What Now
Lorelai Gilmore suddenly found herself standing in the middle of the street, wrapped in the arms of the only man she ever truly loved, Luke Danes. She is not sure how long their kiss lasted but no matter how long it did last, it still wouldn't be long enough. Oh how she had missed this. Finally, when they parted, neither one knew what to say, they just smiled at each other somewhat shyly. It was Luke who spoke first.
"Now what?" he asked.
"Now, we go back to the party and we dance," Lorelai answered after a moment had passed.
"Shouldn't we talk…" Luke began, but Lorelai interrupted.
"We will, but not now. I have to focus on Rory right now and this time I have left with her."
"But we will talk…right?" Luke asked with a bit of apprehension in his voice. Lorelai smiled at him and when she did, her eyes crinkled in that way that made Luke's heart skip a beat, something she was well aware of. She leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the lips to reassure him.
"I'm pretty sure that kiss warrants at least a chat. Tomorrow." She looped her arm through his and led him back to the party. From a few feet away, Rory Gilmore caught her mother's eye and raised an eyebrow. Lorelai winked at her and smiled. Rory, returned the smile before turning back to her conversation with her best friend Lane Kim Gerbig.
"Would you like to dance with them?" Lorelai asked Luke, but before he could answer, Taylor Doose's voice called out from near the grill.
"Now Luke, these burgers aren't going to grill themselves and you did agree that this would be your thing!" Luke looked at Taylor, then back at Lorelai, then back to Taylor. He sighed. He knew where he wanted to be, but good ol' reliable Luke knew where he had to be.
"I really should finish up those burgers, but make sure to come find me before you leave for the evening, okay?" And as Lorelai nodded, Luke stepped away to head back to the grill. Lorelai spent the rest of the evening making the rounds and talking to all of the party goers alongside Rory. Surprisingly enough, it appeared that only Rory was aware of something going on between Luke and Lorelai. She hadn't seen their kiss, but she had seen them arm and arm and she kept catching them sneaking a glance at each other. Finally, Rory couldn't take it any longer and when she and her mother were somewhat away from the crowd, Rory leaned in and whispered in her mother's ear.
"What is up with you and Luke?!" she asked. Lorelai smiled.
"We kissed! And not some little wimpy kiss…a full-blown, angels on the harp, fireworks bursting overhead kiss."
"What does this mean for you guys!?" Rory asked excitedly.
"It means, we kissed and we will discuss the details later."
"Okay, I will rephrase," Rory rolled her eyes but smiled, "what do you hope it means?" Lorelai glanced at Luke again. He met her gaze and smiled before sliding a burger onto the plate of Miss Patty.
"I hope it means that I won't have to wait 40 years to get my happy ending."