A/N: He, I'm back with chapter 22. This is just as long as the others, but maybe… I don't know… Well, go ahead and read, please :D

And of course thanks to Ann for betaing this thing.

Song: Jim Brickman, My heart belongs to you

Chapter 22: What makes a Larry King

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Look at me now
I thought I was near the end
Then you came along
When I needed a friend
And you made me love again

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Lorelai was sitting in her living room when the phone all of a sudden rang. She picked it up, but the voice in the other end was no one she could have expected.

"Hey Lore" there was only one person in the world who called her Lore, and that was her daughter's father.

"Chris? Ha, who would have thought?"

"Yeah, I'm a true Santa Claus."

"Right… So."

"So… You're probably wondering why I'm calling, right? I mean ever since, you know."

"Yeah, Larry King, I know."

"Well, I would like to meet you"

"Ha, like you've never met me"

"Lore, please. I have something big to tell you."

"Oh…" she paused, unsure where this conversation was leading. A part of her wanted to hang up and run to Luke for protection, but the other part was curious. She looked at her finger and looked intense at the ring. It was the part of Luke she carried with her every where. He was always with her at some point. And Christopher was married now, so nothing bad could happen, right.

"Right… Meet… Sounds weird"

"I know, but I really need to share this with you. Tomorrow?"

"Woa, slow down. We're getting ahead of ourselves here. Tomorrow there's a big thing at the inn, and I have to be there." There was no big thing at the inn. But she had a deal with Sookie. They were going to take the day off and take the wedding-tour. Go looking for flowers, a dress for Sookie and when they got tired of that they would read wedding magazines all night long.

"Then the day after tomorrow maybe?"

"Chris…"

"You can bring Rory too"

"On a Saturday? She has homework and a Dean to take care of"

"Lore, I just need to tell you this. We could meet for lunch, my treat."

"I don't know… I would have to tell Luke"

"And I have to tell Sherry"

"Luke hates you, you know"

"Yeah, but it's going to be totally innocent"

"Okay… in let's meet in Litchfield."

"Litchfield?"

"Far away from Stars Hollow…"

"Okay… So how's the wedding plans coming?" That was not his area to step on, but she gave in and told him a few things about the plans so far. Nothing specific though, since he wasn't going to be there when she said "I do"

"How's married life treating you?" she asked after she finished her 30 seconds description of her wedding.

"Great, I'll tell you about that later. Noon?"

"Noon" she agreed and then heard the familiar click in the other end. Finally… just his voice made her feel bad.

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Somehow you found me
Wrapped your love around me
Now my head's up in the clouds
When I'm around you
I just wanna say, everyday
Thank God I found you
I will move heaven and earth
Give you my heart, for all that its worth
You are mine 'til the end of time
I don't care what we're going through
'Til the end, my heart belongs to you.

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Lorelai let her eyes wander across the pages in the wedding magazine. She and Sookie were sitting in her house, drinking coffee and eating all kind of crazy things. This whole wedding thing was soon becoming too much for Lorelai. All the planning, making a menu for the caterer, who of course was Sookie, so there actually wasn't any menu for Lorelai to make, but she always put in the menu issue when her mother asked her how things were coming along.

Emily had actually been very helpful. It seemed like she finally accepted Luke as a part of the family and not another of Lorelai's passing ships. She already had the whole thing pictured in her head and at the last Friday night dinner she insisted on paying for the whole thing. Okay, maybe she was a little too helpful.

"Ooh, look at this!" Sookie exclaimed and showed Lorelai a picture from a wedding. It was in some kind of rose garden, a real fantasy wedding. Lorelai glanced at the bride, and saw the bump on her stomach. It was obvious she was pregnant.

"And here's the page for reader's stories."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Some women decide to get this magazine sent before their wedding and some even later."

"What on earth would you need a wedding magazine for when you're already married?"

"No idea" Sookie grinned as she started reading aloud.

"I just got married two years ago and now I'm a mother of three. I was 6 months along at the wedding at we had twins two months ago. It's hard to believe that you're life can change so much within a few years, but I'm not complaining. Walking down the aisle made my life so much better. This is cute!"

"Why would you write your story to a magazine?" Lorelai asked and then leafed through the next few pages stuffed with dresses. All the models were just standing there with a complete fake smile on their lips. The brides and grooms probably didn't even know each other, they should just pretend to be a happy newlywed couple.

After hearing Sookie finish the story, Lorelai got up and went to the kitchen to pour herself some coffee. For some reason she wasn't as happy and exited today as she had expected. Looking at all the fake happiness made her wonder if that was what married life was like. Maybe you would be happy for two months, but then things would die down. The day routines would be the same every day.

Get up, have breakfast, kiss your husband goodbye and then go to work. Come home late in the evening, have dinner and then go to bed. And then after a few years the big fights would begin. And then a divorce.

Was she really doing the right thing? She sipped of her coffee and felt the hot beverage run through her veins and warm her body. She glanced at her hand. The ring was just sitting there, sparkling. But it was a happy ring, it really suited her personality. And that meant that the person who gave it to her suited her too.

She shook her head lightly and acknowledged that it probably was because of the phone call from Christopher yesterday. She still hadn't told Luke and that probably freaked her pretty much out. She put down the empty coffee mug and took another deep breath. She didn't feel like reading more magazines now. All the talk about divorces and kids freaked her out, just a little. Maybe they should take a short break, do something else?

"Lorelai?" Sookie called.

"Coming" she replied and slowly went back to the living room where Sookie was still sitting with the same magazines as before. Apparently the stories from readers fascinated her.

"Oh, there's a lady who got married five years ago. She was like 18 or something. She was pregnant, and her parents forced her to do it."

"I know what that's like."

"Yeah, but she was only like a month along when she got married to her boyfriend. And then only two days after the wedding she had an abortion. Apparently she lost the baby. And then her boyfriend left her for someone else and they got divorced. She hadn't seen him in five years, but then one night they meet at this bar and apparently she woke up in his bed the next day."

"Sook, calm down."

"I remember the feeling of being so close to him again. First it was happiness rushing through my veins, but when I woke up in his arms, in his bed I realized how wrong it was. He left me, and he probably didn't even love me as he said. But I loved him from the day I saw him the first time, and I still do. While I laid there I also realized how big a different there is from making love to randomly sex and that was apparently what we had going on. It's now four months since and I'm two months late. Yesterday I met him and told him I was pregnant and there was no doubt it was his. First he accused me of lying and then he asked me to marry him. And of course I said yes. There's nothing I can do about it, I love him. But I just don't want him to leave me again, especially with a baby on the way. Please help me"

Lorelai noticed the tears in Sookie's eyes. Way too emotional.

"Sookie, why don't we take a break?"

"But… I have to help this girl. What if you had married Christopher and then lost Rory and… and…"

"Sookie. I didn't marry Christopher. I didn't lose Rory either. I'm happy now, see!"

"But…" Sookie sobbed and then closed the magazine.

"Come on, we could walk around in town, stop by Luke's? How does that sound?"

"Sounds good" Sookie mumbled and then followed her into the hallway.

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You are my heart
You are my everything
The moon and the stars
And the air that I breath
And you gave me strength again

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The bells above the doors jingled. Luke looked up and smiled when he saw Lorelai and Sookie enter. Lorelai was wearing a cotton coat, but it was rather thin, not for the late November weather. The last few months had passed by so quickly that he found it hard to believe. But he wouldn't complain. It just meant that Christmas was coming up, and Christmas always got Lorelai over the moon.

Seeing her smile always made his heart skip a beat. Before she was a part of his life he was always kind of grumpy. But then one day in 1996 she had entered the diner. It was around the same time of the year as now. A sad and dark day. Winter was coming up and the diner was packed with people from the minute he turned the sign to 'open' and until he had to push the last people out of the door. It was freezing outside, so people steamed into the place.

But then one day, around noon she had walked in and lit up the place. It was like an angel walked into the place, not that Luke was a Christian in anyway. Though she had been very annoying and disturbing, he couldn't help but like her from the moment he met her. Of course there were a few things he would like to change about her in the beginning, her addiction for coffee for example.

But as he got to know her, he soon came to realize that she was perfect as she was. When she introduced him to her daughter he was a little surprised at first, but he soon fell for that little girl with the blue eyes and dark brown hair. She was a true copy of Lorelai.

Soon it was five years ago he had laid eyes on her for the first time and he still found it hard to believe that he actually was the lucky one to have her, to be with her. But there he was, soon to be married.

The two women approached him. Luke could see in Lorelai's eyes that she was low on caffeine, and that used to have the affection of making her a bit tensed. She was smiling, but it wasn't her usual Lorelai smile, there was something wrong with it. When she made it "all" the way to the counter she smiled a little bigger and leaned over the counter. She gave him and quick kiss and then sat down on one of the stools. Sookie followed her example, of course without the kissing part.

"Coffee" she said with her begging voice. He just placed a mug in front of her and poured her some. He looked at Sookie who nodded lightly. It was obvious to see that she had been crying. Her eyes were read and mushy. He gave Lorelai a questioning look.

"She read a story in a wedding-magazine."

"What?"

"Poor girl" Sookie mumbled and sobbed.

"Okay, we need your cheer-up food."

"And that is?"

"A strawberry-doughnut and a piece of boysenberry pie, plus two blueberry muffins, and a scone, and a brownie"

"For Sookie only?"

"No! I need some too, it was a very sad story" She faked a sad face, and Luke just sighed.

"One cheer-up portion coming up."

He went into the kitchen, but soon realized that there was a few things missing, most of it actually, so he had to go to the storage room.

"Be right back" he shouted and then left.

He walked down the small stairs and soon he was looking through the shelves. Soon he heard footsteps behind him, and that reminded him of something. But he couldn't identify the memory and decided to forget it again, though it would probably bother him for a while.

"Hey" she whispered, he just nodded back and kept looking for the muffins.

"What are you doing? You just left me alone with a very sad woman, who happens to be my best friend. Well, you are too and Rory. Okay, Sookie's my best female friend, you're my best male friend."

"And lover" she added with a grin. "And that makes Rory my best daughter-friend."

"No of that make sense"

"I know" she laughed and padded him on the bag, so he was close to fall down.

"It's been a while since I was here the last time. It's a very nice storage."

"I'm working" Luke muttered and then saw it, the muffins. He grabbed them and walked towards the door.

"Luke, we need to talk."

That was never a good sentence, never.

"What about?"

"Well, here tomorrow I'm going to…" she paused.

"Going to?"

"Well, you know graduation is coming up and tomorrow there's this meeting. In Hartford of course and I just thought you should know that I might won't be home for dinner, but I'll make an effort. I mean it's Saturday and Rory's out with Dean celebrating their 8 months getting back together anniversary. Kids are weird."

"Okay…" Luke just told her and then walked back to the kitchen. He saw Lorelai seat beside Sookie who was now crying.

Soon he had finished the cheer-up food and placed a plate in front of each girl. Lorelai sent him a thankful smile and then started eating. It didn't take long before they were both laughing hysterically at Kirk. What he had done Luke had no idea about, but to be honest he didn't care. He was just happy to see them both smile.

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You know why I'm love shy
I don't want to hurt anymore
I've been hurt before
And I know I
I'm saving my love for you
I'm gonna keep you safe and warm
I do love you

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Lorelai walked into the café they had agreed on. She was in Litchfield, a place she didn't visit very often. It didn't take her long to see the waving arm above his head. She sighed and then walked closer, but was pretty surprised to see he wasn't alone. There holding his hand was Barbie.

"Hey Lore. Thanks for coming" he greeted her and she just smiled politely.

"Lorelai, it's so good to see you again" Sherry whined and gave Lorelai a gentle hug.

"It's good to see you too" she replied and sat silently down on the chair opposite them. They looked happy and that made her smile. She had always wanted Christopher to be happy and for years she thought it would be with her, but then she met Luke and realized that he should be happy with someone else, move on just like her.

Soon a waitress was standing beside their table. It was around noon, but apparently people didn't visit this exact café. To speak shortly, it almost empty.

"Can I get you anything?" the waitress asked politely.

"I'll take a black coffee. Extra strong"

"A cup of coffee coming up. Can I get the two of you anything?" she then asked, referring to Christopher and Sherry.

"No thanks, we already got" Sherry answered and pointed at the beverage in front of them.

The waitress nodded and then left the table.

"So, how's married life treating you?" Lorelai asked just to say something, and she wasn't sure how smart it would be to bring up the Metalicca-Offspring thing up now.

"Great, he's amazing this guy" Sherry smiled sweetly when she spoke.

"Great, great."

"Congratulations, by the way. You and Luke look so cute together."

"Thanks… So… As far as I remember Larry King over there did mention something about some big news."

"Yeah, about that…" Christopher answered.

"Seems like the hesitation has lasted long enough, don't you think?" Sherry asked teasingly and squeezed his hand.

"I absolutely think so"

"Then I'll tell you the great news." she paused a little. "I'm pregnant"

The words came as a flash of lighting hitting her right in her face. She had never tried to get hit by a flash before, but she was sure that was the way it felt. If her cell phone hadn't called at that moment she was sure she would have fallen of her chair.

"Lore? You look a little pale"

"I'm fine really…" and then she heard the blessing sound of a phone, her phone. She grabbed it and gave the two people across the table an apologizing look, before she left the table.

"Hello?"

"Lorelai."

"Ah, hello mother"

"I wanted to discuss flowers with you"

"For what?"

"Your wedding of course, who else's?"

"Urgh… I don't know."

"Okay… What flowers do you want?"

"Mom, really I can't decide right away."

"I thought you would say so. So since I'm paying I'll choose something that will go with your dress."

"Mom, wait!"

But too late, Emily had already hung up.

"Lorelai?" someone asked and she spun around with her heart pounding in her chest.

"Oh, hey Sherry."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, really. It's just with the wedding coming up and everything. And my mother of course" she chuckled a little, but soon returned to the awkward silence.

"Yeah. Have you guys set a date?"

"Urgh, actually… no we haven't set a date" she felt like the ceiling came tumbling down on her when she spoke the truth. They hadn't even decided on a day for their wedding… and she hadn't told him about her meeting with Christopher… and Sherry.

"By the way, congratulations. You'll make an amazing mom"

"About that… I don't expect the two of us to be best friends or anything and I know you and Chris have an amazing daughter together, but I…"

"Sherry, really I'm totally cool with the situation. Chris and I had Rory 17 years ago, and he missed the most of her childhood. Now he has the chance again, he better be over the moon about this, 'cause I am."

"Thank you Lorelai, thanks. When I first found out, it was kind of scary, but now I can't wait. I'm just also scared."

"What for?"

"I haven't tried this thing before and what if I screw up?"

"You won't."

"How do you know? How did you do?"

"I just did what I thought was the best for me and Rory, and she turned out pretty well."

"As I said before, I don't expect us to be running around shopping anytime soon, but I was wondering if you would… give me some advice?"

"Sure, Sherry. I'd be happy to help"

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Now my head's up in the clouds
When I'm around you
I just wanna say, everyday
Thank God I found you
I will move heaven and earth
Give you my heart, for all that its worth
You are mine 'til the end of time
I don't care what we're going through
'Til the end my heart belongs to you

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When Lorelai drove home she felt pretty happy about herself. She was happy for Christopher and Sherry and for her surprise it didn't bother her at all. She had Luke and they were going to get married soon. But as she passed a shop with clothes for pregnant women, it suddenly hit her.

She was only 33, not too old to have children. She suddenly pictured herself with a belly bigger than the Earth. But what did Luke think of children? Had it even crossed his mind? Suddenly she thought back on the last few days and it hit her how many pregnancies she suddenly heard of. It was kind of creepy, but on the other hand also a nice thought.

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My heart belongs to you.

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A/N: That was all from now guys. The wedding is closer, though there's no date yet, but I promise it will come soon. Maybe along with other surprises, not necessarily pregnancies… But, I really hope you enjoyed this part, because I'm not sure how much more I can write on this story. But anyway..

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