Chapter 11

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Lorelai ran to the diner. She could see a group of people standing in the doorway of Miss Patty's dance studio. One of the people in the group turned around and pointed at her, "Hey, there she is!" The whole group started to run towards her. Lorelai just beat them to the diner. She quickly gets inside and locks the door.

"Luke! We're under attack!" she cries.

"What the hell is going on?" he asks coming around the counter to look out the window. The group of people had made it to the diner, and were starting to bang on the windows.

"Babette saw you kiss me in the truck and I guess that sparked the riot." Lorelai says running around to close all the blinds.

"What?" Luke asks completely confused.

"I tried to call you, but the phone was busy." She finishes closing the blinds and sits down on a stool by the counter to catch her breath.

"Whoa, slow down. Now why exactly are the local nut jobs banging on my windows?" Luke asks starting to get annoyed.

The diner was empty except for a young couple, who were eating their lunch. The guy interrupts Luke, "Um…excuse me Luke? We're kind of freaking out here…um, can we leave now?"

Luke sighs in exasperation, "Yeah Paul, lunch is on the house, but you'll have to go out the back door." Lorelai watches as Luke leads them to the back door. She could hear Luke say, "Come Again" before he closed the door.

He returned to the front and poured a big cup of coffee, sliding it in front of Lorelai. "Ok, now please explain." He said gesturing to the commotion.

Lorelai takes a big swig from her coffee cup then starts, "It seems that everyone is really happy that we're…uh…together…or whatever." She finishes lamely.

Luke looks towards the door where the banging is getting louder. "What do they care if we're seeing each other or not?" Luke asks, starting to get really ticked off.

"Well, I guess there has been a pool going around to see when we would get together." Lorelai braces herself for his reaction.

"What?"

"I SAID I GUESS THERE HAS BEEN A…" she shouts over the noise.

Luke puts his hand up to stop her "I heard you, I was just…"

The banging stops. Silence.

Lorelai grabs Luke's hand, "I saw this once in The Birds, it's a trick so that you'll open the door."

Luke rolls his eyes and walks over to the window. Lorelai whispers, "Don't Luke, they'll peck out our eyes!" Luke shakes his head and peeks outside. "They're gone?!"

"Are you sure?" Lorelai jumps off the stool to see for herself. Luke holds the blinds apart for her so she can see. "Why does this freak me out more than the banging?" she wonders aloud.

Luke snaps the blinds closed and grumbles, "This whole town needs to be committed."

Lorelai turns around so that she's facing Luke, "I don't know, in a way it's kind of sweet."

Luke lifts an eyebrow, "More sweet than creepy?"

Lorelai smiles, "I wouldn't go that far."

Luke smiles back at her, then looks at his feet and sighs, "A pool, huh?"

Lorelai nods, "Even Rory was in on it…She picked June."

Luke looks up at her, "All because of this?" He leans down and kisses her softly.

Lorelai clears her throat, "And because of this." She pulls down on the front of his shirt and kisses him hard. Luke wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her closer.

FLASH! They both look up, shocked. What looks like the entire town, is standing in Taylor's Shoppe staring at them through the glass. Andrew is at the front taking pictures, Miss Patty is waving, and numerous other people are giving thumbs up gestures. They are all smiling.

Lorelai lets her head drop against Luke's chest for a moment and stares back at them before sighing, "Definitely more sweet than creepy." She looks back up at Luke.

He gives her a quick smile then says, "You're all nuts." Lorelai flashes him a big grin and shrugs. Luke lets go of her waist and takes her hand. "Well, are you ready?"

Lorelai takes another glance at the crowd and sighs, "Now or never."

Luke reaches over and unlocks the door.