...She watched him hug Rory, and Rory hug back. And then she felt her heart ached because she realized, after all this time, she still loved him...

Christopher and Lorelai sit on the couch laughing as the movie they are watching ends.She looks over at Christopher and sees him staring at her.

“What are you doing? You’ve been staring at me all night. Do I have something in my teeth?”Lorelai asks to fulfill the silence in the room.

“Don’t worry, there’s nothing in your teeth. I was just thinking about how beautiful you look.” He said, smiling softly at her.

“No, I’m not beautiful, it’s just the fact that I’ve been hit with a temporary pretty stick. It’s warranty runs out at midnight...” Christopher rolled his eyes at Lorelai’s statement and kissed her. To him, (and anybody else in the world with a brain,) she was the most beautiful person in the world.

“No, you’re so beautiful..and smart, and funny. That’s why I love you.” Christopher smiled and said as he stopped kissing her.

“You love me??” Lorelai asked, surprised at what he said.

“Yeah, I love you. Why wouldn’t I?”

“You love me. I love you, too.” Lorelai leaned in to Christopher and kissed him, hard. Christopher took Lorelai’s hand and led him to his bedroom. As Lorelai walked in after him, the door shut.

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Christopher and Lorelai laid in bed, their arms holding on to each other. Christopher was brushing Lorelai’s hair with his hand.

“You still look beautiful, and it’s 12:01. I guess you didn’t need the pretty stick at all.” Christopher smiled, thinking of what she had said earlier. Lorelai hearing what he said, rose up quickly in bed.

“It’s 12 o’clock? I was suppose to be home an hour ago.” She rushes out the bed and hurriedly put her clothes on. “I gotta go, I gotta go.” She runs to the front door and hurries back. “Forgot my shoes.” She picks up her shoes off the bedroom floor, and runs back to the front door.

“Lorelai, wait. Wait.”

“Wait?! I gotta go, now! My parents will kill me.”

“I’ll drive you home, you’ll get there sooner.” Christopher said, struggling to get his pants on.

“Oh, okay. Hurry. I’ll be in the car.” Lorelai said, trying with all her might to calm down. Lorelai walked to the front door, when she heard a large thud. She turned around and laughed. Christopher was lying on the floor with his pants tangled below his knee. “When I said hurry, I didn’t know you would take it THAT seriously.” She helped him up, and said “Just put your pants and shoes on, and drive me home. I’ll be in the car.” Lorelai still laughing, walked outside and got in his car. A few minutes later, Christopher got in the car and they started to drive home.

Lorelai had Christopher park down the block, so her parents wouldn’t see him, and she quietly walked to her house. As she got to the door, she took out her keys and took off her shoes. She opened the door and tip- toed to the stairs. She felt relieved that her parents were asleep and they wouldn’t catch her. She was wrong.

“Lorelai! Where the hell have you been? Your mother told you to be home at 11, that was an hour and a half ago.” Her father whispered sternly.

“I know, I know. Its just that I was studying, and I didn’t want to call and wake you up to say I would be late.” Lorelai said, somewhat sincerely, hoping that her father would believe her.

“I don’t believe that. I know you were not at a study group. Now where were you, really?” He looked at her sternly.

“Okay, okay. I was with Christopher. We went to a movie, and then had pizza afterwards. That was all.” Lorelai said, sort of telling the truth, and sort of lying.

“Then why didn’t you tell your mother? She would have let you go out with Christopher. He’s a fine boy, a fine boy.” Richard asked, glad of the fact that she was with Christopher and not one of those rude hoodlums that go to school with Lorelai.

“Because mom wanted me to go shopping with her, and she doesn’t like Christopher.”

“That’s absurd. She likes Christopher a lot.” Richard said, not believing that Emily did not like him.

“No, she doesn’t dad. She rolls her eyes and says, ‘I don’t think you should be dating anyone right now.’, everytime I mention his name. So could you just keep the fact that I was with him a secret from her? Please.” Lorelai asked.

“Okay, I won’t tell her.”

“Thank you, thank you, Dad.” She kissed her father and started to head upstairs.

“Don’t thank me too much. You’re still grounded for two weeks, and if you come home late again, your mom will find out.”

“Okay, okay. Night, Dad.” Lorelai went to her bedroom and leaned against her door. “He loves me, he loves me.” She said referring to Christopher.

“He loves me.”