Because I have the next chapter ready already, and it took me a while to write that other one, I decided to update faster. Don't get used to it! This is still unbetaed because of my fast updates. I will exchange the files as soon as possible.

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karana

Dialogue borrowed from 1.07: Kiss and tell

Chapter 25: Movie night without tongue

The next morning Lorelai woke up naked again, something she had gotten used to since their first time above the diner. They just couldn't keep their hands off each other and Luke had already wondered how long their lovers high would possibly last, because he had already had to take a nap one day during his diner shift because he had been so tired and Lorelai's coffee consumption had increased dramatically- something nobody had thought was possible.

She stretched, yawned and rolled over on her side, only to find the other side of the bed unoccupied. She remembered that Luke had mumbled something the night before about opening the diner, but she had been pleasantly distracted and hadn't really listened to what he had said. She pouted and snuggled up to his pillow, but then her rumbling stomach reminded her that she was really hungry and really tired- she needed coffee, she needed food and she needed Luke- so where else to get that all at once than the diner?

She got out of bed with another yawn, took some clothes out of the closet and then trudged into the bathroom as naked as she was. She took a quick shower, hurried to blow dry her hair and pulled it up in a loose pony-tail when it wasn't really all dry yet. Before she dressed she made sure to use the body lotion Luke loved so much on her. After she had applied a discrete make-up she walked downstairs to wake up Rory, but she found her daughter already awake in the living room, reading a book.

"Hey babe. Isn't it a bit early for some heavy reading?" she asked her and placed a kiss on her daughter's forehead.

"I couldn't sleep anymore when I heard Luke in the kitchen, so I decided to get up and use the time to read one of the books for school. And actually it's pretty good, so that's ok. I wanted to know anyway what would happen", Rory replied.

"You're coming with me? I'm on my way to the diner to get breakfast, because my own stomach woke me up", Lorelai asked her.

"Sure, I could use a cup of coffee as well", Rory shrugged and closed her book and put the blanket aside while her mother had put on her shoes and her jacket already and waited in the door to the hallway for her daughter to get up and get ready. However Rory seemed distracted somehow and Lorelai could see that she was thinking about something.

"Hey mom, can I talk to you for a second?" Rory asked though before Lorelai could ask her what was wrong with her.

"Sure, grab your coat and your shoes and we'll talk on the way to the diner", Lorelai replied and swayed back and forth impatiently.

"Uhm, could we talk here? I think that's more a talk for inside.. you know without any other people listening", Rory said.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Lorelai worried immediately and hurried over to her daughter and sat down beside her.

"Nothing's wrong really. It's just that I am wondering", she started and then stopped, fidgeted a bit and concentrated on her hands.

"About what?" her mother asked.

"It's just that yesterday you mentioned kids again and I wanted to ask you, but we were never alone…so…. I mean not any kids, like in "Oh look at those kids over there, aren't they cute", but in the "Luke and I are going to have kids" kind of way. So, I am wondering, if you're just hypothetically speaking, or if this is something which will happen really soon. How many kids do you want and do you want them in a few years or are you already pregnant and just scared to tell me? Are you in "production mode" or…" Rory rambled and Lorelai interrupted her and put her hand on her daughters fidgeting hands.

"Hey, take a deep breath and calm down", she smiled slightly at her daughter's outburst. "I am not pregnant and we are not in "production mode", as you so nicely put it", she clarified and Rory calmed down immediately. "But yes, Luke and I agreed on more kids", she went on and Rory looked up at her and seemed a bit shell-shocked.

"Wow", she said quietly.

"Yeah wow. But hey, you don't seem happy or excited", Lorelai said and nudged her.

"Mmh.. I guess I just never thought about it, about you having more kids… future siblings. And then with Luke. I mean can you picture Luke as a dad, changing diapers and feeding bottles in the middle of the night?" she asked.

"Actually yeah, I can. I saw so many of his hidden sides since he moved in, that I can picture him perfectly with a baby. I bet he would make a great father", Lorelai admitted quietly to her daughter and a small smile appeared on her face when she thought about Luke and their future children.

"How many kids do want? Or is kids just the collective word and we're actually speaking about an undefined number?" Rory asked her next question.

"We haven't really talked about the specifics yet, but personally I think one or two would be nice. A son for him to play baseball with and a daughter he could teach to cook, but I dunno. I guess we have to wait and see how it goes, decide when the time comes. So far we only agreed on having kids without actually discussing it. It came up once and we both said something like "You would be a good parent- No, you would be a good parent" and then we both nodded and smiled and that was that", Lorelai shrugged as she explained the situation to her daughter.

"Wow again… two siblings. I guess I just have to wrap my mind around that. I always thought I would grow up an only child just with you here, because it's been just us for so long. But now Luke is living here and you're getting married and you're talking about kids. Hey isn't the house a bit small for kids… in plural?" Rory added.

"Huh, never thought of that. But we could always remodel and add some rooms, or move, buy a new house... build a new one… now that we have Luke's fortune save, I guess we can go crazy", she joked and winked at Rory.

"So a lot of changes ahead, huh?" Rory asked and didn't smile back.

"Yeah, but I think they are all good changes, don't you agree?" Lorelai asked her and started to get worried. Rory didn't seem happy or excited about siblings or remodelling the house. What if she didn't want all that?

"I do. I do agree. It's just a bit overwhelming at the moment and it's all happening so fast. One minute there's just us living here and then grandma pulls this trick and the next minute you and Luke are all over each other and talking about kids and marriage and remodelling the house", Rory replied honestly.

"Good, I'm glad that you're not against it. Honey if you have any doubts about any of the stuff we talked about then tell me, ok? I need to know that, because I want you to be happy and feel comfortable at home, all right?" Lorelai asked her and lay one arm over her daughters shoulders.

"Sure, I will. That's why I asked you. And while we are talking: Can't you talk to Luke so he'll be a bit nicer to Dean? Dean is scared to go come here or just walk by the diner by a hundred metres radius, because he fears that Luke will beat him up, for whatever reason. I told him that Luke is not an aggressive guy, but Dean said he doesn't really trust Luke's self restrain when it comes to him", Rory told her mother and slung her arm around her mother's shoulder as well.

"Yeah Dean is a sore point with Luke, because he thinks Dean is trouble and that whole falling asleep in the studio thing didn't really change his opinion. But maybe if he gets to know him better, he will change his opinion?", Lorelai said and got off the couch and pulled Rory up with her.

"How can he get to know him, if Dean runs into the other direction when he sees Luke?" Rory asked Lorelai and put on her coat and her shoes.

"We could make a movie night with the two of them. I keep Luke close to me to make sure he doesn't kill Dean and if it gets too much, I just kiss him until he forgets about his anger", Lorelai suggested.

"Sounds good. But please without tongue", Rory added.

"Where's the fun in that?" Lorelai giggled when they left the house. "Hey, so you ask Dean and I decide for Luke and then we'll have the movie night tonight?" Lorelai asked.

"Deal", Rory nodded and together they headed to the diner.

Meanwhile at the Gilmore mansion breakfast was nearly over already and while Richard was trying to concentrate on his newspaper Emily was starring off into space while she stirred her coffee without stopping.

"Emily?" Richard said, but his wife didn't react. "Emily!" he said louder again and she finally focused on him.

"What?" she just asked.

"Would you stop stirring your coffee? It's driving me crazy and I am worried your cup will lose its bottom if you keep stirring like that", Richard said and pointed to her cup. Confused she looked to her cup and realized for the first time that she really was stirring her coffee. She stopped and put the spoon aside.

"Sorry," she muttered, still deep in thought.

"You don't have to do it, dear", Richard said, because he knew what was troubling his wife. They had both been shocked by Luke's admission that he didn't have his grandparent's money anymore and Emily had gone into frenzy the second the door had closed behind Lorelai, Luke and Rory.

First she had been upset about the fact that stupid Liz had spent the money on drugs and men and that Luke hadn't prevented it. Then she had been saddened by the fact that Luke had lost so much money and had so little education because he had chosen to help his father. And then she had come to the bottom of it: Her worry for Lorelai and Rory. She wanted them to be happy and have everything they wanted. She wanted them to be cared for and looked after and she had always thought that Luke would be the best man for that.

However now he was poor and what use was there for a poor man? Sure, as a friend he might be acceptable, barely so, but it would be ok, but a husband for her daughter and stepfather for her grand-daughter? No way!

Not even Emily's friendship to Luke's mother could make her accept such a union.

"It was my fault, Richard. I forced them together and now I have to fix this before Lorelai and Rory get severely hurt by this", she admitted.

"They seemed perfectly happy to me when they were here yesterday evening", Richard shrugged and put his newspaper down and looked intently at his wife.

"For now. Lorelai may think that this is what she wants, that he is what she wants, but what is a few years from now when he is still working day and night at the diner? What if, god forbid, they will have kids and she has to stay home? He can barely dress himself properly with his low income, how should he support a whole family?" she asked and shook her head." No, this has to end, I have to end it. I came up with this stupid plan because I let myself be led by the outrageous dream we had as girls, but I am not going to let my daughter be hurt because of my own foolishness", she decided.

"I'm fine with that, if you can sleep better at night then, dear", Richard just said and went back to his lecture of the financial times.

"So you promise that you will leave the poor boy alone?" Lorelai asked Luke later that night while she straddled him on the couch and kept nibbling on his lip.

"Yeah I promise", he muttered with closed eyes and gave into her ministrations by putting his hands into the back pockets of her jeans.

"It means a lot to Rory that this evening is going well and so it also means a lot to me, which means it should mean a lot to you", she told him and smoothed his hair out.

"Yeah ok", he muttered again and then claimed her mouth his again when he pressed his lips on hers and pressed her body against his.

"He's coming", Rory suddenly said and burst into the living-room, interrupting them. "Jeez, stop making out, Dean is on his way", she said again and shook her head. With a sigh Lorelai got off Luke's lap and straightened her clothes.

"I hate him", Luke muttered when he opened his eyes and looked up at Lorelai.

"Oh hon', we will continue this later in the NC-17 version, k?" she laughed when she saw the disappointed look on his face.

"I'm sorry I'm late. I got here like a half hour ago", Dean excused himself when he entered the house and looked a bit frightened when he saw Luke on the couch.

"We believe you", Rory nodded and took his jacket from him.

"We'd believe you if you said you got here three hours ago", Lorelai added and nudged Luke when he remained quiet.

"Yeah yeah I believe it as well", he grumbled.

"OK. So this is the living room where we do our living and, um, upstairs is my room and the good bathroom. And the...kitchen is right through here. You ever heard a fridge yodel before?" Lorelai asked when the rest didn't say anything for a while and an uncomfortable silence began to form. "Well you have your basics: microwave for popcorn, stove for storing shoes, refrigerator, which is completely worthless," she went on and ignored Luke's scowl.

"Interesting", Dean nodded to be polite.

"So are you hungry?" Lorelai asked him then and they all made their way into the kitchen.

"Starving", he nodded.

"Where's the pizza?" Rory asked confused when she looked round the room and couldn't find it.

"The pizza's, uh..:" Lorelai wondered and turned around one time, but couldn't see it. "Hon' where's the pizza?" she asked and turned to Luke.

"Still in the oven, but it should be ready by now", he replied and went and took the pizza out of the oven.

"I thought you ordered the pizza! You made it yourself?" Lorelai asked him stunned.

"It's better and healthier. I don't know what kind of crap Al puts on his pizza", Luke grumbled and placed the hot pizza on the counter.

"You're the best", Lorelai gushed and kissed Luke soundly on the lips. Rory who had seen this coming pulled Dean into her room.

"So and this is my room", she said quickly, ignored his confused look and kept glancing over his shoulder, checking when Luke and Lorelai would be done kissing.

"How long have they been married?" Dean whispered when he had looked around in her room.

"They are not married- they will be soon though", Rory whispered back, a bit flustered.

"Ah, that explains", Dean chuckled and waited patiently until Luke and Lorelai were done.

A while later Dean and Rory were sitting on the living room floor, while Luke and Lorelai sat on the couch, all four were eating pizza, while watching a movie.

"Who needs more?", Lorelai asked and pointed to the last pizza slices.

"I do", Rory said and grabbed one more slice.

" Wow. You can eat", Dean remarked.

"Yes I can. Oh that's bad isn't it?" Rory asked him.

"No, uh, most girls don't eat. It's good you eat", Dean explained quickly when he saw Luke's look.

"I'm all for it", Lorelai nodded and took one more slice herself. She waved it around in front of Luke's mouth until he took a bite and then bit into it herself.

"Let's talk about something besides my eating habits, shall we?" Rory asked.

"Oooh -- Oompa Loompas!" Lorelai exclaimed.

"My mom has a thing for the Oompa Loompas", Rory said.

"I don't think finding them amusing constitutes a thing", Lorelai said and looked at Luke who raised his eyebrows.

"No, but having a recurring dream about marrying one does", Rory grinned.

"Don't even get me started on your Prince Charming crush, OK? At least my obsessions are alive. You have a thing for a cartoon", Lorelai defended herself and then looked at Luke again, who just grinned at her. "You're way hotter than the Oompa Loompas hon'", she said and pecked him on the lips before she snuggled up to him and he wrapped his arms around her.

"Ooh, Prince Charming, huh?" Dean grinned at Rory meanwhile.

"It was a long time ago. And not the Cinderella one, the Sleeping Beauty one", Rory clarified.

"'Cause he could dance", Dean grinned knowingly.

"Yeah", Rory nodded surprised.

"I've got sisters", Dean explained and on they went with their movie night.

An hour later Luke and Lorelai had never made it back from bringing popcorn and Lorelai had distracted Luke by sitting down in his lap and making out with him in the kitchen, so the teens would have some time for themselves. She was only hoping that they wouldn't do the same as Luke and herself, because if Luke caught them with Dens tongue down Rory's throat she knew she couldn't guarantee for the boy's safety anymore.

"Mom! Luke!" Rory suddenly burst into the kitchen and interrupted them for the second time that day.

"What?" Lorelai asked innocently and kept her arms around Luke's neck, while Luke blushed a deep shade of red.

"What are you doing in here?" Rory asked them.

"Trying to find the best bathing suit for my bust size?" Lorelai asked innocently and ignored Luke's obligatory "Ah Jeez".

"Well get back in there!" Rory ordered.

"Why? What happened? Did the bag boy try something?" Luke said and shot out of the chair.

"He's sitting in there and he's watching the movie and he's perfect and he smells really good", Rory told them

"What?" Luke asked confused, waiting for the part for which he could punch the boy and kick him out.

"He smells really good and he looks amazing and I am stupid. I said 'thank you.' ", Rory babbled.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You said 'thank you?'" Lorel asked her daughter confused and took Luke's hand to keep him from rushing into the living-room for whatever reason.

"When he kissed me", Rory replied.

"He kissed you again? What is he just out of prison or something? I'm gonna kill him", Luke exclaimed and wanted to walk over into the living room, but Lorelai pulled him back to her.

"No, not now. At the store", Rory clarified.

"Oh, all right. Strike the prison comment. He kissed you and you said 'thank you?'" Lorelai said and gave Luke a pointed look.

"Yes", her daughter nodded.

"Well that was very polite", Lorelai said.

"No, it was stupid. And I don't know what I'm doing here. You're sitting in the kitchen. What kind of chaperones are you?" Rory exclaimed.

"Me? I'm not trying to be a chaperone. I'm trying to be a girlfriend and fiancée", she grinned at Luke.

"Well switch gears, 'cause I'm freaking out here!" Rory said desperately.

"You really like him, don't you?" Luke asked suddenly.

"Yeah", Rory nodded.

"Well, OK, then. Just calm down", Lorelai smiled.

"I just don't want to do or say anything else that's gonna be remotely moronic", Rory said.

"I'm afraid once your heart is involved it all comes out in Moron", Lorelai replied and gave Luke's hand a squeeze.

"Just please come back in", Rory begged.

"OK. Let's go then", Lorelai nodded and they walked together back into the hallway when Rory stopped.

"Wait we can't go back in together though because that would be too obvious", she said.

"All right. OK. I'll go in first and you go to the bathroom", Lorelai shrugged.

"OK. Good. Tell him I had to wash my face", Rory nodded and hurried off to the bathroom. She was just one when the doorbell rang.

"I get the door you go into the living-room and please don't kill him or scare him away please", Lorelai told Luke, gave him another peck on the lips and pushed him into the living-room.

" Hi. I'm back. Rory went to wash her face, Lorelai got the door", Luke said uncomfortable.

"Oh, OK", Dean said and looked scared.

Dean. I don't know exactly how to say this, but, um, this is a very different kind of household you walked into tonight.

"Ah...here comes the talk", Dean said, but then quieted when he saw Luke's look.

"How about I talk, you listen? Rory is a smart kid. She's never been much for guys so the fact that she likes you means a lot. I don't believe she'd waste her time with some loser. But I am watching you! The whole damn town is watching you. That girl in there is beloved around here. You hurt her, there's not a safe place within a hundred miles for you to hide. I will find you and then I will kill you, slowly and painfully. Got me?"" Luke asked him.

"You're clear", he nodded.

"Good". Luke said satisfied and stopped when Lorelai came back in.

"Luke could you come out with me for a sec?" she asked and looked confused.

"Sure", he said and got up, throw her a questioning glance.

"My mother is here", she whispered to him when he met her by the doorway.

"What is she doing here that time of the night?" he whispered back.

"I don't know. She says she wants to talk with us and I can tell you that doesn't give me a warm feeling", Lorelai said. "She's up to something, I know it!" she told him and he just took her hand in his and interlaced their fingers as an answer.

TBC