Chapter 10

Luke looked at Rory, confused. "Do you know what's wrong with her?"

"Uhm, no… I just came home myself." Rory said, frowning.

"Well okay. I guess, I… do you mind if I go upstairs and talk to her?"

"No, of course not." Rory answered and walked back into the kitchen.

Luke walked upstairs and found her door closed. Hesitantly, he knocked. "Hey, can I come in?"

"No!" Lorelai shouted through the door.

Frowning, Luke prompted. "Why not?"

"Because."

"Come on, Lorelai. That's childish."

"Huh, I'm childish? I'm childish? Just do me a favour and go away!"

"No, I won't. First you open this damn door and tell me what's wrong." Luke answered, upset.

"No because it won't change anything." Lorelai sat on her bed, looking at the door.

"You can't say that."

"Yes I can." She shouted back at him.

"Okay, look. Did I do something wrong?"

"Hmm, well. Let me think. Yeah, I guess you did."

"Really? Then tell me."

"No, the best thing is if you go back to your Rachel. Just leave me alone here because I don't wanna… I… just leave me alone, okay?" Lorelai shouted.

"It's about Rachel? Oh god, Lorelai. It's not what you think it is." Luke told her.

"Yeah, sure."

"Really. Open the door and I'm going to explain you everything, okay?"

"Nooo!"

Lorelai..."

"NO!"

"Okay, that's it." He said to himself, opened the toolbox he left at the house a few days ago when he fixed something and started to pull the door out of his hinges.

"What… what are you doing?" Lorelai asked shocked when she heard what Luke was doing with her door. "Don't do that. Luke, I warn you… if…." But suddenly Luke was inside her bedroom. "What did you do? Are you crazy?"

"No, I just want to talk." Luke said when he saw her standing in the middle of the room, wearing his too big shirt, her curly hair falling over her shoulders.

"You shouldn't be here, Luke. Please go."

"We need to talk first." He made a step towards her.

"There's nothing to talk about."

"Oh, I think there is." Luke nodded and looked at her.

"And what? That Rachel is back and you're back together with her? Well surprise, I know that already." She told him, tears welling up in her eyes.

"What? No no..." Luke shook his head.

"No? Luke, please don't make it harder for me than it is already okay?" she reached up and wiped a tear away with the sleeve of Luke's shirt. "I really had the feeling that... that this thing with us, that it could work out. Then I came to the Diner this morning and you weren't there. And I had to hear from Patty and Babette that Rachel is back. And if that's not bad enough, they told me that you've kissed her."

"It's not like that. I can explain everything."

"Is it true, Luke? Did you kiss her?" Lorelai asked, whispering.

"Lorelai..."

"Did you?" she repeated.

"I... yes...no... god!" Luke shoved his hands over his face.

"What? Yes or no?"

"She kissed me. I didn't want that. She stood behind me, I turned round and then... I didn't want that, really. You have to believe me, Lorelai."

She looked at him. The hurt in her eyes were clear, "Do you know what's really funny? You started everything. You kissed me in your Diner. You told me you would have feelings for me. And I really believed you. God, I believed you. I enjoyed the time we spent together. I really did. And now you're telling me that you've kissed another woman. A woman you loved for so long. Apparently you still do. And I? I'm standing here, wearing your shirt. Goddamn it, I can't believe how stupid I am."

"Please, don't say that because it's not true."

"Of course it is."

"No, it's not." Luke made a step forward and grabbed her hands. "You're the one I want."

"Nice way to show me that." She looked up into his eyes.

"I told you I didn't want that."

Lorelai looked down, avoiding his gaze. But Luke put a finger under her chin and made her look up at him again. "You're the one I want to be with. And only you." He whispered. "How can you think anything else after the last few days?"

"I... everyone was talking about how much you missed Rachel the whole time. All those years. How devastated you were when she left you. I... I was jealous and hurt." She told him.

"You don't have to be. I don't love her anymore. I stopped loving her when she left me all of a sudden all those years ago. Yes, I was hurt but that's over now. I'm over her." Luke assured her, smiling. "You do believe me, do you?"

"I don't know."

"Lorelai…"

"Proof it."

Luke looked at her for a moment before he bent down and pressed his lips on hers. His arms grabbed around her waist, pulling her closer until her body rested against his. This was what he wanted. He wanted her to feel nothing but him. To let her feel that she was the only one he wanted. For years.

Pulling apart, Luke asked breathlessly. "And?"

Out of breath too, she cupped his face and pulled him into another kiss. This time her mouth became more demanding and she linked his arms around his neck to draw him deeper.

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The phone rang and Rory picked up, "Hallo?"

"Hey Rory, you're grandmother is speaking."

"Oh hi Grandma. You're back already? How was England ?" Rory asked, curiously.

"Yes we just came home. England was cold, wet and your Great grandmother was hitting my nerves on and on."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Is your mother at home?"

"Yes."

"Good, I want to talk to her for a minute."

"Uhm… now?" Rory asked, knowing that Lorelai wasn't alone in her bedroom right now.

"Yes, why? Is there a problem?"

"No, it's just that… uhm…she's upstairs in her bedroom. "

"Is she asleep? It's too early for her to go to bed."

"No, she's not asleep Grandma."

"Okay, then let me talk to her please." Emily said, waited for an answer.

"I… uhm… okay. Wait a second." Rory hurried upstairs and saw what Luke had done to her door. Confused she knocked at the doorframe. "Mum?"

Luke and Lorelai who were kissing on the bed, jumped apart. "God Rory. What? You knew that Luke and I…"

"Telephone." Rory said innocently.

"Who is it?"

"Grandma."

"What?" Lorelai formed with her mouth.

Rory gave her an 'I'm sorry' look and gave her the phone before she walked back downstairs.

Taking a deep breath, Lorelai started. "Hi mum."

"Hello Lorelai. Did I interrupt anything?"

"No mum, of course not." Lorelai climbed back into bed, laid down between Luke's legs and put her head on his chest.

"Oh, because you said something that you and Luke… Is Luke with you, Lorelai?"

"What? No… he's… I mean… yeah, he's there." Lorelai looked at the ceiling, touching her forehead.

"Really? Why?"

"Because… because uhm…" Lorelai, think about something. "…he came to built me… uhm… shelves for my room, Mum. Yes, that's what we're doing here."

"Shelves? What do you need shelves for?"

"For what? I… I have a lot of stuff."

"Well, that's right."

"Okay, why did you call mum. Is there a reason?"

"Yes. Actually I thought you would call when we come back from London but you're apparently busy with Luke… and those shelves."

Lorelai rolled his eyes, "Okay, now we're talking. What do you want?"

"Don't get unfriendly with me, Lorelai. I had a hell of a weekend on my own already. I just wanted to ask if you can come to dinner on Wednesday."

"Wednesday? Why? Is there no dinner on Friday?"

"Of course there is. But I told you there're going to be two this week." Emily told her, matter of factly.

"Oh god, Mum. I should've known that you weren't joking."

"Then we see us on Wednesday."

"Yeah…"

"Okay, good bye Lorelai."

"Bye mum." Lorelai put the phone away. "Gah!"

"What?" Luke asked carefully.

"My mother and her stupid questions. She should have a life of her own, then she would stop poking in mine." Lorelai reached for Luke's hands and entwined her fingers with his.

"Are you okay?"

Slowly, Lorelai nodded and looked up at him.

"Are we okay?" Luke asked again.

"Yep." She waited for a few seconds. "So, Rachel knows about us now?"

"No, not yet."

"What? Why not?"

"Every time I wanted to tell her about us, she interrupted me and talked me into something else. She dragged me to almost all her friends and relatives. But I… I'll tell her everything as soon as possible, okay?" Luke assured her, smiling.

"Yeah, you better do." She grinned.

"I promise." He bent down and gave her a gentle kiss.

"Oh, and there's more."

"What?"

"Please put the door on its hinges again." She reached behind her to pull Luke down into another kiss.

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To be continued... Please R&R!
A/N: credit to gilmoregirl1979 for the 'door thing'!! lol :D Thanks hon'!