Author's note: I upped the rating on this chapter. I really don't think it's too racy, but better safe than sorry.

Part 2

Lorelai went back home to check on Rory. As she entered her house, she thought about her time with Luke and smiled. After their discussion, they had sat in her office, kissing and talking. Well, mostly kissing. It was strange, but things were not awkward at all with Luke. It was almost like they had been together for a long time.

Lorelai glanced in the living room and found Rory asleep on the couch, surrounded by junk food. "At least she finally learned to wallow." She walked over to her daughter and placed a kiss on her forehead. Rory's eyes fluttered open.

"Mom?" She asked sleepily. Lorelai smiled.

"Hey, babe. How you doing?"

"Okay, considering. How's the inn?"

"Great, it's going great." She hesitated before continuing. "Do you want to talk?"

"No, no. I- I just don't want to talk about last night right now."

"Sure, whatever you want." Lorelai gave Rory a quick hug.

"Let's not talk about me. How are things going with you?"

"Well, I told you, the inn's great, although it's just the test run, you know?"

"I'm not asking about the inn, I'm asking about you." Lorelai glanced away.

"What do you mean?"

"You seem happy. And not the inn's doing well happy. You seem, I don't know. I got lucky happy."

"What? I didn't get lucky. Jason and I broke up, remember?" Rory grinned.

"Well, what about Luke? And don't try to say nothing. I saw you last night staring at each other like idiots."

"You know I can't lie to you."

"You and Luke?

"Me and Luke. It's really good. He wants to be with me." Rory rolled her eyes.

"Of course he wants to be with you, Mom. Hello."

"Yeah, well. I've even freaked out on him and he still wants me."

"Why'd you freak on him?"

"I guess- I don't know. It's just the stress of everything in my life."

"You mean me and Dean?"

"Yeah, that played a big part."

"I'm sorry, Mom."

"I know. But happy thoughts, okay? Don't worry about me."

"Are you sure about this, Mom? Like I said before, if this doesn't work-"

"I can't say 'Yes, this is definitely going to work.' Life doesn't work like that. But I can say that I want it to work. I want to be with him, Rory."

"Okay, I can tell you're serious. You and Luke, wow."

"Yeah, wow." Lorelai smiled

"Okay, you're getting nauseating."

"Sorry," Lorelai said as her cell phone rang. "Just a second. Hello."

"Hi, Lorelai."

"Oh, hi, Luke," she said, her voice growing softer.

"Oh, God," Rory groaned from her place on the couch.

"What was that?" Luke asked.

"Oh, it was just Rory."

"Oh. How is she doing?"

"All right, I guess."

"Well, good. Um, you're probably wondering why I called."

"Not really, I just assumed it was to hear my lovely voice."

"No, not this time. I wanted to see if you wanted to possibly spend some time with me tonight."

"I would, but I don't know that I've got enough time, you know? It's the last night of the test run."

"I know. I thought that after the guests went to bed, you could come over to my place and we could watch some movies."

"Okay. Sure. That would be nice. Are you going to feed me too?" Luke laughed.

"Yes, there will be food."

"Not healthy-"

"Nothing that isn't likely to kill you."

"Terrific, I'll see you tonight."

"Good-bye." Lorelai hung up the phone.

"So, what was that about?" Rory asked.

"I'm going over to Luke's tonight." Rory raised her eyebrows.

"Really?"

"Yeah, we're going to watch some movies. Unless you need me to stay here."

"No, I'm still not ready to talk yet. Besides, I'd hate to wreck that love struck look on your face."

"Ha Ha."

Lorelai walked into the diner late that evening. "Luke," she called. "Are you here?"

He came out from the kitchen. "Hi. You can go upstairs and get settled. I'm almost done here."

"Okay." Lorelai ran up the stairs and sat down on Luke's couch, looking at the movies that he had chosen. "Nice taste, Luke."

"Thanks." He grinned as he walked into the room.

"So, what food do you have?"

"Burgers and chili fries."

"My hero," she said, fluttering her eyes. He sat down next to her.

"Real cute."

"Thanks. Are you going to eat this stuff?"

"Of course not. I made myself a turkey burger."

"Right. Do you want to eat while we watch the movies or eat and then watch the movies?"

"Let's eat first so we can talk."

"What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know. Anything. Everything." Lorelai smiled.

"Okay, anything, huh? Well-"

"Let me start. How's Rory?" Lorelai said.

"You know, I really don't know. She's not talking a lot. I understand it, but I'm really worried about her."

"I know you are, but she's a big girl."

"Clearly."

"Right. She's just got a lot of guilt."

"I know. I wish I could make it better for her."

"You can't. She screwed up. She has to make sense of this herself."

"I know that, Luke." She moves away from him.

"Lorelai, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Please, you're mad at me. I can tell."

"It seems like you're disappointed with Rory."

"What? No, that's not what I meant. Lorelai, she just-"

"Look, she's my daughter and I'm disappointed in her, but I don't want anyone else."

"You're overreacting."

"No, I'm not. I'm gonna go."

"Lorelai, stop. We need to talk about this."

"No, we don't. Rory's my daughter. She means everything to me. If you can't understand that-"

"I do understand. I didn't mean anything-"

"I have to get out of here."

"Lorelai, it's raining. You can't leave. You'll get drenched."

"I don't care. Good-bye."

Luke watched as Lorelai left the room and he pounded down the stairs after her, grabbing her arm as she walked out into the pouring rain.

"Leave me alone. What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lorelai asked, yanking her arm away.

"No, I'm not letting you do this. You aren't going to run away.

"I'm not running away. We had an argument and now I want to get as far away from you as possible."

"You are running away. Look, we fought. Every couple fights. That doesn't mean that we are right for each other." Lorelai pushed the wet hair off of her face and tugged at her wet clothes.

"I don't want to fight with you right now, okay? I'm tired and stressed and it's pouring rain and we are soaking wet. I just want to go home." She started to walk away and he blocked her path. "Move, Luke."

"No, we are going to settle this now. I thought we'd settle already, but clearly we haven't. I have to know. I have to know now." She sighed.

"Know what?"

"Are you fighting with me because you're scared and you need an excuse to run away?"

"Luke-"

"No, I have to know. Do you want this? I can take it if you don't. I'm not kid, but … you can't leave me hanging. Do you want to be with me?" He stared straight into her eyes as he waited for the answer.

Luke waited for what seemed like forever for Lorelai to answer him. When she instead just continued to stare at him, he turned to leave.

"Luke, no." She grabbed his hand and turned him so that he was facing her. "I do." He stared at her in confusion.

"What?" She touched his face.

"I want you, Luke. I do. I just- I'm sorry I keep doing this, Luke. I don't know what's going to happen, but I know I want you. I want to be with you." Luke's eyes lit up and Lorelai smiled at him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. The rain pounded down on them, but they were oblivious to everything except lips on lips, hands roaming, and bodies pressed to together.

Luke pulled back slightly, leaning his forehead against hers. "So no more running?"

"No more running."

"Good. All couples fight and I know that scares you. It scares me too. But we can make this work if we work with each other. Talk to each other. Promise me we'll always talk things out."

"I promise. Always." He kissed her again, running his hands through her tangled, wet hair. "It's raining." She laughed, kissing his forehead.

"You just noticed this? Where have you been?"

"I was trying to stop you from leaving. Excuse me for failing to notice the rain. Now, come on. Let's get inside before we become fish." He grabbed her hand and pulled her into the diner and up to his apartment.

"Let me get you a towel," Luke said as they walked into his apartment. She nodded and he went quickly into his bathroom and came out with towel.

"Thank you," she said, wiping her face off.

"No problem." He smiled at her. "You're beautiful," he said before he could stop himself.

"I'm soaked to the bone. I really doubt 'beautiful' is really the right word for what I look like."

"You're gorgeous, Lorelai. I meant it. You-" She cut him off by kissing him hard on the mouth. He started to pull back in surprise, but she kept their bodies pressed together. His hands strayed all over her body, pulling at her wet clothing. He pushed her over to his bed, lying on top of her. As she began to unbutton his drenched flannel shirt, he looked at her face. "Are you sure?" Lorelai nodded.

"Yeah, I'm sure." She pulled him back to her and as the rain pounded on the windows, they made love for the very first time.