A/N: Hi all I'm back again with another story about my favourite Stars Hollow couple. This one will probably be a few chapters long so bare with me as I get the rest of it written. Hope you all enjoy.
Also obviously I don't own these characters I'm just borrowing them ( except Sara I can count her as mine haha)
"Luke I need help" Those four words were enough to make Luke sit up straight.
"What? Where are you? What's happened? Are you okay? Is Rory okay?"
"Luke calm down Rory is fine and I'm physically unharmed but I fear I may be mentally scarred after tonight!"
"Okay now i'm just confused, where are you?"
" I'm in a bar in Hartford and due to dire circumstances I'm a teensy bit too drunk to drive home"
"So you need a lift?"
"Bingo, top prize answer
"Whoopie for me, where are you?"
…..
This was supposed to be a fun night, Sara had promised her a fun night. Sara, a friend from her business class had been trying to persuade her to do this for ages and she had finally worn her down. Speed dating, a night of fun and flirting is what she had been promised. Rory was staying at the Kim's so she had a free night and could hopefully meet some interesting guys. Interesting was definitely one word to describe the 'talent' here tonight Lorelai thought scornfully as she looked around the bar. The evening got off to a bad start when five minutes after signing in for the event with her first drink in hand Lorelai checked her cell to find she had missed a call from Sara while she was driving.
"Lorelai I'm so sorry to do this to you, I know it was my idea and everything but i'm not going to make it tonight. I'll explain properly when I see you in class. Look i'm really sorry but you should definitely still go. I'll make it up to you I promise!" her voicemail told her.
"You better have a damn good excuse Sara" Lorelai muttered to herself. She hadn'd been keen on the idea of speed dating in the first place and now her moral support had deserted her. Making a quick decision Lorelai started for the door, unfortunately right then the lady at the registration table turned round and told her they were about to start. Without letting Lorelai utter a word in response the small woman herded her back towards the crowd with a surprising amount of force. Damn! not quick enough she thought.
From there the evening seemed to spiral dramatically downwards. She had already endured her time with the sci-fi obsessive, the guy who spent the entire time talking to her chest, the militant vegan, the guy who still lives with his mother, the guy who she was pretty sure was high on something and last but not least the guy who spent their entire 'date' telling her how she wasn't as pretty as his last girlfriend. Thus the need for lots and lots of alcohol, she had slipped one of the waiters a generous tip to keep her drinks flowing throughout the night. It was only when she got to the bottom of her fifth martini that she remembered that she had driven there. She did the addition in her head and came to the conclusion that she was already way over her limit to drive home. While she was musing on her options for getting home that night her date rambled on about the virtues of his ex compared to Lorelai. Luckily the guy seemed to like the sound of his own voice and required little to no interaction from Lorelai. The guy was attractive, tall with dark hair, blue eyes and a couple of days growth on his chin gave him a rugged look. Kind of like Luke she thought. 'LUKE! I should ring Luke, he'll pick me up' she decided. Ding ding the bell sounded indicating the end of yet another 'date' she smiled tightly at the guy across from her, was his name Mark?
"Ladies and gents, there will now be a short break before our evening continues, please feel free to minge amongst yourselves" The lady from earlier announced. Seeing her sci-fi date from earlier starting to make a bee-line for her Lorelai hot footed it to the bathroom.
Reaching for her phone she quickly dialed the number for the apartment above the diner. "Come on Luke please answer, don't let this be the one night you choose not to be a hermit!" She muttered to herself.
"Oh thank god you're home! Luke I need help" Those four words were enough to make Luke sit up straight.
"What? Where are you? What's happened? Are you okay? Is Rory okay?"
"Luke calm down Rory is fine and I'm physically unharmed but I fear I may be mentally scarred after tonight!"
"Okay now i'm just confused, where are you?"
" I'm in a bar in Hartford and due to dire circumstances I'm a teensy bit too drunk to drive home"
"So you need a lift?"
"Bingo, top prize answer
"Whoopie for me, where are you?"
"So you'll come? Oh you're my knight in shining… plaid tonight! I'm at a bar called the Purple Lounge on Pearl Street, you know it?"
"The Purple Lounge? That sounds like a strip club, what kind of a place are you in?"
"Luuuke" she whined "Will you help me or not?"
"Pearl street did you say?" "Yeah" "I'll be there as soon as I can, I want a good prize for this!"
….
"What was it that made you think that speed dating would be a good idea again?" Luke asked smirking as he looked over at her and the delightful pout she was wearing following his explosive laughter as she told him about her night.
"It wasn't my idea, It's all Sara's fault. She got me roped into this then didn't even show! The whole night was a massive waste of time. One guy recited poetry to me in Klingon, it was not as romantic as you'd think. Though I'll give him credit that a guy has never done that to me before"
"Not a sci-fi fan? I'd have thought with the amount of tv you watch you'd appreciate the reference"
"Oh I did, but they don't call Klingon the language of love now do they? Trust me there's a reason for that!"
"Was it at least a good poem?" Luke asked still chuckling to himself
" How am I mean to know! I didn't stick around for the translation. Honestly five minutes doesn't sound like a long time but trust me it's plenty!"
"Didn't get the gut feeling with any of them then?"
" You can say that again! Did i mention the militant vegan?" She asked just as they were pulling up to her house.
" You had 5 minutes with this guy and you're calling him a militant vegan?"
"Well his first question was do I eat meat. To which I of course told him that burgers are one of my main food groups"
"Bet he loved to hear that…"
" Well then he spend the rest of our magical time together telling me that I was a murderer, oh hey we're home already… Want to come in for a beer? There are plenty more stories from tonight I can share" Luke was in two minds about whether to take the offer or not; despite grumbling about coming to pick her up he had to admit that he had enjoyed the journey back to the Hollow. Lorelai never failed to brighten his day, even when she was telling him about her disastrous dates her animated style and witty comments had him laughing his ass off for the whole drive. But he was only here because she was too drunk to drive, a good friend would make sure she got home safe and tell her to go to bed with some water. He was her friend after all wasn't he? But then again she didn't seem that drunk, not any more at least. He turned in his seat and she was looking at him with hopeful, sparkling eyes. 'What the hell' he thought.
"Sure a beer sounds good"