A man approached Lorelai as she and Luke made their way offstage to a tumultuous applause.
"What a smashing rendition!" he said, leading her away from Luke.
A blonde woman noticed the abandoned Luke and quickly took Lorelai's place.
"You have a really sexy voice," she breathed into his ear.
Lorelai pulled her attention away from her admirer and turned just in time to see the blonde laying one on a bemused Luke.
"Oh, I don't think so, missy!" Lorelai grabbed her by the hair and socked her one.
"I've never gotten kicked out of a karaoke club before!" Luke said in an upbeat voice.
"I've never hit anybody before," said Lorelai in an equally upbeat voice.
"Well you did a bang up job of it. No pun intended."
"You must think I'm a real moron."
"No, I'm flattered. Honest. It's not going to be an everyday thing is it? Cos I don't like the idea of you knocking my mom out if she kisses me."
"Truly a once off thing. I swear! My nails will thank me," she said cradling her right hand. "Besides, I didn't hit her. She ran into my fist."
Luke took her injured hand in his and placed a kiss on each knuckle.
"I think she ran into my other hand too," she said offering it to him.
He repeated the deed on the enantiomer.
"She got me on the lip. . ."
He smiled and leaned in.
"No, wait!" she said, blocking his lips with her palm.
"What?"
"Metallica or the Offspring?"
"What?"
"You heard me. Pick one."
"Well . . .Metallica."
"Good choice." She yanked him in by her shirt collar and planted one.
"That was nice," said Luke in a breathless voice. "Is that the secret password? I have to say Metallica before I can kiss you? If that's the case, Metallica, Metallica, Metallica!" He pulled her in for one earth-shattering kiss that left them both weak at the knees and wanting more.
"You still owe me two," Lorelai pointed out.
Luke pulled Lorelai aside as they reached her front door.
"Just for curiosity's sake, what would have happened if I said the Offspring?"
"I would have ended it then and there."
"Hmmm." He shoved his hands in his pockets and rocked on his heels. "I made a good choice then."
"That you did."
There was an awkward silence.
"So, I'll see you tomorrow?" Lorelai asked.
"I'll put aside a pot for you."
"I'm starting to see the perks of dating the coffee-guy."
"Only just starting?" he prompted.
She took the bait and gave him one last kiss before entering the house.
"Well this is something new," she said loudly as she found Rory and Tristan kissing on the sofa.
AN: Okay, so that was a L/L chapter (in case you couldn't tell). I hope all the Trorys still read it. The next one is Trory, I promise. You wanna know how I know? Cos it's written already. That's right. Aim for the sky, reviewers. ie 95 = chapter 12. I'm gonna spend the afterlife in purgatory for this.
Sorry, the chapter was so short. It takes after it's author I guess.