Thanks again for your reviews. I know, I repeat myself but I'm so happy for every single review. It always motivates me to write more. Hehe. So and because I had some free time, I was able to finish the next chapter. Fast, huh? Yes, I'm proud of myself. :-P
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Chapter 12
When the movie was over, they sat like this for a few more minutes before Lorelai spoke. "And, did you like it?"
"Yes, it was... nice."
"Didn't fall asleep?"
Luke laughed. "Nah, of course not."
"I wasn't so sure about it. Casablanca is not a typical 'guy movie'." She emphasized it with her fingers.
"So?"
"Well, I figured maybe you wouldn't make it."
"But I did." Luke smiled. "Or do you think I'd fall asleep on our first date?"
"Nah. You better not, Mister."
"See."
"Date." She snuggled closer to Luke again. "I like that. It has a nice ring."
"Haven't used this word before?" Luke asked jokingly.
"Haha." She punched him playfully on his arm. "Of course but I've never used 'date' and our two names in the same sentence."
"Well, there's a first time for everything." He gave her a wink and added whispering. "And I like the ring of that, too."
"Good to know." She looked at him, smiling.
"Okay. So, what do you wanna do know? Want some coffee?"
"Coffee would be great." She sat up straight, grinning from ear to ear. "You really know the way to a woman's heart."
"Only to yours." He said flirtously and reached for her hand. "Let's go."
They left and headed to Luke's for a cup of coffee. But because it was a warm night, they decided to take a walk.
They strolled through the town, talking about everything. Lorelai told him about her day at the Inn and the fight she had with Michel. And Luke told her about the misunderstanding with his delivery guy and why Taylor did annoy him again. There didn't have to be a reason actually. Just the pure presence of him was enough to make him furious. God knows why.
By the time they reached Lorelai's house it was after eleven o'clock. Luke walked her up the front steps where Lorelai started to look for her keys.
"I had a good time."
Looking up, Lorelai's lips formed a smile. "Me too. And thanks for bribing Kirk."
"Anytime." He grinned.
They looked at each other for a moment before Lorelai spoke again. "We should do this again. Some time. I mean, if you want to."
"I'd definitely want to." Luke gave her a smile. "Cesar has his free day tomorrow, so I'm alone at the Diner. But maybe the day after?"
"Yes, I'd like that." Lorelai nodded and Luke smiled at that, clearly relieved. But suddenly she added. "Oh nooo. I can't."
"Oh."
"It's Friday. And Friday means dinner with my parents." She sighed and muttered. "Damn contract."
"It's okay."
"I don't want to go, but I have to." She looked down on her feet and let out a sigh.
"Maybe Saturday then?"
"If I'll survive Friday, then yes." Her face brightened again.
"Okay. Good, then I'll cross my fingers." He grinned and looked down on the floor.
The situation between them was weird somehow. Both knew what they talked about the week before but they weren't sure if the other one could still remember or meant what they said after everything what happened. They knew that they had to talk about it. The sooner, the better.
"Luke."
"Lorelai."
Both started at the same time and laughed.
"You first." Lorelai said and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Okay uhm, maybe we can sit down for this or something?"
"Sure." They walked to the bench on Lorelai's porch and sat down. "So?"
Luke stared at his hands for a minute before he spoke. "Okay, I just wanted to ask you something." He lifted his head to meet her eyes.
"Okaaay." She said slowly. "And this would be?"
"About us. Our situation."
"I wanted to talk about that too."
"I'm not sure if... uh, do you remember when we talked last week? In my apartment?"
"We talked a lot. So what do you mean exactly?" She asked curiously.
Luke swallowed. "You told me that you... and I... that you have some kind of... you know... fe..." He looked into her eyes and rubbed his damp hands over his pants. But his heart sank when he didn't get any reaction from her at all, so his eyes fell down on his feet again. He whispered. "You don't remember anymore."
"Luke."
"It's okay. You were running a fever, so maybe you didn't even mean what you said." Luke stood up. "It's okay."
"I didn't say that." Lorelai grabbed his arm.
"Didn't say what?"
"That I do not remember. Because I do." She pulled him down on the bench again.
"You do?"
"Of course I do." She grinned. "And I wanted to tell you that... that I did mean what I've said."
"You..." His lips twitched into a smile. "You did?"
"Yeah, I did. I do, actually." Lorelai nodded. "I know the last week was kind of..." She fumbled for the right word. "...unexpected. First I had that damn cold and... then you, which I'm really sorry for. You have to believe me."
"It's okay."
"Matter of opinion." She shook her head. "And then when we were both fine again, and with Rory coming back and the big amount of work we both had this week... I wasn't sure if we're still on... I mean, if you're still interested."
"God Lorelai, what a question."
"So is that a yes?" She asked carefully.
"Of course it is. I'm very very interested."
"Okay, it was a yes then." She smiled and took in a deep breath while she gently took his hands. "Glad to know, because I really missed you in the last few days."
"I missed you too."
They stared at each other for a few minutes, both clearly feeling the electricity between between them.
Lorelai whispered. "Luke?"
"Yeah?"
"Kiss me already."
Luke looked down and grinned. He reached up and traced his finger along her jaw line, his eyes never leaving hers. He slowly moved closer until their lips were just inches apart and both of them could feel the breath of the other. Luke smiled and slid his hand behind her neck before he tilted his head to the side and met her lips in a gentle kiss. Immediately, Lorelai put a hand on Luke's cheek to deepen the kiss. What started as gentle first, became more passionate, more demanding with every second.
Soft moans escaped Lorelai's lips when their tongues met and Luke feathered his long fingers through her curly hair.
Pulling apart and panting heavily, Lorelai whispered. "This is crazy."
"What is?" Luke asked, cleary out of breath himself.
"How much I've missed that." She wrapped her arms around his neck to hold him close. "You're a good kisser, Luke Danes."
"Yeah? You're not so bad either, Lorelai Gilmore." His lips skimmed over her jaw while Lorelai closed her eyes and let him do those magic things to her, enjoying Luke's mouth on her causing goosebumps all over her body.
Grinning, Lorelai replied. "It's even better than I remember."
Luke pulled back slightly and looked at her grinning. "Yeah, because your head isn't clouded with medications anymore."
"That must be it."
Luke sighed as their lips met again into a long wet lingering kiss that went from gentle to urgent. Both of them enjoying to explore each others mouth, while hands wandered and breathing became more rigid.
Suddenly the backdoor opened and Rory came out. "Mom?" Her eyes grew wide when she saw them. "Oh."
Lorelai and Luke jumped apart, feeling slightly embarrassed at being caught like this.
"I'm sorry. I just saw the lights on and thought..." She looked at them and noticed Luke shifting around uncomfortably.
"We were just..." Lorelai stammered, gesturing with her hands.
"I could see."
"No, I mean we..."
"Sorry for interrupting."
"I gotta go anyway." Luke lifted himself up from the bench, rubbing the back of his neck and looking down on the floor to avoid Rory's gaze.
"No, I'll go back inside." Rory grinned and disappeared through the door.
"Oh god." Luke breathed out. "I should go."
Lorelai got up too. "Sorry, I didn't think that Rory might still be up."
"It's late and I have to go anyway."
"Yeah, probably."
"Do I see you tomorrow?"
"I need my coffee fix, don't I?"
Luke's lips twitched into a small smile. "Yes. I heard about that."
"And since you have the best coffee in town, chances are good that I'll stop by."
"Lucky me."
"I can't say who of us is luckier." Lorelai grinned and pulled him closer at the collar of his shirt.
"Neither do I." He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss goodnight. "Bye."
"Bye." She whispered and watched him walk away before she walked inside.
Lorelai closed the door behind her and leaned against it, her fingers trailing over her lips.
When Rory heard the door, she came out of her room and saw her mother standing at the door. "You okay?"
Lorelai startled and looked at her. "What? Ya, I'm okay." She grinned and walked past her into the kitchen.
Rory followed her. "So, how was your date with Luke?"
"Good. Awesome. Perfect." Lorelai grinned and took some cookies out of the kitchen cupboard before she sat down and started to nibble on one.
"You went to see a movie. Right?" Rory asked curiously and joined her mother on the kitchen table, snatching a cookie herself.
"Yeah."
"And? Come on. Tell me something here."
"He chose Casablanca ." Lorelai sighed dreamily.
"He chose? Wait, I thought you went out to see a movie?"
"We did. But he bribed Kirk so that we had the movie theater for ourselves. And Luke chose what we were going to watch."
"He bribed Kirk? Wow." Rory grinned. "And he chose Casablanca. How cute."
"Oh yeah. It is." Lorelai smiled. "And can you believe it, he never saw Casablanca before."
"No." Rory gasped. "Are you serious?"
"I couldn't believe it either." Lorelai shook her head and snagged another cookie.
"But you had fun."
"Yes, definitely. Then he asked me if I wanna have some coffee. So we went to the Diner, he made me a cup and then we walked through the town. We talked, we laughed... it was really nice."
"Wait. He asked if you wanna have some coffee?"
"Yep."
"Wow." Rory answered. "He really wanted to impress you on your first date with giving you coffee without ranting about how unhealthy it is."
Lorelai propped her chin on her hand and grinned. "Yes. He really did impress me."
"Oh, something tells me that you're now talking about the last part where I waltzed in, right?" Rory winced.
"Maybe." Lorelai looked down, chewing on her lower lip.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt."
"I know, hon'. Did you see how embarrassed Luke was?" Lorelai grinned.
"Yes. I never saw Luke blushing before."
"Well, I did." Lorelai was grinning again. She cleared her throat and continued. "Anyway. We'll repeat this on Saturday."
"Aw. Another date?" Rory smiled at her mother.
"Yep. He wanted to do something tomorrow but I told him I can't because of Friday night dinner, so we moved it forward to Saturday."
"Any plans yet?"
"No. We still have time to think about something."
"When you go out with Luke on Saturday, maybe I can sleep at Lane's. Having a girly night and everything. And since I don't have anything to study, I don't wanna sit at home all alone."
"Sure. You can do that." Lorelai nodded smiling and patted her daughter's arm.
Rory looked at her mother. "You look happy."
"I am." Lorelai stood up smiling and walked out of the kitchen. "I really am."
To be continued...
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So, I hope you liked it. I'm off to Italy for the weekend before college starts again. I can't wait. I Hope I'll find some time to write a little bit there! Hehe :) Bye bye!
