PEBBLE IN A POND
Disclaimer: Not mine, but wouldn't that be fun if it was? ;) Dreams, dreams, dreams...
Rating: Mm... probably G, but to be safe, PG
Pairings: L/L, R/D
Spoilers: Up to season four finale
Summary: After the events of the finale, Rory goes to Europe with Emily for the summer. What will happen when she gets back? Also, Luke and Lorelai have the start of their relationship at last...
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PROLOGUE
Lorelai went out on the porch to find her daughter hunched over on the front lawn, crying. She wished beyond anything she could have prevented this, yet there they were. She slowly made her way to her side and sat at her side, never saying or doing anything. Finally, Rory lifted her head slightly.
"I want to go with Grandma."
"Okay," she spoke simply, then, "Rory?"
"Don't. Please."
"Okay," she said again. "I'll give her a call." Lorelai stood and made her way back to the door, taking one last glance to her baby girl before going inside. She took the phone and went to stand at the window. She dialed and was grateful her parents didn't have caller ID. After how they left things that night, they may not have picked up. Then she remembered her mother may not have been at home. So she hung up with a sigh and dialed up the hotel. They patched her through to the room and she waited.
"Yes?" came her mother's voice. She did not sound too eager to talk to anyone.
"Mom, it's Lorelai, please don't hang up." There was a pause. "Mom?"
"I'm here. What is it, Lorelai?"
"Does the Europe offer still stand?"
THE NEXT MORNING
"Rory?" Lorelai knocked on her daughter's bedroom door. "Grandma's here."
"I'll be right out," Rory called back.
"I made you some coffee for the road."
"Thanks."
"Sure." Lorelai went to sit at the kitchen table and placed her head in her hand. Last night had been so wonderful, magical really. And then she'd come home and it was a whole other story. She felt for Rory, but she couldn't help smiling whenever the memory of those kisses came back to her mind, and that was at least once every five minutes. The conflict was giving her a headache and she just wanted it to go away.
"Lorelai, I'm waiting," Emily Gilmore came walking into the kitchen. Her daughter looked back at her. She dropped the tone. "Lorelai?"
"Take care of her, Mom. Alright?"
"Of course," Emily nodded. Rory's bedroom door opened and she walked out, pulling on a suitcase.
"I'm ready."
"I'll take this to the car," Emily said, taking the bag and leaving the two for their goodbyes. Lorelai hesitated for a second, but finally just pulled Rory into her arms.
"If you need… anything… you call me, okay? Day or night, I'll pay for it, it's okay." Rory nodded. She pulled back and looked into her eyes. "Honey… Try to have a good summer, alright?" She nodded again. Lorelai kissed her cheeks and finally released her. They walked off to the front yard, and Rory got in the car with Emily. Lorelai watched them go with a sigh. She had to get out of there. And she knew where she wanted to be.
LUKE'S APARTMENT
He'd gotten home late after having to get Kirk back safely and making sure he wouldn't run off again. When he got back, he was exhausted. He made the call to have someone stand in for him down in the diner so he could at least have some sleep. Not that he would get it after what he'd had to leave behind the previous night to follow Kirk.
There was a knock at the door, knocking him out of his thoughts. "Just a minute," he called. He got up and got dressed as fast as he could. He didn't know how but he knew who it was. And he was right. He opened the door to find… "Lorelai. Hey." She didn't speak, simply walked by him and went to sit at the table. "Is everything alright? Rory…?"
"She's fine… sort of. She's off to Europe with my mother."
"Oh," he came to sit next to her.
"Not that that's a problem. Comparing to the rest, that's just peachy."
"What's up?" Lorelai shook her head.
"Can't say now… Mother-daughter confidentiality clause."
"Got it," he nodded. They were silent, then they looked at each other and they knew the subject had shifted. "About last night…" he started.
"Yeah…" she breathed with a smile. He smiled back.
"So I was thinking… we could do the whole movie thing like… tomorrow night?"
"I think I'd like that," she continued to smile.
"Then it's a date?" he tempted.
"It's a date," she nodded.
What will happen next? Stay tuned and find out lol I'm not sure if I'll move to the end of the summer already or something else. What do you guys think?
Disclaimer: Not mine, but wouldn't that be fun if it was? ;) Dreams, dreams, dreams...
Rating: Mm... probably G, but to be safe, PG
Pairings: L/L, R/D
Spoilers: Up to season four finale
Summary: After the events of the finale, Rory goes to Europe with Emily for the summer. What will happen when she gets back? Also, Luke and Lorelai have the start of their relationship at last...
--
PROLOGUE
Lorelai went out on the porch to find her daughter hunched over on the front lawn, crying. She wished beyond anything she could have prevented this, yet there they were. She slowly made her way to her side and sat at her side, never saying or doing anything. Finally, Rory lifted her head slightly.
"I want to go with Grandma."
"Okay," she spoke simply, then, "Rory?"
"Don't. Please."
"Okay," she said again. "I'll give her a call." Lorelai stood and made her way back to the door, taking one last glance to her baby girl before going inside. She took the phone and went to stand at the window. She dialed and was grateful her parents didn't have caller ID. After how they left things that night, they may not have picked up. Then she remembered her mother may not have been at home. So she hung up with a sigh and dialed up the hotel. They patched her through to the room and she waited.
"Yes?" came her mother's voice. She did not sound too eager to talk to anyone.
"Mom, it's Lorelai, please don't hang up." There was a pause. "Mom?"
"I'm here. What is it, Lorelai?"
"Does the Europe offer still stand?"
THE NEXT MORNING
"Rory?" Lorelai knocked on her daughter's bedroom door. "Grandma's here."
"I'll be right out," Rory called back.
"I made you some coffee for the road."
"Thanks."
"Sure." Lorelai went to sit at the kitchen table and placed her head in her hand. Last night had been so wonderful, magical really. And then she'd come home and it was a whole other story. She felt for Rory, but she couldn't help smiling whenever the memory of those kisses came back to her mind, and that was at least once every five minutes. The conflict was giving her a headache and she just wanted it to go away.
"Lorelai, I'm waiting," Emily Gilmore came walking into the kitchen. Her daughter looked back at her. She dropped the tone. "Lorelai?"
"Take care of her, Mom. Alright?"
"Of course," Emily nodded. Rory's bedroom door opened and she walked out, pulling on a suitcase.
"I'm ready."
"I'll take this to the car," Emily said, taking the bag and leaving the two for their goodbyes. Lorelai hesitated for a second, but finally just pulled Rory into her arms.
"If you need… anything… you call me, okay? Day or night, I'll pay for it, it's okay." Rory nodded. She pulled back and looked into her eyes. "Honey… Try to have a good summer, alright?" She nodded again. Lorelai kissed her cheeks and finally released her. They walked off to the front yard, and Rory got in the car with Emily. Lorelai watched them go with a sigh. She had to get out of there. And she knew where she wanted to be.
LUKE'S APARTMENT
He'd gotten home late after having to get Kirk back safely and making sure he wouldn't run off again. When he got back, he was exhausted. He made the call to have someone stand in for him down in the diner so he could at least have some sleep. Not that he would get it after what he'd had to leave behind the previous night to follow Kirk.
There was a knock at the door, knocking him out of his thoughts. "Just a minute," he called. He got up and got dressed as fast as he could. He didn't know how but he knew who it was. And he was right. He opened the door to find… "Lorelai. Hey." She didn't speak, simply walked by him and went to sit at the table. "Is everything alright? Rory…?"
"She's fine… sort of. She's off to Europe with my mother."
"Oh," he came to sit next to her.
"Not that that's a problem. Comparing to the rest, that's just peachy."
"What's up?" Lorelai shook her head.
"Can't say now… Mother-daughter confidentiality clause."
"Got it," he nodded. They were silent, then they looked at each other and they knew the subject had shifted. "About last night…" he started.
"Yeah…" she breathed with a smile. He smiled back.
"So I was thinking… we could do the whole movie thing like… tomorrow night?"
"I think I'd like that," she continued to smile.
"Then it's a date?" he tempted.
"It's a date," she nodded.
What will happen next? Stay tuned and find out lol I'm not sure if I'll move to the end of the summer already or something else. What do you guys think?