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: So, I've been able to keep up a fairly regular update this go around! I'm SO excited that I only have ONE MORE CHAPTER to hit 25! That's like one fourth of a hundred! So, as usual, I would like to thank Vanna White (a.k.a. OkGoPrettyMuchRules) for beating my story! ----LOL!

A/N2: This is a note to all those in the GGSiST! There is a scene in this chapter very similar to one of our scripts concerning Max! Review to see if you recognize it! It starts a deluge of the scenes from the scripts!

"Ah, home at last!" I exclaim, banging open my door and flinging my bags to the floor (hehe, I made it rhyme!). " God, this weekend feels more like two years rather than two days!" I declare, smiling at Luke from the couch on which I collapsed following my lovely entrance.

"It's gone on forever!" Luke agrees, dumping his bags next to mine and closing the door. He walks around the couch, and, lifting my feet, sit down, resting my feet on his lap. I sit up, smiling him a devious smile. "What?"

"I was just thinking about something…" I lead on, my smile even more evil.

"And what would the something be?" Luke asks, beginning to understand.

"Oh, just this…" I say as I lean toward him, kissing him full force. His mouth automatically opens, and he wraps his arms around me, pressing me flush against his body. Pulling back, I smile sweetly. "Understand?" I smirk. Luke nods and pulls me in for another round. My arms go around his neck as I lean back on the couch, resting on the fluffy couch cushions. I run my hands through his hair and knock off his cap in the process.

Still kissing my man, I reach in between us and start to unbutton his trademark flannel, but, having a little trouble, I exclaim, "Geez, is this thing made of steel or something?" As soon as the words are out of my mouth, Luke kisses me again, taking my hands off his shirt. He starts unbuttoning his shirt with slow but sure hands. Breaking apart for lack of breath, I suggest, "How about we take this upstairs?" Luke nods and we struggle up the steps, still kissing furiously, as the moon shines and…well…you know.

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Lying in bed next to Luke, I stare up at my ring, my beautiful engagement ring, with an immensely goofy grin plastered on my face. I'm getting married…

The doorbell rings.

Luke groans, irked at the fact that somebody would come at two o'clock in the morning! "I got it, hon. Go back to sleep!" I say, kissing Luke's forehead. Not having time enough to get changed, I wrap myself in a sheet before going down the stairs, stopping to grab a shirt—Luke's flannel, of course—to put on the first opportunity I get. Opening the door, I freeze, with only my head visible. "Max, hi!"

"Hey," Max replies, smiling.

"Uh, what-what are you doing here?" I inquire. "I mean, it's kinda late—or early, depending on how you look at it—to just drop by!"

"I needed to see you," he answers simply.

"Now? You need to see me now, at like two in the morning?" I ask incredulously.

"Yeah, about that, I didn't intend for it to be so late but…Well, I—why can I only see your head?" Max suddenly notices. Well, I must say, it didn't take him as long as I suspected he would! Why couldn't he be less observant!

"Well, uh, you kinda came at a bad time. You see—" I start as he comes inside the house, seeing me in nothing but a sheet. "I was—"

"I see," Max says hurriedly.

"This was—"

"Bad time, got it!"

"Yeah," I breathe out, completely embarrassed.

"I'm gonna, you know, leave now," Max declares.

"Yes, I think that would save us further embarrassment!" I agree, closing the door behind him. With my back to the door, I yell, "Luke!"

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"Come on, Luke! It'll be fun!" I plead, seeing the flyer advertising The Star's Hollow Talent Search for this Friday. A bunch of people from Woodbridge and other towns are coming down to compete, and it is going to be quite the affair.

"No! I'm not going to sit and watch endless amounts of people who think they have talent when they don't!" Luke begins.

"And the rant has started, ladies and gentlemen!" I announce into a pretend megaphone. "It looks like a whopper!"

"Everybody act so fake! Nobody tells the truth, which is they suck at singing or acting or dancing or, I dunno, doing soccer tricks! The chances that Star's Hollow will find the next Mia Hamm or Gwen Stefani are too slim for me to consider sitting through a three hour show!" he closes, taking a deep breath.

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"Come on! At the very least, we can mock those who suck and hook up with those who rock so they can get famous and introduce us to Bono!" I negotiate. "Please?" I give him the infamous pout and do the little hair twirl I'm so good at.

"Fine," Luke concedes. "But this does not mean I will take part in any other town event!"

"Yeah, except the town meeting next Thursday!" I add, knowing it'll make him crazy. There are some really good things I wanna see at the town meeting, like Taylor and Patty going at it again. Besides, we find out who wins the Talent Search at the town meeting next Thursday.

"No! Wait, what's next Thursday?" Luke turns his head to look at me. I wave it off as we approach the diner. And there, sitting in a stool at the counter, is Max, enjoying a nice cup of coffee. Turning around at the bell, Max shoots me a smile.

"Hey, Lorelai," he greets. Well, at least he isn't acting weird about the whole seeing-me-practically-naked thing.

"Hey, Max," I reply, inadvertently clutching Luke's arm even tighter. Only when he whispers to me that I was cutting of his circulation did I let go. The silence is overbearing. Watching Luke and Max have a staring, or shall I say glaring, contest, I decide to interrupt. We all know that's what I do best. "Well, this has been the second most awkward moment I have had in one day!" I declare.

"Awkward?" Max repeats, confused. Smart people can be kinda dense sometimes.

"Luke, I need coffee to go. I'm meeting Liz at the mall in like ten minutes so pip, pip!" I change the subject.

"Why are you meeting Liz?" Luke asks, head turned and attention caught.

"Who's Liz?" Max interjects.

"My sister, so why are you meeting her?" Luke continues.

"Oh, we have to do some shopping!" I reply. Kinda obvious there, Danes!

"Shopping for what?"

"Um…pregnancy clothes," I say, a little uncomfortable from Max staring at me.

"Why do you need Liz for that? Oh, my god, is she…?" Luke trails off, astounded. Sensing a rant coming on, I hurriedly clarify my previous statement.

"No! They are for me, and she's just there for a second opinion. I can't take Sookie because only I have the day off tomorrow, Rory, being in Europe, is out of the question, so Liz was the only friend I had who was available," I say before adding, "She's not pregnant. The person who is pregnant would happen to be the ravishing creature with a swell on her stomach, begging for coffee and standing right in front of you!"

"Fine, I'll give you your coffee, but it's gonna be decaf!" Luke declares.

"Evil, evil man!" I exclaim, going behind the counter. "How about I pull a Kirk and order three fourths caf and one fourth decaf?"

"Hey!" Kirk yells from the corner. "Do not mock my coffee ingestion!"

"How about the other way around?" Luke suggests.

"Deal!" I jump. If it's the only way I can get caffeine into my system, then so be it!

"You have a problem."

"Well thank God I have you to fix it!" I quip. "Kiss," I command, leaning in for a peck. "Bye!" I give him another quick kiss and vamoose. "Bye, Max," I say, pausing beside him before leaving.

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"Liz, hey!" I exclaim, running over to meet the newlywed in front of the mall.

"Hey, Lorelai!" We hug, we kiss, and do the entire cliché protocol people do when they meet friends they haven't seen in a while. "What's up?"

"Well, I'm engaged!" I announce, holding up my ring for her to soak in.

"Oh, my God, we're going to be sisters-in-law!" Liz jumps up and down in excitement. "Geez, why didn't you tell me this when we were on the phone?"

"Because I wanted to see your face when I told you!" I answer with a huge grin evident on my face.

"Well, I'm happy either way. Now, let's get you some maternity clothes!" Liz demands, hooking her arm through the crook in mine and leading me inside.

A/N: The End! No more chapters! It went by so fast! Haha, just kidding. I wouldn't do that to you! This story still has a long way to go! Sorry it took longer than I anticipated. I was stupid and spilled tea on my laptop, and so I had to get the keyboard replaced! Now press the pretty little button there and review! Remember! The more reviews, the quicker I update! You don't want me to set an ultimatum like 10 reviews for an update now do you? So REVIEW!