Cruel Fate

Thoughts from Luke after Lorelai walks away

I don't own Gilmore Girls

Luke made some HUGE mistakes this season and I don't really know if I want them to end up together now. Sorry, but he will need to do some major groveling to fix this one…..

Fate had brought them together. There was no doubt in Luke's head. There was a reason why Lorelai got pregnant, didn't marry the guy and moved to this town. There was a reason why every other relationship for either of them, hadn't seemed to satisfy a deep need- but their time together bantering over coffee filled the perfect void. There was a reason why this kid, who lost both his parents, had stayed in town, and opened a business for himself. Although he had nothing, he had felt like he needed to stick around. Why was that? He had always thought that it was because he was supposed to meet a very lonely girl with a small daughter several years later. She was the only one that could get him to do anything. And she needed much more from him then coffee and chores.

He was a bitter, sad, grumpy and lonely man with nothing but the familiarity of his diner to comfort him, until a beautiful brunette with crazy blue eyes walked in. His world had changed; she connected with him in a deep way that fixed all of his hurts. She made the dead parts of his soul- left from his father- alive again. There was only one person made for each person on earth. And Luke had bet everything on the fact that his soul mate was Lorelai. It was a one shot thing, once you gave your heart away like that, it was gone. There was no getting it back.

Luke thought about the self-sufficient woman that walked into his diner and changed his world years ago. But he could remember exactly what he had felt. She took his breath away, and would have done anything to get next to her. It took him eight years to ask her, he spent eight years pining after her, using Lorelai's word. He learned later that deep down she was lonely and scared. She had left everything behind her and brought her daughter to a new place to live. It was all in her eyes…..if they weren't sparkling something was wrong. She needed him. At least he thought that she needed him.

Looking down the street, he couldn't see her anymore. She had walked away, and worst of all- she hadn't looked back. Her steps hadn't even faltered like she was unsure of herself. Here he was standing in the middle of the street still. He hadn't even thought about moving, his thoughts had been so jumbled he hadn't even noticed he was still standing here. The whole town must have heard the whole thing. There would be no ribbons this time. It was a much more hurtful breakup this time….. The whole town could feel the heaviness and finality of it. They would probably leave Luke alone in his grief this time; there really was nothing to say to them. She had stood there, right in front of him, laid her whole heart out to him, everything that was bothering her-the deep hurt that he had given her. And he had refused. He had refused her! The girl he had waited for eight years, and he refused to run away and marry her right then and there. Finding his legs, Luke took the few steps back towards the diner. But he realized that he didn't want to go in. The diner was empty without her, and he wasn't ready to face that. He almost collapsed on to the steps, and found tears rolling down his cheeks.

Fate had dealt them a bad hand. An incredibly unfair hand. It had played with their hearts and then left. They weren't truly meant to be together. That was all there was to it. It had always seemed like they perfect for the each other, but things were really messed up. And there was really no hope of fixing things. This was all way too much for Luke- and he started crying even harder- sobbing really. His emotions, his soul were too invested in this. His heart was too intertwined with hers, there was no healing here. Both lives were ruined through one cruel joke from fate.

Was their love really set up for failure? There were so many questions racing through his troubled and confused mind. It was so unfair that life had set him up to marry the perfect girl, and then rip her out of his life! There was nothing he could do against this, no way to counter this….feeling the absolute failure of this whole situation Luke got up, walked dejectedly around the building and snuck into his apartment from the back. There was only one thing left to do.

I was thinking about then doing Lorelai's point of view…..What do you think?