Chapter 9

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6:00am

Lorelai hears the alarm clock go off and reaches for it from under the covers. All she feels is the surface of the bed stand. Where the hell is the clock? She peeks her head out of the blanket. She spots the alarm clock sitting on a chair just out of reach. Beside the clock is a large cup of coffee and a note that says 'Get Up'. Lorelai stretches out in an attempt to reach the alarm clock without actually having to leave her bed.

Downstairs Luke is making omelets. All of a sudden he hears a quick scream followed by a thud. He chuckles to himself. He grabs some plates and dishes up the omelets as he hears her come down the stairs. She has her blanket wrapped around her shoulders and her coffee cup in hand. She sits down and Luke catches her evil glare but smiles back, "Good Morning!" As he is sliding a plate in front of her she replies flatly, "Die!" the threat is lost though as she cracks a smile.

Luke grabs his own plate and sits down to eat. They make small talk about the horses and what they have to do that morning. All the while Luke is thinking 'she even looks good first thing in the morning'. Lorelai carries on the conversation, but in her head she's thinking, 'I have never seen Luke smile this much. He has really nice lips…I mean teeth'. After breakfast Lorelai gets up to refill her coffee and Luke starts clearing the plates, whistling the whole time. Lorelai is filling her cup when she says, "You're sure chipper this morning."

Luke grabs the plates and walks up really close behind her and whispers, "Yes I am." Then continues whistling as he takes the dishes to the sink. Lorelai gets little shivers down her spine. She turns around and leans against the cupboard. "I wasn't dreaming." It comes out more as a statement to herself than as a question. Luke turns around and sees her face is pink and she's looking at the ground. He walks over to her. "You thought it was a dream?" he asks with a little smile.

Lorelai feels oddly shy and tries to defend herself, "I was really tired last night and it felt so…surreal this morning, that I thought maybe…"

"Well you're definitely awake now," he says lifting her chin with his knuckle and kissing her lips. He kisses her two more times before she finally starts to kiss him back. Luke thought it felt like electricity coursing through him. He puts his hands on her waist and pulls her closer.

Lorelai can hardly think at all. 'God he's a good kisser.' She reaches up and wraps her arms around his neck so she can deepen the kiss. She can feel Luke squeeze her waist a little. They continue for a couple of minutes before coming up for air. Lorelai leans back and lets her hands slide around until they rest on his chest.

She stares at him for a moment, "Luke Danes." She says as if trying to place the name.

"Lorelai Gilmore." He says smiling. He liked the way she kissed him, and the colour of her eyes, and the taste of her lips, and the feel of her waist, and….

Luke slowly backs up and says to Lorelai, "Uh...you better go get ready now." He needed some fresh cold air. "I'll go start the truck."

Lorelai laughs and nods in agreement, "Ok, I'll be ready in like two minutes."

Luke watches her head upstairs and shouts after her, "Make it ten!"

They get through doing their chores relatively quickly. As Lorelai finishes up, Luke goes inside the inn to tell Tom about the lumber. As soon as he goes inside Lorelai takes out her cell phone and calls Rory.

The voicemail picks up. "Hi Rory, it's mom. How's school? I really need to talk to you. Call me this afternoon if possible. Love you, bye." She hangs up her phone and goes to put it back in her pocket when it rings.

"Hello?"

"Hi Lorelai? It's me Liz. Sorry to call you, Lane gave me the number, is Luke there?"

"He's actually inside talking to Tom right now. Can I take a message?"

"Yeah, sure. Could you remind him that TJ and me have an appointment this afternoon to do a walk-through at our new place? He'll have to watch the diner until we get back, which should be around 5:00."

"Yeah that's no problem. We're almost done here anyway, we should be about twenty minutes or so."

"Cool. Thanks Lorelai. See ya soon."

"Bye Liz."

Luke returns and says, "He'll have the stuff by tomorrow. So today they're going to try and finish most of the kitchen." Lorelai clasps her hands and says, "Sookie will be so happy. Oh, your sister just called. I'm supposed to remind you of her appointment today, and let you know that they'll be back around 5:00."

Luke looks disappointed, "I totally forgot about that. I was going to ask if you wanted to take the horses out for a bit."

Now Lorelai looks disappointed too, "That would've been fun. But we could still do that tomorrow." Luke nods and helps her finish tidying up.

As Lorelai pulls the stable doors shut she gets a splinter in her finger and lets out a string of curses. Luke smiles in shock then comes over and grabs her hand, "Nice language. You kiss your mother with that mouth?" She looks at him nervously as he investigates her wound, "Not recently, No."

After five minutes of wrestling with her to keep still, Luke removes the splinter. "There! Looks like you're gonna need a Band-Aid though." Luke heads back to the truck. "I've got a first aid kit behind the seat, it should have something."

After grabbing the first aid kit Luke comes back to Lorelai, who is now sitting on a hay bail, staring at her finger. "Hey Lorelai, speaking of your mother, remember we have to call her back today." He sees Lorelai roll her eyes. Luke opens the first aid kit. "Why are there Bob the Builder Band-Aids in here?" he says pulling one out. Lorelai giggles, "I totally forgot about that. Me and Rory put them in there months ago."

Luke shakes his head as he puts it on her finger.

Once it's all wrapped up Luke looks at Lorelai and places a kiss on her wound, "All better." He says but doesn't let go of her hand. Lorelai leans forward and says, "Thank-you Luke." Then she places a soft kiss on his lips before leaning back again. Luke smiles and helps her to her feet, "We should get back." Lorelai sighs, "Yeah, I guess we should." Then they hop in the truck and head back to town.