I know a lot of this has been done before...and yes its another post finale fic, but this is gonna go a little differently than most of the ones you've read. Many thanks to you for reading this, to all my friends who help me put my ideas into words, and to my beta Annie for all her help, and for being so great about getting this stuff back to me.

Summary: The aftermath of the proposal, with a different twist...

Disclaimer: All belongs to ASP...well the characters do anyway...except for some of the ones in the later chapters...those are mine...and the story line is mine...well most of it, darn I'm rambling...okay I'll stop now...on with the story.

Chapter One What!

"Luke will you marry me?" Lorelai asked softly, then held her breath for his answer.

"What!" was all Luke could say. His mind was racing. Did she just say what I thought she said? Oh my God. That was supposed to be my line. Wait, what about Rory..she's upset right now..she probably doesn't mean it...

"Will you marry me?"

Okay, maybe she does. He sank into the nearest chair. God this is my dream come true..I love her more than anything.. Luke's face fell at that thought.

Meanwhile, Lorelai sat in silence, trying to allow him time to 'absorb' or whatever, but when she saw his face fall, she couldn't remain silent. "Luke?"

"Uh...that was supposed to be my line," he croaked out, "Lorelai, I uh-

"I love you, Luke. I want to marry you" she stated calmly, surprising Luke and herself.

"God I love you too Lorelai, but do you really think now is the right time?" He stood and began to pace. "I mean you're upset over your parents, and this whole thing with Rory...you might regret this later."

She stood, taking his hands to calm his pacing. "I won't regret it...I want this Luke."

"Me too," he admitted, "but maybe we should wait until some of this blows over...make sure you still want this when your world isn't falling apart around you."

Lorelai breathed a small sigh of relief, he wasn't turning her down. At least not now, not completely. "Alright I'll wait," she heard herself say, as she leaned in to kiss him reassuringly, "but I'm still going to want this, us."

He smiled weakly. "Let's just get us through the next few weeks."

She nodded silently and snuggled into his chest allowing, and almost urging, him to hold her tightly. After a moment she broke away, pulling him by the hand towards the stairs, all thoughts of chemical imbalances and kidnapping forgotten for the time being.

Please Read and Review TBC

Sorry its so short, I just had to get that out of the way. The rest will be longer. Hope you liked it!