Chapter 11

It was already dark outside when Luke glanced at his watch and noticed how late it was. Carefully he slipped his arm out of Lorelai's grasp and was about to get up when he felt her stir.

"Where are you going?" Lorelai asked, looking sleepily at the sitting Luke.

"To my place. Go back to sleep." He whispered.

"But I don't want you to go." She pouted and reached out for his hand.

"I know but I have to." Luke took her hand and entwined his fingers with hers.

"Then stay."

"I can't. My truck is still outside and then there's Rachel…" he said and noticed her expression.

"She's staying at your place, right?"

"Yeah."

"See. One more reason to stay here with me."

"Lorelai…" Luke started.

"She's going to sleep on the sofa, will she?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No." Luke shook his head.

"No?"

"I'm sleeping on the sofa."

"It's really nice when you're trying to be a gentleman but I've seen this sofa of yours and all I can say is, think again before you're going to offer her your bed."

"My sofa is not that bad."

"No, of course not." Lorelai grinned.

"I really should go now."

"Okay." Lorelai pouted and got up too.

"Where are you going?" Luke asked when he slipped into his shoes.

"I'm coming downstairs with you."

"No, just go back to bed and try to sleep. I'm sure I'm going to find the door on my own." Luke said, laughing.

"Ha-ha. I'm thirsty, Mister."

"No coffee." Luke told her matter of factly when they walked down the stairs.

"Huh. I don't drink coffee all the time." she said and Luke shot her a glance, "Well, okay. Maybe almost all the time. But I'd rather drink a cup of coffee when I come to the Diner in the morning."

"I'd like that." Luke smiled.

"Really? Hmm, well… then why you're always grumpy when I'm pleading for one?" Lorelai grinned.

"Because you're drinking way too much coffee. It's unhealthy."

"I know. But it's too late anyway. I'm a junkie and it's all your fault because you're my angel." Lorelai grinned widely.

Luke raised both of his eyebrows, "Uh-huh."

"If Fran would have the best coffee in town, she would be my angel. But since it's your coffee I got addicted to, it's you." she looked up at him smiling, her dark curls framing her face.

"That was quite a compliment, wasn't it?"

"You bet." Lorelai agreed, her lips forming a smile.

"Okay I go now, Crazy lady!" Luke said to her before he opened the backdoor.

"Is this my new nickname?" Lorelai grinned and placed a hand on his chest.

Luke nodded, "Bye!"

"Bye, my angel." She cupped his face in both hands and placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

When he was gone, Lorelai walked to the sink and filled herself a glass of water. As she walked past Rory's door, she noticed a light coming out from her room. Opening the door wider, she noticed that her daughter was still sitting at her desk, reading something for school and listening to the music of her Discman. Lorelai tipped slightly on her shoulder.

"Oh hey." Rory turned off the music and looked up at her mother.

"Rory, it's after midnight . Do you plan to go to bed anytime soon?"

"After midnight ? Wow."

"Yeah, wow. What are you reading?" Lorelai asked and looked at the cover. "Tolstoy?"

"Yep, for my literature class."

"Oh, okay." Lorelai said and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"So and why are you up this late?"

"Luke just left."

Rory grinned and climbed into her bed, too. "Really? Well, I heard you two had a fight? What was it about?"

"It was about Rachel. Ever heard this name before?"

Rory looked thoughtfully before she answered, "No, should I?"

"She was Luke's girlfriend a few years ago."

"Luke had a girlfriend?" Rory's eyes widened.

"Seems like Luke hid it very well because I didn't know about it since Sookie mentioned her name a few weeks ago."

"Wow. He's full of secrets." Rory said, grinning. "Okay, and why did you have a fight then?"

Lorelai sighed heavily, "Because she's back."

"Rachel is back? In Stars Hollow?" Rory asked frowning. "Why?"

"Because she wants Luke back. And apparently she said something like, now would be the right time for them. And that it could work now because she wants to stay. Forever. And that they're meant to be…blah blah. That's what Luke told me earlier." Lorelai looked down and played with the sleeves of Luke's shirt. "They even kissed."

"Excuse me?" Rory piped out, shocked.

"Yeah, my reaction was pretty much like that."

"What… why… I mean how could he do that? I thought you and Luke…"

"We are. He didn't want that."

"Right." Rory frowned.

"No, I believe him. Everything's okay now. We're okay." She looked up at her daughter and smiled.

"So… you made it up?"

"Yep, you could say so." Lorelai sighed, happily.

Rory smiled, "Good." Suddenly she noticed what Lorelai was wearing. "Oh my god. You're wearing his shirt. Did you… I mean… you two…" Rory trailed off and looked at her mother suspiciously.

"What?"

"You know, did you…" Rory gestured with her hands.

"What do you…" But then Lorelai's mouth fell open when she realized what her daughter meant, "If we… no. No, we haven't."

"Really? Because I thought… well, you said that he just left. Which means he was here for almost six hours. And…"

"We're quite nosy today, aren't we?" Lorelai raised her eyebrow."

"To be honest? I don't wanna know it anyway. Eww!" Rory wrinkled her nose and laughed.

Lorelai laughed too. "We should go to bed now." She bent down and kissed her daughter on the cheek. "Night, hon'."

"Good night, Mum."

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Meanwhile, Luke arrived at the Diner. He made his way up to his apartment and almost stumbled over Rachel's shoes. "What the hell…" he muttered and shoved them out of his way. And there she was, laying on his bed. He looked at her sleeping form for a while and sighed. Thank goodness, she was asleep because he wouldn't have the nerve to deal with her right now. Her questions, where he was and what he did.

He took off his baseball cap and threw it on a chair before he sank on the sofa. And he chuckled when he realized that Lorelai was right again. His sofa wasn't that comfortable at all.

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