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Chapter 8 – Lorelai's finally engaged.

After Luke and Lorelai's morning awakening, Lorelai remembered that she hadn't had enough time last night to call Rory and let her know about her life changing news. She and Luke were still in bed. Luke had drifted back off to sleep. Lorelai was sitting at a ninety degree angle against the headboard of the bed, and Luke's arm was across her lap, his face at her hip. She glanced at the phone. She wanted so desperately to call Rory right then, but didn't want to wake her sleeping fiancée in the process. She realized that no matter what she did, she'd end up waking him. She tried to take his arm off of her lap and place it at his side.

"Hon," she coaxed, pushing his arm which's hand was now grabbing onto her left thigh.

"Mmm? What is it?" Luke answered, kissing Lorelai's right thigh, which was covered by her silky pink nightgown. He slowly rubbed her opposite thigh with his thumb. She continued to push his arm down her legs, trying to free herself.

"Babe, I gotta go and call Rory," she said, leaning down and kissing his arm.

"Oh, yeah, okay, I'll be here," he said sleepily, lifting his arm and rolling over. Lorelai clicked her teeth and smiled.

"Be right back,"

She quickly picked up the phone and walked down the stairs, to the couch in the living room. She flipped the television on, but muted it as soon as she heard her daughters voice.

"Mom?" Rory asked accusingly in a sleepy voice.

"Oh, you remember, I'm touched," Lorelai grinned.

"Why do you always insist on calling me way early in the morning?" she asked her mother.

"Because, dear child, twenty six hours of laboring you, 18 years of raising you, and being a continual source of everything for you, gives me that right," she counteracted cheekily.

"Can you hurry up and tell me what it is you'd like to tell me, Mom?" Rory pleaded, needing her much debated beauty rest.

"Well, this might come as a shock to you, not a bad shock, at least, I hope it's not a bad shock, it's a good shock, well, to me it's a good shock," Lorelai rambled.

"Mom!" Rory stubbornly reminded Lorelai that she was on the phone, not talking to her own mind.

"Luke and I are engaged," Lorelai blurted out, not wanting to incur the wrath that is Rory at seven in the morning.

"Oh my god, Mom!" Rory screamed, waking immediately, "That's sooooo great, I can't believe it, FINALLY!??!" she yelled at her Mom.

Lorelai held the phone inches away from her ear, still able to hear what her daughter was saying specifically. She flipped through a random magazine, laughing, giggling and smiling at her daughters cheers and congratulations.

"Okay, sorry to cut it short babe, but I've gotta call Sook," Lorelai laughed.

"Kay, Mom, I love you," Rory replied.

"Love you too, kid,"

After ten minutes of talk about the wedding with Sookie, Lorelai decided that she and Luke should get to work. She did, have days left on the bet. The moment Lorelai and Rory exchanged goodbyes, Luke bounced down the stairs. He noticed Lorelai on the couch in her white bathrobe and walked over to her.

"How'd she take it?" he asked, knowing what the answer would be.

"She's thrilled," Lorelai answered, standing up, pecking Luke on the lips. "I'm just going to shower and then we can go," she said, running up the stairs. Luke nodded.

When Lorelai arrived back in the kitchen half an hour later, she was greeted by the smell of her best friend. Coffee. She sipped on the coffee, polishing off three mugs of it before she and Luke even left the kitchen. They walked to Luke's truck hand in hand.

"So, babe, are we going to tell the town today?" Lorelai asked, hoping he'd say yes.

"Sure, if you want, I don't mind," he replied, placing an assuring hand on her leg as they put their seatbelts on. She put her hand on the top of his and smiled widely. She was so happy. Happier than she'd been since the day before she started dating Luke. Luke let go of her leg and held onto the steering wheel. The quick 2 minute drive went for what seemed like a second. Lorelai's nerves about letting the town in on their secret were getting to her. When they got to the diner it was already packed – the breakfast rush had already began.

"Luke, two orders of pancakes, one sausage, two eggs and two slices of toast," she yelled into the kitchen, slamming the order down on the bench. She leaned over the counter. "Can I help you ma'am?"

The lady shook her head, "Not ready to order yet miss, I'll call you when I am," Lorelai nodded and went over to Miss Patty and Babette's table.

"Morning ladies, what can I get you?" she asked, trying to show off her ring. The women didn't look up from their menu's straight away. Without eye contact, Babette placed her order. Lorelai wrote it down and awaited Patty's. The instant Patty looked up she noticed the diamond glistening in the sun rays coming from behind her.

"Lorelai," Patty gasped, holding onto Babette's arm, as if for strength. Babette looked up and knew what Patty was talking about straight away.

Within a second Lorelai was getting hugged from four different ways. She was confused, dumbfounded, people she didn't even know that well were surrounding her, offering her their congratulations. Luke popped his head around the corner and smiled, the secret was out.

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At four o'clock, Luke decided to let Lorelai go home, it was slow and he knew she was eager to get to planning their wedding. She kissed him softly but eagerly on the lips before heading to the crapshack. When she opened the door, her house phone was already ringing. She bolted to it, searching for it under the cushions from when she was talking to Rory earlier that morning. She finally found it, and smiled when Rory's name appeared on the caller ID.

"Hey kid, what's going on?" she asked with a huge smile on her face, that same one she wasn't able to get rid of when she first started dating Luke.

"Well, my soon-to-be-married mother, I was wondering if you'd be cool with me coming home tonight? Thought I'd get away for a couple of nights, one of my lectures was moved to another day, so I don't have class until late Thursday afternoon," Rory explained.

"You can visit whenever you want, you know that," Lorelai insisted.

"Well, I just didn't want to impose on any plans you may have had with you fiancée tonight," Rory said slyly putting emphasis on the word fiancée, not going unnoticed by Lorelai.

"No, my fiancée and me are spending time with my kid," Lorelai joked, "Ohh, hey, let's have a movie night, a marathon, Luke'll only last one or two movies, then we'll be all on our lonesome, oooh, let's write stuff on his face in permanent marker and put his hand in hot water," she continued to get idea's. Rory laughed.

"Alright, so it's settled, I'll pack up some stuff 'n' be there at 6.30, love you Mom." Rory finished the conversation and hit end on her cell. Lorelai immediately dialed the diners number.

"Luke's," Ceaser greeted the unknown customer.

"Hey Ceaser, it's Lorelai, I was just wondering if Luke was there?" she asked sweetly.

"Yeah he is, but I'll warn you, he's in a pretty foul mood at the moment," Ceaser replied, holding the phone out to Luke, gesturing for him to take the call.

There was a long pause. Suddenly there was some noise, Lorelai's eyes widened as she waited to see if someone was about to talk to her.

"Luke here," Luke answered, not knowing who it was.

"Hey hon, it's Lorelai," she cautiously replied.

"Yeah?" Luke asked.

"You know that quiet night we planned on having tonight? It was just ruined by that fabulous creature we've come to know as Rory," she kidded.

"Oh, Rory's here? That's cool, I'll just stay at the diner," he said tiredly.

"No, no, no, I still want you to come over, it's just that me and Rory were going to have a kind of movie marathon, you don't have to join in, but I want to sleep in the same bed with you, I didn't get to see you much today, it was so busy, I miss you." Lorelai cocked her head, waiting for his reply. Ceaser was right, he was in a weird mood, just offering to stay at the diner.

"Uh, sure, okay, come by the diner after you've picked up your movies and I'll walk with you," he said, hanging up the phone.

The line went dead. Lorelai looked at the phone then slowly hung up. She was confused. She shrugged it off and started to keep herself busy until Rory came around.

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At almost six thirty on the button, Lorelai looked out the window to see Rory's prius rolling into the driveway. Excitedly, she grabbed her coat and ran down the steps. She hugged Rory before kissing her on the forehead. They put Rory's things inside and headed off to the video store.

"Hey Kirk," the girls said in unison as they approached the counter with the three movies.

"Evening, ladies," Kirk replied, scanning their selection. "I see you've picked up some of the classics, Titanic, always a good one, Bring it on, another classic, although not one I pick for you two," he said.

"We decided on one really, really bad movie, one average movie, and one killer movie for this movie marathon Kirk," Rory answered, Lorelai nodding.

"So where does The Wizard of Oz rank?" Kirk asked with one raised eyebrow.

The girls smiled at each other, Lorelai continued, "Top of the list, my friend, can't go wrong with ruby slippers, cyclones and witches all rolled into one," she smiled.

Lorelai quickly walked out of the store, Rory following quickly behind. Since she'd seen her mother, Rory has been in awe of the ring now occupying her left hand. She loved it, she kept reminding Lorelai of the importance it is to find a man who could pick out jewelry, but all Lorelai could say back was that he didn't pick it, it was his Mom's. They entered Luke's together to find a few patrons in secluded tables, and Luke packing up the coffee machine. Luke spotted the girls, spun around and yelled into the kitchen.

"Ceaser, I'm out," he called, turning back to the girls. He walked over to Lorelai and pecked her on the lips before turning to Rory.

"Hey Rory, nice to see you," he said, grabbing her right shoulder before ushering Lorelai out the door.

"We need to stop by Doose's, there's nothing in the house for the movie marathon," Lorelai told Luke, only to be rewarded with a small snort.

Lorelai and Luke walk hand in hand down to the market. When they enter one of the aisles, Lorelai drops Luke's hand and starts piling junk food into the basket Rory was holding.

"Okay, so, marshmallows, red vines, chocolate, pringles, ice cream, nerds, frozen pizza, I think we're set," Rory stated with a smile. They walked to the checkout.

"You know, you're going to die at a very young age," Luke said quietly to Lorelai, making her giggle. He placed his hand around her lower waist, as they exited the store. Walking to the house was a new experience to Lorelai. Not once since they'd been together, had Luke been as clingy as he was being tonight. Every so often his hand would slip from her waist and land on her ass, staying there for more than it would if it'd been accidental. She wasn't complaining though, she loved it when Luke was touchy feely.

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Half way through the second movie, Luke fell asleep with Lorelai in his arms. Rory smiled at the picture, causing Lorelai to finally realize that he was asleep. Rory and Lorelai began talking about the wedding.

"I was thinking, Dragonfly, or we could go traditional, at a church somewhere?" she asked Rory, gesturing a weighing-scale with her hands.

"I reckon it should be an outdoor wedding, something like Sookie's, but more crazy, more you," Rory replied. Lorelai simply nodded.

Lorelai leaned forward slightly, just enough so that she could reach the wedding magazine on the table, but not enough to wake her sleeping beauty. She flipped through some pages, finally stopping and handing it to Rory, who was situated at the other end of the couch.

"I was thinking that dress, but I could make it myself, so it wouldn't be exactly the same," she smiled.

"I love it Mom, it's beautiful, but are you sure you want to make it yourself? I mean, you'll have so much else to do," Rory asked, slightly panicked.

"That's why I have you, Sookie, and god save me for saying it, my mother, plus, how many brides can say they made their own dress?" she asked, pointing at herself.

Discussions and possibilities continued to be thrown around until the credits started rolling on Titanic. Lorelai smiled through the small tears that she shed from the scene where Leo decided to leave Kate. Rory laughed at the fact that even after all these years, she still cried at that moment. When The Wizard Of Oz ended, Lorelai decided it was finally time to go to bed. Rory got up. Lorelai lifted Luke's arm from her shoulders and started to shake him.

"Luke, honey?" she asked, touching his face.

"What? Is the movie over?" he asked glancing at the television.

"Yeah, babe, they all are," she smiled, pulling at his arm, "We're going to sleep now, upstairs,"

"Alright," he replied simply, straightening up, stretching his neck and getting up. Rory laughed at how natural it was to see Luke go up to Lorelai's room, as if it were his own house. Rory waved a small wave at Lorelai as she disappeared up the stairs after turning the lights and TV off.

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Lorelai plonked her head on a pillow, facing away from Luke, but snuggled close to Luke. She heard his even breathing and knew he wasn't asleep. Five minutes passed before he said anything.

"Do you want more kids?" Luke asked bluntly, clutching tighter onto Lorelai's waist. She smiled, she'd waited for this topic to arise.

"Do you?" she asked, not wanting to give him the wrong answer first.

"Well, I don't have any kids, I'd love to have a kid of my own," he said sweetly, trying not to freak her out.

"I want another kid, only because it's with you," she said smiling. Luke smiled too.

"Good," Luke replied, kissing softly into her hair. "I was afraid that Rory might be it for you, 'cause she's an awesome kid and I thought you might think she was enough," he confessed in a whisper.

"In my mind, now that I have you, my family's not complete until we're married and we have a baby of our own, Luke," she said secretly.

Luke smiled. He loved her so much. He'd overheard her excited chats with Rory about decorations and venues for the wedding. He loved how into the whole thing she was, after only one day of being engaged. He couldn't wait to marry Lorelai, the girl of his dreams, the one he's loved for years, the one who finally loves her back.

Lorelai rolled over, placing her head directly under Luke's. He leaned down and kissed her heatedly. He opened his mouth, letting Lorelai's tongue in. He placed her flat on his back and got on top of her. He quickly removed her shorts and his sweats. They were both insistent, so needy, Lorelai just wanted to feel him with her again.

Suddenly, Luke pulled Lorelai's panties aside and slid inside of her with one long thrust. She moaned at the contact, excited by the fact that Luke had finally decided they could make love with her daughter in the house.

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Meanwhile downstairs.

Rory was finishing getting ready for bed when her cell phone beeped, reminding her that she had a voicemail to check. She picked it up, calling voicemail back. On the other end of the phone was Brendan Callister, editor of the Hartford Courant, offering her a job as a columnist in their Sunday paper. She squealed with excitement.

Running up the stairs, she couldn't wait to tell her Mom about the news. She got to the door and opened it quickly.

"Mo-" she called as soon as she opened the door. She was cut off by the site in front of her. If only a quick glance, she saw Luke thrusting into Lorelai, as he kissed her heatedly, Lorelai holding onto the headboard of the bed. As soon as Rory walked in, they broke the kiss, looking at her together. Luke stopping all movement. Rory shut the door and ran downstairs.

Luke's mouth was wide open, Lorelai's hands now covered her eyes.

"THAT is why I don't like to have sex with people in the house," Luke told Lorelai before rolling off of her and shaking his head, racked with embarrassment.

Lorelai pulled her shorts back up, and straightened up her tank top which had now accumulated around her breasts. She got out of bed and ran down the stairs. She walked into Rory's room, finding her sitting on the edge of her bed, shaking her head. She looked up.

"Mom, I'm SO sorry, I didn't think, I just had something to tell you, I didn't –" she shook her head, possibly more embarrassed than Luke. Lorelai laughed and turned red.

"It's okay, well, I'm okay, I don't think you'll see Luke until the wedding, probably thinks you think he was violating me or something," she joked, sitting next to Rory.

Rory turned to look at Lorelai.

"I got a job as a columnist at a Hartford paper," she laughed. Lorelai shook her head in amazement.

"Congratulations, honey," She screamed, hugging Rory tight.

TBC

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