Lorelai stood in front of the mirrior, holding up various items of clothing from her closet

Lorelai stood in front of the mirror, holding up various items of clothing from her closet. On the floor were two piles of clothing, A discard pile and a maybe pile. She added the shirt in her hand to the discard pile and looked at the near empty closet. Her eyes moved slowly to the clock and she saw it was nearly 6:30.

Why am I having so much trouble?

"Rory!"

Rory ran down the hall to her mother's bedroom. She paused in the doorway looking around the room.

"It looks like a tornado hit this place."

"I need help picking something out."

"What for?"

"I'm going out."

"Out…as in on a date…with who?"

Lorelai mumbled a response. Rory moved closer.

"Who?"

"With Luke."

"Luke! You're going out with Luke!"

"Its not a big deal. We're just friends…remember."

"That's what you think." Rory mumbled

"Excuse me?"

"Mom, you can't tell me in all the times we have been at the diner, you have never noticed the way Luke has looked at you."

"He looks at me like a friend."

"You can't be that blind mom. Everyone knows how he feels about you."

"Exactly what are you talking about?"

"Luke likes you mom…he really likes you."

Rory looked down at the piles of clothing. After a moment, she picked up a white button down shirt and a knee length black skirt

"Wear these."

Lorelai took the clothes from her daughter and held them up in front of the mirror.

"Its so simple it works."

"And my silver bracelet will go perfect with is."

Rory took off down the hall when Lorelai shouted

"That's my silver bracelet."

While Rory seated for the bracelet, Lorelai got dressed. She slipped her feet into a pair of black flats. Slowly she moved in front of the mirror to check her appearance. Rory returned a moment later with the bracelet and a pair of small silver hoops.

"Here mom."

Lorelai took the jewelry from her daughter. She slipped the bracelet on her wrist and fastened the hoops through her ears. Turning back to her daughter she said

"How do I look?"

"Perfect. Luke is going to flip."

"Will you stop saying that. Luke and I are friends. He…he's not the romantic type. I…we see him every day. I would know if he had feeling for me. He's never said more than hi to me…except for the usual sparring."

Rory started to open her mouth when the doorbell rang.

"Want me to get it?"

"No, I'll get it."

"Then don't keep you date waiting."

"Its not a date." Lorelai said, leaving the room.

Rory followed her mom down the stairs. She giggled as her mom smoothed out her skirt and ran her hands through her hair one more time. Lorelai shot her a look and Rory immediately quieted down. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door.

"Hi…Luke??"

In place of the scruffy looking man who always wear jeans, a flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap stood a man in a nice shirt, a tie, and pants with his hair neatly combed. In his hand was a single red rose. He held it out to her.

"Thank you." She said, accepting the rose, "Would you like to come in?"

"Actually we should go. I made reservations at Chez Felipe."

"Chez Felipe?"

"Is that okay? I thought you might want to go some place nice."

"Its fine. I…let me put this in some water."

"I'll do it mom. " Rory said, appearing by her side.

She took the rose from her mom and disappeared into the kitchen. Lorelai grabbed her jacket. Turning to Luke, she said

"Let's go."

"All right."

He led her outside and she stopped. Instead of his truck was a nice car. Looking at him questioningly, he said

"I borrowed it from Jackson."

Lorelai nodded, not sure what to say. So far nothing was the way she was expecting it to be. She was starting to believe that Rory was right.

"Lorelai?"

She looked up to see Luke staring at her. He had the door open and was waiting for her to get in the car.

"Sorry."

She slid inside the car and Luke shut the door.

Chez Felipe

Luke stopped the car and the valet opened the door. He got out and handed the man the keys. The other man opened the door and helped Lorelai out.

"Thank you."

Luke appeared, offering his arm. Lorelai slipped her arm through his and they walked up the steps to the restaurant. Luke opened the door and she stepped inside. They walked up to the host. Looking up, he said

"May I help you?"

"Reservations for 2 under Danes." Luke said

The man checked the list. Picking up to menus, he said

"Follow me."

Luke and Lorelai followed the man through the restaurant to their table. Once they were settled, Luke said

"Is this all right?"

"Its fine." Lorelai said, opening her menu

"Are you okay?"

"Fine."

Luke opened his menu and began to look down the page. Nothing on the menu seemed familiar to him. Looking up, he saw that Lorelai had her eyes fixed one the menu.

"Lorelai?" he whispered

She looked up, meeting his eyes. He started to say something when the waiter appeared

"Can I offer you something to drink?"

"Water." Luke said, wanting to get rid of the man

"I…I'll have water too." Lorelai said

The waiter nodded and disappeared.

"Lorelai is something wrong?"

"I…this place seems…"

"Wrong." Luke said

"Yeah."

"I couldn't agree more. I don't even recognize anything on the menu."

"Do you want to leave?"

Lorelai nodded. They closed their menus and stood up just as the waiter appeared.

"Is something wrong sir?"

"No…we decided we weren't very hungry."

Lorelai giggled, for the first time seeing the real Luke. He held out his hand and led her to the door. The host watched them as they passed by and walked out of the restaurant.

Once outside, Lorelai began to laugh. Luke joined in, feeling comfortable for the first time that evening.

"I can't believe we just did that."

"I can't believe I brought you here."

"Its not…that bad."

"But it not us."

"There's an us?"

"There could be." He said, "If you want there to be."

"I…I do."

Luke stepped in front of her. Slipping a finger under her chin, he lifted it until she was looking in his eyes. Slowly he leaned forward. As he was about to kiss her, the valet said

"Can I get you car sir?"

Luke pulled back and pulled out the slip of paper he was given. The valet took the paper and disappeared. Luke turned back to Lorelai but found the moment was gone. The valet pulled up a moment later. Luke and Lorelai climbed in the car.

"So are you taking me home?"

"I have another idea. Unless you want to go home."

"Let's go."

Luke started the car and drove back towards Stars Hollow.

"So what do you have planned."

Luke didn't answer, only drove. Lorelai looked out the window, smiling to herself. She didn't know what Luke had planned but she knew it was going to interesting.

Luke pulled up in front of her house a few minutes later. Lorelai looked at the house, then back to him.

"Some surprise."

"Go inside and change your clothes. Put on something comfortable."

"And…"

"And then come back out her."

Lorelai opened the door and ran up the stairs. She unlocked the door and stepped inside. As she shut the door, Rory said

"Is that you mom?"

"Yeah."

Rory appeared in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Is the date over already?"

"No, its just getting started."

With that, Lorelai ran upstairs. Rory waited downstairs, not sure what to think. Her mother cam down a few minutes later wearing jeans and a t-shirt. As she opened the door, Rory said

"Where are you going like that?"

"I don't know…but I can't wait to find out."

She ran back out to the car and hopped in. Luke drove through town, pulling up in front of the diner. He unlocked the door and let her inside. Flipping on the lights, he said

"Make yourself comfortable. I'll e right back."

She sat at the counter while he ran upstairs. A couple minuets later he returned, wearing jeans and his trademark flannel shirt.

"I feel much better now."

"Something doesn't' seem right."

"What?"

Lorelai walked behind the counter and moved towards him. She stopped in front of him, studying him for a moment. Slowly she reached up and began messing up his hair. His arms carefully wrapped around her waist. Leaning back, she whispered

"That's better."

"Bet I can think of something even better."

"What?"

He leaned forward, brushing him lips against hers. Pulling back, he said

"How was that."

"Perfect." She whispered

The End

Well that's it guys. Hope everyone enjoyed it.