Chapter 16

"Hey, what are you doing?" Rachel asked angrily while Luke led her up to his apartment.

"I told you we need to talk." He said, closing the door to his apartment and turned back to her.

"What if I don't want to?" she stated with her hands on her hips.

"I don't care. Then I talk and you listen."

Rachel folded her arms over her chest, her eyes focused on him, "So?"

"First of all, what the hell do you think by going to Lorelai's house. Who do you think you are by telling her all those things? You just can't do that, Rachel. I'm not sure what's going on in this mind of yours but we're not together anymore. So stay out of my life. Did you get that?"

"Yes, I know. We're not together anymore because of her. But it's okay. I understand that. You were alone and you needed someone. And Lorelai was just there. Good. But now I'm back." She told him, walking closer to him to touch his cheek but Luke shoved her hand away.

"Don't. Don't do this." He took a deep sigh. "You don't get it, do you? I don't care if you're back. I don't care if you finally decided to stay in this town because it's too late. I wanted this years ago but you left. Fine. I accepted that. It was hard, but I did. I moved on with my life. And there's no place for you anymore." He told her in a matter of fact.

"Luke… how can you say that?"

"I can because it's the truth." He nodded.

"But… but I told you I'm back… for good."

Luke shrugged, "You told me that before but I don't want you back. I don't want you here." He said, hoping he didn't sound too mean.

"What?"

"I want you to move out."

Rachel's mouth fell open, "What? You're throwing me out of your apartment?"

"I'm not throwing you out. I'm just telling you to go. It's for the best okay?"

"The best? For who? You and Lorelai?"

"Leave her out of this."

"Yeah, funny. I would but I can't because she's the reason for all of this. You're supposed to be with me. Not with her."

Luke laughed, shaking his head. "I don't believe this. How can you say with who I'm supposed to be with. I just know that this…" he pointed from him to her, "…this is not supposed to be. We're not meant to be. You can't step in and out of my life and tell me what's good for me or not. That's not how it works, Rachel."

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Meanwhile downstairs

Lorelai sat at her table and played with her food. It was quiet at the Diner because every customer wanted to listen to the fight of Luke and Rachel upstairs. She played with the thought to leave and head to the Inn but she couldn't let him alone now. So she stayed and sat there, feeling eyes on her every time she could hear her name upstairs.

Oh god, this is so not happening.

Uncomfortably, she flipped through her calendar when suddenly the door opened and Babette and Miss Patty walked in.

"No, Jordan with the girl from the flower shop. Yes, really. I saw…" Miss Patty's words trailed off when she noticed the silence. Looking around she perceived Lorelai and walked over to her. "Hey sweetie, what's going on here?"

"Yes, Lorelai and I are together. So what? That's none of your business. Just pack your things and leave me the hell alone!" they heard Luke yelling upstairs.

Miss Patty's eyes grew wide and exchanged glances with Babette before she turned back to Lorelai, giving her a questioned look.

Lorelai cleared her throat, smiling nervously. "The pie is so delicious today."

Miss Patty raised an eyebrow and her eyes travelled back to Babette, dragging her over to the counter.

Slanting a look over to them, Lorelai saw them talking, their voices just above a whisper.

Suddenly Rachel stormed down the stairs, a bag in one hand and her camera equipment in the other. Before she reached the door, she shifted her gaze to Lorelai, her eyes went grim.

"Congratulations."

Eyes narrowing, Lorelai looked at her. "Thanks. But what have I done to deserve that?"

"You won."

"What? I didn't…" Lorelai started but Rachel cut her off.

"He's yours. You can have him and I wish you all the best." She remarked sarcastically and opened the door, "We'll see how long it'll last." She added before she left the Diner, shutting the door behind her rather forcefully.

Silence filled the air and when Lorelai roamed the room she noticed every eye on her. Frowning, she spoke. "Okay, show's over, so stop looking at me."

When the noise level was up to normal again, Miss Patty and Babette approached her table. "Lorelai?"

Oh god, no!

"Yes?" she said, shoving her pie aside.

"You and Luke. I saw this coming." Miss Patty said, nodding.

"Me too. It was so obvious that Luke has a thing for you. And this for years. Right?" Babette pushed Miss Patty into her side.

"Of course." She nodded eagerly and bent down, "Did you know about the pool?"

"The pool?"

"The betting pool, sweetie. When you and Luke… you know…"

Lorelai's mouth fell open, "You have a pool to bet when Luke and I get together?"

Kirk slipped from his stool and joined them on their table. "Thank you Lorelai."

"For what?"

"For dating Luke. My bet was that you two get together this month. And now it happened. I won. I won." He threw his arms in the air before he hurried out of the Diner.

Lorelai watched him through the window and shook her head. "That's crazy."

"This whole town is crazy. And you're a part of it, Sweetie." Babette said, smiling. "And now that I think about it. When I saw Luke coming out of your house a few times the last days, he was not there to repair something, right?"

"Uhm…"

Babette looked at her and noticed that she was blushing. "Okay, there's my answer but you really don't have to be embarrassed about it."

"Well, I…"

"And don't feel bad about Rachel. She gave away her chance when she left all those years ago. We all know that, even Rachel but she didn't wanna see it."

"Maybe. It's just… everyone will think that I'm the reason he broke up with her."

"Is it the truth?" Miss Patty asked carefully.

"No no, of course not. I mean, Rachel came back and I don't know why but she assumed that they're back together. But… but they weren't because we're seeing each other for almost a week now and I… and… and he was just trying to…"

"Sugar, calm down. No one will think it's your fault. We're all happy that you found each other." Babette assured her smiling. "But now I have to go. I need something from Doose's Market. Bye, hon'."

"Bye Babette."

"Wait, I'm coming with you." Miss Patty threw in and they left the Diner.

Now that the Diner was almost empty, she walked to the counter where Cesar made fresh coffee. "I just go upstairs and check on Luke."

"Sure." he said and gave her a wink.

Lorelai nodded and headed up the stairs, seeing Luke standing at the window.

"Hey."

"Hey." He answered, turning around to look at her.

"You okay?" she asked, slowly moving towards him.

"Sure."

"Soo… she's gone."

"Yeah. She's gone." He repeated, still looking at her.

"And, are you happy about it or…?" Lorelai asked, now standing in front of him.

"I guess." He grabbed her hands.

"Everyone knows it."

"That she's gone?"

"No, about you and me. Us."

"What?"

"Luke, you were yelling and the Diner was full of people. What did you expect?" Lorelai asked with a small smile on her lips.

"Well, okay. So they know. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"We couldn't hide it forever. Besides this, I don't want this to be a secret."

"Neither do I."

"Good." She said and wrapped her arms around his waist. And after a few seconds she continued, "Did you know about the betting pool they opened for us? Kirk thanked me because it seems like he's a rich man now." She said and looked up at him.

"What?"

"Never mind." She grinned before she leaned in to give him a kiss.

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I hope you liked this chapter. And I'm still not sure if I should continue or not. I could finish the story here because Rachel is gone now. But if you guys want, I can continue. Just in case you want to know about their first date and everything. :)

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