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Lorelai woke up with a splitting headache. She rolled over onto her side and cautiously opened her eyes. Her mouth felt like a cotton ball had taken up residence and there was shooting pain behind her eyes.
As she sat up she realized that she must have slept on the couch. Looking around the room she saw the open bottle and the two wine glasses. "What….?" she mumbled absently.
Rubbing her head, she stumbled into the kitchen for some Tylenol. The house was very quiet. She passed the table and headed straight for the cabinet full of painkillers.
After swallowing two pills, she noticed the note on the table. "We should do this again some time," she read aloud. "L. Who…? Oh my god!" She remembered everything clearly now and her head ached from the exertion.
She picked up her phone and dialed Sookie.
"Hello."
"Sookie."
"Hey! What's up?"
"I almost made out with Luke last night," Lorelai felt the words tumble out of her mouth before she could stop them.
Sookie gasped. "Get! Out!"
"Can't."
"No!"
"Yeah," Lorelai affirmed.
"No!"
"Yeah!"
"Really?" Sookie was breathless.
"Sookie?"
"Yeah?"
"You gotta believe me or we'll never get to the details."
"Oh my God, there're details?" Sookie squeaked.
"Yeah. Well, sorta."
"Sorta? What 'sorta'?"
Lorelai recapped.
"You told him you've been in love with him for ten years?" gasped Sookie
"No. I said a LITTLE in love. And technically, it's been longer than ten years. Rory started Kindergarten when she was five and she eighteen now, so…."
"Lorelai?"
"Yeah?"
"Wrong kinda detail."
"You're right," Lorelai acknowledged. "Sorry."
"So you told him you've been a LITTLE in love with him since Rory started Kindergarten," Sookie repeated.
"Yeah."
"And?"
"And what?"
"For starters, is it true? For seconds, what was his reaction to this news? For thirds, you didn't kiss at ALL?"
"He joked about it. He said I couldn't have been in love with him since then because I was a mess the first time we met," Lorelai laughed
Sookie hesitated. "Not exactly a declaration of love."
"Yeah, but it was nice. He was kidding around with me and it was all really comfortable and nice."
"Hmmm."
"Hmmm?"
"You still haven't said whether it's true or not and whether there was any kissing," Sookie's voice pried into Lorelai's insides and she squirmed a little but answered the question.
"No kissing," she confessed. "At all. But we fell asleep together on the couch."
"Your couch?"
"Yeah."
"That's a pretty narrow couch."
"I know. I was sort of cuddled on top of him. I don't remember him leaving this morning, but there was a note on the kitchen table."
"What does it say?" Sookie demanded.
"It says, 'We should do this again some time. L.'"
"Wow."
"I know."
"Lorelai?"
"Yeah?"
"Is it true?"
"Is what true?"
"Wine can sometimes make you say things you don't mean. But, wine can sometimes make you say things you've always been afraid to say."
Lorelai was silent. All of a sudden her head was killing her again. "I never thought about it that way before."
Sookie said nothing.
"Luke and I have been friends a long time." Then, just realizing it herself she said, "What do you think HE thinks?"
"I don't know, honey," sympathized Sookie.
"Do you think I should talk to him about it? Or do you think it's not a big deal?"
"Honey, I don't know. What does the note say again?"
"'We should do this again sometime. L.'"
"That sounds light-hearted. Maybe he was still just kidding around. Maybe it means nothing."
"Maybe."
Sookie hesitated again. She'd heard the rumors and she'd seen their friendship develop and she knew how they looked at each other. But she didn't want to push either into something they weren't ready for. People could usually figure out their feelings. She wanted them to figure it out on their own.
"Maybe you two should spend some more time together and see what happens."
Lorelai considered this. "Maybe."
