A/N: I am so excited 'cause all I've been thinking about all afternoon is a) exactly what's going to happen in this chapter and b) how Harry and Hermione belong together dang it!! Okay so here's chapter…4? Yes, chapter 4. Well that's the end of my rant now. Woop. Oh, and gawlee I got a lot of YouTube subscriptions/friend requests in the past 24 hours, thank you guys for all of you who actually did what I asked. It's because of you that I'm updating so soon…that and that I am so excited! Yay!

Lorelai, practically in a daze, walked through the unlocked front door on auto-pilot, still feeling Luke's breath in her ear, and the chills she got up her spine every time he caressed her cheek with his thumb. She could still feel the passion she felt when his lips lingered mere inches from her own as they both caught their breath.

She, still on auto-pilot walked into the kitchen and dropped her keys on the side table on the way. "Stella, girl, you won't believe what happened tonight…" Lorelai spoke to the cage as she pulled a bottle of water out of the fridge. "What's wrong Stella, finally decide that chirping isn't you're greatest quali--" Lorelai stopped as she finally looked at the cage closely. It was empty, no Stella in sight.

"Stella!" Lorelai called as she walked around the kitchen table, examining every inch of floor, looking for the small chick, "Stella!" Lorelai called into the Living Room as she exited the kitchen and began to pick up magazines from the table and random sweaters off the floor to check if the chick was hiding under anything. There is no way I am going to be able to find this tiny thing by myself! But who can I call… Lorelai thought to herself, and only one name came to mind, Luke!

Lorelai quickly recovering the phone from beneath a pile of dirty socks mixed with unmentionables, that she still had to wash, she quickly thought to herself and racked her brain for Luke's number…she guessed it and after 2 rings heard the so familiar, rugged, voice of Luke Danes.

"Luke's, we're closed, but we open--" Luke began, he hated it when people called him while he was cleaning up the diner after hours. It really annoyed him.

"Luke, it's me, Lorelai." Lorelai cut him off, knowing him enough that he wouldn't be happy anybody else calling him after he was closed.

"Oh. Hey." Luke said, his tone quickly changed, and his eyes sparkled a bit. Of course, Lorelai didn't know this because she obviously couldn't see him…but she could say that hers did the same.

"Hey, could you come over?" Lorelai asked, without even actually thinking about what she was implying.

"What? Now?" Luke asked, obviously confused.

"Yes please. Rory's chick, Stella, pulled a John Giles and escaped from her cage and I don't know what to do! I mean, do I put seed on the ground? Do I make cheeping sounds? Or do I do a Lucy Ricardo and walk like a chicken so she thinks I'm her mother?" Lorelai rambled, leaving a flabbergasted Luke on the other end, "Luke!?"

"Sorry, just trying to keep up." Luke quickly reasoned, which was a lot better than the thoughts that were really running through his mind, and had been running through his mind ever since she left his presence.

"Well, can you just come over? Please?" Lorelai said frantically as she threw pillows of the couch in a desperate search to find the tiny bird.

"Uh, yeah, sure. I'll be right over." Luke said hesitantly, not sure what his intentions or priorites would be once he was alone with Lorelai in her house.

"Thanks! You're the best!" Lorelai said and hung up the phone, tossing the receiver into a chair. Quickly, she ran into the kitchen to check in there.

Luke hung up the phone once Lorelai did and sat there for a moment with the phone in one hand and leaning against the counter. Get ahold of yourself Danes. This is just your friend, Lorelai…that you just shared a passionate moment with behind the counter…No! Priorities Danes, priorities…

His thoughts were interrupted with the sound of the bells over the diner door, signaling someone had just entered. Go away Kirk… Luke thought inside his head.

Slowly, and reluctantly Luke turned around to face the person he was ready to kick out of his diner so he could speed over to Lorelai's house. "Hey, how's it goin?" Asked the woman standing in the door frame with bags at her feet.

"Rachel…" Luke said slowly in one breath. He couldn't believe it. His first love had returned…

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Lorelai was still looking for the baby chick, about half-an hour had passed and still no Luke. Where could he be? Lorelai thought to herself as she tore up her house even more in anxiety. Her mind was racing with different thoughts, mainly however, wast he feeling of Luke against her, his lips on her own, his breath on her ear…

She had to sit down for a moment so she could just think. Rory would be home any minute and she still hadn't found the chick. Without Luke her efforts were useless. Maybe he didn't want to come over and help her look for a stupid chick, maybe he was busy with something and wasn't able to get away but was just too nice to say that, or maybe…maybe he just didn't want to be around her…

These thoughts engulfed her. She suddenly felt rejection hit her, she knew it was true in one sense or the other. All she knew, was that he wasn't coming. Now Lorelai was angry. Not necessarily at Luke, it wasn't really his fault that he didn't want to be with her, she was the one who initiated it. That whole thing about the girl making the first move…was the stupidest thing she had ever heard of.

Lorelai had to do something, something to vent. So, in frustration, she pulled out her cell phone and called the person who had been calling her for days on end, Max Medina.

XoXoXoX

Just as Luke was about to turn off the light in the kitchen, and continue on his way to the door he heard the bells above the door jingle as he reached for the light switch. Lorelai's face came to his mind and his hopes rose. He smiled at her anticipation, and how she couldn't wait for him to get to her house.

"Just couldn't wait for me to get there? I was just about to--" Luke started smugly, but stopped mid-sentence as he walked into the diner and realized who it was.

"Rachel?" Luke asked, incredulously.

"Hey, how's it goin?" Rachel asked simply, dropping her 2 giant duffel bags on the ground. By how much stuff she had, you would have thought she was moving in.

"It's…going." Luke said, forgetting everything that he had been doing at the that moment, still in shock of the woman standing in front of him.

"Good…" Rachel said, not knowing what to say next.

"What are you doing here?" Luke asked, not meaning for it to sound so indifferent.

"Well…" Rachel laughed quietly, "I really don't know. I was just standing there in the bus station in New York and saw that there was a 7:25 bus leaving for Stars Hollow Conneticut and I had all my stuff with me since I had just gotten back in the country, on my way to Chicago, and I just…bought a ticket."

"Oh. How long are you staying?" Luke asked, again, not meaning to sound so surprised, but wasn't very successful.

"Depends I guess. Obviously by your reaction, not very long." She said, subtly smiling.

"Oh, God, I'm so sorry." Luke said, suddenly realizing how rude he had been, he quickly made his way around the counter and pulled her into a loose hug. She fit right into his arms like he remembered. It made him remember the good times, and suddenly, he wanted them back.

XoXoXoX

The doorbell rang and Lorelai ran to answer it and let the person on the other side in the house and out of the cold weather. She pulled back the door and there before her stood the man she hadn't seen in two weeks, the man whose heart she had broken and out of the blue, after ignoring his messages and calls for 10 days, there he stood before her once again.

"Hurry, hurry! Come in!" Lorelai pushed him inside, but he didn't go to far before he stopped her.

"Lorelai…" he trailed off, stopping Lorelai from pushing him further in the house.

"What? What is it?" Lorelai asked quickly, he barely caught what she said since she said it so fast.

"You didn't return my calls or messages, why didn't you call me back?" Max asked. Lorelai knew this was coming but she didn't expect him to spew it out the second he stepped in the door.

Lorelai was silent and she bit her lower lip as tears filled her eyes and threatened to spill over if she didn't do something fast. She saw the hurt written across his face, it might as well have been written in block letters in black permanent marker, it wouldn't have been more obvious than it was right then.

"Max…" Lorelai covered her mouth with her hand and turned her back to him, she didn't want him to see her cry over this since it was her fault in the first place.

"Hey…" Max said and put his large smooth hands on her arms and gently turned her towards him. She obligied and was face to face with him now. Tears had already fell down her cheeks delicately and Max gently wiped them away.

"I'm so sorry. I never mean't to hurt you…" Lorelai knew exactly how he had felt after she had done that to him since she felt it merely half-an hour ago with Luke, when he never showed up. And it felt horrible. She couldn't believe that she had ever hurt him as bad as his face said she had.

"That's all I wanted to hear." he said, and kissed her cheek daintily, "Now what did you say about a chicken?"

Lorelai smiled and the only thoughts of Luke she had were ones of resintment and anger. Now she would make him mad right back by rubbing her and Max in his face as much as possible. A million plots of revenge ran through her mind in that moment but she pushed them to the side for now as she searched for Stella.

Please please don't hate me! I'm sorry! I know I know, no one likes gentle Max or nice Rachel, because no one wants to have a reason to like them but…life's unfair sometimes…unfortunately. Well, review!! Thanks!!

kati