Author's Notes: Okay, this is the second chapter, thanks so much for the reviews guys :) I hope you'll like it and I also hope that it's easier to read than the first one ;)

As Luke drove back to the diner, his mind had time to wander. At first, he was able to concentrate on shipment orders and frying burgers but soon his thoughts circled around the "encounter of the third kind" with Lorelai Gilmore today.

He couldn't quite estimateher, he suspected that there was a soft side to her, a time when she let her guards down. He noticed that she was incredibly beautiful, even (or rather: especially) when she was pissed at someone and babbling about. He couldn't forget her piercing blue eyes that held that certain sparkle within, the full lips and her fragile figure.

'Stop thinking about her' he scolded himself 'She wouldn't date a guy like you, I mean she's the most eligible bachelorette in the nation for crying out loud!'

So he tried to drag his mind off Lorelai and focused on the street in front of him but no matter how hard he tried, her enigmatic eyes just kept popping up in his mind.

'God, look how pathetic I got, like a teenager' he shook his head in disbelief.

There was a soft knock on the door before the secretary came in tentatively

"Miss Gilmore, a woman named Mia called today, she said it was about the Independence Inn and you should please call her back, here's her number"

"Thanks Gracie" Lorelai stared out of the window, somehow oblivious to the outside world. Gracie had never seen her boss like this but whatever it was, she was glad it had happened cause today was the first time that her boss had thanked her for anything or hadn't snapped at her right away.

"So, if you need anything, I'll be outside" with that, she retreated quietly.

Lorelai let her gaze wander over the skyline of New York as it lay bathed in late fall sunlight, passing over the Empire State, the Chrysler Building and the open wound that 9/11 left in place of the World Trade Center.

And along with her gaze, her mind began to wander.

Why did she feel so giddy inside, like she wanted to smile all the time?

Did it have anything to do with the gruffy yet sensible diner/coffee guy she got stuck with this morning?

'He probably was so glad to finally get away from me, I've been nothing but horrible to him all the time. Yup, I've used all my charms' she mentally ticked them off

'Yelling, snapping, being grumpy, snarling.... anything else? Nah, I think that's enough to ensure that he'll never wanna see me again.'

Sighing miserably she reluctantly turned back to her work but her mind chose another path. 'He was quite handsome with this stubble of his and if I remember correctly he did have a very fine butt... Geez, what am I doing thinking about this guy's butt.... It had a nice shape to it though... Not too wobbly, just something to grab on to- STOP! This is unbelievable, I'm fantasizing about some guy I only met a few hours ago, to whom I talked for about half an hour and who probably had already forgotten that I existed when he walked out the door!!'

She couldn't have been more wrong though, because Luke didn't forget about her at all, in fact he tried everything to do so, but he had no luck. He couldn't get her out of the system and even though he'd lie through his teeth if prompted, he didn't even want to.

But Luke never talked about this to anyone, not to his sister Liz nor to his parents, because he knew that they'd only shatter his hopes by telling him that she was way out of his league, something that he managed to ignore for the time being.