Each story will detail a moment where a character (most from Stars Hollow) realizes Luke and Lorelai like each other or are meant for each other. It all, as of now, takes place prior to them actually getting together (before R&R). Any suggestions on more characters to do are appreciated!...

Babette could see it

It was a ridiculously hot summer a few years back. Her air conditioner was broken and after trying to suffer the heat in her tiny house for hours, she caved and went outside. As she sat down in her rocking chair, a figure caught her eye.

Luke was over on Lorelai's porch. He was bent over, hammering away at the banister she had broken the week before.

It's so nice for a single mother like Lorelai to have someone to help her with these things, Babette thought.

Just then Babette saw Lorelai walk out. She was carrying a glass of what appeared to be water that she handed to Luke. Babette watched them interact. Luke stopped his hammering and thanked Lorelai for the drink. Even with the 90+ degree heat, he was still wearing one of his typical long sleeve flannel shirts. Babette overheard Lorelai mocking him for always being so covered up.

Those two are always picking on each other for something.

After Luke finished his drink and went back to fixing the porch, Lorelai came down the steps and walked over to where Babette was sitting.

"Hey honey... Awfully hot to have your own man slave working out there for ya, don't ya think?" she yelled, with a wink.

"Oh, you know me. I'm like an Egyptian Pharaoh lining all my faithful servants up to build my pyramid," Lorelai joked. "Come on now, Babette. You know Luke would give me hell if I called a professional to come in and fix something when he could do it for free and just as well."

Babette laughed a little. They both looked over at Luke, standing on the porch. At just that moment, the heat had finally gotten to him. After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he slowly began to unbutton the soaked flannel that was sticking to his body. As he got to the last button, he pulled it off and threw it down next to him. For quite possibly the first time in years, Luke was out in public in just a t-shirt. But not any t-shirt…a tight, cotton, form fitting white one. The beads of sweat that surrounded his face had partially dripped down to soak through the white shirt to the point where it was almost see-through.

Babette turned to Lorelai. "So, sugar, you need anything, or did you just come over here to say hi."

Lorelai didn't respond right away. As much as she tried, she couldn't seem to take her eyes away from the man on her porch.

Muscles,…wow, Luke has muscles. And not just any muscles, big ones. Sweaty, tan ones. Luke is tan? How does a man who wears a long sleeve flannel shirt in the middle of the summer have such a nice tan? The things you learn when a man takes off his shirt. Oh, wow, he is picking up the hammer, tightening his hand around it. His hand… the one attached to his arm,… the arm with the large muscles, and…

"Earth to Lorelai," Babette called, waving her hand.

"Oh, uh, I just came here to uh," Lorelai tried to spit out while prying her eyes away from the porch. She suddenly felt embarrassed. She didn't expect to have those thoughts cross through her mind just then.

Shake them out, Lorelai. This is Luke…your friend Luke we are talking about here.

Lorelai shyly dropped her head and stared at her feet for a moment before explaining that she had just run out of chocolate chips and wanted to see if Babette had any so she could finish her cookies.

While Lorelai may have tried to cover it up, the foreshadowing was obvious.

Babette could see it.