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.

A/N: Okay, I know the writing at the end kinda sucked, but I was just trying to get it out. I hope you all liked that Luke and Lorelai are now engaged, even though they had only been on two dates. But I think that 8 years of being best friends kinda helps! OK, so, as everybody knows, I would like to thank my beat and best friend (one of them at least), OkGoPrettyMuchRules, who rocks my sox!

Smiling, I make my way down to the dining room—making a point not to wear anything that might show off my growing belly—to see Luke saving a seat for me, looking cornered. Babette and Miss Patty are sitting at the same table, grilling him for details about what happened on our date last night. Luke looks up and, seeing me, his face breaks into a smile.

“Hey, hon!” I walk over to Luke and peck him on the lips, taking a seat next to him. I lean into him as his arm shoots around my waist. “What’d I miss?”

“Oh, nothing, Luke was just being stubborn, as usual,” Miss Patty supplies, shaking her head at Luke.

“Aw, what about this time?” I look up at Luke and sarcastically roll my eyes at him, a gesture earning me a small smile and another kiss.

“He won’t tell us what happened last night on your date!” Babette yells in frustration. Hiding a smile that is fighting for release, I put on an innocent face.

“Oh, so you want to know how our date went last night,” I confirm. Babette and Miss Patty nod energetically. “Could you excuse us for a minute?” I ask, hooking my right arm into Luke’s left and pulling him up and away. After we are out of earshot of everybody, I turn to Luke. “Should we—Oh crap! One sec!” I run toward the kitchen.

Flinging open the kitchen door, I yell Sookie’s name. “Over here!” Sookie pops out of the pantry, causing me to jump back about a foot. “What’s up?”

“Well, I just wanted you to be the first to know about this!” I hold up my left hand, the engagement ring shining gloriously in the morning light. Sookie, puzzled for a second, finally sees the ring, and I should say she had an…energetic response. Actually, that might just be the understatement of the year.

“AHHHH!” Sookie squeals, reeling me in for a bone-crushing hug. “Oh my God, when did it happen? Was it after I left? Did he stay over in your room since Kirk was in his room? Did you ever take that bath? When did he propose? How did he propose? Is it the same ring he proposed to you with the first time or a different one? Did you…mhm?” Sookie ends on the inevitable question, panting a little.

“Well—wait, how did you know Kirk was in Luke’s room?” I question, suddenly very curious.

“I might have done a little something on my way to your room…”

“Sookie!” I exclaim, appalled but also mildly amused.

“Well, Kirk and Lulu were in a fight, and she kicked him out. So Kirk was wandering the halls, and he asked me if Luke would mind if he slept in his room, and I said yes. Are you mad at me?” Sookie asks.

“Are you kidding me?” It’s my turn to be the giver of the bone-crushing hug. “I love you, Sookie!”

“You do?” Sookie inquired incredulously, her eyebrows raised and her lips in a confused smile.

“You got me engaged!” I hug her again, before heading back out to the dining room to see everybody staring at me. Did we really squeal that loudly? Walking back to Luke, I give him a quick kiss on the lips. “Sorry about that. I had to tell Sookie, and guess what? She’s the one who said Kirk could go sleep in your room!” I laugh.

“Well, I guess I can’t really be mad at her, now can I?” Luke replies.

“No, you can’t. She did us a favor, and for that, she will get an exceptionally cruel April Fools joke. Too bad it’s May…”

“So…should we tell them?” Luke asks. “It’s completely up to you.”

“Yeah,” I answer. Turning to everybody in the dining room, I clap my hands. “Everybody, may I please have your attention!—” the townspeople immediately get quiet, most likely because they might find out what we were squealing about—“Now, as this is your last breakfast here—that is unless you decide to stay at the Dragonfly when it is officially open—I have an announcement to make, a happy announcement. As most of you probably remember, the first night here, Luke and I got into a fight, a big fight. The fight was over the fact that Luke had asked me to marry him, and then he overheard me telling Sookie I didn’t love him anymore. I was actually talking about someone else, but he thought I was talking about him, and the said argument ensued. Anyway, again, as most of you know, we have made up, and last night, Luke asked me once more to marry him, and I said yes. Luke and I are engaged!”

Everybody just stares at us, faces devoid of expression. “Did they hear me? Was I talking too fast?” I whisper out of the corner of my mouth in Luke’s ear.

“Uh, yeah, I couldn’t even understand what you were saying, and I know the announcement!” Luke mutters back.

“Okay, because I don’t want to repeat that story, I’ll just cut to the chase: Luke and I are engaged!” It takes a minute for the news to actually sink in, and then—

“OH YAY! You finally did it!” Patty comes running at us full speed, cutting off our air supply with a monster hug. “Oh you guys are like the modern Bonnie and Clyde!”

“Hey, hey, we’re not swindling just yet. We’ll wait till after the honeymoon, leaving our initials on the wall with lipstick!” I fire back, grinning like an idiot. Aw shit. “Excuse me!” I request, rushing towards the bathroom as my cheeks, yet again, fill up with vomit.

8D

“Ah, god, I’m never going to get used to that,” I declare, wiping my face and turning around to see…well, not Luke or Max or Sookie. Christopher. “Um…hi, I thought you were Luke, or Sookie, or Max…” I trail off.

“Not Rory?” he calmly asks.

“Rory’s in Europe with Emily,” I state, still pretty pissed at Christopher for past performance.

“Listen, Lorelai, I just want to say…I’m sorry, could we just be friends?” Christopher pleads. I stare at him. Is he serious!

“Look, don’t take this the wrong way, but I think it would be pretty hard to forgive you after what you did. It just seems as if your screw ups just progressively get worse, no offense. I’m not sure I can have you in close quarters with Rory, especially after what happened at the wedding…” I trail off, hoping I won’t get a repeat of that night.

“Please, Lorelai! I can get better! I really don’t want you to feel like you need to guard yourself around me!” Christopher takes my hands in his and begs even more.

“God, you really need to stop acting like Jude Law in Closer!” I exclaim, standing up. “Can you please let go of my hand?” I say as he refuses to let go of my hand when I stand up. My left hand. Oh, shit.

“Since when are you engaged?” Christopher’s voice takes on an edge, and I’m not so sure I feel safe with that in his tone.

“Last night,” I declare, my voice not conveying any of the fear quaking through my body, my face calm. “L—”

“Lorelai, are you in here?” Sookie enters the bathroom, interrupting this rather…er…awkward conversation. Thank God for Squiggy.

“Hey, Sookie, what’s up?” I jerk my hand out of Christopher’s, massaging it with my other hand. Damn, that hurt!

“Are you okay?” Sookie’s face definitely suggested she wasn’t talking about my throwing up, but about Christopher.

“Just fine, hey can you help me find Luke? I need to…discuss…something with him,” I excuse, just trying to get away from Christopher.

A/N: SO sorry it took so long to update! My laptop crashed! But I hope you like it! Review! It’s like coffee!