At the Inn Lorelai went through her day on a cloud with a soft smile curving her lips. She was somewhat distracted but managed to complete her duties without issue. But by lunch time Sookie had had enough of her sauntering through the inn with her curious smile. She grabbed a couple of slices of pie and a flask of hot chocolate then hooked her arm through Lorelai's and pulled her out into the rear garden to sit with her on a swing bench in the shade of an oak tree. Lorelai had expected to be pulled aside a lot sooner by Sookie so she was a willing captive and swung her legs back and forth cheerily as Sookie bribed her with treats to get her to speak.

"I had the most wonderful weekend with Luke. That's all."

"Spill. I need details."

"I'm not going to bore you with the sordid details-"

"Sordid details by their very nature cannot be boring!" Sookie argued but Lorelai only shook her head with a laugh.

"Look," Lorelai began. "Ellie went to Chicago with Rachel on Saturday."

"Oh, yeah."

"I met Luke at his place when he got back from the airport. We hung out, I just didn't want him to mope around the apartment missing her too much."

"So you distracted him?" Sookie waggled her eyebrows at her suggestively.

"Let's just say I kept him busy."

Sookie laughed. They spent the next hour giggling on the swing, swaying slightly back and forth as Sookie tried to coax more details out of Lorelai, and Lorelai try to describe her weekend with a PG 13 rating to her friend. they were so caught up in their stories that they didn't notice Luke emerging from the rear entrance from the kitchen and approaching them. It wasn't until he stood in front of them and coughed slightly that they both looked up. They were both stunned into silence at his appearance as if their stories had conjured him then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Luke looked on confused both when Sookie recovered she gathered the plates they had their lunch on and stood.

"Hey Luke, good to see you."

"Hi Sookie."

"I better be getting back." she smiled at him and winked at Lorelai as she hurried off and Luke took her position on the wing porch.

"I didn't interrupt something did I?" he asked as he nodded at Sookie's retreating form.

"No we were just catching up about our weekends."

"Oh?" he blushed slightly and looked down at his hands that were locked together between his knees.

"Don't worry I didn't go into detail with her."

"I should hope not," he said with a frown.

"So what has you out here at the inn?"

"You."

"You came out to see little ole me?"

"Yes."

"See, I knew you were a romantic!" she nudged him with her shoulder.

"Not romantic really…" he admitted with a chuckle. "Just incredibly horny." His confession made her stop laughing and then she looked at him, her mouth agape, her eyes wide. "I kept thinking about you upstairs in my apartment, naked, wanton, waiting. At one stage I almost ran up to check if you were there. But then I remembered you leaving." As he spoke he kept his eyes fixed on his joined hands. "And I started thinking about what you were wearing when you left, or more importantly what you weren't wearing." Lorelai chuckled and remembered his growl when he discovered she wasn't wearing any underwear. "And I got to thinking what you might be wearing at work, or again...what you might not be wearing." He cast a sideways glance at her and ignored the faint blush that colored his cheeks. "And well I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I came out here to see you."

"So in actual fact you came out to see if I was wearing any underwear at work."

"Yes." He spoke resolutely, sat back in the swing causing it to sway slightly and half turned his body to face her, one of his arms lining the back of the swing behind her so his fingers could caress her far shoulder softly. His eyes fell over her body and clocked the black linen pants she wore with the light blue blouse tucked in. The blouse had a low cut neckline but her cleavage was tastefully covered and revealed nothing.

"Well now, isn't this a wonderful turn of events." She smirked as his eyes roamed over her knowing full well her clothing would conceal the answer to his question. She crossed her legs before her and watched as his eyes widened and took in her movements, roamed onto her hip to see if he could spot a visible panty line and then up her waist to check if her shirt had moved to reveal anything more. He caught her chuckling and moved his eyes up to meet hers and smiled crookedly.

"Lorelai…" he muttered, his eyes fall to his hands again but he pulled them back up and connected with hers.

"That's not really the reason I came."

"It's not?" she mock pouted at him. "Now I'm disappointed, and my ego is a little bruised…"

"Oh, don't get me wrong," he smiled and rested a hand on her knee. "Everything I just said, is entirely true, and it is nearly killing me not knowing your state of underwear," he looked her up and down again aggressively and she beamed at him and jutted her chest out just enough for him to notice.

"So if you didn't come here to ravage me, why are you here?"

He seemed to want to answer but didn't quite possess the power to do so and battled with himself then finally settled on, "I had the most amazing weekend."

"Me too."

"I wanted to tell you this yesterday but it didn't seem right, I mean it's right, it feels right, for me I mean, I certainly hope it's right for you too, but the timing didn't seem right, I was afraid you would take it wrong-"

"Luke," she soothed his wandering thoughts and placed a hand on his knee which he immediately covered with his own. The other hand he had on her shoulder pulled her closer to him and he leaned over to plant a soft kiss on her cheek.

"I'm falling in love with you." he blurted the words out the moment his lips disconnected from her skin. "I have fallen in love with you. I fall in love with you more every day."

She half expected these words, she even knew the various moments throughout the weekend when she thought he was going to say it but even that hadn't prepared her for the wave of emotion she felt at the sound of his soft voice uttering those simple words. He was watching her closely, waiting for her reaction and once the initial shock had subsided she smiled. Her hands came up to cup his face and she pulled him closer, kissed him softly and let her lips linger on his for the longest moment. When they parted she moved back, smiled again. Her thumbs ran over her cheeks then one over his lips to brush the lipstick off from her kiss.

"I love you, Luke."

"You do?" he seemed as shocked at her words as she was at his.

"Yes, I do." Her smiled widened and she leaned in to kiss him again but this time he didn't let her break it so easily. When she pulled back he followed her, leaned forward and deepened the kiss, he slipped his tongue into her and caressed the inside of her mouth and she let him but as the realization of their surroundings hit her she pried him off her and leaned back.

"I was hoping you'd say that," he said and he went to lean into her again but she held him at bay.

"Luke, not here, I'm at work."

"Oh right, of course, I'm sorry," he stopped trying to fight her and moved a bit away to give her some space, all the while glancing around him to see if anyone was watching, then turned back to her with a rueful smile on his lips and a deep hunger in his eyes.

"I'm right there with you buddy," she said and she patted his knee then stood up and brushed the creases out of her outfit. He stood with her and watched her hands brush over her body.

"I better get back to the diner." he said and he stepped away from the swing then turned to offer her his hand and walk with him.

They walked in silence, hand in hand to his truck that was parked at the side of the inn then he pulled the door open and turned to face her.

"Thanks for the visit."

"Thanks for the reply." He kissed her gently, catching the corner of her mouth and let his hand that was resting on the small of her back roam a little lower to cup her ass and pull her against him, and she moaned at the feel of his semi erect cock against her crotch. "Sorry, couldn't help it." He smiled as he released her and when she licked her lips then ran her hands through her hair before stepping back she locked her eyes with him.

"Go back to work you harlot." He laughed as he climbed into the truck and closed the door behind him then hung out the window towards her when she tugged on his sleeve. "And just so you aren't suffering, the answer is nothing."

He frowned at her words, not realizing the context until she turned on her heel and sashayed away from him. When she turned to look at him over her shoulder he grinned at her and shook his head until she disappeared through the door into the lobby. Luke took a moment to calm himself down then started the engine and went back to the diner.

As he walked in through the front door and made to take his normal position behind the counter, Caesar stuck his head out and called out to him.

"Ellie called," he said then ducked back into the kitchen.

"Oh? When?" Luke went to follow him and hung through the archway to see Caesar by the grill.

"About fifteen minutes ago."

"Thanks. I'm going upstairs to call her back, yell if you need me."

"Will do, boss."

Luke hurried upstairs and grabbed the phone by the couch then sat on the edge of the soft cushions after he dialed her number and waited for her to pick up. It rang out with no option to leave a voicemail so Luke hung up, checked the number and rang again. But again, it rang out. He hung up with a sigh, checked his watch and returned to the diner.

He focused on keeping his mind off Lorelai but try as he might it was a losing battle. No matter what he did or where he looked he thought of her. So he quit trying to fight it and instead basked in the memories he had of her from the weekend just past. He thought of his shock at finding her there on Saturday night, surprise at finding her in his arms on Sunday morning and the pure delight of falling asleep with her wrapped around him the Sunday night.

With the very vivid memories of Lorelai pressed up against him in his bed, behind him, in front of him, on top of him or below him, with his small bed there was no way for them to be both be in it and not be touching, and though there was some part of him that never wanted that to change, he knew he needed to bite the bullet and get a bigger bed.

He grabbed the phone book from the bottom shelf of the end table and flicked through it to the furniture section. He ran his hand down through the listings to find a local store then rang them up and ordered a new bed. He hung up with a triumphant smile and went back down to the diner.

Lorelai called in on her way home and they kissed gingerly over the counter before he served her a coffee and a slice of pie. She teased him and he blushed, he spoke softly to her and she smiled. It was a tentative routine they had been working on since they met but this was a whole new level that neither had experienced before.

When she finished her drink and pie she was reluctant to leave. He asked her to stay until he closed so he could walk her home and when she nodded he refilled her coffee and got to cleaning up. When he was finally finished he took her hand and they walked home in the cooling summer evening. they took a longer route around town that took them by the lake, over the pond, through grant park and out at the far end of her street. When her house came into view he pulled her in closer, wrapped an arm around her shoulder and kissed the top of her head. She held him close with an arm around his waist until she got to her door and had to release him to open the door.

"Coming in?"

"No, not tonight, I need to go home and ring Ellie. I missed her call earlier and I couldn't get through to her after."

"Come in, ring her from here."

"You don't mind?"

"No! Of course not," she said as she tugged on his hand and pulled him into the lobby and closed the door behind him. She led him over to the bottom of the stairs and pushed him up the first few steps. "There is a phone in my room, you'll have more privacy there."

He nodded and started to ascend the stairs and she followed with her hands on his ass. She pushed him into her room and over to her bed where she turned on the bedside lam and gestured to the phone. "Make all the calls you need. Just give me a minute to change out of my work clothes and it's all yours."

"Thanks."

He watched her walk across the room to the wardrobe and pull out some clothes then turned to the phone to pick it up, but her parting words from earlier made his head whip back around to her to see her pull her blouse out of her trousers and over her head, proving what she had said to be true. His eyes feasted on the sight of her bare back, no impedance from her bra as she wasn't wearing one. She took the tee she was planning to wear from the back of the chair and slipped it on all without turning around. It was a white and blue ladies baseball tee with short sleeves and a wide neck. It just about covered the top of her ass so he waited for her to remove her trousers before making his call.

Sure enough, she opened her pants and shimmied her hips to drop them to the floor. When she bent at the waist to pick them up he knew she knew he was watching but he didn't care. He had the most perfect view of her ass and he wasn't about to look away for some false show of decency. She grabbed the shorts from the chair and stepped into them and slowly pulled them up her legs to her ass where she had to tug them over her cheeks before she could close them properly. With that done, she whirled around as she tied her hair up and walked out of the room without a word to him.

He shook his head, took a few deep breaths then picked up the phone and dialed Ellie's number. Again it rang out and he cursed under his breath for not thinking to give her a cell phone while she was traveling. He pressed the hang up button on the phone but immediately released it and dialed again. This time when it rang out he replaced the receiver on the set and went downstairs to see Lorelai stretched out on the couch watching TV.

"That was a quick call."

"Still no answer."

"Oh, sorry."

"It's ok, I'm sure she is just out having a ball with Rachel." His words were what he wanted her to be doing, but his tone was tight and controlled. He crossed the room towards her but when she moved to get up he sat on the ground beside her head and dropped his head back onto the cushion next to her. Her hand came out to softly scratch his scalp and he sighed and closed his eyes to will himself to relax beneath her touch. They watched the movie for a while then Luke chuckled and rolled his eyes back to glance at her. "That was some show you put on up there."

"Show?" she asked innocently.

"With the undressing and the redressing," he clarified and gestured with his hands towards his chest and ass.

"Oh, that?" she snickered. "That wasn't a show…it was just how I dress."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really." she brushed his hair off his face and smiled at him as he closed his eyes and let her soothe him. they watched the movie until it finished but neither of them were really paying attention. Luke's minds as flitting between his daughter and her possible whereabouts and her mind was on the man that sat on the floor next to him. The quiet strength he emitted without releasing it made her feel so safe and content.

When the credits finished rolling he lifted his hands to rub his eyes then let out a deep tired sigh. She leaned forward enough to kiss his forehead and he smiled up at her.

"Come here…" he whispered and lifted his chin to offer her his lips. She acquiesced and kissed him, their heads in opposing and upside down positions she couldn't help but smile at the strange sensations. "I love you," he muttered when their kiss was finished but lips still connected.

"You do?" she asked, mimicking his response from earlier.

"Yes, I do." She kissed him again. "Do you have plans for Friday?"

"This coming Friday?" He nodded his head. "Nothing other than working, but I should be finished at the inn at about 5."

"Good, do you want to come over to my place for dinner?"

"You're going to cook?"

"Yeah I was thinking it would be nice. Our last meal was with Ellie and I guess I just want to repeat the process without the chaperone."

"Sounds wonderful."

"So you'll come?"

Lorelai wiggled her eyebrows at him. "Thanks to your talents, I usually do, more than once."

"Hey, I'm over here asking you out and you are making dirty jokes?"

"It wasn't a dirty joke, it was a double entendre. Major difference."

He frowned and arched an eyebrow at her but she just grinned and kissed him. He moved his hand to hold her head in place as they kissed so she couldn't get away as easily then parted her lips and slipped his tongue into her mouth and caressed her from the inside. When she moaned and kissed him deeper he wondered how he would advance this. In their short time together they had shared so much intimacy. He wasn't close to being bored with her yet, her every reaction seemed new and exciting and he was determined to try to connect to her every which way before settling into a routine with her. He opened his eyes and realized he could see her breasts covered by the tight tee to the side of his head and he thought if she was just a little be further forward he could kiss them. He just wasn't sure how to maneuver her into that position. He continued to kiss her fervently as his mind whirled at the possibilities and when he came up with one he thought might work he decided to just go for it.

He lifted his hands high above his head to run them down her sides and gripped the edge of her tee shirt and started to peel it off her and realizing what he was doing she lifted her upper body enough to let him then they broke their kiss long enough for her to pull it off over her head, but this time when she lowered herself back down to kiss him he maneuvered her body forward enough so both of her breasts hung above his face. She braced herself on the edge cushions of the couch and dangled her breasts before him then leaned to the left and lifted the tip of one breast to his lips. He kissed the flat nipple and circled it with his tongue until it peaked then suckled it into his mouth and pinched it gently between his teeth. She gasped and pulled her breast out of his reach but quickly replaced it with the other one.

He treated the other to the same attention and when she couldn't take it anymore she pulled back and sat up away from him. He looked up at her with a devilish grin that made her want to lower right back down onto him but he had other ideas.

"Turn around." he spoke confidently as if there was no way in hell she would refuse him but the look in his eyes was not as sure of his power over her.

"Huh?"

"Turn around, face the back of the couch."

"Eh…ok…" she moved her knees to one side of his head and turned around to face the back of the couch and he moved her leg to the other side of his head.

"Ah," he said as he looked up to her crotch but only noticed then she was still wearing her shorts."I think I should have asked you to remove the shorts first."

"Oh…" she suddenly caught on to what he was planning and backed up off the couch entirely. She stood before him and grinned as her fingers found the button to her shorts and opened them then pulled the zipper down and ever so slowly slipped them over her hips and dropped them to the floor before kicking them aside. "How is it, that somehow I always manage to be completely naked before you?"

"I'm more persistent than you." he said and he gestured for her to approach. "Quit stalling, get over here."

She walked over to him with more sway to her hips than was strictly necessary but he appreciated the effort and took her hands when he could reach. She planted her feet either side of his hips and started to lower herself on top of him but he grasped her hips and stopped her.

"Keep moving." he urged her forward and back onto the couch where she found herself straddling his face. She reached out to grip the back cushions and looked down to where his head was protruding from her legs but his eyes were not on her face, or her breasts that dangled before him. His eyes were planted solely on his goal. They were wide with anticipation and she felt herself twitch under his stare.

The moment her muscles twitched his eyes darted up to hers but only for a second as he returned his focus back on her. He inhaled her scent, licked his lips then let the tip of his tongue trace the outline of her sex with a featherlight touch, just enough to let her know he was there, enough to make her moan, enough to make her twitch again and almost enough to make her come.

She moved her hips in a circular motion but he lifted his hands to grip her and still them. She moaned his name, elongated and adding extra syllables to it as her grip on the cushions tightened and his tongue tickled her again. He loosened his grip on her hips and she took that as a signal that it was ok for her to move against him so she did. He moved one hand to her front to stroke her clit and the other to her back to press into the top of the crevice of her ass and slip lower between her cheeks. She gasped again at the sensation and lowered herself onto his face in a physical wish to get him where she needed him to be. He chuckled softly and the vibrations took her up another notch.

The finger on her clit went up her belly to cup her breast while the finger at her ass slipped lower still to press gently on the entrance to her anus. His tongue finally pushed passed her folds to lick her other entrance and when her gasping was about to subside from this new sensation he penetrated her with his tongue and his fingertip. She cried out in surprise and lifted her legs to move off him and immediately he removed his fingertip from her anus and his hand off her breast.

"Jesus…" she muttered.

"Sorry…" he made to move out from under her but she reached down and gripped his hair and pulled him back into position.

"Don't apologize, and certainly don't move. That was fucking amazing and we're not near finished here."

Luke chuckled with relief and settled back into place. He retraced his steps, let his tongue tease her to near oblivion as one of his hands stroked her clit and moved up to her breast and the other slipped between the cheeks of her ass to her anus. This time she tensed as she waited for him so he caressed her a little more, made her forget what he was planning and focused only what he was doing then before he made his move he ran his tongue to to her clit and massaged it gently then found her entrance again and slipped into her welcoming heat as his fingertip pressed into her anus.

Again she cried out, this time louder, more demanding and he felt her body shudder as the first stage of her orgasm took hold. He pulled his tongue and finger out and thrust them back in, this time his finger slipping a little deeper and again she shuddered. Her eyes screwed tightly shut, her hands gripped the cushions so tight her knuckles were white and her hips started to move as she needed more from him.

He met her demands and moved his tongue and finger as fast as he dared as deep as she allowed and used his nose to nuzzle her clit. She pitched forward for better friction, cried out when the new angle increased the intensity and felt herself shuddering uncontrollably as her orgasm started to overflow.

He moved his hand off her breast to her ass to encourage her movements and lapped his tongue against her inner walls that he felt starting to quiver then just before she peaked he curled his finger in her anus and pressed it a little deeper. This time her scream was louder than anything he had ever heard from her and she clamped a hand over her mouth before it was finished as she rode his face hard until she as spent. Her cries became whimpers, her breathing was erratic and her hips still moved and quivered around his lips.

"Oh fuck Luke…" she squeezed her inner muscles and he suckled on her sex until she was able to move off him and collapse across the couch. "That was incredible…" her voice was hoarse her words whispered. She looked down at him as he sat up and turned to face her. His head was now aligned with her ass and he draped one arm over her thighs and kissed her butt cheek. He was drenched in a strangely erotic mixture of sweat and her juices and his smile was wider and more devilish than she had ever seen.

"Not bad for a thirty five year old single father eh!"

"Not bad…for anyone…on the fucking planet." she muttered her words staggered as she tried to catch her breath and focus. "I don't even want to know where you learned to do that. Frankly I don't care, as long as you keep doing it."

"Yes ma'am." he kissed her butt cheek and got up on his knees to crawl up to her head. He brushed her hair off her face and kissed her temple. "I better go. I have another early start tomorrow."

"You mean you are leaving before I get to reciprocate?" she rolled off her back and into her side where she knew she would be presenting her naked front to him.

"I'll take a rain check." he let his hands roam down her sides and up her front to caress her breasts.

"Booo, spoil sport."

"I know, I suck. Literally."

"Dirty!" her eyes widened with delight at his joke and she pulled him in for a kiss.

"See you tomorrow?"

"Actually, no," she sat up with him as she started to stand but he stalled at her words and turned back to her. She dropped her legs either side of him and ran her hands over his chest. "I'm working late tomorrow then I've got to go to Hartford."

"Oh." He wanted to ask her why, what business she had there, why it would mean not seeing him. But he didn't. "Ok."

"I've got to meet my parents for an annual summer BBQ event at their country club."

"Right."

"If I make it back to Stars Hollow it will be really late, that's if I don't just stay there."

"Ok." He wanted to know more, demand to know the full story of this trip because as far as he recalled she did not get on with her parents, so for her to be going to their place for a full event was unusual to say the least. But he didn't. She watched the conflict wash over his face and hated that he dampened down all the questions he had. "Well if you do decide to come back, maybe you will call into see me on the way home?"

"It'll probably be really late."

"I don't care." His hands stroked the sides of her thighs.

"Ok, maybe I'll see you tomorrow.."

"Alright then. If not tomorrow, the next day." He leaned in and kissed her tenderly and she hugged him close for a second before releasing him. She held out her hands for him to help her up and when he did she circled his neck with her arms and pressed her whole body against him. He walked backwards with her towards the door and reached behind him to rest a hand on the knob before he kissed her and turned her. "Stay back, remember you aren't wearing any clothes."

"Oh it's nothing they haven't seen before," she said with a laugh, making him stumble as he walked out of her house. He frowned at her but she wagged her eyebrows and smiled and he realized she was joking.

"Goodnight Lorelai," he cast her a half wave as he descended her porch steps and walked home.

Luke got home to a flashing red light on his answering machine. He hurried over and pressed play and felt a mixture of happiness and sorrow at the sound of Ellie's voice.

"Hey dad, I missed you in the diner earlier so I thought I'd try your apartment this time." Her calling it "his apartment" instead of home near killed him. "Just checking in, as promised. Everything is fine. No real news. I miss you like crazy." there was a long pause as if she was trying to think of things to say. "Okay, so I'll catch you tomorrow hopefully."

Luke replayed the message again then checked his watch and realized it wasn't too late to call. He dialed her number but again it called out and he slammed the phone onto the receiver. He went into his room, tossed his clothing into the laundry and showered before collapsing on his bed and falling to sleep immediately.

All day in the diner Luke hopped every time the phone rang. but not once was it Ellie calling. He tried twice more throughout the day to call her but got nothing more than an endless ringing tone. His mood became incessantly more angry and he was relieved to be able to close up and return to the solitude of his apartment. He made a quick dinner, showered the diner off and changed into a pair of shorts and a tee to crash on the couch and watch the ball game.

He was dozing off as the red sox were striking out in the fifth inning when the phone rang. He hopped off the couch and grabbed the handset, managing to knock the lamp over in his haste. Without pausing to check the damage he helped the handset up to his ear.

"Hello."

"Dad!"

"Ellie!" he sat back onto the couch and sank into the cushions. "How are you? I miss you kid!"

"I miss you too Dad. I've been ringing."

"I know, I've been trying to call you too, but maybe I have the wrong number."

She reeled off her number and he confirmed it was the one he was calling.

"I've been out quite a lot."

"So you are having a good time?"

"Yeah, it's amazing here dad."

"Great, I'm glad you are enjoying it. What have you been up to?"

"Museums, galleries, so many museums and galleries. Oh and the library, you should see this place Dad!"

Luke chuckled. He could have guessed those would have been her activities. "How is Rachel?" he asked, almost as an afterthought.

"She's good. She is really enjoying the new job."

"She is still looking after you right?"

"Dad!"

Luke could feel her roll her eyes at him and he smiled. "Sorry, I just worry ya know."

"I know, but you really don't need to."

"So what's your plans for the rest of the week?"

"I'm going to a lecture in the library tomorrow. Then an exhibition on the development of green energies on Friday. We're planning to go camping over the weekend."

"Camping? With your mom?"

"Yeah…" Ellie was about to say something but she hesitated. Luke sensed her hesitation and urged her to continue. "Well there is a group going. Some people she works with."

"Where will you be camping?" Luke sat up and grabbed a paper and pen to take note of her response.

"Some park north of the city. It's a camp ground as opposed to actually camping in the wild blair witch style."

"That reference does nothing to soothe my fears Ellie."

"Sorry dad," she said with a chuckle. "But it will be fine, don't worry." Luke made a mental note to ring Rachel and get more accurate information from her. "We'll be out of phone range over the weekend though so I won't be able to ring you."

"That's ok honey, you don't need to ring me every day you know."

"Oh, don't you want me to call?"

"Ellie I want you to call me every hour on the top of the hour, with updates on what you've eaten, where you've been and any conversations that took place. But I figured that was an unreasonable demand." He smiled at the sound of her laughing. "Ring me when you want to ring me, when you want to talk, tell me something in particular or if you just want to hear my voice."

"Okay Dad, thanks. So how is everything in Stars Hollow?"

It was on the tip of his tongue to tell her about his development with Lorelai. His declaration of love but he didn't. He wasn't sure why, he just thought better of it. "Everything is the same as usual. Kirk is a single appointment short of being committed, Patty is one more grip short of getting a restraining order put out on her. Taylor is just about as annoying as he has ever been."

Ellie laughed at his words and he continued his narration of the townsfolk to keep it up. He ran through everyone she knew and laughed along with her by the time he was done.

"And how about Lorelai? I couldn't help but notice you didn't mention her."

"Lorelai…Lorelai is great."

"So you guys are still dating?"

"Yeah, we're still dating."

"Ahhh dad, I can feel your blush from here!"

"Shut it," he ordered and laughed when she giggled on the other end. "Everything is still going really well with Lorelai."

"Great, I'm delighted to hear it." There was a pause and he realized with a sigh that they had reached the end of the call. "It was great talking to you dad. I really do miss you."

"I know honey, I miss you like crazy too."

"Love you dad."

"Love you back."

"G'night."

She hung up the phone and he listened to the dial tone for a few seconds before he hung up the phone. He got off the couch and cleaned up the mess from the lamp then crashed back onto the couch to watch the rest of the game. He replayed their conversation in his head. Chuckling at the funny parts, closing his eyes over at the parts that made his heart ache. There was no mention of her flight home. She had an open ended return ticket with a possible return date in the middle of July but by the sounds of it she was enjoying it more than he thought she would and that date could be extended, indefinitely.

Luke closed his eyes, rubbed them with the heel of his hands and puffed his cheeks out with a lungful of air. He tried to let his mind refocus on something more pleasant to think about and his natural focus point was Lorelai. He smiled softly and let his hands fall to his chest as he tried to recall the details of her from the night before. Her breasts as they dangled over his head, the sight of her as she shimmied out of her shorts and walked towards him but it wasn't until he recalled her cries when he penetrated her with his tongue and his finger that his cock started to stiffen. He groaned as he realized he wasn't able to call her or see her and this was an erection he would either have to ignore or take care of himself.

Without thinking he let one of his hands reach down to cup himself over his cotton shorts and closed his eyes to will her image back to the forefront of his mind. When she straddled his face and he inhaled her scent. When she lowered her hips enough for him to lick her crevice. When she rode his face and her breasts bounced in his hand. now with his cock fully erect Luke moved his hand under the band of his shorts to grasp himself firmly. Without preamble, without build up or teasing himself he focused his mind on her image atop of him, her scent, her quivering, her reactions to his touch and he stroked himself vigorously. He cried out when his orgasm started to build up and he felt himself nearing his peak. he remembered with vivid clarity how she felt, how she smelt and how she sounded and he came. It was a softer orgasm then he anticipated, not as powerful as he needed but the release was enough to keep his mind reeling until he could relax. He lay on the couch panting for a few moments longer then turned off the tv, showered and went to bed.

Hours later, Luke was asleep dreaming of her. Her cold skin against his heated burning skin. Her lips trailing kisses across his back and down to his ass. Her hands urging him to roll over and immediately finding his cock to take his semi flaccid organ into her mouth and massage it to full erection with her tongue. He bucked his hips to push his cock into her mouth and urge her to take it deeper. The sudden jerking movement woke him up more fully and he basked in the sensations that tingled his senses. He moved his hand down to grasp her head and hold her in place but was met with nothing but his own crotch. Fully awake now, with his erect penis in his own hand Luke felt the desire fade away as he realized it was all just a dream and he was still in bed alone. He dropped his head into his pillow and sighed.

"Smooth."

He stroked himself to try to recapture the sensations he was engulfed in just moments before, but it was no use. The initial joy was gone and he was only frustrated now. He rolled over onto his front and trapped his cock against the mattress and screwed his eyes tightly shut to try to ignore it. He fell into a restless sleep and woke up in the morning with his alarm, more tired than when he fell into bed the night before.

He groaned his way through his morning routine and soon found himself knee deep in breakfast service at the diner. Just as it was ending he turned to the jingling bells over the door to see Lorelai walk in, looking just as tired and pissed off as he but they both smiled when their eyes connected. She moved to sit down at the counter but he came around to her side, took her hand and led her through the diner to the storage room in the back. He closed the door behind them and pulled her into a tight hug. He wrapped his arms around her waist, lowered his head to her shoulder and took a few deep breaths to take her in. She circled her arms around his neck and took his hug without question, and they stayed like that in silence, swaying slightly from side to side until they each had their fill. When he finally released her it was only partially and only enough so he could lift his head and look down at her.

"Good morning," she whispered.

"I missed you last night."

"I missed you too."

"How was it?"

"Awful." she frowned and he pulled her head onto his chest, cradled it with one hand and rested his chin on top of it.

"I'm sorry."

"Did you manage to get hold of Ellie?"

"Yeah."

"How as it?"

"Horrible." This time he frowned and she pulled him in for a hug. "I was hoping you'd come by last night."

"I was hoping I'd escape in time to come by," she admitted with a sigh. "It was just after midnight when I could slip away. But I was exhausted so rather than risk falling asleep while driving I crashed at my parents house."

"I figured. So you are just getting in now?"

"Yeah, I need to go home and change for work."

"Oh sorry, I'm keeping you." he started to release her but she pulled him back in.

"No, this right here is exactly what I came here for." she rested her head against his chest again, and they fell back into the silent sway they both seemed to take so much comfort in. "This and pancakes." she added with a chuckle and she felt him smile against her forehead.

He tilted her head back and pressed a soft kiss against her lips then ran his hands down her arms and interlocked the fingers of one hand to lead her back out into the diner. He poised her on a stool by the opposite end from the till then went to the kitchen to make her pancakes. He poured her out a coffee then plated them up and passed her the syrup caddy then leaned against her end and waited with her. She told him about the BBQ and how her parents paraded her around like a trophy. It was a charity event, a charity the independence inn was involved with, hence her presence and though she didn't come right out and say it, Luke had the feeling she thought her parents had manipulated the whole event to make her the main attraction, knowing she wouldn't be able to refuse because of the inn.

She seemed to get angrier and louder as she told him more and more details and he rested a hand on her arm to calm her down. She finished her breakfast and let her coffee have the soothing effect it usually did then pushed the plate aside and turned to him with a rueful smile.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to splurge all that on you so early in the morning."

"That's ok, I don't mind."

"And now I have to go, so you will have to wait til later to tell me about your call with Ellie, is that ok?"

"Of course." he walked with her out of the diner and over to her Jeep and when she climbed in she opened the window and leaned out to him for a kiss.

"I love you," she said against his lips.

"You do?" he asked and she smiled at his making it into their thing.

"Yes. I do."

"See you later." He pressed another quick kiss against her temple and leaned back from the truck so she could drive off.