A/N: Hi guys
Here's the 14th part, I hope you enjoy it. This part is dedicated to two persons…
Randy for being reviewer number 40!
Come on guys, let's hit the 50! and whoever does it will get a whole chapter for themselves.
Ann, thanks for the idea.
And same goes for all of you. You're more than welcome to give me some ideas of what you think should happen…
Okay, and sorry it's that short. But it's kind of a filler. I just couldn't wrap my mind around writing a long part. I promise part 15 will be very long.
Chapter 14: Making a path
Lyrics: John Paul Young, Love is in the air.
"Come on Luke! You must admit you loved the movie"
"It was a movie. Period!"
"You've got mail, is not just a movie. It's a masterpiece. Meg Ryan, what do you think of her?"
"Same lady, different hair" Lorelai sighed. If her and Luke had a future together she somehow had to teach him all about movies. Lorelai leaned her head against Luke's shoulder, and started to maker herself comfortable, when the phone all over sudden rang. Slowly she got up and made her way to the phone.
"God, I have to move that bloody phone closer to the couch"
"It's only two feet away" Lorelai just rolled her eyes and picked up the phone.
"Lorelai, it's your mother" Emily… Just the sound of her voice made Lorelai feel small and trivial. Like ten big Indian elephants were walking around on her. Every little part of Lorelai's body that had contained any pride was now gone. Squeezed out of her, like you squeeze the juice out of an orange.
"Hi mom" Lorelai said automatically. She was way to tired to argue with her mother, she just couldn't find the strength, which actually surprised her a little. She would've thought that since her and Luke were back together all the weakness she'd felt over the last few weeks would've gone by, but… apparently not.
"Luke visited me yesterday."
"I know…"
"You know? How come?"
"He told me"
"Told you?"
"Yes, mom. He told me. Told as in to tell."
"So I guess this means that you two are back together."
"I guess it does."
"Then bring him to Friday night dinner"
"What! No, no… Please!"
"Stop that childish behavior. I have talked to your father. And we've decided to let you decide how Luke will fit into your family."
"You've what? Mom, that's nothing you can just talk about."
"See you on Friday" and then she just hung up. So familiar, so familiar. Friday was only two days out in the future. How were they supposed to get prepared for the big boom.
"Your mother."
"How do you know?"
"You said 'Hi mom' and the way you talked to her."
"And then to the late night news. The end of the world will arrive this Friday. A spy has seen the aliens plan it all. This Friday it'll be over with humanity, folks. We're all gonna die. The Gilmore aliens from the Hartford planet are invading us. So spend the last few days with the people you love."
"What?"
"We are going to die!"
"In English please."
"The end of the world! Gilmore aliens! Hartford planet! We're all gonna die! Friday! No more people on earth!"
"English!" Luke demanded, and Lorelai realized she had to tell him the truth, though he probably already knew what she was about to say.
"We are going to Friday night dinner with my parents"
Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
The Gilmore mansion seemed ten times bigger than Lorelai remembered. It was many 100 feet higher than normally. Again the Lorelai-lemon was squeezed, and all her strength and power seemed to disappear. Luke stopped beside her. He, too, seemed to have lost all power. Rory was the only one acting normally and they hadn't even entered the house yet. How were they going to survive the night? Rory laughed a little when she saw the two persons stand there, totally paralyzed. Rory tried to look at the house through her mother's eyes, and decided to see it as the Beast's castle in 'The Beauty and the Beast". Big gargoyles all over sticking their tongs out. After standing there for a few minutes Rory walked over to the door and rang the bell. The door was opened right away and Rory jumped backwards. A maid was standing there looking very nervous. It seemed like she'd heard about Emily Gilmore. Just the look on her face told the three visitors that she was even more afraid than any of the other maids Emily had ever had. The maid suddenly remembered what she was supposed to do…
"Welcome. Can I get your coats?"
"I'm sorry, but we're actually still wearing them." Lorelai teased.
"Sorry… May I take your coats." They handed them over and walked past the nervous maid.
"That was evil" Rory mumbled, but Lorelai chose to ignore her. They took a few steps, before Emily suddenly was standing in front of them.
"Whoa! Are you a ghost?"
"I thought I heard somebody by the door. God, Melissa she's fired."
"Why?" Rory couldn't help it but ask
"She's useless. To scared."
"Grandma, give her a chance. She seemed very nice."
"You like? You can have her"
"No, no mom. We don't need a maid. Why don't you just give her a chance? Let her stay for more than two minutes." Lorelai had to stop her mom before she started offering chefs, maids and butlers. Not that she'd never done it before.
"Very well then. And hello Luke."
"Mrs. Gilmore" he said a little nervously. He totally understood how the maid felt. And then there was the thing about his visit a few days ago. Not exactly anything to be proud of, but he had to push it aside. But on the other hand he was pretty sure that Emily would start talking about it. They followed Emily in silence and for some weird reason she walked them around in the house and then back to the hallway, where the maid was still standing with their coats.
"Put on your coats and follow me"
"Mom, what are you babbling about?"
"Lorelai will you just shut up and follow me. I promise I wont drown any of you."
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
Outside the Gilmore mansion was a big limousine holding. Lorelai had already lost track of the evening, and now she decided to stop wondering what would happen next. Emily Gilmore mystery. Emily got into the limousine followed by Rory. Neither Luke or Lorelai moved until Emily called their names and complained that it was getting cold inside, even though it was a pretty warm evening. The limo started driving and after a twenty minutes ride, the limo stopped and they had to get out even though neither of them felt much like it. Well, of course except from Emily. She jumped out and pulled Lorelai and Rory after her.
"Luke, follow that guy over there."- "Yes, the one with the red jacket" she added when she saw the confused look on his face. Meanwhile she'd already managed to get Rory and Lorelai inside the gigantic building in front of them.
"Come on girls!" she shouted and automatically they just followed her, leaving poor Luke behind.
"Mom, what's going on?" Lorelai asked when they'd entered something that looked like a changing room.
"Shut up and put these on" Emily handed Lorelai and Rory two blue dresses. Stunned they put them on, and soon followed Emily down some stairs until they were standing in something that looked like a lobby. Luke was standing there waiting for them, and he looked relieved when he got the sight of familiar faces. Lorelai immediately noticed that Luke was wearing a tuxedo, even a brand new one.
"Mom, what is going on here?"
Emily just walked past them and continued over to some kind of a curtain and disappeared. Soon they heard some music start playing, and all over sudden the curtain was gone, and around 90 people were standing there instead. There was a bug table with food all over and a big banner over it said: "Congratulation"
They all stared at the big gathering of people. What was going on? Suddenly they all shouted "CONGRATULATION!" and started clapping. Rory was the first one to move. She slowly walked pass her mother and Luke and tried to see if there were any familiar faces, but she only got to the result that she'd seen a few of them before at Thanksgiving.
Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the thunder of the sea
Hours passed by and none of them had figured out what the whole party was for. Lorelai had come to the result that it was for charity. Still, none of them understood the whole "congratulation". Luke was standing in a corner with a bear when Emily walked over to him. All over sudden he felt extremely uncomfortable, but he knew he had to act like nothing was wrong.
"Can I have a word with you Luke?"
"Uh… sure." Emily rushed into the kitchen followed by a rather confused Luke.
"Luke" she took a deep breath.
"It seems like none of you understand what going on here, right?"
"Urgh… yeah… right"
"We are celebrating."
"Aha… what exactly?"
"Your engagement"
"Our… what?"
"You and Lorelai's."
"Mrs. Gilmore… I think you got it wrong."
"Got what wrong, Luke? You came here… no not here, but you did come to me and asked me for permission to marry my daughter."
"I…"
"You simply didn't do it."
"Do what!" Luke was getting rather annoyed by Emily.
"Propose, you idiot!" At the same time Lorelai entered the kitchen. She couldn't find neither Luke or her mother between the other guests, so she'd started to ask if anyone had seen them and she ended up in the kitchen, where she heard her mother yell something about engagement. Lorelai didn't understand, so she just walked in on them. Just as Emily saw her, she stopped yelling.
"Here take your impertinent diner owner."
"Okay, what's going on here?"
"Nothing, really" Luke said, grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the kitchen.
"Luke, tell me"
"Your mother just got the wrong idea."
"About what?"
"Nothing"
"Luke…"
"Not now, okay?"
"Okay, not now."
And I don't know if I'm just dreaming
Don't know if I feel sane
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when you call out my name
Lorelai opened the front door and entered. God, there was quiet, and it felt wonderful. The sound of all the DAR women yelling congratulation resounded in her head, and she was pretty sure it would for years. Luke had dropped them of, and now it was time for a movie-night. They just needed to figure out which movie and then they needed lots of junk food. None of them had eaten much of the stuff Emily served.
"So… should we go with Joe's? Or Al's?"
"I say Luke's" Rory instantly noticed the look on her mother's face.
"Mom, he just spent an evening with Grandma and all of her insane friend."
"Exactly" Lorelai had the evil-teasing grin on her face.
"Mom…" But it was too late. She'd already dialled Luke's number. It was a pretty tired and grumpy Luke that picked up the phone.
"Luke's" he grumbled.
"We need some junk food."
"Lorelai."
"Hey, that's not fair. You're not supposed to know my voice that well."
"Too bad"
"We need food!" She complained. "And coffee!"
"Then come and get it."
"Dirty" Luke cleverly decided to ignore that comment.
"If you want food, you have to walk for five minutes. I'll have it ready."
Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
"You're evil" Lorelai mumbled as she and Rory entered the diner. Luke just rejoiced and handed them a paper bag.
"So, what are you going to watch?"
"Rory, do you think what I think you do?" They laughed a little and then she nodded.
"He wants to watch a movie with us!" Lorelai exclaimed like some little girl.
"Oh no!"
"Oh yes. We'll drag you!"
"No way!"
"Come on! We're going to watch "When Harry met Sally". Another fantastic movie!"
"No!"
"Yes, come on Lukey" Lorelai and Luke looked surprised at Rory. None of them had ever heard her call Luke for "Lukey". Suddenly Lorelai was reminded of their first meeting.
Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done
The diner was packed with people. Every single table was taken and people were standing in line just to get a seat by the counter. The 27 year old Lorelai Gilmore were standing outside staring at the small diner. Should she go in? She was hungry and she needed coffee more than she had for the last few weeks. Her and Rory had just moved from the Independence Inn to a new house. Lorelai had been looking at that house for ages and finally she could afford to buy it. Finally she felt like she was a good mother. She'd bought her daughter a nice bed, not just a bed but a whole room. Rory would now be able to invite friends home and they could sit in her room playing or what ever 11 year old girls did. Lorelai almost couldn't remember what it was like to be 11. Only something about being forced to play with he dollhouse all alone. And when she finally was aloud to invite friends over, they got bored within minutes. Maybe she just didn't want to remember he childhood at all.
Lorelai sighed and then entered the diner. Why had she never been in her when she'd lived in Stars Hollow ever since she was 16 years old. 11 years! She moved through the room and ended up in the line behind a teenage couple. They were holding each others hands and sometimes leaned in for a kiss. "Love is in the air" popped into Lorelai's head. Funny enough it started playing on the radio at the same time. She hummed a little, but then she saw the two teenagers look, and she shut up. 'This takes way to long time. I just need coffee!' she thought and got out of the line. She looked around and saw some weird guy walk around with a coffeepot in his left hand. 'COFFEE!' her mind screamed. At the same time she heard somebody shout the name 'Luke' out loud and when the guy reacted, so she took it as he was Luke. 'LukeLuke's. There you got your man Lorelai. He's the owner!' She made her way through the crowd and started following Luke. He walked from one table to another and refilled people's coffee mugs. And even for free! Then he suddenly returned to the counter and grabbed the plates with food. He then walked around the diner again and placed them at the tables. Then a person yelled and Luke almost ran over to her.
"Do you have any chilli fries?"
"Coming right up" he mumbled and then hurried to the next table. Lorelai just followed him in amazement. She was in a trance, so she didn't notice that he suddenly stopped, and that gave the result that she bumped right into him. Luckily for Lorelai, he grabbed her before she fell.
"Thanks." she mumbled shy.
"Your welcome. Do you want anything since your tracking me down?"
"I want coffee!" she said delightful.
"Then stand in line." He pointed at the line, that was even longer than before.
"That takes too long" Lorelai complained.
"You have to wait." Lorelai sighed and returned to the line where she got the newspaper out of her bag. She looked through it quickly. No big news. No wars, no bridges bombed. Not even anything with Clinton. She sighed and turned on to the next page where she saw the horoscope. She looked under Taurus and it said:
Today is your lucky day when it comes to love. Keep your eyes open and watch out. You might see it, love. The one is maybe standing in front of you right now? Open your heart and say yes if anybody asks you out, 'cause today is your chance. Love is a gift and we will only get it once. And today is your chance to get it. Potential soul mate: Scorpio and Leo! Good luck!
And I don't know if you're an illusion
Don't know if I see it true
But you're something that I must believe in
And you're there when I reach out for you
At the same time she finished her horoscope Luke walked pass her. He hurried and looked away, but she again she walked out of the line and followed him.
"Didn't I tell you to stand in line?"
"I don't like lines!"
"Too bad. Have anybody ever told that you're being annoying?"
"Coffee!"
"Line!" Lorelai took the newspaper and waved with it in front of his face.
"When's you're birthday?"
"Excuse me?"
"When is your birthday?" she asked again and this time she made her puppy-eyes.
"Why would I tell you?" he asked grumpy.
"Because I'm begging you, and nobody in the entire world can resist my puppy-eyes" He rolled his eyes.
"Okay then. November"
"November what?"
"6th…" he just mumbled and while Lorelai opened the newspaper on the horoscope page, he hurried behind the counter. 'Scorpio, weird' she thought. She grabbed a pen from her bag and wrote a few words. Then she waited for Luke to come out and she started following him again. He started walking faster.
"Mrs."
"Lorelai. Lorelai Gilmore. And you are Luke."
"How did you know?"
"I've got ears."
"Very well. Listen, Lorelai… You see. I try to run a business here, but you're kind of in the way. For the last time. Get in line." Lorelai just laughed.
"Here" she said and handed him the piece of the paper where she'd written a few words.
"Today you'll meet an annoying woman. Give her coffee and she'll go away." he read and looked at her again. She was beautiful, no doubt. But why did she have to be so annoying? At last he gave in and walked over to the counter where he filled a red mug with coffee. He hurried back to her and gave it to her.
"Now drink, and then disappear, okay?"
"Okay… Do you have any doughnuts?"
"Line!" she just giggled and thought of her horoscope. 'Potential soul mate: Scorpio!'
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
The bells above the door jingled, but Luke didn't even bother to look up. He was way to busy to do anything but take orders and give people whatever crap they ordered. Annoyed he turned the radio on just to think of something else than the damn talk from all the people. Sometimes he wondered why he'd decided to make a diner out of the place. Why didn't he just keep it as it was, a hardware? But then once again, he looked around in the small place. He lovedthe diner. There was something about it that couldhcheer him up everytime he was upset. Even though Kirk could be an ass by ordering thing after thing and then decide that it wasn't exactly what he wanted, Luke liked mostly all of the other guests. Okay, Taylor Doose did bug him, and Miss Patty and Babette, butotherwise. Of course there were Gypsy and Andrew but... He sighed and took another order. Some chili fries.
"Coming right up" he answered and then shouted the order to the cook in the back. Then he heard somebody shout his name and he hurried over to the table where he refilled the coffee mug. He took a round a refilled every almost empty mug. 'Free refils, that must be a bonus' he thought to himself. And then he noticed them. The footsteps behind him. He stopped immediately and the person that was following him bumped right into him. For the person's luck he reached out and grabbed who ever it was. It turned out to be the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.
"Thanks." the woman mumbled shy.
"Your welcome. Do you want anything since your tracking me down?"
"I want coffee!" she said delightful.
"Then stand in line." Luke pointed at the line, that was even longer than the last time he looked at it.
"That takes too long" she complained.
"You have to wait." She sighed and returned to the line where she got the newspaper out of her bag.
Luke continued his round and ended up walking past the line. He looked down when he saw the woman was looking at him. But then... again... he heard the steps behind him.
"Didn't I tell you to stand in line?"
"I don't like lines!"
"Too bad. Have anybody ever told that you're being annoying?"
"Coffee!"
"Line!" Lorelai took the newspaper and waved with it in front of his face.
"When's you're birthday?"
"Excuse me?"
"When is your birthday?" she asked again and this time she made her puppy-eyes.
"Why would I tell you?"Luke asked grumpy.
"Because I'm begging you, and nobody in the entire world can resist my puppy-eyes" He rolled his eyes.
"Okay then. November"
"November what?"
"6th…" he just mumbled and whilethe womanopened the newspaper on the horoscope page, he hurried behind the counter. He stood there for a while before somebody else called his name and he was forced to leave his protective shelter. But yet again, she started to follow him.
"Mrs."
"Lorelai. Lorelai Gilmore. And you are Luke."
"How did you know?"
"I've got ears."
"Very well. Listen, Lorelai… You see. I try to run a business here, but you're kind of in the way. For the last time. Get in line." Lorelai just laughed.
"Here" she said and handed him the piece of the paper where she'd written a few words.
"Today you'll meet an annoying woman. Give her coffee and she'll go away." he read and looked at her again. She was beautiful, no doubt. But why did she have to be so annoying? At last he gave in and walked over to the counter where he filled a red mug with coffee. He hurried back to her and gave it to her.
"Now drink, and then disappear, okay?"
"Okay… Do you have any doughnuts?"
"Line!" he shook his head and then walked away thinking; "I certainly hope she's not gonna go away"
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes
A/N: So that's all for now. I know it was a pretty long flashback, but hey… I just wanted to tell the story about their first meeting from Lorelai and Luke's POV. Well, I hope you liked it anyway. Next chapter will be the last one before summer break, but 'I need coffee, you need me' will return when the leafs begins to fall from the trees. For you who like me writing I have good news. I'm starting on a new fic that I will write over summer. It will be a post season 6. Exactly how many chapters it will contain I can't say, but well… I hope you will read it.
We're getting closer to 50 reviews. Who wants the price? And can we make it before summer? You guys have to help me get there!
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