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NICOLE & THE AIRPORT

It was a busy morning at the diner. The mid morning lull just began to settle in when the bells over the door rang. Luke immediately looked up, it was Nicole. She walked over to the counter and Luke walked over to where she was standing at the counter.

"Do you want some coffee or something?" He asks trying to somewhat civil to her.

"No. I just came for my stuff." She says pushing a small sized box towards him. "Here are the few things I had of yours at my place."

"Uh yea OK. Come on we can go upstairs and get your stuff. Ceaser I will be upstairs!"

Nicole follows Luke upstairs. Luke sits down at his table to wait for Nicole to get her stuff. Nicole starts to look around for her things. She finds some clothes, underwear, and some things in the bathroom. When she is finished gathering her things she goes over to Luke and sits in the chair next to him.

"Luke, I really would like to know why you waited until now to cancel on me. I mean we had this all planned out and you call me out of the blue to say you don't want to go...why?"

"Nicole...I just...I don't think this is right." He says moving his hand between the two of them.

"And you didn't realize this when we were planning the trip? What changed last night?" She says obviously getting upset.

Luke was getting very uncomfortable he really didn't want to bring up Lorelai. He knew Nicole didn't like her and she had accused him in the past of having feelings for her. He just couldn't bare to tell her that his reason for leaving her was because in fact he did have feelings for her.

"Luke! Are you even listing to me?" Nicole asks getting aggravated.

"Oh I'm sorry Nicole. It's just..."

"Yea...its obvious that our relationship meant nothing to you. That is fine. It's not like I don't know the reason already anyway."

"What...what does that mean?"

"It's Lorelai."

Luke didn't say a thing he just looked down at his hands.

"You know what Luke I just wish you would have said something before we planned a trip together." She says as she gets up and walks out the door.

Luke puts his head in his hands and leans over to the table. All he could think about was Lorelai and how he hoped that the kiss meant the same to her as it did for him. He just couldn't wait until they came back from Europe.

MEANWHILE...

"Rory...why did we have to get to the airport so early? We still have forever before our plane leaves!" Lorelai says in a grumpy sleepy voice.

"Mom... we had to make sure we had enough time...with security and everything."

"Yes, but it is cutting into my sleeping time and sleep makes me pretty."

"Well... being pretty is overrated." Rory says as she goes back to reading her book.

While Rory read her book Lorelai was thinking about Luke and how she couldn't really tell by his reaction from the short kiss if he feels the same way she does. She wanted more then anything to talk about everything before she left for Europe but if he rejected her and picked Nicole over her she wouldn't have had a good time in Europe...she would have been too depressed.

"Mom...Mom!"

"Huh, what?"

"Come on mom we are boarding."

Lorelai gets up and grabs her stuff. She didn't know how she would make it through 3 months without even talking to Luke. She was thinking she would call him just to say hi and see how things were in the town but that might be a little awkward...plus she wasn't positive he didn't go on his cruise after all she just asked him not to get engaged she didn't ask him not to go.

"Mom, are you OK? You seem a little out of it." Rory says.

"Uh yea kid I am fine...just excited about our trip." Lorelai says. She didn't want to tell Rory because she would be embarrassed if Luke did not have feelings for her and she didn't want to broadcast that she was rejected by the man that everyone says has a thing for her.

Rory looked at her mother in disbelief. She had been acting weird since she went to say goodbye to Luke last night. "Did her and Luke have a fight?" She says to herself.

Rory and Lorelai take their seats on the plane. They sit in silence while the rest of the people board the plane. The plane was getting ready for take off when Lorelai turned to Rory and stared at her for a minute.

"Mom, what? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Rory...I have to tell you something."

"OK..." Rory says turning her attention away from her book and unto her mother.

"Last night...when I went to say goodbye to Luke..."

"Aw did you guys have a fight? Thats what I thought...I mean you have been acting weird since you got back last night." She says cutting Lorelai off.

"I told him not to get engaged."

"Is that what caused the fight?"

"No...Rory...we didn't fight." She says looking away out the window.

"Um OK. I am a little lost."

"I kissed Luke."

"WHAT??!! What about Nicole...he is taking her on a cruise."

"I know Rory...but...I love him. I can't help it. I mean look at all he has done for us. He is always there when I need him and I can always talk to him when I am having a bad day..."

"Mom...Nicole."

"I know babe. I told him we would talk when I got back."

"So...you just kissed him and walked away?"

"No...didn't you hear me I told him we would talk when we got back."

"Mom how could you? You tell him not to get engaged, then you kiss him, then you tell him you will talk about it in three months when you come back from Europe?!"

"Rory I just couldn't stand to talk to him and have him choose Nicole over me, I wouldn't have enjoyed out trip...but if I hadn't done anything he might have proposed and then I would have lost my chance.

The rest of the flight Rory read her book and Lorelai just thought about Luke and all that he has done for her and all the time he has been there for her and her daughter...like the time he made mashed potatoes for Rory when she had chicken pox...or the time the independence inn caught fire and he let them take over the diner to feed their guests...the time he built her a chuppa when she was about to marry another man...the time he made her a Santa burger and drove her to the hospital when her dad was sick...how he spent $52.50 for some stale pop tarts and a slim jim...how he knew what was in the basket before he even bid on it...how he bid on it anyway. She was excited about her trip to Europe but she couldn't wait to see Luke again.

BACK IN STARS HOLLOW...

Luke had trouble concentrating all day. All he could think about was Lorelai. He knew that she and Rory were looking forward to this trip for a long time but he really wished she didn't go or at least that they talked things out before she left. He decided to go upstairs and take a nap since he didn't get much sleep the night before.

"Ceasor, I am taking a break! I will be upstairs."

Luke lays down and thinks about Lorelai and how he always wished she would do something like kiss him the way she did. He remembers the time behind the counter when they were picking out paint samples...he almost leaned in and kissed her but lost his nerve when she broke the gaze. He remembers how she was there for him through the planning of his uncle's funeral and how she came even thought she never met him or his dad. He couldn't wait to see her again.

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