Chapter Three

Lorelai snuggled closer to Luke with her fingers entangled in his chest hair, twirling and petting. Luke's hand was on her hip, gently caressing. They were enjoying their last quiet moments in this stolen afternoon, sharing sweet kisses and gentle touches..

"We should do this more often."

Luke laughed, "Yeah, we both have so much free time."

"We should make time for each other. It's important in a relationship...to spend time together."

"More afternoon delights?"

"Hmm. I like the sound of that, private Luke/ Lorelai moments, stolen in the afternoon."

"Okay, what happened this morning?"

"Nothing happened this morning; I just wanted to see my guy. You got a problem with that?"

"No, of course not. But I know you and something is bothering you."

"Not bothering really, I just ... Okay, something happened, not a bad thing just a thing."

Luke kissed her on the forehead and said, "Okay, spill."

Lorelai softly laughed, "Sookie and Jackson."

"Sookie and Jackson?"

"I was just watching them.    Not stalker watching. I just happened to catch a private moment. They're such a couple..."

"We're a couple too."

"Yeah, we are." Lorelai answered quietly. "A very nice couple too if I might add."

Luke laughed, "So what's the problem?"

"No, problem, watching them made me want to be with you....some couple time."

"So I owe all of this (Luke smiled as he gently ran his hand down her back and along her hip) to Sookie and Jackson having a quiet moment that you just happened to see, in a non-stalking way?"

"Guess you had to be there."

"Remind me to thank them." Luke said softly as he kissed her nose.

Lorelai pulled away from Luke, go out of bed and headed for the bathroom.

Luke watched her pad to the bathroom and smiled when halfway there she turned and caught him checking her out.

"Don't look at me like that."

Luke caught the reference, "Like what?"

Lorelai laughed, "Like I'm a platter of fresh vegetables with a wonderful dip." And she laughed as she shut the bathroom door. She glanced at her reflection in the mirror, the messy hair, the glassy after-sex eyes and her reddened, ravaged body. She smiled thinking she could not go back to work looking like this. Everyone would know how she had spent her afternoon. Lorelai reached into the shower and turned the water on. She clipped her hair high on her head and stepped into Luke's shower. She was trying to get his bar soap to lather when he stepped in behind her and took it away.

"Hey."

"Hey, yourself." He answered as he starting running his soapy hands all over her body. "Just thought I'd give you a hand since you seem to be having a little trouble."

"Bar soap, only a man would bother with the stuff."

"You expected something else? Something flowery or moisturizing perhaps?"

"Hey, men need moisturizing too you know."

"No, I didn't. Aren't you that lady that just a couple of weeks ago called me the 'perfect man' ?

Lorelai laughed, "Yeah, that was me...and you are the perfect man....the perfect man that needs a little moisture in his life."

"And a lot more of this." Luke smiled as her laughter turned to absolute cooing from his touch.

"That's nice. Will you come over every morning and do this? You have the touch, perfect man."

"I won't come over every morning. But every morning I wake up with you or every afternoon....in case this becomes a habit.... I would love to be of service."

"Service, oh I like that. Being serviced by Luke..."

"Lorelai!"

Lorelai giggled, liking his reaction.

"You know I should have been back at the inn like a half hour ago."

"Yeah, I need to be heading back downstairs. Caesar gets nervous when the dinner crowd starts coming in and he has no help."

Luke and Lorelai stepped out of the shower and Luke draped a huge towel around both of them and they tried to dry each other off.

"You know this might work if we only had to have dry backs....but the front is important too you know."

"Yeah, fronts are very important." Luke teased as he started drying her front. She pulled the towel away from him and finished the job herself.

"Enough play time, mister. I need to get back to work." Lorelai went back to the bedroom and removed her clothes from the back of the chair.

Luke dried himself off and pulled his jeans on. He sat down on the bed to pull on the rest of his clothes and to watch Lorelai finish getting dressed.

"Hope you are having fun over there."

Luke smiled wickedly, "Oh, I am. Thanks for the concern."

"Some concern, keeping me in bed and the shower all afternoon."

"Hmm, excuse me....who came over to whose place and started all of this."

"Yeah, I remember all the protesting you did, the kicking and screaming."

Luke laughed as she gave herself a quick once over in the mirror before heading to the door.

"See you tonight? Or will you be too tired?"

Luke smirked. "Tonight. And I won't be too tired."

Lorelai teased back, "Promise?"

"Better than a promise, a guarantee."

Lorelai gave him a pouty look, "Good, because I meant what I said, long very slow torture."

"And I meant what I said, I can take all you dish out."

Luke caught up with her at the apartment door. "Hey."

"Hmm?"

"We're that kind of couple too."

"What kind of couple?"

"That kind of couple, like Sookie and Jackson. We've got it all....at least we will have, someday."

Lorelai was shocked at Luke's little confession. He took her into his arms and kissed her warmly. "I'll pick you up at eight and we'll discuss it."

"See you then." Lorelai practically whispered as she closed the door.

Luke smiled at the closed door. 'Damn, I love that woman...why haven't I told her?'

Lorelai got into her car and rested her hands on the steering wheel. 'I love Luke....I can't believe it... I love him.'

Lorelai finally got back to the inn. As she tried to sneak in the back door, she was surprised by a smiling Sookie.

"Hi, honey. So did you get your 'coffee'?

"Yeah, I did." Lorelai answered still a bit shell-shocked.

"And was it great?" Sookie fished, knowing darn well this little conversation had nothing to do with coffee.

"Yes, it was very pleasing and left me with a need for more and a very interesting insight."

"About time honey. I was starting to think you would never figure it out." Sookie walked away trying to hide her giggles.

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End of my dirtiness for today!!