Lol.. Rory a brat.. hehe sorrie.. i didn't want her to come off as a brat.. but she was mean to Bible boy.

And the plot thickenss.. teehehe

Javajunkie allllll the wayyyyyyyy!! Wheeeeeee (too much sugar cannot be good)

-Ggirl

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A few weeks later...

"Good morning," Lorelai said and looked down at Luke.

After a few weeks sleeping sitting up with Lorelai on the couch, Luke had started to bring a sleeping bag.

"Hi," Luke said and smiled. "You're up."

"Well, it is ten AM," Lorelai said. "I need..."

"Coffee?" Luke said with a smile on his lips. "It's brewing already."

"You're a god," Lorelai said gratefully. "Today's the day!" She pointed to the casts on her legs.

Luke smiled. "Finally!"

"Ha! You know you enjoyed spending almost every waking minute with me thse past few weeks," Lorelai said and pouted.

"I did," He said honestly.

Lorelai smiled and leaned down to kiss him.

"MMmmm," Luke said and brushed his lips against hers. "That just made it all worth it."

Lorelai frowned. "Mean."

Luke laughed. "Come on, let's get up."

He helped her up into the wheelchair and rolled her into the kitchen.

"Ugh, I'm gonna be so happy to walk again. I feel like an invalid," Lorelai frowned.

"Don't worry, soon you'll be out of this cast," Luke said and pat her leg.

Lorelai suddenly it up. "You know, I bet you Mariah Carey's agent said the same thing to her as she was filming the last scene for Glitter..."

Luke looked at her strangely. "Thank God you will soon have more to do than sit around thinking about divas who....."

"You said the word diva!" Lorelai interrupted and giggled. Luke rolled his eyes.

"I heard it on the radio," Luke said.

"Sure you did...," Lorelai said and beamed when she spotted the coffee pot. "Coffee!"

"You have a one track mind," Luke said shaking his head.

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Dr. Johnson smiled as he saw the happy couple enter the room.

"What's up, Doc?" Lorelai said.

He smiled. "Hello. Are you ready?"

"Yes, I am," Lorelai said nodding. "But I don't know if Jim and Tim are ready yet." She pat her two casts.

Luke sighed and rolled his eyes. "Just take 'em off. She's driving me crazy."

"Hey! I am not, I was simply...," Lorelai said.

"... calling me every minute of the day to tell me that the grass on her lawn has grown yet another micrometer," He said.

"Mean!" Lorelai said and pouted.

Dr. Johnson smiled at the bickering couple.

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Within minutes, both casts were off and Lorelai could move her legs.

"AHhhh!!" Lorelai said happily. "I can walk! I can walk!"

Luke smiled and rolled his eyes. "Thank you, Dr. Johnson."

"Good to see you again," Dr. Johnson said, cautiously watching the woman dance around the hospital room.

Luke held back a laugh as Lorelai started to do dance movements to "Hit Me Baby, One More Time."

"Thank you again." Luke said and shook the doctor's hand.

"Good luck to you," The doctor called out as Luke dragged Lorelai out.

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Lorelai was still dancing and singing as they pulled up in front of Luke's diner.

"Sookieeee!" Lorelai called out as she spotted her best friend and Jackson standing in front of the diner. "Look!" She pointed to her cast-less legs.

Sookie squealed and hugged her. "Let's have a 'I No Longer Have Casts' party!"

"Party!" Lorelai giggled and jumped up and down.

"These two have way too much energy," Jackson said to Luke.

Luke nodded vigorously. "You're telling me. I had to spend hours with the one on the right."

"God, man, I feel for you," Jackson said sympathetically.

"I heard that!" Lorelai stopped dancing and gave them a pouty look.

Sookie giggled.

Lorelai turned back to Sookie. "Well, so let's have a party! How about eight o'clock at my house? It'll just be the four of us."

Sookie nodded. "Sounds good."

"Dinner and a movie?"

"Yup." Sookie nodded. "I'll make the food."

"No, I'll cook," Lorelai said with a serious look on her face.

The three gaped at her.

"Duh, I was joking," Lorelai said and rolled her eyes.

"Thank God. As if we need more toxic waste in the world," Luke said.

"Uhh, excuse me, Mr. Negative! But I've watched many many hours of Emeril in the past couple of weeks and have perfected my 'bam!'s and 'let's kick it up a notch's!" Lorelai looked at him witha stern expression on her face.

Luke smiled. "Okay."

"So, I"ll see you at eight then?" Lorelai turned to the couple.

"K, I'll see you then!" Sookie called out as she dragged Jackson down the sidewalk. "We have to go to Doose's."

Luke wrapped his arms around Lorelai's waist. "Wow, I can't believe you're cast-less."

"Neither can I," Lorelai sighed and put her head on Luke's chest. "I can finally hug you properly now."

"That's very important," Luke said and put his chin on top of Lorelai's head.

"Look at those two," Patty said to Babette from across the street. "They are so cute!"

"We've been right all these years," Babette said agreeing.

"We're always right, Babette."

"That's true," Babette said with a nod.

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Rory sighed and flopped down on her bed.

She groaned and struggled to take off her jacket. 'Yet another killer final.'

She was going to be so happy to go home for Christmas break. Rory really missed Lorelai and Luke and.. everyone.. maybe even Taylor. 'Wait, okay, cross that.'

Rory rolled over and popped in her Bangles CD.

"Close your eyes... give me your hand.."

Rory groaned.

"Can you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same?"

After she had told Tristan that she didn't like him, that she had been playing with him.. she had felt guilty for weeks. In fact, she still felt guilty.

Paris and Tristan were back together. She was happy for her friend, but she also couldn't help feeling a little weird about their getting together. It was like Paris would run to Tristan no matter what he did. But, well, this time, it had been all her fault.

"Or is this burning.. an eternal flame?"

What was going on with her? Rory didn't understand her indecisiveness. It reminded her of when she was back in high school, trying to deny her feelings for Jess, pretending that she was still in love with Dean. She was doing it again, wasn't she? She had played with one guy, and held on to the other. What was she so scared of?

"Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming?"

'Jess...,' She thought, rolling over to lie on her stomach. She hadn't thought about Jess in weeks. His sly smile, which would slowly spread across his face. His love of books. How he understood her so well.... "Or is this burning.. an eternal flame?"

Well, Tristan was with Paris now, and honestly, Rory was happy for them. 'Paris will treat him a lot better than I did,' Rory thought.

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Jess shuffled his feet as he stood in front of Rory's dorm room door. 'You're pathetic, Mariano,' He thought.

After he had found Dean walking away from Rory's house, he'd run the other way. But he still loved her, no matter if she was with Bagboy or not. He had been confused about that. Why would they get back together?

"Close your eyes.. give me your hand..."

When Jess heard the strains of the Bangles' "Eternal Flame" coming from the room, he smiled. 'The Bangles.' One of her favorite bands.

Taking a deep breath, he lightly rapped on the door with his tightly closed fists. He heard footsteps walking towards the door. Jess considered getting on his knees. 'No! No! Too desperate,' He thought, quickly erasing the thought from his mind. 'What should I do with my hands? Is my hair okay? Did I remember to eat a mint....?'

The door opened to reveal a tired looking Rory. SHe rubbed her eyes. "Jess?"

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Lorelai laughed at Sookie's corny joke, along with the rest of the table. 'I like this,' She thought, looking at the three people around. The people she loved.. including Luke now. She put her hand over his. He smiled at her.

Sookie smiled as the two looked at each other. "Look how cute they are," she whispered to Jackson.

"I heard that," Lorelai said, pulling her gaze away from Luke's face.

Sookie giggled. "You two are so cute."

Luke looked uncomfortable and Lorelai laughed. "Luke's is embarrassed!"

"I'm not," He muttered.

"Am too!"

"Am...," Luke caught himself. 'Wow, we sound like a married couple.. or a pair of seven year olds.'

"Awww," Sookie said. "Arguing like a married couple already."

It was Lorelai's turn to blush when she heard the m-word.

'Marriage?' Luke thought and looked at his girlfriend. 'We're just starting to date...' Lorelai looked at him. She seemed to be thinking the same thing.

"Hey!" Lorelai interrupted his thoughts and broke the look they shared. She looked at Sookie and Jackson. "Let's watch a movie!"

"What did you get?" Sookie asked.

"'Glitter' and 'Summer Under the Sun'," Lorelai said happily as she got up to clear the table.

"Summer Under the Sun sounds interesting," Jackson said.

"Nooo," Luke said groaning. "Not Mary Kate and Ashley again!"

Lorelai beamed. "I knew you'd be happy."

Sookie rolled her eyes. "We need to find you new idols."

Jackson just looked confused. "Who are they?"

Lorelai feigned shock. "You don't know them? They are like these super actresses, who on the side have managed to build a merchandise empire by the age of eleven! Uh, huh, that's who they are!"

Jackson still looked confused. "Okay..."

Sookie patted him sympathetically on the shoulder. "It's okay, hon.. we don't know what she's talking about 90% of the time either."

"Hey," Lorelai said, looking at Sookie with puppy eyes. "I need cake."

Sookie giggled. "You should see the cake I made! It has thick gooey chocolate icing with mocha chip chunk cookies bits on top..."

Lorelai leaned her head on Luke's shoulder and her tongue was hanging out. "Mmmmmm..."

Luke eyed her and said, "Hey, let's bring the cake before Lorelai's tongue falls in my lap..."

Lorelai sat up. "Oh, dirty! Such a dirty man!" Luke blushed.

"That's not what I meant..."

Lorelai giggled. "Sookie, let's bring out these cake already!"

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I end here, because, MMmmm cake is good and important...

-Ggirl