Ch 24 Falling Down
Lorelai and Luke wandered the streets of Boston together. Luke was still a bit depressed after finding out that even though she didn't want Chris there was someone else she had her eye on. Luke longed to hold her in his arms and kiss her like he had so many months ago. He still couldn't get that kiss out of his mind, or Lorelai herself for that matter. He wanted to say something to make her his, but there was no right words to do so. He had hoped in coming here it would give them a chance to get together, to talk. Now though Luke knew the chances of that were slim. Lorelai had fallen for someone else. Now, he would have to watch all over again as she fell in love. He couldn't stand Christopher of Max just because of the fact that they had had her. They had been able to hold Lorelai whenever that had wanted. He wanted her.
Lorelai looked over at Luke. Something had come over him after their little encounter with Chris. She needed to say something to break the silence because she couldn't stand the silence, not with Luke. "I can't believe Rory didn't call," she finally sighed. It was better than nothing. That had also been bothering her though. Rory was in New York with her boyfriend and she hadn't bothered to call. Digging around in her purse she pulled out her cell phone. "Oops," she muttered bashfully, "It was off."
"Smart," Luke grunted, "Maybe you should call her." Lorelai nodded and began dialling. They began to hear ringing coming from inside Lorelai's purse.
"UGH!" Lorelai groaned, "I took her phone too!" Lorelai looked at the two phones a second and had an idea. She searched through Rory's speed dial numbers until she found Paris. "Ah Ha!" she exclaimed and pressed the button to call, "Come on Paris I knew you went with them for something."
Luke watched Lorelai as she jumped up and down waiting for someone to pick up the phone. He hoped Paris did because he didn't feel as if he could trust Jess alone with Rory in a big city for two days. Sure Lane and Paris were with them, but so were their boyfriends. He just wanted to make sure they were alright, and who knows maybe they found Riz and he could go home. "Paris! Thank god!" Lorelai exclaimed, 'Yeah...No...Really...Can I talk to Rory...Oh, Alright...Bye." Lorelai hung up the phone and turned back to Luke.
"So?" Luke wondered.
"Well, they got to New York safe," Lorelai informed, "And they went to this coffee place and ran into some "friends" of Jess and something weird happened between them. She didn't really say anything else. Just that she had to go."
"Typical Gilmore that daughter of yours." was Luke's response to her story, "First thing off the bus and she wanted coffee as well."
"Well what can I say?" Lorelai shrugged, "I taught her well. And don't say anything about me killing her Luke Danes or I'll kill you!" Luke smiled inwardly as the Lorelai began to walk off once again. God, he loved that woman.
Lorelai walked away from Luke quickly, her mind back on finding Riz. That was her main priority and she had to remember that. No slacking off. She couldn't help but grin though thinking of Luke. She really loved that man, or at least she thought she did. Maybe Chris wasn't the real reason she couldn't commit with Max, maybe deep down she knew she wanted him. She only hoped Luke felt the same way as she did. He had to though, or what had that kiss been about many months ago. It wasn't just to shut her up and she knew it.
The two walked on down the street every now and then stopping to consider whether they should continue with this direction or turn. They weren't quite sure how they were supposed to find Riz in a big city like this. New York would be easier because Jess knew all the places she might go to. Lorelai thought, she'd been in this city before. She had also been a pregnant teen. Where would she go if she had run off to Boston? Then, an idea struck her. Riz was a bright girl and although she didn't talk much about school or what she wanted to do in the future Lorelai had a feeling she wanted it to be great. Though, with her background and being a pregnant fifteen year old her future didn't look so great. What if Riz had had a similar dream as Rory's? What if she wanted to go to Harvard? Would Riz, in the midst of running from what had become home, go and visit what could've been her future. It was worth a shot. "Luke, I think I know where we should go."
"Where?" Luke asked.
"Harvard," Lorelai replied. Luke looked at her puzzled for a moment.
"And how do you expect us to get there?" he wondered after a while, "We don't have a car because you insisted on the bus."
"Taxi," Lorelai stated. Luke shook his head and followed Lorelai onto the main street where she began waving for a taxi. Luke watched her. She was one crazy woman. After about fifteen minutes a taxi finally pulled up and the two climbed in.
Arriving at Harvard Lorelai was over swept by an enormous amount of sadness although she didn't was to show Luke it bothered her. Soon enough Rory would be leaving her to attend this school, so far away from her. It hurt Lorelai to think that her little girl was going to run off to college leaving her alone. Rory seemed to already be running off, becoming more distant. Lorelai's head hung and her arm were crossed over her chest as a single tear slid down her cheek.
Luke noticed Lorelai's sudden change of mood from determined to sad. He looked of to the big college and shook his head. This place made her remember that Rory was growing up and leaving her. Luke shifted uncomfortably. He didn't know how to react to this situation. Usually he would just give her some coffee and friendly advice, but now they weren't in the diner. They were in Boston. Without thinking Luke wrapped his arm around Lorelai shoulder and brought her in close. Turning, Lorelai buried her head in his chest. This just made Luke feel more uncomfortable. "It'll...umm...be alright," he tired to assure her, "Everything will be fine."
"She leaving Luke," Lorelai sobbed, "She's almost gone now. I'll be all alone."
"I'll still be here," Luke whispered, "I'm not going anywhere." Lorelai nodded into his chest. Then, after a while she looked up, Luke was still holding her. Lorelai sniffed and Luke removed one arm and wiped away the tears. Lorelai furrowed her eyebrows. She had just realized how Luke was acting very un-Luke like. A shiver ran through Lorelai as she looked up into Luke's eyes.
"Hi," she whispered.
"Hi," he repeated. Slowly their lips began to move closer together and Lorelai closed her eyes as their lips came together for the kiss. Lorelai soon began to deepen the kiss, revealing to Luke how much she actually cared for him and how much she wanted him. They parted, breathless.
Luke looked at Lorelai, shocked. Was this really happening? He knew it was though he had just kissed Lorelai Gilmore and she hadn't run away. So, this was what it was like to have Lorelai in his arms. A small smile appeared on his gruff features as he watched her. She was truly beautiful. "What just happened here?" Lorelai wanted to know.
"We kissed," Luke replied.
"We kissed," Lorelai mimicked.
"Yup," Luke nodded.
"And I didn't run away." Luke shook his head at this. "Wow," Lorelai uttered.
"What does this mean?"
"I don't know," Lorelai whispered, "Let's try that again and I'll find an answer."
"Shouldn't we be looking for Riz?" Luke inquired. It's not that he didn't want to kiss her, he did. It's just now, at this time didn't seem like the place to decide whether they really had more than platonic feelings for Lorelai.
"We should," Lorelai confirmed pulling out of Luke's grasp. Luke was right. They needed to find Riz, this could wait. Couldn't it? Pulling herself back together Lorelai marched forward onto the campus followed by Luke and begun to look around. Their moment ruined but Lorelai couldn't help but hope that there were more moments like that waiting.
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A/N: Alright, I'm really spreading it. Lorelai and Luke are not an official couple in the story, yet. It's coming though. I just need to spread it out more. I'm going to start the next chapter off a little while before they entered Liz's apartment. Probably from where Jess is climbing up the tree, you'll see why next chapter. Also in chapter fifteen I made a slight error changing all the Marks to a Dave but I fixed that now. Alright, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Send me some feedback please!
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Lorelai and Luke wandered the streets of Boston together. Luke was still a bit depressed after finding out that even though she didn't want Chris there was someone else she had her eye on. Luke longed to hold her in his arms and kiss her like he had so many months ago. He still couldn't get that kiss out of his mind, or Lorelai herself for that matter. He wanted to say something to make her his, but there was no right words to do so. He had hoped in coming here it would give them a chance to get together, to talk. Now though Luke knew the chances of that were slim. Lorelai had fallen for someone else. Now, he would have to watch all over again as she fell in love. He couldn't stand Christopher of Max just because of the fact that they had had her. They had been able to hold Lorelai whenever that had wanted. He wanted her.
Lorelai looked over at Luke. Something had come over him after their little encounter with Chris. She needed to say something to break the silence because she couldn't stand the silence, not with Luke. "I can't believe Rory didn't call," she finally sighed. It was better than nothing. That had also been bothering her though. Rory was in New York with her boyfriend and she hadn't bothered to call. Digging around in her purse she pulled out her cell phone. "Oops," she muttered bashfully, "It was off."
"Smart," Luke grunted, "Maybe you should call her." Lorelai nodded and began dialling. They began to hear ringing coming from inside Lorelai's purse.
"UGH!" Lorelai groaned, "I took her phone too!" Lorelai looked at the two phones a second and had an idea. She searched through Rory's speed dial numbers until she found Paris. "Ah Ha!" she exclaimed and pressed the button to call, "Come on Paris I knew you went with them for something."
Luke watched Lorelai as she jumped up and down waiting for someone to pick up the phone. He hoped Paris did because he didn't feel as if he could trust Jess alone with Rory in a big city for two days. Sure Lane and Paris were with them, but so were their boyfriends. He just wanted to make sure they were alright, and who knows maybe they found Riz and he could go home. "Paris! Thank god!" Lorelai exclaimed, 'Yeah...No...Really...Can I talk to Rory...Oh, Alright...Bye." Lorelai hung up the phone and turned back to Luke.
"So?" Luke wondered.
"Well, they got to New York safe," Lorelai informed, "And they went to this coffee place and ran into some "friends" of Jess and something weird happened between them. She didn't really say anything else. Just that she had to go."
"Typical Gilmore that daughter of yours." was Luke's response to her story, "First thing off the bus and she wanted coffee as well."
"Well what can I say?" Lorelai shrugged, "I taught her well. And don't say anything about me killing her Luke Danes or I'll kill you!" Luke smiled inwardly as the Lorelai began to walk off once again. God, he loved that woman.
Lorelai walked away from Luke quickly, her mind back on finding Riz. That was her main priority and she had to remember that. No slacking off. She couldn't help but grin though thinking of Luke. She really loved that man, or at least she thought she did. Maybe Chris wasn't the real reason she couldn't commit with Max, maybe deep down she knew she wanted him. She only hoped Luke felt the same way as she did. He had to though, or what had that kiss been about many months ago. It wasn't just to shut her up and she knew it.
The two walked on down the street every now and then stopping to consider whether they should continue with this direction or turn. They weren't quite sure how they were supposed to find Riz in a big city like this. New York would be easier because Jess knew all the places she might go to. Lorelai thought, she'd been in this city before. She had also been a pregnant teen. Where would she go if she had run off to Boston? Then, an idea struck her. Riz was a bright girl and although she didn't talk much about school or what she wanted to do in the future Lorelai had a feeling she wanted it to be great. Though, with her background and being a pregnant fifteen year old her future didn't look so great. What if Riz had had a similar dream as Rory's? What if she wanted to go to Harvard? Would Riz, in the midst of running from what had become home, go and visit what could've been her future. It was worth a shot. "Luke, I think I know where we should go."
"Where?" Luke asked.
"Harvard," Lorelai replied. Luke looked at her puzzled for a moment.
"And how do you expect us to get there?" he wondered after a while, "We don't have a car because you insisted on the bus."
"Taxi," Lorelai stated. Luke shook his head and followed Lorelai onto the main street where she began waving for a taxi. Luke watched her. She was one crazy woman. After about fifteen minutes a taxi finally pulled up and the two climbed in.
Arriving at Harvard Lorelai was over swept by an enormous amount of sadness although she didn't was to show Luke it bothered her. Soon enough Rory would be leaving her to attend this school, so far away from her. It hurt Lorelai to think that her little girl was going to run off to college leaving her alone. Rory seemed to already be running off, becoming more distant. Lorelai's head hung and her arm were crossed over her chest as a single tear slid down her cheek.
Luke noticed Lorelai's sudden change of mood from determined to sad. He looked of to the big college and shook his head. This place made her remember that Rory was growing up and leaving her. Luke shifted uncomfortably. He didn't know how to react to this situation. Usually he would just give her some coffee and friendly advice, but now they weren't in the diner. They were in Boston. Without thinking Luke wrapped his arm around Lorelai shoulder and brought her in close. Turning, Lorelai buried her head in his chest. This just made Luke feel more uncomfortable. "It'll...umm...be alright," he tired to assure her, "Everything will be fine."
"She leaving Luke," Lorelai sobbed, "She's almost gone now. I'll be all alone."
"I'll still be here," Luke whispered, "I'm not going anywhere." Lorelai nodded into his chest. Then, after a while she looked up, Luke was still holding her. Lorelai sniffed and Luke removed one arm and wiped away the tears. Lorelai furrowed her eyebrows. She had just realized how Luke was acting very un-Luke like. A shiver ran through Lorelai as she looked up into Luke's eyes.
"Hi," she whispered.
"Hi," he repeated. Slowly their lips began to move closer together and Lorelai closed her eyes as their lips came together for the kiss. Lorelai soon began to deepen the kiss, revealing to Luke how much she actually cared for him and how much she wanted him. They parted, breathless.
Luke looked at Lorelai, shocked. Was this really happening? He knew it was though he had just kissed Lorelai Gilmore and she hadn't run away. So, this was what it was like to have Lorelai in his arms. A small smile appeared on his gruff features as he watched her. She was truly beautiful. "What just happened here?" Lorelai wanted to know.
"We kissed," Luke replied.
"We kissed," Lorelai mimicked.
"Yup," Luke nodded.
"And I didn't run away." Luke shook his head at this. "Wow," Lorelai uttered.
"What does this mean?"
"I don't know," Lorelai whispered, "Let's try that again and I'll find an answer."
"Shouldn't we be looking for Riz?" Luke inquired. It's not that he didn't want to kiss her, he did. It's just now, at this time didn't seem like the place to decide whether they really had more than platonic feelings for Lorelai.
"We should," Lorelai confirmed pulling out of Luke's grasp. Luke was right. They needed to find Riz, this could wait. Couldn't it? Pulling herself back together Lorelai marched forward onto the campus followed by Luke and begun to look around. Their moment ruined but Lorelai couldn't help but hope that there were more moments like that waiting.
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A/N: Alright, I'm really spreading it. Lorelai and Luke are not an official couple in the story, yet. It's coming though. I just need to spread it out more. I'm going to start the next chapter off a little while before they entered Liz's apartment. Probably from where Jess is climbing up the tree, you'll see why next chapter. Also in chapter fifteen I made a slight error changing all the Marks to a Dave but I fixed that now. Alright, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Send me some feedback please!
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