Authors Note: I just want to say thanks to all of you guys that have reviewed! I've gotten such nice feedback from all of you and I really do appreciate it! Trust me, it def. keep's you motivated, how ever many people say it, it's true.  So, I encourage you to all continue doing so! :) Afterall, it'll get you a quicker update! Anyways, here's chapter 3. Maybe it's a little OOC but I wrote this over the summer, and I got the secret part from watching a preview for 13 going on 30. If you guy's have seen it...or even just the preview, you might know what I'm taking about. Enjoy the chapter! I'm thinking of just posting the 4th chapter tomorrow because I'm going out of town on Friday until Sunday afternoon so next chapter either tomorrow or Sunday. You tell me! :)

"He always wanted to admit his feelings...just not this way.  But with her...any way would work."

Chapter 3: Sharing Secrets & Bed's

Luke arrived at Lorelai's not too long after promised. He helped her bring out her over-stuffed bags to the car after a few minutes of arguing about the exceeding amount of clothes she brought. They hit the road close to 6, and Lorelai spent the first hour fumbling around with the radio, trying to settle for something decent.

"Why didn't I bring my CD's?" She whined.

"Because you're smart and nice." He said matter-of-factly.

"Wow Luke. I believe some people would consider calling that a compliment."

"Really I just meant your smart and nice because now I don't have to listen to your horrible music."

She glared at him and continued searching for an okay station that wasn't too fuzzy. Starting to feel tired, she pushed her seat back and slept smoothly for about an hour and a half. When she woke up, she looked around, confused for a second, but then realized where she was headed.

"Oh my God! Luke! You kidnapped me!"

"You're a nut."

"So how soon will we be at the hotel?"

"Well, since you managed to sleep for the whole ride, believe it or not, we should probably start looking for one now.  Keep your eyes open."

"I swear, car rides are so easy. Don't ya think?"  She turned at him and smiled.

They got off the highway and started cruising the streets of New York. After a few minutes of, 'this looks better than that' they settled on a place that at least looked decent and went inside to get a room.

"Hi!" Lorelai said cheerfully to the man at the front desk. "We need one room!"

"Would you like the suite?" He said in a monotonous voice.

Luke and Lorelai exchanged glances. "No, just a normal room will be fine." Lorelai said to the man.

He handed them a key to room 16. They walked up the stairs, and headed down their hall. "This place looks nice." Lorelai said looking at the pictures hanging on the wall.

"Yeah, it must be tough to impress somebody like you who's starting their own Inn."

"Well, I've got my standards."

They found their room and Lorelai opened the door. "Looks good from the outside at least." Lorelai said glancing at the room. It was one big room, 2 large chairs, a separate area for the kitchen and what looked to be like a separate room for the bathroom. She quickly looked over the room and realized that there was...

"One bed." Luke said.

"Yeah, one bed." She echoed.

"It's okay. I'll sleep on one of those chairs." He walked over to the chair and pushed it back. "Ah, yes. This is perfect."

Lorelai laughed a little, he looked rather uncomfortable. She looked over to the large queen size bed that could easily fit the two of them.

"Or we could just share the bed. We're big kids, Luke."

"Yeah, well, you might bite me, or kick me or something."

Lorelai had to laugh. "Is that what you really think of me?"  She asked innocently.

"I don't know, you're probably crazy in bed."

"Dirty!" She couldn't resist.

"That's not what I mean."

"Well, you could be that judge of that." She said seductively.  Kidding--of course.

Luke rolled his eyes. "I'm just saying I'm sure that you kick and stuff."

"Uh, okay. I'm glad to know you think about what I'd be like to sleep with. Literally. But really, it's not that big of a deal. I'm sure I could handle sleeping next to you for the night."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

He just nodded his head and began fumbling through one of his bags and looked up at Lorelai when he noticed she was pacing back and forth.

"Gosh, it's so hot in here." Lorelai said fanning herself with her hand.

"Yeah, I'll get a window open." Luke said walking towards the window and trying to open it.

"I'm going to get changed. I'll be out in a sec, and then you can use it if you want."

Lorelai brought her bag in and washed up for bed. She looked through her suitcase for something to throw on. 'Crap!' She thought. She looked through her bag and realized she brought three equally revealing slips. A black, purple, and dark red one. They were all very small and slinky, going down almost to her knees. She decided on the black. She threw it on, and pinned back her straightened hair, pieces falling out. She grabbed her bags and walked out of the door. Luke was sitting on the edge of the bed and glanced at her when she walked out. He swallowed the lump forming in this throat when he eyed her up and down, trying not to be noticeable. 'Damn, she looks good.'

Lorelai looked at him with apologetic eyes. "Sorry, I forgot to pack...appropriate clothes."

He grabbed his bag and walked towards the bathroom. "No problem."

She hopped in the bed and pulled the covers over her. When Luke walked out, he put his things down and jumped in with her. They were actually close. Comfortable close, that is. There hands were both underneath the covers and when Luke moved, his hands brushed by hers and he kept them close by. She smiled in the dark because of the way her body reacted to him slightly touching her. She felt like her body suddenly got numb. It was a good feeling.

"I'm not tired." She said, breaking the silence.

"Maybe you shouldn't have fallen asleep on me during the ride up."

"Hey, consider yourself saved. You didn't have to listen to me talk."

Luke smiled to himself. Sure it appeared to her that way--that he never wanted to talk--but, that was far from the truth.

"It's not that I don't mind listening to you talk..."

"But..."

"But, I hate listening to you talk about stupid things."

"I never talk about stupid things!" She insisted.

"Lorelai, listen to yourself. You're the one who rambles on about whether or not a person with colored contacts will see in just that color."

"It's just a hypo--"

"..thetical theory. I know. But do you honestly think that somebody would make colored contacts so you can only see in that color?"

"I don't know. People made reality TV shows. Who knows what's up next."

"I'm changing subjects, even though I want to go to sleep."

"But you can't leave me alone here, with nobody to talk to. Although I suppose I could talk to myself, but that would be disturbing wouldn't it?"

"Either way, it's disturbing."

"Jeez, you're really good at that whole being nice thing."

"Yeah, what can I say?"

She started wiggling her foot quicky under the sheets.  After a few aggrivated minutes, Luke threw his foot on top of hers so she'd stop the wiggling.  "That get's annoying, ya know."  He said taking his foot off of hers.

"Sorry."  She said quietly, looking for something else to say.  "So, you excited to see Rachel?"

Luke thought about the idea for a moment. He hadn't given much thought about what it'd be like to see her again. Of course, all those old Rachel feelings would come back, but...it's too late now. She's getting married. And even though he doesn't want to pursue his relationship with Rachel, it's just that feeling that he always gets around her...when he see's her. It's the feeling he thinks will probably never go away.

"Yeah, I am. It's been a while."

"I know...have you talked to her ever since she left Stars Hollow about...what 4 years ago?"

"A few times but...we sort of had a rough goodbye...I thought it'd be weird to talk to her after something's she said."

"What did she have to say? If you don't mind telling me..." Lorelai laughed quietly at her techniques. 'Oh, you're gunna tell me now, that's for sure.'  She thought.

"Uh, she just told me she thought that my heart wasn't in it this time...and that I...don't know, liked, or loved somebody else. That's what she thought." He said, informing her that she was the one who said that--not him.

"Did she say somebody in specific? Or just in general?" Lorelai knew she was being nosey, but still. Once he started this conversation, there really wasn't a way to get out of it.

"No, there was somebody in specific."

"Really?" Lorelai asked, surprised. "Who? You know you have to tell me. Ooh, is that girl that comes in the diner on Danish Day and tries hitting on you so that you give her the biggest one? Oh and by the way, she totally stole that from me. She saw me doing it one day, and ever since then- boom! You're looking at Lorelai Jr."

Luke laughed a little. "Linda. And no, it's not her."

"Really...hmm...who is it then? Wow. Please tell me it's not like Patty or Babette or somebody."

"Lorelai, you have to be sick-minded to seriously think of something like that."

"I don't know, there are not many 'Luke type' girls in the Hollow. I don't know who you're falling for these days." And suddenly she felt like she was in 6th grade...secretly prying to find out who he likes. Or well, in this case...liked.

"Well, just to clarify things with you, no it wasn't Babette or Patty."

"Well then who was it?"

Luke sighed. "You really want to know?"

"No. I'm just begging you for the fun of it, because believe me...it's thrilling. Yes I want to know."

"You." He said simply.

"Me?"

"Yeah, she thought that I always liked you."

After all these years of hearing things about Luke having feelings for her--she realized...for a change, he was actually admitting...admitting what people say, that is.  Sure he never said those feelings were true, but he was being open, and talking about what other people say because it has to do with them.  She was lost on words for a change.  How do you possibly respond to something like that?  'Just...go and be you, I guess.'

"Ha, that's so crazy. Doesn't she understand how much I annoy you?"

"Sure you annoy me, but of course I like your company."

'Is he admitting it's true?' Stupid questions in her stupid mind. Now is not the right time to be thinking about these things.

"But why me?"

"I don't know, I guess she just saw something in us besides friendship. I tried telling her that we were just friends, but...she didn't think that was all."

'We are just friends.'  She thought to herself.  'Not in a bad way...not at all like, 'we are just friends and that's what we'll always be!' kind of thing...I just mean that in reality, we are just friends. Whether or not we'll be more one day, I just don't know, but...for now that's what we are.  And whatever the future may bring, we'll...I'll be glad it's the present.'

Luke is a great guy. A great friend. A great person. He's always there for her. Whenever she needs him. Whether it's to fix the hinges on the door, or to buff up the top right corner of her coffee maker, or just to be there when she needs to talk, he's still always there. And now, here she is prying him for answers, and he just goes and admits it.  She for one, would have never said the truth to him.  And although Lorelai isn't in this position because 1. She's not a man, and 2. She never techinally had an ex leave her because of another man...it would only build up to unanswered questions, confusion, and awkwardness, but he didn't mind the awkwardness, there wasn't much confusion, and with her--the unanswered questions would soon be answered.

"Can I tell you a secret?"

"Sure."

"You're my best friend." And she didn't mean that in a hurtful way. As in, 'you're my best friend, there's no way we could date.' More in a, 'you're my best friend and you're also a great guy,' kind of way. "I appreciate everything you've done for me so much."

Luke smiled to himself. Lorelai did the same.

"Can I tell you a secret?"

"What?"

"You've uh...ya know, you've always been my...best friend." Sure he might sound like an idiot saying that, studdering and all, but there really wasn't a more truer statement to be said.

'Did he really just say that?' Lorelai thought. 'How come Luke's being so...open? Is there more he wants to tell me? I wonder if he actually does...or did, have feelings for me before. No, that would be crazy. What about me could he possibly be interested in? And since when am I thinking about things like that? I don't like Luke at all. He's my best friend, and that's it. Yeah, that's it.'

'Did I really just say that?' Luke's mind was racing with confusion. 'She probably thinks I'm in idiot. Should I tell her that I really did love her all along? No, that would be stupid. She could never be the slightest bit interested in me."

And suddenly, Lorelai moved her hand so and it touched Luke's. But she didn't move it this time, she just kept her hand sitting next to his, and that was okay. Because, they're best friends. And best friends can be close, right? Right.

Lorelai stayed awake for what seemed like forever. She kept wishing she'd ask if it was true or not. 'Of course it's not true. I drive the poor guy crazy...but still, I wonder what he would have said. Not to mention it would be extremely uncomfortable for the both of us but still. Curiosity didn't kill the cat. Curiosity's what made the kittens. Oh sick, in no way am I thinking about having...shut up Lorelai. Plus, since when are you having thoughts about Luke? He's your best friend, and that's it. If something actually happened with us, and it didn't work, it would completely ruin our friendship. But it's not like I want something, so just stop thinking about these crazy things.' And she did, and fell asleep after her mind threw out the crazy idea of her and Luke together.

She woke up in the middle of the night...around 4 am. She just had a...scary dream that she was married to Luke. It was much like the one she had the first time, a couple years back, when she was pregnant with their twins but this time she was having triplets. When she woke up, she went downstairs and Luke was making her a huge breakfast. She gave him a kiss good morning, and he said hi to the kids, yet again. But this time, he tried giving her orange juice. 'You know I hate orange juice.' She told him. 'I know, but I love you, and I don't want our kids to be messed up because you drink too much coffee.' 'Hey, it's not like I'm chugging the vodka, and believe me, I can.' He kissed her one more time, and she went to eat her breakfast across the table from him. He put his hand on the side of hers, and then she woke up to see that one arm was thrown over Lorelai's waist, and the other was underneath him, still against the side of her hand. She also noticed that their legs were tangled up within eachothers, and they were awfully close.  'Freaky.' She got up to go to the bathroom, and when she went back to bed, she saw Luke waking up.

"What time is it?" He said sleepily.

She glanced over at the clock. "It's 4...go back to sleep, sorry I had to go to the bathroom."

"Why are you up anyways? You can sleep through anything except construction work..."

"Uh, weird dream. Kinda woke me up...but just go back to sleep."

"What was your dream about?" He said, rubbing his eyes awake.

"I'll tell you in the morning, if you still want to know. I'm going to try and fall back asleep before I can't sleep at all. See you when the sun is actually out."

"Yeah, night."

That's that! I hope you liked the chapter. Weird, maybe. Stupid, okay. Good, sure. You let me know. All you've gotta do is review!

Teaser: Chapter 4- Drinking Will Do That To You
"You're so beautiful." 
"Thanks."
"No really, I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful woman than you in my life."

But nobody said he was talking to Lorelai...or even if that was Luke. You'll just have to wait and see! :)