Authors Note: Thanks again for the reviews! I really appreciate them! So this continues after Chris left...what's Luke gunna do? Who know's. lol, have fun reading.
Just a Reminder: Not mine..
Chapter Eight: A 'Good Lord', A Good Guy, and A Goodbye
Lorelai fell asleep, crying to herself. It wasn't until around 7 when Rory came home and walked into her room.
"Mom?" She whispered, trying to see if she was awake or not.
Lorelai turned over, and looked at Rory. Rory could tell that she had been crying, her eyes were puffy and red, overall she looked bad. She had mascara on her face and on her white pillowcase. She forced a smile, and Rory sat on the bed.
"Mom? What's the matter? Are you okay?" Rory asked concerned.
Lorelai sat there for a second. She was glad that Christopher was gone. The only thing that she was scared about, was telling Luke that he kissed her. Things were beginning to get so great with Luke, and she didn't want him to loose all trust in her. It's not like it was her fault though. After a little explaining, she was sure he'd understand. Hopefully.
"I'll be fine."
"What happend?"
"Your dad came here. He told me that he wanted to be with me."
"But, what about...Sherry...and the baby?" Rory asked.
"He left them. He pulled another 'Christopher.'"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"He's running away from his problems again. And he wanted to come here and be with me. He wanted to hide from reality, kid, and I hope you aren't planning on doing that." Lorelai said, placing her hand on Rorys arm.
"I'm not, mom. I promise." They sat there in silence for a few minutes. "Did something else happen?"
Lorelai didn't say anything for a while, finally she got the strength to. "He kissed me." She said quietly.
"Oh." Rory didn't know what to say. She felt bad for her mom, "It's not going to be that bad. I'm sure...you know...Luke's an understanding guy."
"I know."
They talked for a little while, got dinner from Teriyaki Joes, and watched a movie. At around 9:30, Lorelai went to Rory's room, where she sat on her bed, indulged in a book. 'Surprise, surprise' Lorelai thought to herself.
"Hey, I'm going over to Lukes, ok?"
"Alright. It's getting late though...don't be out to late missy."
Lorelai drove over to the diner. She parked and strolled up to the front door. The big black letters that said CLOSED stood out to Lorelai but that didn't stop her from going in there. As the bells jingled, Luke came out from the storage room and saw Lorelai. He was concerned from the second he saw her. She looked like a mess. She was wearing a pair of grey sweat pants with slits going up the legs, and a white teeshirt with a stain in the middle. Her hair was flopped up in a high ponytail.
She stood there, staring at Luke. He returned the stare. Neither of them smiled. They just looked at eachother. He knew something was wrong. She knew that he knew something was wrong. She walked over, behind the counter and wrapped her arms around Luke, hugging him as tight as possible. He didn't hesitate to do the same. He loved having her in his arms.
"Gosh it feels good to hug somebody that I..." She bit her tounge, "Like."
"What does that mean?" He said pulling away and looking at her.
Lorelai propped herself on the counter. She knew Luke hated it from the second she jumped up there. She didn't care though. What was he going to do about it? He shot her a look of disdain and stood in front of her with his hands on her thighs. She stared at him in the eyes, wanting to get it over with. She just wanted to tell him what Christopher said...and did. It wasn't that big of a deal, but she just wanted to be honest with him.
"Luke..." she began, finally gaining the courage to talk, "Chris left Sherry."
She stopped talking. She didn't know where to go from there. Rambling and babbling is what she does best.
"Chris left Sherry. And the baby. He's getting good at that, isn't he?" She gave herself a pitiful laugh, while shaking her head. "And he said he wants to be with me. He said that he thought that I was always the one for him. Before I know it, he's kissing me."
"Good Lord." Luke said having no idea where this conversation was headed.
Lorelai ignored his last comment, and continued. "It took me a second to realize what he was doing but I pulled away. I screamed at him, I feel bad. I feel bad for the poor guy, he needs a reality check. For real, no movie lines intended. I told him to get out. He left, and I just sat in my room and thought in the dark about...everything."
Luke was getting angry. He didn't know what Lorelai was thinking. Letting Chris kiss her like that? Sure she pulled away, but didn't she see it coming?
"Oh yeah?" Luke started, sounding...pissed, "why did you tell him to leave, Lorelai?" He asked, looking in the other direction.
"Because he's not that one that I thought was always for me." She looked at Luke who's eyes were focused out the window. She grabbed his face and turned him so that he was looking at her. "Because after all this time, I've figured that you were always the one for me."
They both just stood there in silence, looking at eachother. Looking at eachother deeper than usual. Lorelai could almost see through Luke. He saw the same. Lorelai didn't know where that last remark came from. Sure it was true, but she was surprised that she actually told him. It had been about a little over a week since things have began to heat up with her and Luke, but she never thought of herself to be so forward.
A single tear rolled down Lorelais cheek. Not because she was sad, but because she was relieved. A smile appeared on Luke's face, and he quickly pressed his lips against Lorelai's. He wrapped his arms around her waist, while she wrapped her legs around his, still sitting on the counter. There kissing was passionate, and intense. It was as if they just said I love you to eachother, but they hadn't. They didn't need something like that to make them become this close. All they needed was an ounce of realization.
Lorelai pulled away and sadly smiled at Luke. "You are amazing, do you know that?"
He smiled and nodded in approval. His hands gently stroked the lines of Lorelai's face for a second. "You're beautiful."
"Yeah well you're hot too. You know we'd make really cute kids."
Luke gave her a quick look of confusion. "Joke...joke. But they would be cute." She said.
"You're weird. Anyone ever tell you that?"
"Well, you do...and Rory...and my mom, but she shouldn't talk, so...yeah I'm weird."
Lorelai yawned 2 times in a row. She was out of her mind tired from a stressful day.
"Go home, you look tired."
"No I'm..." she yawned again. "Going to get going."
She hopped off of the counter and raised her hands against Luke's chest, leaning in and kissing him goodbye.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He said, walking her towards the door.
"We'll see how lucky you are..."
"What you mean you aren't coming?"
"You're not funny."
She flashed him one of those sexy-pouts that Luke always fell for. She walked out, and closed the door behind her.
"What a good guy" she said quietly.
When she got home, she went to Rory's room who was on the computer researching hotels.
"The road trip...any updates?" Lorelai said as she sat down on Rory's bed.
"Yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Continue...I'm listening."
"I think Lane and I are going to Chicago."
Lorelai gasped. "Chicago is amazing. I almost considered living there."
"What happend?"
"History class ended."
"Ah. So you know a little bit about the windy city, huh?"
"I pretend I do. I was there once with your grandparents for a wedding. It was on the top of the John Hancock building, and it was at night so I saw the most beautiful scene of the skyline."
"Yeah, well Lane has really wanted to go there, and I have no complaints going there, so why not? I've heard there are some pretty amazing places around there."
"Yeah, there are. I wish I could come." Lorelai said, fantasizing about leaving Stars Hollow. Although she loved her town, sometimes a break seemed so good.
"That'd be fun. But, you have work missy. And Luke..."
"Ah, yes. Luke." She said smiling to herself. "So when are you leaving?"
"We're planning on leaving Saturday. Lane tried to get me to leave on Friday but I knew that I couldn't escape dinner. So, we're planning on hitting the road first thing in the morning."
"Yeah, and who do you think is going to get you to wake up?"
"Luke's coffee. So be prepared to make an early appearance."
"Ha, ya right. You can just come say goodbye, and I'll continue sleeping."
"Quit dreaming."
"What? It's the first weekend in a while that I don't have to work. We've been having so many parties lately. But enough with that, how long does it take you to get to Chicago?"
"I'm not positive, it's about 15 hours, give or take a little. You know, with Lane and I we'll probably be going about 100 MPH so we might make record time."
"Oh no you won't be."
They were quiet for a little while. Rory thought about how things would be when she got home, and Lorelai thought about what it'd be like to have a house to herself when she's got Luke.
"How long are you planning on being there?"
"I don't know. Not too long, but long enough to see everything."
"And in Lorelai language that means..."
"3 weeks."
"3 weeks? That's like...well I know it's 3/4's of a month but I don't know what is to a year? 1/17?"
"What in the world are you talking about?"
"That's a long time. You better get ready to write and call me everyday."
"Yeah well I'm bringing my laptop, so we can continue our once loved email connection. One a day, everyday."
"You can count on that."
"Enough about me. Is everything okay with you and Luke?"
"Yeah. He's such a great guy, Rory. Why didn't you ever convince me to be with him before?" Lorelai said grinning at Rory.
"WHAT? Are you being honest? The whole town told you, and Luke. Don't play stupid, Cleopatra queen of Deni--"
"Don't even think of finishing that sentence."
"Yeah, okay."
"It's just that...when I'm with him, everything seems so right. I never really got this feeling around an of my other...pets, not saying I didn't like them..."
"Did you just call your ex-boyfriends your pets?"
"Yes, sorry. Are you too young for this conversation?"
"You need help. You are so weird."
"I know, and you are perfectly sane yourself."
"Well, I'm going upstairs, I'm so tired. I'm surprised I didn't fall asleep during our thrilling conversation. I'll see you in the morning, love ya babe." Lorelai said while leaning over and giving Rory a kiss goodnight.
"You too, mom."
Lorelai went up to her room. Suddenly she wasn't that tired. She sat in bed thinking about Christopher. 'Why does he think he could just come and intrude into my life?' I guess I should have told him about Luke, huh? Luke's such a great guy. Everybody should know, it's not like I'm ashamed of him. Hell, anybody would be lucky to have Luke.' She thought to herself.
She glanced at the clock that read 10:30. 'Too late to call Luke? Neh' She picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number.
"Hello?"
"Hi, this is Amy. I came into your coffee shop the other day, and...I don't know if you remember me but we hit it off, and I was wondering if you would like to go out to dinner with me sometime?" Lorelai said in a high pitched voice.
"It's so good to hear from you. I've been thinking about you ever since you came into the diner." He said, completely aware that it was Lorelai.
"Luke!" Lorelai screeched.
"But I'm sorry Amy, I already have a girlfriend. An amazing one. And although you were cute, I'm afraid she's a little bit better looking."
Lorelai smiled to herself. 'He called me his girlfriend' "Yeah you better say that." Lorelai said.
"Lorelai? Is that you?"
"Since when have you become Mr. Jokester?"
"Don't call me Mr. Jokester." Luke said sternly.
"Ah, there you are. Hi."
"Didn't we already say hi to eachother?"
"Yeah sorry, please forgive me. So I was thinking..."
"That's not good..."
Lorelai ignored him. "I thought that why don't we...I don't know, become...un-discreet. It would make this whole dating thing...easier."
Luke pondered for a moment.
"Hello? What are you doing."
"Thinking."
"You think slow."
"So you want to...tell everybody?"
"Yeah I was thinking of putting up posters everywhere saying, "LUKE AND LORELAI ARE FINALLY TOGETHER. GO US! No you crazy man, I'm not going to go tell everybody, but we'll just show people. I think they'll get the clue if they ever see me kissing you. It's not like I'm that desperate for coffee."
"Excuse me." Luke hissed.
"I was kidding."
"You sure about this? I mean, I'm fine with being...discreet."
"No, I'm sure. I want people to know. Have you realized what a hot couple we make?"
"Goodnight Lorelai."
"Goodnight Lukey."
"Don't call me Lukey."
They hung up and Lorelai went to bed, happy about the decision they made.
Up Next: What Happens when the Inevitable Does
A/N: So things are good with them...but...who know's what may come in the future! ;-). Anyways, sorry that there isn't a lot of Dean and Rory stuff. I'm not a big fan of Rory's love life, I'm just completely obsessed with the thought of Luke and Lorelai finally becoming something. I actually prefer Rory to be with Jess, but I don't think he'll be in this story. I think I'll talk about her road trip ever so often, so don't get confused if I just...forget about her. :) Review, please?! The next chapter will be up soon! That is if you want it! ...
