"Wait, Luke," Lorelai stood up suddenly.
"What?" He turned around.
"Look, I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to make it so awkward between us," Lorelai said. "I don't know, I guess I was just feeling depressed and emotional... I had the red dot special...."
"Okay, too much information," he interrupted.
"Sorry, sorry," She hung her head. "I feel so disconnected without Rory... I feel stupid about it, but I do. I feel lost and bored. And I have no friends..."
Luke had an urge to hold her but he knew that Star's Hollow was probably watching them at that very second.
"I noticed you don't have your usual spark," he commented.
"Yeah, I guess so," She sat back down. They both reveled in the bustle around them.
"Look.. it's okay," He finally said. "It was a friendly kiss, right?" 'Wasn't friendly to you,' he thought.
She nodded. 'No, it wasn't.' she thought. "Right.. so everything's okay between us?"
"Sure, just peachy," he forced a smile. She smiled back at him. 'Why don't you tell her you like her?!' he thought. 'I'm such a coward.' ************************ "Sookie!!!!" Jackson panicked as he held the tiny baby in his arms. Sookie rushed into the room.
"What? What?" She looked right and left.
"I think she smiled at me," Jackson said and beamed.
"REALLY?" Sookie peered over his shoulder. "Oh my little honey bunny.. who's little girl are you? Coochie coochieee!" She tickled her daughter's chin. Jackson cradled little Kiki in his arms.
"We're the luckiest parents in the world!" He smiled at Sookie.
"Yup we are! Okay, honey, I'm going to go back to my pudding now," She kissed Jackson on the cheek and hustled back to the kitchen. "I want to take it to Lorelai before dinner."
"How is Lorelai these days? I haven't seen much of her." Jackson called from the living room.
"Ahh.. I think she's okay... OOps! Just dropped the spoon in the pudding," Sookie replied. "I know she misses Rory a lot."
"Yeah, I can imagine. I can't imagine sending little Kiki off to college, right, Kiki? You wouldn't leave Mommy and Daddy?" Jackson kissed Kiki on the forehead just as she spit up all over his shirt. "Hm, well you're going to learn how to keep your food down first." Kiki gurgled and smiled. ************************ Lorelai waved a 'bye' to Luke as he cradled three dishes in his arms. He nodded at her and she pushed open the diner door. Star's Hollow was quiet in the dusk. She walked over the gazebo and leaned against it to stare at the sunset. She wasn't sure why she had kissed Luke that night. It had been so abrupt that she hadn't even know what as happening. One moment, she was crying at the counter where he was standing. The next, he was standing next to her and patting her on the shoulder.
And when she turned to him, she saw something in his eyes. She just kissed him. She didn't know why. But she knew one thing. He kissed her back.
"What?" He turned around.
"Look, I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to make it so awkward between us," Lorelai said. "I don't know, I guess I was just feeling depressed and emotional... I had the red dot special...."
"Okay, too much information," he interrupted.
"Sorry, sorry," She hung her head. "I feel so disconnected without Rory... I feel stupid about it, but I do. I feel lost and bored. And I have no friends..."
Luke had an urge to hold her but he knew that Star's Hollow was probably watching them at that very second.
"I noticed you don't have your usual spark," he commented.
"Yeah, I guess so," She sat back down. They both reveled in the bustle around them.
"Look.. it's okay," He finally said. "It was a friendly kiss, right?" 'Wasn't friendly to you,' he thought.
She nodded. 'No, it wasn't.' she thought. "Right.. so everything's okay between us?"
"Sure, just peachy," he forced a smile. She smiled back at him. 'Why don't you tell her you like her?!' he thought. 'I'm such a coward.' ************************ "Sookie!!!!" Jackson panicked as he held the tiny baby in his arms. Sookie rushed into the room.
"What? What?" She looked right and left.
"I think she smiled at me," Jackson said and beamed.
"REALLY?" Sookie peered over his shoulder. "Oh my little honey bunny.. who's little girl are you? Coochie coochieee!" She tickled her daughter's chin. Jackson cradled little Kiki in his arms.
"We're the luckiest parents in the world!" He smiled at Sookie.
"Yup we are! Okay, honey, I'm going to go back to my pudding now," She kissed Jackson on the cheek and hustled back to the kitchen. "I want to take it to Lorelai before dinner."
"How is Lorelai these days? I haven't seen much of her." Jackson called from the living room.
"Ahh.. I think she's okay... OOps! Just dropped the spoon in the pudding," Sookie replied. "I know she misses Rory a lot."
"Yeah, I can imagine. I can't imagine sending little Kiki off to college, right, Kiki? You wouldn't leave Mommy and Daddy?" Jackson kissed Kiki on the forehead just as she spit up all over his shirt. "Hm, well you're going to learn how to keep your food down first." Kiki gurgled and smiled. ************************ Lorelai waved a 'bye' to Luke as he cradled three dishes in his arms. He nodded at her and she pushed open the diner door. Star's Hollow was quiet in the dusk. She walked over the gazebo and leaned against it to stare at the sunset. She wasn't sure why she had kissed Luke that night. It had been so abrupt that she hadn't even know what as happening. One moment, she was crying at the counter where he was standing. The next, he was standing next to her and patting her on the shoulder.
And when she turned to him, she saw something in his eyes. She just kissed him. She didn't know why. But she knew one thing. He kissed her back.