Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Summary: How Luke and Lorelai could have made up
Spoilers: the first five minutes of Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer (obviously). I'm ingnoring the rest of the episode (although I loved it) and pretty much ignoring all the other characters.
Disclaimer: don't own any of the characters mentioned in this story

These days he didn't even need an alarm clock to wake him up. He always wakes up too early. His life became a monotone routine since that night. The night when he had a fight with Lorelai and Jess had left town. Everything became slow and uneventful. Sometimes he felt like trapped in a time wrap. Every day was like the previous one.

He goes to bed only to find himself staring at the ceiling and trying hard not to think about the things that happened two months ago. Mostly he tries not to think about her. Lorelai. But it was never easy to ban any thought of her from his mind. Then when his mind is too tired to focus on anything, he falls asleep. Too soon he's awake and staring at the ceiling again.

Today was no exception.
Luke turns his head to look at the clock next to his bed. 4.27 am is what it says and he's not surprised at all. Nor is he surprised that he's thinking about her again.
At first he was so angry at Lorelai but then his anger was replaced by hurt. She hurt him in a way he never believed possible. He felt betrayed. When the whole town was against him and his decision to keep Jess in Stars Hollow, Lorelai was the one to defend him. Luke knew that she didn't really like Jess but nonetheless she tried to help him. He was glad that she was on his side. Now everything has changed. There was no one. He never felt so alone.

Luke climbed out of bed suddenly angry at himself. Angry because he felt so vulnerable and because he was so stubborn and couldn't forgive her. Angry because he wasn't able to tell her that he was sorry too. Angry because he didn't know how to tell her that he was missing her in his life.

"Since I'm up I could also do something useful" - he thought to himself and decided to go down to the diner. After a quick shower and dressing in his usual attire he stepped out of his apartment. Although it was still dark in the hallway he noticed the yellow post-it on his door.

Luke took the note off the door and brought it closer to his face to be able to read it.

"I'm sorry" were the only words written on the post it. At first he was confused, but as he started to walk down the hallway he found more post-it's on the wall. All of them had the same message written in the same beautiful handwriting. When he entered the diner he found more of those messages. They were everywhere. On tables, chairs, the counter and on the cash register.

Luke walked around smiling and picking up every note he could find. He already knew that there was only one person who could be crazy enough to do something like that. His smile grew even bigger at the thought of Lorelai. As he went behind the counter he noticed a letter on the coffee machine. Luke put down the post-it's he had collected on the counter and opened the envelope. He pulled out the letter and started to read it.

"Hey,

when you read this I'll be long gone...

- Luke stopped mid-sentence, holding his breath. Gone? Where? Why? He shook his head trying to make the bad answers to his own questions go away. He made himself focus on the letter again.

"...and be back in my bed. Do you know how early it is?..." – Luke laughed out loud, releasing the breath he was holding. Oh, how he missed her strange humor.

"...I'm sorry. I can't even tell you how sorry I am, nor can all those little post-it's. I want you to know that I miss you and that I want my best Luke back. I know that I've hurt you and I'm so mad at myself because of that. If it's necessary I'll write hundreds of "sorry-post-it's" again. Anything just to have our friendship back. It's my biggest hope that you'll be able to forgive me one day.

Love, Lorelai

p. s. Please don't fire Cesear for giving me the key to the diner. I don't have time to write post-it's for him too."

Luke shook his head smiling. The anger he had felt earlier in the morning slowly slipped away. Her letter gave him courage to take a good look at his feelings. Luke was glad that he meant something to her, that she was ready to fight for their friendship.

"Someone is at the door." That was her first thought as she sat up in bed. Lorelai took a look at the clock next to her bed and groaned when she saw that it was only shortly after 5 am. She has only slept for two hours. Slowly she remembered the events of the previous day.

After she had dinner she tried to watch a movie but she couldn't focus on it. All she could think about was Luke and how much she missed him. Especially after the dream she had the previous night. Then she thought about her talk with Rory. Was it possible that she had feelings for Luke? Feelings that went beyond friendship? She knew that if she didn't do anything she might never find out. Lorelai suddenly remembered all the talks, fights and all the special moments she shared with Luke . After she contemplated all those things Lorelai missed Luke even more. She panicked when it hit her that if she continued to avoid him, that one day he'd only be a memory to her. Determined, she got up and started to think of ways to change that scary fact.

Lorelai made up her mind pretty fast. She decided to write him a letter again but she was going to make it different this time. She was also going to ask Cesear for the key to the diner because an important part of her plan was a trip to the diner. Thankfully Cesear gave her the key, but not before she promised him that she won't do anything illegal and that Luke won't fire him. At home she wrote all the post-it's but found it very hard to write the letter.It took many attempts and just before 2 am was she finished with it. Immediately after she finished the letter she left her house and drove to the diner. It didn't take her long to "decorate" it with the post-it's. When that last task was done, Lorelai drove back home hoping that this action will make a change for her and Luke. A positive one.

Now here she was – awake and sitting in her bed. She wondered who it could be at the door – and this early too.

Lorelai climbed out of the bed and went downstairs. When she opened the front door she found no one there. For a moment she stood there wondering if maybe she just imagined the ring of the bell. It wasn't before she started to close the door that she noticed the yellow post-it on it.

"Your coffee is getting cold." – she smiled when she read the note.
Lorelai excitedly ran upstairs to change clothes. Only a few minutes later was she on her way to Luke's.

TBC