A/N: Sorry for not updating! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Lorelai lied awake in her bedroom. She has been out of the maternity ward for a week now. The last time she saw Luke was when Chris told him to leave. She missed him. She looked at her alarm clock. It flashed 2:00 a.m. She sighed as she turned on her side.
Baby Rory began to cry.
She groaned as she got up out of bed. She went to the other side of her room.
She had changed her name at the last minute. She didn't know why. She just did.
"It's okay. Mommy's here." She picked her up and cradled her. She looked down at her face.
Her face was so full of life yet so fragile.
She settled down and Lorelai put her back in her crib.
She tiptoed to bed and thought of Luke, again.
She had to see him; she would see him tomorrow. She would bring Rory with her. He would be happy to see her. She smiled at the thought and closed her eyes.
"Get up! Up! Up!"
The curtains and blinds opened instantly.
Lorelai groaned as the sunlight hit her eyes. She turned to the other side.
"Lorelai." Her mother said firmly.
She groaned, again. Oh, how she hate that voice.
Her mother waited there 'til Lorelai finally got up.
"Where's Rory?" She mumbled.
"She's still asleep."
"You woke me up because?"
"You have to go shopping with me."
"What? Why?"
"You need clothes."
"No, I don't."
"Yes, you do. You've been wearing that same shirt for the pass week."
Lorelai hadn't notice. She had been taking care of Rory with no help from her mother.
She sighed and gave in. She couldn't tell her mother about Luke. Not a word.
She got dressed in this black skirt and a white shirt.
It was the only thing that fitted her out of her closet.
She gained a lot of weight when she had Rory. She only loss a little weight after Rory was born. She looked so fat...
"Are you ready?" Her mother's voice echoed from below.
"Yeah. Let me get Rory." Lorelai shouted.
She was holding two bags and Rory in her hands as they enter the store 'Macy's'. Lorelai was exhausted. They had been to so many stores; she didn't know how her mother could do it.
She looked at her watch that she just bought.
It was 3:00 p.m.
The day was almost over. She wanted to see Luke. She had to.
"Lorelai, give me Rory and try this on." Her mother said to her, as she held out the dress.
"Mom." She whined as she went over to her.
Her mother gave her a look and reached for Rory.
She grabbed the dress out of her mother's hand and walked into the dressing room.
Lorelai dressed into the dress and looked at herself in the full-length mirror.
It was actually pretty. It was long and black. Oh, god. She hoped this wasn't for one of her mother's party. She hated her parties. She hated how she made her dress into these fancy dresses.
She walked out to show her mother.
"Turn around."
Lorelai rolled her eyes as she turned.
"It's looks good on you." Her mother said.
"It does."
Lorelai turned, seeing Luke in the walkway. She smiled.
She walked up to him and hugged him. He hugged her back.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him.
"I was looking for the men's section and I guess I ended up in the wrong side." He smirked.
She giggled.
"What about your diner?"
"Oh, Caesar is taking care of it."
"Caesar?"
"He's the cook."
She nodded and then smiled.
They both started to walk towards her mother.
"So, are you planning on buying that dress?"
"If you want me to." She said, teasingly.
He chuckled and smirked at her.
"You're something, you know that?"
She smiled.
"How's --."
"Who are you?" Her mother interrupted him as they both suddenly found each other in front of her.
"This is Luke, mother."
"Luke? Where did you meet him?"
"Mom, let's not get into this right, now."
"No, tell me!" She yelled.
"Mother, you're making a scene!"
"He's old enough to be your--."
"Mother!" Lorelai yelled.
Baby Rory suddenly started to cry.
"Come here." Lorelai snatched her from her mother's hands.
"Where are you going?" Her mother said, as they walked away from her.
"You know you didn't pay for that." Luke whispered to her as they were about to go through the metal detector.
Lorelai sighed as she walked up the woman behind the cash register.
"I would like to pay for this dress."
Lorelai gave her the price tag and the woman scanned the numbers on it.
"It comes up to 150 dollars. Cash or credit?"
Lorelai stared at the woman. Too much money, she didn't have that with her and she didn't want to go back to her mother.
Luke was beside her and he suddenly pulled out his wallet. He laid 150 dollars on the counter.
"Cash."
"No, don't take the money." Lorelai said to the woman standing behind the register.
"Here." She said as she handed him back his money.
"No, I want to do this."
"Luke, you don't have to."
"I do, trust me. It's worth it. You're worth it."
She sighed and then smiled.
"Thank you." She said as she kissed him on the cheek.
He put his arm around her neck and kissed her back.
"You're welcome, kid."
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TBC.
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Lorelai lied awake in her bedroom. She has been out of the maternity ward for a week now. The last time she saw Luke was when Chris told him to leave. She missed him. She looked at her alarm clock. It flashed 2:00 a.m. She sighed as she turned on her side.
Baby Rory began to cry.
She groaned as she got up out of bed. She went to the other side of her room.
She had changed her name at the last minute. She didn't know why. She just did.
"It's okay. Mommy's here." She picked her up and cradled her. She looked down at her face.
Her face was so full of life yet so fragile.
She settled down and Lorelai put her back in her crib.
She tiptoed to bed and thought of Luke, again.
She had to see him; she would see him tomorrow. She would bring Rory with her. He would be happy to see her. She smiled at the thought and closed her eyes.
"Get up! Up! Up!"
The curtains and blinds opened instantly.
Lorelai groaned as the sunlight hit her eyes. She turned to the other side.
"Lorelai." Her mother said firmly.
She groaned, again. Oh, how she hate that voice.
Her mother waited there 'til Lorelai finally got up.
"Where's Rory?" She mumbled.
"She's still asleep."
"You woke me up because?"
"You have to go shopping with me."
"What? Why?"
"You need clothes."
"No, I don't."
"Yes, you do. You've been wearing that same shirt for the pass week."
Lorelai hadn't notice. She had been taking care of Rory with no help from her mother.
She sighed and gave in. She couldn't tell her mother about Luke. Not a word.
She got dressed in this black skirt and a white shirt.
It was the only thing that fitted her out of her closet.
She gained a lot of weight when she had Rory. She only loss a little weight after Rory was born. She looked so fat...
"Are you ready?" Her mother's voice echoed from below.
"Yeah. Let me get Rory." Lorelai shouted.
She was holding two bags and Rory in her hands as they enter the store 'Macy's'. Lorelai was exhausted. They had been to so many stores; she didn't know how her mother could do it.
She looked at her watch that she just bought.
It was 3:00 p.m.
The day was almost over. She wanted to see Luke. She had to.
"Lorelai, give me Rory and try this on." Her mother said to her, as she held out the dress.
"Mom." She whined as she went over to her.
Her mother gave her a look and reached for Rory.
She grabbed the dress out of her mother's hand and walked into the dressing room.
Lorelai dressed into the dress and looked at herself in the full-length mirror.
It was actually pretty. It was long and black. Oh, god. She hoped this wasn't for one of her mother's party. She hated her parties. She hated how she made her dress into these fancy dresses.
She walked out to show her mother.
"Turn around."
Lorelai rolled her eyes as she turned.
"It's looks good on you." Her mother said.
"It does."
Lorelai turned, seeing Luke in the walkway. She smiled.
She walked up to him and hugged him. He hugged her back.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him.
"I was looking for the men's section and I guess I ended up in the wrong side." He smirked.
She giggled.
"What about your diner?"
"Oh, Caesar is taking care of it."
"Caesar?"
"He's the cook."
She nodded and then smiled.
They both started to walk towards her mother.
"So, are you planning on buying that dress?"
"If you want me to." She said, teasingly.
He chuckled and smirked at her.
"You're something, you know that?"
She smiled.
"How's --."
"Who are you?" Her mother interrupted him as they both suddenly found each other in front of her.
"This is Luke, mother."
"Luke? Where did you meet him?"
"Mom, let's not get into this right, now."
"No, tell me!" She yelled.
"Mother, you're making a scene!"
"He's old enough to be your--."
"Mother!" Lorelai yelled.
Baby Rory suddenly started to cry.
"Come here." Lorelai snatched her from her mother's hands.
"Where are you going?" Her mother said, as they walked away from her.
"You know you didn't pay for that." Luke whispered to her as they were about to go through the metal detector.
Lorelai sighed as she walked up the woman behind the cash register.
"I would like to pay for this dress."
Lorelai gave her the price tag and the woman scanned the numbers on it.
"It comes up to 150 dollars. Cash or credit?"
Lorelai stared at the woman. Too much money, she didn't have that with her and she didn't want to go back to her mother.
Luke was beside her and he suddenly pulled out his wallet. He laid 150 dollars on the counter.
"Cash."
"No, don't take the money." Lorelai said to the woman standing behind the register.
"Here." She said as she handed him back his money.
"No, I want to do this."
"Luke, you don't have to."
"I do, trust me. It's worth it. You're worth it."
She sighed and then smiled.
"Thank you." She said as she kissed him on the cheek.
He put his arm around her neck and kissed her back.
"You're welcome, kid."
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TBC.