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Chapter 11
Lorelai was waiting for Luke to collect her from the hospital the next day. She had been given the all clear. She heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" She smiled.
"Hey Lor.." Chris said coming in.
Lorelai's smile faded. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see how you were." He said.
"Well I'm fine." She said.
"Good." He smiled. "We were all so worried yesterday."
"Yeh right." Lorelai snorted. "I hear there was a bit of a commotion in the corridor with you, my mom and Luke." She said.
"Oh that was nothing." He waved it off.
"Really? Because Rory told me different." She said.
"Rory?" Chris asked surprised.
"Yep. Surprisingly enough, Luke was telling me it was nothing as well but Rory told me different." Lorelai said. "Look, I'm waiting for Luke to pick me up so..."
"Let me take you back."
"No. Luke's already on his way." Lorelai snapped. "Please Chris. Just go."
"Lor, I'm better now. We can all be a family. I'm sure Rory would love that." Chris begged. "Please give me another chance."
"Chris, I'm with Luke now!" Lorelai said exasperated.
"Yeh but that won't last. We all know that. He is not good enough for you. I know that, your mom knows that! Please Lor! That diner guy is so beneath you. You don't need to settle for him. You have me!" He pleaded.
Lorelai's eyes suddenly widened as she looked past Chris to the door to see a stunned Luke stood there. "Luke..." She said quietly.
"I'll leave you to it." He said leaving.
"No Luke! Please!" She shouted. She got up slowly.
"Lor, let me help you." Chris said going towards her.
"No! Get out of my way!" She snapped. She picked up her bag and went outside and looked down the corridor. There was no sign of Luke. "Damn it..." She muttered. She rang his mobile. "Please pick up." She said. She groaned when it went to voicemail. "Luke, it's me! Please come back. I want you to come back. Please!" She said, hanging up.
"Lor..." Chris said appearing behind her.
"What part of get away from me don't you get?" Lorelai shouted. "I need to find Luke!" She said walking off. She went round the corner and saw him sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room. "Oh thank god.." She said. "Luke?" She said quietly.
Luke looked up and Lorelai could see the hurt in his eyes.
"Luke, please take me home. I need to get away from here. Please?" Lorelai asked feeling her eyes fill up.
Luke just nodded and led her to his truck.
"He ambushed me." Lorelai said quietly as they were driving back. "I was telling him to leave. Please believe me."
"He was right though. Rory would prefer you and him to be together." He said.
"No, that's not true! Rory likes you a lot. She's happy with us." Lorelai disagreed. "What you heard him say isn't true. I don't feel like that at all. I think you're one of the most decent, loveliest guys I've ever met. If anything, you're too good for me." She said sincerely.
Luke looked over at her. "I'm not too good for you." He said. "I'm just a...diner owner." He sighed.
"You're not just a diner owner to me. Or Rory. I spoke to Mia this morning and she explained that you took Rory in last night. You are so much more than just the diner owner to us. You're everything to me and I can't lose you. Please tell me I won't lose you." She said, feeling a couple of tears falling down her cheeks and wiping them quickly.
Luke sighed and reached over and squeezed her hand. "You're not losing me."
Lorelai breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you. So...we're ok?" She asked hesitantly.
"Your parents hate me." He sighed.
"I don't care." Lorelai said. "They don't control my life. I want to be with you and that's all that matters."
Luke gave her a small smile. "Ok." He said.
"Ok." Lorelai gave him a tremulous smile. "You have to understand Chris will always be in my life. I can't help that. He's Rory's dad. He gave me Rory so I can't regret that. But other than giving me Rory, he means nothing to me. I don't think I even really loved him when we were 16. I've never felt with him what I feel with you." She said.
Luke nodded. He parked outside the diner. "Would you like some coffee or do you just want to go home?" He asked.
"Coffee's good." She smiled.
"How did I guess you'd say that?" He gave her a slight smirk.
Lorelai grinned and followed him into the diner.
"Mom!" Rory beamed when she spotted her outside school. She ran over and hugged her.
"Hey sweets!" Lorelai smiled and hugged her tightly.
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
"I'm good. My head's not as sore now." She smiled. "You ready to go home?"
"Ok. But can we go to Luke's first? I want to give him something." She said.
"Oh ok." Lorelai said, heading to Luke's.
They went inside and Luke smiled at them. Rory ran over to him. "I made you this at school." She said handing him a card.
"Oh. Thanks." He said surprised. He opened it and smiled as he read her thank you card. "You didn't need to thank me."
Rory shrugged. "You let me stay here. I thought it would be polite to give you a thank you card. I wanted to." She smiled.
"Well thank you." He smiled. "So you two want anything?" He asked.
"No thanks. We're going to have a movie night tonight." Lorelai smiled.
"Oh right. Well have fun. And welcome back." He smiled at her.
"Why don't you come?" Rory asked Luke.
"What?" Luke asked surprised.
"Come to movie night!" Rory said excitedly. "We just sit and eat junk food and watch great movies. You should come." She turned to her mom. "Tell him to come!"
Lorelai laughed and looked at Luke. "You don't really have much of a choice now."
Luke smirked. "Well if you're sure? I know movie nights are a thing that only you two do." He said.
"Yeh but you're dating mom now so you're one of us." Rory smiled. "Please?" She pouted.
Luke rolled his eyes. "Well ok."
"Yay!" Rory beamed.
"Hon, why don't you run to the video store and get a couple of movies and then I will meet you in Dooses'." Lorelai smiled at her daughter, giving her some money.
"Ok!" She grinned and ran off.
Lorelai turned to Luke. "See, you're much more than just the diner guy to her. She's never asked anyone to join us for movie night before." She smiled.
Luke smiled. "Thanks."
"See you about 7?" She asked.
"See you at 7." He smiled.
"Do we have enough healthy things for Luke?" Rory asked, looking at the assortment of food they had spread out on the table infront of their small tv in the potting shed.
"I think we've got enough." Lorelai smiled.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"He's here!" Rory grinned and ran to let him in. "Hi Luke!"
"Hey Rory." He smiled.
She ran and sat at one end of their sofa. "We're ready to start." She grinned.
"God how much junk did you buy?" He said.
"A lot." Lorelai grinned. "We bought you some carrot sticks though."
"Well do I feel honoured." He said sarcastically.
"Come on, let's start." She smiled, leading him to the sofa.
Luke sat at the other end of the sofa with Lorelai in the middle. Lorelai snuggled into him. At first, Luke felt a bit awkward showing affection infront of Rory but she was so engrossed in the movie that eventually he relaxed a bit and put his arm round her. Lorelai smiled and leant her head on his shoulder.
"This is nice." She whispered.
"Yeh it is." Luke admitted.
"SHHHHH!" Rory exclaimed, causing them to laugh.
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