[karana]

momo:

Aber (überlies das einfach ist nur meine Meinung, hat also echt nichts zu sagen) es ist für mich alles zu nah an GG und zu hmm langweilig! Wahrscheinlich sind das nur die ersten Kapitel und später nicht mehr.

Ich überlese grundsätzlich keine Kommentare, schließlich dient ihr hier als "Versuchskaninchen" bevor ich das woanders poste . Wie du sehen wirst, wird auch das neue Kapitel (und alle folgenden) Dialoge aus GG enthalten, allerdings nur noch manchmal und die eigenen Dialoge werden immer mehr werden. Ich muss allerdings gestehen, dass es mir ziemlichen Spaß macht einfach Dialoge so zu kombinieren und zusammen zu schneiden, dass es passt. Wäre auch mal ne Idee für ne Story.....:p

wohnraumheldin:

will doch wissen, wie die Hochzeit wird..

Wer sagt denn, dass es eine Hochzeit gibt?!


Chapter 4: The Ark

She was drowning, she was wet and she knew this was the end. Through the masses of water which surrounded her she heard Luke’s words in a daze, couldn’t register them, could barely understand them.
When they reached her ear they sounded strange and blurred.
She sat on the chair in the diner and was sure that she was drowning. She was gasping for air and started to look around the room in panic.
Then, after endless hours, at least that’s what those few minutes were to her, she took a deep breath and came back into reality.

Slowly her surroundings became clear again in front of her eyes. She could see the diner in all it’s pale green color and the yellow glow of the lamps.
This place really needs a spruce, she thought while she was looking around, her eyes drifting to the corners of the diner.
Suddenly her eyes popped open when she heard a sound upstairs and the things Luke said came back to her. “We are getting married on Friday. I won’t wear a tux”. That sentence was so typically Luke, at least the second one. The first sentence, though… married on Friday. Why did he want to get married on Friday? Why did everyone suddenly wanted to marry her or marry her off? Were they all nuts?

Married on Friday…. And then it really hit her.

She jumped out of her chair, took only three steps to reach the curtain, passed it and then hurried up the stairs.
She didn’ bother knocking, she just snatched the door open, walked in and slammed it shut behind her.

Like a person possessed she looked around the room and found him standing on the opposite side of the room in front of the window, his hands were gripping the window- sill so tight that his knuckles turned white and Lorelai could see that he was visibly shaking .

“It’s you?” Lorelai yelled at him and grabbed his arm to turn him around. She wasn’t interested that he was obviously upset. All her anger and despondency was directed against Luke now, who was standing there facing her and for the first time seemed small.

“You are the guy I am forced to get married to? What have you, some kind of sick deal with my parents to get me? You never even asked me out on a date and now we have to get married? What kind of sick pervert are you? And where the hell do you know my parents from? Ooooh, now I get it! It wasn’t our idea, but you let them pay you for that. How much did they give you? Or will you get the money after the licence is signed? How could you?” she screamed, her face red with anger and tears appeared in her eyes.

“This is for Rory Luke, for Rory! How could you use the future of my kid?” her voice was hoarse now and furiously she wiped the tears away.

“I don’t want to marry you! Actually I don’t know how I will stand you twenty- four seven. Your annoying babbling, the constant smell of coffee and stupid references all the time, which no-one ever gets! Your ugly pink purses and the inappropriate clothing, along with a purring, mewing or squeaking alarm clock. Oh and don’t forget the sexy clogged sinks because you never pull your hair out ” Luke yelled back. He was hurt that she was thinking he would trick her in such a mean way.

But then he saw the tears in her eyes and on her cheeks and took a deep breath.

“I’m sorry. I guess I am just as shocked as you are”, he apologized and sat down on his couch. He leaned back and lay his head back against the couch and rubbed with his hands over his face, closed his eyes for some seconds.

“Look, I think we are both still too shocked about this whole thing. Why don’t we calm down, meet tomorrow evening and then discuss what we are going to do and how we can get out of this without any consequences for Rory?” he asked then and turned around to face her; she was still standing in the same place.

“Okay”, Lorelai just nodded and walked to the apartment-door without looking at him. She opened the door and made a step over the thresh-hold when she stopped.

“I’m sorry Luke” she said quietly and didn’t wait for his reply before she closed the door.

~*~
The next morning when Lorelai entered the Inn Michel gave her a disapproving, nearly hostile glance.

“I was instructed to tell you that Sookie is waiting for you in the kitchen. And that work is waiting for you- that was my own addition”, he snorted and walked away.

"Tell me when Rory gets here", she called after him, shook her head and walked into the kitchen where she surely would find her friend.

“Hey, Sookie, what did you want to talk…” she started, but couldn’t get farther before Sookie embraced her in a bear-hug. “Oh my!” she exclaimed.

“I'm so happy!” Sookie squealed and bounced up and down, still hugging Lorelai.

“I'm so glad you're so happy! Is this is a normal happy or was there cooking sherry involved?” Lorelai replied and succeeded to get out of the hug.

“It is so wonderful. Do you know how wonderful it is?” Sookie said, still in that squeaking tone that made Lorelai’s ears ring.

“No, no, I don't, but I would love to weigh in”, she said and felt how her own mood lightened when she saw her friend so happy.

“You're getting married to Luke”, Sookie smiled and clapped her hands excitedly.

“Ah, how did you know?” Lorelai asked stunned and her good mood was gone again.

“I was out of onions last night and wanted to make stew. Dosey’s was already closed, so I thought I could stop by at Luke’s and get an onion from Luke. I would even have paid for it, although it’s not from France. You know French onions have that certain spice which other onions don’t have. It’s a mixture of lemon and...”

“Sookie!” Lorelai called her back into reality. Sookie stopped and looked at her friend.

“Where was I?”, she asked then.

“You needed an onion and wanted to get it from Luke” Lorelai told her.

“Right. So I went over to Luke’s and he was walking up to you and told you that you would get married on Friday and that he wouldn’t wear a tux. That is so great!” Sookie said and started bouncing again.

“Well, Sookie, I”, Lorelai started to explain.

“I am so glad! You two are perfect for each other. I have always thought that someday, if you just sort of turned around and opened your eyes that you'd see it, and now that you have, I'm just so damn happy”, Sookie smiled brightly.

“Sookie…” Lorelai tried to say something.

“You're not gonna die alone. I mean, somebody will be there. Somebody will know. Somebody will find the body and call the police and…” Sookie went on, but this time Lorelai really stopped her.

“Sookie, we won’t get married”, Lorelai told her then.

“Why?”

“Because obviously he is the man my parents want me to marry. I don’t know yet what they did and where they know each other from, but we won’t get married”. Lorelai shook her head.

“I don’t see the problem”, Sookie shrugged.

“Huh?”

“If you marry Luke everything could stay the same. He is your friend and he has a thing for you. He is there whenever you need him and he repairs your house when it needs fixing. He feeds you and gives you coffee. And I bet he is good in the sack as well” Sookie grinned devily.

“Sookie!”

“What? I’m just stating the facts. I just don’t get it. You were upset because you should marry a stranger. Now it turns out it’s Luke and that’s a good thing. Besides, I don’t think that Luke has anything to do with that plan”.

“I know. I mean, I yelled at him and accused him, but I didn’t mean it” Lorelai admitted and had a bad conscience about that.

“But he knows right?” Sookie asked.

“He knows. I think he knows. He should know. I hope he knows”, Lorelai said.

“Well make sure he knows, okay? Because you two together could really find a good solution”, Sookie said and then went back to her sauce and left Lorelai alone with her thoughts, but then suddenly started to squeak again.

“Sookie, please, I am begging you, pull yourself together, okay? I got no sleep last night and I think I put my contacts in backwards”, Lorelai said and started to rub her temples.

“Rory's still mad at you, huh?” Sookie changed the topic, aware that the wedding-topic was done for now.

“Hey, I'm not so crazy about her either”, Lorelai replied.

“It was a fight. Mothers and daughters fight,” Sookie tried to calm her.

“No, we don't fight. We never fight”, Lorelai shook her head when Michel entered the kitchen.

“You told me to tell you when your daughter arrived. Well, she's here and she's sitting in my chair”, he said. Lorelai gave Sookie a defeated wave and walked out to the lobby.

“Hey, no muumuu today. You know what's weird, I kind of miss it”, she said.

“You left me a note to meet you here”, Rory replied aggressively.

“Yeah, I thought you might want to work a couple hours, make a little extra cash”

“Fine”, she shrugged.

“Aw, you're not gonna give me the "Mommy Dearest" treatment forever, are ya?” Lorelai tried it again.

“You wanted me here, I'm here. Should I do something or what?” Rory grumbled. Lorelai’s shoulders slumped and she wasn’t able to keep her composure anymore. This whole thing was getting unbearable. Rory noticed the change in her mothers demeanor and got worried. She sensed that something was really worrying her, which had to be bigger than their fight.

“Mom?” She asked worried

“I'm okay. I just. . .do I look shorter? 'Cause I feel shorter”, Lorelai smiled slightly, soothed by her daughter’s worry for her.

“Hey, how 'bout I get you a cup of coffee?” Rory asked her and slung her arm around her mother’s waist to lead her to the kitchen. They both needed some cheering up.

Lorelai was only too happy to got back into the kitchen again and get some coffee. The room where Sookie was suddenly seemed like the Ark, which had saved her from the flood. At least until she had to face Luke again.

TBC