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Chapter Four

Lorelai walked back to her office and tried to get some work done. She made some phone calls and tried unsuccessfully to touch base with Rory. But the whole time all she could think about was her afternoon with Luke and her realization afterwards. She soon gave up trying to get anything productive done and headed back to the kitchen.

"Hey, Sookie."

"Hey, girl."

"What did you mean by that?" She asked as she sat down at the counter.

"What, hey girl... just a greeting."

"No, no, what you said before....when I came back from the diner."

"About your feelings for Luke?"

"Yeah, that."

"Well, you two have been dating for a while now. Before that you spent half the summer on the phone and the rest of the summer talking about what you two talked about while on the phone."

"So? He was gone, Rory was gone, and I was lonely."

"You were falling in love, my friend."

"I hardly think one can fall in love over the phone."

"Yep, you're right. You were falling MORE in love over the phone."

"Sookie you are crazy. Luke and I – we're great. More than great, we're fantastic. We have fun and the sex is great but....."

"No buts about it....you two are falling more in love everyday. It's obvious...to me, to everyone. Why do you think your parents gave you such a hard time? Even they see it."

"Sookie, we both know Luke is not the commitment type. Look at the history there. Rachel, first love, first sex, first dump....second dump and then third dump. Nicole, he married her and still couldn't commit. Luke's not looking for a life partner; he's looking for someone to share a part of his life and a lot of his bed...."

"Lorelai, you can't really believe that?"

"The history Sookie, its all there."

"You are missing the big picture my friend....the reason Luke hasn't been able to commit."

"Which is?"

"One word, you."

"Me? I wasn't even around for the whole Rachel thing."

"Not the first couple of times but when Rachel came back that last time you were right in the middle. Rachel broke that man's heart but she came back ready to change all of that. Problem was -- you had entered the picture. Rachel had to have seen it. You probably don't know this but everyone thinks she left because of you."

"That's crazy. She left because she couldn't commit..."

"She left because Luke couldn't commit. She was ready, Luke had moved on."

"Not to me."

"I think exactly to you, except by then you had Max."

"He seemed okay with Max."

"Yeah, right, think about it."

"He told me he was okay with it."

"He told you want you wanted to hear. He wanted you to be happy and he thought that you thought that would be with Max. You didn't see how happy he was when that didn't happen."

"That was a long time ago."

"Yep it was. He stepped back and gave you some time to get over that. Problem is he gave you too much time. You starting dating again and he met Nicole."

"Exactly, he fell in love with Nicole."

"Love, I don't think so. If he was really in love with her, they would have worked it all out. That's what true love is, working things out."

"They got married for heavens sake."

"When they were both far away from home and their own real worlds. They got wrapped up in some sort of cocoon and it just got all out of hand. As soon as that man hit town, it must have all come down on him. His true feelings..."

"But Sookie..."

"Luke didn't tell anyone that he had gotten married. He grumped around for weeks just ignoring that little fact. And then you came back and he was grumpier than ever. But a little of the old Luke starting coming back as soon as you walked through that diner door. And I might add, almost the first words out of your mouth when you got back....how's Luke, did he go on the cruise.... Think about it Lorelai. Luke isn't afraid to commit. He just hasn't been with the person he wants to commit to. The same can be said for you. Max, Jason, two fine men....two men you threw away. Threw away because deep down your commitment was to Luke."

"Luke is my friend. We've gone through a lot together."

"Exactly. That friendship turned into love but neither one of you will admit it. Even now when you are in a relationship, the best thing that has happened to either of you in years. And you still won't admit it to yourselves, let alone to each other. What did you think he meant that first night when he said he was 'all in'?"

"No answer huh? Well, my bet is that he wanted you to know this wasn't like the thing he had with Nicole. You saw him through that. You knew he wasn't committed, he knew he wasn't committed. But this is different for him. He is 'all in' in every way possible."

"I don't know, I guess I thought...... Wait, is that clock right? Luke is picking me up at eight."

"Well, honey, I guess you better get out of here. You're already fifteen minutes late."

"Okay, but I still think you're crazy. Luke just wants a friend, a friend with benefits."

"Sure, keep telling yourself that. But I'd take a little deeper look if I were you. In fact I think you already have. You're just running scared now. The one thing you have wanted your whole life is right in front of you."

Lorelai was out the door before her friend had the chance to add to her tirade....little did Sookie know how close to the truth she really was....but Lorelai knew.    All laid out for her....the truth she already knew.....

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I think we all have been waiting for this talk....maybe we will still get it.

This was only supposed to be three chapters....but we will see where it goes. R&R if you think there's more to this story. The writers are doing such a good job this season, I hate to compete.