Title: "The Other
Woman"
Author: Lauren
Contact the Author
@: PaceysLilMcPhee@aol.com
Coupling:
Luke/Lorelai
Author's Note:
First, I'd like to thank everyone who read the first fic I posted here earlier
in September titled "Heart Breaks Always Lead to Something Better." I wasn't
planning on continuing it with a second chapter but I did get requests for one
so I may try to add a second chapter. This fanfic will also contain a second
chapter soon if I get feedback for one. This is my first Luke/Lorelai
fanfiction so I really hope you all like it! This is the first draft as I
didn't have time (I was too anxious) to find a beta reader. I don't mind if you
post it somewhere else as long as you email me and let me know where else you
posted it. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review!
Sitting in his empty diner, Luke
starred out the window at the dark evening. Deciding to take Rachel's advice
and tell Lorelai how he felt about her he had went straight over to see her.
She hadn't been home however. "Out with what's his name," Luke thought
bitterly. He had gone to Lorelai's not even taking the time to think it
through; he didn't want to chicken out by taking that time to think about it.
Now he had had time to ponder it and he wondered what on earth he could have
been thinking. She seemed pretty serious about Max from what he had heard. He
was just the coffee guy. The good friend. The good friend that provided good
coffee. Nothing more.
He stood up and walked back
behind his counter to get a cup of tea. Behind him he heard the door open and
the bells chime. He almost groaned; he had meant to flip the sign to 'Closed.'
He wasn't in the mood to cook or serve any food tonight.
When he turned around however,
he changed his mind. There stood Lorelai with her purse in hand. She smiled and
jumped onto one of the seats at the counter. He just looked at her. He was sure
she was the most beautiful woman on Earth. Then, realizing she was waiting for
the usual, he grabbed one of his extremely oversized mugs and poured coffee
into it. He handed it to her and she grinned even wider. "Luke, you are an
angel," she said as she took the first sip.
"So, where were you?" he asked
as he replaced the coffee pot in it's spot.
"Oh um, out with Max," Lorelai
replied. She took a second to look around before asking. "Where's Rachel?"
"Left," Luke replied. He grabbed
a sponge and began wiping off the counter. He felt better if he kept moving.
Lorelai's face fell. "Aw Luke,
I'm sorry. I was sure she was in for the long haul."
Luke stood cleaning the counter
and looked at Lorelai. "She may have been."
"What do you mean?" Lorelai
inquired.
"I was the reason she left.
Something about another woman," Luke revealed. He then continued cleaning.
"But Luke, you're not dating
anyone else. Heck, I've never seen you with anyone except Rachel."
"She saw something no one else
saw. Something I didn't even really want to admit to myself."
"Ooh, you mean, you, Luke,
pining for someone else? Who?" Lorelai asked curiously. She was a tad jealous
but she brushed it aside. "She doesn't know?"
"Who?" Luke questioned.
"Whatta mean who, the other
woman!"
"Nope," Luke answered.
"Tell her," Lorelai said simply.
"That's what Rachel said," Luke
replied.
"Rachel is a smart lady then,"
Lorelai said taking another sip of her coffee. Then she sighed and said softly,
"Luke she's right. You waited long enough for Rachel as it is. And this other
woman, you never know how long you have to tell her before someone else gets in
the way. Maybe even permanently."
"So you think I should tell
her," Luke said throwing the sponge in the sink. He leaned forward on the
counter before Lorelai.
"Yeah, I think I said that smart
one. I mean you don't have to use words. Words, flowers, a club over the head,
you know, one of those ways," she explained with a grin.
There was a moment of almost
complete silence. Lorelai took yet another sip of her coffee and Luke thought
about what Lorelai had said. Not telling her certainly wouldn't change
anything. It wouldn't give him anymore of a chance with her than it had the
last couple of months.
"So," Lorelai said setting down
her mug on the counter, "what are you going to do?"
Luke looked up at Lorelai. "I'm
going to—," he began; then he paused. Not knowing any other way to tell her —
he didn't feel as though he was any good with words — he leaned over and kissed
her.
