Alright, I'm back again! First of all, I wanna say thank you SO much to those of you who have left reviews, if it weren't for those good reviews, I don't think I'd want to continue this. Also, I wanna say that I've decided what to do with Rory, but I'm warning you right now that it won't come into play until later on. The chapters will most likely start to get longer because I have more time and more to write about now.

Oh, once again I apologize for the really bad last chapter, but I was incredibly sick and on lots of meds, so I wasn't quite right in the head. I hope you all like this one better. I personally do.

As for the disclaimer, I don't own any of these characters, cuz if I did do you really think I'd be spending my time on this?! lol

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Chapter 3- Loving Lorelai

It was later that same day, the day that Rachel came and left yet again. Luke was just sitting at the counter, in deep thought. There was a "closed" sign on the door. He just wasn't in the mood to serve any of the nosy people of Stars Hollow. By now, they all probably knew about Rachel visiting, so of course they'd want to know what had happened between the two of them, and, to be quite honest, he didn't want to tell them.

Maybe he shouldn't have been so affected by what happened that morning, but he was. It was the first time he had every admitted out loud that he loved Lorelai Gilmore. He thought about that for a minute. Did he really love her? Or maybe his fixation on her was just because he had no one better to care about. No, he loved her. He loved her a lot.

Luke was so deep in thought that he didn't see Lorelai come in through the door. For once in her life she was quiet. He didn't turn around and she just waited.

Then Luke said it to himself, fully admitting his feelings. "I love Lorelai."

Those three simple words slammed into Lorelai like a truck slamming into a brick wall. Without even thinking Lorelai screamed out, "WHAT?!"

Luke whirled around and found he was looking straight into the eyes of the love of his life. He had trouble finding words, but said, "Lorelai! I didn't know you were there!"

Lorelai was even more speechless. "I.uh.well,.um.uh.woah!" Was all she could say.

They just stood there in uncomfortable silence until they spoke at the same time, Luke saying, "Well, you should probably go," and Lorelai saying, "Did you mean it?"

They laughed it off and, since they didn't understand each other the first time, Luke said, "You first."

Lorelai took a deep breath and said, "Did you mean what you said?"

Luke wasn't sure how to answer and just remained silent.

Lorelai was frustrated by his not answering and didn't mind showing it, "Luke not answering my question is almost the same as lying to me and do you realize that my feelings are hurt that you feel you can't tell me the truth? You're one of my best friends, you can tell me anything." For once she was serious. This wasn't a joking matter and they both knew it.

Luke didn't know what to do, so he did what he had been doing about his feelings about this woman all along. He denied it. "Look, I think that you got the wrong impression. I don't love you in the way you think I do. I love you as a friend. I could never love you in that other way, I mean you're Lorelai, the coffee addict, and I'm Luke, the guy who supplies the coffee. We may be good friends, but we would never be together. I mean, can you imagine how stupid it would be for me to love you like that?" He pretended to laugh. He didn't notice the tears in her eyes or the heartbroken look on her face.

She looked down and managed to hide everything that she was really feeling. It was a talent she had mastered long ago. Now when she looked up she had on a smile and said, "Right. Well, I was just coming to check up on you. I ran into Rachel and she explained that she was only here for a quick visit. I wanted to make sure that you were ok cuz I noticed the closed sign and all."

"Oh. Right. Well, I had to close the store cuz I'm waiting for a new shipment of stuff and it's running late," Luke made up an excuse.

"Ok. Well, I better get going. Rory will be home from school soon," Lorelai smiled.

"Bye Lorelai," Luke said.

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For those Lorelai and Luke fans out there (by the way, you all rock! haha), please don't freak out because of this chapter. They will definitely be together eventually. Just give it time! As for the Trory fans out there (I know that there's a whole bunch of you), I'm pretty sure that you'll like where I'm gonna go w/ that. BUT for all Rory and Dean or Rory and Jess fans, don't you freak either! I'm trying to make this story so that it appeals to a whole bunch of people. (