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"Hey Luke" Lorelai said as she walked into the diner and set her purse down on the counter, before sitting down herself.
"Hey" Luke answered back as he took a coffee cup, and poured her some coffee.
"Thanks. This is what I came for," Lorelai giggled.
Luke rolled his eyes and said, "That's what you always come in for."
Lorelai made a face at him. "Don't, Rory and I come in here for regular food too?"
Luke made a face right back at her. "And what do you always order with your so called regular food?"
Lorelai looked sheepish. "Coffee" she admitted.
"Told you" Luke returned.
"I still eat regular food too," Lorelai protested.
"Says you" Luke retorted, before going back to his work.
"Hey mom" Rory said as she burst into the diner red cheeked and bundled up against the cold.
"Hey, you look really cold" Lorelai told her.
Rory paused in the middle of shrugging off her jacket. "I feel totally cold."
Lorelai laughed and turned back to her cup of coffee.
Luke, who had overheard their conversation, had already poured Rory a cup of coffee and warmed a muffin for her by the time she joined Lorelai at the counter.
"Thanks, Luke" Rory said.
Luke smiled at her. "You're welcome, Rory."
Rory grinned back at him and then turned her attention to her muffin.
"Did Luke just actually smile at you?" Lorelai asked her in a whisper.
Rory rolled her eyes. "Mom, Luke is capable of smiling."
"I know that, but he never smiles!" Lorelai protested.
"Actually, I do. Just when you're not in here," Luke said in a joking tone.
Lorelai looked back and gasped. Luke was standing right behind them.
"How did you get there?" Lorelai asked him.
Luke pretended to think. "Well, I walked around the counter, served some customers, and was just walking past when I heard you two talking about me."
Lorelai rolled her eyes. "Hey, wait a minute. You only smile when I'm not in here?" Lorelai asked in indignation.
Luke rolled his eyes back at her. "Lorelai, it was a joke. You of all people, should know a joke when you here one."
Lorelai finally gave him the laugh that he had been waiting for.
Shaking his head, he got back to work.
On the walk home, Rory confronted Lorelai. "Mom, why don't you just tell Luke how you feel about him?"
Lorelai held up her hand. "Rory, we have been through this."
"I saw your face when Luke said that he only smiles when you're not in there" Rory protested.
"Rory, he was making a joke!"
"But" Rory began.
"No buts!" Lorelai said firmly.
Rory shrugged and gave up.
A/N: I know that it's short. There will be more. What did you guys think? Please click the little, purple button and leave a review, so that I at least know that you read it. Please keep all reviews G rated with no bleeped out with stars or implied cuss words! Thanks!