Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. I am simply borrowing them and doing what I please with them, then returning them to their rightful owners. Now if one or two are missing upon return I don't have him…I mean them ;)

Chapter one

The Birthday

Rory, Sookie had somehow convinced Luke to help them with Lorelai's birthday this year. They wanted to surprise her and have it somewhere different. Luke had relented and was going to close the diner early and have the party there. They would have hamburgers, hot dogs and lots and lots of fries. There would also be lots of pie and Sookie was going to make a huge mocha chocolate birthday cake with coffee icing shaped like the jimmy choo boots Lorelai had been begging everyone for her birthday. They had birthday balloons and streamers, and Lane was going to DJ from the entry of the storeroom.

It had taken a lot to convince Luke to do this. He ranted about this and that. About what Taylor would say, about the town economy. But both Sookie and Rory knew he would give in. It was for Lorelai and they knew he would not say no to them. They knew how much he cared for Lorelai and would do anything for her. The entire town knew, well all but the obvious…Lorelai.

"Luke?" yelled Rory "What time are you going to close up, so Sookie and I can decorate?"

"No streamers, no messy stuff you got it Rory?" Luke said in his grumpy diner voice.

Rory turned around and gave him the Gilmore pout and eyes.

"Now cut that out Rory!" Luke stammered trying to sound angry, but knowing he had already lost the fight. "I know I will have to clean all that up."

Rory walked up to Luke with the pout again. Her mother would be so proud of her. She could just see her mom jumping up and down giving her the thumbs up at this performance.

"Luke mom loves balloons and streamers. It wouldn't be a party for her without them. Please Luke? Pretty please?" she gave him her most innocent sweet poutty look.

"I will stay and help clean up, Luke" Sookie chimed in. "I am sure that I can get Jackson to help too."

"Please Luke?" Rory repeated.

"Oh ok, you two owe me!" he grumbled. "I don't want to hear any grumpy diner owner comments from either of you for at least a few weeks. Got it?"

Both Sookie and Rory jumped up and down like schoolgirls and squealed. That hadn't even been half as bad as they thought it was going to be. Luke is such a pushover when it had to do with Lorelai.

"I will close up at 5pm. You guys can get here then and start doing what you need to do. I will go and wait for Lorelai at the house and bring her here as instructed. Let Lane in to set up and when I get here with your mom I will start cooking." Luke said, and then turned around to take an order from a couple who had just come in. Rory and Sookie left in search of Miss Patty, and her famous punch!

"Don't forget to pick up the helium tank for us, Luke!" Sookie reminds him as they go out the door. "Thanks for everything."

Sookie and Rory walked over to the ballet studio where Miss Patty was getting her little girls ready for the St. Patrick's Day festival. Her little girls were all dressed in white tutu's with green shamrocks scattered all over them, green tap shoes and green leprechaun hats.

"Hello, Miss Patty." Rory called. "You are coming tonight and bring your famous punch?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world, dear." Miss Patty said in her theatrical voice. A chance to watch Luke and that delectable back end of his is always worth the effort. Someday he is going to finally give into my way, unless that mother of yours wakes up and notices him, then my chances are over." She laughs at the thought. "Maybe a little bit of my punch and I can get those two to finally…."

"Miss Patty remember young impressionable ears nearby. We don't want to taint these innocent minds, with those kind of thoughts." Sookie giggles.

"I just don't want those mental images, that's my mother we are talking about." Rory mumbles. As they start to walk away. "Don't forget to be there at 6:30 and bring the punch!"

The rest of the afternoon goes as planned and everything is ready. Luke is at the house waiting for Lorelai to get there. Michel has told Lorelai to go home and stop irritating him. He called as soon as she left the Inn. People were starting to arrive at the diner.

When Lorelai pulls into her driveway she is surprised to see Luke's truck there and Luke sitting on her porch. He isn't in his flannel and backwards baseball cap uniform and she is taken back by how good he looks. He is wearing one of the outfits she picked out for him when he was with Rachael. She marvels at how nice he looks.

"Wow, look at you Mr. GQ!" she says, as she looks him over quite obviously. "Don't you look like you are ready for your own little red hot mama."

"Lorelai, you know better." Luke answers her in an exasperated voice, but he is slightly embarrassed at the attention she is giving him. She walks up to him and runs her hand down his arm.

"A red hot mama, that will keep you warm at night." And suddenly she thinks of her and Luke in bed together. She is shocked at the places her mind is wandering tonight.

"Really Luke, you look good." Luke smirks at her this time and looks at her. "Well, we aren't 10 you know. I can say you look good when you look good."

Luke starts to laugh at her, and she feels all nervous suddenly.

"What are you laughing at? Aren't you mature enough to take a compliment?"

"Get in the house and put on something nice, Lorelai. I have somewhere to take you." Luke looks at her, and is a little taken back by the look in Lorelai's eyes. She looks excited.

Lorelai is surprised at the different scenarios that have crossed her mind after Luke said for her to get dressed, because he is taking her somewhere. She thinks of everything from dinner to some things that would definitely warrant a "dirty" in her book.

"I'll be right back. Do I get any hints?" she shyly asks Luke. Luke just smiles at her, and she disappears into the house.

"Give me 20 minutes and I will be right down!" Lorelai was excited. She had no clue what was going on, and she loved that Luke was all dressed up and secretive.

Luke sat on the porch and waited. He thought how this is what it would be like if he asked her out. Waiting for her outside as she got all dressed up for him. He smiled and thought of the smile on her face. He wished it had been for him, instead of her surprise.

Suddenly, Lorelai appeared all decked out. She looked beautiful, and Luke just stared at her speechless.

"Cat got your tongue, burger boy?" she teased him.

"Lorelai, you know how much I hate that particular term of affection." He angrily shot back.

"Yes, Luke, but you are my burger boy, and that counts for something." she said in a sultry voice and winked at him. Lorelai didn't quite know where that came from, but the look on Luke's face was priceless. She walked up to him and kissed his cheek and started to walk away.

"So, you going to stand there, or are we going somewhere?"

Luke walked down the stairs and opened her car door. She climbed in and he walked around to his side and climbed in. He had still not said anything. They drove the two minutes to the diner where everyone had gathered. Lorelai just sat in the truck and looked out at everyone already partying.

"Oh my goodness, what is this?" she asked Luke.

"Happy Birthday Lorelai!" he smiled at her. Those were the first words out of his mouth since he walked off the porch. With that she jumped out of the truck and ran over to the party. Lane, was playing music, there were balloons, and streamers everywhere. Luke had even hung up the disco ball Rory had dug out of their garage. She couldn't believe they had done this for her.

Hours later Lorelai sat in the diner surrounded by gifts. Rory had given her a fuzzy alarm clock to replace the one she had broken. Babbette and Morey had given her a Hello Kitty cookie jar. Sookie had gotten her Power Puff Girls days of the week panties. Miss Patti's gift could not be opened with minors around. At the bottom was a small box with a card. She thanks everyone for the best party she has ever had. She especially thanks Rory, Sookie and Luke for doing this all for her. She couldn't ask for better friends.

She opened it and saw it was from Luke. She smiled at him and mouthed you didn't have to give me anything. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled back at her. She opened the box and found a curled up piece of paper in it.

"I Luke Danes of questionable sound mind after this. Give one Lorelai Gilmore, 15 hours of slave labor to be used as she sees fit. Bert and I are at your service." At the bottom it is signed "Love, Luke"

The first thing that crosses Lorelai's mind is "dirty" then oh my "very dirty", but as she looks at him she smiles and mouths thank you to him.

Later as the party winds down Lorelai catches up with Luke.

"So, you sure you want to be my slave for 15 hours?" she looks at him as she says it.

Luke is not himself. He has had several large cups of Miss Patti's infamous punch and has lost a little of his reserve.

He leans over and whispers in a very sexy way. "You have me body and soul for 15 hours Lorelai. Do with me what you want, or make me do as you please. Believe me I won't complain at all." His hot breath so close to her neck has sent a shiver down her back and she feel like she could jump him right now. She turns around and looks at him. His eyes are dark and she sees everything she had ever heard about how he feels about her in them. She also sees lust and want and she inches closer to him. Their lips are just inches away from touching when Rory comes running over and grabs Lorelai by the hand and starts to drag her away.

"Mom, come see Kirk, he is on the roof of his mom's house naked." Lorelai lets herself get dragged away, but her eyes never leave Luke as she is dragged away.

Luke can't believe what has happened. He isn't sure if it was the punch and he just imagined it all, or it was real. All he knows is that Lorelai didn't run away, she seemed to have wanted to kiss him.