For a few days of the following week, Luke, Lorelai and April spent a lot of time together. They went out to lunch and dinner, watched a couple movies together and just talked so that April and Lorelai could get to know one another better.

One night, after Luke returns from dropping April off at Anna's, he heads back to his apartment instead of going to Lorelai's house where she was expecting him. Anna had told him that they could start discussing April's custody soon. She had seemed more willing to talk about it than before and Luke was glad. He picks up Lorelai's engagement ring form the nightstand. He stares at it and thinks about marrying Lorelai.

Maybe it would be better if we got married sooner rather than later. It might help Anna see that Lorelai really is sticking around. He thinks, but then disagrees with himself. No, I need to really feel comfortable with April before I can settle down with Lorelai. We shouldn't rush into marriage. He knew that it wouldn't be fair to Lorelai if he married her then spent almost all of their free time with April. It was good that Lorelai was spending time with April before the wedding. Luke was relieved that he and Lorelai had decided to work things out and stay together while he adjusted to being a father.

The apartment door opened and Lorelai stepped in. "I thought I'd find you here."

Luke looks up and places the ring back on the nightstand.

"I thought you were coming over?" Lorelai asks him as she walks over to stand in front of him.

"Sorry. I just wanted to come here and think first." He says in a low voice.

"Hmm, I guess you can still come to your clubhouse since we're not married. What were you thinking about?" She says slowly.

Luke looks down and bites his lip for second. He looks back at her, "Just about you and April. Anna and I are going to talk about custody soon."

"Okay, but why didn't you come over and talk to me about it? You said you would." Lorelai ponders.

"I don't know I guess I just wanted to think it through on my own first. I shouldn't have, I know… I just needed some alone time I guess."

"Luke… I… if you're having second thoughts about anything having to do with us, you need to tell me." She looks at him straight in the eye.

Luke lets out a breath and meets her gaze. "No… it's not that. I was just thinking about when we could move on. I was thinking about when the best time to give you the ring back would be."

Lorelai nods slowly, keeps her eyes locked on him. "And? What did you decide?" She presses him.

"I'm sticking by my choice to wait until everything is right with April and Anna. I'm not ready to set a date yet. Is that okay with you?" He clears his throat. "I know you're probably sick of waiting, but I'm almost ready and Anna and I are going to talk about the custody thing soon so…" He tells her with an unreadable expression.

"I'm okay with it. I know you still want to marry me, and I can wait. I know that April is important to you. Rory is my world, so I get it. I think it's great that you took charge and you want a proper relationship with her." She stops because Luke looks like he wants to say something.

"Are you sure you're okay with it? You can tell me if you're not." He says gently.

Lorelai presses her lips together. "I know I didn't tell you how I was feeling for months and I regret that. This is different. We can't keep anything from each other anymore. I meant it when I said we're going to stay together. I don't want to lose you." She looks away as she says the last part.

"You won't. I'm not going to push you away again. I guess it," he stops and thinks for a few seconds. "It was wrong of me to think that I had to focus on April before I could really be with you. I mean, I shouldn't have expected you to be so patient while I was getting to know her alone. I should have asked you for your help instead of shutting you out." Luke says sincerely.

Lorelai gives him a small smile, "I wanted to help. I said this before too, we both made mistakes, but we're fixing them now and that's all that matters."

Luke smiles back. "I agree." He says simply.

They both thought that they had had similar conversations in the past week. But they both knew that talking about everything was helping them with their communication issues.

"So, good talk?" Lorelai asks quietly.

"Good talk." Luke agrees. He nods his head and says, "Come here."

Lorelai raises her eyebrows and walks over to him. She sits on his lap and whispers, "I think I'm having déjà vu."

Luke knew she was referring to the last time she sat in his lap, in the exact same chair in his apartment. He cringes and whispers "Sorry." He knew that he ended up being a hypocrite after that conversation.

"It's okay." She tells him and she tilts her head, waits for his kiss.

Luke smiles softly and rubs her back then presses his lips to hers. They share a few soft kisses. Luke is the one to pull back.

"Thank you for waiting." He says.

"It's worth the wait." Lorelai answers simply.

Luke nods in agreement and brings his lips back to hers. He kisses her gently before Lorelai deepens the kiss. Luke pulls away after a minute.

"Want to head to bed?" Lorelai asks.

Luke glances at her then looks at the bed. "I thought you'd want to stay at your house tonight?"

"Yeah, you're right. Rory should be getting back from dinner soon and I think she's staying the night." Lorelai replies.

"You didn't go to Friday night dinner?" Luke questions.

Lorelai shakes her head. "I wanted to see you instead. I didn't want to deal with my mother's questions about us."

"About us?" Luke is confused.

"Well, I had to tell her what was happening with us because she and my dad want to buy us a house. It would be a wedding gift."

"Oh. What did you tell her?" Luke contemplates.

"I had to tell her that we wouldn't be getting married anytime soon, so we wouldn't need a house. She didn't exactly take it well; she wasn't thrilled to hear that I hadn't become involved with April yet. But I told her to let us sort everything out. I'm kind of surprised she hasn't come to the diner to shout at you."

Luke takes a few seconds to respond. "Maybe you… we should tell her that we are working on everything, and we are getting married… just not as soon as she thought."

Lorelai sighs softly. "Yeah, we probably should. She really did seem to be concerned. How about we go see her tomorrow afternoon?"

"Yeah, that sounds good." Luke agrees.

Lorelai slowly slides off his lap. "Okay. I'm gonna head back home now if that's okay with you?"

Luke stands up and nods. "Go home to Rory. I'm fine here."

Lorelai raises her eyebrows. "Really, because I'm going to miss you in my bed," She says with an awkward wink.

Luke smirks, "We'll be fine." He didn't want to focus on the physical part of their relationship until they sorted out all their issues and they were officially engaged again.

"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow, doll." Lorelai gives him a quick kiss goodbye.

He flashes a smile before she turns around and walks away.

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