Chapter 1: Home

Lorelai was exhausted and drained. She had just gotten back from dropping Rory off at the airport. She couldn't believe she was gone. Sure they would talk a lot over the phone and maybe even e-mail, but it still wouldn't be the same. She never thought this day would come so fast, but it had. Now she lay awake in her bed in the middle of the afternoon with tear stained cheeks. Thinking about last night and what had happened with Luke and where they would go from there. She knew she loved him, but feared she would loose him again. They still hadn't talked about it. After they had kissed last night he went into the diner, to get her the necklace, he had gotten for her. After that they didn't talk about it much, instead they went back to the party. All she could think about what him.

She quickly jolted out of bed at the sound of the doorbell. When she finally opened the door she saw who else, but Luke. They looked at each other, wondering who would speak first, for what seemed like ages.

"Hey." Lorelai barely got out.

"Hey." Luke replied. "Can we talk?"

"Um...yeah yeah, come in."

Luke walked in and took a seat on the couch, as Lorelai closed the door and followed joining him on the couch.

"Listen, Lorelai about last night..." Luke started looking down towards the floor. "I know we don't have the best history, but I want to try again. I know what I did wrong and I won't make the same mistakes twice." He looked up at her.

"Luke..." Lorelai started.

"No, Lorelai I'm all in, I'm all in. I always have been and I always will be. I just need to know what you're thinking."

"I want this, Luke. I really do, but we have to take this slow. We rushed the engagement; everything went so fast and then April and..."

"I'm sorry." Luke said taking her hand in his. "No more secrets and this time I really mean it, I promise."

"Good. Because I'm all in too." Lorelai replied smiling as tears slowly trickled down her face. Luke softly wiped them away with his thumb.

"So...Rory's gone, huh?"

"Yeah...she's gone." Lorelai whispered as more tears streamed down her face.

"I think you need some rest." Luke pulled her into a hug, rubbing circles on her back to calm her down.

"No, don't leave."

"I'm not going anywhere…ever" He whispered softly.

"Will you stay with me?" She said pulling back out of the hug to look him in the eyes.

"Sure, but you need some rest."

"Okay." Lorelai got up from the couch pulling Luke with her, by his hands up to her bedroom. Once there she went under the covers, as Luke stood there not sure where to go.

"You know you can come in too? You know I don't bite." Lorelai said sounding amused.

"Okay..." He hesitated at first, but the saw Lorelai's face and climbed in behind her. He debated whether or not to put his arm over her, but eventually did. He heard her sniffling.

"You okay?" He asked concerned.

"I miss her."

"I know."

"I'm so glad you're here." She whispered grabbing his hand.

"Me too." He replied squeezing her hand.

Okay so it's 11pm right now. I'm not even sure I like this first chapter. It's short, but I guess a start. So please review I love feedback. I could probably use a beta too, yet I have no idea how that works. As far as Rory's story I'll probably be focusing more on Luke and Lorelai. Oh yeah the chapter name is pretty random I was just listening to that song now.

Katie.