Lorelai walked into the diner for what seemed like the millionth time this summer, her thoughts intent on ways to apologize to Luke. She hoped that a new idea would come to her that would actually work. She walked in and took a seat at a table, which was her new routine now that directly addressing Luke had become a painful experience. She'd wait for him to come to her. Instead, Jess walked over, clearly unhappy about being a pawn in this ongoing argument between the two.

"What will you have?" he asked in a monotone, his pen poised above his little pad of paper.

"Coffee." Lorelai said, never looking at Jess, her eyes were trained on something behind him. Jess turned around and saw Luke calmly wiping the counter. He rolled his eyes and sauntered over, where Luke was wiping the same section of counter he had been since Lorelai had walked in.

"Luke," he said. Luke grunted. "I feel like I'm going to hurl. You get her damn coffee. And maybe try talking to her this time." And with that he was gone, smiling that he had gotten the rest of the day off and that he could have possibly helped to end the most frustrating fight he had ever witnessed.

Luke rolled his eyes as he filled a coffee cup for Lorelai. He didn't want to go over there. More than anything he wanted Jess to come back down and do it for him. Well, maybe not more than anything… Maybe it was time to talk to her. He slowly made his way over to her table. She looked at him as if he was a mirage.

"Luke…" she said. "I'm-"

"I know" he cut in "I'm sorry too"

"Why are you sorry?" she asked, clearly confused.

"I'm sorry I didn't forgive you earlier."

"I didn't deserve to be forgiven."

"Yes you did" Luke sat down across from her somewhat stiffly. "I was a jerk" he continued. "I knew you were sorry, it's just that…"

"Just that what?" Lorelai asked.

"It's just that you want things to go back to the way they were. And I don't"

"You… don't?" Lorelai looked as if she was about to break down.

"I-"

"What way do you want things to be?" Lorelai interrupted with an almost panicked edge to her voice.

"I… I don't know." Luke lied. He knew what he wanted; he was just too chicken to say anything, even after all this time. Even when he didn't have anything to lose.

"Fine" Lorelai's chin was trembling. "Fine. I'll just… go now." She got up from the table and the untouched coffee.

"Lorelai…" Luke started, but couldn't think of anything to follow it up with. She looked at him expectantly. "See you tomorrow?" he finished lamely.

"I don't think so," Lorelai said, wiping a tear from her cheek. "Goodbye Luke." And with that she was out the door.