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Well, okay short summer break. No, this is just another chapter, because you guys made it pass the 50…

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And now to the exiting moment…

Who was reviewer number 50? The lucky number 50, not that it's usually a lucky number, but whatever. Well, the fabulous prize it this very chapter. Chapter 16! Well, now I'm babbling.

Congratulation Ann! You got it…

And guys… 55 and another chapter will be posted during summer. It's up to you!

Chapter 16: But it's pink!

Song: Rhett Akins, She said yes

The silence between them was unbearable, but none of them felt capable of breaking it. It was just there, hanging in the air between them and around them. It was more like an invisible wall. Ten feet high and it was build in just a few seconds. Every brick came out if nowhere and suddenly there was this wall. The sub shone through the windows and hit the curtains that Rachel picked out for him once. They swallowed the light eagerly and with the eaten autumn sun Lorelai's happy mood disappeared.

Her and Luke were just staring at each other. Both of them trying to understand the situation, but in some way it was too complicated. Maybe Rory would've been able to handle things. Even though she wasn't exactly the most reliable person when it came to relationships.

Lorelai would bet all of her money that she'd read many books with this kind of problem. Rory had read books like "Pride and prejudice" and "Romeo and Juliet", true love stories. While Lorelai herself only had seen the TV-show with Colin Firth and of course the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. Why was her daughter so damn lucky? She'd gotten to read every good book that existed. Okay, Lorelai could read them if she wanted to, but she couldn't find the love for books. Words, god there existed way to many of them though, written or unwritten, spoken or unspoken, thought or un-thought. Too many! What if there had only been two words in the entire world?

Yes and no, two very useful words. You could say "yes" to coffee and "yes" to marry someone while you could say "no" to everything gross. Lorelai thought the whole word thing over and came to the conclusion that it was probably the best to let words be

words. But why did people need to come up with new words all the time? Words like a "pacemaker". Why couldn't it just be called a "peacemaker"?

Now she was confusing herself and doing what she always tried to do. Make everything more complicated than it was by thinking all those weird thoughts.

While Lorelai was thinking of how many damn words there were in the world, Luke was fighting with how few there were. Not even close to many. It was like his brain was emptied. Not one word would leave his mind and get out of his mouth, the words apparently stuck in his throat. But he needed to say something. He needed to tell her the truth.

He had to tell her the story, and how he felt, but in a way it was all very confusing. After minutes of silence somebody suddenly knocked on the door.

"Luke?" Caesar's voice carried itself through the air and broke down the wall. Luke hesitated, but then went over to the door. He opened it and found Caesar standing outside with a pink envelope. He handed it to Luke very slowly and at the same time tried to get a look of Lorelai's face and finger. The disappointed look on his face was easy to read.

"Bye Caesar!" Luke shouted and slammed the door. As he turned around he saw the curious look on Lorelai's face. Hidden behind the hurt face was the old Lorelai. She would somehow always be there. And as he gazed at her blue eyes he noticed the pain of being left outside. But then he realized that he was outside with her... apparently they were both lost... And he was the one to get them back on track.

"Lorelai..." he began, but then he hesitated. What was he supposed to say, supposed to do? He had no idea. But instead of waiting, trying to decide what to do, his mouth and tong took over.

"Listen... The lunatics in this town are right. I was in a jewellery shop... looking for a ring, but I must admit that I'm just as much a loony as the others in this town. I was just standing there, looking at the shining things. God, I felt stupid."

And once again he lost the ability to speak. He was just standing there feeling stupid.

"So you were going to...?"Lorelai shyly asked. He looked at her face and saw a small smile spread across her face. She felt relieved. All the anger that had been hiding in her gut was all over sudden gone.

"Well, yeah I think so..."

"Okay"

"Okay?"

"It means okay. To the question, and I know you're not the kind of guy the kneels, so I wont be the kind of girl that jumps up and down yelling "yes"!"

"Okay..."

"So what now?" She asked him. But honestly he had no idea. He didn't know what had just happened. Where they engaged now or? Should he dig the bow out of his pocket and give her the ring? Slowly he reached deep into his pocket and found the velvet bow. He was just standing there with it paralyzed. But Lorelai just shook her head.

"Not yet"

"What?"

"Don't put it on my finger… yet!"

"I don't understand"

"Then the town will know"

"And?"

"We'll surprise them! Uh, now I know!"

Luke was just staring at Lorelai. Didn't she want the town to know?

"Lorelai, what on earth are you babbling about?"

"We'll surprise them at the dance marathon."

"I thought you were going with Kirk" Luke teased, but Lorelai decided to ignore him.

"We're dancing… You and me yes…"

"I don't dance."

"Well, that's just to bad… 'Cause you're going to… Well on with the story. We're dancing and suddenly I stop yelling something like 'Come on Luke! You're not Johnny Cash!'"

"Johnny Cash? Isn't he some old guitar-player?" There was no doubt; Lorelai was back. And now she was just rambling something totally incomprehensible.

"And then you'd answer 'For God's sake Lorelai. Your name is not June Cater!' And I'll get a little angry and then yell; 'No it's not, but I feel like her. Just do it in the right way Luke!' And then you say: 'Just say yes! And then I'll say 'If you insist' "

"Lorelai…"

"Okay, we can change the lines, but…"

"I don't dance" Luke just repeat.

He never had given much thought to dancing
But she gave a lot of thought to being asked
Well, he'd never been good at coming right on out and asking
She'd never been given the chance

Almost every single lunatic in the town of Stars Hollow were sitting in the diner waiting. Waiting for a scream, a whoosh, a capow even a small bump. But they heard nothing, so when the mail-man came with the pink envelope, people were thrilled. Now they would have an excuse to bump in on Luke and Lorelai. The last few days the town had been totally hysterically.

Ever since Gypsy confessed that she'd seen Luke in a jewelry shop in Woodbury, everybody had freaked out. Especially Babette and Miss Patty. They'd been running all around town spreading the news and when Taylor got them, he decided right away, that the town had to do something as a community to figure it out.

So there they were. All sitting in Luke's diner. Normally it was just Kirk and Patty's job to look after things at the diner, but when Lorelai arrived with her face covered with tears, Patty had called Babette and soon everybody was sitting there. Kirk spend almost all of his time in the diner, so it was normal that he was there, but no one did willingly agree to let Kirk take such a big responsibility, so the other part had gone to Miss Patty.

When the envelope had gotten there a big argument started. Who should go and give it to Luke? After minutes they'd decided that it would be better if Caesar delivered it. So he did… He went up the stairs and soon he returned. Babette almost jumped out of the chair, but he just shook his head.

"No ring?"

"No ring…" Disappointed sighs resounded in the diner. Then silence spread in the room until Patty suddenly jumped up.

"Okay, they're starting to push it."

"Folks… People of Stars Hollow…" Taylor suddenly said, but he was cut of by Babette.

"Taylor, this is not a town meeting!"

"You're right Babette… But at the town meeting…" The loud sound of the bells above the door stopped Taylor's speech. Everybody were now staring in direction of the two people that had just entered the packed diner… Now silence had come to town…

But something moved him 'cross that old gym floor
When fear was holding fast
And to his surprise, the words came at last

Rory stared at the crowded diner. She had never in her life seen so many people inside Luke's diner. It was more like everybody in town suddenly had decided to stop by and have some coffee and a piece of boysenberry pie. But the funny thing was that there was no Luke. Rory looked over her shoulder and saw the same expression on Dean's face, that she knew was on her own. Dean had picked her up by the bus stop as usual. And now they were just standing there, being stared at. Rory looked around. Kirk was there, Babette, Morey, Miss Patty, Taylor, Gypsy, Andrew and so on. Each of them had taken a seat except from Taylor.

"Hey Rory doll…"

"Uh, hi Babette… Can you please tell me what's going on?" Babette look at Patty, who looked just as confused. How were they going to tell Rory? How…

And she said yes
To his half-hearted request
And they held on
For dear life
'Til the last song played

"So it's settled" Lorelai said while she was smiling. Slowly she moved over to Luke and gave him a quick kiss. And then she got sight of the pink envelope.

"Open it!"

"What?"

"The envelope. Open it…" He shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know exactly what is was, but he had a pretty good idea.

"It's probably not for me"

"But it's pink… and it got you're name on it" Lorelai pointed at the envelope where the name Luke had been written very meticulous. Luke mumbled something, but in the end agreed. Inside the pink envelope there was something that looked mostly like an invitation. Lorelai quickly snapped it and stared to read…

"Dear Luke.

On behalf of Christopher Hayden and Sherry Tinsdales's wedding…" she paused…

The name's on the paper she was holding in her hands were now one big mess. She could just see the Christopher Hayden. Okay, she knew he was getting married, but that they'd invited Luke.

That made no sense. Christopher hated Luke and so the other way around, so why to his wedding? A wedding is something… a wedding is personal and something you want to remember for the rest of your life. It's special, 'cause it's the day you say "I do" to the person you love. Suddenly Lorelai realized that it soon would be herself standing there. Creepy thought…

Luke saw Lorelai's face chance color and he quickly took the invitation from her.

"You should go home" he said while he pushed her gently towards the door. He kissed her forehead and then gently pushed her out of the door. He wouldn't be able to argue about Christopher, not now. They'd just… well… gotten engaged. And that was the only big thing his head could handle right now. Slowly he walked around in the apartment staring at everything.

The kitchen, the bed, the bathroom. How could he even call this an apartment? He began to wonder why he ever decided to live in his dad's old office. He thought back to the day he's father died. Liz had been crying all the time, but Luke couldn't shed a tear. It was like they stuck behind his eyelids.

All night after the funeral he'd been sitting in the office staring at old pictures. The one from his parents' wedding was his favorite. He remember how he went up and down the stairs, out in the hardware. He walked in and out trying to decide what to make out of it. And then suddenly he saw a diner. How the old hardware suddenly turned into a diner with lots and lots of people. He walked through the room and saw himself behind the counter.

He was pouring coffee for some lady Luke had never seen before. At least not back then. Thinking back made him realize that is was Lorelai. But how could he have known that he was going to meet that woman a few years out in the future. Only a few days later the renovation of the hardware started and the day he opened the diner everybody patted him on the shoulder and said: "Well done Lucas!"

He'd just given them all free coffee and then continued his work. For some reason he didn't really appreciate it. It had just been a day, though it had been the start of his future. Now he knew that no matter what he would never be able to sell the place. When he died sometime, hopefully many years away, he wanted to let the place continue in family.

To his kids… Kids? Since when did he start thinking about kids? Maybe once or twice he thought about it when he was with Rachel, but he soon let go of the thought again. She would never have been able to handle motherhood. To wild, but Lorelai…

She'd already tried it once, so maybe… What on earth are you talking about Danes! He asked himself. He hadn't even talked to Lorelai about it. It was just some weird thought that had popped into his head. What if Lorelai didn't even want that? Maybe she had enough in Rory… Not that she was hard to handle, but. He decided that I would be best to talk with Lorelai about it first.

They won't let go
It's beyond their control
They lit a flame with the match God had made
When she said yes

Lorelai turned the key and the front door clicked. She entered the foyer where she took of her coat and placed it on the hangers. She walked into the living room where she found Rory sitting staring at a big box.

"Oh no, don't tell me you and Dean broke up again."

"What? Oh hey mom…" Rory looked up, but then turned back to the box.

"So… you did break up."

"What? No! What makes you think that?"

"That" Lorelai pointed at the box.

"Oh that… Uhm… It's just a birthday present…from dad."

"From your father… I see… Seems like he suddenly wants to be friends with everybody other than me. Well, go ahead, open it." Rory looked at her mother, like she needed her to confirm that it was okay. Lorelai nodded and Rory slowly unwrapped the present. Inside there was the Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Rory looked at her mother and couldn't hold a smile back.

"He remembered!" she exclaimed. Lorelai just smiled at her daughter. Rory opened the big book and started to look up and down at a few pages.

"Did you know that La-di-da was an actual word?" Lorelai shook her head.

"No I didn't" Rory just giggled and kept turning the pages until there suddenly fell an envelope out of the gigantic book. And yet the envelope seemed very familiar. It was deeply pink. Rory quickly opened and started reading the letter. As she read the lines her face turned from happy-happy to snappy-snappy. After a while she looked up at her mother with the you-knew-right look in her eyes.

"Did you know this? That dad's getting married?" Lorelai sighed, then sat down beside her daughter and rapped her arms around her. She held her tight as she'd done so many times during the last 17 years. Every time Rory fell while she was learning how to ride a bike, every time the evil Danielle Porter had stolen her books in preschool. That damn Danielle. She had never been a nice kid, even in high school her and Rory never got along. Lorelai kissed Rory's forehead. She knew how hurt Rory was. Deep inside she probably still had a weak hope that her parents would end up together. But the thing that hurt her the most, was that Chris had kept in secret.

"How come you knew? I thought the two of you weren't speaking ever since the whole Luke-break up thing. And why didn't he tell me? Who is she?"

"Rory hun… Remember that I told you how Luke went to see Adolph and Eva just before we got back together? Well, he also went to see Christopher, and don't ask me why. But here he met Sherry. Why your father didn't tell you, I can't give you an answer to that, but he probably did it because he simply didn't want to hurt you."

"By not telling me that he was getting married, but then just sends me an invitation? How thoughtful of him!"

"Hun, Christopher loves you… You know that"

"Since when did you start protecting him? I thought you hated him?"

"At some point I do, kid. But he's your father, and you can't chance that."

"I know… I guess I know."

"Rory… Honestly… I think you should go. I'm sure it would mean the world to him." Rory looked down at the invitation again, then she nodded.

"Okay, but you're going too."

"I'm not invited!" Lorelai exclaimed, but then Rory showed her the invitation. It said Dear Rory and Lorelai.

"Aha… smart thinking."

"What do you mean by that?"

"They invited Luke too."

"What? Luke? I thought Luke and Dad hated each other."

"I guess it's Sherry's idea."

"Sherry… That name reminds me of cherries… Do you know what she'd like?"

"Well, Luke said that she looked a little like a doll."

"So if they have kids it'll be a Shelly?" Rory asked with a sparkle in her eyes.

"What?"

"DollBarbie, DadKen. And Barbie and Ken would have a Shelly!"

"Yeah, they would…" Lorelai looked at her daughter. She was defiantly her daughter, all the way. A little joke and everything was better.

"How does coffee sound?" Lorelai asked.

"Luke's?" Rory said in a hopeful tone.

"Sure, if you want to… I was just there.. But what the hell."

"Mom… I heard some 'rumours'… Did anything happen between you and Luke? Anything that might include a question, a "yes!" and a ring?" Lorelai looked down to her feet. Rory was right… And she had to tell her…

Slowly she just nodded, and it only took Rory a few seconds to get up and embrace her mother in hug.

"Oh my God! Finally, finally, finally, finally. I can't believe it!"

"Whoa! Slow down… Don't tell anybody yet okay?"

"What? Why?"

"Because we're going to surprise the town. Just for fun!" Rory was now laughing hysterically and she started to jump up and down. Soon Lorelai did the same and the two girls went La-di-da!

A/N: Okay, call me a big fat liar! This will not be the only part before summer break… I have an idea for the next part, and I don't want to forget it, so I hope it'll make you happy if I say that I'll probably update again… actually it depends on how many reviews we can collect. 55 or 60? It's your choice if you want an update before summer… The song will continue in the next part…

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