The first part of this fic is lifted from the episode "It's Just Like Riding A Bike". It's only for this chapter to set up for the rest of the fic.

This chapter is short but there will be more to follow.

Chapter 1 – The Plan

Luke turned off the engine. He was going do this, show her he was a good friend and not just the guy behind the coffee. Getting out her walked to her front door knocking, he had not felt this nervous since first dating Lorelai years before.

JACKSON "Oh! Hey, Luke."

Luke was surprise, what was Jackson doing here, with Lorelai?

LUKE "Hey, Jackson."

JACKSON "How you been, man?"

They had not talked in months, apart from the occasional run in at the market since his brake up with Lorelai her friends went too.

LUKE "Uh, not too bad."

JACKSON "You want to come in?"

LUKE "Uh, no, that's okay. Is Lorelai here?"

JACKSON "Yeah, hang on." Shouting. "Lorelai, it's Luke! We thought you were the pizza guy. We're getting pizza tonight, with pepperoni and meatballs and sausage and those extra-crispy, cheesy garlic knots, and we're eating everything on the couch."

LUKE "Well, that sounds...fun."

JACKSON "Yeah, right!" Raising a plate of food. "Chicken-nugget appetizer?"

LUKE "I'm good, I'm good."

LORELAI "Hi."

LUKE "Hi."

JACKSON "Oh, well, good to see you, buddy."

LUKE "Yeah, you too."

LORELAI "What's going on?"

LUKE "Slumber party?"

LORELAI "Oh Jackson needed a place to stay since Davey and Martha have the chicken pox and the Dragonfly is fun, but that's not why you're here."

LUKE "Okay, here's the deal. I borrowed Kirk's computer, and Zach got me on this craigslist thing, and I found a 1999 jeep wrangler for sale. The guy actually doesn't live too far from here, so I went to see it. It looks like it's in pretty good shape. So I ran the VIN number. It's got a clean history -- no accidents, no failed emissions. And the guy said he kept it up pretty good, and there's nothing really wrong with it. So I took it for a test drive, and it drove fine. So if you want to keep your old car, for whatever crazy feeling it gives you, okay? Then buy this guy's car, and I'll swap the engines, which makes absolutely no sense because you'd basically be paying the same amount of money to fix your old car as you would be paying to get into a new one."

LORELAI "You'll do this for me."

LUKE "Well I spoke to Gypsy and she gave me some books and said I can borrow any tools I don't have, she also said she'd check it out once done and get the certificates needed.

LORELAI "Why not just get Gypsy to do the whole?"

LUKE "She's busy for the next few weeks and I don't see you lasting that long on your bike."

LORELAI "I like my bike."

Luke just looked at Lorelai not believing her.

LUKE "Well if you want to wait."

LORELAI "No, no it's nice that you want to do this."

LUKE "It's what friends do."

LORELAI "Major mechanical work on cars?"

LUKE "It's no big deal, I've been fixing cars since I could walk."

LORELAI "Are you free tomorrow to check out this other Jeep?"

LUKE "Sure, Caeser's been bugging me for more hours so he can look after the diner for a few hours I guess."

LORELAI "Sounds good, I'll come to the diner for breakfast and then we can go check it out."

Luke looks at Lorelai wanting to do more than just leave, but Jackson is inside so he can't do much more tonight. There would be time for that tomorrow.

LUKE "It's still a completely ridiculous idea."

LORELAI "I know."

LUKE "Alright." Starts walking away. "And, you know, in the meantime, if you're still riding that bike around, bring it tomorrow and I'll put some air in your tires."

LORELAI "I don't need air in my tires."

LUKE "You need air, and you need a light and a bell so people know you're coming."

LORELAI "What if I don't want people to know I'm coming?"

LUKE "I'm putting on a bell!"

LORELAI "No, you're not!"

LUKE "What do you have against bells?"

LORELAI "I don't like 'em."

LUKE "Well, you don't have to like them. They're a safety feature."

LORELAI "I want a horn!"

LUKE "Fine you want a horn, I'll get you a horn. Are you happy?"

Lorelai smiles and nods as Luke gets into his truck.

LUKE "Jeez."

Luke starts the truck and drives off, Lorelai watches as Luke drives off, she has that same felling she got when she as about to kiss Luke for the first time many moons ago. She couldn't stop smiling as she shut the door.

TBC…

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