It was already Sunday night. Rachel had called the night before and all the
planning had finished; he was leaving that Friday. Luke was filling up the
ketchup bottles and the dinner was already closed. He had no idea how he
would tell anyone of the trip; especially Lorelai. Rory had kept his secret
and strangely, she had been more affectionate towards him in these past two
days than in their entire life together. Things between her and Jess were
going pretty well and Luke was happy his nephew had someone to be with.
Maybe the second generation of Danes could actually get a Gilmore. There
was still no snow and as Luke finished clearing the last table, he heard a
knock on the door.
It was of course, Lorelai, who because of some strange reason had the lower half of her pants soaking wet. He walked towards the door shaking his head faking his disbelief while inside he thought to himself how he should not get so excited. He opened the door and she gave him one of those heart- warming smiles.
" Hey Luke, I need coffee." Wow. Could she always look this beautiful?
" Sorry, we're out AND we're closed."
"Oh come on Luke; this is a dinner, how can you be out of coffee? Plus, you're here and therefore you can't be closed, the door is open AND its not like I'm a stranger who's gonna take out a gun from her purse and kill you. Pretty please?"
He moved aside and walked towards the coffeepot. He took a cup and filled it up.
"What, no lecture on the evil powers of coffee?" She knew him too well.
" No, not today Lorelai."
He looked tired. As if he had a big weight on his shoulders. For the past couple days he had been acting strange, distant. Something was definitely up, and Lorelai had to know. Luke had always been a good friend; someone she could depend on if anything went wrong. Yes, she had thought about him as more than as a friend once or twice but honestly, the thought of losing him freaked her out way too much. Now she had just started going out with Alex, and he seemed like a good guy. This did not mean, however, that she wouldn't want to know if something was wrong with Luke or if the latter was leaving for an undefined period of time.
" Hey Luke? Is everything Ok? You've been acting pretty weirdly this week. Are you dreaming about Ricky Martin, again?" She always tried to make serious questions not as serious by adding a funny comment. She suddenly had a mental picture of Luke actually dancing to "La vida loca."
"What? I never had dreams about that fruit cake. "
"Well, is everything ok though?
This was his chance, he could just tell her that he was going to leave and it wouldn't seem awkward. Who knew, maybe she would suddenly realize how much she loved him and would be forced to cancel his trip just to stay with her. Or not.
"No, everything's fine. On the other hand, I'm not sure you can say the same. Why are you all wet?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, Alex and I went fishing and..ummm well we had a little incident." Honestly, they had been making out and she had fallen overboard into the 15-inches deep pond, but of course, Luke didn't need to know that.
Luke was pissed off. Well, jealous was more like it. He wanted to do something that would possibly make Lorelai less happy.
"I'm going to Peru with Rachel this Friday. I don't know for how long. Maybe forever." Liar, he could never stay away from her for that long.
"What???"
How will Lorelai react? Find out in the next chapter!!
It was of course, Lorelai, who because of some strange reason had the lower half of her pants soaking wet. He walked towards the door shaking his head faking his disbelief while inside he thought to himself how he should not get so excited. He opened the door and she gave him one of those heart- warming smiles.
" Hey Luke, I need coffee." Wow. Could she always look this beautiful?
" Sorry, we're out AND we're closed."
"Oh come on Luke; this is a dinner, how can you be out of coffee? Plus, you're here and therefore you can't be closed, the door is open AND its not like I'm a stranger who's gonna take out a gun from her purse and kill you. Pretty please?"
He moved aside and walked towards the coffeepot. He took a cup and filled it up.
"What, no lecture on the evil powers of coffee?" She knew him too well.
" No, not today Lorelai."
He looked tired. As if he had a big weight on his shoulders. For the past couple days he had been acting strange, distant. Something was definitely up, and Lorelai had to know. Luke had always been a good friend; someone she could depend on if anything went wrong. Yes, she had thought about him as more than as a friend once or twice but honestly, the thought of losing him freaked her out way too much. Now she had just started going out with Alex, and he seemed like a good guy. This did not mean, however, that she wouldn't want to know if something was wrong with Luke or if the latter was leaving for an undefined period of time.
" Hey Luke? Is everything Ok? You've been acting pretty weirdly this week. Are you dreaming about Ricky Martin, again?" She always tried to make serious questions not as serious by adding a funny comment. She suddenly had a mental picture of Luke actually dancing to "La vida loca."
"What? I never had dreams about that fruit cake. "
"Well, is everything ok though?
This was his chance, he could just tell her that he was going to leave and it wouldn't seem awkward. Who knew, maybe she would suddenly realize how much she loved him and would be forced to cancel his trip just to stay with her. Or not.
"No, everything's fine. On the other hand, I'm not sure you can say the same. Why are you all wet?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, Alex and I went fishing and..ummm well we had a little incident." Honestly, they had been making out and she had fallen overboard into the 15-inches deep pond, but of course, Luke didn't need to know that.
Luke was pissed off. Well, jealous was more like it. He wanted to do something that would possibly make Lorelai less happy.
"I'm going to Peru with Rachel this Friday. I don't know for how long. Maybe forever." Liar, he could never stay away from her for that long.
"What???"
How will Lorelai react? Find out in the next chapter!!