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A/N: Once again, thanks for all the feedback. Okay…here it is the last chapter. Time for the happiness. Yay! On with the show….

A/N: The song that I used is "Addicted," by Kelly Clarkson. It is the first line in italics after Part 4.

Previously on Wedding Bell Blues …

Lorelai was still standing in shock that Luke had finally come to see her, but it was as if she could not begin to process that he was walking away from her. Slowly she began to stir from her momentary catatonic stupor and her mind began screaming at her that she had to stop Luke before he left. She had to do something to fix this before things got even worse.

"Luke!" Lorelai screamed.

Quickly, she dashed off the porch running after Luke's retreating form as fast as her legs would take her once again leaving Christopher behind.

Part 4

"It's like I can't breathe, without you inside of me. And I know I let you have all the power. And I realize I'm never gonna quit you over time."

"Luke!" Lorelai called out to him again quickly running out of breath. She was definitely not use to this type of physical activity. 'Man, he can walk really fast when he's got the wrong impression.'

"Lucas Danes, I beg of you stop right now before I am forced to continue running, which will only lead to me passing out and possibly dying right on the diner steps." Lorelai said while clutching her side. 'Ow, cramps. Man, I really hope he stops.'

Slowly she regained her breath as she walked the rest of the way where Luke had stopped waiting for her at the gazebo. He knew he better let her tell him now. Things were over for them, her parents were right; Christopher was the one she wanted to be with. Why prolong the inevitable. Luke sat on the steps of the gazebo staring at his shoes preparing himself for the worst.

Lorelai finally joined him on the steps of the gazebo. "Luke," Lorelai breathed out tiredly. "Just give me a minute here." She tried to smile at him, but he still had yet to look up from the spot on his shoes that he was staring at.

After a few moments, with Lorelai's breathing back to normal she began again. "Luke, whatever you think you just saw, it was not what it looked like." Lorelai replied begging Luke with her eyes to believe her.

Luke looked up for the first time seeing the sincerity in Lorelai's eyes, but doubt still plagued his mind. He responded with the first thing that popped out in his mind, "Well, it looked like you were hugging Chris on the steps of your porch."

Lorelai sighed, "Well, then it is exactly what it looked like, but it doesn't mean whatever you think it means."

Luke sighed heavily, "Well, then Lorelai, what did it mean? Are you guys back together now? That's it for us now? We're not even officially broken up yet and you've already moved on." His voice only got louder with every accusation.

"Luke!" Lorelai barked. "How can you think that?" Lorelai sighed as saw the protest that Luke was beginning to form. "Better yet, don't answer that question." She paused before continuing with what she had been waiting to say to him when he finally had approached her.

"Luke, Chris and I are not getting back together. And we," she replied gesturing her hand between the two of them, "are still together, at least I hope. Even though we are on a break. Even though I don't want to be on a break." Lorelai sighed again. Her words were not coming to her like she had hoped and now was when it truly mattered.

"I don't want to be with him. And if there was ever a choice that I had to make between the two of you, having him as my friend or you as my boyfriend, I choose you. I told him that. He just wanted to apologize. What you saw was him hugging me goodbye, cause the only time we will see each other now is in some Rory related event, and as you so kindly point out at the wedding, that's probably not very often."

Luke sighed. "Lorelai, I don't want you to have to keep choosing. Your parents. The father of your child. I can't keep making you give up things. Like it or not you guys are all family in some way. I don't want to be the one that makes you turn your back on your family. You'll only resent me for it someday."

"Luke, you're not the one making me choose. They are. They are the one's with the expectations. They are the ones that are not accepting the person that I love into their lives. My parents have done nothing but judge you and us and I am not going to allow that Luke. You're family too, whether you like it or not."

He chuckled at that and allowed her to intertwine their fingers together. This simple gesture meant so much to the both of them. He ran his thumb over the palm of her hand sending tingles through both of their bodies.

"But as for Chris, he had no right to treat you that way. I'm so sorry for it Luke."

Luke grunted before responding, "Yeah, well, I probably said some things to him that I shouldn't have too."

Lorelai smiled, "Yeah, well, you can't help it that it was basically true."

Luke smiled back at Lorelai and as their faces got closer together, Luke noticed a car in the side of his eye and pulled back. Lorelai turned to look and they both watched as the silver Volvo drove down the street.

"So, he's gone." Luke stated, but the emotion in his voice made him sound as if it was a question.

"He's gone." Lorelai confirmed.

Luke pulled his hand back from Lorelai and rubbed his hand through his hair apprehensively before replacing his hat.

"Lorelai," Luke replied softly, barely louder than a whisper. "I just think that I still need a little more time to really think about everything."

Lorelai felt as if the wind had just been knocked out of her. She thought for sure after they talked things could start to go back to normal. She slowly gathered her composure. She would be strong for him now and give him this time he thinks he needs.

She pulled herself up off the gazebo steps looking around at the sleeping town. Her eye's lingered across the 'William's Hardware' sign that hung above the diner. It felt like years since she had been there. She took a few more steps away from Luke before turning back and giving him a small smile.

"I'm not giving up on you, Danes."

Luke cocked his head at Lorelai before smiling back at her. "Good, cause I'm not gonna let you, Gilmore."

She genuinely smiled at this because he had just given her the hope she had needed.

"I miss you, Luke."

"I miss you too, Lorelai." Luke replied with a sigh.

"So, I'll see ya?" She asked hopefully looking for a definitive answer.

"Yeah, I'll see you." Luke replied.

With that she began walking back to her house leaving Luke on the steps of the gazebo. She felt as if a small weight had been lifted. It wasn't all good yet, because they were still technically on a break, but he had given her hope. That would have to do for now.

- XXXX -

She reached her house and walked up the porch steps slowly. She paused on the top steps thinking of all the goodnight kisses that she had Luke had shared before she had started staying at his place when he had early deliveries. She smiled and entered the house. She went upstairs and ran a bath so she could soak and think about Luke, how she almost lost him for good. 'Man, I'm glad he actually listened.'

She finished her bath and went into her room to put on some pajamas. She looked around, but didn't spot anything that seemed comfortable enough so she pulled out Luke's blue flannel shirt that she had hidden in the back of her closet. She smiled as she put it on. She was walking downstairs to clean up the left over ice cream that had long ago melted and straighten up before going to bed for the night.

As she walked into the kitchen to throw away the trash, she had to stop herself from screaming as she saw a man at her back door. She had a hand to her heart as she walked over to the door to open it.

"Luke, you scared me. What are you doing here? At my back door?" Lorelai questioned. He was just lucky she didn't have an umbrella to defend herself with this time.

Luke looked down sheepishly before responding, "Well, I was contemplating whether I should go home or break in."

Lorelai grinned. "Well, I'm glad you decided not to go home, but as you can see the door was unlocked, so it wouldn't have been necessary for you to break and enter tonight."

Luke frowned at that. "Lorelai, you need to make sure that you lock your doors. It's not safe."

Lorelai moved closer to Luke and said, "Well, I guess I just forgot, since you haven't been here to remind me."

Luke moved even closer to her. "Yeah, about that." Luke began.

"What about that?" Lorelai questioned as she felt his arms pulling her flush against him.

"I think that I am done thinking. And I don't think that we should be on a break anymore."

"You know Luke, that sounds like a lot of thinking to me. Are you sure you didn't strain a muscle."

"Lorelai." Luke growled playfully. "So, what do you think?" He asked while one hand rested at the small of her back, while the other was cupping her face lightly.

"I think I'm really relieved you feel that way." Lorelai replied with a smirk.

"Stealing my lines now?" Luke questioned happy to have Lorelai in his arms and back to their usual banter.

Luke moved in slowly to kiss Lorelai. Something he had wanted to do for weeks, but Lorelai pulled back and questioned, "What are you doing?"

Luke looked confused at first, but as he saw the twinkle in her eyes, he knew what was expected of him and who was he to disappoint her.

"Will you just stand still?" He asked voice low and throaty, yet commanding. She smiled this time and finally their lips met in a passionate embrace.

Soon like in her earlier dream, they began exploring each other reuniting themselves together again. Lorelai slowly led them backwards towards the living room. Neither one of them broke the kiss as they reached the stairs. They made it to all the way to Lorelai's room still kissing as they fell onto the bed.

It was then that Lorelai broke the kiss and looked into Luke's eyes.

"I love you, Luke." She said sweetly, loving the sound as it rolled off her tongue and echoed into the room.

"I love you too, Lorelai."

And once again, all was well with the couple. They had experienced what it was like to be without each other and felt even stronger at having overcome their problems.

Soon they were left with the sweet bliss of all that making up entailed.

The End.

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