned rolled his eyes and opened his arms. Lo jumped in and hugged his neck tightly.
"You good?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, I'm good," Lo answered with a smile.
"Okay," Justin whispered and let her go.
"Mom!" Stevie jolted out of her sleep and yelled for Lo.
"Yeah Steph?" Lo dashed over to where Stevie was crying slightly in Lorelai's arms.
"Mommy," Stevie whimpered.
"I'm right here baby," Lo cooed as she took Stevie from Lorelai's grasp and hugged Stevie to her chest.
"Mommy," Stevie cried.
"Baby what's wrong?" Lo asked, concerned.
"Why don't we talk while Lo deals with that," Lorelai suggested to Kevin and the group.
They all agreed and took seats around the living room while Lo went back into Stevie's room.
"Stevie, Hunnie, what's wrong?" Lo asked gently as she sat on Stevie's bed, Stevie in her lap.
"Davie?" Stevie said.
"No, Davie is at home with his mommy and daddy," Lo explained.
Stevie simply cried into Lo's chest.
"Shh, baby, it's okay everything is going to be okay," Lo tried to calm her down.
Lo tried to understand what was wrong, but Stevie just kept crying and saying either 'Davie' or 'Mommy' then crying more.
"Daddy!" Stevie exclaimed abruptly and shot her head up.
"Daddy's not here sweets," Lo tried to tell her gently.
"No!" Stevie cried.
"Yes baby, he's not here," Lo said painfully. She felt so horrible having to tell her 2 –year-old daughter that she didn't have a daddy around.
"NO!" Stevie jumped off of Lo's lap and ran out of her room to the living room, "Daddy!" Stevie insisted, pointing, once again, to Kevin.
"Sweetie…," Lo trailed off, shaking her head at her stubborn daughter.
"NO!" Stevie yelled and ran to Kevin. She jumped into his lap and hugged his neck, "Daddy…," her voice was trembling slightly from her tears and laced with sleep.
Kevin hesitated, but relented to hugging the little girl and rubbing her back soothingly, "It's okay baby," he said, stroking her hair. Lo was biting her lip and looking embarrassedly over at the pair. Everyone else in the room had slight smiles on their faces and an overwhelming feeling of acceptance of Kevin.
Stevie sighed and closed her eyes, burying her face more into Kevin's neck, "Daddy…," her voice trailed off.
Lo put a hand to her mouth, trying to stop a sob from escaping.
"Sweets," Rory said, enveloping Lo in a hug.
"What did I do? I tried to make a good life for her. What did I do wrong mommy?" Lo cried into Rory's shoulder.
"Nothing. You didn't do anything wrong baby," Rory assured, "She just wants a daddy like every other kid her age."
"I know and I feel horrible that I couldn't give her one, but I was just so broken after Brent left," Lo said.
"I know baby, I know," Rory said.
"So, still going to stick around?" Jess asked Kevin.
"Now more than ever," Kevin answered, looking down at the precious little girl in his arms.
"Good answer," Justin replied.
Knock Knock Knock
Someone was knocking furiously on the door.
"It's midnight, who the hell would be at the door at midnight?" Tabby asked, confused.
"Let's find out," Lorelai said.
Lorelai and Tabby got up and linked arms as they walked down the front hall to the door. The person that was knocking was still furiously banging on the door.
"Keep your pants on!" Lorelai said, but the banging continued.
Finally, they reached the door and Tabby carefully pulled it open to find the biggest surprise of her life.
Fury burned in the women's eyes as they glared at the 6' 3", dark-skinned, black-haired, green-eyed man standing before them.
"What do you want Brent?" Tabby seethed.
"Where is she?"
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A/N: AH! Cliffy!! Ohhhh the suspense! Didn't see that coming did you? I hope you liked this chapter and I'll probably update this Tuesday because I'm going to have lots of homework Monday. Maybe if I have enough reviews, hint hint, then I will in fact update Monday. Press the pretty little button!