A/N: Hello all! I would just like to thank the academy...no, I'm kidding. I want to thank all of the people that reviewed my story. Thanks for sticking with me! Also I want to give "props" to my new beta reader, netvixxen. You're my hero! You're my savior! You're my buddy! Anywho, this story is probably going to get better because of her. Well, now on with the story! And I may just grant your wish about the Lorelai/Jason breakup, hmm. Enjoy this fresh chapter! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Leslie, Lorelai, and Luke walked into the house around six at night. All of them were extremely tired, and fell on the couch with numerous bags at their feet. "Ugh, now I know why Rory left," Luke rubbing his eyes with his hand. Lorelai raised her hand and touched him on his right shoulder. He slowly turned his head to her. "What was that?" "I was smacking you, but I don't have enough energy to do it. But once I have coffee I should be good," she said smiling slightly. He rolled his eyes and stood up. "I hate you." "I know you do. But you'll love me once I'm chipper." "You actually can gain more energy after that tiring day?" Leslie asked. "Yeah. You know, you did a good job today. You didn't act like an old lady, you know, like Luke." Leslie chuckled. "I don't think he was moaning about his feet. I think he was moaning about having to carry all of our stuff." Lorelai shrugged. "Well, he needs to learn how to take care of his family." "And you're going to be the one who does that?" Lorelai grinned at her. "Of course, who else would? All his other girlfriends ever cared about was what he was buying them." "You knew his other girlfriends?" She nodded. "A few. I met Rachel a few years back, she was nice, but didn't seem his type." "Exactly how long have you known Luke?" Leslie asked. "Hmm, I really long time. I think it's been about fourteen, maybe fifteen years. All I know is that is was around the time Rory started school." She smiled. "He was so shocked when she talked to him like an adult. I mean, here was this four year old trying to talk to him about the Holocaust, and he's just staring at her with his mouth open wide and disbelief written all over his face. I just smiled a laughed. Oh, and drank his delicious coffee." "And annoying me to the breaking point," Luke said as he entered the room with three steaming mugs on a plate. Lorelai turned to him and smiled. He handed her the coffee and handed his aunt a mug of tea. He grabbed the last mug on the plate and sat down in between the two women. Lorelai was on her knees with her body facing the left side of the couch. Leslie had turned to face her, and was listening to Lorelai intently. "Of course. Oh god, I have to tell you the story of breaking the monosyllabic twenty-one year old bachelor diner man," Lorelai said and was off. Her hands were flying in the air for dramatic effect. Luke watched her as she told the story of calling him "Duke" for a year until he finally told her to "Shut up or get out!" Her shocked _expression appeared in his mind as if it had happened yesterday. Lorelai took a break from her story to down the rest of her coffee. She placed the empty mug on the table and turned back to her audience. "When he walked away, and my shock wore off, I turned toward Rory and I simply said, 'I told you so.' She was so mad at me after that." Lorelai laughed. "Rory thought that my badgering Luke would only make him hate me. Well, look at me now." Lorelai looked at Luke and smiled at him with her eyes shining. Luke smirked at her and picked up the mugs to put back in the kitchen. When he came back out he saw Leslie, Lorelai, and Dan writing thing on pieces of paper and putting them into a hat. "What are you guys doing," he asked. Lorelai looked up from him as she was grabbing another piece of paper and writing feverously on it. "We're going to play charades. You're on my team." "And you just automatically thought that I was going to play?" She nodded. "Well, yeah. Everybody needs a partner in this game." He sighed and reluctantly took his seat beside her as she quickly wrote something on a piece of paper and quickly reached for the last one. "Yes!" she said as she beat Leslie to it. She looked at Luke who was staring at her. "Did you want to write one?" she held out the paper for him to take. He shook his head. "Nah, I'm not very competitive." She frowned. "Well, now you're going to have to be because you're on my team, and my team always wins." He sighed and rolled his eyes as Lorelai slipped the final piece of paper in the hat. "Ok, now, I'm going first!" She stood up and mixed the contents in the hat. She pulled a slip out and smiled excitedly. "Ok, ready, Leslie?" Leslie nodded as she set the timer for one minute. "Ok," Leslie said. Lorelai pretended she was holding a camera. "Movie," Luke said. She nodded and held up three fingers. "Three words." She nodded and then put down one finger. She started clawing at the air and opening her mouth with a menacing look. Luke hadn't answered so she fluffed out her hair and licked her wrist. "Cat?" She shook her head and encouraged him to keep guessing. "It is a type of, right?" Lorelai nodded and kept on cleaning herself. "Uh, tiger...cougar...jaguar...um...lion." Lorelai nodded. She held up three fingers and put her hand over her head as if she was an angel. "Angel?" She shook her head. "Ten seconds," Leslie stated. Lorelai started to give clues faster and try to encourage Luke to guess. "I don't know, king?" Lorelai nodded vigorously. "The Lion King?" "Yes!" Lorelai shouted and ran back to the couch. As she sat down she wrapped her arms around Luke's neck and squeezed him. "We're a good team." --------------------------------------- After they finished playing charades and eating dinner, Luke and Lorelai were sitting on the couch watching a movie. Leslie and Dan had already gone to bed. Lorelai was not concentrating on the movie at all. She kept on replaying the Luke and Nicole scene in her head. She couldn't get past all the faces Luke made when he was talking about her. Maybe he did feel something and the whole town had been right all these years. Lorelai wanted to figure everything out so she decided to confront Luke. "I'm sorry about Nicole," she said suddenly. Luke was either concentrating on the movie or was ignoring her. "Luke!" She said louder. "Did you hear me?" He looked at her. "Did you say something?" "Yeah, I said I'm sorry about Nicole." His eyes became wide. "What are you talking about?" She sighed. "I'm talking about the agreement on the divorce with Nicole. I can't believe she's been cheating on you." "How did you know that?" Lorelai realized that had not talked about the issue with Nicole. "Um I saw her walking with another guy." "And you knew that we decided to get a divorce after all?" Lorelai looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Uh, well, you seem down so..." "What's going on? You sound really guilty." "Ok, I went looking for you, and I saw Nicole with this guy, so I freaked out because I didn't want her to kill me. I hid in a store, and they went into the exact same store! I don't know if they were trying to hide from you or they really wanted to go to that knife shop. Well, you appeared and started talking to her, and then you guys agreed on a divorce. After everyone left, I ran out after you." He shifted uncomfortably. "Uh, so, why did you decide to bring it up?" "Well, to be honest, I want to know how you feel, about...everything. Nicole, her playgirl playmate, the divorce...basically every detail of your life. I want to get inside your head so I can help figure things out." Luke shook his head. "No you don't. My head is a very screwed up place right now and I don't feel like talking about everything." "Are you afraid that I might discover something?" She asked curiously. "No," he said quickly. "I just don't want you to feel that you have to fix every little problem I have in my life." She looked at him skeptically. "No, this is about me and Jason. You're afraid that you're going to tell me something that might screw up my relationship with him." He sighed. "That's not it." "Yes it is. You think that he's a bad guy, but he's really not. Sure we have a lot in common, but that's a good thing. He understands my jokes, Luke. How often do you come by that?" "Rory understands your jokes." "Well, yeah, but that's because she's there when I make them. You know, he also has the same problem with his parents, they don't understand him, and he finally gets the greatest job there is to get, but they keep on pushing him down. And-"Lorelai stopped suddenly. "Oh my god." She covered her mouth with her hand. "What?" Luke asked. "He's...I'm...My god, our names should just be Loron and Jaselai!" "What? I really don't understand what's going on." "Jason's me as a man! Oh my god! How did I never realize it? Ugh!" She said flinching. "I touched myself! Ew! I even kissed myself! Oh god, I think I'm going to vomit." She stood up. "What a minute, you think that because you have so much in common you two are each other?" Luke was completely lost. She turned toward him. "Yes, that's exactly it. No wonder it felt so weird to be around him. To kiss him." She gasped. "I must be really lousy in bed!" Luke became embarrassed. "Uh, I don't think that's it." "Luke, how can you ever look at me again? I dated myself as a man!" She ran towards their bedroom. --------------------------------------- Luke was about to open the door but heard Lorelai talking on the phone. "God! How did I never notice it? It was right in front of me with a beard! Ugh!" Luke rolled his eyes. "No Rory, I'm serious, if you think about everything, we have the same lives!...Well, yeah except for that part, but still, I'm going to break up with him because it's just gross!" Luke slightly smiled. "Ugh, it's still horrible to think about it. God, I need to scrape off my skin or something...I'm unsanitary!...Shut up Rory!...I need to forget about it...Well, Luke took Leslie and me to the mall and we shopped for three hours...No, Luke didn't join us, he went wandering around the mall.

"So, we were all supposed to meet back at the food court, but Luke didn't show up. I went looking for him, but I found someone else...Guess...ew, that's just wrong...no, it was Nicole and ANOTHER GUY!...Yeah! I knew she was a slut. Well, you know, I didn't want to be killed so I hid in a store. As luck would have it, they entered the same store...No, luckily, but Luke caught them!...Yeah, so they were yelling back and forth, and she accused Luke of cheating on her with me!...Well, he told her that nothing happened and nothing ever will happen...Yeah, he did look kind of upset when he said that." Luke's eyes widened. "So they finally agreed to get a divorce and, Luke left. Nicole and her playgirl model soon exited so I ran to join Luke. Oh, and then when we got home we played charades. Luke and I won!...Yeah, he's not so bad at it...Shut up! I am not fantasying about anything on his body...Especially that!" Luke blushed. "Look, babe, I better go and expose my muscles to the world...Yes, that means taking off my skin...Love you, too. Bye." Luke waited a few seconds before entering the bedroom. She turned around to him and smiled. "Hey, I was just about to tear my flesh off, wanna help?" He looked shocked. "I was kidding. You're welcome to use the bathroom first, I've got to become single again." He nodded and went into the bathroom with a smile waiting to escape his lips. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- A/N: Ok, done and done! Hope you liked this chapter. I made many wishes come true with the Lorelai/Jason breakup. The whole scenario is perfect review material, am I right? Well, please review! Merci! Au revoir for now!