29.06.2007, 22:47
Ja, ich schreibe auch wenn ich krank bin und mich vor Schmerzen winde :heul
Ja, ich wil MITLEID!)
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Kiwi:
momo:
Rowan:
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Wohnraumheldin:
Anne:
Chapter 13: The house of horror
Over a week later Luke and Lorelai were still fighting. Or actually they were not fighting; they were just ignoring each other and weren’t talking.
Luke had really slept on the couch all week, the first night he had even spend at his old apartment above the diner, what had caused another fight with Lorelai, because she was afraid that her mother would find out and their deal was gone.
So he had come back to the house the next evening, ignoring her completely ever since and had spend the night on the couch.
Rory had asked her the next day why they were fighting, but Lorelai wouldn’t tell her why and all Luke had said was “Ask your mother”.
Lorelai hadn’t even been to the diner since the fight and her mood was getting worse with every passing day. She had yelled at Sookie, she had snapped at Rory several times and all because of a fight with Luke. The gossip in town had several theories what had happened, but none of the theories had come close to what had happened.
So on Rory’s birthday, when the three of them had to show up at the Gilmore mansion to a party which Emily had organized, the mood of all three of them was at the lowest point. Rory was in a bad mood, because she had found out that her grandmother had invited her classmates from Chilton, with which she didn’t get along, Luke was still mad because Lorelai was dating Rory’s teacher and Lorelai was angry because Luke had yelled at her and wanted to tell her who she could see, although it was none of his business.
But while Rory was only angry at her grandmother, both Luke and Lorelai were hurt because of the actions of the other: Luke because she was dating Max, Lorelai because Luke had her on freeze out and wouldn’t even sleep in one bed with her anymore, let alone speak with her.
Quietly they got out of the car and trudged to the front-door and Rory rang the bell, while Lorelai was staring at her feet and Luke was adjusting his tie, staring straight ahead, so he didn’t had to face Lorelai.
When the door was opened by one of the maids all three stepped inside and saw that the party was even bigger than they had thought. After handing their coats to the mid, they made their way inside in the living-room where they found Emily, surrounded by her DAR-friends.
“Jeez, Mom. Leave some servants for the rest of the neighbourhood”, Lorelai greeted her mother in a less than friendly tone, but Emily just ignored her and turned to Rory.
“There she is -- the birthday girl”, she smiled at her grand-daughter
“Hi Grandma”, Rory muttered.
“Wow, you really went all out, huh?” Lorelai asked and Luke raised an eyebrow at her tone, because she was clearly provoking Emily, which was never a good idea.
“Well I wanted everything to be perfect. What do you think, Luke?” she replied and turned to him.
“Mhh, nice”, he just said. Lorelai raised her eyebrows disapprovingly at his answer nd then handed Rory her dress, which they had brought nd she still had to change.
“Here, babe, go change”, she told her daughter and Rory nodded and went upstairs. For some moments the three adults stood in uncomfortable silence together and Emily narrowed her eyes. Something was wrong, she knew it. When Lorelai saw her mother’s look, she knew she had to say something, or Emily would.
“Nice candles. Six inches apart?” she asked and led her mother away, leaving Luke behind, alone between all those DAR people.
~*~
Two hours later and several annoying talks later with some of the other guests, Luke found himself once again alone, standing in front of the fireplace of the Gilmore’s. Above the fireplace hung the painting of Lorelai and her parents and he could see the sadness radiate from her eyes on the picture.
He looked over to her and found her standing alone beside the bar, starring off into space. She looked so beautiful tonight in her blue dress that accentuated the curves of her body and brought out her sparkling blue eyes.
Luke hated the fact that they were fighting, but he wasn’t willing to give in, because he knew he was right: It was wrong of her to date Rory’s teacher and it was even more so now that they would get married, forced or not wasn’t important. One didn’t date other people a few months before the wedding.
Still, he knew he loved her and he missed her, but he was too hurt by her actions to let it slide this time, just to have her back in his life and back in his arms at night.
“You're drinking white wine tonight? No Scotch?” Richard interrupted his thoughts and Luke had to glance at his glass to see that Richard was right: He was drinking white wine, and he hadn’t even realized, because he had been deep in thoughts already when he had taken the glass from one of the servers. Luke nodded and forced himself to at least look at Richard while he talked to him, but his thoughts were on the other side of the room, with the woman in the blue dress.
Lorelai was equally deep in thoughts, only her thoughts circled around Luke. She hated this party and she knew that he hated it even more and still he was here, for Rory. That thought made her heart swell for him, but at the same time she felt sick to her stomach because she knew she had dug herself in a hole with that dating Max thing and she wasn’t sure how to get out.
She knew she wanted Luke and she knew that this stupid fight was killing her, even more so since Max kept calling and asking for a date.
She looked over at Luke who was talking to her father and by the way he stood there she could see how uncomfortable he was. He was wearing a suit and a tie and Lorelai knew he didn’t like either one, although he looked really hot in it. She liked him in flannel, she liked him in his sleeping clothes, but GQ-ed up Luke was a thing for itself. He looked so handsome, that she had wanted to jump him right the second she had seen him at their house, but the icy glance from him had shown her once again that he was not interested in her.
That fact had made her so depressed over the last week, that she had found herself going through her wallowing plan, at least as much she could. She had put the sheets he had last slept on together with her own nightgown and his shirt, which he had lend her and which she had kept, into a Luke-box. She had watched old movies and she had eaten ice-cream in her pyjamas. She felt ridiculous, that she was wallowing only because the man who had shared a bed with her for a few weeks, platonically, was now sleeping on the couch in her living-room.
She sighed and took a drink from the bar before she walked over to Rory, who sat on the couch.
“What are you drinking? “ Rory asked her when she saw the green drink.
“A Shirley Temple Black”, Lorelai replied and held it out so Rory could smell at it.
“Wow”, Rory said and felt drunk from just smelling at it. She looked at her mother and found her glancing at Luke again, a sad look in her eyes. But before she could say something Emily showed up beside them.
There you are. Come, there's some people I want you to meet”, she said to Rory and led her away, leaving Lorelai alone on the sofa. Again she looked up and glnced at Luke, just to find him looking back at her. For a second their eyes locked, but then they both looked away as quickly as they could.
When Emily and Rory came back into the room minutes later, Rory looked at Lorelai and Luke both with a look that clearly said “Help me”. Both adults came from where they standing towards Rory, wondering what Emily had done now.
“I think it's time that she says a few words to her guests“, Emily informed the Rory rescue-guard.
“What? “ Luke exclaimed and the sound of his voice send shivers done Lorelai spine, since she hadn’t heard it in over a week, except when he was yelling at her.
“Just a little speech to say thank you and tell everyone how it feels to be one year older”, Emily clarified for Luke.
“Mom, I don't she wants...” Lorelai tried to stop her.
“She's the hostess, Lorelai. This is her responsibility”, Emily remained stubborn, but that’s when Rory snapped.
“I am not the hostess! You are!” she yelled at her grandmother.
“Hey, honey, hold on... “ Lorelai tried to calm her and Luke was too surprised to say something.
“This is your party and these are your guests and I don't have anything to say to them, so you give the speech”, Rory said.
“Rory?” Luke asked when he found his voice and placed hand on the teens shoulder to calm her, but it didn’t work.
“Excuse me”, Rory said and hurried off, up the stairs to Lorelai’s old bedroom.
“What was that all about?” Luke asked and turned to Emily, but she had already turned to Lorelai.
“Lorelai, your daughter has no manners whatsoever. You should be ashamed of yourself” she told her daughter and marched off.
“OK, how did this become my fault? “ Lorelai asked and Luke just shrugged before he walked away and left her standing there, just like she had done it with him earlier in the evening.
~*~
When the party was finally coming to an end, all Luke wanted to do was get into the car and drive back home. He knew he couldn’t stand one more talk about trustfonds and insurances or he would kill himself, drown himself in the pool outside.
So while Lorelai and Rory said goodbye to Emily, Luke told Rory that he would get the car and hurried off, escaping the house of horror.
“Hey, Mom. Great party. One of your best. I even liked those brown mushroom things”, Lorelai said, knowing that she had to calm her mother, so she wouldn’t let her anger out on Rory.
“Grandma, can I talk to you for a sec?” Rory asked.
“Richard, they are leaving”, was all Emily said to that and Richard immediately came over.
“Well, Rory, I hope you had a good time”, he said.
“Yes, I did”, Rory lied, thinking back to the confrontation with her stupid classmates and especially with Tristan.
“Now, I know that your grandmother has already bought you a gift and signed my name to it. That was part of our agreement when we got married. However, I feel this occasion calls for something a little extra. Put that towards your trip to Fez”, Richard said and handed Rory a cheque.
“Oh, Grandpa!” Rory said and hugged her grandfather shortly.
“You girls should get going. You've got quite a drive ahead of you nd Luke is already waiting in the car”, Emily said and gave them both a pointed look.
“Grandma, we're having a party tomorrow at our house and -- I mean, it won't be anything like this but it will be fun and maybe you and Grandpa can come?” Rory asked hopeful, wanting to put the fight between her and her grandmother behind her.
“That's very sweet, dear, but I'm afraid we already have plans”, Emily said icily.
“Oh, Ok”, Rory said disappointed.
“Have a safe trip. Lock the door behind you, OK?” Emily said and walked back into the dining-room, leaving Lorelai and Rory alone in the entry way.
“Hey, um, why don't you go and look that Luke is waiting for us still?”, Lorelai said to Rory and her daughter went obediently outside.
“Where is your mother?” Luke asked when Rory entered the car alone.
“I guess she wanted to talk to grandma, because she send me out to keep you company”, Rory said.
“Ah. What a party”, Luke sighed and Rory nodded.
“What a party”.
“So she invited all of your classmates without asking you?” Luke asked her.
“Yup. She did. Half of them didn’t even know who I am, the other half hates me”, Rory told Luke.
“Unbelievable. I guess she likes surprises like those”, he huffed.
“True. But it wasn’t that big of a surprise, because Tristan showed me the invitation at school and I had no idea what he was talking about”, Rory admitted.
“Why didn’t you say something? By the look on her face I would say your mother knew either”.
“I didn’t want to stress you even more. Ever since your fight you are not talking to each other and you’re both in such a bad mood, that I didn’t want to make it even worse”, Rory said quietly.
“Rory, no matter if your mother and I are fighting you should have said something. This has nothing to do with you, okay?” Luke asked her and turned in his seat to face her.
“But I am the reason that you re fighting! If I wouldn’t go to Chilton then grandma wouldn’t…”
“This is not your fault. Believe me, we would have fought about this no matter what”, Luke said and gave her a reassuring smile.
“Will you make up again?” Rory asked him and sounded timid and unsure.
“At some point we will make up again”, Luke told her and then turned around, because Lorelai opened the car door and fell down in the passengers seat, a defeated and sad look on her face.
“Let’s go”, she muttered and faced the side window, while Luke drove them home.
~*~
Later that night when Rory was already in bed and Luke was sleeping on the couch, Lorelai was tossing and turning in bed again. She needed to confide someone in, someone to rant to, someone who would keep her from crying
Slowly she got up and walked quietly down the stairs and swallowed her pride when she walked over to the couch.
“Luke?” she whispered to check if he was awake. She was surprised when he immediately sat up and looked at her, which she could see in the dark, because it was full moon.
Without waiting for him to say something she sat down beside him.
“She said that Rory humiliated her in front of her friends and that it was my fault. She said Rory has no manners. She said that I always give up and that she knows me better than I think she does and that she won’t come to the party tomorrow”, Lorelai said quietly, her voice quivering.
“You know it’s not true”, Luke said slowly.
“What that she won’t be coming? Oh believe me…” she started, but he interrupted her.
“Rory’s an amazing kid and you know it. And you re not a quitter, you’re the most stubborn person I know. And with or without Emily the party will be a success tomorrow”, Luke reassured her.
“You think so?”
“Hey, she’s the only girl whose birthday party as a kid was ended by the cops”, Luke said and she was sure he was rolling his eyes at that.
“True”, she nodded and even had to smile.
“I guess you should go to bed. Busy day tomorrow”, Luke said quietly.
“Yeah.. right”, she agreed and reluctantly got up and walked back up the stairs, going back to her empty bedroom, to the bed where Luke was missing in.
TBC
Ja, ich wil MITLEID!)Re-Fb:
Kiwi:
Zitat:Das war traurig. und ich mag traurig nicht. Zumindest im Moment *sfz*Ich fürchte da kann ich dir im Moment nicht helfen, 'cause I've got a plan
momo:
Zitat:Ãberhaupt, schick die beiden mal zu mir. Dann spiele ich Psychater oder auch VerkupplerNa wo wäre denn da der SpaÃ?!
Rowan:
Zitat:Aber die beiden waren noch nie gut darin über ihre Gefühle für einander zu reden.Ãhm...:o
Ich hoffe die beiden gehen sich jetzt nicht ewig aus dem Weg, und dass Lorelai all ihren Mut zusammen nimmt und mit Luke redet. Jetzt. Sofort. Gleich nach dem Streit.
Norma:
Zitat:Bin gespannt, wie lange du uns darauf wirst wrten lassen ich vermute, du wirst es so lange wie möglich ausreizen, um uns auch ja bei der Stange zu halten...
Wohnraumheldin:
Zitat:Wenigstens hat sie ja nun schon mal eingesehen, dass sie Luke will, aber warum kapiert die denn nicht, dass er genauso denkt?! Wie blind kann man sein?na was soll ich dazu sagen auÃer: "Eight years? Eight years!"
Anne:
Zitat:Max, der olle Spannungsbogen, hat auch etwas an sich und erfüllt seine Aufgabe gutja, dir wäre Jason zwar lieber, aber da kann ich nicht mit dienen ^^
Chapter 13: The house of horror
Over a week later Luke and Lorelai were still fighting. Or actually they were not fighting; they were just ignoring each other and weren’t talking.
Luke had really slept on the couch all week, the first night he had even spend at his old apartment above the diner, what had caused another fight with Lorelai, because she was afraid that her mother would find out and their deal was gone.
So he had come back to the house the next evening, ignoring her completely ever since and had spend the night on the couch.
Rory had asked her the next day why they were fighting, but Lorelai wouldn’t tell her why and all Luke had said was “Ask your mother”.
Lorelai hadn’t even been to the diner since the fight and her mood was getting worse with every passing day. She had yelled at Sookie, she had snapped at Rory several times and all because of a fight with Luke. The gossip in town had several theories what had happened, but none of the theories had come close to what had happened.
So on Rory’s birthday, when the three of them had to show up at the Gilmore mansion to a party which Emily had organized, the mood of all three of them was at the lowest point. Rory was in a bad mood, because she had found out that her grandmother had invited her classmates from Chilton, with which she didn’t get along, Luke was still mad because Lorelai was dating Rory’s teacher and Lorelai was angry because Luke had yelled at her and wanted to tell her who she could see, although it was none of his business.
But while Rory was only angry at her grandmother, both Luke and Lorelai were hurt because of the actions of the other: Luke because she was dating Max, Lorelai because Luke had her on freeze out and wouldn’t even sleep in one bed with her anymore, let alone speak with her.
Quietly they got out of the car and trudged to the front-door and Rory rang the bell, while Lorelai was staring at her feet and Luke was adjusting his tie, staring straight ahead, so he didn’t had to face Lorelai.
When the door was opened by one of the maids all three stepped inside and saw that the party was even bigger than they had thought. After handing their coats to the mid, they made their way inside in the living-room where they found Emily, surrounded by her DAR-friends.
“Jeez, Mom. Leave some servants for the rest of the neighbourhood”, Lorelai greeted her mother in a less than friendly tone, but Emily just ignored her and turned to Rory.
“There she is -- the birthday girl”, she smiled at her grand-daughter
“Hi Grandma”, Rory muttered.
“Wow, you really went all out, huh?” Lorelai asked and Luke raised an eyebrow at her tone, because she was clearly provoking Emily, which was never a good idea.
“Well I wanted everything to be perfect. What do you think, Luke?” she replied and turned to him.
“Mhh, nice”, he just said. Lorelai raised her eyebrows disapprovingly at his answer nd then handed Rory her dress, which they had brought nd she still had to change.
“Here, babe, go change”, she told her daughter and Rory nodded and went upstairs. For some moments the three adults stood in uncomfortable silence together and Emily narrowed her eyes. Something was wrong, she knew it. When Lorelai saw her mother’s look, she knew she had to say something, or Emily would.
“Nice candles. Six inches apart?” she asked and led her mother away, leaving Luke behind, alone between all those DAR people.
~*~
Two hours later and several annoying talks later with some of the other guests, Luke found himself once again alone, standing in front of the fireplace of the Gilmore’s. Above the fireplace hung the painting of Lorelai and her parents and he could see the sadness radiate from her eyes on the picture.
He looked over to her and found her standing alone beside the bar, starring off into space. She looked so beautiful tonight in her blue dress that accentuated the curves of her body and brought out her sparkling blue eyes.
Luke hated the fact that they were fighting, but he wasn’t willing to give in, because he knew he was right: It was wrong of her to date Rory’s teacher and it was even more so now that they would get married, forced or not wasn’t important. One didn’t date other people a few months before the wedding.
Still, he knew he loved her and he missed her, but he was too hurt by her actions to let it slide this time, just to have her back in his life and back in his arms at night.
“You're drinking white wine tonight? No Scotch?” Richard interrupted his thoughts and Luke had to glance at his glass to see that Richard was right: He was drinking white wine, and he hadn’t even realized, because he had been deep in thoughts already when he had taken the glass from one of the servers. Luke nodded and forced himself to at least look at Richard while he talked to him, but his thoughts were on the other side of the room, with the woman in the blue dress.
Lorelai was equally deep in thoughts, only her thoughts circled around Luke. She hated this party and she knew that he hated it even more and still he was here, for Rory. That thought made her heart swell for him, but at the same time she felt sick to her stomach because she knew she had dug herself in a hole with that dating Max thing and she wasn’t sure how to get out.
She knew she wanted Luke and she knew that this stupid fight was killing her, even more so since Max kept calling and asking for a date.
She looked over at Luke who was talking to her father and by the way he stood there she could see how uncomfortable he was. He was wearing a suit and a tie and Lorelai knew he didn’t like either one, although he looked really hot in it. She liked him in flannel, she liked him in his sleeping clothes, but GQ-ed up Luke was a thing for itself. He looked so handsome, that she had wanted to jump him right the second she had seen him at their house, but the icy glance from him had shown her once again that he was not interested in her.
That fact had made her so depressed over the last week, that she had found herself going through her wallowing plan, at least as much she could. She had put the sheets he had last slept on together with her own nightgown and his shirt, which he had lend her and which she had kept, into a Luke-box. She had watched old movies and she had eaten ice-cream in her pyjamas. She felt ridiculous, that she was wallowing only because the man who had shared a bed with her for a few weeks, platonically, was now sleeping on the couch in her living-room.
She sighed and took a drink from the bar before she walked over to Rory, who sat on the couch.
“What are you drinking? “ Rory asked her when she saw the green drink.
“A Shirley Temple Black”, Lorelai replied and held it out so Rory could smell at it.
“Wow”, Rory said and felt drunk from just smelling at it. She looked at her mother and found her glancing at Luke again, a sad look in her eyes. But before she could say something Emily showed up beside them.
There you are. Come, there's some people I want you to meet”, she said to Rory and led her away, leaving Lorelai alone on the sofa. Again she looked up and glnced at Luke, just to find him looking back at her. For a second their eyes locked, but then they both looked away as quickly as they could.
When Emily and Rory came back into the room minutes later, Rory looked at Lorelai and Luke both with a look that clearly said “Help me”. Both adults came from where they standing towards Rory, wondering what Emily had done now.
“I think it's time that she says a few words to her guests“, Emily informed the Rory rescue-guard.
“What? “ Luke exclaimed and the sound of his voice send shivers done Lorelai spine, since she hadn’t heard it in over a week, except when he was yelling at her.
“Just a little speech to say thank you and tell everyone how it feels to be one year older”, Emily clarified for Luke.
“Mom, I don't she wants...” Lorelai tried to stop her.
“She's the hostess, Lorelai. This is her responsibility”, Emily remained stubborn, but that’s when Rory snapped.
“I am not the hostess! You are!” she yelled at her grandmother.
“Hey, honey, hold on... “ Lorelai tried to calm her and Luke was too surprised to say something.
“This is your party and these are your guests and I don't have anything to say to them, so you give the speech”, Rory said.
“Rory?” Luke asked when he found his voice and placed hand on the teens shoulder to calm her, but it didn’t work.
“Excuse me”, Rory said and hurried off, up the stairs to Lorelai’s old bedroom.
“What was that all about?” Luke asked and turned to Emily, but she had already turned to Lorelai.
“Lorelai, your daughter has no manners whatsoever. You should be ashamed of yourself” she told her daughter and marched off.
“OK, how did this become my fault? “ Lorelai asked and Luke just shrugged before he walked away and left her standing there, just like she had done it with him earlier in the evening.
~*~
When the party was finally coming to an end, all Luke wanted to do was get into the car and drive back home. He knew he couldn’t stand one more talk about trustfonds and insurances or he would kill himself, drown himself in the pool outside.
So while Lorelai and Rory said goodbye to Emily, Luke told Rory that he would get the car and hurried off, escaping the house of horror.
“Hey, Mom. Great party. One of your best. I even liked those brown mushroom things”, Lorelai said, knowing that she had to calm her mother, so she wouldn’t let her anger out on Rory.
“Grandma, can I talk to you for a sec?” Rory asked.
“Richard, they are leaving”, was all Emily said to that and Richard immediately came over.
“Well, Rory, I hope you had a good time”, he said.
“Yes, I did”, Rory lied, thinking back to the confrontation with her stupid classmates and especially with Tristan.
“Now, I know that your grandmother has already bought you a gift and signed my name to it. That was part of our agreement when we got married. However, I feel this occasion calls for something a little extra. Put that towards your trip to Fez”, Richard said and handed Rory a cheque.
“Oh, Grandpa!” Rory said and hugged her grandfather shortly.
“You girls should get going. You've got quite a drive ahead of you nd Luke is already waiting in the car”, Emily said and gave them both a pointed look.
“Grandma, we're having a party tomorrow at our house and -- I mean, it won't be anything like this but it will be fun and maybe you and Grandpa can come?” Rory asked hopeful, wanting to put the fight between her and her grandmother behind her.
“That's very sweet, dear, but I'm afraid we already have plans”, Emily said icily.
“Oh, Ok”, Rory said disappointed.
“Have a safe trip. Lock the door behind you, OK?” Emily said and walked back into the dining-room, leaving Lorelai and Rory alone in the entry way.
“Hey, um, why don't you go and look that Luke is waiting for us still?”, Lorelai said to Rory and her daughter went obediently outside.
“Where is your mother?” Luke asked when Rory entered the car alone.
“I guess she wanted to talk to grandma, because she send me out to keep you company”, Rory said.
“Ah. What a party”, Luke sighed and Rory nodded.
“What a party”.
“So she invited all of your classmates without asking you?” Luke asked her.
“Yup. She did. Half of them didn’t even know who I am, the other half hates me”, Rory told Luke.
“Unbelievable. I guess she likes surprises like those”, he huffed.
“True. But it wasn’t that big of a surprise, because Tristan showed me the invitation at school and I had no idea what he was talking about”, Rory admitted.
“Why didn’t you say something? By the look on her face I would say your mother knew either”.
“I didn’t want to stress you even more. Ever since your fight you are not talking to each other and you’re both in such a bad mood, that I didn’t want to make it even worse”, Rory said quietly.
“Rory, no matter if your mother and I are fighting you should have said something. This has nothing to do with you, okay?” Luke asked her and turned in his seat to face her.
“But I am the reason that you re fighting! If I wouldn’t go to Chilton then grandma wouldn’t…”
“This is not your fault. Believe me, we would have fought about this no matter what”, Luke said and gave her a reassuring smile.
“Will you make up again?” Rory asked him and sounded timid and unsure.
“At some point we will make up again”, Luke told her and then turned around, because Lorelai opened the car door and fell down in the passengers seat, a defeated and sad look on her face.
“Let’s go”, she muttered and faced the side window, while Luke drove them home.
~*~
Later that night when Rory was already in bed and Luke was sleeping on the couch, Lorelai was tossing and turning in bed again. She needed to confide someone in, someone to rant to, someone who would keep her from crying
Slowly she got up and walked quietly down the stairs and swallowed her pride when she walked over to the couch.
“Luke?” she whispered to check if he was awake. She was surprised when he immediately sat up and looked at her, which she could see in the dark, because it was full moon.
Without waiting for him to say something she sat down beside him.
“She said that Rory humiliated her in front of her friends and that it was my fault. She said Rory has no manners. She said that I always give up and that she knows me better than I think she does and that she won’t come to the party tomorrow”, Lorelai said quietly, her voice quivering.
“You know it’s not true”, Luke said slowly.
“What that she won’t be coming? Oh believe me…” she started, but he interrupted her.
“Rory’s an amazing kid and you know it. And you re not a quitter, you’re the most stubborn person I know. And with or without Emily the party will be a success tomorrow”, Luke reassured her.
“You think so?”
“Hey, she’s the only girl whose birthday party as a kid was ended by the cops”, Luke said and she was sure he was rolling his eyes at that.
“True”, she nodded and even had to smile.
“I guess you should go to bed. Busy day tomorrow”, Luke said quietly.
“Yeah.. right”, she agreed and reluctantly got up and walked back up the stairs, going back to her empty bedroom, to the bed where Luke was missing in.
TBC