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.
Chapter Three: How Damn Lucky He Was
"So…" she said again, "More?" she asked holding her cup out to me.
"That was your third cup!" I exclaimed, returning to their usual banter.
"Yeah, I thought my limit was four!" she argued, walking behind the counter.
"Nope, I changed it." He said, wondering if she was planning on stealing some.
"Well, I guess I'll just have to change your mind then, she said before she kissed him.
"Well, I guess you can have one more. Only one though." He gave in.
"Good," she agreed, "and now that I know how to get all the coffee I want, I'm kind of hungry. Pie?"
"Fine, this stuff will kill you one day." he couldn't resist.
"Might as well go happy!" she answered. Luke walked around the counter and sat next to her. "So…" this time it was Luke who broke the silence.
"So…" she imitated. "I just don't know what I'm going to do this week. I already took off work and there's no way I'm working during my vacation time. I guess I'll just sit at home. All alone. Or we could do something."
"Like what?" he asked.
"I don't know; go to a movie or something. Or we could just hang out."
"Sure"
"Oh, it's Rory." She explained when her cell phone rang.
"Hey Hun." She answered.
"Hey mom," Rory said, "where'd you go? I assumed you went home, but when I got here you weren't there. Where'd you go?"
"Vegas"
"What?"
"Yep, me and Luke eloped."
"Don't tell her that!" Luke protested.
"Are you serious?" Rory asked, not putting it past her mother.
"Nope."
"Good. So you're at Luke's?"
"Yep." She said, but the only answer she got was a dial tone.
"The kid doesn't even say bye anymore."
"She coming?" Luke asked.
"No, she's headed over to Lane's. You Know, I think she believed me for a minute."
"About what?"
"Us eloping."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
They were silent for a moment, enjoying the now rather comfortable quietness.
"Gah!" she exclaimed.
"What?" he asked slightly concerned.
"Now I have to go to that stupid party thing at her mother's house" she said, annoyed.
"Oh."
"Yeah, I mean I wasn't going to have to go before, but now I will be here. And the worst part is that she knows. There is no possible way of getting out of it. It'll be me, Rory, and all my mother's friends saying 'Lorelai I thought you were on your honeymoon' and 'Lorelai, where's your husband, I'd like to meet him', Gah! Not getting married should not be this annoying." She ranted, complete with voices imitating her mother's friends.
"Regretting it?" Luke asked, slightly scared of what her reply would be.
"What- no." she replied, "Of course not!"
"Just checking" he assured her. He got wrapped up in his thoughts a bit. That happened whenever he thought about her. And when he was with her. It was like time stood still. It was just the two of them. And nothing else mattered.
"Hello? Earth to Luke?" Lorelai was saying to him.
"Huh?" he asked.
"What're you thinking about?"
"You." He replied honestly.
"Oh, good answer." Lorelai approved.
"Yeah."
"What about me?" she prompted.
"Just trying to make sure this is real. Cause it would really suck if this was just a dream."
"Oh, well, thanks I guess."
"Hey Luke?"
"Yeah?"
"How long have you … you know … felt this way … about me?" she asked.
"I don't know, a while I guess. But I kind of always denied it. But I guess I starting believing it when Rachel left. She said my heart wasn't in it. Then I finally realized that she was right. I was going to tell you that night, when I told you she left and you asked why, but then Max showed up. And you just seemed so happy. I didn't want to ruin it."
"But you didn't"
"No?"
"You made it better." She assured him.
"Really?" he questioned again.
"Yeah."
"Good."
"So, I better go find Sookie. She's going to wonder.
"Okay" he replied.
"I'll be back later." She added when she caught the disappointment in his voice. Then pulled him into a quick goodbye kiss, that ended up being … well, not so quick.
"I'd better go now or I won't be able to make myself leave." She said walking to the door, resisting the urge to kiss him again.
"Hey Luke? What you said before … me too."
He watched her walk across the street and head to Sookie's house, he just sat and thought about how damn lucky he was.