Title: The Innkeeper's Lover | Chapter Three | Partings & Commitments
Author: Nate
Pairing: Paris/Lorelai, 3rd person POV
Spoilers: Nothing really spoiled besides Those Are Strings, Pinocchio. Again in this story, Lorelai bid on the Dragonfly the day after graduation instead of during it, Rory is going to Harvard, Jess to Boston College and both are together, while Luke is a non-factor within this world.
Rating: NC-17 (very heavy sexual situations, profanity, anal fingering, concealed exhibitionism, disrespect of parents, skinny dipping, and no shame in trying to find my own twist on getting the ladies into a wet situation...twice. Come on, it had to be done :-P!)
Disclaimer: If I would say I owned Gilmore Girls, Amy-Sherman Palladino/Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, Hofflund-Polone and Warner Bros. Television would have something to say about it. When they sue me. Which is why I tell you I don't. So we're hopefully all disclaimed; all the programs, networks, universities and products mentioned within are the property and trademarks of their respective owners, and no disrespect is meant or implied.
Archiving: GilmoreGirlsSlash, RalSt, and aff.net. You will not find this on fanfiction.net; I feel it is way too explicit to meet that site's TOS. Everyone else, ask before archiving.
Summary: Saying goodbye can actually be quite fun, and Lorelai and Paris prove it through a fun night in Gellar Manor.
Author's Notes: I don't think there's any way to say it, but I'm sorry if I kept you waiting so long when it came to this chapter. I know I say I write it between Longing sessions, but still it's no excuse and I'm hoping the next chapter comes out in much less time. When I read I spent 58 days writing and editing this (mind you, that's just with the document open; I didn't spend literally 58 days writing it), that sort of tells you something. Hopefully the length of this chapter will more than make up for the time I've spent writing this.
I also have to apologize, but the reason this is coming out on Christmas is because I have epically failed to deliver on my holiday drabble challenge. Not a word. I blame the most stressful holiday season I've ever had, where if I wasn't at work, I was either shopping or having to escape the bad karaoke singer the mall hired instead of their traditional gift wrappers. Which meant I had to wrap gifts. All by myself. I make kindergarteners look good.
Thank you to Danielle for as always being ever-patient with me, and being there when I was ready to give up on writing in general out of frustration. It isn't easy writing stories which are sometimes ignored for lesser work, but her confidence in me helps me keep writing when I'm at my lowest moment. I also thank Dragonwine, a writer in the Devil Wears Prada fandom for his kind words about my stories. I recommend that if you haven't read his Lesson Learned series yet, that you read it as soon as you can. It's just incredibly brilliant. Finally, Marieke, the #1 LorPar fan, whose collab fic got me to get this out.
This story is unbetaed, but I have done my best to correct any mistakes. If you find any, please let me know.
And with that, it's time to come back to the world of LorPar and how they fell in love...
Why did I agree to do this? On such a beautiful day outside two days after the happiest moment of my life and a day after the second happiest, did I agree to come here and have lunch here? Why oh why? I mean yes, I get out of dinner tonight, so that's a side benefit, but I have to spend two hours, alone, with her, here?