I need coffee, you need me Chapter 5: What a dream can do to you, a gilmore girls fanfic

Hi again…

Here's the fifth part and in this part I've made up three persons… This part is dedicated to one of my best friends Eva, who've come with some real good suggestions, so thanks! This part will mostly take act at the "Friday night dinner, that had been moved to Saturday.

Song by Sara Evans: I could not ask for more

Chapter 5: What a dream can do

The sun was shining and everybody were smiling. Lorelai was greeted everywhere she got and her own mood was just as bright as the sun. She walked pass a flower shop and stopped. There were these white roses that just looked so beautiful. She looked at the different flowers and they were all so cheep. How often that happened in Stars Hollow, cheep flowers were a rare thing. It only happened when someone had died. Lorelai couldn't keep herself from buying some of the white roses. She could give them to Luke, though he wasn't that flower-kinda guy. When Lorelai got to the square she met Miss Patty and Babette and they greeted her happier than anyone else that day. "Hey sugar! How are you handling all of this?" Lorelai gave her a confused look. "Handling what?" Babette and Miss Patty glanced at each other and then back at Lorelai. Lorelai just smiled at them and continued her walk towards Luke's. When she got closer it all looked so dark and uninviting. Was he still not back from Woodbridge? She saw the closed-sign and then another peace of paper on the door.

Early this morning, in the middle of July was a terrible day for all of us here in Stars Hollow. None of us were witnesses to the terrible car accident, but we all now what happened. In this accident was our beloved friend Luke Danes. Luke arrived to the hospital and got into surgery right away, but the doctors couldn't help him. We thank the doctors… Lukas lost his life two hours after his arrival to the hospital. As all of you know Luke owned a diner here in town, and as he doesn't have a son or a daughter the diner will be sold. All of you shall have the chance to say goodbye, so do it at his funeral tomorrow at 11 am. After the funeral we'll all gather at the diner one last time to say goodbye to the best coffee and the best breakfast in Stars Hollow. When we're done there we'll meet at the square where all of his furniture's will be sold. So please everybody show up and show your respect for this man. Some may suffer more so be strong for them, especially Lorelai Gilmore will need all of your support.

Lorelai felt it like her heart were ripped out of her chest. She sensed people's eyes on her. All this seemed to unreal to be true. He couldn't just be gone, he couldn't just be dead. A few minutes passed by without her doing anything. "I'm so sorry, sugar!" Babette and Patty had made their way to her, but she completely ignored them. Slowly she put her hand on the door handle and opened the door. The familiar sound of the bells above the door met her, and somehow she expected to see people sitting in there and Luke standing behind the counter, but there were no one to see. Why wasn't where he was supposed to be? Suddenly a fake hope woke inside her heart, a desire to see him. She ran behind the counter and up the stairs. She stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath, before entering. The apartment looked exactly the same as it did when she left it that morning. She walked over to the kitchen part, where their plates and cups still were standing. Suddenly she needed to smell him, so she ran over to his drawer and opened a drawer. It was filled with all of his flannel shirts, but they were all so clean. In panic she started to empty every single drawer, even the sock drawer. All of I was perfectly clean… She finally burst into tears, realizing he really was gone. She ran over to the bed and cried out, when she suddenly felt some flannel against her chick. The flannel shirt he had worn yesterday… it still smelled exactly like him.

Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smile just to see the smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
And these are the moments I'll remember all my life
I've found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

"Lorelai, wake up! What's wrong?" She slowly opened her eyes and soon realized she was crying. She turned around and saw Luke lying beside her. First she didn't understand anything, but then she realized she'd been dreaming. Her heart was pounding fast and she couldn't hold back the tears. Luke dried her eyes and kissed her on the top of her head. He had never seen her so torn apart before. Her heart slowed down a little and the sound of rain against the window calmed her too. She placed her head on the pillow and moved closer to Luke. He placed an arm around her, and she felt safer than ever. "Bad dream?" he questioned and she nodded. "Yeah…" she muttered and turned around. When their eyes met she smiled. "What about?" Again he kissed her forehead and just smiled. "You died" she mumbled, and was just about to cry again. "Lorelai, it was just a dream" a tiny smile came across her face. "I know. Just don't leave me, okay?" she spoke softly. "I wont, I promise…" Their lips met in a soft kiss and then she fell asleep, happier than ever.

Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are is everything in me
These are the moments
I know heaven must exist
And these are the moments
I know all I need is this
I've found all I've waited for, yeah
And I could not ask for more

When Lorelai woke up remembered the night. Then she looked at the alarm clock and realized she should've been at the inn. "Luke!" he slowly opened his eyes and looked a little grumpy. "What?" he moaned and closed his eyes again. Most of all he reminded her of herself as a teenager. When she should wake up in the morning. She chuckled a bit. "Luke, get up. It's nine o'clock. I was supposed to be at the inn by now, and you have your diner!" The last word seemed to work, because he jumped out of the bed and started to get dressed. Lorelai was still in bed when Luke was about to walk downstairs. "Luke wait! Rory! We have a rule here in the house. No men at in the house, especially not over night. Let me walk down first!" When she entered the kitchen, the first thing that met her was the smell of newly made coffee. At the table Rory was sitting, already studying. "Morning Hon" Rory looked up and a smile came across her face. She pointed at the coffee machine and returned to her book. Lorelai looked over her shoulder and saw Luke's face. She nodded and he slowly walked over to the door. And suddenly he was gone. Lorelai sat down beside her daughter and then grabbed her pencil. "Hey, that one is mine!" Rory tried to get her pencil back from her laughing mother, but is was to late. She had already thrown it across the room. "No studying on Saturdays unless your home alone. Tell me what happened yesterday!" Rory smiled, and then closed her book. "I did it. I said the three words…"Mother and daughter gave each other a big hug, and then Lorelai left her happy daughter and headed for work.

"Lorelai, there you are!" Sookie greeted Lorelai when she entered the inn around ten. "You're late…" Michel complained, but Lorelai did as she usually did when he was in that mood; she ignored him, and followed Sookie into the kitchen. "Why are you this late?"

"I just forgot to set the alarm clock…" Sookie chuckled and gave Lorelai a big hug. "What's good Sookie?" Sookie was obviously very happy about something, but sometimes it could be hard to figure her out. Not that she was good at keeping a secret, but sometimes she just didn't say what she was trying to explain. "You spend the night with Luke! You had a man in the house, and you broke your own rule. It must mean that you're in love" Sookie was right, she was in love, for the first time in her life. "We should all go on a date. You and Luke, me and Jackson. That would be funny, right?" Lorelai nodded. Then suddenly she remembered that her and Luke hadn't been on a first date yet. But it would come.

During work she couldn't keep her mind on the things she was doing. She couldn't stop thinking of Luke and their first date. Where would he take her and was he the dating type at all. Maybe he would prefer that she came to the diner. She started to imagine a big restaurant with only them and many servants. There should be white roses… white roses. It was the flower she had been dreaming about. She remembered the panic and fake hope and tried to push it aside. She forced herself to imagine how he would pick her up at her house, and she would run out to the door and throw herself into his arms. Then they should go to the most romantic place and after spending hours there, he should take her home and… "Excuse me?" on the other side of the desk was a young girls standing. She didn't look like she was more than 18. "I need to talk to Lorelai Gilmore…" Lorelai smiled at her. "Do you mean the blond Lorelai that is on her honeymoon or the brunette, who absolutely adores coffee?" When Lorelai saw the confused look on her face she knew she didn't understand the joke. "Sorry… I'm Lorelai Gilmore" she introduced herself in a polite way. "My mistake… By the way I'm Emma Lair. " they shook each other's hands. "I just… Well, I'm getting married pretty soon and I would like to hear if it could be here?" Lorelai smiled… "Date?"

"The fifth August" she mumbled. Lorelai quickly found the date and booked it for Emma Lair. "That would do…" Emma turned to leave and then Lorelai saw her belly. She was expecting a child. "Emma? Exactly how old are you?" Emma turned around and then placed a hand on her belly. "Sixteen…" she mumbled and then Lorelai saw the tears in her eyes. She remembered the shock she got when she found out she was pregnant. "You want a cup of coffee or something?" Emma nodded and followed Lorelai into her office.

"I've tried the same… When I was in your age the same happened to me Back then I was afraid and felt like I was all alone in this world. My parents wasn't exactly supportive and happy about it. I was getting bigger and bigger and my boyfriend back then was pretty much a jerk. All he thought about was how his future would turn out. My parents kept going on and on about that I should get married to Christopher. I felt stupid and wanted to turn back time, but when it happened everything changed and I suddenly grew up. And now… I have the most wonderful daughter and a great life, so I regret nothing."

Emma wasn't crying anymore and a smile came across her face. "I don't regret anything…"

These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
And these are the moments I'll remember all my life
I've found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

The big frightening house was right there in front of them. "We better go in" Lorelai sighed and rang the doorbell. Not more than two second passed by before the door opened. "Lorelai, Rory hello! Come on in." Lorelai gave her mum a fake smile and entered her parents domain. "Hi grandma!" Rory hugged Emily and followed her mother into the living room. They didn't even make it to sit down, before the doorbell rang again. Emily approached the door and opened for the other guests. "Christine, Donald! And Emma, hello" When Lorelai and Rory saw the guests, Lorelai got a little surprised. She didn't know the two adults, but it was Emma, the girls she had met at the inn earlier… "Lorelai and Rory will you please show Emma around in the house. Dinner will be ready in around ten minutes. "Hi Emma…" Emma smiled at Lorelai, and they started walking up stairs… "Emma this is my daughter Rory!"

The two 16 years old said hello and continued to walk around in the house. Lorelai knew Rory well enough to know that she felt a little uncomfortable. "Dinner's ready!"

I could not ask for more than this time together
I could not ask for more than this time with you
And every prayer has been answered
Every dream I've had's come true
Yeah, right here in this moment
Is right where I'm meant to be
Oh, here with you here with me
No, I could not ask for more
Than this love you gave me
Cause it's all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
No, yeah
No, I could not ask for more

"So Rory, I've heard you at Chilton?" Christine Lair looked across the table and gave her a smile. "Yes that's right, but it's my first year there…"

"The thing is that you're in a good school. You're grandmother had told me that you're going to Yale…" Rory looked at her grandmother, who looked at Richard. "Not Yale, but Harvard…" she corrected her, and Christine starred at Emily. "well their both great universities. So I guess you're spending all of your time studying, or do you have a so called boyfriend?" The whole conversation was getting a little awkward and everybody seemed to see it, except Christine herself. "Yes I do… Well, we broke up recently…"

"Why? Did he want you into bed with him, and you said no?" while she spoke that sentence, she had her eyes focused on her daughter, that was sitting beside Rory. "He would never do that!" Rory almost yelled.

"Then why?"

"He said he loved me, and I was to afraid to say it…"

"Smart move…"

"We're back together now… and I told him the same!" Rory was getting upset and Lorelai found her hand under the table and gave it a squeeze. "So what about you Lorelai? Are you still dating your daughter's teacher?" Everybody looked at Christine and then at Lorelai. Now it's my turn, she thought and felt how she had to defend herself. "No I don't" She answered polite. "Anybody else then?" Now she had to tell the truth. "Yeah… there's someone else…"

"Who is he then?" How would Emily react?

"Uhm… His name is Luke and he owns a diner in the town I live in…"

"A diner? So you had Rory early… And you denied to marry her father I hear. Well, Emma here is going to marry her boyfriend Michael when the baby is born." Now everybody turned their attention to Emma, who starred at her salad. "Mum, stop it please…"

"You should be ashamed of your self. You're to young to become a parent."

"Mum, stop it… I don't regret anything and..."

"How can you say so? Your dad and I have sacrificed so much for you. We even paid your engagement ring!"

"What? So you forced Michael to propose? I should've know. I've had enough I won't marry him…" And then she left the table. Rory quickly got up and followed her into her own room. "Hey" Emma looked up. "Hi…"

"If you need to talk…" she sat down on the bed and looked at Emma. She was a real pretty girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. "How is it? I mean, how is it to be child of someone who had you in a very early age?" Emma looked at her while she asked the question. "It's amazing. My mother and I are best friend and we can talk about everything in this world. So…have you thought of a name?" Emma dried her eyes and smiled a little. "If it's a boy; Nathan and for a girl; Rebecca…" Rory nodded. "Pretty names… Emma if you need a friend, I just want you to know that I'm here. I'm a pretty good listener!"

That's all for now folks…

I hope you liked it… and please tell me what you think…

Asta