The Incredible Rising Lorelai

By Gigi

Author’s Note: This takes place after Lorelai sinks into Luke, crying in The Incredible Sinking Lorelai’s

A/N 2: Lorelai’s POV. Lorelai and Jason are not together in this

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They belong to ASP and the WB.

“Rory!” I yell, hurrying into my house. “Rory, get those CDs and head back to the inn before you miss the cross-dressing midgets, cuz that’s where the night is headed!” I start up the stairs. “Oh, things are happening; big things, wow things! Let me just open with this little tidbit: Kirk, running naked, through the square! Of course with all my careful preparation, I forgot to bring band-aids and a camera! I have got to remember that always, without fail, Kirk equals camera!” I turn around see Rory smoothing her hair down, and if I’m not mistaken, her dress is a little loose.

“Dean came over to borrow something,” Rory covers as Dean comes out hurriedly putting on his shirt. Okay, so Rory feels guilty enough to make an excuse right off the bat, and I see Dean and her come out of her room trying to get dressed. That makes me feel very comfortable!

After Dean leaves, I slowly put down the camera and box of band-aids and walk to look in Rory’s room; the bed is messed up. T-they had sex! Turning around, I cross my arms and rest on the doorframe, feeling dizzy, nauseous, and about fifty other things and ask, “So, w-what’d he borrow?” God, this is not the thing a woman expects to handle when she’s pregnant!

“I'm sorry I didn't talk to you about it first. I know I promised I would, but I swear, I didn't know that this was going to happen. I mean, I didn't know he was going to show up tonight, and it just happened. It's awful for you to find out like this, I know, but everything's okay. I'm okay, and we were, you know, safe, so all those Trojan man jokes all these years really apparently stuck. And I'm lucky, too, because Dean, he's -- well, aren't you glad that it happened with someone who's good and really loves me?” Oh yeah, that’s a horse of a completely different color!

“But he’s married,” my voice takes on an icy calm, but I sound really tired. No, no, no! Rory can’t be doing this!

“You don’t understand the situation,” Rory excuses. Oh yeah, it’s that complicated.

“Is he still married?” I press.

“Yes, but—”

“Then I understand the situation!” The argument goes on like this for about twenty more minutes. I don’t want to go into all the gory details. Let’s just say it ends up with Rory crying on the doorstep. Stepping toward the hunched over figure that is Rory, I rest my hand on her shoulder, and she flinches away. “Could we just talk?” I try to be rational. Maybe I overreacted a little bit.

“No! Just-just leave me alone!” Rory runs back inside, leaving me standing there alone.

8D

Opening my eyes, I look around me. Well, I’m not in my suite, that’s for sure! Turning around, I bump into something, or, more accurately, someone. I roll over to see Luke lying there, beside me, asleep, fully dressed. Oh thank god. Nudging him with my elbow, I gently wake the perfect man lying beside me up.

“Good morning,” I coo. That’s weird. I never felt like cooing when I was with Max, or Christopher, not Alex…especially since I never had sex with Alex.

“Hey…” Luke says in that low, sexy voice he only saves for me. I would be seriously jealous if I found out he used this with Nicole or Rachel. “How long have you been up?”

“Just a minute…so what happened last night?” I ask.

“Well, you came back from your house, and, after we sorted out the whole Kirk thing, we were walking up the stairs when you started telling me what happened with Rory at home. And I decided you might wanna sleep here just in case you started to hurt at night…” Luke trails off, wondering if he did anything wrong. I smile and kiss him sweetly on the lips, erasing any thoughts that he did he wrong thing.

“Thank you,” I whisper, pulling away in time to see a huge grin break out on Luke’s face. I rest my head on Luke’s chest, playing with his shirt in my hands.

“What’s wrong?” Luke’s voice fills will concern when he hears my sharp intake of breath.

“Nothing, I just put weight on one of my bruises, that’s all,” I reassure him. Readjusting myself so that I’m more comfortable on his chest, I continue to play with his shirt. “You take such good care of me,” I whisper, smiling like an idiot. After about five minutes or so of lying there, in Luke’s arms, my stomach starts to grumble. “Hey, coffee boy, you distracted me enough that I almost forgot I hadn’t had coffee yet!”

“Drats, my plan failed!” Luke jokes. As I start to get up, Luke grabs my arm gingerly. “Hey, before we go, can I ask you a question?"

“Sure.”

“Can we have dinner tonight?”

“I’d like that,” I say, flashing Luke my pearly whites.

8D

I hear a knock on the door as I finish touching up my make up. I take one last look at myself: a V-neck low-cut royal blue halter dress with a metallic silver sash and black, strappy Jimmy Chooes I got for my birthday last year. The V-neck cuts down all the way to the sash, and the dress flows out toward the bottom, about mid-calf. My make up is a touch of light blue, sparkly eye shadow; some Juicy Tubes lip gloss, the Clinique mascara I borrowed from Sookie tonight, and some blush.

“Coming, coming, coming!” I say as the person on the other side of the door knocks a second time. I make one last adjustment to my hair, half of it clipped up in a silver sparkly claw, and answer the door. “Hi, Max, what’s up?”

“You’re all dressed up!” Max gestures to the dress.

“Earrings, that’s what I forgot!” Leaving the door open, I hurry to my vanity table and try to find some silver dangly earrings. “Sorry, I’m going out, and I’m already like ten minutes late!” I explain, turning around to face Max while putting on my silver hoops. “So, what’s up?” I repeat.

“Oh, Sookie wanted me to tell you that you have to be in the foyer downstairs in five minutes ago.”

“Oh, crap!” Grabbing my purse and cell phone, I usher Max outside and close the door behind me. “Thanks for telling me!” and with that, I rush downstairs. Let the date begin!

Next on the Incredible Rising Lorelai: Luke and Lorelai’s back together date. Luke takes Lorelai for a ride. Metaphorical or literal, I won’t say!

A/N: I’m so sorry it took me like 2 and a half weeks to get this one out! I have no good excuse except for “I forgot!” I’m so sorry I made you wait that long for such a short chapter! Chapter 20 (1/5 of the way to 100!) will be better. I promise!