Disclaimer – Still don't own Gilmore Girls, believe me I wish I did.

A/N – Thanks for the reviews, sorry about the wait but with finals and work and Christmas I just really haven't had any time to write. I've been reading a bit and I just want to let you all know of this amazing story by torzi-bom called What if. If you haven't read it you should its so good. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter and please read and review.

Chapter Four

Noah had come home, or rather to Luke's at six o'clock, to see her baby on the couch asleep and Luke in the kitchen cooking dinner. It all felt so right coming back to a place where a man that she loved, oh god I do not love Luke, that would be insane. I haven't seen him in two decades I can't just be in love with him again.

Noah set her coat on the chair, gave Addie a quick kiss and then moved into the kitchen. Fighting the urge to wrap her arms around his waist she walked up beside him and spoke quietly.

"Looks, like you tired her out. So, did you guys catch anything?" Luke turned and fought his own urge to lean down and kiss her gorgeous pink lips.

"NO, but we both felt like fish so we went to Doose's and bought some salmon for dinner. " Noah laughed and squeezed gently on Luke's forearm, a shock of shivers ran through his body at the touch.

"I think she's too tired for dinner, I'm going to get her ready for bed." Noah awkwardly walked over to Addie and pulled her from the couch.

"Hey, about that why don't you and Addie take the big bed, I mean there are two of you and just one of me." Noah smiled.

"Nice try Luke but Addie's tiny we're fine."

"Come on Noah, I've been sleeping on a twin for the last 37 years and I only just got the queen, I haven't even gotten used to it." She said nothing.

"For Christ's sake Noah, take the bed."

"Fine," She gave up and brought Addie to the larger bed.

"Thank you" She said after Addie was fast asleep under the covers and Noah had returned to the kitchen.

Noah let a long guttural sigh escape as she inhaled the smell of fish, behind Luke.

Luke could feel the heat emanating from Noah and the sound of her inward sigh made his knees weaken. How could he be having such strong reactions to the woman that had years ago been the little girl next door.

Yet in the last few days there was nothing Noah did that didn't seem to have his knees turning weak.

Luke turned around slowly and saw Noah grey eyes staring up at him. She was so close he could feel her breath on his lips.

They were so close Noah had been waiting years for this. To be so close to Luke that all she had to do was lean up and her lips would be on his. Her body was humming as he leaned down.

Before either of them realized it their lips were locked together. It was a soft kiss to begin with but when Luke's arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her up and into him.

Luke's tongue snuck out and begged entrance to her mouth, entrance she willingly gave.

Luke was lost with this woman; he hadn't felt this way since before Rachel had left the first time. Her delicately strong hands gathered his flannel pulling him closer to her until all of a sudden she pulled back, stepping away from him. They were both struggling with their breath when Luke found her eyes.

"What? What's wrong?"

Noah just looked at him her, her eyes shaking with the struggle to keep tears away.

"Noah, what is it?"

"Lorelai."

"What?"

"I'm not blind Luke, I can see the way you look at her, it's the way you looked at Rachel, she'd not just a friend." Noah sighed.

"That's ridiculous Noah I look at Lorelai like I look at everyone. She is just my friend." Even as he said it he knew it was only half true.

"So you've said." Noah whispered her head fell slightly and she crumbled into the kitchen table chair.

"Noah…"

"I'm tired Luke, thanks for watching Addie today," Noah grabbed her bags and went to the washroom to change. Luke was left in the kitchen his jaw hanging.

"Noah?"

Several days later.

Lorelai took a deep breath in and opened the door to the place that had once been the only place she always loved to be, but had now become the place to avoid.

She walked in and took a seat at the counter beside Addie who was coloring. Noah came out of the kitchen and smiled as genuinely as possible at Lorelai.

"How have you been Lorelai?"

"Good, you?"

"Good." They could both feel a pair of eyes watching them and turned to see Luke frozen awkwardly looking back at them. The tension amongst the three seemed even too stiff to cut.

"Come on bug, let's go mommies got to get some things from Doose's." Noah pulled her apron off and walked around the counter pulling Addie from the stool and leaving the diner sharing a look with Luke.

The more time Luke spent with Noah the more he found himself unable to stop thinking about her. Yet here was Lorelai Gilmore the one woman that he had felt something for since Rachel. How could he, Luke Danes of all people love two women?

"Hey, how've you been? I haven't seen you around lately." Luke asked distractedly, still thinking about Noah. He hadn't been able to get the feel of her lips off of his mind.

Luke was distracted as he spoke to her and Lorelai struggled to remember when she had been his sole concern.

"Fine," Lorelai said below her breath. "So, Noah's nice."

"She is."

"Are you guys, uh, together?"

"What, what are you talking about? Noah and I, Noah's, she's, Noah's my best friend Lorelai. She is the one person, besides you that I have ever been able to talk to. I kissed her three days ago." Lorelai's head shot up at this. Lorelai's eyes narrowed on Luke's lips, she took in how soft and strong they looked and it was all she could do to not lean just an inch forward and take is bottom lip between her teeth.

"LORELAI!" Luke called and she snapped back to reality, she had to get out of there away from him.

"Did she kiss you back?" Lorelai asked without really thinking. Of course she kissed you back, she'd be absolutely crazy not to!

"Yes, everything was going fine things were…progressing," she sooo did not want to hear this! "Then she pulled away."

"Why?" Lorelai asked a little too eagerly, she knew that the new woman had feelings for Luke it was written everywhere on her. "Uh I mean do you know why?"

Should he tell her what Noah thought, it wasn't as if people around this crazy town hadn't been telling them for years now exactly what Noah had said, but still…

"No, she didn't." Luke's attention drifted outside and Lorelai followed his gaze to the beautiful woman and her beautiful daughter laughing in the warmth of the sun.

Lorelai heard Luke suck in a breath and then lay his cloth on the counter and leave the counter even before she could register that he had gone outside and marched over to Noah and Addie she watched him lift Addie over his head and the sound of her giggles rung through Lorelai's ears. They were like a family. They were a family.

Lorelai went directly home and fell into her bed; the moment her head hit the pillow tears began to fall from her eyes. She let them come.

Sookie showed up several hours later, Lorelai had after all not shown up to work.

"Lorelai? Honey?" Sookie climbed the stairs and pushed the thick wood door open, the sight before her was not the sight she had expected to see. Lorelai, her very best friend was seated on her bed blankets lying all around her she had red eyes from crying and she was going through an old box of photos.

"Lorelai?"

"He's been there for everything Sookie. He was at her first recital, he stood in for Chris at the father daughter dance he missed, he came to her graduation, he cried at her graduation! He drove me to the hospital, he helped me find Stella! He's always there he's always been there and I I just ignored him. He loved me didn't he?" She didn't wait for the answer, " He loved me and I completely ignored him, he did everything for us and I went out with man after man and I never gave him a second glance not until she showed up. Noah. He loves her now I know he does and he should. She loves him too; he deserves that and so much more. He's a really great man isn't he? Of course he is, he's always there. For everyone. It's my turn now." She whispered the last sentence and Sookie sighed she hurt for her friend but she knew what Luke and Noah had was strong.

"Your turn for what honey?"

"My turn to watch."

Elsewhere

Noah walked through Doose's searching for another pack of pull-ups. Addie was doing well but she still had accidents. She turned the corner and ran smack into a small blond haired girl, ears pierced and her thumb in her mouth. Her eyes were read from tears and she looked scared.

"Hi there sweat heart, what's wrong? Where's your mommy or daddy?" She said nothing Noah stood up and looked around the market for someone looking for a child. Nothing. She knelt back down.

"My name is Noah, I have a daughter she's a bit older than you. You wanna take my hand and we'll try and find your parents." She was silent a moment and then just as the little girl was about to take her hand a tall dark haired man rounded the aisle.

"There you are! You can't walk off like that kiddo, come here!" The little girl ran into her arms and once she was there he pulled his eyes from his daughter and they found Noah's. Something inside Noah shook when they locked eyes but she pushed it aside.

"Thank you so much, I'm so sorry, ever since she learned to crawl she's been taking off."

"I remember that Addie was the same way."

"Addie?"

"Adelie, my daughter she's three. Noah Pierce."

"Oh, hey do you happen to know where the diapers are?" He asked puzzled.

"Yeah just right around here, that's exactly where I was headed." They rounded another aisle and found the baby things.

"Are you new here?"

"Just passing through, my ex uh, well it's a long story." He smiled and Noah had to smile with him, he had a very charming smile. He was a very charming man.

Noah found the pull-ups and stepped back while he picked what he had come in to get.

" I should get going it was nice to meet you and I hope to see you again." The man smiled as he headed to the cash.

"Hey I gave you my name what's yours?" She called out.

And he called back, " Christopher."

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