He woke up with a start, a cold sweat on his forehead. He couldn't remember what the dream had been about, but he remembered some of the main characters. He had been there. Nicole had been there. And, of course the usual Stars Hollow parade of fools. One person was conspicuously absent for once. He shook the dream out of his head and rolled onto his side to see what time it was. 3 am. "Great. Now what I supposed to do?" Talking to himself was a new favorite past time for Luke. Everybody was so busy with everything that there was never anybody else around. But hell, he was never around himself, dividing his time between Stars Hollow and Litchfield was tiring, and he had a diner to run full time. "I guess I'll go for a little run. Can't hurt, actually, it can only help."
Despite his record in High School as quite the athlete (and lady's man, heh), Luke had all but given up on any regular fitness routine. But now that he had a couple hours to spare, and there was nothing better to do, what the heck? He threw on a black muscle shirt, and a pair of gray sweats and headed out.
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She woke up on the couch. Breakfast at Tiffany's was almost over. "Damn crazy movie. Oh well, coffee time." Lorelai went into the kitchen to make a fresh pot when she saw the back door was open. It was then that she heard some rustling upstairs, and without another word, she ran out the back door and around to the street.
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Luke had finished one lap of the town and was on his way to another when he saw someone running towards him. Someone wearing a white robe and slippers, her hair every which way. As he slowed down to ascertain what he was seeing, this vision flew into his arms. "Luke…" and with that, the running caught up to her, and Lorelai just collapsed into him, tears of fright in her eyes.
"Lorelai, what is it? Did something happen? Are you okay?"
"No.. yes.. I don't know. Luke… I woke up on the couch, and went into the kitchen. The back door was open Luke! I know I heard something upstairs, and I d-don't know what it is. I c-can't go back there right now. I j-just left as soon as I heard s-s-something." By now, Lorelai had dissolved into sobs, and Luke was supporting her whole weight.
"Damn it. Lorelai, did you call the police yet?"
"N-n-no, I didn't have time to g-get my phone." Hiccups had taken over, and Lorelai couldn't force out any more words. Luke half carried her over to the diner, and once there, immediately headed for the phone.
"Hello, I'd like to report a break-in. Yes. Right…" as Luke gave the police the info, Lorelai got up and went behind the counter. Soon, a pot of coffee was brewing. "Someone is headed over there right now. They're going to call back as soon as they know anything." He looked at the coffee pot. "You just work on calming down. Get your coffee and we can head upstairs."
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