Piece by Piece - A Gilmore Girls Fanfiction

Chapter 7

I watched Lorelai jog across the road, bursting into the diner, "Luke."

She closed her mouth and walked back out, like she had talked herself out of whatever it was she wanted to ask. I continued with what I was doing as she paced outside the diner, looking like a crazy person. I could tell she was muttering to herself, and avoiding my eyes.

Miss Patty narrowly avoided her as she stepped into the diner, "What's with Lorelai?"

"She's finally lost the plot," I said in response, not really meaning it. I was actually getting worried.

She stopped pacing and looked at what was in her hands, paperwork by the look of it, and sighed dramatically. She then looked through the window at me and made accidental eye contact. She sighed again, and then came inside.

"I need coffee," She said, looking at a spot over my shoulder. She held the paperwork facedown so I didn't see what had gotten her so on edge, but I complied with her request.

"Is everything okay?" I asked her as I poured her coffee and she looked down at her feet.

"Yeah but I do have something to ask you. It's a big ask and it's okay if you say no, but I trust you more than anyone else and would be super grateful if you did this," She was rambling and getting herself all worked up, even though I had no idea what she actually wanted.

I walked around the counter and kissed her mid-ramble, effectively silencing her, "Tell me what you need."

She looked at the paper in her hands, "To remove Christopher as Rory's second emergency contact, I need a replacement. I'm doing the school first but she also needs the details in her purse in case something happens outside of school and they can't get hold of me. Sookie has offered to do it, but both me and Rory wanted you."

"Pass me the paperwork," I said, pulling out my pen. I filled in the necessary details with no hesitation; given that Lorelai often called me when something was wrong anyway, it wasn't a problem for me.

Once I finished with the paperwork, she drained her coffee and kissed me briefly, "I'm late for work, see you tonight at the town meeting?"

"I'll bring snacks," I told her begrudgingly, returning to my job. She dashed out the door and I noticed the fact that we had an audience.

"When did that happen?" Patty asked, shocked that she didn't know.

I thought for a moment, "When I hit Rory's dad. And it was Sookie who won the bet so you'll have to pay up at the town meeting."

I didn't see the point in delaying the inevitable and it saved them from trying to figure out who won.

"You didn't bring popcorn," Lorelai whined, and I raised my eyebrows at her. She thought for a moment, "It was Rory's idea!"

"Hey! If you're going to lie about it, make it believable," Rory piped up, mock-glaring at her mother.

Lorelai stuck out her tongue, behaving like a child. I rolled my eyes at the pair of them, but internally, I liked it when they were acting like this, it meant they both had a good day and that's all I wanted.

Sookie joined us, dipping her hand into Lorelai's fries, "Do you know what today's meeting is about?"

"Taylor probably wants to introduce a new town event or something," I muttered, given that that's always what Taylor wanted.

The girls ignored me and threw out random guesses until Taylor actually joined us. I didn't really listen to him, choosing to watch my girls make comments and entertain themselves instead. While I had never cared for town events, watching Rory and Lorelai have fun was entertaining for me and made me want to never miss a town meeting again, no matter how ridiculous it turned out to be.

After the meeting, Sookie collected her winnings from the bet, grinning from ear to ear. As we watched, Lorelai leaned over to me, "We need better friends."

I laughed, "Agreed."

"Mom, I'm going to go and see Lane for a bit as we're doing homework together," Rory said.

"Only for an hour, and we'll be at Luke's," She said, and Rory darted off. Lorelai turned and wrapped her arms around my neck, "Spend the night at mine."

"What?" I said, taken back with surprise, "Are you sure?"

She nodded, "I want to sleep next to you. I want to turn over in the middle of the night and have you there beside me, I just want more."

"As long as Rory's okay with it," I started.

"She is," Lorelai interjected.

"Then let's do it. I'll have the diner open while she's at Lane's and we'll go home together."

After we were home and Rory was in bed, we almost immediately aimed for the stairs, our lips attached. We quietly made our way up the stairs while fumbling with buttons and trying to get closer to each other. I had picked her up by the time we were at the top of the stairs, wanting her body on mine.

I slowly stripped her, wanting to enjoy every part of her body. And after doing everything I wanted to do to her, we laid back, and all I could think about was how we fitted together and how natural everything was.

"This feels right, like I should be here with you," I murmured, and Lorelai looked up at me with a smirk, "So you had doubts?"

I rolled my eyes at her, laughing, "You know what I mean."

"I do. And you're right, it feels like you belong here. And I think you always did."

I kissed her forehead as we drifted off to sleep, thinking about how much time I wasted waiting for the right moment.