Ok so I've been thinking about this long and hard over this weekend and I think I may have made a mistake. I've taken your comments on board and I feel like maybe I was being a bit ambitious so if you'll let me, I'd like to start over with this sequel. So this still takes place 5 years after The Gilmore Twins ended and I will fill in the gaps as the story progresses. :) I hope you prefer this version! :)
Chapter 1
It was Christmas Eve in Stars Hollow and the Gilmore/Danes family were getting together in preparation for Christmas. Charlotte and Jess had just arrived with Jack, who was now 6 years old.
"You're getting too big for this." Jess grumbled as Jack insisted on getting a piggy back ride for his dad.
"Yeah but his dad can't resist those puppy dog eyes." Charlotte teased.
"Those he got from you." Jess said.
"Sammy!" Jack suddenly exclaimed excitedly as another car drove up the driveway to the house and he scrambled to get down.
"Whoa, hold on." Jess said making sure he got down safely.
Jack ran over to the car where Sam and Rory were getting out. "Sammy!" He exclaimed excitedly launching himself into his arms.
"Hey you!" Sam chuckled spinning him around a few times.
"Great. I create him, I bring him up but my best friend still beats me." Jess said dryly.
"Aw hon, I still love you." Charlotte grinned, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks." He smirked.
"Rory!" Charlotte then exclaimed and gave her sister a big hug. "It's been too long!"
"I know! It's so good to see you!" Rory said reciprocating the hug.
"Ok let's get inside before he decides he wants you to become his new dad." Jess smirked at Sam.
"Hey, what can I say? Kids like me." Sam grinned.
"Why would I want Sam as my new daddy?" Jack asked confused.
"Because you like him better than me." Jess smirked.
"I don't!" Jack exclaimed. "I want you to keep being my daddy. Why, do you not want to be my daddy?" He said worried.
"Well done." Charlotte smirked at Jess.
"No, I didn't mean that." Jess assured his son. "Of course I want to be your daddy. I love being your daddy." He smiled ruffling his son's hair.
"Ok." Jack said relaxing. "I do like Uncle Sam though." He said smiling slightly.
"Right, get in you." Jess said chuckling as they all headed towards the house.
"Oh my, are those really my offsprings that have failed to call me for weeks?" Lorelai grinned as the front door open.
"Maybe." Rory and Charlotte grinned in unison.
"Come here!" She grinned giving her daughters a hug. "Just promise it won't be this long next time." She teased.
"We promise." Rory said. "Sorry, it's been crazy at work."
"Yeah same with me." Charlotte said.
"Well then, I guess you can be forgiven." Lorelai said.
"Grandma!" Jack exclaimed rushing forward to give her a hug.
"Hey Jack!" Lorelai smiled, picking him up as they all headed inside. She realised both Charlotte and Rory had stopped in the doorway to the living room. "What?" She said.
"Have we walked into an alternative universe or something?" Charlotte joked.
"What?" Lorelai laughed.
"That." Rory said gesturing to the couch where Luke and Chris were sat watching sport on the tv, drinking beers and sharing a joke together.
"Oh they do this all the time." Lorelai said.
"Seriously?" Charlotte said surprised.
"You knew they hung out! You've seen it before." She said.
"I know. It's still weird though." Charlotte joked.
"Oh yeah, I actually think Luke prefers your dad's company to mine now." Lorelai joked, her eyes twinkling. "I'm just going to check on the girls outside." She said going through to the kitchen.
"This is weird right?" Charlotte checked with Rory.
"Oh yeah, it's weird." Rory said.
"Nice though..." Charlotte said.
"Yeah, I guess so." Rory smiled.
"Luke, dad, hey!" Charlotte smiled.
"You're here!" Luke smiled getting up with Chris and going to give them both a hug.
"How were your journeys?" Chris smiled.
"Not bad." Rory nodded.
"Yeah, good, seeing as we came from Zach and Lane's house." Charlotte joked. "So are you staying here then?" She asked their dad.
"No, we're staying at the inn." Chris said.
"We?"
"Oh well, Gigi is outside playing with Mia and Penny's actually coming tomorrow to join us for Christmas Day." Chris said.
"We finally get to meet the mystery girlfriend then!" Charlotte grinned.
"We've heard so much about her." Rory nodded.
"Yeah well promise to be nice ok? She's really nervous about meeting you all."
"Us, nice? Would we be anything else?" Charlotte said her eyes twinkling.
"Just promise." Chris shook his head.
"We promise." Rory smirked.
"I'm going to dump our bags." Jess said.
"Yeah, me too." Sam said.
"Oh right, yeah, of course! Jess, you and Charlotte are going to be in new bedroom in the extension off the kitchen." Luke said. "Rory, you and Sam are in your normal room."
"Oooh the extension! I've been so excited to see it!" Charlotte grinned, going to follow Jess.
"Mommy, can I watch the tv with Grandpa Luke and Grandpa Chris?" Jack asked.
"Of course." Charlotte smiled, ruffling his hair. "No swearing in front of him." She warned her dad and Luke.
"Us, swearing?" Chris smirked.
"Touche." Charlotte smirked before going off to follow Jess.
"Is it weird being back in your old room?" Sam asked Rory as he helped her unpack their things.
"Kind of. It has been a while." Rory said looking round the room. It hadn't changed much. Everything was in the same place it was before apart from Charlotte's bed having moved presumably into the new bedroom.
"Do you miss being here?" Sam asked.
"A little." Rory admitted. She glanced at him. "But only because I miss the family."
"So no regrets about getting the apartment?" Sam checked.
Rory smiled. "No, no regrets at all." She said softly.
"Just checking." Sam smiled softly.
Rory smiled and went over to him, pulling him into a kiss. "The last 5 years have been really great." She said softly.
"Good." Sam said softly, pulling her in for another kiss.
"Get a room!" A voice said from the doorway.
They turned to see Charlotte standing there grinning and Jess smirking. "I believe this is a room." Rory smirked.
"Yeah so?" Charlotte grinned going in with Jess. "It did used to be my room as well so I have every right to be in here as well." She joked.
"How's the extension?" Rory asked.
"Really great! Luke did an amazing job with it." Charlotte smiled. "And Mia's room looks great as well."
"Cool!" Rory smiled. "Come join us for a minute." She said.
"So how's the New York Times?" Charlotte asked as her and Jess started helping them continue to unpack.
"Really good!" Rory enthused. "I get to write articles all the time. I feel like they like me which is good, I guess."
"Well of course they were going to like you. You're the best writer they've got. You were a shoe in for that permanent job." Charlotte smiled.
"Exactly what I said." Sam said. "How's the music going?" He asked Jess.
"Good." Jess nodded.
"So how many tours have you been on now?" He asked.
"Only 3." Jess said. "It's good fun but it's hard to be away from Charlotte and Jack."
"But you're staying with it right?" Sam said.
"I don't know." Jess shrugged.
"I thought you were enjoying it." Sam said confused.
"I am." He said. "It's just with Lane and Zach trying to start a family now and Gil and Brian getting promoted in their jobs, we don't get that much time to play together anymore."
"That sucks." Sam said.
"Yeah but it's ok." Jess said.
"He's been writing again." Charlotte told them.
"Charlie..." Jess said.
"What? I think it's great!" She smiled.
"Writing? As in another book?" Rory asked interested.
"Possibly." Jess admitted. "But I've been writing some songs as well."
"That's cool. I always thought you shouldn't have given up your writing." Sam said.
"Sorry dad." Jess smirked.
"Glad to hear it." Sam smirked.
"So how's your illustrating going?" Rory asked her sister.
Charlotte smiled. She was now a fully fledged illustrator for books. She loved it. "Yeah really good. I'm really busy at the moment though." She said.
"You should see them. They're really good." Jess said.
Charlotte shot Jess a smile and ducked her head. "I just love doing it and my boss seems to keep liking them so I'm lucky." She said.
"Hey, you four see each other more than I see you so get your asses out here and spend time with your mommy or else!" Lorelai grinned opening the door.
"Coming." Charlotte laughed.
"You two want some coffee? Luke's just put a batch on." She asked.
"Yes please! I've missed Luke's coffee." Rory said.
"I'm ok. I'll just have a soda." Charlotte smiled.
"Seriously?" Lorelai said surprised. "I don't see you for weeks and suddenly you're like a different person. Even more reason to make time to see me." She joked. "I blame you for her not drinking coffee a much!" She teased Jess.
"Hey, nothing to do with me." Jess said holding his arms up.
"I've found it wires me up too much." Charlotte said. "I've been working late and I thought coffee would help but then I can never sleep so I've tried to cut down a bit." She shrugged.
"Well I guess that's ok. So long as you haven't given it up completely." Lorelai said.
"No way!" Charlotte laughed. "Just for now." She assured her.
"Well come on then, we're going to have a movie night." She smiled. "And if you take too long, all the snacks will be gone." She grinned before disappearing off.
Later that evening, Sam and Charlotte were in the kitchen replenishing the snacks. As they were about to head back inside, something suddenly fell out of Sam's pocket.
"Hey, you dropped this!" Charlotte said picking up a small box. "What is it?" She asked opening it.
"Oh, nothing. Just a Christmas present for Rory." Sam said quickly, trying to get it back but it was too late.
"Oh my god!" Charlotte exclaimed looking down at the ring that was in the box and then she looked back up at Sam excitedly. "Is this...?"
"Shhh!" Sam whispered, taking it back. "She's just in there." He said gesturing to the living room.
Charlotte's face broke out into a beam. "Is it what I think it is?" She said excitedly.
"Might be." Sam said ducking his head slightly.
"Oh my god!" She exclaimed again but quieter this time. She grinned and gave him a big hug. "You're seriously going to ask her to marry you?" She smiled softly.
"Well...I need to ask your mom for permission first and your dad and Luke but...yeah." He said. "That was the plan."
"This is so great!" Charlotte enthused.
"Well don't get too carried away yet. She has to say yes first." Sam said chuckling nervously.
"Oh she'll say yes." Charlotte said. "Every phone call I get from Rory, she can't stop going on about how great you are. It's sickening really." She teased.
Sam blushed slightly. "She does?" He asked softly.
She smiled at him. "She loves you, Sam. You've been together 6 years and I've never seen her this happy with someone before." She said softly. "She adores you."
"Well the feeling's mutual." Sam smiled self consciously. He glanced at her. "So I take it I have your permission then to ask her?"
"What? You don't need my permission." She laughed.
"I know. But I'd like your blessing. You mean so much to Rory. I wouldn't do it if you weren't happy." He said sincerely.
Charlotte was stunned. "Sam, I really like you. You make Rory so happy and that's all that matters to me so of course you have my blessing." She smiled.
"Ok good." Sam smiled. "We better get back in there."
"When are you going to do it?" She grinned.
"All in good time." He said.
"But when?" She said following him back to the living room.
"Shh!" He smirked.
Charlotte grinned but fell quiet as they entered the living room. Sam went to join Rory on the armchair while Charlotte went to sit next to Jess, who had Jack snuggled up on his lap.
"Everything ok?" Jess asked.
"Everything's great." Charlotte smiled, giving him a kiss.
Charlotte smiled as they continued on with the film. She took the time to look round the room at her family. She couldn't help the grin that appeared on her face as she watched her sister snuggle up next to Sam, knowing what he was planning. She shared a secretive smile with him as he glanced over at her. She was so happy for them both. Rory had worked her way up at the New York Times. She'd made a great impression during her internship that they had decided to keep her on and now she was a permanent fixture there. Her and Sam's relationship only got stronger as Rory moved to New York. Sam was still working at The Strand but he had been able to save a lot of money and last year, they had finally decided to move in together. Rory was hesitant at moving too quickly but after 4 years of them being together, she knew it was Sam that she wanted to be with. So they bought an apartment together and spent the years gradually furnishing it and doing it up.
Charlotte then glanced over at her mom and Luke, the latter who was playing with Mia's hair as she sat snuggled on his lap. They were still as strong as they had ever been and they doted on Mia. She smiled softly as she thought about her 5 year old sister. She was great and her, Rory and Mia had bonded almost immediately. They couldn't be closer as sisters.
She then glanced over at her dad who was sat with Gigi, snuggled into his side. She was really proud of her dad. He had really stepped up for Gigi and he was a great dad to her. There was always that little bit of resentment as to why he couldn't have been like that to her and Rory but her relationship with her dad had grown and progressed a lot during the last five years and she knew that her dad needed to have had Gigi for them to be where they were now so it turned out well. And Gigi was great. She got on well with Mia even though she was a few years older than her. She was also happy that her dad has seemed to have settled down finally with Penny. He seemed really happy with her and apparently Gigi had really taken to her as well. Her dad and Luke had actually become friends as well surprisingly. They found that they actually had a lot in common and because Luke didn't see him as a threat anymore, they actually enjoyed each other's company, which was still weird to observe.
Charlotte then smiled as she glanced beside her at Jess and Jack. Her and Jess had just kept getting stronger and stronger over the last five years. Jess was still seeing his therapist but only from time to time and his relationship with his mom had improved greatly as well. Jack was amazing as well. He'd started school last year which was a big landmark and she remembered teasing Jess when he got a bit emotional seeing their son off on his first day. She suddenly saw Jess glance at her.
"What?" He smirked.
"Nothing." She smiled. "Just thinking about how great these last five years have been."
"Huh." Jess said.
Charlotte smiled, leaning her head on his shoulder focusing back on the tv. A lot had changed over the last five years but she wouldn't change anything at all. She subtly put her hand on her stomach and snuggled closer to her husband as the movie continued.
So I hope you prefer this! :) Please review and let me know what you think! I hope a lot of you will stay with me now! :) Thank you for all your support! :)