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"Luke!" Lorelai yelled, pulling the office/apartment door open and letting it slam shut behind her, rattling in its frame. "I'm going to kill someone!"

Luke looked up from the crossword puzzle he was doing at the kitchen table and stared at the crazy ranting woman pacing violently in his living room. "Huh."

"No, I really am! You, my mother, Kirk, Jess, that blind man on the corner who always asks me for change.... every one of you!" Lorelai changed her direction. "I would start with you, but seeing as my mother is the first on my list, the police might catch me before I get to Hartford, and then she wouldn't come to the great pain she deserves!" Lorelai spun around, and pointed a long polished finger at Luke. "But don't think that you can escape! Oh no, I know where you live Luke Danes, and when I'm done with Emily Gilmore, you're next. I'll never be able to eat pancakes here again, but Ceaser's never done anything bad to me before! Unlike you! You salad eating coffee hating--!" Lorelai threw up her hands in desperation. "Ugh! I can't even rant properly!" Lorelai collapsed on the couch, her face in her hands.

Luke looked nervously at her shaking shoulders. "Uh, Lorelai...?" he asked, moving tentatively towards her. "Uh..."

Lorelai looked up at him. "I can't do this Luke...I can't..."

"You know Lorelai," Luke chuckled slightly, "I'm not really the kind of person who's good at this. I don't do this very often. I might do it wrong."

Lorelai sighed and a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. "I'll risk it."

"Maybe...maybe you need to do what your heart is telling you...not your head."

Lorelai didn't respond.

"I mean, who cares what I think, or Jess thinks, or the whole crazy town thinks? If you think you want to do this, I think you should be doing it because of yourself, not because of what you think that you think you should do."

"You think?" asked Lorelai, as she pushed her hair behind her ears and stood up. "I think you're right. Thanks Luke."

"No problem..." Luke watched as Lorelai turned to leave. "Uh, Lorelai?"

"Yeah?" she said, turning back around.

"Do you...do you actually like him?" Luke asked, after clearing his throat.

"I-" Lorelai started.

Just then, Jess burst through the door. "LUKE, DIN-" He stopped abruptly when he saw Lorelai. "Whoops, am I interrupting something?" Jess asked impertinently.

"No, nothing..." Luke replied, through clenched teeth. "What do you want?"

"Look, I could just come back later, if you-"

"Jess!" Luke nearly exploded.

"Okay, okay. There's a dinner rush, and you're the man of the hour. Capishe?"

"Get down there!" Luke muttered as the door slammed behind Jess, "Punk."

"So, Luke..." Lorelai said, shaking Luke out of his reverie. "I better get going. I only have like half an hour left."

"Half an hour?"

"Yeah, Kirk has to be home at nine thirty."

"Okay, well you kids have fun."

"Thanks."

"And if I see that blind man, I'll kick him in the shins for you."

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