NEW STORY NEW STORY!!

BUT FIRST.. NEWS!

A new story... who would've thought. I'm kind've having a reallly bad writers block on Affairs & Lies and also WYWUAT, so I thought I'd start a story that's been floating around in my head for a while. I'm really sorry to all of you who wanted me to keep writing, things have just been SO crazy these past few months. If you read my other stories, you'll know that I found out in June that I was 4 1/2 months pregnant, Now, that would've been 2 months ago. So, now I'm 6 and a 1/2 months pregnant... with twins. Call me a crazy 18 year old, but I'm also recently engaged and have picked my baby's names.

My twin GIRLS names are;

Kyra Bianca
(Pronounced; K-eye-rah, not Keira; Bee-Arn-Ca, not Bee-ANKa)

and
(you'll all be happy about this one)

Lorelai Elizabeth
(Mainly because I always LOVED the name Lorelai, and Elizabeth is my fiancee's late mothers name)

I'm so happy!

Please enjoy my new story, and review if you want it to continue :):)

After days of exhausting planning for the inn, hectic weeks of organizing the renovations for the inn and stressful months of starting their dream project, Lorelai and Sookie were wiped. Sookie's swollen ankles had doubled in size since she'd last complained about them, and Lorelai was ready to sleep for a month straight.

Lorelai walked down the street, Sookie in line next to her as the chatted happily about Sookie and Jackson finally deciding on a name for their baby, laughing at the suggestion of 'Colgate' as a name if the baby were a girl. Sookie beamed as she explained to Lorelai how perfect life was and how she'd finally decided on the Avery for the inn. The conversation soon turned to the subject of their new decorator for the inn, how she knows Emily, and Lorelai's fears for working with her.

After Sookie had assured Lorelai that it was fine for them to work with Natalie, Lorelai smiled uncertainly and waved goodbye to Sookie as she made a beeline for Luke's.

Lorelai walked into Luke's Diner, holding her jacket and bag in one hand, jaunting slightly as she called to Luke, "Hey, Luke. What's going on?"

Luke moved to the counter and picked up a few stray slips of paper before clearing his throat and turning to Lorelai, "Oh, well…" he started. "Tom called. The banister on the stairs has to be replaced, it'll be four thousand dollars, Tamsin Cordally called, he needs a deposit on the quarter sawn oak, it'll be four thousand dollars. Julio the landscaper called, I have no idea what he said but it's going to be four thousand dollars," he said, taking a deep breath as Lorelai gasped and snatched the paper out of his hands, staring at it in shock. "Vicki from Vicki's Horse Supply called, she thinks Pepper and Gunsmoke would suit your needs, but Gunsmoke snores, so the stabled can't be too close to the guests' bedrooms. Rory's looking for her black Converse, and, oh, one last thing – I'm not taking messages for you anymore!" he said loudly as Lorelai jumped at the sudden change in tone.

"Sorry," Lorelai said sheepishly, going over the messages in her hand.

"What did you do, have business cards printed up?" Luke asked, frustrated.

"People just know I'm here a lot," Lorelai said innocently.

"I missed a call from my meat guy because I was on the phone discussing Gunsmoke's deviated septum!"

"I'm gonna call all these people today and tell them never to call me here again!" Lorelai told Luke, trying to get him back into a good mood.

"You be you will," Luke said with a nod.

"Consider it done," she said, smiling.

"Good,"

"Just…" she trailed off lamely.

"What?" Luke asked, clearly annoyed.

"Just, uh, one more thing. Did a package arrive for me here today?" she asked.

"What?" Luke asked.

"I'm sorry. Never mind, never mind." Lorelai told him, genuinely afraid of annoying him anymore.

After Lorelai convinced Luke to finally tell her about why he was in such a charming mood that day, she'd suggested and he'd agreed to coming around to her place for movie night, Saturday night, and after listing a lengthy list of well known classics that she'd seen at least thirty times or more, she was actually getting excited to introduce Luke into the world that she'd lived in for so many years.

The next night Lorelai set up the Chinese she'd picked up on her way home, placing the selections strategically on the coffee table, in order of preference. She knew that she'd asked Luke to take care of the food, but she was in one of those moods where she just had to have Chinese, and when one of those moods hit her, there was nothing standing in her way.

The doorbell rang, jolting Lorelai out of her trance as she set up the selection of DVD's for Luke to browse through. She made her way to the front door and smiled up at Luke.

"Ah, man bearing bags of food, come in," she said, moving out of the way to let Luke slide past her.

"I went a little overboard here," Luke said sheepishly.

"No such thing," Lorelai said softly.

"I got tons of fries, half a pumpkin pie. You got whipped cream here?" he asked, knowing the answer already.

"Always," she said, sending him into the living room as she walked into the kitchen.

"And uh, I wasn't sure what to do with the burgers because sometimes you order with double cheese, sometimes you don't, so I brought one with normal cheese and one with…" he was cut off by the sight in front of him, he slumped his shoulders slightly and called, "What did you do?"

"I ordered food," Lorelai called back.

After a short banter of why she'd ordered food, her new nickname 'leftover girl' and what she'd eat during the week, she gave Luke a beer and they settled into the couch. Lorelai explained her movie night rules to Luke, eliciting a few awkward stares before starting the movie. Stopping it soon after she explained to Luke what the FBI warning was and added a small anecdote about trains rushing off of television screens, finally settling in for the movie.

A short while later, Lorelai was having more fun than ever watching Luke's facial expressions as big parts of the movie came around. She smiled when she saw a reaction, and she smiled when she didn't see a reaction, all she knew was that she was having a fantastic time.

"Stop doing that," Luke said abruptly as Lorelai once again turned her head to look at him.

"Shh, no talking," Lorelai said in an aggravated tone.

"Then stop doing that," Luke shot back.

"Doing what?" she asked innocently.

"Looking at me," he said obviously.

"Uh, vain party, table for one," she said in a mock-disgusted tone.

"You know what I mean, you're watching me watch the movie, it's creepy," he explained.

Luke continued to explain to Lorelai that she looked over every time something big happened and realization dawned on her as she saw what he was talking about. As she began to rewind the movie, the phone rang, a short and sweet message played before the beep signaled the start of Rory's message. Lorelai apologized lamely to Luke as she got up to the phone.

After a lengthy conversation about Rory's date Trevor, Lorelai sank back down into the couch next to Luke.

"Oh, poor thing," Lorelai sighed sympathetically.

"Dating's the worst," Luke deadpanned.

"Yeah, but they're sitting on the same side of the table and that's awkward, and she can't think of what to say next, and you know, she's just gotta go through it and figure it out on her own. You just have to throw them out there and let them learn what those wings are for," she said.

"She could say there's a draft," Luke said out of the blue.

"What?" Lorelai asked, completely confused.

"Where she's sitting. She could say the air conditioner is hitting her, switch to the other side and just blame it on that," Luke said nonchalantly.

"That's perfect!" Lorelai exclaimed.

She dialed Rory's number quickly.

"Mom?" Rory asked.

"Hey. Is he back yet?" she asked.

"No," Rory said, sounding down.

"Say there's a draft and move to the other side of the table." Lorelai said quickly, "It's very ladylike to feel drafts, he'll totally understand," she said with a smile.

Rory looked around the restaurant and smiled, "Okay, good."

"Then ask what his brother's and sister's names are, he'll like that you cared enough to confirm," she said, marveling at the idea that just popped into her head.

"Yeah," Rory said with a nod, "That seems right,"

"Don't worry about the conversation, just talk, and if it doesn't flow, it doesn't. And stay away from urine related topics and you're good to go," Lorelai explained.

"Thanks Mom,"

Lorelai looked over at Luke briefly and smiled, hitting him on the arm as she said, "Oh, the draft thing was Luke's,"

"Well, thank him for me too, I'd better go," Rory said, looking around nervously.

"Go, go," she said to Rory before clicking off the phone. "Oh good, I feel so much better, she says thanks,"

"I wouldn't trade places with her for the world," Luke said softly, crossing his arms.

"Really? You wouldn't want to go out with a boy named Trevor? You might want to wait to see his picture," she quipped.

"I mean dating," Luke explained. "It's a horror,"

"It's the only cure for the singleness thing, barring ordering a spouse off the internet," Lorelai joked.

"I missed nothing by not dating," Luke told her.

"Not true," Lorelai said, furrowing her brow at him.

"If I had dated a lot, I'd still be single. I'd just have spent a lot of bad nights at Tony Roma's," he joked.

"Yeah, but dating is how you get to know your potential partner," Lorelai explained, "It's the only way."

"There's the gut," Luke almost questioned. "I can tell if I'm comfortable with someone within seconds of meeting them. I feel it here. I felt it with Rachael, I felt it with Nicole, I was immediately relaxed,"

"You've got the gut thing," Lorelai said with a jerk of her chin.

"Well, it's just knowing that someone will let you be. That's the gut thing," he explained.

There was a short pause as Lorelai contemplated what he's just said. He compared her and his gut feeling about her with his ex girlfriends, wife, whatever. He had said he'd had the gut thing with Nicole, Rachael AND her…

"Luke?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah," Luke said distractedly as he fast forwarded to the 'good parts' of Casablanca.

"How come you never asked me out?" she blurted out.

"What?" Luke asked, becoming more alert, forgetting all about the movie.

"All the times you'd almost asked me out, why didn't you ever do it?" she asked, remaining completely still and serious.

"I… I uh… guess I never really thought you'd go out with me," Luke admitted, slightly embarrassed.

"But, why?" Lorelai asked, shaking her head slightly.

Luke moved his hands to his thighs as he shifted nervously in his seat, turning to look at her.

"Because, Lorelai… the timing – it's never been right for us, we were always in a relationship when the other one was free… or you would be getting over someone or I would've just been dumped, you know?"

"But… you wanted to ask me out, right?" Lorelai asked.

Luke looked at his lap before looking up at her nervously, "Sure, I mean… I tried to, so many times I've tried, but you're just, out of my reach," he admitted, so sure that he believed it himself.

Lorelai moved to cover his hand with one of hers, drumming her fingers over his hard knuckled softly as she looked softly into his eyes. "I'm not out of your reach," she admitted, "You just needed to stretch," she told him.

Luke smiled, looking down at their joined hands briefly before looking back into her eyes.

"So…" he said, "What now?" he asked.

"I don't know, why don't you ask me out?" Lorelai teased.

"Now?" Luke asked.

"Now," Lorelai confirmed, nodding her head.

He looked down at their hands once more, this time with embarrassment rather than anything else. "Lorelai…" he started, lifting his head to look at her kindly. "Can I take you out?" he asked.

"Yeah," she said softly. "Yeah you can,"

Luke smiled, moving closer to her on the couch. Lorelai moved into him slowly as he encircled her with his right arm. She looked straight into his eyes as their faces stood an inch apart. She smiled and whispered, "Do I have to ask you to kiss me?" with a giggle and a sigh.

"No," Luke told her.

Luke tilted his head slightly, moving it closer to Lorelai, smiling as she brushed her lips softly across his, placing her right hand lightly on his chest and kissing him harder but still softly. Luke opened his mouth teasingly, running his tongue along her bottom lip and pulling her into a deeper kiss. They sat there for what seemed like hours, basking in the utter glory that was unfolding before them.

I'm kissing Luke, I'm kissing Luke, I'm kissing Luke. The same thoughts rushed around in Lorelai's head as his left hand moved to her thigh and his right hand stroked the soft skin of her back, up and down her spine, occasionally straying underneath her t-shirt.

Lorelai broke the kiss abruptly and looked into Luke's eyes.

"What was that?" she asked in a dreamy voice.

"I have no idea," he said as he leaned in and kissed her more heatedly than the first time.

He pulled back slightly and smiled a wide grin.

"Luke," she whispered.

"One more time and I might have an explanation," he said in a husky, deep, sexy voice.

Lorelai was unstuck. She melted into Luke immediately, running her hands over his shoulders as she moved to straddle his upper thighs.

To be continued??