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Chapter 2

As Lorelai pulls up to the Dragonfly she closes her eyes and lets out a deep breath. What was all that? She thought. Her stomach was still in knots and she couldn't stop thinking about Luke. Nothing was said out aloud about them or the dance but there was something in his eyes. Lorelai was sure of it.

She slowly opens her eyes and says softly, "do I like Luke?"

She quickly answers herself. "Of course I like Luke. He's my friend. He feeds me. He makes the best coffee and, and, and…" She couldn't bring herself to say it, not yet.

Lorelai quickly got out of the car and walked into the inn. The test weekend was three days away and there was still so much to do. She thought it was the perfect place to be, to keep busy. To keep herself from thinking about him. She made her way to the kitchen to see Sookie.

Sookie is in the kitchen stocking her fridge with four construction men working busy in the corner.

"Hiya Sooks!" Lorelai chirps.

Sookie looks at the clock on her stove, noting it was 1:30pm. She then turns back to Lorelai.

"Good afternoon. You're running a bit late today." She says with a smirk.

"Yep. Had a bit of a late start today. You didn't need me earlier did you?" Lorelai quickly replies.

Sookie looks Lorelai up and down. There was something different about her today.

"No, no, not at all. But… Why are you running so late? You look… Well very pleased… Happy.." Sookie says smirking again.

"I'm always happy Sooks! We're finally so close to opening this place." Lorelai replies.

"No this isn't an inn kind of happy. Did you get…" Sookie raises her eyebrows up and down.

Lorelai just stands and stares at Sookie emotionless.

Sookie continues to speak. "Was there a man last night? There was definitely a man last night! I can tell."

"What. No Sookie. There was no man last night. There's been no man since Jason and we broke up 5 weeks ago." Lorelai dryly replies.

"Oh ok. Sorry. It's just, there's something different about you this morning." Sookie returns to stocking her fridge.

"Nope. Just normal Lorelai Gilmore." Lorelai replies.

After a moment of silence.

"I better check up with Tom." Lorelai says gesturing to the door.

"Ok sweetie. I'll be in here sorting out the cucumbers from the zucchinis" Sookie says seriously.

Lorelai walks out of the kitchen to busy herself for the day.

Back at the diner Luke is trying to keep busy himself. But everything in the diner reminds him of Lorelai. Every time he picked up the coffee pot he thought of her. Then there was the woman with the long dark hair and a little girl with bright blue eyes. His mind was going crazy.

Luke was hoping she would stop by soon. He was sure she left hours ago but when he looked up to the clock it was only 3:30pm.

She won't be here for while, he thought.

As another 30 minutes dragged on, Luke heard the bell above the door ring. It was 4pm, and in the middle of his afternoon lull. Luke thought it must have been Kirk or Taylor here to annoy him, so he lingered in the store room a little longer.

As Luke stood around the store room, the burger buns caught his eye. He smiled and laughed to himself thinking about Lorelai and her love for his burgers. He was quickly brought out of his daze when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Luke are you in here?" She says.

Luke turns around his heart almost stops when he sees Lorelai standing there. Why was she back so early? He thought.

"Hey. Sorry I was… Just grabbing some umm…" Luke quickly looked around and gestured to the burger buns. He swiftly grabbed a bag and walked towards the door. "Buns. Just grabbing some buns."

"Dirty!" Lorelai quickly replies. Making Luke blush a little.

Lorelai smiles as their eyes meet again. Lorelai could still see that small glimmer in his eyes.

"Hi" she says shyly.

"Hey" he shyly says back, putting his unused hand in his pocket.

Lorelai nervously chews on her bottom lip. Once again they were acting like teenagers, not knowing how to interact.

Luke stepped towards the door where Lorelai was standing. Making her take in a quick gulf of air. Luke was trying to stay calm. He was still unsure of what was going on between them. There was so many feelings but no words had been said. He got a little closer.

"Do you.. Umm… What some coffee?" He says shyly.

"Umm yeah. Coffee would be good." Lorelai replies quietly.

As Luke attempts to walk out the door, he softly brushes pass Lorelai. This small touch sending chills down her body. The touch didn't go unnoticed by Luke. He breathed in a whiff of her sweet scent. Coffee and a fruity perfume. It gave him goosebumps.

As he grabbed the coffee pot and her usual mug, Lorelai placed herself on her stool at the counter. She wanted to speak but no words would come out. She quickly grabbed for her coffee mug and took a large gulp. Maybe this will give me some well needed courage.

Luke was wiping down the counter trying to look busy. Involuntarily looking up with every wipe to watch her.

"Luke?" Lorelai says timidly. Just loud enough for Luke to hear it.

"Lorelai?" Luke replies. He is feeling nervous, his palms are sweating. He quickly adjusts his hat and wipes his hands on his jeans. It was time to talk, it was now or never.

"Lorelai, I think we should… You know. Maybe talk? Talk about…" Luke was too nervous to say it. But she knew what he was getting at. She quickly nodded and replied a simple "yep".

As Luke went to open his mouth again he could see Taylor approaching the diner from a cross the street. He quickly runs to the door and locks it and swiftly grabs Lorelai by the hand and pulls her towards the curtain to his apartment. Lorelai's heart was beating fast. She knew he wanted privacy. There is no way he would have this kind of talk in the middle of his diner.

As they approached his apartment door, Luke turns to Lorelai quickly letting go of her hand.

"Sorry. You know. Taylor. The nosy town folk. I just wanted us to talk without being subjected to the nosiness of this crazy town."

"It's ok Luke." Lorelai replies smiling.

Luke opens the door to his apartment and walks in. With Lorelai slowly following behind.

"Do you want something to drink? I have water, juice or beer up here?"

"Umm beer sounds good." Lorelai replies with a nod.

Luke turns to the fridge and grabs out two beers as Lorelai takes a seat at his small round dining table. He opens one and places in front of Lorelai. She quickly grabs it and takes a few sips. Perfect liquid courage, she thought to herself.

"Well." Lorelai says as she meets Luke's eyes.

"I just wanted to tell you I had fun at Liz' wedding." She quickly blurts out. "The ceremony was beautiful, Liz looked stunning and TJ's speech was… Well let's just say very TJ." She rambles on. "And you know the dance, the dance was good." She finally lets out.

"Just good?" Luke says sheepishly

Lorelai looks deep into Luke's eyes. They had turned a dark shade of blue, similar to when they danced.

Lorelai started to blush. "Maybe a little better than good. You Luke Danes can waltz!" She interjects shyly smiling. "When did you learn to dance like that? Did you take lessons?" She says giggling.

"All God given talent" Luke replies shyly.

Lorelai continued to look Into Luke's eyes.

"Thank you for dancing with me. I know you don't like to do that kind of thing." She says timidly.

"Anything for you Lorelai Gilmore." He quickly replies. His voice somehow quiet but much deeper than usual.

The way he said her name gave her goosebumps. As Lorelai went to speak there was knocking at the door.

"Boss you up here?" Caesar could be heard from behind the door.

Luke looked at Lorelai apologetically.

"Yes Caesar. I will be down in a minute." Luke replies.

Luke turns to Lorelai, "Sorry, he is here for the dinner shift."

Lorelai pursed her lips. "It's ok Luke. I understand, maybe we can talk a little later?" She said hopefully.

"Yes, definitely." Luke quickly replied.

Lorelai nodded, "good." Is all she said back.

"Were you going to come down for dinner? I can make you the usual. Burger and fries?" Luke asked. Hoping she would agree to hang around a little longer.

Lorelai looked up into Luke's eyes again. She smiled, "A burger sounds good." She quietly replies.

As they start to make their way to the apartment door, Luke swiftly grabs Lorelai's hand again. She quickly turns around and looks down at their hands and back to Luke's face.

"Is Taylor around again?" She jokes.

Luke inhales a large gulp of air and looks deep into Lorelai's eyes. She stared back, both pairs of eyes full of longing and desire. Before she could say another word she noticed Luke starting to lean in. She takes in a quick breath and joins him in the middle. Both pairs of lips softly touch in a small embrace. Luke quickly pulls back and Lorelai opens her eyes. Luke starts searching Lorelai's face for a clue of what she may be thinking. Lorelai blushes, and her lips curl into a shy smile.

As they started leaning in for the second time a bang was heard at the door.

Luke lets out a big "geeze".

"Boss, the early dinner rush is starting to pick up. Could you come down?" Caesar asks.

Luke sighs and looks at Lorelai apologetically.

"Come on let's get your burger" he says gesturing to the door.

Luke's words snap Lorelai out of her daze. Her stomach was doing somersaults. Oh my god, I just kissed Luke! She thought.

Luke opened the apartment door and headed down the stairs. She slowly followed clutching at her stomach. She didn't have time to think. The older townsfolk were piling into the diner for their supper. Lorelai quickly sat on her stool, watching Luke move around. She couldn't help but smile. She had kissed Luke and she liked it.