[karana]

Great^^

Ich find die FF echt Klasse.
Sie erinnert mich sehr stark an die Serie und dass ist echt gut so

Die Autoren haben sich riesig über diesen review gefreut! Vielen Dank
EDIT (autom. Beitragsverschmelzung):
ich setz für das kapitel das rating jetzt einfach mal hoch NC-17!

[B]Chapter 3: Friends and a fistfight[/B]



Lorelai walked around town, enjoying the Christmas decorations. Christmas was definitely her favorite time of the year. It had been as long as she could remember. Her parent’s Christmas party was the only party she enjoyed going to on a yearly basis.
Lucky for her it was snowing. Stars Hollow was covered in a nice blanket of white snow. Lorelai breathed in the cool air, enjoying how it felt in her nostrils. She smiled and for just a second felt completely happy. It was as if she was the only person in the world. Everything around her disappeared. It was just her in her beautiful white world. It was as if she was a child again. The child that received snow as a present. It was still her present. The one thing in the world that could make her truly happy.

“Hey.”

Lorelai was shaken out of her thoughts and opened her eyes. She looked into a familiar pair of eyes and she blinked twice, making sure she wasn’t still dreaming.

“Are you enjoying your present?” Luke asked, although he already knew the answer. For a second he was thinking how she had dragged him out of bed for the first snow when they had been together. Now they weren’t together anymore and she was married. But still here they were, enjoying the first snow together.

She smiled. “You bet I am. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world you know.”

He shook his head. “I still can’t see why you like it so much. It’s so bright and so cold….” He started, but with a smile.

“Oh Luke, you’re such a baby.” She teased him and laughed. It was nice to see him.

“I’m not the baby here.” He shot back and pointed to the stroller.

For a second she thought he was talking about her, but then she noticed the pink stroller standing next to him.

“What’s this?” she asked and raised her eyebrows.

“This is my nephew. Liz’ kid.” Luke said with a proud smile on his face.

“A nephew, in a pink stroller?” she raised her eyebrows, looking slightly confused.

“Tell me about it. I believe it was TJ who picked it out. Can you believe he picked out a pink stroller for his son?” he started to rant, but then stopped.

“Maybe they bought it before the baby was born and he was hoping to get a daughter,” she tried.

Luke shook his head. “No, they didn’t buy this stroller until last week. Can you believe that?” he said.

“Sad to say, but yes I can,” she laughed. “What’s his name? I hope not something like George the second, or Henry the fifth,” she asked and Luke had to laugh.

“God, no. His name is Simon, although TJ insists calling him Donatus, cause he thinks it’s a cute nickname.”

“What has Donatus to do with Simon?” Lorelai asked confused and Luke only raised his eyebrows and gave her a pointed look.

“Okay, I probably don’t want to know the answer if there is one. So tell me, Simon like the boy from 7th Heaven?”

“Seventh Heaven?” Luke was clueless.

“Family series with a minister, his wife and lots and lots of kids and even more I love yous?!” Lorelai tried and got nervous when she realized that she might have said something wrong when Luke looked down, concentrating on his shoes.

“Okay, so no new Simon Camden. So Simon like the fruit ice guy?” she tried to get over the awkwardness.

“His name was Simon?” Luke asked and looked up.

“Yeah, at least that’s what Bob told me when they were here for Thanksgiving.” She explained.

“Mmm, interesting, but I think he is more a Simon like in “Simon and Garfunkle” Luke smiled.

“Liz listens to Simon and Garfunkle?” Lorelai said, keeping her mouth open in exaggerated surprise.

“No, Liz doesn’t. TJ does. They had the agreement that TJ would decide the name for a boy and Liz the one for a girl. So he should be lucky with Simon. God knows what else could have come to TJ’s crazy mind.” Luke explained. Then an uncomfortable silence set in and they both focused on the boy in the stroller. After a while Luke broke the silence.

“So, what are you doing, besides enjoying the snow?” he wanted to know, to keep the talk going and keep her with him for a bit longer. He didn’t want her to go yet.

“I was going to check out the Christmas festival,” she said and pointed to the decorations with her right hand.

“It won’t start until half an hour from now.” Luke said, only that something was said. And maybe because he hoped they could spend the half an hour together.

“I know,” she nodded and looked him in the eyes for a second. But before Luke could say anything the baby started crying in his stroller.

“I better get going I guess. He’ll stop crying as long as the stroller is moving,” he said, a bit disappointed that their time was cut short now.

“Oh, eh, okay. Sure… I guess I’ll see you later?” she asked, hope echoing in her voice.

“Why don’t you walk with me. You still have half an hour anyway,” Luke proposed, the hope in her eyes giving him the courage to ask.

“I’d like that,” she smiled happily.

Luke started pushing the stroller and Lorelai walked next to him. “So, where have you been up to lately? I haven’t seen you around much,” he started some more small-talk

“Oh well, you know, work. For some reason people want to get away before the holidays,” she stayed on the safe subject and left anything about Chris aside.

He nodded, kept pushing the stroller, but didn’t say anything.

“How are things with April? Have you talked to Anna yet?” she asked, really interested in what was going on with April.

“I made it very clear that I don’t allow her to move April across the country. And I got the feeling she heard me. Although I think I will consult a layer. You know, safe is safe”

Lorelai smiled. “Good for you and I think seeing a lawyer would be good. Although you don’t like them.”

They walked around for over an hour. Luke pushed the stroller while Lorelai was striding next to him. They talked the whole time, but both avoiding any memories or Chris as a subject. If you wouldn’t know better, you’d think that they were a happy new family, with a daughter and a pink stroller.

Everybody noticed them. Most of the Stars Hollow people were just happy to see Luke and Lorelai talking again. They knew that Lorelai was married to Chris now, but it was good to see the two of them on speaking terms again. Or even better than that, as friends. And they hoped that maybe, just maybe she would wake up, dump Chris and reconcile with Luke.
Unfortunately, there was someone else who saw them, someone who wasn’t as happy to see them together.

-xxxxxx-
Lorelai came home late that night. For the first time in weeks she felt happy. She and Luke were finally getting along. As friends. She hoped that things could go back to the way they used to be for them. Before they became more than friends.

After Luke had dropped of Simon back at Liz’ he had joined her for a while at the festival and she even got him to drink a glass of punch.
They had cheered for the snow man contests and had laughed together when Kirk had accidentally hit Taylor with a snowball he had intended to throw at a little boy, who had been teasing him about his ridiculous Christmas-tree costume.

The house was dark and she figured Chris and Gigi were both asleep. She put her coat on the coat rack and kicked off her shoes. With her purse still in her hand she entered the living room, switching the light on. Her hand flew to her chest when she saw Chris sitting on the couch.

“What are you doing in the dark? You scared me half to….” She stopped when she saw the look on his face.

“Honey, what’s wrong? Is something wrong with Gigi?” she guessed, although she couldn’t shake off the feeling that he was angry at her.

“Where have you been?” he asked in a harsh tone.

“Out. Taking a walk in the snow. Chris I told you!” she said, trying to stay calm and not get upset.

“Oh, and you were walking around with Sookie or Michel?” he said and got off the couch, waked over to her and glared at her angrily. Lorelai took a step back, out of reflex.

“I was alone. I told you. I said I was going to take a walk by myself and enjoy the first snow. Why are you yelling at me?” she got defensive, having an idea what this was about.

“Bull, Lore! I saw you! I saw you walking around with that diner guy!” he yelled.

“Diner guy? His name is Luke and he was introducing me to his nephew” she said angrily.

“Ah, so he showed you the little cute baby and you didn’t see through it. You fell for this lie. I never thought you’re that dumb!”

“Hey! I will not let you belittle me. And where the hell is the lie in there? I walked, we met, we talked and I saw his nephew. No lie, nothing. So what do you want?”

“I don’t want this grease freak keep hitting on my wife!”

“Stop insulting Luke”

“Oh so you are defending that jerk who punched me in my face? Nice. That’s loyalty towards your husband.”

“He was hurt and he was upset and he wasn’t thinking clear. And I don’t want you to insult him!”

“Okay, now that we got that straight, how long were you “talking” to him?” he said sarcastically.

“What are you implying?”

“I am just wondering. You know when you had him you slept with me, now that you’re married to me, maybe you need another adventure. I mean it’s not likely that you were walking through the cold half of the day. You can’t seriously think I’ll believe that”

“Are you completely crazy? I did not sleep with Luke!”

“Well, who knows? The baby was cute, he gets you into his cave and then you go at it. I bet this whole town would love it!”

“You’re right, maybe I should go and do it cause I can tell you that he is better than you!”

“Oh now that you are out of argument you try to get me at my ego. Nice try, but it’s not working! Go and fuck him, you will be back soon, cause you are MY wife, not his and you love me and not him!”

“I wouldn’t bet on that!” Lorelai yelled back and the second the sentence had left her mouth Chris eyes became huge and she put a hand over her mouth, like she could shove the words back in.

“Lore, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…” Chris started to apologize when he saw her standing there, staring at him, both slightly out of breath. He took a step towards her and lay a hand on her shoulder, but Lorelai shrugged it of.

“Just leave me alone Christopher” she said, stepped in her shoes and took her jacket off the hook.
She slammed the door shut behind her and Chris wanted to follow her, when he heard steps from the kitchen.

“Daddy?” Gigi said. He sighed and went to look what she wanted.

-xxxxxx-
Lorelai walked around town without really knowing where to go. She was so mad at Chris. She couldn’t believe him! Why didn’t he understand that Luke and she were just friends? That slip was just because… she loved Luke as a friend. Not more and not less. And she had been upset. It didn’t mean anything. Why was he so jealous? He should know that he has no reason to be jealous. She shook her head and continued walking. This time she didn’t notice how beautiful her surroundings were. She even felt cold so she pulled her coat even tighter around her.

When she reached the square she saw how the last few people were cleaning out their boots from the Christmas festival. She couldn’t believe it was only an hour ago that she had walked here, happy. It seemed so far away now.

She looked around and saw that the light in the diner was still on. She knew better than to go to Luke right now. But the truth was she needed a friend right now. And more than anything, she needed a cup of coffee. So against better judgment she walked towards the diner.

Luke didn’t look up when he heard the bells jingle. “We’re closed.”

“I know. I’m sorry,” she said, but didn’t walk back out. He looked up.

“Lorelai? What are you doing here?” He automatically turned around and filled a cup with coffee. He placed it on the counter and waited for her to sit down at one of the stools.

She gave him a slight smile and took the cup in her hands. “Thanks.”

He nodded. “What happened?”

“Apparently Chris saw us at the festival earlier.”

“So? It wasn’t as if anything happened.”

She sighed. “I know. And I tried telling him that, but he was too mad.”

“I’m sorry,” he said truthfully. He hated Chris, but he didn’t want Lorelai to be unhappy.

She shook her head. “It’s not your fault. It’s something the two of us have to work out. Maybe I shouldn’t have come here.”

“Don’t be crazy. We’re friends right?”

She nodded. “I hope so.”

He smiled. “Me too.”

“So Simon was happy to see his mother again? My ears are still ringing from his screams” Lorelai changed the topic.

“Yeah, he was hungry and Liz is breastfeeding, so there was really nothing else we could have done, other than to bring him back” he shrugged.

“He is so cute though. He has your eyes”

“No, he hasn’t. he has Liz eyes.”

“But they are blue”

“They will change color soon. All babies have blue eyes,” Luke told her and leaned on his forearms on the counter, to be at her level.

“Yeah and sometimes they remain blue” she smiled flirtingly, forgetting for a second that this was her ex-fiancé. They looked into each others eyes for what seemed like forever. Then Lorelai remembered and broke the contact immediately. She was married. She loved Chris, her husband.

“Hey, can I use the ladies room?” she asked to get out of this situation somehow.

“Of course. You don’t have to ask. If you want you can use the one upstairs?” he proposed, because he knew she hated public bathrooms.

She nodded. “Thanks.”

He watched how she climbed the stairs. Then he walked around the counter and started lifting the chairs on the table. After a few chairs the diner bell rang again. A furious Chris walked inside.

“Where is she?”

“Who?” Luke looked at him, knowing who he was talking about, but confused by his sudden appearance.

“You know who. Where is she?”

“Lorelai is using the bathroom upstairs. Listen, why don’t you calm down,” he tried, not really in the mood for a fight with him after a long day.

“Calm down? I don’t want to calm down. She’s my wife. And I won’t allow you to take her away from me, you hear me?” Chris yelled at him.

“What are you talking about? Lorelai and I are just friends,” Luke tried to reason with him.

“Yeah right.” Chris took a few steps so that he was directly in front of Luke. “Listen to me pal. You are going to stay away from her. She’s my wife now. You had your chance and you ruined it. It’s too late now,” Chris was saying in a threatening tone and coming closer.

“We’re just friends,” Luke said again.

“Yeah right.” Without giving it another thought Chris took a swing and hit Luke’s cheek.

Luke, who didn’t saw it coming, fell backwards against a table. The chairs he just put up there earlier tumbled down. He struggled to get up on his feet and hit Chris in his face. His calmness long gone Luke was now furious. Chris had seen it coming and managed to stay on his feet. He hit Luke and soon they were hitting each other. Luke had Chris in a headlock at some point, but then Chris managed to get out of it. Luke punched him in the gut and got another swing in the face in return. That’s when he completely lost it. He would kill this jerk and he knew he could do it.

Lorelai heard the commotion upstairs. She ran downstairs and was shocked to see Luke and Chris in a fist fight.
“Stop,” she yelled and somehow got them apart. She stood in the middle of them and had to dug to avoid Chris’ fist. Luke had calmed down the minute he saw Lorelai, afraid he would hurt her, but Chris needed a little longer. He stopped hitting, but he remained yelling.

”I swear to god if you ever come near her again I am going to kill you!” Chris yelled.

“You? You want to kill me? You’re just lucky Lorelai came down, otherwise I would have killed YOU,” Luke said in a mocking tone, knowing that Chris was weaker than he was.

“Stay out of my way or I will forget myself and keep your hands off my wife!” Chris was still yelling, as angry as before, because Luke was giving him a small smile, signalizing that he wasn’t taking him serious.

“This is my town and you are in my diner. So if you want me to stay out of your way then move. Go back to where you came from, but don’t tell me in my house what I should or shouldn’t do. And now get the hell out of here or I’ll call Sam to arrest you.”

“This is not your town. I could buy this little hicktown if I wanted and your greasy self all along.”

“Good to know that you are financially settled cause you can expect my bill for the mugs, the table and the chair you broke. You’ll hear from my lawyer” Luke said, just as calm as before. He knew that the fact that Lorelai hadn’t said anything yet, was saying enough.

Lorelai was tired of it, took Chris by his arm and dragged him out of the dinner. When the door closed behind her she turned around and looked at Luke through the window, giving him an apologetic look. Then she tightened her grip on Chris’ arm and dragged him all the way home, ignoring his upset rant and his accusations.

TBC