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Chapter Two: Delicious Dinings and Dates

Around 6:15, Lorelai woke up. The first thing that came to her mind was that she'd see Luke at breakfast in 2 hours. She was so excited for some reason. She went in the shower, and started rummaging through her clothes.

"Rory. Get up! It's 6:40. I need you to give me your opinion. Do you think I should wear something 'cute' or 'flirty' or something that says, 'I want you.' What am I talking about? How forward could I be so quickly? I mean, I don't want to look eas"--

"MOM. I love you, but you need to get help. I don't need to be up right now, and I'm not going to be up right now. Wear whatever you want to wear because I could honestly careless what my insane mother is going to be wearing at 6:40 in the morning. Go bug somebody else, please." Rory said, cutting Lorelai off. She was tired, and angry.

"You love me. You know you want to help me." Lorelai jumped on the bed, and pulled the sheets off of Rory. She grabbed her pillow and starting brushing her fingers through Rory's hair. "Rory, I swear to God if you don't get up in the next minute, I'm going to go and get Kirk to pose naked for you, and with our luck, I'm sure he'll already be ready."

"You...are sick. I'm up. And I'm going in the shower, where you can't talk to me." Rory said, grumpily.

"Someone hit you with the sweet stick." Lorelai said sarcastically. "And by the way, I decided to wear my cute black, flippy, skirt. You know, the skirt that you really like. But I haven't completely decided on a shirt, I'm thinking something low cut, but I'm always open for options!" Lorelai yelled right before Rory walked in the bathroom.

"You're a slut." Rory said, somewhat kidding.

"You're funny." Lorelai responded.

20 minutes later, Rory came out of the shower, dressed, and ready to leave the room. Lorelai was sitting on the bed in her skirt and a bra. She wasn't sure what shirt to wear. She was contemplating between 3 shirts. One was a violet long sleeve shirt that had a belt around it. The other was a light green tee shirt, with a light pink layer over it so that you could see just the right amount of both colors, and the third was a plain yellow tee shirt.

"The green and pink one. It say's, hi, I'm skinny and I can wear layers correctly, oh and I'm also cute. Especially at 7 in the morning." Rory said in a sarcastic tone.

"Just what I was thinking." Lorelai said and nodded in approval.

"So, who exactly are you trying to look so cute for? I don't think Kirk needs you to flaunt yourself to get him naked. He obviously seems like a very willing person."

"The day that I try and look 'cute' for Kirk is the day that I quit drinking coffee."

"Wow, I think I'm gong to hold those words against you." Rory said giggling to herself.

"Oh yeah...Luke. Did you figure out how you feel about him?" Rory asked. "I stayed up an extra hour last night thinking about what I want, and I don't know what exactly is going to happen between the two of us, but I like what happend last night, and I want things to continue in that sort of way. Just think, if Luke and I ever dated, we'd get free coffee. We could totally abuse the privilege of me dating Luke." Lorelai said, laughing to herself about the idea.

"You're cruel. Here's a man who's totally into you, and you're just thinking about how we can get free coffee. But, I've got to say I'm with you on the idea."

"Totally into me? We have no proof of that. Who know's if he even wanted to kiss me last night. Sure he made the first move, but maybe he had too much to drink and thought, hmm, Lorelai looks good tonight and I'm feeling pretty desperate, so why not?"

"Oh please. You know Luke has had a thing for you for so long. As long as I can remember, come to think of it. It's more obvious than you loving coffee. Actually, that's a little much. It's more like, it's as obvious as you hating Michel. Or something around that- everybody know's it. Everybody can see it. Remember Rachael? I bet you didn't know that she left Luke because she thought that he had feelings for you. Oh, and if you're wondering how I knew that, I've got my sources, so don't pester me because I never reveal my sources."

"So who said it?" Lorelai said in a serious tone.

"Miss Patty." Rory said answering her.

"Figures. Good girl, I'm glad to know I can trust you. Like if I ever were to murder somebody, I'm glad to know you won't tell anybody." Lorelai said sarcastically.

"Like you could be trusted any more than I could?"

"Ha. You are silly." Lorelai said, offended

"Who would you even want to murder? I think your hypothetical situation is a little far fetched."

"I don't know maybe Emily Gilmore. Or you- guess it depends on how I'm feeling." Lorelai said as she walked towards the bathroom.

Lorelai went in the bathroom and started to put on her makeup. She started to think about whether or not things would be awkward around Luke at breakfast. Of course for her they would be. Suddenly, the memories of her bashing into the doors, and the servers, and tables came to her mind. She realized how much of a clutz she was while the whole time, Luke was as calm as ever. Bringing her flowers, and all these cute things. Just being himself, really. Rory walked into the bathroom and starting using Lorelais makeup also. A few minutes within the silence, Rory was wondering how she was feeling.

"So on a more realistic level, how are you really feeling? What's on your mind?" She asked.

"I'm not sure, I'm anxious to find out." Lorelai responded, grinning to herself.

At around 7:40, the girls walked out into the lobby and headed towards the kitchen. Sookie and the 1 guy from the kitchen staff were the only ones in there, cooking like crazy before breakfast was served.

"Hi sweetie, what's going on down here?" Lorelai asked politely.

"Oh, well let's see, me and Derek here have been struggling to finish the sauces that I want the guests to put on there waffles this morning. I'm starting to really kick myself for locking Michel out there with all the kitchen staff. I could use the help from them right about now."

"Oh don't worry, me and Rory are here now. What can we do?"

Sookie smiled and thought for a second, "Could you possibly run out there and find 4 willing people to join our kitchen staff?"

"No, but I do know 2 incredibly willing girls that are ready to do whatever they can."

"I appreciate the offer, but I think we've got everything settled for the moment. I'll let you know if we need anything, but we're almost ready to serve! People should be coming down from the room at around 8:00-8:15. Oh no, what time is it now?"

Lorelai glanced at her watch, "It's 7:48."

"Oh no, I have to take the bacon off the stove!"

"Well be in the dining room setting up if you need anything!" Lorelai screamed while walking out of the door.

Lorelai and Rory were setting up plates, and silverware for the guests breakfast. She wanted everything to be perfect, and that's how things were looking. It was around 8:00 when they finished everything and saw Taylor walking down the stairs into the dining room.

"Lorelai, I must say that I had a rather enjoyable night of sleep last night. Although one of my pillows wasn't as fluffy as the other. But I won't bother to write that on my list because everything else was very good." Taylor said with a kick of enthusiasm.

"Glad to hear it, Taylor." Lorelai said, while keeping her eye on the staircase.

She stood watching people walk down the staircase. Kirk and Lulu walked down, followed by Babette and Miss Patty. She got sudden butterflies in her stomach which reminded her of being in 6th grade.

"Oh Lorelai, sweetie! Those beds, can I take one home with me? That was the most comfortable bed I've slept in for a while! What kind of mattress is that?" Miss Patty asked.

Lorelai stood and chatted with them for a few minutes, until she realized that Luke was walking down in his typical backwards baseball hat, but this time, he wasn't wearing a plaid shirt. He was just wearing a simple, black tee-shirt showing off his muscles and tatoo. Lorelai grinned to herself thinking about how good he looked without so many layers.

He walked up to Lorelai and she suddenly froze, but eventually caught her tounge.

"Where's the plaid? I must say, I miss the lumberjack joe look."

"Good morning to you, too."

"Good morning yourself, mister."

They stood there smiling at each other for a few seconds, but quickly snapped out of it.

"So, we've got loads of food..." Lorelai began, "Go sit, eat breakfast, and enjoy the rest of your day! Come to think of it, I even have apples. I'm not sure if that's on your list of acceptable fruits, but it's worth a shot!"

"Great, I'll have an apple for breakfast." Luke said dryly.

"Hey there Mr. Happy Pants! We do have other food ya know. Go sit, I'll talk to you later."

Luke walked off and joined Jackson and Tom at a table. He sat there, pretending to be intrigued by the conversation they were having but all he could think about was the kiss, and whether or not they we're going to go on their date that night. He had to somehow ask her, but now wasn't the time.

As the crowd finished eating their breakfast, couples started to fade out of the picture and began to check out. Lorelai was at the front desk, arguing with Michel over who was the prettiest spice girl until Luke walked down the stairs with his bags.

"Leaving so soon?" Lorelai asked.

"Oh...well, I mean...if you want me to stay longer, then I guess I well...I guess I could call..." Luke began.

"Calm down, it's not the end of the world. I was kidding." Lorelai said.

"Yeah, I uh...I knew that." Luke said defensively.

Luke started to walk out the door, and Lorelai followed after him trying to continue their conversation.

"Listen, I hope you had a nice time." Lorelai began. "I'm sure seeing Babette drop her robe, and Kirk running around naked wasn't your idea of a good night but come to think about it you had a pretty pornatic night and whether or not that's a word I don't know but..."

"Yeah, I had some interesting encounters...but overall, I'd say my night was pretty good."

They had arrived to his car. Unaware of where they stood, Luke didn't know if he should bring up the date, but he thought that this would be the only time they'd be alone so why not? Feeling nervous, he started to bring up the offer again.

"Hey...I was just wondering if you still were up to that movie for tonight? If you don't want to go because of all the stuff going on here, that's okay, but I was just thinking and didn't know if we were still on."

"Yeah well, we do have a lot going on at the Inn, and I think that I should probably..." Lorelai began.

"Oh, well I understand if you don't want to go. Alright then, I'll just get goin' now. See ya around, I guess." Luke was mad, he wanted to go on that date. He began to open the car door until he heard Lorelai call his name.

"Hey Luke"

"Yeah?" She smiled and said, "I'd love to go."

Luke was relived. "Alright then, I guess I'll pick you up around 7? If that's alright with you."

"Perfect. But expect to see me sooner because I'm in a dire need for some coffee! I'll see you"

"Great. See you later."

Luke got in his car and drove off to the diner, while Lorelai stood there thinking about what just happend. Did he actually think she wouldn't want to go? "Crazy." She said quietly to herself as she began to walk back towards the Inn.

Lorelai and Rory arrived home from the Inn at around 3. It was a long morning of cleaning this and cleaning that, and trying to post the pictures on the wall that Kirk insisted taking off. They both went to their rooms got changed and headed for Lukes.

They walked in and it seemed more crowded then usual. There were 2 seats at the end of the counter so the girls made there way over there. Lorelai didn't see Luke, she assumed he was making some food, but she figured now was as good a time as any to make some noise.

"Oh Luuuuuuuuke! You have two adorable customers out here who could REALLY use some coffee right about now!" Lorelai screamed towards the kitchen.

Luke walked out of the kitchen and gave Lorelai a look that said shut up. He got two mugs and filled them up to the top with coffee.

"So you really aren't deaf." Lorelai joked.

"Yeah, surprisingly enough. Being friends with you has it's negatives, I wouldn't be surprised if one day I did end up waking up deaf." Luke mumbled sarcastically as he set their mugs in front of them.

"Your funny." Lorelai said in a mock tone.

"I know. What can I get for you?" He asked, looking at Rory.

"I think I'll have a muffin. Yea, a muffin please." Rory said in a contemplative manner, knowing that a muffin was exactly what she wanted.

"I'll have...pie!" Lorelai said excitedly.

Luke got them there food and then walked around the diner filling up coffee and taking orders. Lorelai turned her head to face him. She sat there, watching him, thinking to herself. She was excited for her date, but really nervous at the same time. Sure, it's Luke. Her great friend, Luke. But now this was, her date Luke. She didn't know how to act around him. "

"So, Mom," Rory said breaking the silence, " I was thinking that we should go shopping. I need to get a few things from the mall, and then we need to go food shopping because all we have in the fridge is a can of coffee and whip cream."

"And what is wrong with that?" Lorelai asked in complete seriousness.

"Mom, we have two things."

"I raise my question again. What is wrong with that?"

The girls finished up at Lukes, and headed to the mall. They shopped around, not concerned about the time, until she realized that it was almost 5:30. Where had the time gone?

"Rory, we've gotta get goin if you still want to go grocery shopping. Luke is picking me up at 7, little lady." Lorelai said.

"Oh, so you are going." Rory implied.

"Hey, I'm not going to pass up a perfectly good opportunity to annoy Luke one on one for a few hours!"

"Ah, so that's what they call it these days."

The girls left the mall and went to Dooses. Rory was paranoid like no other because she wasn't sure if Dean was going to be there, but she couldn't bring it up with her mom. She didn't want to start any more drama, so they walked in. Rory glanced around and didn't see Dean. So they went along with there shopping and managed to get back to the house by 6:15. Lorelai started rummaging through her closet but caught herself having a fashion brain freeze.

"Rory! Get up here! Your mother needs help!" Rory walked up the stairs and came into Lorelai's room.

"I've been telling you that for years. You finally decide to listen to me?"

"Real cute. But, I have bigger problems to worry about. Like, for one, what should I wear? How casual is this? Are we just going to a movie? Is there something he's leaving out? I don't know what to do right now, and I certainly don't know what to wear. Can you please help?!?" Lorelai asked anxiously.

"Show some skin. Wear your light green mini with the black see through sweater that tie's like a robe. I don't see it in your closet...but, you know what I'm talking about." Rory said.

"Yes, I'll make sure to wear a see through sweater with only my bra under it. Flattering." Lorelai remarked.

"Oh. Yeah. Well, wear the white tank underneath it with the lace on the top. That'll look cute."

"You're a genius." Lorelai continued getting ready.

She got dressed, put her straightened hair half up, and put her make up on. At 7:00 exactly, she heard somebody ring the bell.

"RORY! Get the door!!" Lorelai screamed down from her room.

"Gosh, doesn't he know who he's taking out? Lorelai Gilmore. Why on earth would he be on time? If I'm going to start dating him after all these years, I think I have some teaching to do." Lorelai muttered to herself.

Rory let Luke in, and the two of them sat down in the living room.

"You do know who you're going out with tonight, right?" Rory asked inquisitively.

"Your mother.....I think..." Luke replied.

"And what exactly makes you think she'd be ready on time?" Rory asked.

"That's my girl! I knew somebody had to have some common sense in this house." Lorelai said while walking down the stairs and putting on her high heels at the same time.

She saw Luke and thought that he looked amazing. He was wearing black pants and a coat with a light grey tee-shirt. Luke got up and greeted Lorelai at the bottom of the stairs. Luke was staring at Lorelai, thinking about how beautiful she looked.

Lost on words, he finally stuttered, "Uhh...hi. You look...great." He said.

"That makes two of us." She responded, calm and collected.

"You ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." She grabbed her purse, gave Rory a quick kiss goodbye and they headed out the front door.

To Be Continued. Up next: A Never Forgetting Night