Title: To Blind To See It
By: Bailee
Timeline: Season Two, Lorelai and Max's wedding.
Pairing: L/L, lots of JJ goodness.
Summary: It's the day of Lorelai's wedding and Luke is miserable, will he find the courage to tell her how he feels?
Disclaimer: I don't own, I rent.
She was getting married today. I don't want to go. They weren't in a fight or anything; it was just too painful for him. I had made some excuse; I had to work or something. She knew it was a lie; the whole town would be at her wedding. She just didn't understand why I wasn't going to be. She thought I'd be happy for her. She didn't know why I wasn't. I just couldn't tell her. Rachel was right and I've waited too long.
She'll be walking down the isle now. The priest should be marrying them. I can hear it 'you may now kiss the bride …'
Just then he heard the bells jingle and someone walked in.
"Lorelai!" he exclaimed, stunned, "shouldn't you be getting married right now?" Maybe it's not too late, maybe this was his chance to tell her.
"I couldn't do it." Why? Maybe because she loves me? No, that can't be it. That's crazy. She doesn't love me. "Not without you there."
"What?" he asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You are my best friend, Luke, and I needed you there." She started, "There was obviously some reason you didn't want me to get married, something big enough for you to miss it. And if there isn't I'll be real mad at you. But I'm not doing it without your support."
"It's not that I didn't want it, it's just that I had to work." Luke stated.
"Yeah, because I see you're so busy in here." She replied sarcastically, glancing around the empty diner.
"It's in a lull." He said.
"Right. Luke why won't you come?" she asked, smiling her persuasive smile and twirling the single curl that hung down from her fancy updo.
He just stood there, thinking about how beautiful she was, he couldn't say no to her. She had him wrapped around her finger. She had him whipped, for lack of a better term.
"Fine, but I'll have to change."
"Yay!" she said, excitedly, it really meant a lot to her, "hurry!"
He dressed as fast as he could, into the suit she has gotten her a few months back.
He walked down the stairs and found her drinking a cup of coffee.
"Wow, what a shocker."
"Hey, a girl needs her coffee."
"Now?" he asked, trying to act surprised, even though he wasn't.
"Well, somehow, unlike you, Max probably wouldn't understand me drinking it while walking down the isle."
Well, he thought, I wouldn't care if she was drinking it during the vows, as long as I was marrying her.
"Okay, come on!" She said, dragging him to the ceremony.
"Go!" Lorelai ordered him, "Now sit and watch me look Purdy."
More like beautiful, he thought.
He sat down and a few moments later, he saw Lorelai walk into the room, she looked amazing. She looked at him and smiled. The smile he fell in love with. The smile he longed to see everyday. He knew she was it. It sounded cheesy but she was the one. The one he wanted for life. The one he wanted to be with forever. He had just waited too long. So he just simply returned the smile.
She took her place, opposite Max. The priest began, but Luke was lost in his thoughts, he kept thinking of how they could be together now, but he was too much of an idiot to say it to her.
"Speak now or forever hold your peace." He heard the priest say.
"I object!" He heard himself saying.
"You what?" Lorelai asked.
"Lorelai, you can't get married!" he replied.
"What why didn't you tell me this ten minutes ago when I asked you?" she asked.
"You saw him before our wedding?" Max asked, clearly shocked.
"I wanted you to be happy! But I just couldn't take it. You can't marry him!" Luke continued, ignoring Max.
"Why?" she screamed.
"Because I love you!" He screamed back.
"You what?" Every Stars Hollowian in the church replied, except for Patty who was heard saying "Finally!"
"I … love you." He said.
"Oh my god." She said. He could tell she was stunned. He just couldn't tell if it was good or bad.
He looked at her, searching for an answer in her eyes. Then all of a sudden, there it was. That smile. The one he loved. Then she turned to Max.
"Max, I am so sorry."
"What? You are leaving me at the alter for that – that diner man?" Max yelled in reply.
"Yes, and do you know why Max? Because unlike you, Luke understands me. He knows my coffee addiction, he knows how I'm a sucker for umpa lumpas, he knows how I'm obsessed with all the 80's bands and he knows all my faults, and still loves me anyway. But most of all, he knows me." She explained.
"Way to go sugar!" Babette encouraged.
"I know you!" Max argued.
"No, no you don't, not the real me, you know what you see in front of you right now, and that's not me. So if this is what you're in love with I'm sorry, but you're in love with my mother, not me. I'm sorry." She said again, then walked over to Luke and with all the passion she had in her, she kissed him. She kissed him and she knew. Everything she had been searching for was right in front of her. It was always there, she was just too blind to see it.
A/N – What do you guys think, should I continue or leave it? Please R&R!