Disclaimer: ASP's creation not mine. Don't own anything! If I did, I would want to own, Scott Patterson or Luke Danes. I'm totally fine with either! ;p Also, if I did own GG, there would be no such thing as the Nardini's, and LL would be happily married at the end of S6, while making Lorelai's dream in S3 become a reality in S7. Copper BOOM! Okay, on with the madness.

A/N: Setting is S3.18. Just some good old pre-hook up, shoulda, coulda, woulda for our favorite couple. This idea came from a mix of both GG S6.03 and an episode of Friends in S1.13. There is some dialogue taken from S3, but just a little to get the gist of it and to get the image playing correctly in your heads lol. AU. Hope you enjoy! Oh, and I apologize in advance if I'm stepping on anyone's toes with this story. I haven't read anything like it, so I'm just assuming there aren't any others. Okay, now on with the story.


Render Me Speechless

Chapter 1: Dreaming Hard

Making her way downstairs, notepad in hand and the top of a pen rattling between her teeth, Lorelai slowly and carefully went through her 'To-Do' list.

"Mmhm… Mmhm… Oh, hey, do you think Luke can knock this wall out and build us a bigger kitchen in five hours?" She asked walking into the kitchen and pausing by her daughter's bedroom door.

"Why on earth would we need a bigger kitchen? We don't even cook. The last time you tried cooking, you burnt water." Rory said walking out of her room taking a seat at the table. Then added, "God only knows how you managed to accomplish that."

"Hey!" Lorelai said mocking hurt, "I do as a matter-of-fact count that as cooking and an accomplishment. Not many people can burn water. Luke, even said so himself." She says joining Rory at the table.

"Yeah, that's because you're not supposed to burn water, you're supposed to boil it. Burning water entails that it evaporated and you're just burning the pot."

"Ahhh, boil water, burn water. Close enough, they both start with a 'B'." She waved off

Rory shakes her head and says in a commentator's voice, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, answers the question of why we won't be building or needing a bigger kitchen." Lorelai smiles and claps. "Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here till the end of summer!" She joked

"Okay, so since you nixed the bigger kitchen, do you think we could get Luke to build a bigger bathroom? We spend a lot of our time in there."

"Hmm, you'll probably have to drop laundry from the list."

Lorelai looked up in thought then shook her head, "Ah, never mind. I'm exhausted." She said then leaned down to rest her head on her arms.

"Are you too exhausted to talk about birthday week?" Rory said trying to perk her mom up

Lorelai popped her head up quickly, "I'm never too tired to talk about birthday week. Hit me!" She said waving her hand in a come here fashion

"Okay, so, Monday I thought we'd start with facials at Sloopy's after school. Then we'll have double feature Tuesday, Sephora Wednesday, complimentary makeover Thursday, and then, big fat fabulous Friday."

Lorelai's throws both fist in the air, "Yeah! B-Triple F! A.K.A. 'D-Day.'"

"BD-Day!" Rory corrects

"Go Me! It's my birthday week! We're gonna party like it's my birthday week!" Lorelai sings while doing the cabbage patch sitting down

"Oh! I'm sorry. Did you want a party? I thought at your age, you wouldn't want to make a big deal with a party."

"That's not funny."

"I arranged the shuffle board game at 4 then dinner at 5 and before we call it a night, we have Mrs. Cassini running bingo at 6:30. Mrs. Slutsky is very excited."

Lorelai mocks a mans voice, "Hey Lor, since your parents aren't home, you wanna fool around in your room or finish this lame movie?" Lorelai looked up as if thinking and held both of her hands out, palms up pretending to weigh invisible objects, "Hmm… Movie or fool around? Movie or fool around?" she shook her head and looked back to Rory, "Should've gone with the movie. Rats!"

"Well it's a good thing I didn't inherit your decision making skills." Rory quipped and began to get up

"I knew I should've had a boy."

"Too bad the guy is the one who supplies that result."

"Mm. Hey, where you going?" Lorelai asked getting up as well

"To infinity and beyond!" she joked grabbing her keys with Lorelai hot on her heels

"I swear your pants keeps getting smarter and smarter."

"Well, they do have a mind of their own. I've gotta go."

"Seriously, where are you going?"

"Oz." Rory says walking to the door

"Fine, don't tell me! I swear those nine months and twenty-six hours were a waste!" Lorelai calls out to Rory's retreating figure

"Love you too! Bye!"

"Bye." she says as Rory shuts the door.

- xxxxxxx -

The week was zooming by, it was now Wednesday, 'Sephora day'. The day had already been long and Lorelai felt worn-out. She walked into the house drained by the day's constant and over-bearing workload. She was exhausted and stressed, but she was relieved her work was done… at least for the day.

She let out an exasperated sigh and headed towards the kitchen. She opened up the refrigerator and grabbed two bottles of beer, figuring two wouldn't hurt, besides it was her birthday weekend and she damn well deserved it. She then dragged herself upstairs to rid her strained and restless filled day of work with a tub full of suds and some tunes.

Half an hour later Luke walks up to the Crap Shack's Kitchen door. He knocked on the door. "Lorelai?" He knocks again a little louder "Lorelai? It's me."

He tries the handle dreading what might happen and to his displeasure the door opens. He shakes his head critically and mumbles incoherently under his breath about burglars and kidnappers.

As he walks into the house he can hear music from upstairs, now understanding the reason Lorelai hadn't heard him. Luke was about to head upstairs to let Lorelai know her 'slave' was here, when his eyes caught sight of the notepad sitting on the kitchen table. He walked over and picked it up.

He skimmed through the list briefly, noting that most of the jobs were upstairs. He tucked the notepad in his left hand while adjusting Bert in his right and carefully lugged himself up in the direction of Lorelai's bedroom.

In that moment, Lorelai stepped out of the draining tub. She put her two, now empty beer bottles on the basin. She looked towards her towel rack and frowned seeing it was bare, she then went to the linen closet and sighed dejectedly for it was also empty, "What the- ?" then suddenly she remembered why she didn't have any towels. They were all sorted in a laundry pile downstairs waiting to be washed by Luke. "Drat!"

Lorelai poked her head out of the bathroom and called out, "Rory?" seeing if her daughter had come home while she was in the shower, not wanting to be caught running around the house naked. She waited a beat, when she didn't hear a reply she cautiously crept out of the bathroom heading into her bedroom.

Luke not hearing Lorelai's call for Rory over the music made his way to the top of the stairs and over to her room. He heard her singing along to the song that was currently playing loudly and smiled. She couldn't sing if her life depended on it, but you could just hear the smile in her voice and that made Luke smile. He loved seeing her so carefree and happy.

As he made his way down the hall towards her room he noticed it was a bit warm as he passed the bathroom and made a mental note to check the thermostat and central air pressure while he was there.

The door to her bedroom was cracked open, and he could hear her voice getting clearer as he drew closer. He set Bert down softly and knocked on the door and it opened easily. "Lorelai?" he called cautiously while trying to locate her body to her voice.

He was scanning the room for her, just in time to see her walk back into the room out of her closet holding a small green and white raglan t-shirt in her hand while she was completely… naked.

The small smile Luke was originally wearing vanished instantly upon sight of her as his jaw dropped, irrepressibly. His eyes were anchored on her form, incapable of tearing them away.

She reached up to remove her clip that was holding her hair in a loose bun atop of her head. She shook her head lightly, allowing her long dark waves to fall gently over her back and brush her shoulders, tickling over her brazenly exposed breasts. His eyes raked over her profile helplessly. Her taut abdomen gave the impression that she hadn't bared a child or ate the way she did and her cream-colored skin still glistened with beads of water slowly cascading down her body causing a dazzling shimmer.

Luke's blood was boiling through his veins. Every part of his body was paralyzed except for his growing arousal, that was uninhibited and took on a mind of it's own.

She walked over to her dresser and bent over to pull out underwear and a pair of jeans causing Luke's eyes to bulge even wider, his head to draw forward, his tongue to roll out and his heart to thump deafeningly in his throat.

She continued singing, unknowing of his presence, "She says, we've got to hold on to what we've got. It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not. We've got each other and that's a lot for love, we'll give it a shot. Ohhh, we're half way there. Whoa, livin' on a prayer! Take my hand, we'll make it I swear," Turning unhurriedly while swaying her hips to the music, not even noticing a stock-still Luke, until his breath was finally knocked back into him as he felt the confinements of his jeans straining on his now massive erection and let out an uncontrollable low growl, "Whoa- OH MY GOD, LUKE!?" She screeched, shocked at seeing him there staring at her with his jaw on the floor, brows raised to his hairline and his eyes bugging out.

Lorelai hastily looked for a shield to cover herself then grabbed for the quilt on her bed. She snatched it and wrapped herself up. Her face was flush from embarrassment, panic and giddiness? She pushed the last thought aside and pressed, "Luke!? Wha-what are you doing here?" She gets out in a half bewildered and half embarrassed tone.

Luke shook his head rigorously, his mouth desperately trying to get the words out and when he finally could, "I-I.. Umm-… t-the list… Y-y-your slave... I'm sorry." He manages to get out while shaking his head like he was innocently denying being caught with his hand in the cookie jar. "I'm so sorry, Lorelai. I didn't mean to intrude and oh my God, I am so sorry. I'm just-" Luke said while pointed downstairs and turned to race out of the room as fast as his feet could carry himself.

"Luke, wait!" Lorelai called out, but all she heard was a faint thud of the door shutting. She looked out through the window to see Luke practically sprinting down her lane back towards the diner.

Lorelai let out an exhausted sigh and looked at the spot Luke had just vacated, by her bedroom door. She wasn't surprised to see Bert and the notepad abandoned there. She shook her head clutching the quilt while letting out an exasperated groan, "Ughhh! It's my party week, and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to. You would cry too if it happened to you.."

Lorelai grabbed her clothes that she had abruptly ditched at the shock of seeing Luke and proceeded to get dressed, while thinking of a way to fix this situation she had somehow gotten herself into.

- xxxxxxx -

Meanwhile Luke brought out the 'Butch' in him and dashed back to the diner in no time. The bells jingled as he swung the door open. He ignored the curious looks from the patrons and swiftly trudged up the stairs to his apartment to seek his place of refuge.

Luke was relieved to have successfully removed himself out of there. He didn't think he would be able to restrain himself any longer from attacking Lorelai and taking her right then and there. His body had been able to calm itself down during the race home. His breathing was still ragged coming out in short, rough pants.

He plopped himself down on his bed laying his head on his pillow. He briefly let his eyes close only to snap them open rapidly at the alluring images coming back to him of Lorelai standing naked before him.

He let out a shaky breath and growled, "She's gonna be the death of me."

-xxxxxxx-

Luke kept tossing and turning all night, desperately trying to lull himself to sleep only to fail miserably each time. Every time he shut his eyes, the depiction of Lorelai's flawless form came to him like he was the wall awaiting for the crash test car to plow into him.

His mind raced, as more and more evocative images and scenarios wildly played out. Now, not only did he imagine being with Lorelai, he had an exact representation of how she'd look in each take.

In one setting she was standing in the exact spot he had seen her in the previous day and instead of covering up once she was aware of his presence, she beckoned him over to her while seductively smiling at him. She reached out and ran her hands down his chest and over his stomach landing on his belt buckle.

She bent down to eye-level with his burgeoning arousal while slowly unfastening his belt and undoing his pants button. She enticingly slid his zipper down, allowing her to watch his boxer's tent up excessively. She then eased his underwear off of his hips permitting his massive member to salute her.

She smiled dangerously, entranced by the sight of him. She reached out and held him firmly then stroked him once from his base to his tip, acquiring a low grunt from him. He had his eyes fixed on her, she smiled up at him menacingly and just as she parted her lips to seize all of him letting his head fall back…

His eyes snapped open at the rush of pain caused to his chest. His head had made contact with his wooden headboard shaking his shelf full of memorabilia causing one of his trophies to fall down and land on his chest.

"Grrrrrrr!" He growled aggravated at being awakened and for having yet another one of his relentless 'Lorelai' dreams. He grabbed one of his pillows and shoved it between his thighs to cover the evidence of what the dream had caused and tried to calm down and ruse himself to sleep.

When he managed to drift back off to sleep, his subconscious had him in a setting that Lorelai had produced. His mind had recreated the dream she had revealed to him a few weeks ago during their sleepover when her Inn caught fire.

He was at her house, now known as their house in this dream. He was in the kitchen cooking her the works. Just as he was finishing the last of her bacon she appeared in a short impish nightgown, talking a mile a minute.

"Okay, see, last night, when I said, 'Tomorrow, no matter what, make sure I get up at seven,' I actually meant, 'Tomorrow, no matter what, make sure I have the option of getting up at seven in case when seven comes, I actually wanna get up,' which – as it happened – I didn't. Therefore, you're currently responsible for the great alarm clock massacre of 2002." She says pulling a container of coffee out of the cupboard.

"No survivors?" He says appreciatively taking in her beauty.

"None worth mentioning of a noble escape." She replies as she opens the coffee container getting ready to fill the machine only to draw it back as she catches a whiff of the aroma. She brings the container closer to her face and inhales shortly then pulls it away from her nose with a crinkled face. She looks up at him accusingly, "This is decaf." She states matter-of-factly.

"What are you talking about?" He replies acting nonchalantly

"Don't act all doe-eyed and innocent, buddy! You know exactly what I'm talking about, you switched my coffee again." She tells him and begins rummaging around the kitchen for the regular coffee.

He turns and starts following her anxiously trying to avert her attention and says, "I don't know what you're talking about half the time you open your mouth, this, being one of those times. I'm a busy man. I don't have time to sneak around switching your coffee. I have a diner to run, I have shipments to order, I have things to flip and fry. Will you stop that?"

"Aha!" Lorelai says finding the bag of regular coffee under the sink, "Hahaha! Under the sink, very clever, but not clever enough bucko." she holds the coffee bag up triumphantly

"Go one day without coffee. I'll even put a toy in your cereal." He wagers

She gives him a wicked smile, "Dirty!"

"Not even close to what I had in mind. Here, you win." He says handing her the plate of food, "Now, you're up, you're fed, I'm leaving."

"Aw, come on, Hon! You know we still love you." She says batting her lashes at him

"I'll be home early, you need me to bring anything home?" he asks coming to stand in front of her

"Besides you?" Lorelai flirted causing Luke to shake his head and start to leave not letting Lorelai see the smirk on his face

"Don't leave us, daddy!" She says in a baby voice, pouting playfully causing Luke to chuckle and give in to her tugging on his arm

He rests his hands on her hips and leans down to place a kiss on her lips then mumbles, "Goodbye, Crazy Lady." Letting his lips linger against hers. He kisses her again more passionately, after a moment he breaks it and places a soft peck on her lips flashing her a smile. Then he leans down to caress her still flat belly, "Goodbye, Sid and Nancy."

"Leopold and Loeb, I changed my mind, don't tell Rory." she corrects

"Decaf" he bartered giving her hips a squeeze

"Never!" she said with a smile, laying her palms lightly on his chest

"They'll both have two heads." He says still holding her close

"More to love." She smiles while leaning forward to capture his lips

As their lips met, what was meant to be just a soft feathering peck goodbye, quickly turned into an intoxicating lip-lock. Luke refused to let her lower lip go causing Lorelai to slip her arms from his chest around his neck to pull him closer.

He sensually ran the tip of his tongue along her bottom lip silently asking permission for its entrance. Lorelai smiled through the kiss and parted her lips while still barely touching his challenging him to go further. He tried to capture her lips again only for her to rear back teasingly. She narrowed her tongue to a point and flicked it tantalizingly against his upper lip testing his restraint causing his tongue to emerge on instinct, only to come up empty.

He tried to reclaim her mouth a second time only for her to do the same thing. He growled in frustration causing her to giggle at his impatience. He charged forward devouring her lips and slipping his tongue in between, tasting her mouth. She let out a soft moan as he let one of his hand glide up into her hair while the other was pressed against her lower back holding her close.

She frivolously ground her hips into his, erupting a guttural groan from him. He moved his lips to her jaw then down her neck to lightly bite down. She moaned in satisfaction while still rotating her hips causing blood to flow rapidly south for Luke. He ground his pelvis back into her obtaining another moan from her causing the vibrations from her throat to tickle his lips.

As his tongue sensually circled the spot on her neck, his hands were also off on a task of their own. With his hands skillfully bunching up the already diminutive nightgown, he gradually kissed his way further down. He raised the gown to just under her breast as he paused briefly at her stomach, showering it with light adoring kisses.

Even in the dream world, Luke couldn't believe Lorelai was carrying his child, let alone two of them. He was aware even in an unconscious state, that that was all he had ever wished for and more. To be married to Lorelai Gilmore, to love and be loved by her, to be a family with her and Rory and to create life together. It was literally his ultimate dream come true, only this was still his dream and he was determined to stay here and enjoy it as long as he could.

He looked up at her, his lips still attached to her belly continuing his way down, he smiled. She bit her lip and smiled back at him then he held the nightgown up with his left hand, while his right hand hooked a thumb into her moistened tiny underwear and eased it off of her hips and slowly down her long gorgeous legs. He felt a rush of saliva pool in his mouth at the sight of her bare flesh between her legs.

He looked up once again flashing her a wolfish smile, he looked back to his target, licking his lips hungrily he felt the heat radiating from her fiery center. He leaned in closer, inhaling her mouth-watering fragrance allowing the tip of his nose to graze over her slick wetness.

Just as he leaned in, ready to devour her, his head came in contact with the side of his nightstand causing him to groan in pain, "Son-of-a-arghhh!" his eyes scrunched tightly as the sudden jolt of pain awoke him from yet another unfinished dream.

He looked down to see his sweatpants tented, his green fitted shirt was now darkened and damp, clinging to his body. His forehead had drops of sweat slowly beading down his face and his breath was ragged. He got up and rid himself of his shirt and lay it over his armchair to dry. He padded over to the sink in the kitchen and made himself a glass of water.

As he downed his glass he couldn't help but replay his dream. The dream that Lorelai had described to him, it was so vivid, so real. He remembers seeing her there in that little sexy nightgown. How she had busted him for switching her coffee to decaf and searched high and low for the regular stuff. How they lived together in their house and they had been married. And how she had happily carried their unborn twins.

He couldn't help the smile creep onto his face. He was so elated and proud. He was her husband. He had been married to Lorelai Gilmore. They had created life together, two lives together, to be exact. Just then a thought came into his mind, she had said she loved him… in his dream. She referred to herself and their twins while telling him that they loved him and she practically begged him not to leave. He would've been an idiot if he had left.

He remembered the dream so clearly, which only bothered him even more considering that, that was all it was, a dream. He let out an exasperated sigh as he plopped himself tiredly back on his bed and for the third time that night he willed himself back to sleep.

In this set-up, Luke marched up the stairs to his apartment, exhausted from his day of work in the diner. As he made it to the top of the stairs he effortlessly turned the knob on the door and let it swing open. He looked up into the room and immediately froze at the sight before him.

Standing in his kitchen, wearing nothing but one of his old baseball caps, backwards of course, black strappy stilettos on her feet accenting the sexiness of her long legs and to top off her ensemble she also wore a huge mischievous grin with a menacing glint in her eyes that could only be described as enticing. There in all her mind-blowing magnificence was none other than… Lorelai Gilmore.

Luke smiled broadly while kicking the door close. All thoughts and feelings of being worn out from the long work-day had vanished from his mind, the only thing he cared about and wanted to focus on was the unbelievably beautiful naked woman standing in front of him.

"Hiya, Burger boy!" She purred

Luke's smile only expanded in size, his breath coming out in heavy pants "Hi" he breathed out low, already feeling himself reacting to the incredible sight before him. She was driving him crazy and she knew it, which caused her to give him a smug smile and an arched brow.

He smoothly made his way to her and instantly his lips was joined to hers in a hungry kiss full of want and desire. As they broke apart to take a breath, he leaned his forehead against hers placing soft pecks against her lips, while his hands skimmed over her arms going down to her hands and bringing them up to press his palms up against hers. She smiled at his sweetness. He linked their fingers and brought one of their hands up to his mouth and kissed the back of her hand gingerly.

The blue of her eyes turned from a sky blue to almost a navy blue instantaneously. The lust and desire shining brightly in them. She released one of her hands from his grasp and lightly caressed his scruffy cheek. As she looked in his eyes, she saw them turn quickly from a bright mid-blue to a stormy gray-blue, his passion and longing helplessly dripping from them.

His now free hand slowly made its way to her hip, trailing lightly upward over her waist, up her ribs, letting his thumbs frivolously brush over her nipples causing her eyes to shut upon contact and moan with pleasure. He roamed his hands back down, again brushing over her now hardened peaks, causing Lorelai arching her back into his touch.

He continued his decent downward with his thumbs rubbing slow circles over her abdomen, down past her hipbone, lightly grazing over her thighs. Purposefully not touching but knowingly teasing her ready burning center.

"Luke" she moaned while working on ridding him of his clothing. His flannel dropped to the floor beside them. She grasped two fistfuls of his gray t-shirt and swiftly pulled that over his head. He returned his hands to her legs and hooked his hands around the back of her thighs and swept her up high allowing her to lock her legs around his waist and he fiercely attacked her mouth with hungry urgency.

He began walking cautiously towards his bedroom in search of his bed, once his knees hit the side of it he gently deposited her down and stood back up to rid the rest of his clothing. She leaned up to help him. She let her fingertips graze over his blatantly growing arousal earning a low groan from him. She swiftly disengaged his belt and let it drop to the ground while undoing his button on his jeans. She unzipped his jeans tantalizingly slow, making his anticipation escalate even more.

He crawled on top of her and captured her lips in a deliciously hot kiss. His hands roamed her body and hers, his. His shaft branding her as his.

She wanted more, needed more, she wanted all of him. She broke the kiss and looked him in the eyes, "Please, Luke… I need you." She begged

Luke lost all control and grasped his erection and placed himself at her hot slick opening. Just as he was about to thrust his hips to merge their bodies to fill her deeply and completely when- RIIIIIIIING

He shot up in his bed at the sound of his alarm. He groaned yet again in frustration. He hit the button to silence it. He was again breathing heavily, he looked down and seen the reason. He was at full attention, pulsing with strain. He looked around the partition towards Jess' side of the room, and as he suspected he wasn't there. He summed it up that he had yet again taken an extra shift at Walmart, which at this moment he was grateful for. He pulled the blanket back swinging his feet to touch the cold hardwood floor. Still calming down from the yet again unfinished breathtaking dream.

He closed his eyes and took in a deep calming breath as he exhaled slowly, he whispered, "Lorelai"

He could still hear her moaning his name and see the passion and want in her eyes. He shook his head trying to rid his thoughts and got to his feet and made his way to the bathroom for a quick shower to start yet another long day.

- xxxxxxx -

Lorelai walked into the Inn the next morning in dire need of coffee. She, just like Luke, hadn't gotten much sleep last night. She was a wreck, so she was thankful that today was 'Complimentary Make-Over Thursday' of her birthday week.

Her mind was wildly replaying the incident she had had with Luke yesterday. Although Lorelai's thoughts weren't as dirty as Luke's, she would be lying through her teeth if she said they were purely innocent.

She found herself tickled at remembering Luke's expression as she initially turned around. He was speechless. He looked like the love-struck wolf from the movie 'The Mask', with Jim Carrey, when he saw Cameron Diaz doing her number on stage at the Cocobongo Nightclub.

His eyes were wide, his mouth open creating an impromptu puddle of drool, and his heart thumping out of his chest. It gave her butterflies and made her giddy. She had never seen Luke look or act like that before. She liked it, it made her blush and tingly all over. She would never voluntarily admit that she ever thought of Luke in that way, but again, she would be lying through her teeth if she said she hadn't.

Luke was a very attractive guy, she knew that. Even a blind person would know that, but he was her friend. Her best friend and she wasn't supposed to be thinking of her best friend like that, right? Well, whatever the result, she didn't allow herself to think about him like that because she knew if she did, she wouldn't be able to stop or want to stop for that matter. There were so many amazing things about Luke that the list would be never-ending.

Lorelai knew she needed to straighten things out with Luke. She still hadn't seen him since their run in at her house yesterday. She knew he was probably beating himself up for seeing her in her vulnerable state, but it was an accident. It's not like he could have telepathically known that she was coming out of her shower at that very moment, without any towels anywhere in sight to shield her body.

She needed to sort through her thoughts and get an outsiders view and opinion on what to say and how to go about fixing this slip up. She knew she definitely couldn't go to Rory about this. This was too much information for her daughter to know and she couldn't go to Luke, he was the one she needed to talk about. So, who better to go to with the dirty details and no filters? No one better came to mind other than her best gal friend, Sookie St. James-Belleville.

"Morning Sook!" she said while walking into the Inn's kitchen

"Hey, honey! You hungry?" Sookie greeted bubbly

"No, not really hungry, but coffee, please, I'm desperate. I'll even sniff the grounds, just gimmie." Lorelai begged

Sookie poured her a cup of coffee, "You didn't have any at Luke's?" she asked a bit shocked that Lorelai didn't make her usual morning stop

"No, I haven't really seen him since yesterday. We're kind of avoiding each other." Lorelai informed with a wince

"What? Why? What happened? Did Jess do something? Is Rory okay?" Sookie asked panicked

Lorelai put her palms up stopping Sookie, "No, no Rory's fine, Jess is fine, everything's fine." She said calming Sookie down

Sookie put a hand over her heart and blew out a breath of relief, "Whew, sheesh, Lorelai, don't scare me like that." She said with a giggle of her temporary hysterics

"Sorry, Sook."

"So if it isn't the kids, why are you and Luke avoiding each other? What happened?" Sookie asked concerned

Lorelai inhaled deeply then leaned in closer and whispered, "Well… Luke, kind of saw me naked."

"He what?!" Sookie blurted out loudly causing Lorelai to wince and the kitchen staff to stop what they were doing and stare over at them

Lorelai grabbed Sookie's arm and started pulling her towards the door, "It's okay, guys. She's fine, continue, we'll be right back."

As the were a good distance away, Lorelai sat down on one of the chairs facing the lake under a tree while Sookie took up the other.

"Okay, now… Please, explain how he 'kind of' saw you naked?" Sookie asked and Lorelai nodded, "What is 'kind of'? Like he only saw your stomach, a little leg, a boob or-?" Sookie faded waiting for Lorelai to finish

Lorelai sighed loudly, "Oh, he had a nice view, right down Main Street." She said gesturing down her body

"What? How? Did you two-?" Sookie asked with her brows raised insinuating

"No." Lorelai shook her head lightly, "Um, well, I had just come out of the tub… there were no towels anywhere upstairs. They were all downstairs in the laundry room waiting for Luke to wash, since we put it on the list." Sookie nodded knowingly of the agreement between the two, "And I had Bon Jovi blaring, so I apparently didn't hear him come in let alone call for me, which I'm sure he did, because you know Luke" Sookie nodded again, "So I ran to my room from the bathroom naked and I went to my dresser to get underwear and some jeans and when I turned around… There he was. Still as a statue" Lorelai then smiled unknowingly, "I don't know how long he had been there, but it couldn't have been that long considering I had just walked into the room not five minutes before that. He had on this face, like those infatuated cartoon characters. It was so cute and his growl after seeing me is what got me to actually notice him, but God that growl was so-… What?" Lorelai asked stopping her story seeing Sookie giving her an amused smile

"What?" Sookie said smiling back and acting innocent

"You're smiling." Lorelai says narrowing her eyes and pointing at Sookie's face

"Because you are." Sookie shoots back

"I am not!" Sookie raises her brows and smiles wider. Lorelai reaches a hand to her lips and gasps, "Oh my God, I am. I'm smiling. Why am I smiling?" Lorelai asks getting a little flustered

Sookie gives her a playful smile, "Oh I can think of a few reasons. One in particular." She says then giggles

"Sook! No! This isn't good. I can't be having these…" she waves her hands over her body, "whatever these are, for Luke."

"Why not? Sweetie, Luke is a great guy."

"Yeah, I know, but that's exactly it. Luke is a great guy, one of the good ones, possibly thee good one, you know? He's the best one I know, but Luke is one of my closest friends. I don't want to jeopardize our friendship if we did get into a relationship it just didn't happen to work out. And, you're not supposed to have these kind of…" she gestures with her hands again, "Whatever… for your best friends, right?" She says not acknowledging fully of her feelings

Sookie smiles, "Lorelai… sweetie. You won't screw this up. Not if you give him a chance. He won't let that happen. I'm just so damn happy that, in your own little 'Lorelai' way, you're owning up to it. I mean this guy has been there for you at the drop of a hat… every time you call, and sometimes even when you don't. He cares so much for you… and Rory. He's had to sit and watch you go from guy to guy-"

"Thanks for that" Lorelai chimes in

"-And wonder," Sookie continues as if she wasn't interrupted, "'My God, will she date anyone else in the world before she'll date me? When will it be my turn? When will this amazingly stunning and incredible woman, that I'm so madly in love with, see me? Actually see me. The way I see her. What more could I possibly do?'"

Lorelai heard one word louder than the rest, "Love?" she asked

"Lorelai, I told you before, actually I've told you a million times. Just look the guy in the eyes. It's there. It's right there. Always has been and always will be. You know he won't disappoint you, and he'll do anything and everything in his power to keep you happy. He's just waiting for you to finally give him that green light." Sookie finishes with a small smile. She stands up, pats Lorelai's hand then makes her way back to the kitchen, leaving Lorelai mull over her words.

TBC


A/N: Hello my pretties! Okay, so this was originally supposed to be a one-shot, but it was getting quite long and I got some very helpful insight from a fellow awesome writer [elang4 :)], saying that making this a multi-chaptered story might be better. So, here is chapter 1. Hope you enjoyed!