My favorite part of this chapter is Lorelai's bathroom home. It is so funny, so true to her ability to make a safe place for herself even if the plan is utterly absurd, and she comes out with real growth.
Also important is her commitment to telling Luke.

Okay, this is my favorite of your stories I've read so far! Very well done angst and an ending so sweet that it makes up for it and for what you did to the poor dog. Plus, Samuel and I share a birthday! How cool is that?!

Omg, I LOVED this story so much. I've read several fanfics of Luke and Lorelai because I never liked how the original serie ended up although they end up together but I mean, I never like that Lorelai went to Christopher the night she gave Luke the ultimatum and I hated so much that Lorelais pregnant scared was FALSE! I always wanted her and Luke to have a baby so this story was perfect, all the characters where actually IN character, no one was ever out of character, I JUST LOVED THIS STORY SO MUCH, thank you for such a lovely story, you did an amazing job writting this!

This was fantastic. Quite the rollercoaster, and I have to say I was so against them going through with the marriage under those circumstances, but I forgot this is fiction, not real life, so of course it's gonna work out! Poor Paul Anka. I love that all his crazy neuroses *were* in Lorelai's head as I suspected, and that Luke also loved him too. One of my favourite moments in AYITL is Luke making Paul Anka's steak just the way he likes it! It seems very right that he is remembered and honoured the way he is. I also loved that so much of Luke's introspection and self-revelations came later. His self-righteous attitude in the beginning was what made me think the marriage was such a bad idea, but he was right about Lorelai's capacity for forgiveness. She certainly didn't owe him the benefit of the doubt. It was her forgiveness of him that saved them, not the other way around. (Despite later revelations.) I love too, very much, that Emily's first attack was because of how upset she was at how upset Luke had made Lorelai. She's a major PITA with incredible communication issues of her own, but she loves her daughter so much and it really shine through here. So much wonderful stuff. I should have known you would make it work!

The coffin made me cry. YOU made me cry.

Another beautiful story it was perfect and so well-written I loved it.

Well, I finally did it. I convinced myself to read this story and it was totally not what I was expecting! I mean, I knew from the title that Paul Anka was going to die, but it never crossed my mind that his death would lead to a baby. It kind of blew my mind a bit when I got to the part about Lorelai maybe having the flu and I realized she was pregnant.

Rewinding for a second, I liked the parallel Luke drew while at the funeral. That he was no better than Chris because he took advantage of Lorelai when she was upset. Granted, I know the situation was different, but I think Luke is capable of acting like Chris. It’s just that Luke knows how to put others first (most of the time) and Chris doesn’t, which makes all the difference. I felt smad for both of them when she told Luke, although I was glad that even in the midst of all the hurt and anger, he was happy about it.

Luke planning a freaking elopement also caught me completely off guard. I thought it was weird that he packed a garment bag, but I just brushed it off like Lorelai did – you’re sneaky! I was disappointed for both of them reading the “proposal.” I know they still loved each other at that point and it’s a tricky situation, but still. It broke my heart when she was waiting for a kiss that never came. You totally made up for it later though. That Christmas scene was hilarious, romantic, and made my heart feel whole again.

One of my favorite things about this whole story was Russ showing up as a witness. It is so funny that he was basically a stand in best man. I had a thought float through my head that it would have been funny if he stood next to Lorelai instead, but I get that Rory needed to be by her mom. You had a lot of good throwbacks to the show too, but my favorite was them dancing to “I Will Always Love You” – much better than the karaoke scene.

Once you got them in a better place, I liked several things. Like Luke standing up to Richard and Emily and Lorelai brokering the apology between Anna and Luke. Luke leaning on Lorelai and looking at pictures of little April tugged at all my heartstrings. The relationship with Rory and April was fun as well. I like to think they would have gotten along really well together if they had the chance. Even the relationship between Emily and April was perfect. You little HOOLIGAN! Teehee :-)

My absolute favorite line in this one is “A miracle had just kicked his hand.” Of course he didn’t want to go back to the diner after that! Ugh, too cute!

I’m not sure how I felt about Chris showing up. I hoped so hard that something like that would happen in the show, but it was a little weird for me when it came true and I’m not really sure why. However, I truly appreciated that Luke had already forgiven her and they had already worked past that anyway. Even if she really had slept with him, they still did the work to get through it and that truth bomb was just icing on the cake for Lorelai.

Once again, I just feel silly for putting off reading one of your stories!

Now I have a desperate need to read the evil Christopher version
He frustrates me so much because he is so much more damaging than he seems and he gets away with it all because he’s Christopher and charming (his actor is charming I should say if I met Christopher in real life and once actually met someone very similar i’d Have to work hard not to punch him)
I’d totally love to see Rory tell him off too because it always seems like he gets a pass because he’s her dad
Anyway enough ranting about how terrible Christopher is
I love this story!
It’s so great! You’re an awesome writer!
xxx

I LOVED this! I loved the angst and the drama drama and LL and working through it to be stronger together. I feel like you kept character integrity very well too

What a perfect story! I absolutely loved everything about it (except for Christopher of course!). I hate that Paul Anka had to die but like Luke said in the story, he probably planned it that way! Thanks for sharing your talents!

I should know better than to read your fic at work, because the first chapter and the last chapter gutted me for entirely different reasons. You captured the raw pain of losing a pet, especially one so beloved, very well. I loved the progression toward healing, and then this last chapter had all the happy tears. This was a beautiful story.

This story was so lovely and beautiful! You write such touching stories, I love them! Thanks for sharing your gift!

Amazing story

I loved this story. You did such a great job and I loved the twist "Christopher lying about the sleeping together" so great.

DFC:
This is one of the many of your stories that I LOVE! It's incredible! I fell in love with the show so many years ago, yet I still look through the internet for fanfiction sites to look for your stories. You're an magnificent writer. I wanted to let you know how much your stories have helped me through some difficult times. I'm so grateful! Thank you, my dear friend. We may not have had the pleasure of meeting, but through your writing I feel like I've known you a life time.
Sandra