A/N: Hi guys..

Here's the 20th part! Wow I say.. It's really hard for me to believe that I've written 20 chapters. And there's more to come.

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Lyrics: Kenny Loggins, With this ring

Chapter 20: Just like June and Johnny

"Independence Inn, Michel speaking… Mrs. Gilmore? No, she's not around… Yes do that. Goodbye"

Michel hung up the phone, but it rang again.

"Lorelai Gilmore? No, never heard of her. She does not work here"

At the same time Lorelai walked in and just managed to get the phone out of Michel's hands before he hung up.

"Lorelai Gilmore here? I'm sorry about the little incident.. He's fired right away"

It was another chaotic day at the inn. The Star-trekkies were still there and they were apparently all of a sudden planning a big end-of-the-event event. Now they were all over with their weird stuff and they ordered the most bizarre food, so bizarre that even Sookie had no idea about what it was.

Normally these hectic times would drive Lorelai insane, but all she was thinking of was the upcoming wedding. Though they hadn't announced the engagement to the town yet, their relationship had been smooth ever since he slipped the ring on her finger.

Suddenly the voice on the phone changed from a very kind voice to a rather familiar voice.

"Lorelai?"

"Mom? Is that you?"

"Of course it's me, who else would it be?"

"Uh… Rory?" Lorelai tried, but her mother didn't seem to be in the joking mood. Not that she ever were.

"You have to fire that imbecile of a man right away"

"Consider it done, mam"

"Lorelai, we need to talk"

"Whoa, wait a sec. I think you have already said what you needed to say. We have nothing left to dis…" she was broken off by her mother.

"I'll meet you at Luke's diner by eleven."

"Mom"

"Eleven o'clock Lorelai" and then she just hung up. Why on earth was Emily Gilmore her mother? And why did she respect her mother in some weird way?

Lorelai looked at the clock and saw it was 10.45, which only gave her 15 minutes to warn Luke…

"Michel, take the desk!"

"I'm already at the desk" he complained as she ran out.

I have believed I would always be free and wild.
No promises made or broken.
But look at me now I come to you like a child.
Here with my arms wide open.

"Coffee!" she shouted as she ran into the diner. Luke looked up and couldn't help it but laugh a bit when he saw his fiancée's face. She was breathless, telling him that she had been running all the way.

"Isn't it a little early for your lunch break?" he asked her. She just ignored him and walked behind the counter. She grabbed her favourite mug and poured herself some coffee. Meanwhile Luke almost hadn't noticed where she was.

"You…" he began but she broke him off.

"I'm your fiancé, Luke. Soon we'll be married and what you own, I'll own.. I never thought of that…" the last few words she spoke slowly and only in a voice above whisper. How stupid are you allowed to be? she asked herself. She couldn't believe she had just shouted the word fiancée out loud…

And funny enough Kirk, Babette and Miss Patty happened to be there.

"Honey, what did you just say?" Patty spoke. Lorelai looked at Luke, searching for help, but he looked just as paralyzed as she knew she did. She had to save this one… or maybe…

Maybe they should announce it now.. After all she had been wearing the ring for a while now, and she still wondered why none of them had noticed it yet. Well, except from Sookie, but she was Sookie.

Both Lorelai and Luke knew that just as soon as Babette and Patty knew it wouldn't take more than five minutes before the news was all over town. But on the other hand it wasn't so bad at all.

"Urgh, I… I said that…"

At the same time the bells jingled like they had done so many times before, the person that walked in however was not a daily costumer, as the matter of fact it was the first time she had been there.

I follow the song that the voice inside,
Whispers to my soul.
How could I not, its my heart that brought me to paradise.

Emily Gilmore walked into Luke's diner for the very first time in her life. She had to admit it was not something she was looking forward too, but she felt like she had no choice. The bizarre scenery she was going to witness just as soon as she walked over the doorstep would let her know that all the stories her daughter had told her about the crazy town Stars Hollow was true.

Lorelai and Luke were both standing on the other side of the counter and all the costumers were staring at them. None of them said anything, they were just standing there.

Emily looked carefully at her daughter's face. She looked rather surprised about something and so did Luke. The costumers, a skinny man-looking person and two not-skinny ladies were sitting closest to the counter, except the fact that they weren't sitting down any longer. Emily shook her head and then she saw it. The ring on her daughter's finger. So she had spoken the truth the other night after all.

She had known it after all… Emily knew that Lorelai wasn't lying about her and Luke's engagement; it was just Emily who wouldn't believe it. She had always imagined Lorelai and Christopher announcing their engagement. Through all these years she had the vague hope that it would happen. But now it was just a dream, something that would never happen. Christopher had just married someone else, Francine Hayden had told her over their weekly phone call. Her name was Sherry Tinsdale…

Emily's hope was now lost and ever since Lorelai and Luke had announced that they were getting married she had tried to adjust. She did her best to turn her mind onto something else. The dream was shattered. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be, she had decided to believe.

So she had made the decision to support her daughter now and get used to Luke. What ever Lorelai chose, she gets… And that was just the way things worked. Maybe Luke wasn't so bad after all.

Now Emily had made up her mind. She had always in the back of her mind had a picture of how Lorelai's wedding was supposed to look. No matter who ever the groom would be. And now Emily had to make sure that her imaginary picture would become real. So that was why she had set this meeting up with her daughter today.

Emily let her eyes wander across Lorelai's hand. The ring was placed on the right finger, maybe Luke wasn't so stupid after all?

Another thing about the ring… it didn't look too bad after all. Luke did apparently have taste when it came to jewellery. . Not like Richard of course, but he still knew what looked good on Lorelai and what she would like. The ring informed people about her personality. Beautiful, but a bit crazy.

Luke really did know Lorelai and he really did care for her.

I'll be your love, I'll be your friend.
I'll be the summer breeze that never ends.
For the rest of your days I'll be the road that takes you home.
Like the sun and the moon and the star that guides you on,
I will be true to my heart.
I promise you with this ring

"Mom!" Lorelai exclaimed.. She hadn't seen her mother enter at all, and suddenly she was just standing there looking just like… Emily Gilmore.

"What is she doing here?" Luke whispered

"She wanted to talk to me"

"And you suggested the diner?"

"No, she did"

"What?"

"I don't know what's gotten into her, but she finally gave me a reason to fire Michel."

"You fired Michel?"

"No! Do you think I would listen to my mother?"

"No…"

Emily stepped up to them and seated herself in front of Luke and Lorelai.

"So I guess congratulation is in order" she said stiffly.

"What?"

Emily pointed at Lorelai's finger, that she quickly pulled back to safety behind the counter.

"Thanks, mom" Lorelai said surprised. At the same time she noticed Babette was standing on a chair just to get a sneak peak of the ring she now knew was on her finger.

"Luke…" she whispered and nodded her head in direction of Babette.

"Babette, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Are you two engaged?" Kirk blurted out and both Luke and Lorelai knew it was time to say the truth.

"Yes… we are." Lorelai said slowly… and that was enough to cause a freak out. Babette and Patty hugged each other and Kirk yelled something like

"Wohoo"" or "Yaboo!" or maybe it was a "Shabidoo!"… Sometimes it wasn't easy to figure out what Kirk said.

Kirk suddenly disappeared out of the door and he ran across the street yelling something incomprehensible.

Babette and Patty ran up to the counter, behind the counter and hugged the two confused people on the other side tight. Lorelai almost lost her breath

and it all ended with her coffee mug on the floor and the coffee all over.

"So, you finally did it doll!" Babette exclaimed and Luke was smart enough to know that the right answer was to nod.

"So when did it happen? Was it romantic?" Patty now asked. Luke didn't know what to answer, but luckily Lorelai had spent enough time with Babette and Patty to know what to answer.

"Yesterday, it happened yesterday on a very romantic restaurant" Lorelai said with a smirk. Babette and Patty said some sounds that reminded of Kirk's before they stormed out of the diner. Without paying…

"So, I guess things are on the house today" Luke sighed.

Now I can say this is more than just wishful dreams.
Nothing could be more real than
Love
Has the way of bringing you to your knees,
Lifting you up to Heaven.

"Lorelai, we needed to talk"

"Right…" Lorelai sighed as she followed her mother down to a table.

"Can I get you anything, Mrs. Gilmore?"

"No, thank you Luke. And I have to insist on you stop calling me Mrs., Gilmore. It's Emily."

Luke walked back to the counter and poured some coffee for Lorelai.

"So, you wanted to talk…" Lorelai started.

"Get your coat." Emily just said and started to walk towards the door.

"Mom, wait. What's going on and where are we going?"

"To Hartford. Get Luke…"

"Luke is not my coat. I do name my stuff, but my coat is called Linda"

"I meant Luke, the man with the coffee" Emily said and started to walk again.

"What does Luke have to do with things?"

"He's coming with us.. If he wants. Now ask him, Lorelai"

"Mom… Fine…" she mumbled as she walked back to the counter.

"She wants you to come with us."

"What?"

"You don't have to go"

"Good, 'cause I rather not."

"That was meant as a 'You have no obligations to follow, but your dear fiancée who you really love needs you"

"Go" Luke just and Lorelai was forced to follow her mother…

I see the rest of my life when I look in your eyes,
I love what I see.
Living with you on the sunrise side of paradise.

"Where's the driver? You fired him too?" asked her mother as she got in the car.

"No. Alfred was ill today, so I had to drive myself."

The next twenty minutes past without much talk. They just drove the familiar road to Hartford and soon Emily parked the car in front of the Gilmore mansion.

"Here?"

"Yes, here"

"When you said 'Hartford' I though you meant Hartford-Hartford"

"This is Hartford"

"I know, but you could have said 'home' or 'the place where you grew up"

"Lorelai, just get out of the car."

She sighed and did as her mother told her. It was in the end of November, so it was less than 40 degrees outside. Just the walk from the car to the house was freezing cold, especially for Lorelai who never had been giving the weather much of a thought. She just put on what she thought looked nice for the day, and then she had to freeze. Okay, she did dress warm sometimes. When she made snow angels.

Suddenly she was reminded of snow… It would soon be falling from the sky. Soon it would cover the world and everything would be white and beautiful. She really loved snow…

And then it hit her. She didn't want to get married in the summer where she would die of heat before she made it down the aisle. The winter would be perfect. Snow all over, it would fit perfect to her white dress that she hadn't gotten yet. For a while she had considered to get a pink dress instead of a white, but now she saw it all in front of her.

She would be walked down the aisle, wearing the most astonishing white dress ever seen. In the other end Luke would be standing with Rory as the bridesmaid of honor. She would be smiling… Her hair would be loose and having fake snow crystals all over.

On the white chair, creating the aisle people would be sitting, freezing, but she wouldn't be able to freeze, because she was the one getting married.

"Lorelai, hurry up" he mother complained and Lorelai was forced to leave her fantasy behind, out in the cold.

Inside she almost fell over a heap of clothes… white clothes in silk. Lorelai looked around and saw the entire living room was hidden behind white dresses, wedding dresses.

"Emily, is that you?" a lady called.

"We're here!" At this point Lorelai would have loved for her mother to yell "Marco" and then for the other lady to respond with a "Polo". But she was pretty sure that was never going to happen.

"Oh, my god! It's Natalie Wood!" a familiar voice exclaimed. Lorelai spun around and faced a blast from the past.

"Mrs. Celine? My, my who would have thought?"

"I hear you're getting married?"

"Yes I am" she replied, smiling.

"Well, then.. What are we waiting for?"

I'll be your love, I'll be your friend.
I'll be the summer breeze that never ends.
For the rest of your days I'll be the road that takes you home.
Just like the sun and the moon and the star that guides you on,
I will be true to my heart,
I promise you with this ring.

The dress really was astonishing. It was white and simply and fitted Lorelai's figure perfectly. It was the fifth dress she'd tried on, and the first one she was really happy with.

"Just like I pictured" she heard her mother whisper somewhere behind her, but she didn't care. She was in love with this dress… and she knew it was the one she was going to get married in… All of a sudden she had the whole wedding pictured in her head.

"Manifique!" Celine exclaimed and then returned to the thousands of dresses.

"Try this one on" she said, but Lorelai just shook her head.

"No, it's going to be this one" Lorelai turned around, so she wasn't looking in the mirror any longer. She just got a glimpse of a tear in her mother's eye, but she dried it away quickly.

At the same time they heard the front door open and close.

"Emily, what on…" Richard was home… He entered the living room where he saw something he had in no way expected. Miss Celine, their clothes stylist through years was standing beside his wife, who had obviously cried a little, staring at his daughter who was wearing a white dressed. It looked very much like a wedding dress…

"Hey dad" Lorelai said with a smile. A smile he had never seen before. He smiled back and then turned the attention to his wife.

"Will anybody please inform me on what's going on? I left this morning and everything looked perfectly normal and now everything is covered it white silk. Are we redecorating?"

"What does it look like?" Miss Celine said in a cheery tone. Richard just smiled

"I will be going to my office" he then said and left the room.

May this circle never see an end.
Here and now I willingly place a part of you upon my hand.

Rory was sitting in the living room with a book in her hands when her mother entered with a great smile on her lips.

"What's with the face?"

"I'm getting married" Lorelai just said.

"Wow, big news… Come on mom!" Lorelai placed a big bow on the coffee table and took of the lid. Rory's eyes got bigger when she saw what was inside.

"You bought a dress? You promised I could come!"

"No, I didn't buy a dress, your grandmother did"

"What? You're not going to wear it then are you?"

Lorelai just nodded and then went to the kitchen where she made herself some coffee. It was all going to be perfect.. Her parents had finally accepted that she was with Luke.

She was getting married to the man she loved and everybody let her do it…

I'll be your love, I'll be a friend.
I'll be the summer breeze that never ends.
For the rest of your days I'll be the road that takes you home.
Just like the sun and the moon and the star that guides you on,
I will be true to my heart,
I promise you with this ring.

A/N: Okay, this chapter was supposed to be posted a few dats ago, but Paris got in the way :P I just got home, so now I can update--

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